Abstract: A connector includes: a circuit board; a first heat transfer material arranged on a principal surface of the circuit board; a first shell having an end mated with a mating connector in a state in which the terminal end portion of the circuit board protrudes from the end, and includes an opposite opposed to at least a part of a target region which is a region other than the terminal end portion, covers at least a part of the target region, and is conductive; a second shell connected to an end of the first shell, covers at least a part of the target region of the principal surface, and is thermally conductably connected to the circuit board in contact with the first heat transfer material; and a third shell engaged with the second shell, covers at least a part of the target region of a principal surface, and is conductive.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel peptide that has an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 18, and binds to an active protease but does not bind to a pro-protease.

Abstract: A cell culture container includes: an insert member having a membrane on which a cell is seeded, the insert member defining a first inner space that functions as an anaerobic chamber; a container having an attachment/detachment portion to and from which the insert member is attachable and detachable, the container defining a second inner space that functions as an aerobic chamber; a sealing member that closes an opening of the aerobic chamber between the attachment/detachment portion and the insert member with the insert member being attached to the attachment/detachment portion; and a transfer mechanism that transfers force to the sealing member. The sealing member closes the opening in response to an input of the force from the transfer mechanism.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrical connector includes: contacting an end portion of a center conductor exposed in an end portion of a coaxial cable having the center conductor with a conductive contact; applying ultrasonic vibration to the end portion of the center conductor and the contact to join the end portion of the center conductor and the contact each other; and accommodating the contact in an insulation housing after the end portion of the center conductor and the contact are joined to each other, and covering at least a part of a joint of the end portion of the center conductor and the contact with the insulation housing.

Abstract: A connector includes: a circuit board; a first heat transfer material arranged on a principal surface of the circuit board; a first shell having an end mated with a mating connector in a state in which the terminal end portion of the circuit board protrudes from the end, and includes an opposite opposed to at least a part of a target region which is a region other than the terminal end portion, covers at least a part of the target region, and is conductive; a second shell connected to an end of the first shell, covers at least a part of the target region of the principal surface, and is thermally conductably connected to the circuit board in contact with the first heat transfer material; and a third shell engaged with the second shell, covers at least a part of the target region of a principal surface, and is conductive.

Abstract: To provide a technology in which a differential phase modulation manner can be applied to a space environment for satellite mounting, the optical receiver 10 includes a digital signal processing unit has: a level fluctuation frequency suppression unit 320 which suppresses a level fluctuation frequency component of the peak signal; an optical delay interference control unit 330 which generates an optical delay interference control signal, which is overdrive-amplified, on the basis of the peak signal of which the level fluctuation frequency component is suppressed and applies the generated optical delay interference control signal to the optical delay interferometer 210; and a data recovery unit 310 which recovers output data on the basis of the main signal from the wideband balanced optical detector 240.

Abstract: To provide a technology in which a differential phase modulation manner can be applied to a space environment for satellite mounting, the optical receiver 10 includes a digital signal processing unit has: a level fluctuation frequency suppression unit 320 which suppresses a level fluctuation frequency component of the peak signal; an optical delay interference control unit 330 which generates an optical delay interference control signal, which is overdrive-amplified, on the basis of the peak signal of which the level fluctuation frequency component is suppressed and applies the generated optical delay interference control signal to the optical delay interferometer 210; and a data recovery unit 310 which recovers output data on the basis of the main signal from the wideband balanced optical detector 240.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrical connector includes: contacting an end portion of a center conductor exposed in an end portion of a coaxial cable having the center conductor with a conductive contact; applying ultrasonic vibration to the end portion of the center conductor and the contact to join the end portion of the center conductor and the contact each other; and accommodating the contact in an insulation housing after the end portion of the center conductor and the contact are joined to each other, and covering at least a part of a joint of the end portion of the center conductor and the contact with the insulation housing.

Abstract: A plug connector includes a signal contact conductor to which an internal conductor of a coaxial cable is connected, a ground contact conductor to which an external conductor of the coaxial cable is connected, and an insulating housing that insulates the signal contact conductor from the ground contact conductor. The insulating housing includes an insulating main body in which the signal contact conductor is held and a protrusion that protrudes from a peripheral surface of the insulating main body in a radially outward direction of the insulating main body. The protrusion includes a base portion on which an insulator and the external conductor of the coaxial cable are placed and a pair of walls that are erected on the base portion and are disposed to interpose at least a tip of the external conductor therebetween.

