Abstract: An electrical connector includes a cable including a plurality of conductors and a covering portion, and a terminal disposed to face the end surface of each of the conductors and electrically connected to the conductors. The end surface of each of the conductors is inclined with respect to a perpendicular surface perpendicular to an extension direction of each of the conductors. The terminal includes a base end portion connected to the end surface of each of the conductors and a leading end portion located opposite to the base end portion. At least part of the terminal including the base end portion includes an inclined portion extending in a direction forming an obtuse angle with respect to each of the conductors, the direction being an inclination direction along the end surface.

Abstract: A connection system includes a first flexible wiring board and a board assembly. The first flexible wiring board has a first base film, first wires, and first electrodes. The first base film includes a first main surface extending along a first direction. The first electrodes are each electrically connected to a corresponding one of the first wires. The board assembly has a board body and a first connector. The board body includes a third main surface. The third main surface extends along a third direction. The first connector includes first conductors. The first flexible wiring board is coupled to the first connector such that the first direction intersects the third direction obliquely. Each of the first electrodes is configured to be electrically connected to a corresponding one of the first conductors when the first flexible wiring board is coupled to the first connector.

Abstract: An opto-electrical connection system includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a plurality of first conductors, a plurality of first optical fibers, and a first housing. The second connector includes a plurality of second conductors, a plurality of second optical fibers, and a second housing. The first housing includes a first end face, and the second housing includes a second end face. Each leading end portion of the first conductors is exposed at the first end face, and each leading end portion of the second conductors is exposed at the second end face. Each first conductor and each second conductor are configured to be brought into contact with each other to achieve conduction, and each first optical fiber and each second optical fiber are configured to be optically coupled to each other in a non-contact state.

Abstract: An optoelectrical connector includes a plurality of electrical wires each extending along a first direction, a plurality of optical fibers each extending along the first direction, a housing configured to house the plurality of electrical wires and the plurality of optical fibers, and a pressing part configured to be pressable against at least one of each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires or each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers along the first direction. Each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires and each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers are exposed at an end face of the housing.

Abstract: An optical module includes a substrate, an optical element, and an optical coupling module. The substrate includes a glass cloth constituted of glass threads serving as weft and warp. An outer edge of the substrate has a rectangular shape defined by a pair of first side surfaces in a predetermined direction and a pair of second side surfaces in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction. The weft is inclined with respect to the first side surfaces and the second side surfaces. The warp is inclined with respect to the first side surfaces and the second side surfaces. A cavity is formed in the substrate. At least a part of the optical coupling module is accommodated in the cavity. A side surface of the cavity includes an inclined region inclined with respect to an extension direction of the weft and an extension direction of the warp.

Abstract: A cable assembly includes a flat cable including a plurality of conductors arranged side by side and a covering that covers the plurality of conductors, each of the plurality of conductors having an end exposed from the covering, a ferrule including a ferrule end face and a plurality of insertion holes extending from the ferrule end face and arranged side by side, the ferrule holding the flat cable with the end of each of the plurality of conductors inserted in a corresponding one of the plurality of insertion holes, and at least one conducting member to be attached to the ferrule end face and electrically connected to end surfaces of the plurality of conductors, the end surfaces of the plurality of conductors being exposed from the ferrule end face.

Abstract: This optical module includes a cable including an optical fiber, and a connector module. The connector module includes: a circuit board having a first surface and a second surface; a metal housing in which the circuit board is disposed and which includes a plate-shaped portion facing the second surface; a resin housing in which the metal housing is disposed; and a heat transfer member which is disposed on the second surface. The plate-shaped portion of the metal housing includes a first region overlapping with the heat transfer member in plan view, and a second region located around the first region. The first region is closer to the second surface than the second region, and is in contact with the heat transfer member. A heat insulating region is disposed between the first region and the resin housing.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes emergency dampers switchable between opening states for opening emergency vents and closing states for closing emergency vents. A control device switches the emergency dampers from the closing states to the opening states while keeping an indoor fan operating, when determining that refrigerant is leaked from a refrigerant circuit on the basis of results of detection by refrigerant leakage detectors. An indoor unit chamber includes supply air guiding sub-chambers for guiding the internal air delivered by the indoor fan to supply openings. The emergency vents are included in the supply air guiding sub-chambers. The indoor fan forms flows of the internal air with the air pressures in the supply air guiding sub-chambers being higher than the atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A distance detector includes a light projecting unit which projects light toward a target body, a light receiving unit which receives a reflected light from the target body, a time detection unit which detects a light receiving time from the projecting of measuring light by the light projecting unit to the receiving of the reflected light by the light receiving unit, a calculation unit which calculates the distance to the target body based on a detection result of the light receiving time by the time detection unit, and an evaluation unit which evaluates the reliability of a calculation result of the distance to the target body by the calculation unit based on a deviation of the distance corresponding to the calculation result from a reference value regarding the distance to the target body.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a ferrule and a plurality of electric wires. The ferrule includes a ferrule main body including a front end and a rear end located opposite to the front end in a first direction, and a plurality of insertion holes that extend in the first direction within the ferrule main body and that respectively open at the front end. The plurality of electric wires are held in the plurality of insertion holes, respectively. Each of tip ends of the plurality of electric wires is exposed from each of the plurality of insertion holes at the front end.

