Abstract: There are provided a flexible hose 6, a connection tube 7 in which one end is connected to the inner peripheral face of the flexible hose 6 from the end 10 of the flexible hose and another end is exposed outside of the flexible hose 6, and a mold resin 24 which fixes the flexible hose 6 and the connection tube 7 by being filled over from the outer peripheral face of the flexible hose 6 nearby the end of the flexible hose 6 to the outer peripheral face of the connection tube 7 which is exposed out of the flexible hose 6.

Abstract: An electrical distribution system that in one embodiment includes a structural or trim member having a slot, the slot including at least two continuous electrical conductors, each having an exposed electrical contact surface and separated from one another by a dielectric material. The electrical distribution system may also include a plug-in outlet receptacle including at least one set of receiving apertures, for receiving an electrical plug and at least two electrical contactors electrically connected to respective apertures for providing electrical power to a device plugged into the outlet receptacle, wherein the contactors are configured for receipt into the slot, and further configured so that when plugged therein one of the contactors makes electrical contact with one of the continuous conductors, and the other contactor makes electrical contact with the other continuous conductor.

Abstract: A bundle includes wire segments forming a branch fitted with an angled coupling including: a base having the ends of the wire segments fastened thereto; an angled rigid casing surrounding the wire segments and having a first end providing for bearing against the base; and a member for fastening the casing to the base with a mutual variable orientation; the branch is protected by a shielding sheath secured to a second end of the casing; the bundle includes an abutment member secured to the portion of the wire segments extending inside the angled casing and co-operating with the angled casing to prevent the portion of the wire segments from leaving the casing; the portion of the wire segments is twisted in such a manner that the mutual orientation between the base and the casing can be modified without introducing harmful mechanical stresses in these wire segment portions.

Abstract: There is provided an IC socket for an IC package having plural pads disposed in a matrix manner on the lower face thereof, on which the IC package can be loaded with a small number of operations, and after the loading, the electrical connection between the pads and contacts can be ensured. The IC socket includes: a load support member having both side walls each provided with guide grooves having cam surfaces; a pressure application cover changing position between a load position which applies load to an IC package thereby pressing the pads against elastic contacts and a no-load position, and having nail sections sliding along the cam surfaces in the guide grooves; a lever including a crankshaft section causing the nail sections to slide along the cam surfaces in the guide grooves thereby causing the pressure application cover to change position between the load position and the no-load position.

Abstract: A cable connector holder including a base configured to hold a plurality of cable connectors and a press part attached to the base and extending above the plurality of cable connectors, wherein the lever is configured to uniformly press down on each of the plurality of cable connectors to render the cable connectors collectively removable from a network device. The cable connector may further include a press prevention mechanism that prevents the press part from engaging the levers of the cable connectors, thereby preventing the removal of the plurality of connectors in the connector holder from a network device.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for electrical connectors is disclosed. The locking mechanism comprises one or more sockets affixed to one of a pair of electrical connectors, e.g., a male electrical connector, and one or more mating studs affixed to the other of the pair of electrical connectors, e.g., a female electrical connector. The sockets lockingly engage the studs when the pair of electrical connectors are connected. The sockets are affixed to the male electrical by ribs, which form part of elongate socket fittings that also include the sockets, and socket fitting retainers. The studs are affixed to the female electrical connector by threads.

Abstract: A contact arrangement comprises an electrical contact element including a plate member with a contact slot configured to receive an electrically insulated conductor. The plate member has first and second plate arms extending there from that delimit the contact slot. At least one retaining element extends from a plane of the plate member configured to secure the electrical contact element in a housing. The retaining element has first and second retaining surfaces arranged at a fixed angle to each other. The fixed angle is less than 180 degrees. A housing has a contact accommodating chamber that receives the electrical contact element. The contact accommodating chamber has first and second conductor receiving openings and a wall. The retaining element engaging the wall when the electrical contact element is positioned in the contact accommodating chamber.

Abstract: A high frequency plug formed of a housing, a load board and a cable organizer is disclosed. The cable organizer has top, bottom, left and right guide grooves for guiding the four twisted pairs of the cable, and a vertical opening hole in communication between the top and bottom guide grooves to enhance cross talk between the pair of the third and sixth wires and the pair of the fourth and fifth wire, thereby achieving de-embedded effect and improving the transmission quality. The cable organizer is molded from plastic with conductive material or EMI/RFI shielding material, eliminating interference and improving the transmission quality.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulating housing (1) defining a cavity (10), a plurality of terminals (2) arranged side by side along a lateral direction of the insulating housing. Each terminal comprises a contact beam (211, 221) with a contact portion (210, 220) exposed to the cavity and a solder portion (213, 223) extending out the insulating housing. Every at least two adjacent terminals (21, 22) forms a pair of terminals to transmit a same signal.

