Abstract: Optical-element mountings are disclosed for holding an optical element relative to an optical column of an optical system. The optical element can have mounting protrusions extending therefrom or lack such features. An exemplary embodiment of a mounting has a respective holding device mounted to each mounting protrusion. Each holding device has a first spring-loaded support member providing rigid support of the element in a gravity direction and flexible support in tangential, radial, and tilt directions. Each holding device also can include a second spring-loaded support member providing rigid support of the element in tangential directions and flexible support in the gravity and radial directions. Another embodiment includes multiple holding devices at respective locations relative to a mounting surface of the element. Each holding device includes a respective linking unit extending from the optical column to a respective bonding member attached to a bonding location on the mounting surface.

Abstract: Optical-element mountings are disclosed for holding an optical element relative to an optical column of an optical system. The optical element can have mounting protrusions extending therefrom or lack such features. An exemplary embodiment of a mounting has a respective-holding device mounted to each mounting protrusion. Each holding device has a first spring-loaded support member providing rigid support of the element in a gravity direction and flexible support in tangential, radial, and tilt directions. Each holding device also can include a second spring-loaded support member providing rigid support of the element in tangential directions and flexible support in the gravity and radial directions. Another embodiment includes multiple holding devices at respective locations relative to a mounting surface of the element. Each holding device includes a respective linking unit extending from the optical column to a respective bonding member attached to a bonding location on the mounting surface.

Abstract: A cable connecting structure includes a shroud adapted to be mounted on a panel carrying pins, the shroud having a shroud body enclosing the pins when the shroud is mounted on the panel and including a plurality of compartments, and a shielding member provided on the shroud body so as to cover an inner wall of the shroud body. The shielding member provide electromagnetic shielding so as to improve the electromagnetic compatibility of the connecting structure.

Abstract: In an apparatus for driving a luminescent display panel, in a state in which scanning lines are sequentially scanned to drive and illuminate light-emitting elements, a voltage peak value arising in a scanning line in a non-scanning state is held by a capacitor through parasitic capacitance of the light-emitting element in a non-scanning state. On the basis of the voltage value held by the capacitor, a reverse bias voltage to be output from a reverse bias voltage generation circuit is controlled, and the voltage is supplied to the scanning lines.

Abstract: A connector for an electronic device has a plug with signal contacts and ground contacts arranged in an alternating sequence in two parallel rows. A shield portion is provided on each ground contact so as to cover an area around adjacent signal contacts so as to reduce crosstalk between adjacent signal contacts.

Abstract: A cable connecting structure includes a shroud adapted to be mounted on a panel carrying pins, the shroud having a shroud body enclosing the pins when the shroud is mounted on the panel and including a plurality of compartments, and a shielding member provided on the shroud body so as to cover an inner wall of the shroud body. The shielding member provide electromagnetic shielding so as to improve the electromagnetic compatibility of the connecting structure.

Abstract: A cable connecting structure includes a shroud adapted to be mounted on a panel carrying pins, the shroud having a shroud body enclosing the pins when the shroud is mounted on the panel and including a plurality of compartments, and a shielding member provided on the shroud body so as to cover an inner wall of the shroud body. The shielding members provide electromagnetic shielding so as to improve the electromagnetic compatibility of the connecting structure.

Abstract: A connector and an electronic component not damaged by connections to the connector are provided. The connector includes a pair of contacts attached to a base of the case, and an actuator. The actuator includes two slat members laid on one top of the other. Free ends of the pair of contacts are positioned in contact holes of the slat members. The contacts initially stand upright before an operation of the actuator. When the slat members are slid in opposite directions, the free ends of the contacts move further apart. After inserting the substrate terminal of the electronic component in between the free ends and releasing the actuator, the contacts try to resume their initial position because of their flexibility, and, as a result, securely hold the terminal.

Abstract: A connector for an electronic device has a plug with signal contacts and ground contacts arranged in an alternating sequence in two parallel rows. A shield portion is provided on each ground contact so as to cover an area around adjacent signal contacts so as to reduce crosstalk between adjacent signal contacts.

Abstract: An electrical connector has a connector main unit having terminals extending outward in substantially a straight line from a resin mold disposed therein, a housing shielding the connector main unit, the housing having an opening in a bottom side surface through which the connector main unit is inserted and mounted therein, two opposed sides of the housing being joined along a seam line, and a fixing mechanism formed by fitting together the connector main unit and the housing so that the two opposed sides of the housing do not come apart at the seam line.

Abstract: A cable connector having a contact terminal member, a housing formed from a single sheet of metal having top, side wall and bottom portions so as to form a box enclosing the contact terminal member, a cable connector insertion port formed at a front end of the housing, and a plurality of integrated legs integrally formed with the housing and disposed so as to extend in a downward direction from side rear edges of the bottom portion of the housing, the integrated legs to be inserted in a plurality of holes formed on a printed circuit board, the connector having a front integrated leg integrally formed with the housing and disposed so as to extend in a downward direction from a bottom edge of the cable connector insertion port, the front integrated leg to be inserted in a hole formed on the printed circuit board so as to fixedly mount a front end of the connector on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A press-fit pin for use with a printed circuit board assembly consisting of two opposed printed circuit boards, the press-fit pin having an upper first press-fit section and a lower second press-fit section. The first press-fit section and the second press-fit section are disposed so that the first press-fit section enters the first through-hole in the first printed circuit board before the second press-fit section enters the second through-hole in the second printed circuit board. As a result, the peaks of the forces required to press the first press-fit section and second press-fit section into place are staggered and do not coincide, resulting in a reduction in peak total force required and thus reducing the danger of bending the press-fit pin during insertion in the printed circuit boards.

