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Hirose Electric Company, Ltd.

Japan Solderless Terminal Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Nobuhito Ebine

Toshio Takeshita

Kei Tashiro

Yoshiyuki Katsuno

Tatsuya Yamazaki

Nobutaka Saitoh

Katsumi Ikuta

Atsuko Kashiwagi

Yoichi Miyajima

Kouichiro Takashima

Nobutatsu Takahashi

Yuichiro Nogo

Yoshitake Takahashi

Kiyoshi Miyamori

Masayoshi Iida

Kazuhiko Nakase

Mitsuo Nakamura

Masato Yamaoka

Shogo Kato

Hiroshi Ozawa

Masaki Hanzawa

Masayoshi Morikawa

Katsuki Hirabayashi

Yoshinori Shioyama

Koutarou Kojima

Kuniaki Hirahaya

Shouichi Tomioka

Toshikazu Sekiguchi

Haruhiko Matsumoto

Tokoyuki Katoh

In case a similar component-to-be-loaded is erroneously loaded on a main body side apparatus, contact of terminals are avoided. To this end, a video camera (main body side apparatus)has a main body side terminal, and a battery pack (component-to-be-loaded)has a battery side terminal (component-to-be-loaded side terminal). In the vicinity of the battery side terminal of the component-to-be-loaded, a discriminating tabis provided, and a blocking portionis provided in the vicinity of the main body side terminal of the video camera (main body side apparatus) for determining whether or not its loading is permitted based on the combination of concave and convex engagement with respect to the above-mentioned discriminating tab, and when the loading is not permitted due to the interference between the blocking portion and the above-mentioned discriminating tab, an electric connection between the main body side terminal and the battery side terminal (component-to-be-loaded side terminal) is not to be established.

Method for preventing erroneous loading of component-to-be-loaded on main body side apparatus, component-to-be-loaded and battery pack

A battery of the type having a length, a width, a thickness, a top and bottom and sides. Three electric terminals are separated by ribs, with a third rib spaced from the other two, and with the first rib being wider than the third rib. The top has concave portions separated from each other, disposed at respective sides of the battery and each opening to outside the battery.

A battery apparatus of the type having a length, a width and a height, top and bottom surfaces substantially perpendicular to the height direction. First and second side surfaces, that include curved surfaces, are disposed between the top and bottom surfaces, and front and rear end portions are disposed between the top and bottom surfaces and also disposed between the first and second side surfaces. A plurality of electric contact portions are exposed through terminal windows; and a battery cell is electrically connected to at least one of the electric contact portions. The front end portion includes first and second level surfaces, with the second level surface being lower than the first level surface; and wherein the terminal windows are disposed in the second level surface.

There is provided a projection device including a device main body, and an open/close unit having a projection lens, the open/close unit being connected to the device main body in a manner openable and closable about an open/close axis formed in a vertical direction of the device main body and in a manner rotatable about a rotation axis that is perpendicular to the open/close axis. The projection lens is, in a closed state in which the open/close unit is closed with respect to the device main body such that the projection lens faces outward, provided on an upper side of the rotation axis of the open/close unit.

Projection device having an open/close unit provided with a projection lens

An information processing apparatus including a main body, a member including a projection device, the member moveably attached to the main body, a detector that detects an orientation of the moveable member with respect to the main body, and a processor that controls the projection device based on an output of the detector.

Projection device, projection method, and program

An information processing apparatus that includes a main body, a member movably attached to the main body, a first detector configured to detect an orientation of the member with respect to the main body, a second detector configured to detect whether the main body is connected to a cradle apparatus, and a processor configured to output a command for controlling an operation of a projection device based on an output of the first and second detectors.

Projection control device, projection control method, and program

A battery pack for being slidably loaded on an electronic apparatus. The battery pack has a terminal case disposed on the battery case. Terminal grooves, in which are disposed terminal members, arc disposed on the terminal case. Guide grooves are provided in the terminal case. Positioning ribs are formed on the battery case; and a terminal pressing rib is formed on the battery case for pressing the terminal case in the battery case.

A battery device having a casing configured to house at least one battery cell and having an end surface that defines an outermost surface of the casing. A terminal case disposed in the casing has terminal grooves, terminal members in the terminal grooves and guide grooves. The terminal case projects outwardly from the end surface of the casing so as to extend beyond the outermost surface of that case.

A battery device to be loaded on an electronic apparatus comprises a casing configured to house at least one battery cell therein and having upper and lower surfaces, first and second longitudinal side surfaces disposed between the upper and lower surfaces, and an end wall disposed between the upper and lower surfaces and also disposed between the first and second longitudinal side surfaces. A step is disposed in the end wall and a storage element is disposed in the step to receive an electric contact portion, the step extending to the first longitudinal side surface, and the end wall extends from the second longitudinal side surface to the step and projects beyond the step.

A connector on an electronic device includes a pair of locking plates, a guide groove, and a space. Each locking plate has, on its edge, a first concave portion, a first convex portion, a second concave portion, and a second convex portion. An intermediate surface for determining a position of an accessory device below the guide groove is provided below the second concave portions and the second convex portions. A contact mounting surface provided with plural contacts is provided below the first convex portions. Guide surfaces for determining a position of the accessory device in the width direction of the guide groove are provided below the first concave portions and the first convex portions.

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Tokyo, Japan

Nobuhito Ebine