Abstract: A locking structure for releasably locking a covering element in a closed position on a unit housing. The locking structure includes a resiliently engaging member integrally formed on the covering element, and a supporting member pivotably connected to the covering element. The resiliently engaging member includes a pair of resilient first supports projecting from the covering element, a bar connecting the respective free ends of the resilient first supports with each other and a pair of projections formed on the bar to be releasably engaged with the housing. The supporting member includes a base plate pivotably connected to the covering element and a second support extending from the base plate to be releasably engaged with the resiliently engaging member. In a locked position of the locking structure, the bar is stably supported by the second support so that the projections are kept in engagement with the housing.

Abstract: In an information processing system having a portable terminal unit, such as a hand-held computer, driven by a rechargeable battery and a data communication adaptor for enabling communication between the portable terminal unit and a host computer of the system, the terminal unit and the data communication adaptor are designed to minimize the size thereof in the following five ways. First, a memory card holding mechanism for connecting the memory card of the portable terminal unit is provided between a swinging back lid and a recess of the back casing. Second, a normal interface and a high-speed interface are both provided in the portable terminal unit and the the data communication adaptor respectively. Third, an auxiliary connector for an optional device to extend a function of the portable terminal Unit is provided in the opening of the casing of the portable terminal unit movable in three dimensions mounted on a printed circuit board.

Abstract: In an information processing system having a portable terminal unit, such as a hand-held computer, driven by a rechargeable battery and a data communication adaptor for enabling communication between the portable terminal unit and a host computer of the system, the terminal unit and the data communication adaptor are designed to minimize the size thereof in the following five ways. First, a memory card holding mechanism for connecting the memory card of the portable terminal unit is provided between a swinging back lid and a recess of the back casing. Second, a normal interface and a high-speed interface are both provided in the portable terminal unit and the data communication adaptor respectively. Third, an auxiliary connector for an optional device to extend a function of the portable terminal unit is provided in the opening of the casing of the portable terminal unit movable in three dimensions mounted on a printed circuit board.

Abstract: In an information processing system having a portable terminal unit, such as a hand-held computer, driven by a rechargeable battery and a data communication adaptor for enabling communication between the portable terminal unit and a host computer of the system, the terminal unit and the data communication adaptor are designed to minimize the size thereof in the following five ways. First, a memory card holding mechanism for connecting the memory card of the portable terminal unit is provided between a swinging back lid and a recess of the back casing. Second, a normal interface and a high-speed interface are both provided in the portable terminal unit and the data communication adaptor respectively. Third, an auxiliary connector for an optional device to extend a function of the portable terminal unit is provided in the opening of the casing of the portable terminal unit movable in three dimensions mounted on a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A suspension control device for a vehicle equipped with suspension dampers variable of damping coefficient, including: a means for storing a group of schedules each having a plurality of information units for controlling the variation of the damping coefficient of the damper; a means for generating a new schedule by hybridizing more than one of the schedules selected from the group according to a predetermined genetic algorithm including mutation based upon a fictionalization that the schedules are living individuals each having the plurality of information units as a set of genes; a means for evaluating each of the schedules under current operation environment of the vehicle to determine the ranking of the schedules in the group in improving a predetermined performance of the suspension; a means for adopting a highest ranked schedule for controlling the damping coefficient of the damper; a means for deleting a lowest ranked schedule to keep the number of the schedules forming the group substantially constant

Abstract: In an information processing system having a portable terminal unit, such as a hand-held computer, driven by a rechargeable battery and a data communication adaptor for enabling communication between the portable terminal unit and a host computer of the system, the terminal unit and the data communication adaptor are designed to minimize the size by having an auxiliary connector for an optional device extend a function of the portable terminal unit. This is provided in the opening of the casing of the portable terminal unit movable in three dimensions mounted on a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A finger-type blood pressure monitor which is smaller for portability (when not in use). The monitor has a foldable finger cuff which can be stored in a compact case when it is not in use.

Abstract: A blood pressure monitor includes a main body provided with a power switch and an inflating switch, a cover mounted on the main body in an open-and-close fashion and on an inner wall thereof provided with a display, and a cuff secured to the main body as a single unit. When the cover is closed during not using the monitor, the power and inflating switches are covered with the cover. When the cover is opened for use, the display appears. Thus, the blood pressure monitor provides avoidance of unexpected actuation of the power and inflating switches, improvement of operation of the switches and a view angle of the display, improved assembling work of the monitor, and simplification of repair and replacement in the monitor.

