Abstract: Provided is a laminated electronic component in which defective formation is unlikely to cause in a shield conductor layer on a side surface of a laminate. The laminated electronic component includes a laminate 1, in which substrate layers 1a to 1i are laminated, having an outer surface including a first main surface 1B, a second main surface 1T, and a side surface 1S, internal electrodes (a ground electrode 2, coil electrodes 3, capacitor electrodes 4, and wiring electrodes 5), an external electrode 7, and a first plating layer 9 formed on a surface of the external electrode 7.

Abstract: A knee joint that is capable of widening a moveable range, and that has good energy efficiency and is small and lightweight is described. Also described is a knee joint that is of an active type, but comparatively inexpensive. A drive section moves a driven member. An elastic member is arranged between the driven member and a linear motion member. The linear motion member elastically moves in at least one direction, in accordance with movement of the driven member, by way of the elastic member. A crank mechanism can realize bending and extension of the knee joint by converting linear motion of the linear motion member to rotational motion.

Abstract: Provided is a laminated electronic component in which defective formation is unlikely to cause in a shield conductor layer on a side surface of a laminate. The laminated electronic component includes a laminate 1, in which substrate layers 1a to 1i are laminated, having an outer surface including a first main surface 1B, a second main surface 1T, and a side surface 1S, internal electrodes (a ground electrode 2, coil electrodes 3, capacitor electrodes 4, and wiring electrodes 5), an external electrode 7, and a first plating layer 9 formed on a surface of the external electrode 7.

Abstract: A female snap is provided with: a first member for at least partially establishing an opening into which a post is inserted; and a second member which is able to restrict expansion of the opening in order to either increase the force needed for engagement/disengagement, or prohibit engagement/disengagement, of the post with respect to the female snap. The extent of expansion of the opening that is permitted by the second member varies depending on the relative positions of a contracting part of the second member and a contacted part of the first member in a peripheral direction going around the direction of insertion of the post into the opening.

Abstract: A female snap is provided with: a first member for at least partially establishing an opening into which a post is inserted; and a second member which is able to restrict expansion of the opening in order to either increase the force needed for engagement/disengagement, or prohibit engagement/disengagement, of the post with respect to the female snap. The extent of expansion of the opening that is permitted by the second member varies depending on the relative positions of a contracting part of the second member and a contacted part of the first member in a peripheral direction going around the direction of insertion of the post into the opening.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus of exposing a photosensitive medium for forming thereon a latent image which corresponds to an original image to be reproduced and which is developed into a visible image. The photosensitive medium has a basic minimum amount of exposure to a radiation, below which a density of the visible image remains constant and above which the density varies with an amount of exposure to the radiation. An entire recording surface of the photosensitive medium is evenly exposed to a first radiation by a predetermined first exposure amount determined by the basic minimum amount, and each label area of the recording surface is exposed to a second radiation by a second exposure amount which corresponds to a density in a corresponding local area of the original image, so that the first and second exposure amounts cooperate to form the latent image.