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| 20110057876 | POINTING DEVICE - A pointing device includes a first ground potential electrode; a second electrode for applying a voltage; a third electrode for measuring an electrical potential; a printed circuit board on which the first through the third electrodes are provided; a location pointing driving body that is provided on the printed circuit board and that is configured with a conductive part and that contacts the first and second electrodes, and a spherical part; a slide member that is located to cover a top part of the location pointing driving body and that is configured to drive the location pointing driving body by being slidable within a plane parallel to the printed circuit board; and a pressing force restriction member that is configured to restrict pressing force from the spherical part to the printed circuit board by receiving force from the slide member in the pressing direction. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110080179 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL SWITCH MEMBER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - A multidirectional switch member and an electronic device includes an operation plate in which a pressing operation may be performed in a plurality of directions including four standard directions and a median direction extending between the four standard directions, a PCB that is located at the back side of the operation plate, a plurality of conductive bodies that are provided on the back side of the operation plate, a group of standard direction contact electrodes that each have a first electrode and a first ground potential electrode along each of the standard directions, and a group of median direction contact electrodes that have two of a second electrode and a second ground potential electrode along the median direction, wherein the two second electrodes and the first electrodes, which are located along both sides of the median direction, are located next to each other and are electrically connected to each other. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110132732 | TWO-STAGE SWITCH APPARATUS - A two-stage switch apparatus includes: a PCB including first and second electrodes; a conductive dome disposed on the PCB; an insulating film covering a surface of the conductive dome on a side opposite to the PCB, and third and fourth electrodes above the conductive dome; and a button actuator provided over a side of the insulating film, which is opposite the PCB. The button actuator includes a conductive elastic body protruding to the side of the insulating film at positions corresponding to both the third and fourth electrodes. An analog portion is formed by the conductive elastic body, the third electrode and the fourth electrode, when the conductive elastic body contacts both the third and fourth electrodes. A digital portion is formed by the conductive dome and the second electrode, when the button actuator is pressed and the conductive dome is indented. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110157102 | INPUT DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAID INPUT DEVICES - Input device in which a defect of a control disk is eliminated while making use of an advantage of the control disk and an electronic device using the input device. The input device may include: an operation panel, which may be operated by a user; a board, which may be arranged to be opposed to a surface opposite to an operation surface of the operation panel operated by the user; a conductive elastic body and a pusher, which may be fixed on the operation panel; and a sensor portion and a member to be pressed, which may be placed on the board to be opposed to the conductive elastic body and the pusher, respectively. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110164910 | THIN KEYPAD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention relates to a thin keypad that includes an elastic sheet that is made of resin or elastomer, and a group of keys including a plurality of keys that are formed from one key sheet through laser-cutting, and that are fixed on the elastic sheet as a laser-cut configuration, wherein the plurality of keys is made of light curing resin with a thickness of 1.0 mm or less, and the narrowest spacing between the keys adjacent each other is equal to or less than 500 μm. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110234517 | INPUT MEMBER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - The present application provides an input member and an electrical device that includes the input member in which a slide operation can be performed, and in which a predetermined input value for each position touched by a user can be entered. The input member includes that one or a plurality of conductive elastic bodies; an operation plate that has an operation plane and that has the conductive elastic bodies on a rear surface side of the operation plane; a base plate including a group of electrodes, the electrodes being provided at positions opposite to the conductive elastic bodies without contacting each other; and a plurality of protruding parts protruding from the conductive elastic bodies toward the base plate are aligned in a predetermined direction. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20090078340 | Method of chemical treatment and chemically treated member - A chemical treatment method in which an object to be treated is treated with a chemical treating agent to form a chemical conversion coating, in which the object to be treated has at least one aluminum-plated steel sheet and at least one member selected from the group consisting of cold-rolled steel sheets, zinc-plated steel sheets, and aluminum sheets and the chemical treating agent is one which has zirconium, fluorine, and an aminated silane coupling agent and in which the zirconium content is 100-700 ppm in terms of metal amount and the fluorine/zirconium ratio is 3.5-7.0 by mole. A sufficient coating amount can be ensured on the surface of a zinc deposit, cold-rolled steel sheet, zinc-plated steel sheet, aluminum-plated steel sheet, or the like and a chemical conversion coating having sufficient base-hiding properties and sufficient adhesion can be formed. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090090889 | Method and agent for chemical conversion treatment and chemically conversion-Treated members - A method is provided for chemical conversion treatment by which a chemical conversion layer attaining satisfactory substrate-covering properties, adhesion to coating and corrosion resistance can be formed on any metal structure surface. More specifically, a method for chemical conversion treatment is provided by treating a metal structure with an agent for chemical conversion treatment, in which the agent contains zirconium, fluorine, an amino-containing alkoxysilane, and a hydroxyl-containing alkoxysilane with the contents of zirconium and the amino-containing alkoxysilane being 100 to 700 ppm in terms of metal and 50 to 500 ppm in terms of solid matter respectively at a fluorine/zirconium molar ratio of 3.5 to 7.0 and has a pH of 2.8 to 4.5. | 04-09-2009 |
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| 20100082181 | Communication control system for vehicles - Devices that are connected to each other by shorter distances, such as an audio switch | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082249 | Navigation apparatus for motorcycle - Provided is a motorcycle navigation apparatus that receives broadcasts from a satellite radio mounted on a motorcycle. The motorcycle navigation apparatus includes a controller, monitor and a screen switching unit. The controller is configured to control the navigation apparatus. The a monitor configured to provide, when said satellite radio receives a warning, a notification that information has been received by said satellite radio. The screen switching unit configured to switch said navigation screen to a screen that corresponds to the received information when an operator executes a predetermined operation on the controller, wherein the predetermined operation is executed upon receipt of said notification. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100095756 | TIRE AIR-PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus in accordance with embodiments of the invention includes a tire pressure detection device comprising an elongated casing having a first casing portion and a second casing portion, configured to house a pressure sensor and the battery therein. The elongated casing also includes a mounting hole for accommodating a connection member configured to connect the casing to a tire valve. The mounting hole is disposed, in one embodiment, and at approximately longitudinal center portion thereof. The first casing portion and the second casing portion are joined to each other by joint portions comprising a hook formed on one of the first casing portion and the second casing portion, and a hook hole formed in another of the first casing portion and the casing portion. The joint portions are located around the mounting hole and both longitudinal ends of the casing. The casing is configured such that a tire valve penetrates a rim of the tire wheel from an outside to an inside thereof. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100134270 | TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE DETECTING DEVICE - A pressure detection unit includes a front-wheel transmitter and a rear-wheel transmitter operatively connected to wheel rims of a front wheel and a rear wheel, respectively. Inflation pressure signals transmitted from the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter are received by a receiver. The receiver is arranged to be offset outward of a straight line connecting the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter in the vehicle-body width direction. More specifically, the receiver is arranged in a space surrounded by a front cowl and a side panel, the space being between a coolant reserve tank and a radiator. The single receiver receives the signals transmitted from the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter. | 06-03-2010 |
