Abstract: A window portion allowing the terminal of the cell to be inserted through is opened in the board holder, and projecting portions are provided projecting inward in the window portion in plural locations of the edge sides facing the window portion in the board holder. And the plural projecting portions in the board holder each decrease in cross-sectional size toward the tips of the plural projecting portions, the board holder is engaged in position by the tips of the plural projecting portions at least partially contacting the under surface of the terminal of the cell which is exposed to the sealing plate side without being covered by a gasket.

Abstract: A window portion allowing the terminal of the cell to be inserted through is opened in the board holder, and projecting portions are provided projecting inward in the window portion in plural locations of the edge sides facing the window portion in the board holder. And the plural projecting portions in the board holder each decrease in cross-sectional size toward the tips of the plural projecting portions, the board holder is engaged in position by the tips of the plural projecting portions at least partially contacting the under surface of the terminal of the cell which is exposed to the sealing plate side without being covered by a gasket.

Abstract: The battery pack has a battery cell 11, a circuit board 22 disposed along one end-plane 11a of the battery cell 11,and a circuit board holder 23 that intervenes between the circuit board 22 and the battery cell 11 end-plane 11a. The circuit board holder 23 is provided with a main body that holds the circuit board 22 and four projections 23h-23k protruding towards the end-plane 11a of the battery cell 11 (in the negative direction along the X-axis). Further, the projections 23h-23k on the circuit board holder 23 have lower mechanical strength than the main body and function as buffers to absorb dimension variation in the battery cell 11. Specifically, the end regions of the projections 23h-23k that contact an insulating board 12 disposed on top of the battery cell 11 end-plane 11a are squashed down by just an amount to absorb the battery cell 11 dimension variation.

Abstract: A handover method is to provided by which a station can move between access points with interruption in communication minimized. An access point assigns mobile stations existing in its own wireless network to identification codes, different from station to station, to thereby carry out association, and thereafter transmits beacon frames each containing a different identification code to the mobile stations. The identification codes are allocated beforehand specifically to each of the access points included in the wireless LAN. When the station is handed over to an adjacent access point, the adjacent access point transmits beacon frames containing the corresponding identification code to that station. Thus, the station is able to continue communication without recognizing the transfer from one wireless network to another.

Abstract: A handover method is to provided by which a station can move between access points with interruption in communication minimized. An access point assigns mobile stations existing in its own wireless network to identification codes, different from station to station, to thereby carry out association, and thereafter transmits beacon frames each containing a different identification code to the mobile stations. The identification codes are allocated beforehand specifically to each of the access points included in the wireless LAN. When the station is handed over to an adjacent access point, the adjacent access point transmits beacon frames containing the corresponding identification code to that station. Thus, the station is able to continue communication without recognizing the transfer from one wireless network to another.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus which effectively uses a memory and does not need complicated hardware is realized. Each area of a frame assembly memory 2 is set to the maximum frame length which is handled. When a cell of a new connection is inputted, a memory write control unit (1) allocates the connection to an empty area in the memory (2) and writes the cell therein. When the cell of the same connection as that already allocated to any area is inputted, it is written into the allocated area. If a plurality of cells of one frame have already been written in the area of the same connection, the connection is allocated to another new area and the cell is written therein. A memory read control unit (3) reads out the cells of one frame and outputs them as one completed-frame data.

Abstract: An access point is provided which is able to secure QoS of multimedia traffic. In the method of controlling QoS for wireless LAN base station apparatus used in a wireless LAN system operating in accordance with IEEE 802.11 standard, the base station or access point is included in a network working in an infrastructure mode with other mobile stations controlled in access by the DCF function. When the access point is receiving a first frame sent from the mobile station and holds a multimedia frame to be sent with high-priority after having received the first frame, it loads the Duration/ID field of an ACK frame responding to the first frame with a time required for transmitting the multimedia frame, and then sends the ACK frame.

Abstract: An input/output device is disclosed that includes a digitizer with an LCD mounted thereon and a protective layer mounted directly on the LCD to minimize the parallax errors that have heretofore occurred when a protective layer was mounted in a spaced relation from an LCD. The LCD is a fringe field switching (FFS) LCD which does not distort when pressure is applied to its upper surface through the directly connected protective layer.

Abstract: An input/output device is disclosed that includes a digitizer with an LCD mounted thereon and a protective layer mounted directly on the LCD to minimize the parallax errors that have heretofore occurred when a protective layer was mounted in a spaced relation from an LCD. The LCD is a fringe field switching (FFS) LCD which does not distort when pressure is applied to its upper surface through the directly connected protective layer.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus which effectively uses a memory and does not need complicated hardware is realized. Each area of a frame assembly memory 2 is set to the maximum frame length which is handled. When a cell of a new connection is inputted, a memory write control unit (1) allocates the connection to an empty area in the memory (2) and writes the cell therein. When the cell of the same connection as that already allocated to any area is inputted, it is written into the allocated area. If a plurality of cells of one frame have already been written in the area of the same connection, the connection is allocated to another new area and the cell is written therein. A memory read control unit (3) reads out the cells of one frame and outputs them as one completed-frame data.

Abstract: The battery pack holds a first block adjacent to a second block in a case. The first and second blocks are a plurality of circular cylindrical batteries arranged in the same horizontal plane. The first and second blocks are each made up of N batteries lined up side-by-side in parallel fashion to form a lateral battery array, and M perpendicular batteries in close proximity to an electrode end of the lateral battery array and oriented at right angles to the batteries of the lateral battery array. The circular cylindrical batteries of the first and second blocks are arranged with point-by-point symmetry about the center of the rectangular case. Further, the electrode ends of perpendicular batteries protrude beyond a side of the lateral battery array towards the neighboring block to provide center region space between the first and second blocks.

Abstract: The battery pack holds a first block adjacent to a second block in a case. The first and second blocks are a plurality of circular cylindrical batteries arranged in the same horizontal plane. The first and second blocks are each made up of N batteries lined up side-by-side in parallel fashion to form a lateral battery array, and M perpendicular batteries in close proximity to an electrode end of the lateral battery array and oriented at right angles to the batteries of the lateral battery array. The circular cylindrical batteries of the first and second blocks are arranged with point-by-point symmetry about the center of the rectangular case. Further, the electrode ends of perpendicular batteries protrude beyond a side of the lateral battery array towards the neighboring block to provide center region space between the first and second blocks.

Abstract: The semiconductor of the present invention comprises at least an oxide film and a metal thin film on the surface of the semiconductor. The metal thin film includes a metal serving as an oxidation catalyst and has a thickness in the range of 0.5-30 nm. The oxide film comprises a metal serving as an oxidation catalyst and having a thickness in the range of 1-20 nm. Thus, a high-quality oxide film can be formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate with high controllability without conducting a high temperature heat treatment. The invention employs the method of manufacturing the semiconductor has a steps of forming the first oxidation film having thickness in the range of 0.1-2.5 nm on the semiconductor substrate; forming the metal thin film (for example platinum film) serving as an oxide catalyst to the thickness in the range of 0.5-30 nm on the first oxide thin film; and then forming the second oxide film by heat treating in an oxidizing atmosphere at temperatures from 25 to 600° C.