Abstract: A thin film micromechanical resonator (resonator) having improved drive efficiency, a resonator gyro having improved sensitivity in detecting an angular velocity, and a navigation system and an automobile using the resonator gyro. The resonator includes a tuning fork structure made of a non-piezoelectric material, and a first electrode and a second electrode disposed respectively at the inner side and the outer side of the tuning fork arm. On the first and second electrodes, a first piezo film and a second piezo film are provided respectively, and a third electrode and a fourth are respectively provided electrode thereon. When an alternating voltage is applied to the third and fourth electrodes at the opposite phases each other, the tuning fork resonates in the direction perpendicular to the center line. The resonator gyro detects, at the sensing section which is formed of another electrodes and another piezo film, the Coriolis force generated in proportion to angular velocity given to the resonator.

Abstract: The drop impact measuring system has i) a plurality of bimorph-type acceleration sensor containing a plurality of free vibrating sections each of which has individual draw-out electrodes; ii) a switch section for selecting output from the bimorph-type acceleration sensors; iii) an amplifying circuit for amplifying a signal applied via the switch section from the acceleration sensors; and iv) a logic circuit for logically evaluating the output from the amplifying circuit and controlling the switch section according to the result acquired from the logical evaluation.

Abstract: An electric connection box includes a cover fitted on a lower side of a body having mounting portions, and the cover is fixedly secured to a vehicle body. A wire harness is extended outwardly from a portion of the body, disposed near to one corner portion thereof, through an escape groove. Plural lock mechanisms, in which a lock piece portion can be elastically fitted into a lock groove, are provided at fitting peripheral surfaces of the body and cover, and are disposed near to four corner portions thereof respectively. One lock mechanism, disposed near to a position where the wire harness is extended outwardly, has a semi-lock structure, and thus has a smaller retaining force than the other lock mechanisms.

Abstract: An electric connection box includes a cover fitted on a lower side of a body having mounting portions, and the cover is fixedly secured to a vehicle body. A wire harness is extended outwardly from a portion of the body, disposed near to one corner portion thereof, through an escape groove. Plural lock mechanisms, in which a lock piece portion can be elastically fitted into a lock groove, are provided at fitting peripheral surfaces of the body and cover, and are disposed near to four corner portions thereof respectively. One lock mechanism, disposed near to a position where the wire harness is extended outwardly, has a semi-lock structure, and thus has a smaller retaining force than the other lock mechanisms.

Abstract: In an instantaneous-tripping circuit breaker, a heater-mounted main bimetal, a shifter of a differential shifter mechanism, and an adjustment dial of a thermal overload/open-phase tripping device are removed from a standard circuit breaker equipped with a breaking section, an opening and closing mechanism section, a thermal overload/open-phase tripping device, and an electromagnetic instantaneous tripping device in a case. Instead, a trip coil of the instantaneous tripping device is connected to a main circuit via a connection conductor of a low resistance, a test-tripping part is mounted in place of the shifter of the differential shifter mechanism, and the adjustment dial is replaced with a dummy dial. Accordingly, the standard circuit breaker is changed to an instantaneous-breaking circuit breaker.

Abstract: The information delivering server for providing three-dimensional content is composed of a property information master storage device for storing the property information of the three-dimensional content, a skeleton master storage device for storing the content of invariable components (skeleton), a parameter master storage device for storing parameters, a property information management means for registering and managing the property information, a skeleton registration means for registering content skeletons, a parameter registration means for registering content parameters, a content providing means for providing the three-dimensional content for customers with reference to the skeleton storage device and the parameter storage device. Accordingly, in accordance with the present invention, it is possible to provide an information delivering system enabling easy modification of three-dimensional content.

Abstract: In relation to a circuit breaker, a left-side accessory switch storage section and a right-side accessory switch storage section are provided in a breaker case 1. A contact point of an ancillary switch 7 provided in one of the accessory switch storage sections is opened or closed in conjunction with an output protrusion 6a formed on an open-close lever 6 of an open-close mechanism section 3 on the main unit. A contact point of an alarm switch 9 provided in the remaining accessory switch storage section is opened or closed in conjunction with an alarm output plate 8 which operates in association with tripping action of the breaker. The output protrusion 6a is caused to oppose an operation lever 7a of an ancillary switch which is formed into a symmetrical bifurcated shape and which is provided in the accessory switch storage section. The alarm output plate constitutes a pivotal lever coupled to a toggle shaft 3a of the open-close mechanism section.

