Abstract: Disclosed are an improved card connector and a method of mounting the same on an associated printed circuit board. The card connector comprises an insulating housing having contact pieces fixed therein and a shield plate detachably fixed to the surface of the insulating housing. Such a card connector can be mounted to the associated printed circuit board by: soldering the leads of the contact pieces to selected conductors in the printed circuit; and then soldering the leads of the shield to another selected conductors in the printed circuit. The two-step separate soldering permits the contact-to-conductor solderings to be checked in the absence of overhanging grounding leads. Therefore, incomplete or defective solderings, if found in the contact-to-conductor solderings would be fixed with much less difficulty than the cluster of overhanging and underlying lead-to-conductor solderings.

Abstract: A navigation system and a voice guidance method for carrying out a voice guidance of an intersection on a drive route when the user demands the voice guidance while a motor vehicle is running according to a preset drive route. In response to the output demand of the guidance information through an inputting unit, a control unit obtains a distance to the intersection and an advancing direction in the intersection and further reads out the corresponding sound data from a sound storing unit. This sound data is outputted through a speech synthesizing unit and a voice outputting unit.

Abstract: An in-house communication system comprises a PBX and a line switching device 15 electively connected to a telephone 18 or a facsimile equipment 17 in response to a designating signal sent from an intended party designating signal sending device 6 or 42 of the PBX, thereby providing both facsimile and telephone service directly available in each guest room of a hotel without renovating the telephone wiring in the facility.

Abstract: A surface mounting type of connector for IC cards has a connector main body having two sets of electric contacts for connection to electric contacts of respective connectors provided in two IC cards. Contact portions of each set of the electric contacts are disposed in two rows in one direction to lie in a direction perpendicular to the one direction. The connector main body has a fitting recess formed in a lower portion thereof. Terminal portions of the two sets of electric contacts are arranged so as to lie exposed in two rows parallel to each other along facing side walls of the fitting recess. A terminal member having two parallel rows of terminal pieces to be connected to a wiring circuit board is fitted into the fitting recess such that the terminal pieces urgingly contact the terminal portions.

Abstract: A connector with a lock mechanism has a connector main body in which are mounted electric contacts, a shield member for covering the connector main body and a connecting portion between the electric contacts and a cable, a casing for enclosing the connector main body and the shield member; and a lock mechanism for locking or unlocking a connection of the connector to a mating connector. The lock mechanism is made up of a flexible lock piece one end of which is connected to the shield member; a pair of lock release slide plates which are slidable along upper and lower main surfaces of the casing; and slide members which slide inside the casing by sliding of the slide plates so as to release the locking by the lock piece.

Abstract: A PC card has a print circuit board for mounting memories thereon, a connector 3 which is connected to a wiring portion of the print circuit board 5, a frame 8 for supporting the print circuit board and a pair of covers 9, 9 for covering, from upper and lower sides, the print circuit board, the connector and the frame by engaging them by means of grooves 13 formed in the frame. The connector has a plurality of contacts which are divided into plural sets. The pair of covers are mounted in positions to cover the print circuit board, the connector and the frame and to form a plurality of openings for connection with a mating connector. Those projecting pieces 16 and 17 of the pair of covers which are interposed between adjacent openings engage grooves formed in a connector main body between predetermined adjoining sets of contacts.

Abstract: An electrical connector has an electrically insulating member for holding therein a plurality of laterally arranged longitudinally elongated electrical contacts, a metallic shell arranged in a pair of split halves to be fitted together to contain therebetween the electrically insulating member, and a resinous cover to cover the metallic shell. One of the halves of the metallic shell has a pair of resilient means provided on a front end of the metallic shell, each of the resilient members having an outwardly projecting engaging piece which is disposed in such a portion as is outside the resinous cover. The resinous cover has a pair of flexible portions which are so arranged as to urge the resilient means inwards when pressed towards each other, whereby the engaging pieces are also moved towards each other. Each of the resilient means has a projecting piece which extends from a front side wall portion thereof towards the electrically insulating member.

