Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Mizusawa Electronics Co.

Masami Joraku

Akihiko Kanouda

Hiroshi Kimura

Kazuhiro Takizawa

Takeshi Mochizuki

Shigeyoshi Kawano

Masahiro Ueno

Koji Yamauchi

Ryuji Kurihara

Tetsunosuke Nakamura

Yoshihiko Sugawara

Tetsuya Obara

Makoto Kawamura

Fusao Sakuramori

Yoshio Miyamoto

In a circuit board disposed in parallel to a fixing plane, a guard spacer (abutting member) is disposed on a multi-layer printed circuit board on the side of the fixing plane to suppress deformation of the multi-layer printed circuit board to prevent short circuit if an impact is applied to the circuit board. The guard spacer may be a dummy electronic component or a plate member. An image display using the circuit board is also disclosed.

Circuit board and image display apparatus

A circuit construction comprising a diode and a capacitor is connected to a secondary coil of a thin transformer such as a wire-type transformer. An excitation energy is discharged during a reset time of the transformer, and this excitation energy is accumulated in the capacitor, thereby output voltage is obtained through the capacitor. A direct current output voltages having two outputs is obtained through one transformer. A small volume and a light weight of the transformer, so that a compact and thin power supply apparatus can be obtained. Since a winding ratio of the transformer can be made small, a copper loss of the transformer can be reduced. It is unnecessary to select a higher switching frequency and a manufacturing cost of the power supply apparatus can be reduced.

Power supply apparatus having separate plural outputs

A compact, thin-type, noise-tolerant and highly reliable electric power unit includes an input portion through which a predetermined voltage is applied, a plurality of power circuits for generating a plurality of different voltages from the predetermined voltage applied to said input portion, an output portion for outputting the plurality of different voltages generated in the plurality of power circuits, a control unit having a function to stabilize the plurality of different output voltages, and an insulated substrate which supports the input portion, the plurality of power circuits, the output portion and the control unit, and further has a printed wiring pattern for electrically coupling the constituent components of the electric power unit. By disposing each group of components which compose each of plurality of power circuits into a predetermined area corresponding to each output voltage, or by arranging the components such that the height of each of the plurality of constituent components for the power circuits is adapted to become approximately the same as or less than the height of the transformer, a compact and thin-type elective power unit which is noise-tolerant and highly reliable is achieved.

Electric power unit

A moving apparatus for a load lifts the load by the torque of a motor, and balances and holds the same with the aid of a mechanical brake when the apparatus stops. A timing device is incorporated in brake control so that when the apparatus stops in response to a signal indicating that a zero speed is designated, the mechanical brake is operated with a time lag after the receipt of the signal and, as soon as the brake is applied, the power supply to the motor is cut off. This arrangement remarkably reduces the impact of stopping upon the mechanical brake and drive, lessens the wear of the brake, permits reduction in size of the components and extends the service life of the components, thus providing an apparatus which saves power in comparison with conventional equipment.

Moving apparatus for a load

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Tokai, Japan

Masami Joraku