Abstract: A fluid ejection device, such as for an ink jet printer or the like, having increased increasing nozzle density. A through-hole (15) is provided in a glass substrate (18) to which a second silicon substrate (19) is directly bonded to form an ink outlet (14). The first silicon substrate (17) is etched to form a pressure chamber (12), an ink channel (13) and an ink inlet (16), and bonded directly to the glass substrate (18). A piezoelectric thin film (11), having a conductive, elastic body (20), is bonded to the first substrate covering the pressure chamber (12). The elastic body (20) is sandwiched between the piezoelectric thin film (11) and a resin layer (25). The second substrate (19) has a thickness of less than about 0.8 mm in a range of thickness comprising about 1.2 to about 1.9 times (rg-rs), wherein rg is the diameter of the wide end of the through-hole (15) and rs is the diameter of the narrow end of the through-hole (15).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bimorph type piezoelectric element including a first step of providing a first piezoelectric single-crystal plate having a first surface and a second surface; a second step of providing a second piezoelectric single-crystal plate having a third surface and a fourth surface; a third step of directly bonding the third surface of the second piezoelectric single-crystal plate to the first surface of the first piezoelectric single-crystal plate without using any adhesives; a fourth step of forming a freely vibrating part by grinding away the second surface of the first piezoelectric single-crystal plate to a first depth and with a first spacing; and a fifth step of producing an element having a supporting member and the freely vibrating part by cutting the first piezoelectric single-crystal plate and second piezoelectric single-crystal plate with the freely vibrating part included, which have been prepared in the fourth step, with a predetermined spacing and at least in one of the dire

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting an object-to-be-printed and aims at providing an apparatus for detecting an object-to-be-printed which is capable of discriminating whether the object-to-be-printed is plain paper or special paper. The apparatus includes an infrared sensor for detecting infrared rays 4 radiated by heating the object-to-be-printed 1 with heating means 2 and is capable of discriminating whether the object-to-be-printed is plain paper or special paper.

Abstract: A circuit breaker includes an opening and closing mechanism section with an opening and closing lever, and an alarm-outputting plate operating in response to a tripping operation. A case for the circuit breaker has a plurality of switch housing sections formed on a top side thereof, in which are installed an auxiliary switch for detecting an ON/OFF state of a main circuit contact and/or an alarm switch for detecting a tripping operation. The opening and closing lever and the alarm-outputting plate have outputting projecting pieces, respectively, laterally spaced apart from each other corresponding to the respective housing sections, for transmitting mechanical output signals to the switches. When the auxiliary and alarm switches are installed, the auxiliary switch is linked to the outputting projecting piece of the opening and closing lever, while the alarm switch is linked to the outputting projecting piece of the alarm-outputting plate.

Abstract: An acceleration sensor having a well controlled dispersion in the detection characteristics and improved detection characteristics in the low frequency detection comprises a first piezoelectric plate (11), a second piezoelectric plate (12) bonded to the first piezoelectric plate (11) by direct bonding, a first external electrode (13) provided on the main surface of the first piezoelectric plate (11) and a second external electrode (14) provided on the main surface of the second piezoelectric plate (12). The first piezoelectric plate (11) and the second piezoelectric plate (12) are bonded together with their polarization axes reversed to each other. Appearance of the acceleration sensor resembles to a letter “L” in the cross section; thickness of the supporting section (15) is greater than that of the rest part (free vibration section).

Abstract: A recording device capable of accurately detecting the presence and absence of ink particles ejected from plural ejecting outlets aligned in a lateral direction of a head thereof. In the recording device, the sensing field of an infrared sensor is directed toward flying ink particles but directed toward landed particles. Whereby the thermal energy from the landing ink particles remarkably increases a thermal energy applied to infrared sensor.

