Abstract: A folding portable communication unit is composed an upper cabinet, a lower cabinet, and a hinge for so supporting the upper and lower cabinets that they are rotational around the hinge. A simplified LCD and a simplified key unit are provided for a rear cover of the upper cabinet or the lower cabinet, and thereby a user can watch the simplified LCD or operate the simplified key unit, even when the upper and lower cabinets are folded. Information is displayed on either of a LCD or the simplified LCD depending on whether the upper and lower cabinets are folded or not and on the kind of information to be displayed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for machining an electrically conductive film at a low cost, suitable for multi-product small-amount production are provided to reduce variations in resulting dimensions, a partially remaining conductive film, damage to an insulating substrate, and so on after machining, while eliminating the need for a waste liquid treatment. The apparatus includes a YAG laser for emitting near infrared light (at wavelength &lgr;=1064 nm), an optical system including a step index optical fiber for guiding the laser light emitted from the laser to the vicinity of an electrically conductive film on an insulating transparent substrate, an X-Y stage having a carrier for carrying the transparent substrate thereon, and a controller for controlling and driving the X-Y stage to move the transparent substrate in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the laser light is irradiated. Instead of the optical fiber, a kaleidoscope may be used.

Abstract: A two-stroke internal combustion engine having an air control arrangement which controls scavenging air flow during rapid engine acceleration to optimize the acceleration and maximum power output of the engine while maintaining low exhaust emissions from the engine. Desirably, the air control arrangement may comprise a valve that throttles the air passage to one half or less of its total flow area at a medium engine load or less and completely or fully opens at a medium engine load or more of the engine. Normally, the air control valve opens in unison with the throttle valve, but during rapid acceleration of the engine the air control valve opens later or more slowly than the throttle valve to control the supply of scavenging air to the combustion chamber of the engine thereby enhancing rapid acceleration of the engine.

Abstract: A double ended direct-feed type writing implement includes: an ink tank; a pair of writing points (point assemblies) arranged both ends of the ink tank; ink collectors; an ink feeder means including a center core; arrangement for inhibiting air from flowing into the ink tank through the ink collector air/liquid exchanger located at the top while the pen is unused for writing.

Abstract: A resin sealed electronic device has an electronic element (30), a first external lead (10) with an element placement pad (11) having a thickness t of less than 0.1 mm, and a second external lead (20), which is disposed at a distance from the element placement pad (11), the first external lead (10) being bent into an S shape, the bending depth d thereof being made at least the thickness t of the first external lead (10), and the thickness T of the sealing resin on the non-element side of the element placement pad (11) being made smaller than the bending depth d. The electronic element (30), part of the first external lead (10), and part of the second external lead (20) are sealed by a sealing resin(40). This structure provides a compact electronic device, the vertical, horizontal, and height dimensions of which are all under 1 mm.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing an electric double-layer capacitor with an excellent property of preventing a short circuit between the electrodes, a better ionic permeability and a high strength is provided, said process comprising using, as a separator, a fiber sheet containing a fiber having fibrils and a fine polyester fiber having a fineness of not more than 0.45 dtex (decitex) and drying the separator at a specific temperature.

Abstract: A separator for an electric double-layer capacitor with an excellent property of preventing a short circuit between the electrodes, a good ionic permeability and a high strength is provided which comprises a fiber sheet comprising a fibril-containing fiber and a fine polyester fiber having a fineness of not more than 0.45 dtex (decitex).

Abstract: The ink bag is structured as follows: To the respective long side portions (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b) of a rectangular-shaped, thermally fusible first film forming the surface portions (1, 2) of the ink bag, there are attached, by thermal fusion, the long side portions of a rectangular-shaped, thermally fusible second film forming the side surface portions (3, 4) of the ink bag and having lower rigidity than the first film to thereby form a cylindrical body. The one-side short side portions (1c, 2c) of the surface portions of the ink bag are attached together by thermal fusion to form a bag body. An ink supply hole forming member (5) is attached by thermal fusion to the other-side short side portions of the surface portions of the ink bag. In the four corners of the ink bag, there are formed band-shaped connecting portions (6 to 9) each starting from one of the two mutually adjoining sides of the ink bag and reaching the other of the two sides.

Abstract: A portable terminal system is arranged by an option apparatus 1 for a portable terminal unit and a portable terminal unit. The option apparatus 1 for the portable terminal unit communicates with a base station by using electromagnetic waves by a first radio transmitter/receiver circuit 11, and further communicates with the portable terminal unit 2 by using infrared radiation by a first infrared type connection apparatus 16. On the other hand, the portable terminal unit 2 communicates with the option apparatus 1 used with the portable terminal unit by using infrared radiation by a second infrared type connection apparatus. Since the option apparatus 1 for the portable terminal unit is connected to the portable terminal 2 by way of the infrared radiation, the connection works can be readily performed, and further various types of portable terminal units can be mutually connected to various sorts of option apparatuses for portable terminal units.

Abstract: A suitable power amplification path is selected from at least one amplification path in a power amplifier, according to at least a signal modulated in one modulation mode, to reduce the size and the efficiency of the power amplifier. The power amplifier in accordance with the present invention comprises a bias voltage control terminal, an output change-over switch, a non-linear amplification path, and a linear amplification path. The non-linear amplification path includes a variable gain amplifier whose gain is set at predetermined gain, and a linear amplifier and a non-linear amplifier which amplify the output of the variable gain amplifier by controlling the bias voltage thereof with the output of a bias voltage control circuit. In the linear amplification path, the bias voltage of the linear amplifier is set constant and the gain of the variable gain amplifier before the linear amplifier is adjusted by controlling the bias voltage thereof, whereby the output level of the power amplifier is controlled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a projection lens including: a power lens unit; one or more image-side lens units, provided on the image side with respect to the power lens, for correcting an aberration; and one or more opposite-image-side lens units, provided on the side opposite to the image side with respect to the power lens, for correcting an aberration, which projection lens has the following features.

