Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes first and second internal electrodes that are opposed to each other so as to generate an electrostatic capacitance and have a capacitance generating portion functioning to generate the electrostatic capacitance, terminal connecting portions connected to corresponding external terminal electrodes, and extended portions connecting the capacitance generating portion to the terminal connecting portions. The extended portions are narrower than the capacitance generating portion and the terminal connecting portion and are curved in the direction of their thickness so as to provide a longer effective length. The multi-terminal capacitor is capable of increasing an ESR without adding a separate additional element.

Abstract: A monolithic capacitor includes a main capacitor unit having first capacitor portions and a second capacitor portion arranged in a direction of lamination, with the first capacitor portion located towards at least one end in the direction of lamination, so that the first capacitor portion is located closer to a mounting surface than the second capacitor portion. The number of pairs of third and fourth lead-out portions for third and fourth internal electrodes in the second capacitor portion is less than the number of pairs of first and second lead-out portions for first and second internal electrodes in the first capacitor portion, so that the first capacitor portion contributes to decreasing ESL while the second capacitor portion contributes to increasing ESR.

Abstract: A monolithic capacitor includes a main capacitor unit having first capacitor portions and a second capacitor portion arranged in a direction of lamination, with the first capacitor portion located towards at least one end in the direction of lamination, so that the first capacitor portion is located closer to a mounting surface than the second capacitor portion. The number of pairs of third and fourth lead-out portions for third and fourth internal electrodes in the second capacitor portion is less than the number of pairs of first and second lead-out portions for first and second internal electrodes in the first capacitor portion, so that the first capacitor portion contributes to decreasing ESL while the second capacitor portion contributes to increasing ESR.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector for interconnecting an plurality of wiring boards, a method for manufacturing the same, and a wiring board structure employing the connector. The connector has a base member having no conductivity and a conductive wire provided on a surface of the base member, and is arranged so as to be connectable to a wiring board, comprising: a conductive pressing member provided on and protruding from the wire; and a holding member provided on and protruding from a portion in the surface of the base member except where the pressing member is located, the holding member having an affixing surface attachable to the wiring board. The invention can make the wire provided on a surface of the wiring board flat, and therefore it becomes possible to secure the flexibility in designing a wiring pattern of a wiring board.

Abstract: A connector with a locator, which prevents cracks at solder connected portions between pin contacts and a circuit board, prevents noise even in use in an environment with vibrations, and prevents deformation of the pin contacts is provided. The connector includes a plurality of pin contacts, a housing that houses and retains the rear ends of the pin contacts while leading out the front ends of the pin contacts in the same direction, and a resin-made plate-shaped locator that is attached to the housing and has a plurality of insertion holes for inserting the pin contacts to regulate the leading-out directions of the front ends of the pin contacts, wherein the locator is attached in contact with the housing side surface while its side end surface is in a warped condition.

Abstract: A monolithic ceramic capacitor includes a first same-polarity-electrode-connecting conductor and a second same-polarity-electrode-connecting conductor that are provided inside a ceramic laminate. The first same-polarity-electrode-connecting conductor is electrically connected to all of the first outer electrodes, and the second same-polarity-electrode-connecting conductor is electrically connected to all of the second outer electrodes. Preferably, a plurality of first same-polarity-electrode-connecting conductors and a plurality of second same-polarity-electrode-connecting conductors are successively disposed in the laminating direction inside the ceramic laminate.

Abstract: A monolithic capacitor includes a main capacitor unit having first capacitor portions and a second capacitor portion arranged in a direction of lamination, with the first capacitor portion located towards at least one end in the direction of lamination, so that the first capacitor portion is located closer to a mounting surface than the second capacitor portion. The number of pairs of third and fourth lead-out portions for third and fourth internal electrodes in the second capacitor portion is less than the number of pairs of first and second lead-out portions for first and second internal electrodes in the first capacitor portion, so that the first capacitor portion contributes to decreasing ESL while the second capacitor portion contributes to increasing ESR.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes first and second internal electrodes that are opposed to each other so as to generate an electrostatic capacitance and have a capacitance generating portion functioning to generate the electrostatic capacitance, terminal connecting portions connected to corresponding external terminal electrodes, and extended portions connecting the capacitance generating portion to the terminal connecting portions. The extended portions are narrower than the capacitance generating portion and the terminal connecting portion and are curved in the direction of their thickness so as to provide a longer effective length. The multi-terminal capacitor is capable of increasing an ESR without adding a separate additional element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector for interconnecting an plurality of wiring boards, a method for manufacturing the same, and a wiring board structure employing the connector. The connector has a base member having no conductivity and a conductive wire provided on a surface of the base member, and is arranged so as to be connectable to a wiring board, comprising: a conductive pressing member provided on and protruding from the wire; and a holding member provided on and protruding from a portion in the surface of the base member except where the pressing member is located, the holding member having an affixing surface attachable to the wiring board. The invention can make the wire provided on a surface of the wiring board flat, and therefore it becomes possible to secure the flexibility in designing a wiring pattern of a wiring board.

Abstract: An insulation displacement terminal is formed entirely of an integral metal sheet. The terminal includes first and second plate-like insulation displacement groove-forming portions opposed to each other in a first direction along which an insulated wire extends. Each of the insulation displacement groove-forming portions has an insulation displacement blade of a U-shape defining an insulation displacement groove. Bottom portions of the insulation displacement groove-forming portions are interconnected by an interconnecting portion. A lead extends downwardly from one side edge of the interconnecting portion. A holding space for an insulation of the insulated wire is formed between a pair of plate portions which are formed respectively at opposite side edges of the first insulation displacement groove-forming portion by bending. Each of the plate portions has a retaining projection and a bendable piece portion.

