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An electronic apparatus with a protective panel, includes a display device 3 having a display section 3A, an enclosure 2 having a display window 2A which is open in one direction and mounts therein the display device 3 so as to expose the display section 5A to the outside, a protective panel 4 disposed at the display window 2A so as to cover the display section 3A from the outside; and a pressure-sensitive conductive rubber 14 interposed between a movable portion M including at least the protective panel 4 of the protective panel 4 and the display device 3 and a frame-like support portion 2b defined by a surface of the enclosure 2 within the display window 2A, so as to prevent intrusion of foreign substance to the interior of the enclosure 2 through the display window 2A, the rubber detecting a depressing operation on the movable portion M.

The invention is a novel compact robotic manipulator with a special configuration that supports a remote center-of-motion attribute, so it has the ability to accurately and conveniently manipulate and re-orient in 2 degrees of freedom, and to firmly “lock” in place, special purpose surgical tools necessary for minimally invasive therapy. The new features include a sophisticated joint-link structure and configuration that comprises two arcuate links that enable comfortable maneuverability of the end effector or the tool about a pivot point, typically the port of entry of the tool to the patient's body, while preventing the enlargement of the key hole, in the constrained and limited workspace of surgical environments. Also the configuration of the joints provides an open structure that keeps the robots' main parts out of the surgeon's field of view and out of the work area, providing sufficient space in the vicinity of the operative field, or the entry port of the tool to the patient's internal organs. The manipulator can be used in manual, autonomous or remote-control modes.

The present invention provides a photovoltaic module which prevents enlargement of the dimensions of a photovoltaic submodule by reducing ineffective parts which do not contribute to power generation. The photovoltaic module comprises a photovoltaic submodule including a plurality of solar cells interposed between two light-transmitting substrates through the intermediary of an encapsulant, and a connecting lead extending from an edge between the two light-transmitting substrates for outputting generated electric current, a terminal box 30 attached near to the edge of the photovoltaic submodule housing a connecting part between the connecting lead and a cable for outputting generated electric current to the outside, and an outer frame set around the outer circumference of the photovoltaic submodule. An opening 28 through which the connecting lead and the terminal box are inserted is provided to the outer frame at a position which receives at least the terminal box.

A high pressure tank has a cylindrical liner and a fiber reinforced plastic layer which covers the outer surface of the liner. At least one end of the liner is separable. The liner includes a cylindrical liner body and a lid. An O-ring is located between the contact surfaces of the liner body and the lid in the circumferential direction. Each contact surface has a seal surface which contacts the O-ring. One of the liner body and the lid has a deformable portion which deforms toward the seal surfaces. The structure can securely seal the separated portions of the liner when the high pressure tank is in a high pressure state.

A work-vehicle cabin having an air-conditioning unit is disclosed. The cabin includes a roof unit, a downwardly bulging ceiling portion constituting a part of the roof unit, a heater provided in the ceiling portion, an evaporator provided in the ceiling portion and arranged adjacently rearwardly of the heater, and a pair of forward air-supply openings provided in the ceiling portion and respectively disposed laterally of the heater for feeding conditioned air to the inside of the cabin.

An ink jet recording apparatus that achieves sufficient attraction force even when the actuator is sealed. In the ink jet recording apparatus, an electric pulse is applied between a diaphragm and electrode by a drive circuit to deform a diaphragm by electrostatic force to eject an ink droplet from a nozzle comprises a vibration chamber containing a wall surface formed by the diaphragm and a wall surface on which the electrode is formed, and a first cavity communicating with the vibration chamber and containing a wall surface on which is provided a lead for connecting the drive circuit and electrode. The vibration chamber is sealed airtight, and comprises a second cavity communicating with the vibration chamber or first cavity for increasing the volume of the airtight sealed part of the actuator.