Abstract: In a battery accommodating structure that has a battery chamber defined by a bottom plate and side walls and is provided with a battery rubber receiving a lower end edge of a battery inserted in the battery chamber, the bottom plate has an opening at a portion opposed to the battery rubber, and a battery rubber deviation preventing member that enters in the opening of the bottom plate at least partially to prevent the battery rubber from deviating toward the opening of the bottom plate is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to an enclosure-to-rail retaining system. The system includes, a rail that is fastenable to a structure, and an enclosure that is receptive of the rail. The enclosure has a slot therein that intersects a channel therein and is slidably engagable by a clip such that a portion of the clip can extend into the channel to thereby narrow a portion of the channel to a dimension less than a width of the rail.

Abstract: A wall plate assembly includes a wall plate with an insertion slot for the installation of a HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) connector of a HDMI cable, a signal amplifier connected to the back side of the wall plate for receiving the installed HDMI connector and amplifying the signal, and a support device, which comprises a vertical support frame vertically adjustably fastened to the wall plate below the insertion slot and a horizontal support frame horizontally adjustably fastened to the vertical support frame for holding down the installed HDMI connector on the vertical support frame.

Abstract: The combination of an elongate cable and a connector assembly. The elongate cable has a central axis and a receptacle with a radially inwardly facing conductive surface. A body on the connector assembly has an insert portion with a wall having a radially inwardly facing surface and a radially outwardly facing conductive surface. A first connector is in electrical contact with the radially outwardly facing conductive surface on the wall. The insert portion is extended into the receptacle on the cable. A biasing assembly is configured to produce a resilient radial force on the wall of the connector assembly so as to maintain the radially outwardly facing conductive surface of the wall in electrical contract with the radially inwardly facing conductive surface of the elongate cable to thereby maintain a conductive path between the radially inwardly facing conductive surface on the elongate cable and the first connector.

Abstract: A tube-shaped electroconductive member is attached to a shielding casing from the inside of the shielding casing so as to surround an opening formed in the shielding casing, and two slits are formed in an axial direction of the tube-shaped electroconductive member so as to extend from an end position thereof far away from the opening, thereby preventing a noise component having a specific frequency emitted as radiation noise from the opening formed in the shielding casing which functions as an slot antenna.

Abstract: A lighting system (10) has: a fixture (12) with an axis of orientation (14); and a light source (16) mounted within the fixture (12). A ballast (20), usually positioned on the side of the fixture away from the light source, is associated with the light source (16), the ballast (20) having a first end (22) attached to the light source (16) via appropriate wires and a second end (24) attached to an electrical power source (26), also by appropriate wires. The connector (28) is composed of inline electrical connector halves (30, 32) having proximal mating ends (34, 36), an axis of attachment (38) and distal ends (40, 42) provided with strain relief mounting means (44). One of the electrical connector halves, for example, (30), has a locking tongue (46) extending along the axis of attachment (38) and the other half, (32) in this instance, has a locking tongue receptor (48) for receiving the locking tongue (46), the tongue and receptor functioning to maintain the connector halves in a joined and locked position.

Abstract: The invention is a modular cable termination plug having a conductor divider having an entrant barb and a plurality of divider channels, a load bar having a plurality of through holes and a plurality of slots, and a plurality of contact terminals. Additionally, the invention may include a housing, a strain relief collar and a strain relief boot.

Abstract: A network connector, it is provided with an insulation base provided in a front face thereof with a socket for insertion of a plug on a network electric line, and a gold-plating contact module is inserted in the insulation base. The gold-plating contact module has eight gold-plating contacts which are extended out of a printed circuit board. The tailing ends of the gold-plating contacts remote from the circuit board are laid out according to a sequence from a first one to an eighth one of the gold-plating contacts in the socket to form a contact area for electrically connecting a plug on a network electric line. The fourth gold-plating contact and the fifth gold-plating contact are crossed with each other at an area between the contact area and the circuit board, this forms offsetting action on positive and negative electric charges of noisy signals between the crossing area and the circuit board to enhance transmitting performance of said network connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided comprising a female member and a male member configured such that the female member is inhibited from being electrically coupled to the male member if the electrical coupling would reverse the polarity of the electrical connector. The female member may comprise a first and second chamber. The male member may comprise a first and second extension. The first and second chambers may be configured to insertably accommodate the first and second extensions. The female member may comprise one or more resilient members providing a pressing force to bias at least a portion of a male electrode against at least a portion of a corresponding female electrode. Alternatively, the cover of the male electrode in the first and second extensions may comprise a resilient member.

