Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Masayoshi Yano

Noriaki Furuta

Takashi Torii

Takahiro Sakamoto

Seiji Nakanishi

Hiroyuki Yamada

Kazunori Kono

Shuichi Ninomiya

Fuminori Hirose

Hiroshi Nakamori

Koji Nakahara

Kouichi Higuchi

Tatsuo Mizukami

Koutarou Kashima

Yoshiteru Kishimoto

Yoshihiro Tomikura

An adapter to be attached to a memory card for changing an external shape such that it can be inserted into a memory card insertion section of specific type equipment is provided. The adapter includes: an adapter body for defining a space housing the memory card; a write protect mechanism including a write enable/disable setting member which is slidable with respect to the adapter body; and a terminal portion located in the adapter body, which is formed so as to be electrically connected to a terminal portion of the memory card when the memory card is housed in the adapter body, and in which the write protect mechanism sets whether to enable or disable writing of data into the memory card in accordance with the position of the write enable/disable setting member.

Adapter, memory card, and memory card module

A memory card includes: a main body of the memory card in which a notched section is formed; a semiconductor memory; and a write/nonwrite setting element for setting the write/nonwrite state of data in the semiconductor memory, the write/nonwrite setting element being slidably fitted in the notched section, wherein the main body of the memory card includes an upper main body and a lower main body; at least one of the upper main body and the lower main body has an elastic guide formed within the notched section; the write/nonwrite setting element slides along the elastic guide so as to set the write/nonwrite state of the data in the semiconductor memory; and the elastic guide has an engagement portion for engagedly stopping the write/nonwrite setting element so as to select the position of the write/nonwrite setting element with respect to the elastic guide.

Memory card

A memory card includes: a main body of the memory card in which a notched section is formed; a semiconductor memory; and a write/nonwrite setting element for setting the write/nonwrite state of data in the semiconductor memory, the write/nonwrite setting element being slidably fitted in the notched section, wherein the main body of the memory card includes an upper main body and ail lower main body; at least one of the upper main body and the lower main body has an elastic guide formed within the notched section the write/nonwrite setting element slides along the elastic guide so as to set the write/nonwrite state of the data in the semiconductor memory; and the elastic guide has an engagement portion for engagedly stopping the write/nonwrite setting element so as to select the position of the write/nonwrite setting element with respect to the elastic guide.

A cover apparatus of a cassette tape recorder comprising first and second covers rotatable to be openable and closable with respect to a body of the tape recorder. The first cover has a holder to encasing a tape cassette so that the tape cassette encased in the holder is rotatable in accordance with the rotation of the first cover, a length of the first cover in longitudinal directions being smaller than that of the tape cassette so that a portion of the tape cassette protrudes from the first cover when being encased in the holder. The second cover is arranged to be engaged with the first cover to be rotatable together with the first cover and movable along a surface of the first cover. The second cover, together with the first cover, rotates to cover the entire tape cassette when the first cover is closed with respect to the tape recorder body, and further the second cover moves with respect to the first cover when the first cover is opened with respect thereto, so that the portion of the tape cassette protrudes from tip portions of the first and second covers. This arrangement allows the user to easily take out the tape cassette from the tape recorder.

Two-part rotatable cover apparatus for tape cassette with lock mechanism

The present invention provides an FM multiplex information receiving apparatus capable of reducing a required time for indicating a received program to a necessary minimum time and capable of executing update process for a update program. An FM multiplex information receiving apparatus is configured so as to operate as follows. The apparatus stores a received program into the memory in case that a program number which is the same as the received program is present in memory and these update code differ. The apparatus deletes the program-related information at power off or on. The apparatus retains the non-program related information in the memory until a lapse of a certain time after power off.

FM multiplex information receiving apparatus

The present invention relates to a receiver capable of selectively receiving the frequency of a radio broadcasting station stored in advance, which comprises a first memory for storing the frequencies of radio broadcasting stations in each of a plurality of areas, a second memory capable of storing the frequencies of arbitrary radio broadcasting stations and a selection operating device for selecting the frequency of the necessary radio broadcasting station from the memory, makes it possible to receive the frequency of the radio broadcasting station in the desired area by selection of the selection operating device, and thereby can promptly select the frequency of the radio broadcasting station of an area even on a private or business trip thereto.

Receiver capable of selectively receiving signals at frequencies

A cabinet having a loudspeaker window has a mesh screen structure covering the window. This mesh screen structure is made by the use of a plastics molding technique and comprises a plurality of latitudinal threads and a plurality of longitudinal threads molded together to give a shape or appearance similar in all aspects to a woven metal mesh.

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Osaka, Japan

Masayoshi Yano