Abstract: An optical module includes a substrate, an optical element, and a lens module. The optical element is mounted on the substrate. The lens module includes an outer surface and an inner surface facing each other and a lens provided on the inner surface so as to be optically coupled to the optical element and optically couples an optical fiber with the optical element through the lens. The lens module is mounted on the substrate such that the inner surface faces the substrate and is attached to the substrate with an adhesive introduced into a gap between the inner surface and the substrate. The optical module is provided with an inflow prevention structure that prevents inflow of the adhesive to an optical axis of the lens between the substrate and the lens module and between the lens and the adhesive.

Abstract: An optical module includes a substrate, an optical element, an optical coupling module, and an adhesive. The substrate includes a glass cloth therein. The optical element is mounted on the substrate. The optical coupling module is configured to be optically coupled to the optical element. The adhesive fixes the optical coupling module to the substrate. A cavity recessed from a first main surface of the substrate toward a second main surface of the substrate so as to include a bottom portion is formed in the substrate. At least a part of the optical coupling module is accommodated in the cavity. The glass cloth includes a protruding portion protruding into the cavity from a side surface of the cavity. The protruding portion is stuck into the adhesive positioned between the side surface and the optical coupling module.

Abstract: A distance detector 10 includes a light projecting unit 100 which projects light toward a target body, a light receiving unit 200 which receives a reflected light from the target body, a time detection unit 310 which detects a light receiving time from the projecting of measuring light by the light projecting unit 100 to the receiving of the reflected light by the light receiving unit 200, a calculation unit 320 which calculates the distance to the target body based on a detection result of the light receiving time by the time detection unit 310, and an evaluation unit 340 which evaluates the reliability of a calculation result of the distance to the target body by the calculation unit 320 based on a deviation of the distance corresponding to the calculation result from a reference value regarding the distance to the target body.

Abstract: When a server system detects that a first player character and a second player character have entered a given involved situation in a common game space, the server system performs gameplay control to a player terminal of the first player character and a player terminal of the second player character according to gameplay specs of each of the player terminals in the involved situation. As the gameplay control, the server system generates a special game space including an object model of a grade appropriate for implementing a play experience as pleasant as possible with the highest possible quality allowed by the gameplay specs, and generates and displays a game space image and a gameplay image in the special game space.

Abstract: An electric-wire-equipped connection member includes: an electric wire including a center conductor, an insulating layer covering the center conductor, and a shield layer made of metal and covering the insulating layer; and an insulating substrate including a first surface and a second surface and having a through hole which has openings in the first surface and the second surface and in which a portion of the electric wire where the shield layer is exposed is inserted. The center conductor is exposed from the first surface of the insulating substrate. The insulating substrate includes a metal plating layer formed continuously on an inner peripheral surface of the through hole and at least one of the first surface and the second surface. The shield layer is electrically connected to the metal plating layer.

Abstract: An optical module includes an optical component, a substrate including a main surface, a mount portion provided on the main surface of the substrate, and at least one measurement reference portion provided on the main surface of the substrate at a position apart from the mount portion. The substrate mounts the optical component thereon. The mount portion is configured to mount the optical component thereon. The measurement reference portion includes a reference point that becomes a height reference when measuring a mount height of the optical component.

Abstract: An optical module includes a substrate including a main surface, an optical component including a bottom surface, and a first side surface and a second side surface each extending in a direction intersecting the bottom surface and facing each other, and an adhesion portion fixing the optical component to the substrate. The optical component is mounted on the substrate such that the bottom surface faces the main surface. In this optical module, the adhesion portion includes a plurality of first adhesion portions provided along the first side surface and a plurality of second adhesion portions provided along the second side surface.

Abstract: A coupling member for coupling an optical component to a connector in a first direction is disclosed. The coupling member includes a locking portion that extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the coupling member being configured to be locked to the optical component, an elastic portion configured to press the connector toward the optical component in the first direction, and a connecting portion that connects the locking portion to the elastic portion. The elastic portion is movable outward of the connector in a planar direction defined by the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: An optical connector module connected to an optical component is disclosed. The optical connector includes at least one optical fiber, a connector that holds the optical fiber, the connector being configured to be connected to the optical component in a first direction, and a connecting member configured to maintain a connected state between the connector and the optical component when the connector is connected to the optical component. The connecting member is configured to rotate in contact with the connector and to be engaged with each of the connector and the optical component.

Abstract: A radiation device or the like has a structure for selectively converting thermal energy into an electromagnetic wave. The radiation device has a conductor layer, a semiconductor layer, and a plurality of conductor disks. The plurality of conductor disks are arranged on the semiconductor layer so that the same arrangement pattern is constituted in each of a plurality of unit constituent regions each having a rectangular shape with a side of 4.5 to 5.5 ?m. The arrangement pattern of individual unit components includes nine conductor disks so as to correspond to a 3×3 matrix, and the nine conductor disks include four or more kinds of conductor disks having diameters different from each other. As a result, a two-dimensional periodic structure of the arrangement pattern is formed on the semiconductor layer.