Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a housing having a front surface formed with an outlet and a back surface facing the front surface, an airflow flowing through the outlet; a substrate horizontally placed in the housing, an electric component being mounted on the substrate; and a heat dissipator including a plurality of fins, each of the fins having a heat dissipation surface, the heat dissipator dissipating, due to the airflow, heat generated by the electric component. The heat dissipation surface of each of the fins is parallel to the back surface or is angled at greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees relative to the back surface in top view.

Abstract: A rubber plug supply apparatus 10 according to the present invention includes a supply device 20, a sensor 32, an orientation correction device 40, and an accommodation assistance device 107. The supply device 20 includes an accommodation portion 21 accommodating a rubber plug 5 and a discharge port 22b, from which the rubber plug 5 is discharged. The sensor 32 detects the orientation of the rubber plug 5 supplied by the supply device 20. The orientation correction device 40 includes an accommodation hole 51 accommodating the rubber plug 5, and changes the orientation of the rubber plug 5 to a predetermined orientation in the case where the orientation of the rubber plug 5 detected by the sensor 32 is different from the predetermined orientation.

Abstract: Provided is an endoscope that can suppress breakage of an optical fiber and has excellent assemblibility and handlability. An endoscope includes a light guide that guides illumination light created by a light source device from the light source device via an operating part of the endoscope to a distal end part of an insertion part of the endoscope through an interior of an endoscope. The light guide includes a first optical fiber bundle; a first protective tube that covers the first optical fiber bundle from the distal end part to the operating part; and a second protective tube that is connected to a proximal end part of the first protective tube and covers the first optical fiber bundle. The first protective tube is made of a non-porous (solid) fluororesin. The second protective tube has a bending stiffness smaller than the first protective tube.

Abstract: There are provided a piezoelectric element capable of implementing an acoustic generator having excellent characteristics and a simple structure, and an acoustic generator, an acoustic generation device, and an electronic apparatus using the same. A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer; a first conductor; a second conductor; a third conductor; a fourth conductor; a fifth conductor; and a sixth conductor, and includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion is a portion where the first conductor and the second conductor face each other, and the second portion is a portion where the third conductor and the fourth conductor face each other. The third portion is a portion where the fifth conductor and the sixth conductor do not face each other, the third portion being located between the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: An acoustic generator according to an embodiment includes at least a plurality of piezoelectric elements (exciters) and a vibrating portion. The piezoelectric elements vibrate upon reception of input of an electric signal. The piezoelectric elements are attached to the vibrating portion. The piezoelectric elements are attached to the vibrating portion asymmetrically with respect to all the symmetry axes of a figure drawn by a contour of the vibrating portion when seen from the above.

Abstract: There are provided an acoustic generator capable of generating a high-quality sound having little distortion, and an acoustic generation device and an electronic apparatus using the same. An acoustic generator has a vibration body, a first exciter, a second exciter, a first damping material and a second damping material. The vibration body has two surfaces which are positioned with a gap therebetween in a first direction. The first exciter and the second exciter are disposed on the vibration body. The first damping material is disposed on the vibration body and has a first portion which overlaps the first exciter when viewed in the first direction. The second damping material is disposed on the vibration body and has a second portion which overlaps the second exciter when viewed in the first direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging module capable of performing positioning of an imaging element unit, and a lens unit at a low cost and with high precision and an electronic device including the imaging module. An imaging module 100 includes a lens unit 10 including VCMs 16A, 16C, and 16E which move a lens group 12 in an x direction, a y direction, and a z direction, respectively, terminals 14A and 14B which are connected to the VCM 16A, terminals 14C and 14D which are connected to the VCM 16C, and terminals 14E and 14F which are connected to the VCM 16E, and an imaging element unit 20 including terminals 24A to 24F which are connected to the terminals 14A to 14F. Exposed areas of the terminals 14A and 14B are larger than exposed areas of the terminals 14C to 14F.