Abstract: A receptacle connector part comprises a connector housing and a plurality of rows of receptacle contact terminals disposed within the housing. Each receptacle contact terminal includes two single beam contacts having contact portions with a preloading head. The connector housing comprises a front wall with a plurality of rows of apertures providing access to the contact portions of the contact terminals. The connector housing is provided with a plurality of rows of preload ridges, the preload ridges being located at the inner side of the front wall at opposed sides of the apertures. The preload ridges cooperate with the preloading heads to support the contact portions of the single beam contacts of each contact terminal in a predetermined preload position.

Abstract: In a terminal for a rotating armature, each of bus rings (A-C) is structured such that each of ring main bodies is formed as a plate shape included in a plane orthogonal to an axial direction thereof, and has a plate-shaped piece folded in a direction along the axial direction from one end in a peripheral direction of each of the ring main bodies, the plate-shaped piece of each of the bus rings (A-C) protrudes from a resin portion, and a leading end side portion of the plate-shaped piece is formed as a weld connection portion to each of connection terminals of a coupler.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) defines a housing defining a receiving space, a connector body (1) received in the receiving space and defining a plurality of contacts (12) received therein, a cable (2) defining a plurality of conductors (21) electrically attaching to corresponding contacts, and locking member (3) locking with the housing for attaching the connector body toward the housing reliably.

Abstract: A battery terminal including a base configured to selectably engage a terminal tongue. An annular electrode-engaging portion is configured to receive a battery post, one end of the electrode-engaging portion extending contiguously from the base. An opposite end of the electrode-engaging portion terminates at a nonplanar member adjacent to the base. A lever-holding portion extends from the base toward the nonplanar member. A lever is pivotably connected to the lever-holding portion about an axis, the lever having a cam-shaped portion. In response to pivotal motion of the lever toward a closed position, the cam-shaped portion is urged into contact with the nonplanar member, the nonplanar member pivoting about an end along the base to resiliently draw the electrode-engaging portion into a gripping arrangement for engagement with the battery post.

Abstract: A connector has a housing (1) with a cavity (2) for receiving a terminal fitting (3). The terminal fitting (3) has a tubular main portion (6) and a locking hole (12) is formed in the main portion (6) for receiving locking projection (5B) of a lock (5). A tongue (14) extends from the front end of the main portion (6) and is folded back into the main portion (6). The front end of the locking projection (5B) is located before an extending end (14C) of the tongue (14) and the rear end thereof is located behind the extending end (14C) of the tongue (14). Accordingly, the locking projection (5B) is long at a position where a front end surface (5C) of the locking projection (5B) receives a shear force from a front edge (12A) of the locking hole (12), thereby enlarging a sectional area against the shear force.

Abstract: A method of connecting a terminal fitting and an electric wire, includes the steps of: providing a terminal fitting; providing an electric wire in which a core wire is covered with an insulating sheath; providing a conductive connecting member formed with an insertion hole; inserting the electric wire into the insertion hole of the connecting member; compressing the connecting member radially inwardly so as to caulk an inserted portion of the electric wire uniformly over a whole periphery thereof; and welding the connecting member and the terminal fitting by applying ultrasonic wave.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a field emitter electrode includes the steps of: providing an electrolytic solution containing metal ions to an electrolytic bath; providing carbon nanotubes and a cationic dispersant for preventing the agglomeration of the carbon nanotubes to the electrolytic solution; and applying a predetermined voltage to a cathode drum and an insoluble anodic compartment, both of which are immersed in the electrolytic solution, and forming a metal film containing the carbon nanotubes along the surface of the cathode drum.

Abstract: A construction system includes an elongated connection stem with a central member having a uniform first transverse dimension and opposed integral end members, each having a uniform second transverse dimension greater than the first, each end member having a longitudinal slot extending from a tip end to the central member and an attachment member having a central through bore slightly smaller than the second transverse dimension. A cross section of each end member is similarly shaped to the central through bore and slightly larger than the central through bore and a cross section of the central member is similarly shaped to the central through bore but of smaller size than the central through bore. In one instance, the attachment member is fittingly received on either of the opposed end members and, in another instance, the attachment member is slidably received on the central member.