Abstract: A telephone apparatus, comprises: a memory for storing a telephone number; a switch for producing a switch signal in response to user operation; a dialing circuit for dialing in response a dialing control signal; a control portion responsive to the switch signal for reading out the stored telephone number and producing the dialing control signal in accordance with the stored telephone number; a telephone number detection circuit for detecting a telephone number data indicative of a telephone number of a caller sent from a telephone line; a comparing portion for comparing the detected telephone number data with the stored one to produce a indication signal when the detected telephone number agrees with the stored one; and indication portion responsive to the indication control signal for indicating that the detected telephone number agrees with the stored one.

Abstract: An IC card device has a frame, a print circuit board which is supported by the frame and on which are mounted electronic parts such as IC's or the like, as well as connectors, and a pair of electrically conductive covers which cover front and rear surfaces of the print circuit boards and which are fixed to the frame. The electrically conductive covers have elasticity and channel shaped bent portions at least on both side edges thereof. The frame has tapered surfaces at least in both external side corner portions thereof as well as slits on both external side surfaces thereof. Both side edges of the channel shaped bent portions are caused to slide, when the electrically conductive covers are pressed towards each other, along the tapered surfaces into engagement with the slits.

Abstract: A telephone set provided with a telephone ringer for producing a ringing sound, a telephone number storing device for storing a telephone number of a specific party in response to a registration operation performed by a user, a telephone number detecting device for detecting telephone number data input from a telephone line and a control device for controlling and causing the ringer to produce a ringing sound when a telephone number indicated by the telephone number detected by the telephone number detecting device matches the telephone number stored in the telephone number storing device. Thereby, when the specific party phones the user, the user can easily know this. For example, if the user is going to concentrate his mind upon his work, or if the user is immersed in his work at a distance from the telephone set, the user can readily know whether or not a caller is the specific party, the telephone number of which is registered in the telephone set.

Abstract: A telephone terminal equipment consists of a ring signal detecting circuit for detecting ring signals transferred from a caller, a ring tone generating circuit for generating ring tones output from a speaker when the ring signals are detected in the ring tone generating circuit, a telephone number detecting circuits for detecting a telephone number of the caller, a memory circuit for storing the telephone number detected in the telephone number detecting circuit, a ring signal termination detecting circuit for detecting termination of the ring signals in cases where a subscriber make no response to the caller, a control circuit for controlling the memory circuit to store a no-response code in relation to the telephone number in cases where the termination of the ring signals is detected in the ring signal termination detecting circuit, a displaying circuit for displaying both the telephone number and a no-response mark relating to the no-response code stored together in the memory circuit.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus includes a recording-paper feeding mechanism for feeding a recording paper. A setting device serves to set whether or not saving the recording paper is required. A receiving device serves to receive image information. A printing head serves to sequentially print line parts of an image, which is represented by the received image information, on the recording paper. In cases where the setting device sets a requirement of saving the recording paper, the recording-paper feeding mechanism is controlled so as to reduce a distance by which the recording paper is fed with respect to one line part of the image.

Abstract: A lock piece engaging member of a connector has a cylindrical main body which has, in an intermediate portion thereof, a small-diameter portion and, on one end thereof, a large-diameter engaging portion. It has also a fastening thread which is provided on the other end of the cylindrical metallic main body and extends in an axial direction thereof, and a tightening groove which is formed on an end surface of the engaging portion, such that the lock piece engaging member is screwed by the fastening thread into the connector main body. A mating connector has, on each side, an electrically conductive plate-like lock piece provided with an engaging window at one end and a pressed portion with a lock spring at the other end. In releasing the engagement between the connector and the mating connector, pressing portions of the lock pieces are pressed inwards.

Abstract: An automatic dial device transmits a dial signal to a telephone line. A facsimile signal receiver serves to receive a response facsimile signal from the telephone line. An image signal is transmitted from an image data store unit to the telephone line in cases where the facsimile signal receiver receives a response facsimile signal during a predetermined period after the automatic dial device transmits a dial signal. The telephone line is opened in cases where a busy signal is detected by a busy signal detector during the predetermined period after the automatic dial device transmits a dial signal. The telephone line is opened in cases where the busy signal detector continues to not detect a busy signal during the predetermined period after the automatic dial device transmits a dial signal. A communication failure is indicated in cases where the busy signal detector continues to not detect a busy signal during the predetermined period after the automatic dial device transmits a dial signal.