Abstract: There are provided a piezoelectric element capable of implementing an acoustic generator having excellent characteristics and a simple structure, and an acoustic generator, an acoustic generation device, and an electronic apparatus using the same. A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer; a first conductor; a second conductor; a third conductor; a fourth conductor; a fifth conductor; and a sixth conductor, and includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion is a portion where the first conductor and the second conductor face each other, and the second portion is a portion where the third conductor and the fourth conductor face each other. The third portion is a portion where the fifth conductor and the sixth conductor do not face each other, the third portion being located between the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging module, an electric device provided therewith, and an imaging-module manufacturing method capable of simply and reliably performing probing and fixing a lens unit and an imaging element unit to each other with high accuracy even when the miniaturized lens unit is used. A the lens unit (11) includes a focus driving unit, a housing (23), a first connection portion (37A), a first wiring portion by which the focus driving unit and the first connection portion are electrically connected to each other, and a second wiring portion which is electrically connected to the focus driving unit to which the first wiring portion is connected. The second wiring portion extends from the inside of the housing to the outside thereof, and a wire of the second wiring portion extends to an end surface on an end (39) of the extended second wiring portion.

Abstract: An imaging module, an electronic device, and an imaging-module manufacturing method capable of relatively easily adjusting a relative position between an imaging element unit and a lens unit with high accuracy are provided. An imaging module 1 includes an imaging element unit 3, a lens unit 2 which includes a lens group 10, a first image-blur correction driving unit 30x, a second image-blur correction driving unit 30y, a focus driving unit 30z, and a connection portion 41 which is electrically connected to a circuit of the imaging element unit by a conductive joining material, and a flexible wiring portion 12 which includes a wiring group which connects the circuit of the imaging element unit to at least one driving unit among the first image-blur correction driving unit, the second image-blur correction driving unit, and the focus driving unit, and extends between the imaging element unit and the lens unit.

Abstract: An imaging module 100 includes a lens unit 10 and an imaging element unit 20. The lens unit 10 includes a VCM 16A which moves a lens group 12 in a z direction, terminals 14A and 14B which are electrically connected to the VCM 16A, a VCM 16C and a VCM 16E which move the lens group 12 in an x direction and a y direction, and terminals 14C to 14F which are electrically connected to the VCM 16C and the VCM 16E. The imaging element unit 20 includes terminals 24A to 24F which are electrically connected to the terminals 14A to 14F. Exposed areas of the terminals 14A and 14B are larger than exposed areas of the terminals 14C to 14F.

Abstract: A piezoelectric vibration component and a portable terminal each include a piezoelectric vibration element 14 and a power supply line 51. The piezoelectric vibration element 14 includes at least: a layered structure 20 in which a plurality of internal electrodes and piezoelectric layers are layered in a first direction; and surface electrodes 33 and 31 electrically connected to the internal electrodes. The piezoelectric vibration element 14 bends and vibrates, and its amplitude changes in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The power supply line 51 includes at least: a conductive path 53 including a connection part 56 bonded to a surface electrode 33; and a conductive path 52 including a connection part 57 bonded to a surface electrode 31. The connection part 56 has a plurality of partial electrodes 56a and 56b that extend in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: A piezoelectric vibration device capable of allowing a low profile and generating strong vibration, and a portable terminal using the same are provided. Disclosed are a piezoelectric vibration device at least including a support body (11); a vibration member (12) mounted to the support body (11) so as to vibrate; a vibration element (14) capable of being subjected to bending vibration; and a deformable first connecting member (13) interposed between a first surface that is a bending surface of the vibration element (14) and one main surface of the vibration member (12), and a portable terminal using the same. A piezoelectric vibration device capable of allowing a low profile and generating strong vibration, and a portable terminal can be obtained.