Abstract: In an information processing system having a portable terminal unit, such as a hand-held computer, driven by a rechargeable battery and a data communication adaptor for enabling communication between the portable terminal unit and a host computer of the system, the terminal unit and the data communication adaptor are designed to minimize the size thereof in the following five ways. First, a memory card holding mechanism for connecting the memory card of the portable terminal unit is provided between a swinging back lid and a recess of the back casing. Second, a normal interface and a high-speed interface are both provided in the portable terminal unit and the the data communication adaptor respectively. Third, an auxiliary connector for an optimal device to extend a function of the portable terminal unit is provided in the opening of the casing of the portable terminal unit movable in three dimensions mounted on a printed circuit board.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive member composed of a photosensitive layer and a surface protective layer on an electrically substrate in this order, in which the surface protective layer comprises an amorphous carbon layer which has a specified ratio of absorptivity coefficients of infrared absorption peaks in infrared absorption spectrum.

Abstract: A cuff for a blood pressure meter includes material that does not stretch and in which the length of the surface in contact with the finger does not vary when the cuff is filled with compressed air, regardless of the diameter of the finger. Because the internal pressure in the cuff closely approximates the blood pressure of the finger, the device is accurate. Compressed air is pumped into chambers formed by a basic structure and containment walls. Folded portions which are provided on the containment walls cause surfaces of the containment walls which contact the object to be measured to remain parallel to protruding bodies located on the basic structure as they are displaced by inflation of the chambers.

Abstract: A switching system having at least an electronic exchange, a mail service system and an accounting system. When a mail service demanding subscriber requests the provision of mail service such as facsimile and voice to a plurality of other subscribers, the accounting system can issue a bill to the service demanding subscriber by employing an accounting ID coupling unit in the mail system and an accounting ID separation unit in the electronic exchange. The accounting ID indicating the service demanding subscriber is coupled to each of the terminating numbers of the service receiving subscribers, and then separated therefrom in the electronic exchange to give the same to the accounting system, while the terminating numbers are used for an exchange of calls.

Abstract: A rotational type variable resistor includes a base plate having an arcuate resistance element and an arcuate electrode formed on one surface thereof. A shaft adapted to be connected to the control member is rotatably mounted in the housing and carries a pair of brushes which are disposed in sliding engagement with the resistance member and the electrode. The resistance element is formed from a first resistance layer deposited on the base plate between a pair of copper foil electrodes. A silver paste is disposed between the copper foil electrodes and the opposite ends of the first resistance layer and a second resistance layer is formed which completely overlies the first resistance layer and the copper foil electrodes. The arcuate electrode includes a first layer of copper foil disposed on the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A nebulizer comprising a housing having a liquid reservoir at a lower portion thereof and an atomizer space and an atomized liquid discharge port both communicating with the liquid reservoir at an upper portion thereof, a compressed air introduction pipe formed with a nozzle at an end thereof and a liquid suction pipe for sucking liquid in the liquid reservoir, both pipes being provided at a lower portion of the housing, wherein said liquid suction pipe is removably fitted to said compressed air introduction pipe, and a gap between said compressed air introduction pipe and said liquid suction pipe is used as a liquid suction passage.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a thin film on a substrate by bringing a first gas and a second gas into reaction with each other in a reaction chamber near the surface of the substrate in the reaction chamber. The apparatus has a plasma generating chamber disposed adjacent to the reaction chamber for generating a plasma of the first gas in a predetermined direction. A first gas inlet is provided at the boundary between the plasma generating chamber and the reaction chamber and formed to extend in the predetermined direction, while a second gas inlet is provided in the vicinity of the first gas inlet and extended in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A color comparison device comprises a casing unit having a comparison window for displaying a comparison color sample section mounted on a rotatable wheel and a test stick insertion groove portion formed in an upper surface of the casing unit at one end thereof and disposed generally centrally of the width of the casing unit, the insertion groove portion communicating with the comparison window so that a test stick inserted into the insertion groove portion overlies the comparison color sample section in the comparison window, the insertion groove portion having a bulged fixing section by which a test stick inserted in the insertion groove is held therein in a flexed condition.

Abstract: A color comparison device uses a rotatable color sample-bonding wheel to hold a sticker containing a plurality of color shades for matching with a color of a test portion of a test stick as the wheel rotates. At least one recess is formed in a part of the sticker bonding surface of the wheel to permit access to an edge of the sticker to facilitate its removal from the wheel.

Abstract: A shock absorber includes a cylinder, a piston disposed movably in the cylinder to partition the interior of the cylinder into first and second liquid chambers and having two groups of ports affording communication between the first and second liquid chambers, a valve body disposed so as to open and close the port of each group in the piston and a piston rod connected with the piston and projecting from the cylinder to the outside. The shock absorber further includes a liquid path affording communication between the first and second liquid chambers without passing through the piston, first and second valves for generating respectively damping force with liquid flowing through the liquid path and regulator provided in the piston rod and capable of blocking liquid from flowing through the two groups of ports in the piston.