Abstract: A method of making a toy ball having a toy figurine fixed therein includes the steps of: preparing an upper mold and a lower mold; preparing a toy figurine; inserting and fixing the toy figurine to an iron needle of the lower mold; injecting liquid polyurethane glue into the upper mold, combing the lower mold with the upper mold, and turning the combined mold upside down; placing the combined mold on a rotational molding machine for spin-molding the polyurethane glue; cooling the liquid polyurethane glue, and then opening the upper mold and taking out the toy ball from the lower mold; injecting liquid doping with glitter powder or fluorescent powder into the toy ball; sealing a through hole of the toy ball using a plastic sealing needle and then cutting a part of the plastic sealing needle that remains outside the toy ball.

Abstract: A sharpening apparatus having at least one guide slot, a drive pulley drivingly coupled to a frame and at least one idler pulley rotatably coupled to a support member. The support member is pivotably coupled to the frame. The apparatus includes an endless abrading belt rotatable in a path over the drive pulley and the at least one idler pulley and a biasing member coupled to the frame for biasing the support member toward an engaged position. Pivotal movement of the support member adjusts tension in the belt. A tool is traversed into the guide slot for sharpening a cutting edge thereof. The belt and support member respond to application and release of a force applied to the belt by the cutting edge to decrease and increase, respectively, belt speed to preclude overheating of the cutting edge and damage to the belt and cutting edge.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for polishing objects, such as semiconductor wafers, utilizes one or more pivotable load-and-unload cups to transfer the objects to and/or from one or more object carriers to polish the objects. Each pivotable load-and-unload cup may be configured to transfer the objects to and/or from a single object carrier. Alternatively, each pivotable load-and-unload cup may be configured to transfer the objects to and/or from two object carriers. The pivotable load-and-unload cups may be configured to be pivoted about one or more pivoting points over at least one polishing surface, such as a polishing pad surface.

Abstract: A method of using ultrasonic cutting technology to make a decorative stone includes cutting a stone or other decorative materials into certain positive pieces having various shape by the ultrasonic cutting technology; cutting another stone to certain depth but not through according to the shape of the positive piece to make a negative piece by the ultrasonic cutting technology; taking out cut-off pieces from the stone; inlaying the positive pieces into the negative piece to form an integrated piece; and polishing a surface of the positive pieces and the negative piece. This ultrasonic technology can bring high manufacture efficiency and the inlay can be industrialized easily. It also increases the decorative effect due to having different pattern and specificity of stones.

Abstract: Texturing slurry for texturing a substrate for a magnetic hard disk is obtained by dispersing abrading particles of a specified kind in a specified kind of dispersant. The abrading particles include diamond clusters formed with artificial diamond particles with primary particle diameter of 20 nm or less and surrounded by impurities containing chlorine at a certain ratio. The cluster diameter and the average cluster diameter of the diamond clusters are each within a specified range. For texturing a substrate surface, the substrate is rotated, texturing slurry of this invention is supplied to the surface and a texturing tape of a specified kind is pressed against the substrate surface while it is caused to run.

Abstract: In CMP technology for planarizing an interlayer insulation film, a BPSG film, an insulation film for shallow trench isolation, or the like, in the production process of a semiconductor element, irregularities of a matter being polished, e.g. a silicon oxide film, are planarized efficiently at a high speed while suppressing the occurrence of polishing flaws on the substrate by employing a polishing pad having organic fibers exposed on the surface thereof abutting against the matter being polished.

Abstract: A hand-held sharpener device for sharpening and deburring convergent surface cutting edge implements including an elongated cylindrical body having a central area mounting a plurality of sharpener bit assemblies and opposite end areas providing hand grips for holding and moving the sharpener device across a cutting edge to be sharpened. One of the sharpener bit assemblies includes two associated sharpening bits for sharpening blades having two converging cutter surfaces and a second sharpener bit assembly includes a sharpening bit and a dummy bit for sharpening blades having only one cutting surface. The sharpener bits and the dummy bit are held and clamped in bit receiving cavities in mating sections of the sharpener body.

