Abstract: A hybrid connector consists of an electrical connector and an optical connector. The electrical connector includes a housing with a wall having a terminal mount section and an optical connector mount section and terminals bent L-shaped and inserted through the terminal mount section into the electrical housing. The optical connector includes an optical housing, and a light emitting element module and a light receiving element module, both accommodated in the optical housing. The optical housing, when assembled to the electrical housing, overlies the terminals with a spacing therebetween. A compact hybrid connector is obtained.

Abstract: Board terminals 12, each including a tapering insertion portion 13 for insertion into a through hole in a board, a soldering portion 14 to be soldered to the board, and a connection portion 15 for connection to a mating terminal, are produced from a square wire 11, the insertion portion, the soldering portion and the connection portion being continuously arranged in this order in a direction of a length of the board terminal. The square wire 11 has a width larger than a thickness thereof. The insertion portion 13 is formed by pressing the square wire, and the soldering portion 14 is formed by cutting or pressing widthwise opposite side portions of that portion of the square wire extending from the insertion portion 13, the soldering portion having a width smaller than the width of the square wire. Those portions, removed from the square wire by cutting or pressing, are very small, and generally the whole of the square wire can be formed into the board terminal, and therefore a loss of the material is reduced.

Abstract: In a substrate-use terminal structure using a rectangular rod in accordance with the present invention, two pairs of first retaining section 13, which is held in a terminal holding hole, projections 14 are formed on both lateral side portions of a retaining in an intermediate portion of a substrate-use terminal 12, so as to be press-fitted to both side walls of the terminal holding hole. In addition, a second retaining projection 15 having the shape of a vertically elongated section is provided between the pairs of first retaining projections 14 so as to be press-fitted to at least one of the top wall and the bottom wall in the vertical direction.

Abstract: An optical ring network, an optical connector, and a hybrid connector is provided, wherein a leading-out direction of an optical fiber can be changed without bringing about bad influence on the light transmitted with the optical fiber. An optical plug 24 as an optical connector includes a pair of ferrules 31 to be attached to the respective ends of a pair of optical fibers 25 and an optical adapter 32 having accommodating chambers 101 to accommodate the respective end portions of the optical fibers 25 with the respective ferrules 31. And, directing members 26, 27 to direct the respective optical fibers 25 led out of the optical adapter 32 are secured to the respective ferrules 31, and the ferrules 31 with the directing members 26, 27 are pivotably accommodated in the respective accommodating chambers 101.

Abstract: An insert-molded body and a molding method thereof are provided, which insert-molded body includes: a primary molded body having a first resin portion and a second resin portion; a terminal assembly consisting of one or a plurality of strip terminals; a bent portion formed on the terminal assembly and bent in a suitable angle; a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion protrusively provided on respective sides of the bent portion in a same direction; a first abutting face and a second abutting face provided on the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion, respectively; and a first end face and a second end face provided on the first resin portion and the second resin portion, respectively, wherein the first abutting face and the second abutting face abut against the first end face and the second end face, respectively, due to elastic restoring force arising on the terminal assembly by changing a bending angle of the bent portion.

Abstract: A circuit body consisting of two circuit members 11, 12 is provided. In each circuit member, a plurality of bus bars 13 are juxtaposed at regular intervals and carried by resinous holders 14, 15. In producing, the circuit members 11, 12 are mutually overlapped by slide movement of the circuit member 11 on one hand along the circuit member 12 on the other hand. Then, the so-laminated circuit members 11, 12 are fixed to each other by means of resinous molding. The circuit member 11 is provided with an adjusting part 21. When sliding the circuit member 11, the adjusting part 21 comes into prior contact with the circuit member 12, so that respective connecting parts 20 of the bus bars 13 of the circuit member 11 are raised from the circuit member 12.

Abstract: A terminal structure designed to prevent bus bars from being brought into contact with and rubbing against each other when the terminal structure is built of a plurality of bus bars which are fixed by resin-molding. Circuit members are formed with a plurality of bus bars respectively constituting internal circuits. The plurality of bus bars are coupled together by respective coupling portions in parallel with a space provided between the bus bars. The circuit members are successively set in a mold in such a way that the bus bars of the other circuit member are fitted in between the bus bars of one circuit member without contact with the bus bars of the one circuit member whereby the bus bars in that set condition are fixed by resin-molding. Moreover, a position regulating portion is provided by bending the coupling portion of the other circuit member, so that the other circuit member is temporarily set therein with a space formed from the bus bars of the one circuit member.

Abstract: A mold structure for molding a circuitry comprises a cavity to which a plurality of bus bars are juxtaposedly inserted provided with gap portions to which a resin material to be injected therethrough; and a plurality of holder pins provided on the respective gap portions and arranged alternatively in the juxtaposition direction of the plural bus bars to hold the respective bus bar to be inserted therebetween.

Abstract: A mold structure for molding a circuitry comprises a cavity to which a plurality of bus bars are juxtaposedly inserted provided with gap portions to which a resin material to be injected therethrough; and a plurality of holder pins provided on the respective gap portions and arranged alternatively in the juxtaposition direction of the plural bus bars to hold the respective bus bar to be inserted therebetween.