Abstract: There are provided an acoustic generator capable of generating a high-quality sound having little distortion, and an acoustic generation device and an electronic apparatus using the same. An acoustic generator has a vibration body, a first exciter, a second exciter, a first damping material and a second damping material. The vibration body has two surfaces which are positioned with a gap therebetween in a first direction. The first exciter and the second exciter are disposed on the vibration body. The first damping material is disposed on the vibration body and has a first portion which overlaps the first exciter when viewed in the first direction. The second damping material is disposed on the vibration body and has a second portion which overlaps the second exciter when viewed in the first direction.

Abstract: An acoustic generator according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a piezoelectric element (exciter), a vibrating body. The piezoelectric element receives an input of an electrical signal and is caused to vibrate. The piezoelectric element is mounted on the vibrating body, and the vibrating body is caused to vibrate by the vibration of the piezoelectric element. The acoustic generator includes at least one pair of two adjacent portions with different stiffnesses in a plan view, and has at least one damper provided contacting with both of the two adjacent portions.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging module capable of performing positioning of an imaging element unit, and a lens unit at a low cost and with high precision and an electronic device including the imaging module. An imaging module 100 includes a lens unit 10 including VCMs 16A, 16C, and 16E which move a lens group 12 in an x direction, a y direction, and a z direction, respectively, terminals 14A and 14B which are connected to the VCM 16A, terminals 14C and 14D which are connected to the VCM 16C, and terminals 14E and 14F which are connected to the VCM 16E, and an imaging element unit 20 including terminals 24A to 24F which are connected to the terminals 14A to 14F. Exposed areas of the terminals 14A and 14B are larger than exposed areas of the terminals 14C to 14F.

Abstract: An imaging module, an electronic device, and an imaging-module manufacturing method capable of relatively easily adjusting a relative position between an imaging element unit and a lens unit with high accuracy are provided. An imaging module 1 includes an imaging element unit 3, a lens unit 2 which includes a lens group 10, a first image-blur correction driving unit 30x, a second image-blur correction driving unit 30y, a focus driving unit 30z, and a connection portion 41 which is electrically connected to a circuit of the imaging element unit by a conductive joining material, and a flexible wiring portion 12 which includes a wiring group which connects the circuit of the imaging element unit to at least one driving unit among the first image-blur correction driving unit, the second image-blur correction driving unit, and the focus driving unit, and extends between the imaging element unit and the lens unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging module, an electric device provided therewith, and an imaging-module manufacturing method capable of simply and reliably performing probing and fixing a lens unit and an imaging element unit to each other with high accuracy even when the miniaturized lens unit is used. A the lens unit (11) includes a focus driving unit, a housing (23), a first connection portion (37A), a first wiring portion by which the focus driving unit and the first connection portion are electrically connected to each other, and a second wiring portion which is electrically connected to the focus driving unit to which the first wiring portion is connected. The second wiring portion extends from the inside of the housing to the outside thereof, and a wire of the second wiring portion extends to an end surface on an end (39) of the extended second wiring portion.

Abstract: An imaging module 100 includes a lens unit 10 and an imaging element unit 20. The lens unit 10 includes a VCM 16A which moves a lens group 12 in a z direction, terminals 14A and 14B which are electrically connected to the VCM 16A, a VCM 16C and a VCM 16E which move the lens group 12 in an x direction and a y direction, and terminals 14C to 14F which are electrically connected to the VCM 16C and the VCM 16E. The imaging element unit 20 includes terminals 24A to 24F which are electrically connected to the terminals 14A to 14F. Exposed areas of the terminals 14A and 14B are larger than exposed areas of the terminals 14C to 14F.

Abstract: A piezoelectric vibration element capable of reducing occurrence of unnecessary vibration, and a piezoelectric vibration device and a portable terminal using the same are disclosed. The piezoelectric vibration element includes a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of piezoelectric layers being stacked along a first direction, the piezoelectric vibration element having two surfaces that face each other to be at intervals in the first direction, and vibrating in bending mode in the first direction with an amplitude varying along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction according to input of an electric signal, one of the two surfaces having such a shape that a central portion thereof in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction protrudes as compared with opposite end portions thereof in the third direction.