Abstract: A planarizing pad for planarizing a microelectronic substrate, and a method and apparatus for forming the planarizing pad. In one embodiment, planarizing pad material is mixed with compressed gas to form a plurality of discrete elements that are distributed on a film support material. The film support material is supported by a liquid and is drawn from the liquid with a backing layer. At least a portion of the discrete elements are spaced apart from each other on the film support material to form a textured surface for engaging a microelectronic substrate and removing material from the microelectronic substrate. The discrete elements can be uniformly or randomly distributed on the film support material.

Abstract: A polishing system can have a rotatable platen, a polishing pad secured to the platen, a carrier head to hold a substrate against the polishing pad, and an eddy current monitoring system including a coil or ferromagnetic body that extends at least partially through the polishing pad. A polishing pad can have a polishing layer and a coil or ferromagnetic body secured to the polishing layer. Recesses can be formed in a transparent window in the polishing pad.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing portions severed from a poultry breast of controlled size and weight having a rotary mounted product holder including a generally cylindrical outer surface provided with at least one product cavity for receiving a first portion of a poultry breast for travel along an arcuate path defined by the outer surface of the product holder. A pressing means including an arcuate surface selected to generally mate with a portion of the arcuate path of travel of said cavity is mounted a selected distance from the path of travel of said cavity for engaging the portion of poultry breast to urge and hold the first portion into the cavity. A cutting member is disposed generally tangentially relative to the path of travel of the cavity between the surface of the pressing means and the outer surface of the product holder to engage the poultry breast and separate the first portion of said poultry breast contained in the cavity from the remaining portion thereof.

Abstract: A compact, easy to store, portable work surface and apparatus for fish, fowl, wild game and the like that is capable of temporary mounting to a tree or other vertical support is provided that includes a work surface/cutting board attached to a support frame having an upright stanchion to extend above the work surface and provided with a lower engagement member, preferably provided as a tined or forked member to engage a surface at multiple distinct points, for engaging and preferably partly straddling a tree or other vertical support. A lanyard is operatively coupled to upright stanchion above the work surface and is adapted to be draped and secured about the tree to suspend the frame from the tree.

Abstract: A method for adding a new game performance to a game wherein players enjoy operating own registered characters by inputting own accounts. The game performing method for performing a predetermined game wherein a plurality of players operates own registered characters by inputting own accounts, has: storing a plurality of characters including a registered character; storing play data of the plurality of characters; determining one character of the plurality of characters instead of the registered character to be a player character of a player according to an operation inputted by the player; selecting the registered character corresponding to an account of the player as a CPU character from the plurality of characters; and performing a fight of the CPU character selected against the player character determined by controlling an action of the CPU character on the basis of play data corresponding to the CPU character.

Abstract: A sequencing game is provided with a housing and a microprocessor disposed within the housing. A plurality of manually operable controls are affixed to the housing and are in communication with the microprocessor. The microprocessor generates and sensorially renders a sequence of events, wherein each event is related to one of the manually operable controls. Each manually operable control is externally acutable by a participant for responding to said sequence of signals. The microprocessor further compares the participant's response to said sequence of events for determining the correctness of the participant's response. The difficultly of the game is increased with a motor that drives wheels which move the game while the sequence of events are being sensorially rendered.

Abstract: An interactive gaming device, method and apparatus, is disclosed which includes means to assign binary numbers to playing positions. Each of said playing positions includes an indicator and a logical element to select and route pairs of the binary numbers to each other. Each playing position may also include an input control mechanism to enable a player to manually interact with the gaming device. Upon a random or a manual activation of a logical element, the matched pairs of binary numbers are used to generate a plurality of display codes. The device then assigns these display codes to the playing positions in order to produce colors or images at the indicators. A determination is then made if a winning display combination has occurred. A plurality of sound and visual effects are also provided to heighten the enjoyment of using the device.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a lottery pooling management system. The lottery pooling management system may include a participant interface, lottery interface, and notification interface. The participant interface may be in communication with a participant computer and configured to allow pool participants to participate in one or more lottery pools with each lottery pool having one or more sets of lottery numbers. The lottery interface may be in communication with one or more lotteries and the participant interface, and configured to ascertain drawing results and jackpot amounts for the lotteries and compare the drawing results with the sets of lottery numbers in the lottery pools. The notification interface may be in communication with the participant interface and the lottery interface, and configured to alert pool participants about activity in the lotteries, the status of the lottery pools, and the compared drawing results.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing instant lottery tickets where book numbers and ticket numbers are printed on the tickets utilizing a dual security process such that the book numbers are shuffled in each pool before the tickets are printed to break the link between the book numbers the ticket numbers or validation numbers, a reversing process can be used under certain predefined conditions to relate the original book numbers to the ticket numbers or validation numbers. In one example, where a shuffling algorithm utilizing seeds is used to shuffle the book numbers, the seeds used in the algorithm are maintained in an encrypted file. A decryption key for the encrypted seed file can be used by a lottery administration or trusted third party to reconstruct game play indicia for game adjustment purposes and manufacturing adjustments.