Abstract: A connector with a locator, which prevents cracks at solder connected portions between pin contacts and a circuit board, prevents noise even in use in an environment with vibrations, and prevents deformation of the pin contacts is provided. The connector includes a plurality of pin contacts, a housing that houses and retains the rear ends of the pin contacts while leading out the front ends of the pin contacts in the same direction, and a resin-made plate-shaped locator that is attached to the housing and has a plurality of insertion holes for inserting the pin contacts to regulate the leading-out directions of the front ends of the pin contacts, wherein the locator is attached in contact with the housing side surface while its side end surface is in a warped condition.

Abstract: The insulation displacement terminal 3 is retained on the terminal retainer portion 5 of the main housing 6. The lead 12 of the insulation displacement terminal 3 is soldered to the first surface 10a of the circuit board 10 through the bottom plate 13 of the main housing 6 and the circuit board 10, which is held in the second retaining space 11 between the main housing 6 and second cover housing 8. After the insulation displacement terminal 3 in such a subassembly state is connected by insulation displacement with a desired portion of the insulated wire 2, the first cover housing 7 is combined with the main housing 6. The receiving portion 44 of the second cover housing 8 receives the insulation displacement load via the bottom plate 13 of the main housing 6 and the circuit board 10.

Abstract: A paper identification counter comprises a counter body, a hopper which is formed to the counter body and to which papers to be identified and counted are fed, a paper conveyance unit including a conveyance passage along which the papers such as currency notes from the hopper is conveyed one by one in a direction of a short width side of the papers, a paper identification unit disposed on a way of the conveyance passage for identifying and counting the papers; and a stacker in which the papers delivered from the conveyance passage are stacked. The conveyance passage includes a U-shaped curvilinear conveyance region on a way between the hopper and the stacker.

Abstract: The insulation displacement terminal 3 is retained on the terminal retainer portion 5 of the main housing 6. The lead 12 of the insulation displacement terminal 3 is soldered to the first surface 10a of the circuit board 10 through the bottom plate 13 of the main housing 6 and the circuit board 10, which is held in the second retaining space 11 between the main housing 6 and second cover housing 8. After the insulation displacement terminal 3 in such a subassembly state is connected by insulation displacement with a desired portion of the insulated wire 2, the first cover housing 7 is combined with the main housing 6. The receiving portion 44 of the second cover housing 8 receives the insulation displacement load via the bottom plate 13 of the main housing 6 and the circuit board 10.

Abstract: An insulation displacement terminal 3 is formed entirely of an integral metal sheet. The terminal includes first and second plate-like insulation displacement groove-forming portions 71 and 72 opposed to each other in a first direction X along which an insulated wire extends. Each of the insulation displacement groove-forming portions 71 and 72 has an insulation displacement blade 74 of a U-shape defining an insulation displacement groove 73. Bottom portions of the insulation displacement groove-forming portions 71 and 72 are interconnected by an interconnecting portion 75. A lead 12 extends downwardly from one side edge of the interconnecting portion 75. A holding space R for an insulation of the insulated wire is formed between a pair of plate portions 78 and 79 which are formed respectively at opposite side edges of the first insulation displacement groove-forming portion 71 by bending. Each of the plate portions 78 and 79 has a retaining projection 80 and a bendable piece portion 81.

Abstract: A sheet discriminating/counting machine selects sheets to be discriminated of a predetermined country or region by discrimination object selecting means, transports the sheets to be discriminated at high speed along a transporting path, and performs sheet discriminating/counting processing at a sheet discriminating/counting unit disposed along the transporting path. The sheet discriminating/counting machine comprises: a hopper to which sheets to be discriminated are supplied; a sheet transporting device for transporting sheets supplied to the hopper one by one along a transporting path with the shorter side of each sheet parallel to the transporting direction; a sheet discriminating unit disposed along the transporting path for discriminating/counting sheets; and a stacker upon which sheets fed out from the transporting path are stacked.

Abstract: A paper identification counter comprises a counter body, a hopper which is formed to the counter body and to which papers to be identified and counted are fed, a paper conveyance unit including a conveyance passage along which the papers such as currency notes from the hopper is conveyed one by one in a direction of a short width side of the papers, a paper identification unit disposed on a way of the conveyance passage for identifying and counting the papers; and a stacker in which the papers delivered from the conveyance passage are stacked. The conveyance passage includes a U-shaped curvilinear conveyance region on a way between the hopper and the stacker.

Abstract: This invention aims to provide a process for producing an oxide-dispersion strengthened platinum material which allows zirconium oxide to be more finely dispersed in a platinum material, and to further improve creep strength in an oxide-dispersion strengthened platinum material.

Abstract: A paper identification counter comprises a counter body, a hopper which is formed to the counter body and to which papers to be identified and counted are fed, a paper conveyance unit including a conveyance passage along which the papers such as currency notes from the hopper is conveyed one by one in a direction of a short width side of the papers, a paper identification unit disposed on a way of the conveyance passage for identifying and counting the papers; and a stacker in which the papers delivered from the conveyance passage are stacked. The conveyance passage includes a U-shaped curvilinear conveyance region on a way between the hopper and the stacker.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a platinum material in which creep strength is elevated by improving a metal grain shape in an oxide-dispersion strengthened platinum material in which zirconium oxide is dispersed, and providing a process for producing the platinum material. The present invention provides an oxide-dispersion strengthened platinum material in which zirconium oxide is dispersed in platinum and which can be obtained through rolling and thermal recrystallization, in which platinum grains constituting the platinum material have an average grain size in a rolling direction in the range of 200 to 1500 &mgr;m and an average grain aspect ratio of 20 or more.