Abstract: A metal terminal includes a base plate portion for placing an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions which extend upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion for press-contacting the electric wire. Each of the crimping piece portions has a distal end portion and a body portion such that a thickness of the each of crimping piece portions is tapered toward a distal end surface of the distal end portion from the body portion. A thickness of a distal end of the distal end portion relative to a board thickness T of the body portion of the each of crimping piece portions is not smaller than ?T and is less than ½T. An exterior angle of an angle formed by the distal end surface of the distal end portion and a tapered surface of the distal end portion is 60° to 30°.

Abstract: A terminal crimping apparatus includes an anvil for supporting a metal terminal including a base plate portion for placing an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion and a crimper which includes a press-deforming portion having a generally arch-shape formed of two arc-shaped surfaces which are opposed to the anvil. The anvil and the crimper cooperate to press the crimping piece portions for crimping the crimping piece portions to the electric wire placed on the metal terminal. The shape of the crimper satisfies a formula, Index a=c·cos ?, where c represents a length of the arc-shaped surface of the crimper, and ? represents an angle formed by a tangential line to the arc-shaped surface at a central portion of the crimper and a vertical line.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include switching amplifier circuits and methods. In one embodiment, the present invention includes an low distortion method of driving a switching amplifier comprising generating a first pulse width modulated signal on a first terminal, generating a second pulse width modulated signal on a second terminal, and delaying one of the first or second signals. In one embodiment, the modulated signals and delay result in pulse trains near zero crossings to reduce crossover distortion.

Abstract: This invention aims to realize reduction in size without impairing measurement accuracy or connection reliability in a semiconductor pressure sensor in which a glass substrate is adhered to a rear-surface side of a pressure-sensitive chip in which piezoresistive pressure-sensitive gauges have been formed on a front surface of a diaphragm formed of a silicon single crystal to form a space between a rear surface of the diaphragm and the glass substrate, for measuring a pressure applied to the front surface of the diaphragm with reference to a pressure of the first space as a standard pressure. In order to achieve this object, the semiconductor pressure sensor includes resinous projections formed on pressure-sensitive gauge electrodes disposed on a front surface of the pressure-sensitive chip or on wiring from the pressure-sensitive gauge electrodes and bumps formed so as to partially or entirely cover the resinous projections.

Abstract: A high-luminance light emitting element is manufactured by a method comprising: forming a light emitting layer on a first surface of a GaP substrate including the first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface and having an area smaller than the first area, the light emitting layer emitting light of a wavelength ? permitted to pass through the GaP substrate; forming a plurality of side surfaces on the GaP substrate to be respectively aslant by substantially the same angle to become narrower toward the second surface; and forming a plurality of depressions and protrusions as high as 0.1? to 3? on the side surfaces.

Abstract: A terminal crimping structure includes a terminal that is crimped to a copper alloy wire of an electric wire which has a copper alloy core wire portion composed of a copper alloy wire element and a sheath portion covering the copper alloy core wire portion. The terminal has a crimping piece portion crimped to the copper alloy core wire portion. In the case where a cross-sectional area of the copper alloy core wire portion is 0.08 mm2 to 0.

Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a holographic recording medium and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, by which effects of distortion or irregularities of the surface of an exposure object can be reduced. The method includes the steps of: splitting a laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator into a first laser beam and a second laser beam, and forming a fringe pattern in a holographic recording medium by illuminating the holographic recording medium with the first laser beam through a mask and illuminating the holographic recording medium with the second laser beam. The mask is a substrate having a light-shielding film formed over its surface.

Abstract: After a wiring plate 30 having a plurality of leads 31 been insert-molded to an edge face 21 of a molded article 20, unwanted portions of the wiring plate 30 are cut, thereby enabling easy three-dimensional wiring. As a result, an electrode terminal section 43 of a photoelectric conversion element 41 disposed opposite an end face 11b of an optical fiber 11 can be electrically coupled to an electrical wiring section 23 of an optical coupling part 10.