Abstract: A flavor generation article including a pipe incorporating a heat reservoir and a formed body serving as a flavor generation medium. The pipe is inserted in an insertion hole of a connection plug, and the connection plug is mounted in a mount hole of a socket. The socket has first and second terminals respectively connected to the two terminals of a power supply. The heat reservoir and formed body in the pipe are heated by a coil heater disposed in the connection plug. When the heater maintains a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time, a projection of the mount hole is thermally deformed to be retreated. The connection plug is moved from a mount position by the action of the potential-restoration force of a coil spring and projects from a mount hole integrally with the pipe.

Abstract: A terminal device having an infrared optical communication circuit with improved efficiency in use of the infrared optical communication circuit and the terminal device itself. In a pocket telephone T as a terminal device, an infrared optical communication circuit includes a light emitting section for emitting infrared rays and a photo detector section for detecting the infrared rays. A controller compares the infrared rays emitted from the light emitting section with the infrared rays which are reflected by a reflecting plate and are detected by the photo detector section and detects the information of infrared ray interruption on the basis of the comparison result.

Abstract: The laser pointer of this invention includes: a laser pointer main body for emitting a visible laser beam; and a deflection optical element disposed on the central axis of the laser beam and adapted to deflect the direction along which the emitted laser beam passes.

Abstract: The entire part of a rear surface 2 of a nozzle plate 1 excluding peripheral portions 6 of nozzle holes 4 is coated with a resist tape, and this nozzle plate 1 is immersed in an electrolytic solution in which ions of a metal and particles of a water-repellent resin are dispersed to provide a plating thereon, and the plated nozzle plate 1 in the electrolytic solution is then heated to a temperature that is higher than a melting point of the water-repellent resin, whereby an entire portion extending from a front surface 3 of the nozzle plate 1 and the nozzle holes 4 contiguous to the front surface to the rear surface 2 is provided with a eutectoid plating layer 8 to suppress deviation of the passage of ink droplets due to wetting by an ink or the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reagent for biomaterials assay of (fluorescent dye).sub.n --avidin--a compound having a plurality of reactive groups--a biomaterial, or a reagent in which avidin is bound to a compound having a plurality of reactive groups through biotin in the above, a method for preparing it, a plastic fiber optics necessary for utilizing this, an assaying device having a sensing portion utilizing this fiber optics and an assaying method of biomaterials by use of this reagent and device. The assay method can be used for immunoassay of biomaterials such as antigens, enzymes contained in extremely minute amounts in blood or body fluid in medical diagnosis, and improves detectable sensitivity to a great extent.

Abstract: The entire part of a rear surface 2 of a nozzle plate 1 excluding peripheral portions 6 of nozzle holes 4 is coated with a resist tape, and this nozzle plate 1 is immersed in an electrolytic solution in which ions of a metal and particles of a water-repellent resin are dispersed to provide a plating thereon, and the plated nozzle plate 1 in the electrolytic solution is then heated to a temperature that is higher than a melting point of the water-repellent resin, whereby an entire portion extending from a front surface 3 of the nozzle plate 1 and the nozzle holes 4 contiguous to the front surface to the rear surface 2 is provided with a eutectoid plating layer 8 to suppress deviation of the passage of ink droplets due to wetting by an ink or the like.

Abstract: A reflective type optical signal distributor comprising, in a housing (2), a plurality of optical input/output units (3) functioning as input and output terminals for an optical signal, an optical circuit assembly (6) for reflecting and separating the optical signal, and a plurality of guide optical fibers (8) for connecting the plurality of optical signals entering any one of the plurality of optical input/output units (3) and the optical circuit assembly (6), whereby an optical input/output units (3) is substantially equally distributed to all other ones of the plurality of optical input and output units (3), the optical circuit assembly (6) comprising an optical circuit in which a plurality of independent branched optical waveguides (22) merge into a single main optical waveguide (21), a reflective surface (4) formed at an end of the main waveguide (21), and the plurality of guide optical fibers (8) being connected to the corresponding plurality of independent branched optical waveguides (22).

Abstract: In a barrel cylinder for a writing instrument, a writing element support hole portion or support projection is formed in a deep portion of a distal end port of the barrel cylinder where a writing element extends, the writing element support hole portion or support projection having an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the writing element, and an enlarged port portion having an inner diameter larger than the writing element support hole portion or support projection and a gate mark appearing at a location of an inner surface thereof is formed at an inlet port portion of the distal end port of the barrel cylinder which is on the outer side of the writing element support hole portion or support projection.

Abstract: In a sphere polishing machine, workpiece balls in a ball passageways which are formed by guide grooves 5 formed in a stationary board 2 and guide grooves 1a formed in a rotary board 1 are moved along the ball passageways while being rotated by the rotary board 1, whereby the portion of the workpiece ball which is brought into contact with the guide groove 1a of the stationary board 1 in accordance with the inclination of the axis of rotation of the workpiece ball, is polished. On each of the ball passageways, a plurality of predetermined positions are selected at predetermined intervals, and relief grooves 6a, 6b and 6c are formed in guide groove portions of the stationary board which correspond the predetermined positions so that, when each of the workpiece balls passes through each of the predetermined positions, the inclination of the axis of rotation thereof is changed.