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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110306253 | ELECTRONIC CONNECTOR An electronic connector includes a connector body which is fixed to a board and to be connected to another connector; a cage which is formed by die-casting a metal and shaped to cover entire side surfaces of the connector body and the other connector; and a pressure cov... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306248 | CONNECTOR A connector includes a plug connector and a jack connector configured to be connected with the plug connector. The plug connector includes a plug ground electrode, and a pair of plug terminals configured to transmit electric signals and having plug terminal connecting p... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110293264 | CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAMERA MODULE A camera module includes a camera unit, a board, and a driving unit mounted on the board and configured to drive the camera unit. The camera module also includes an elastic camera-side connecting part configured to connect a terminal of the camera unit with wiring on a ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110117762 | CONNECTOR DEVICE, RECEIVING CONNECTOR, AND INSERTING CONNECTOR A connector device includes an inserting connector and a receiving connector, wherein the receiving connector is connected to the electronic device; the receiving connector includes a single control plug terminal and two electric power jack terminals made of a conductor... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110117758 | A CONNECTOR UNIT WITH A MALE CONNECTOR HAVING A CONTROL TERMINAL WITH A SWITCH A connector unit includes a male connector including a control plug terminal, a slide switch for moving the control plug terminal between a first position and a second position in a first direction, a return button protruding from the opening of the slide switch in a se... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115586 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY An electromagnetic relay, includes a fixing contact; a movable contact configured to be moved to or from the fixing contact in an approaching and separating direction; a movable part; a driving part configured to drive the movable part; a pressing part configured to pre... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110092084 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR COMBINATION FOR BALANCED TRANSMISSION A connector includes a ground contact formed by a plate-shaped conductor member extending in a longitudinal direction of the connector, and a plurality of signal contact pairs arranged on both sides of the ground contact, with two signal contacts forming each signal con... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110048908 | KEYBOARD HAVING BACKLIGHT FUNCTION A keyboard having a backlight function, the keyboard includes a key top having a light permeating region, the key top being where one end of a link member is provided; a membrane sheet having a contact, the contact being conductive when the key top is pushed; a support ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048198 | CUTTER AND RECORDER A cutter includes a cutting part including a movable blade and a fixed blade, the movable blade being configured to be moved by a drive mechanism; an operation part configured to cause an edge of the movable blade to move in an arc by causing the drive mechanism to be d... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110033155 | OPTICAL/ELECTRICAL COMPOSITE CONNECTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF In an optical/electrical composite connector including a male connector and a female connector, the male connector includes a ferrule provided at an end portion of an optical fiber on a side of the male connector which is connected to the female connector, and an electr... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032155 | ANTENNA DEVICE An antenna device includes an antenna element to be fed with electric power from an external power supply and a ground element to be coupled to the antenna element. The antenna element and the ground element are formed of a conductive film and arranged to define a recta... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028033 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR DEVICE A coaxial connector where a plug having a coaxial structure is connected in a direction substantially parallel with a board, the board being where the coaxial connector is mounted, the coaxial connector includes a signal contact having one end connected to a plug pin an... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025627 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL UNIT, SCROLLING CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM A touchscreen panel unit includes a scrolling determination part configured to determine whether to scroll a displayable region of information to be displayed on a screen based on the positional relationship between the position of a first contact with the screen and th... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022862 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE THEREOF A disclosed power supply device includes a power supply unit configured to switch supply or non-supply of power from an external power supply to an electronic apparatus, and a receiving unit configured to receive a control command for controlling the switching with the ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110014819 | JACK SIDE CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR SET HAVING THE JACK SIDE CONNECTOR A jack side connector configured to be connected to a plug side connector, the plug side connector including a plug side signal contact and a plug side ground contact extending from a holding part, the jack side connector includes a jack side signal contact and a jack s... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009010 | CONNECTOR COMPONENT AND CONNECTOR DEVICE A connector component formed of an insulating material includes a contact member to which a plug side contact member is fitted to establish electrical conduction between the contact member and the plug side contact member. The connector component includes a plurality of... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100323772 | SLIDE HINGE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A slide hinge includes a first member; a second member connected to the first member, the second member being configured to slide between a first position and a second position; a first terminal part supported at a first member side; and a second terminal part supported... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321459 | THERMAL HEAD UNIT AND THERMAL PRINTER WITH DRIVER IC ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE A thermal head unit includes a head substrate having a heating element serving as a thermal head formed thereon, a flexible substrate, a driver IC disposed on the flexible substrate to drive the thermal head, and a heat sink attached to the head substrate and to the fle... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100317235 | CONNECTOR APPARATUS A connector apparatus is provided having a first connector including a first contact part with first and second contact terminals connected by a first connection part and a space therebetween, the second contact terminal being bent such that the space between the first ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100297893 | CONNECTOR APPARATUS A connector apparatus includes first and second connectors that can be engaged with each other. The first connector includes a first contact and a first main body that supports the first contact. The first connector is conductive. The first main body is insulative. The ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100297880 | CONNECTOR A connector to be connected to a counterpart connector includes a circuit board having a ground layer, an insulating layer, and a first conductive layer successively stacked, the first conductive layer including a signal circuit and a ground circuit; and a second conduc... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100294638 | KEY SWITCH UNIT A key switch unit includes a keycap elongated in a lengthwise direction; a switch mechanism; a supporting plate supporting the switch mechanism; and a key reinforcement mechanism engaging the keycap on its lower side for reinforcement. The key reinforcement mechanism in... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100291790 | FLEXIBLE CABLE CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND FLEXIBLE CABLE CONNECTOR A flexible cable connecting structure includes a terminal part including a plurality of conductive patterns, the conductive patterns being formed at an end part of a flexible cable; a plurality of connector pins that are provided side by side inside a connector, the con... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100271322 | POSITION DETECTING METHOD FOR TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A position detecting method for a touchscreen panel includes the steps of (a) determining the presence or absence of contact with the touchscreen panel on a conductive film divided into multiple conductive regions; (b) measuring a time after the detection of the absence... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100265198 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING TOUCHSCREEN PANEL A touchscreen panel includes an upper substrate having a first transparent conductor layer provided on a first base layer, and a lower substrate having a second transparent conductor layer provided on a second base layer. The first and second transparent conductor layer... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100255730 | CONNECTOR DEVICE A connector device includes a male connector and a female connector. The male connector includes plug electrodes disposed therein and arrayed in a row perpendicular to a predetermined direction, each plug electrode including a curved part formed at one end. The female c... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100253759 | THERMAL PRINTER A thermal printer includes a thermal head, a platen roller configured to press the thermal head, an engaging part configured to engage the platen roller provided at a side part of a main part where the thermal head is provided, and a spring part provided at a part of th... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100248551 | CARD CONNECTOR A card connector includes a housing including an insertion part into which a card is to be inserted; and a switch mechanism including a movable terminal and multiple fixed terminals. The movable terminal is configured to deform elastically in response to being pressed b... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100248502 | BOARD CONNECTING CONNECTOR A board connecting connector configured to mount a mounting board on a motherboard, the board connecting connector includes a connector main body having one end fixed to the motherboard and another end including an inserting opening where the mounting board is inserted;... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100247219 | LABEL PRINTER A label printer for performing printing on a label temporarily adhered to a pasteboard of a sheet roll includes a main body on which a platen roller and a peeling bar are mounted, an installing part configured to have the sheet roll installed therein, an installing cove... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100233906 | CONNECTOR HAVING A SHIELD MEMBER HAVING A HOOK A connector includes a plurality of contact modules each including a contact member and a contact module body covering the contact member, and a plurality of shield members each including a shield body part corresponding to the contact module body of the contact module.... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100216351 | CONNECTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME A connector includes a plate-shaped contact; and an insulator including a fixing hole into which the contact is pressed to be fixed. At least a part of the fixing hole has a cross section in a cruciform shape.... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100216347 | CONNECTOR A connector to be engaged with and connected to an opponent connector, the connector includes a ground plate extending in a first direction; plural signal contacts placed side by side in the first direction, the plural signal contacts being configured to come in contact... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100216345 | CARD CONNECTOR A card connector includes a base housing configured to allow attachment of different kinds of memory cards; multiple kinds of memory card contacts held in the base housing and configured to connect to the corresponding memory cards; a module housing stacked on the base ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100215312 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR An optical connector includes an optical element to be optically connected to an optical fiber; and an optical component. The optical component includes an element fixation part configured to fix the optical element to the optical component; a ferrule attachment part to... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100190385 | CONNECTOR DEVICE A jack connector includes pairs of jack signal contacts and jack ground contacts arranged alternately, and a plug connector includes pairs of plug signal contacts and plug ground contacts arranged alternately. Respective contacts of each pair of jack signal contacts com... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100188470 | PRINTER MODULE INCLUDING MOVABLE BLADE MODULE AND FIXED BLADE MODULE A printer module for use in a printer apparatus having a rotationally openable lid includes a fixed blade module having a fixed blade, a movable blade module having a movable blade and configured to be joined to the fixed blade module such that the movable blade and the... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100182277 | TOUCH PANEL AND COORDINATES DETECTING METHOD USING TOUCH PANEL A touch panel includes a lower conductive film, four electrodes disposed in edge portions of four sides of the lower conductive film, and an upper conductive film disposed over the lower conductive film so that the upper and lower conductive films are opposed to each ot... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100173536 | CONTACT MEMBER AND CONNECTOR INCLUDING THE CONTACT MEMBER A contact member includes a body part formed by providing a belt-shaped part in a substantially ring shape; an internal circumferential side contact part provided at one end of the body part and situated at an internal circumferential side of the contact member; and an ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100156743 | ANTENNA DEVICE An antenna device includes an oval-shaped element which is formed by geometrically combining a spherical portion and a conical portion so that the spherical portion is tangent to a bottom side of the conical portion. A ground plate is arranged to face a vertex of the co... | 06/24/2010 |