A length adjustable cannula includes: a pipe-like main body having a through hole formed therein and an outer circumferential surface on which a screw thread is formed; a base grip provided at an end of the main body; an inner support plate provided at another end of the main body; and an outer support plate thread-coupled with the outer circumferential surface of the main body, the outer support plate being movable along the screw thread in a lengthwise direction of the main body. A position of the outer support plate is adjusted based on a distance from an outside skin to a medical treatment region of a human body, such that the outer support plate is brought into contact with the outside skin and the inner support plate is brought into contact with and supported by an inside skin of the human body.

A testing method of a wavelength-tunable laser having a resonator including wavelength selection portions having wavelength property different from each other includes a first step of controlling the wavelength-tunable laser so as to oscillate at a given wavelength according to an initial setting value, a second step of tuning the wavelength property of the wavelength selection portions and detecting discontinuity point of gain-condition-changing of the wavelength-tunable laser, and a third step of obtaining a stable operating point of the wavelength selection portion according to a limiting point of an oscillation condition at the given wavelength, the limiting point being a point when the discontinuity point is detected.

A work-vehicle cabin having an air-conditioning unit is disclosed. The cabin includes a roof unit, a downwardly bulging ceiling portion constituting a part of the roof unit, a heater provided in the ceiling portion, an evaporator provided in the ceiling portion and arranged adjacently rearwardly of the heater, and a pair of forward air-supply openings provided in the ceiling portion and respectively disposed laterally of the heater for feeding conditioned air to the inside of the cabin.

A conveying apparatus is configured to attach a battery unit to a vehicle body at an attachment position by engaging at least three first fastening portions, which are arranged in the vehicle body, respectively with at least three corresponding second fastening portions, which are arranged in the battery unit. The conveying apparatus includes at least three mounts, at least three individual lifting mechanisms, and an individual control unit. The second fastening portions are respectively mounted on the mounts. The individual lifting mechanisms individually lift the mounts to raise the battery unit to the attachment position. The individual control unit is configured to individually control the individual lifting mechanisms.

An air-conditioning register includes a cylinder-shaped retainer, and a fin assembly, which includes a plurality of synchronously swingable fins. The fin assembly includes a fin sub-assembly. The fin sub-assembly includes the fins, which neighbor to each other, in a quantity of from two or more to less than a total number of the fins. The fins, which belong to an identical fin sub-assembly, make a first imaginary plane, which passes the swing shafts of the fins. The fins, which neighbor to each other but are free of belonging to the identical fin sub-assembly, make a second imaginary plane, which passes the swing shafts of the fins. The first imaginary plane and the second imaginary plane cross to each other. The fins, which belong to the identical fin sub-assembly, are disposed one after another consecutively when the fins swing to a predetermined position, respectively.

An apparatus is provided for removing a fastener from a corresponding aperture defined by a workpiece that reduces or eliminates damage to the fastener and / or the workpiece. The apparatus includes a pulling plug for engaging the head of the fastener, and a drive shaft operably connected to the pulling plug. The apparatus further includes a lever member that is urged into operable contact with the workpiece. In operation, the head end of a fastener is engaged by the pulling plug. Thereafter, the lever member is moved into contact with the workpiece. The drive shaft is then retracted while the lever member continues to be urged into operable contact with and to push against the workpiece without positively engaging the workpiece. As such, the pulling plug is also moved away from the surface of the workpiece to remove the fastener from the workpiece.

A bumper reinforcement member 1 includes a small groove 2 and a large groove 3. The large groove 3 is arranged to encompass the small groove 2 inside the groove. When the bumper reinforcement member 1 is deformed, directions of the deformation of the lateral face of the small groove and the deformation of the lateral face of the large groove are oppose to each other, and thus the peak load and the energy absorption amount of the bumper reinforcement member 1 can be increased with a simple configuration.

A free-curved surface Fresnel mirror is disposed inside an HUD unit, and the display light from a display device is emitted to the image projection area of the windshield of a vehicle. A distortion correction function for suppressing aberrations is provided by using the free-curved surface formed by a free-curved surface Fresnel mirror having a planar shape. A half mirror with a magnifying function configured as a Fresnel mirror is disposed in the image projection area, whereby the half mirror with the magnifying function is provided with a magnifying function.