Abstract: A plug connector includes: a ground contact conductor; an insulating housing; and a signal contact conductor. The ground contact conductor includes: a cylindrical main body having a slit that extends in an extending direction thereof; a pair of arms protruding from respective edges forming the slit of the main body in a radially outward direction of the main body; and fixing portions configured to fasten around the pair of arms from the exterior. Each fixing portion is provided with a protrusion protruding toward the corresponding arm and positioned at the center of the fixing portion in a protruding direction of the arms. In a state in which the arms are fastened with the fixing portions, the protrusions are in contact with the arms, and the arms and the fixing portions are separated from each other by the presence of the protrusions.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector comprises a signal contact member having an inner conductor connecting portion, a grounding contact member, and an insulating housing for supporting the signal contact member and the grounding contact member in a condition of mutual isolation, wherein the insulating housing is provided with a concavity which has a bottom on which the inner conductor connecting portion of the signal contact member is placed and an opening through which the inner conductor of the coaxial cable is caused to come into contact with the inner conductor connecting portion of the signal contact member placed on the bottom of the concavity and is operative to allow an ultrasonic vibration horn to be put into the concavity through the opening of the concavity for applying ultrasonic vibrations to the inner conductor of the coaxial cable put in contact with the inner conductor connecting portion of the signal contact member.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector comprises a signal contact member having an inner conductor connecting portion, a grounding contact member, and an insulating housing for supporting the signal contact member and the grounding contact member in a condition of mutual isolation, wherein the insulating housing is provided with first and second holes opposite to each other across the inner conductor connecting portion of the signal contact member with which an inner conductor of a coaxial cable is in contact, the first hole is operative to allow an ultrasonic vibration horn to be put into the first hole for contacting with the inner conductor of the coaxial cable and applying ultrasonic vibrations to the same and the second hole is operative to allow an anvil to be put into the second hole for coming into contact with the inner conductor connecting portion of the signal contact member.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector comprises a signal contact member having an inner conductor connecting portion, a grounding contact member, and an insulating housing for supporting the signal contact member and the grounding contact member in a condition of mutual isolation, wherein the insulating housing is provided with a concavity which has a bottom on which the inner conductor connecting portion of the signal contact member is placed and an opening through which the inner conductor of the coaxial cable is caused to come into contact with the inner conductor connecting portion of the signal contact member placed on the bottom of the concavity and is operative to allow an ultrasonic vibration horn to be put into the concavity through the opening of the concavity for applying ultrasonic vibrations to the inner conductor of the coaxial cable put in contact with the inner conductor connecting portion of the signal contact member.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector comprises a signal contact member having an inner conductor connecting portion, a grounding contact member, and an insulating housing for supporting the signal contact member and the grounding contact member in a condition of mutual isolation, wherein the insulating housing is provided with first and second holes opposite to each other across the inner conductor connecting portion of the signal contact member with which an inner conductor of a coaxial cable is in contact, the first hole is operative to allow an ultrasonic vibration horn to be put into the first hole for contacting with the inner conductor of the coaxial cable and applying ultrasonic vibrations to the same and the second hole is operative to allow an anvil to be put into the second hole for coming into contact with the inner conductor connecting portion of the signal contact member.

Abstract: A plug connector includes: a ground contact conductor; an insulating housing; and a signal contact conductor. The ground contact conductor includes: a cylindrical main body having a slit that extends in an extending direction thereof; a pair of arms protruding from respective edges forming the slit of the main body in a radially outward direction of the main body; and fixing portions configured to fasten around the pair of arms from the external. Each fixing portion is provided with a protrusion protruding toward the corresponding arm and positioned at the center of the fixing portion in a protruding direction of the arms. In a state in which the arms are fastened with the fixing portions, the protrusions are contact with the arms, and the arms and the fixing portions are separated from each other by presence of the protrusions.

Abstract: A plug connector includes a signal contact conductor to which an internal conductor of a coaxial cable is connected, a ground contact conductor to which an external conductor of the coaxial cable is connected, and an insulating housing that insulates the signal contact conductor from the ground contact conductor. The insulating housing includes an insulating main body in which the signal contact conductor is held and a protrusion that protrudes from a peripheral surface of the insulating main body in a radially outward direction of the insulating main body. The protrusion includes a base portion on which an insulator and the external conductor of the coaxial cable are placed and a pair of walls that are erected on the base portion and are disposed to interpose at least a tip of the external conductor therebetween.

Abstract: In a digital coherent communication scheme utilizing polarization-multiplexed optical signals, it may be impossible to separate transmission light and reception light from each other with high precision for transmission/reception an optical signal. An optical space transmission system according to the present invention is provided with a first transmission/reception device which radiates first reception light and second reception light whose polarization states are orthogonal to each other, and a second transmission/reception device which radiates third reception light alternately including a first reception light component whose polarization state is the same as the first reception light and a second reception light component whose polarization state is the same as the second reception light in a time-wise manner.

Abstract: Good signal transmission characteristics can be stably obtained by a simple configuration. A void portion formed by inner wall surfaces of a groove disposed so as to face a wire connection part of a cable-shaped signal transmission medium and an inner conductor contact is provided in part of an insulative pressing plate, which is opened/closed integrally with a shell cover portion, and the wire connection part thereof and the void portion are disposed in a radial-direction inner region of a shield shell. As a result, an air layer for impedance adjustment formed by the void portion of the insulative pressing plate is disposed so as to face the wire connection part, at which mismatching of impedance easily occurs, and the matching degree (VSWR) of impedance can be efficiently adjusted.

Abstract: A battery system according to the present invention includes a secondary battery; a battery control unit that controls charging and discharging of said secondary battery; and a charging/discharging management unit that controls the charging and discharging of said secondary battery through said battery control unit, wherein said battery control unit, if an abnormality occurred during operation of said battery control unit, transmits remaining capacity data that represent a remaining capacity of said secondary battery that remained immediately before the abnormality occurred to said charging/discharging management unit.

Abstract: Good signal transmission characteristics can be stably obtained by a simple configuration. A void portion formed by inner wall surfaces of a groove disposed so as to face a wire connection part of a cable-shaped signal transmission medium and an inner conductor contact is provided in part of an insulative pressing plate, which is opened/closed integrally with a shell cover portion, and the wire connection part thereof and the void portion are disposed in a radial-direction inner region of a shield shell. As a result, an air layer for impedance adjustment formed by the void portion of the insulative pressing plate is disposed so as to face the wire connection part, at which mismatching of impedance easily occurs, and the matching degree (VSWR) of impedance can be efficiently adjusted.