Abstract: A non-aqueous mixture solvent for a non-aqueous electrolytic solution to be used for electrochemical energy devices, which contains an aprotic solvent, and a fluorinated ketone of the formula: (wherein Rf1 and Rf2 each independently represents a fluorinated aliphatic group, or Rf1 and Rf2 together form a cyclic group, Q represents a fluorinated or non-fluorinated alkylene group or a bond, and n represents 0 or 1), and an electrolytic solution containing the mixture solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an epitaxial substrate having a III-V group compound semiconductor crystal represented by the general formula InxGayAlzN (wherein, x+y+z=1, 0?x?1, 0?y?1, 0?z?1) having reduced dislocation density, comprising a first step of covering with a mask made of a different material from the III-V group compound semiconductor so that only portions around points of the crystal constitute openings by using a III-V group compound semiconductor crystal having a plurality of projection shapes and a second step of growing the III-V group compound semiconductor crystal laterally by using the III-V group compound semiconductor crystal at the opening as a seed crystal. According to the present invention, an epitaxial substrate having a III-V group compound semiconductor crystal having low dislocation density and little warp is obtained.

Abstract: A laser-induced optical wiring apparatus is provided wherein optical wiring is realized by digital operations of a laser oscillator. The apparatus includes optical ring resonator formed of a loop-shaped optical waveguide on substrate. At least two optical gain sections are provided on the optical ring resonator. When each optical gain section is activated, a laser oscillator including the optical ring resonator and optical gain sections is enabled to oscillate. In this state, the gain of at least one of the optical gain sections is changed in accordance with an input signal, thereby changing the optical route gain of the optical ring resonator to change the oscillation state of the laser oscillator. A change in the laser oscillation state is detected by the optical gain section other than the at least one optical gain section, whereby an output signal is acquired.

Abstract: In a printer connected to a network, email appended with link information is prepared for enabling an administrator to access information about the printer network terminal. The email is transmitted to the administrator terminal at a predetermined timing. Then, the administrator terminal accesses the information based on the link information appended to the email. As such, when a problem occurs in the printer, operations for resolving the problem can be quickly undertaken by the administrator.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and programs of producing and using traffic signal information take, when a vehicle is closely approaching a traffic signal, an image of traffic signal lamps disposed on the traffic signal. The systems, methods, and programs produce image data of the traffic signal lamps, based on the taken image and analyze the image data. The systems, methods, and programs produce traffic signal state information, the traffic signal state information including a state of the traffic signal as of the time of taking the image of the traffic signal lamps. The systems, methods, and programs store traffic signal information, the traffic signal information including the produced traffic signal state information, traffic signal location information, and time information in a memory.

Abstract: A connector has female and male housings (10, 80) and a detector (50) that can move from a preventing position to a locking position on the female housing (10). Preventing portions (57) of the detector (50) engage retainers (59) of the female housing (10) if the detector (50) is pushed towards the locking position before the housings (10, 80) are connected. Detector lock arms (52) slide in contact with interfering portions (89) of the male housing (80) and deform if the detector (50) is pushed towards the locking position when the housings (10, 80) are connected. Thus, the preventing portions (57) separate from the retainers (59) and the detector (50) can move to the locking position as the detector lock arms (52) deform. The detector lock arms (52) restore and engage interlocking portions (88) of the male housing (80) as the detector (50) reaches the locking position.

Abstract: In transmission in which MIMO is applied, there have been problems that the number of variable parameters increases and the number of information bits necessary for control channel increases. When the number of simultaneous multiplex users in one frame increases, there is also a problem of increased control channel information in proportion to the number of users. Error correction coding is performed for the control channel information based on the Adaptive Modulation and Coding scheme, and the above error correction coded control channel information is transmitted after being modulated with a predetermined modulation scheme, and further, according to propagation condition, the coding rate in the above error correction coding is made variable.

Abstract: A nucleic acid probe for classification of pathogenic bacterial species is capable of collectively detecting bacterial strains of the same species and differentially detecting them from other bacterial species. Any one of the base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 87 to 89 and complementary or modified sequences thereof or a combination of at least two of them is used for detecting the gene of an infectious disease pathogenic bacterium.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include switching amplifier circuits and methods. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a low distortion method of driving a switching amplifier comprising modulating an audio input signal to produce a half-wave rectified pulse-width modulated signal and a complementary half-wave rectified pulse-width modulated signal. These signals may be amplified in a power amplifier and combined in a feedback circuit to generate a first feedback signal and a second feedback signal, which may be coupled the inputs of a modulator for controlling the output signal.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, an anode terminal, a cathode terminal, and an outer casing resin. The anode and cathode terminals constitute parts of the mounting surface, and are drawn immediately below the capacitor element. The anode terminal and the cathode terminal are electrically coupled with an anode leader of the capacitor element and a cathode layer, respectively. The outer casing resin covers the capacitor element, and exposes the anode and cathode terminals on the mounting surface. At least one recess is provided on a mounting surface side of at least one of the anode and cathode terminals having a larger area projected onto the mounting surface.