A length adjustable cannula includes: a pipe-like main body having a through hole formed therein and an outer circumferential surface on which a screw thread is formed; a base grip provided at an end of the main body; an inner support plate provided at another end of the main body; and an outer support plate thread-coupled with the outer circumferential surface of the main body, the outer support plate being movable along the screw thread in a lengthwise direction of the main body. A position of the outer support plate is adjusted based on a distance from an outside skin to a medical treatment region of a human body, such that the outer support plate is brought into contact with the outside skin and the inner support plate is brought into contact with and supported by an inside skin of the human body.

A vehicle includes a body frame, a left front wheel and a right front wheel, a link mechanism configured to be deformed as a vehicle body leans, and vehicle components disposed directly forward of the link mechanism in relation to a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle. The vehicle components are supported on the body frame via penetrating portions that extend from the body frame toward the front of the vehicle and penetrate the link mechanism.

A first air cleaner box (25) is provided on one side of a rear wheel (4) above a transmission case (9) of a unit-swinging power train unit (1), whereas a second air cleaner box (26) is provided on the other side of the rear wheel (9). Air compartments (40) of the air cleaner boxes (25, 26) are connected to a throttle valve (22) while the air compartments of the air cleaner boxes are made to communicate with each other. The second air cleaner box (26) can be provided by making use of a dead space defined on a side of the rear wheel (4). The capacity of the air compartment (40) can be increased by the first and second air cleaner boxes (25, 26) while preventing the enlargement of the vehicle body, whereby the output of an engine (3) can be increased by increasing the displacement of the engine (3).

An aspherical mirror or a free-curved surface mirror is disposed inside an HUD unit, and the display light of a display device is emitted to the image projection area of the windshield of a vehicle. A distortion correction function for suppressing aberrations is provided on the reflecting surface of the free-curved surface mirror. A half mirror with a magnifying function configured as a Fresnel mirror is disposed in the image projection area of the windshield, whereby the half mirror with the magnifying function is provided with a magnifying function.

In an exemplary embodiment, in order to avoid enlargement of a circuit scale to perform coding processing in real time, a block size of a PU (evaluation PU (Prediction Unit)) used to evaluate a merge mode is restricted and the number of evaluation target merge candidates is restricted. In the case where the evaluation PU has the block size in which a CU (Cording Unit) is divided, at least one merge candidate common to a merge candidate list of a PU (inclusion PU) having the block size including the evaluation PU and a merge candidate list of each of a plurality of evaluation PUs is selected as the evaluation target merge candidate from the merge candidate lists of the evaluation PUs. In performing cost evaluation processing for the evaluation PU, cost evaluation processing is simultaneously performed on the inclusion PU using a calculated prediction residual.

A board for mounting electronic circuit parts includes a first connection terminal group including a plurality of connection terminals densely formed on the top surface of a substrate having through holes formed therein, and a second connection terminal group including a plurality of connection terminals formed at at least the peripheral portion of a back surface of the substrate. The first connection terminal group is connected to the second connection terminal group by way of the through holes. A build-up multilayer interconnection layer having via holes is formed on the top surface of the substrate, so that the first connection terminal group is connected to the second connection terminal group through the build-up multilayer interconnection layer and the through holes. According to another aspect, each signal line on the top surface of the build-up multilayer interconnection layer comprises a plurality of wiring patterns having different widths and a taper-shaped pattern that connects those wiring patterns together and whose width continuously changes. Each signal line has a smaller width at an area having a relatively high wiring density than at an area having a relatively low wiring density.

One aspect according to the present invention includes a battery pack having a device for electrically connecting between batteries and an electric circuit of the battery pack. The device includes a plural number of signal lines formed on or within a flexible base plate.