Abstract: An internal shelled connector, mounted on electric equipment having a grounded chassis panel, for mating with an external cable connector. The connector is encapsulated by a conducting shell for electrostatic shield, except at an opening for receiving the external connector through a corresponding window of the panel. A contact, formed on the shell maintains pressure on a back surface of the panel to ground the shell. The contact may be a flange formed at a tip of a blade spring formed integrally continuous with the conducting shell. The flange maintains a persistent electric contact with the panel, even if the panel and the mounted shelled connector are partially separated due to mechanical stress, when plugging in or pulling out the external cable connector.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector that can adjust the strength of the connection between the pins of a plug and the contacts of a jack by converting the horizontal motion of a member integrated into the jack or the plug into the vertical motion of an actuator disposed so as to adjust the strength of the contact between the pins and the contacts, thereby eliminating the need for a connector tool to accomplish the adjustment and thus both reducing the load surface area of the connector and eliminating the need for space in which to insert and remove plugs.

Abstract: An shelled connector secured to a circuit board of an electric equipment for receiving a counter connector is capable of shielding an array of connector contacts from an external electromagnetic noise by encapsulating an insulating connector body with a metal shell which is directly connected to a ground terminal pad on the circuit board. For one embodiment according to the resent invention, the metal shell has an extended portion connecting the metal shell directly to a ground terminal pad on the front surface of the circuit board by soldering.

Abstract: A first contact member comprises a liquid conductor which comes into contact with a second contact member so as to establish the electric connection between the two contact members. A container contains the first contact member therein. The second contact member is pin-shaped. The container is tube-shaped and has a containing portion, which is filled with the liquid conductor, and has an opening through which the second contact member is inserted. An area contraction portion for contracting the cross sectional area of the container is formed at a position between the containing portion and the opening. The container is installed in a through hole provided in a base member. The container includes a pipe member of an electric conductor which comes into direct contact with the liquid conductor and a plug member to be inserted into the hole, before the pipe member is inserted, for preventing the liquid conductor from escaping from the container. The container is formed of elastic material.

Abstract: A press-fit pin has a press-fitting portion having a plurality of bending portions which are to be elastically bent so that a bending stress generated in the press-fitting portion is dispersed to the bending portions. The press-fitting portion is to be press fit into a through hole. The press-fitting portion has a plurality of beams extending along a longitudinal axis of the press-fitting portion. The beams are elastically bent along a line parallel to the longitudinal axis when the press-fitting portion is press fit into the through hole. The press-fitting portion has a cross portion extending along the longitudinal axis of the press-fitting portion so as to connect the beams. The cross portion is elastically bent along a line parallel to the longitudinal axis when the press-fitting portion is press fit into the thorough hole.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for driving a lens, having first and second movable lens groups movable along an optic-axis direction, a crank member for moving the first and second movable lens groups along the optic-axis direction in a predetermined mutual relationship, a first moving member for moving the first movable lens group along the optic-axis direction by a force received from the crank member, a second moving member for moving the second movable lens group along the optic-axis direction by the force received by the crank member and a compensating device, disposed between the second movable lens group and the second moving member, for compensating a deviation quantity of the second movable lens group from a predetermined moving quantity.

Abstract: A first contact member comprises a liquid conductor which comes into contact with a second contact member so as to establish the electric connection between the two contact members. A container contains the first contact member therein. The second contact member is pin-shaped. The container is tube-shaped and has a containing portion, which is filled with the liquid conductor, and has an opening through which the second contact member is inserted. An area contraction portion for contracting the cross sectional area of the container is formed at a position between the containing portion and the opening. The container is installed in a through hole provided in a base member. The container includes a pipe member of an electric conductor which comes into direct contact with the liquid conductor and a plug member to be inserted into the hole, before the pipe member is inserted, for preventing the liquid conductor from escaping from the container. The container is formed of elastic material.

Abstract: A connector for coaxial cables in the form of three flat cables. The coaxial cables are arranged in the cable holder in three rows, so that bared signal conductors extend straight from the cable holder in the insulating body of the connector and ground conductors or ground wires remain in the cable holder. The connector includes wide ground contacts which are inserted in the cable holder to contact the ground conductors or ground wires of the coaxial cables under pressure, and three rows of signal contacts to which bared ends of signal conductors of the coaxial cables are soldered. Three rows of signal contacts are supported by three parallel support plates, respectively. The ground contacts are arranged between first and second rows of the signal contacts and between second and third rows of the signal contacts. A ground shell surrounds the signal contacts whereby a multi-layer strip line structure is formed.