Abstract: An acceleration sensor having a well controlled dispersion in the detection characteristics and improved detection characteristics in the low frequency detection comprises a first piezoelectric plate (11), a second piezoelectric plate (12) bonded to the first piezoelectric plate (11) by direct bonding, a first external electrode (13) provided on the main surface of the first piezoelectric plate (11) and a second external electrode (14) provided on the main surface of the second piezoelectric plate (12). The first piezoelectric plate (11) and the second piezoelectric plate (12) are bonded together with their polarization axes reversed to each other. Appearance of the acceleration sensor resembles to a letter “L” in the cross section; thickness of the supporting section (15) is greater than that of the rest part (free vibration section).

Abstract: In relation to a circuit breaker, a left-side accessory switch storage section and a right-side accessory switch storage section are provided in a breaker case 1. A contact point of an ancillary switch 7 provided in one of the accessory switch storage sections is opened or closed in conjunction with an output protrusion 6a formed on an open-close lever 6 of an open-close mechanism section 3 on the main unit. A contact point of an alarm switch 9 provided in the remaining accessory switch storage section is opened or closed in conjunction with an alarm output plate 8 which operates in association with tipping action of the breaker. The output protrusion 6a is caused to oppose an operation lever 7a of an ancillary switch which is formed into a symmetrical bifurcated shape and which is provided in the accessory switch storage section. The alarm output plate constitutes a pivotal lever coupled to a toggle shaft 3a of the open-close mechanism section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an infrared detector element to detect infrared rays by means of a pyroelectric material, and an infrared sensor unit and an infrared detecting device using the infrared detector element and has an object of realizing an omnidirectional infrared detector element that can gain an output against an object to be detected moving in whatever directions.

Abstract: In an instantaneous-tripping circuit breaker, a heater-mounted main bimetal, a shifter of a differential shifter mechanism, and an adjustment dial of a thermal overload/open-phase tripping device are removed from a standard circuit breaker equipped with a breaking section, an opening and closing mechanism section, a thermal overload/open-phase tripping device, and an electromagnetic instantaneous tripping device in a case. Instead, a trip coil of the instantaneous tripping device is connected to a main circuit via a connection conductor of a low resistance, a test-tripping part is mounted in place of the shifter of the differential shifter mechanism, and the adjustment dial is replaced with a dummy dial. Accordingly, the standard circuit breaker is changed to an instantaneous-breaking circuit breaker.

Abstract: A sensor in which a field effect transistor element 3 having a gate electrode 6 on its rear side is electrically connected onto a resistive element 2 having a top surface electrode and a bottom surface electrode in such a way that the gate electrode 6 and a portion of the top surface electrode of the resistive element 2 coincides, and a grounding electrode 12 on a substrate is electrically connected with the bottom surface electrode of the resistive element 2 so that they coincides.

Abstract: An acceleration sensor having a well controlled dispersion in the detection, characteristics and improved detection characteristics in the low frequency detection comprises a first piezoelectric plate (11), a second piezoelectric plate (12) bonded to the first piezoelectric plate (11) by direct bonding, a first external electrode (13) provided on the main surface of the first piezoelectric plate (11) and a second external electrode (14) provided on the main surface of the second piezoelectric plate (12). The first piezoelectric plate (11) and the second piezoelectric plate (12) are bonded together with their polarization axes reversed to each other. Appearance of the acceleration sensor resembles to a letter “L” in the cross section; thickness of the supporting section (15) is greater than that of the rest part (free vibration section).

Abstract: An intermediating apparatus connected to a storage management system for financially intermediating the transaction of products includes: a transaction managing unit for managing the transaction by relating a seller, a buyer, and the products carried into the storage by the seller and assumed to be purchased by the buyer to correspond to each other; a settling unit for paying to the seller a buying price of the products calculated on the basis of warehousing information transmitted from the storage management system at the time of delivery of the products from the seller to the storage; and an invoicing unit for notifying a claim to the buyer concerning a selling price of the products calculated on the basis of delivery information transmitted from the storage management system at the time of delivery of the products from the storage, thereby providing a system for encashing the inventory which is determined to be sold.