Abstract: A diffusion plate includes a plurality of superimposed basic patterns, each having a large number of microstructures. The microstructures are located in two dimensional periodic arrangements, and lattice vectors, corresponding to the periodic arrangement of the microstructures, vary in accordance with the pattern. The invention also discloses a method for manufacturing a master die for such a diffusion plate, and a focusing screen using the diffusion plate.

Abstract: A molded product contains a primary molded product and a molded product main body that is formed through secondary resin molding to the primary molded product so that primary mold surfaces of the primary molded product are disposed inside of secondary mold surfaces of the molded product main body. In the molded product, the connector component including a plurality of terminals is utilized as the primary molded product. The primary mold surfaces of the connector component where the terminals protrude are disposed inside the secondary mold surfaces in the socket parts on the front and rear sides of the molded product main body.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having at least one of a copying and printer functions, and a facsimile function, comprising means for inputting image data and size information of an image forming medium on which an image based on the image data is to be formed, means for accommodating image forming media having different sizes, respectively, means for forming an image, based on the image data input from the input means, on each of the image forming media accommodated in the accommodation means, means for detecting sizes of image forming media stored in the accommodation means, and means for switching, on the basis of a detection result of the detection means, between an image forming operation of the image forming means in the facsimile function and an image forming operation of the image forming means in the copying or printer function.

Abstract: A circuit molded structure in which a crack is prevented from developing when a secondary molded member is integrally molded on a primary molded member having bus bars. The circuit molded structure includes the primary molded member (40) having a plurality of bus bars (42) insert-molded therein, and the secondary molded member (30) formed integrally on the primary molded member (40) by secondarily molding a resin on those portions of the primary molded member (40) other than terminal portions of the bus bars (42), the plurality of bus bars (42) forming internal circuits. Bent portions (45) of the bus bars (42) are exposed, and the secondary molding is effected with the exposed bent portions (45) covered with a resin spacer (47). As a result of the provision of the resin spacer (47), the resin will not flow to the bent portions, and the thickness becomes uniform, and any crack due to expansion and shrinkage will not occur.

Abstract: An apparatus relates to the switching of the flow of image data so as to optimize the data flow in accordance with the connection state of the respective optional boards of a PM unit, a FAX unit, a PRT unit, and an HDD unit. The flow of image data can be switched to optimize the data flow depending on the connection state of various optional boards.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having at least one of a copying function of forming an image represented by copy data, a facsimile function of forming an image represented by facsimile data, and a printing function of forming an image represented by print data, characterized by comprising means for acquiring the data, means for storing the data acquired by the data-acquiring means, means for registering image-forming commands for forming an image represented by the data stored in the storing means, means for selecting a plurality of image-forming commands registered in the command-registering means, one after another in a predetermined order, and means for forming images in accordance with the image-forming commands selected by the command-selecting means.

Abstract: In a multifunction image processing apparatus, a CPU uses a QNT/PM, as used for copying and editing, to store image data received by a facsimile controller during a time zone when the apparatus is not used for other than facsimile reception, as in the night. In initiating an operation other than facsimile reception, such as copying, the CPU allows the image data retained in the QNT/PM to be printed out by a laser printer. In the event of failure to print, or in the case of confidential data, the image data is stored/retained in a file memory in a facsimile controller.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a scanner for reading image information of an original, a memory for storing the image information of a plurality of originals read by the scanner, a printer for forming the image information of at least two of the originals stored in the memory on a single image formation medium, a detector for detecting that the memory becomes full, and a controller. When the detector detects that the memory becomes full while the scanner is performing a series of read operations, the controller controls the printer to print images of the image information of originals which are stored in the memory and images of which are to be formed on a single sheet, erases the image information whose images are printed, and controls the scanner to restart reading of the originals.

Abstract: In a wiring board mounting structure for an electrical junction block which includes a body in which an electrical circuit is formed, and a wiring board in which another electrical circuit is formed, the wiring board being coupled to the body to complete the connection of the electrical circuits, bosses are provided for the body and positioning holes are provided for the wiring board to guide the wiring board to a predetermined mounting position. Further, stationary terminals are protruded from the body, and elastic terminals, which elastically contact the stationary terminals when the wiring board is set at the mounting position in the body, are protruded from the wiring board.

Abstract: In a composite digital copying machine of a plain paper copying machine, a printer, and a facsimile apparatus, when the machine is operated as a printer for printing out document data of codes created by a wordprocessor, an internally obtained data image is compressed and stored, as image data, in a hard disk simultaneously with print processing of the data. When this printout is to be copied later, the original image data is searched or retrieved to be printed without scanning the printout.

Abstract: A diffusion plate includes a plurality of superimposed basic patterns, each having a large number of microstructures, wherein the microstructures are located in two dimensional periodic arrangements, and wherein lattice vectors, corresponding to the periodic arrangement of the microstructures, vary in accordance with the pattern. The invention also discloses a method for manufacturing a master die for such a diffusion plate, and a focusing screen using the diffusion plate.