Abstract: A gaming machine has a display and a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display. If a predefined winning event occurs, the machine awards a prize. The gaming machine further comprises a selector applicable to a game feature where, upon a trigger condition occurring in a base game, a player is afforded an opportunity of predicting an outcome of the feature and, if the player's prediction is correct, a bonus is awarded to the player.

Abstract: A gaming device having a game which requires the same average investment from a player to win an award, including a jackpot award, regardless of the amount that the player bets at any one time. The award can be unchanging, e.g., $10,000, each time a player plays the gaming device. The award can also vary such as with a progressive jackpot, i.e., the jackpot builds until a player “hits” the jackpot. The game enables the average investment necessary to win the jackpot to be uniform by varying the odds of winning the jackpot as the player's bet varies. That is, a player betting less money needs to play the game more times, on average, to win the jackpot. Likewise, a player betting more money needs to play the game less times, on average, to win the jackpot. The average overall bet or investment thus remains constant despite the player's betting habits or betting ability.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of dynamically storing critical data of a gaming machine by allocating and deallocating memory space in a gaming machine is disclosed. One or more embodiments describe downloading or removing a new game to a gaming machine such that all existing critical data in NV-RAM memory is left intact. In one embodiment, the invention discloses a method and apparatus for dynamically allocating and deallocating memory space to accommodate either permanent or temporary storage in an NV-RAM. A method and apparatus is provided to monitor available memory space and dynamically resize the memory in NV-RAM. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed for performing an integrity check of the NV-RAM and determining whether a critical data error has occurred. In one or more embodiments, methods of compacting and shifting contents of an NV-RAM are described to consolidate available memory space or to prevent unauthorized access of NV-RAM memory.

Abstract: A player insert for a gaming machine, the player insert comprising: an electronically controllable screen, a controller for said electronically controllable screen, an interface adapted to communicate between said controller and a host system associated with said player insert and with further player inserts, said controller being adapted to receive signals from a said host system via said interface and to thereby effect a display on said electronically controllable screen synchronized with at least one further display on at least one further player insert. The electronically controllable screen can be controlled to operate in a first state in which it is transparent and permits a separate display provided behind the screen to be viewed by the player and in a second state in which it is adapted to effect the display as stated above.

Abstract: A steering wheel adapted for replacing a rotatable control shaft-mounted finger dial of an RC control unit includes a wheel having a diameter at least as large as at least one dimension of a side of the RC control unit adjacent to the wheel, a coupler located on one side of the wheel for engaging the RC control unit, and at least one bore passing through the wheel. A fastener is positioned within the bore for removably connecting the wheel to the control shaft of the RC control unit.

Abstract: A player performs an input operation so as to draw a predetermined graphic on a touch panel. A type of attack against an enemy character may be determined based at least on a graphical shape of an input trajectory. An effectiveness of attack against the enemy character may be determined at least based on the size of the graphical shape of the input trajectory. Damage caused by attack to the enemy character may be determined based at least on the style and effectiveness of attack.

Abstract: A gaming machine includes a video display and gaming controls fixed within the machine so that the surfaces of the display and controls are at an angle that provides enhanced ergonomics and increased interior space within the gaming machine. A hopper with a tall and narrow shape stores a large number of coins while increasing interior space. A video connection system allows a video cable to connect the video display and PC of the gaming machine without the cable being substantially bent, thereby increasing interior space. Multiple heat dispensing devices and a vent having fins directed inward and upward into the machine efficiently dispense heat from within the gaming machine while allowing the rear of machine to be placed very close to another surface. A multiple pin deck latch mechanism reduces wobbling when the deck is closed. Also, redemption tickets are dispensed into the same receptacle as coins are dispensed.

Abstract: Arrangement in a tube for an engine powered tool for support of a drive shaft extending inside the tube. A tube shaped section (15) acts as a shaft support (14) for the drive shaft and the tube shaped section (15) is constituted by a number of sections (19) provided with ribs (16) for support of the tube shaped section (15) inside the tube. The sections (19) are connected by flexible parts (17) placed between the sections (19) to absorb movements between the sections (19).