baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2006168305-A (JP)
Title: Adding method of water reducing agent for cement
Inventor: HAMANAKA AKINORI
IPC: C04B24/26
Filed: 2004-12-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an adding method of a water reducing agent for cement showing high water reduction, causing no retardation of coagulation or promoting coagulation.  <P>SOLUTION: The adding method of the water reducing agent for cement is characterized in that a water-curable composition containing: a polycarboxylic acid compound (A) having 3 or more carboxylic groups in a molecule; an acid salt (B) of an alkali metal the calcium salt of which is water-soluble; and cement (C) is mixed with water, and then a sulfonic acid-based water reducing agent (D) is added.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005195582-A (JP)
Title: Fluorescence detector for detecting microfluid
Inventor: KIM SU-HYEON
IPC: C12M1/34
Filed: 2004-12-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultra small fluorescence detector capable of detecting in real time reaction undergoing in a micro chamber having a predetermined volume and disposed on a microfluid chip.  <P>SOLUTION: The fluorescence detector for detecting in real time PCR amplification undergoing in the microfluid chip having a micro chamber with a predetermined volume includes a light source generating an excitation beam, a first optical system capable of irradiating the micro chamber with the excitation beam having a predetermined spot size, a first detector, and a second optical system reflecting a fluorescent beam derived from the excitation beam having the predetermined spot size in the micro chamber to the first detector. Accordingly, the fluorescence detector is designed such that light emitted by a light source is focused between a first mirror and an objective lens. Therefore, the spot size of an excitation beam transmitted by the objective lens is largely formed so that the excitation beam can be irradiated on the whole micro chamber of the microfluid chip, thereby detecting a fluorescent beam on a broader area.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006179094-A (JP)
Title: Optical disk device
Inventor: MURAMATSU KEIICHI
IPC: G11B20/10
Filed: 2004-12-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical disk device capable of quickly moving an optical pickup to the return position of data recording when power cutoff occurs during data recording in an optical disk and power is recovered.  <P>SOLUTION: A guide rail 16 for carrying an optical pickup 1 in the radial direction of an optical disk 100 is connected to a stepping motor 8 via a driving mechanism 15 equipped with gears 151 and 152. A solenoid 14 having an engaging fixture 17 is installed very close to the gear 152 of the driving mechanism 15. The solenoid 14 moves the engaging fixture apart from the gear 152 when power is supplied from a power source part 9, and engages the engaging fixture 17 with the gear 152 when no power is supplied from the power source part 9. When power cutoff occurs, the engaging fixture 17 is engaged with the gear 152 to fix the gears 152 and 151 and the guide rail 16. Thus, the position of the optical pickup 1 in the middle of data recording is fixed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006176157-A (JP)
Title: Lid hinge device for can container
Inventor: ARAI YOZO
IPC: B65D43/16
Filed: 2004-12-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lid hinge device which connects a can body to a lid certainly and easily, allows anybody to attach or remove the lid easily and smoothly, facilitates wide opening of an opening portion, makes a hinge portion absorb load to reduce load on a fitting part between a connecting piece and the lid, is hardly damaged, enables easy, secure, and stable attachment of a fixing body, does not come off easily, allows a body side connection to slide smoothly and stably, has a fine appearane, is simply structured and easily assembled, and is suitable for mass production to provide an economic advantage.  <P>SOLUTION: The lid hinge device comprises the synthetic resin connecting piece 1, the fixing body 5 which fits the body side connection 1a of the connecting piece 1 to the can body A slidably, and a fixing means which fits a lid side connection 1b of the connecting piece 1 to the lid B. The fixing body 5 is composed of a base board 6, and guide projections 7 which are slidable in a guide hole 2 of the body side connection 1a and are inserted into insertion holes 10 of the can body A. Each guide projection 7 has a leg 7a, and a front end 7b which is locked in the insertion hole 10 and has a notch groove 9.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005099879-A (JP)
Title: Method for forming pattern layout and method for generating mask drawing data
Inventor: MISAKA AKIO
IPC: G03F1/36
Filed: 2004-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form a pattern of arbitrary size including a size less than resolution in an arbitrary shape through exposure using one mask realizing phase shift effect.  <P>SOLUTION: An isolated light-shielding pattern comprising a light-shielding film region 101 and a phase shift region 102 is formed on a transparent substrate 100 serving as a mask. The phase shift region 102 has a phase shift from a light-transmitting region of the transparent substrate 100. Further, the width of the phase shift region 102 is set so that the phase shift region 102 has a light shielding property equal to or larger than that of the light shielding film.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006186521-A (JP)
Title: Bit error rate (ber) measuring method and apparatus for tuner
Inventor: YASUMOTO AKIRA
IPC: H04N17/04
Filed: 2004-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bit error rate (BER) measurement apparatus for an out-of-band tuner.  <P>SOLUTION: The BER measurement apparatus uses a transport stream including a PRBS (pseudo random bit sequence) to generate a test signal for measuring the BER of the out-of-band tuner 1. One embodiment includes a BER test signal generator 2 for generating the test signal including a transport stream for transmission, and also a BER detector 4 for detecting the BER from a received test signal generated by the tuner 1 in response to the test signal from the BER test signal generator 2. In one embodiment, the test signal generator 2 includes a PRBS generator 20 for generating a first PRBS and a transport stream frame processing circuit 22 for applying frame processing to the first PRBS to generate a transport stream form.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006184132-A (JP)
Title: Detection device
Inventor: INOUE YASUYUKI
IPC: G01R19/145
Filed: 2004-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for detecting easily the combination state between existence of a voltage applied to equipment such as a space heater and existence of a flowing current.  <P>SOLUTION: This detection device capable of detecting the existence of a current and a voltage on a prescribed circuit comprises a current detection part having a current detection solenoid and a movable core for current detection moved by being excited thereby; and voltage detection part having a voltage detection solenoid and a movable core for voltage detection moved by being excited thereby. The detection device has characteristics wherein the movable core for voltage detection and the movable core for current detection are connected mutually on the same axis, and are equipped respectively with an energizing member energizing in the reverse direction to the moving direction by excitation. The movable core for voltage detection and the movable core for current detection may be connected with each other through a connection member.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006186764-A (JP)
Title: Imaging apparatus, and mobile apparatus and mobile phone provided with the same
Inventor: NOMURA KAZUO
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2004-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus which prevents a user from being made conscious of a correction processing time and to provide a mobile apparatus and a mobile phone.  <P>SOLUTION: The imaging apparatus is constituted so that an image storage section temporarily stores original image data imaged by an imaging section, an image data size reduction section reduces a size of the original image data to form display image data, and an image display section displays the display image data, wherein an angular velocity detection section to detect an angular velocity of the imaging section (step S5), a camera-shake discrimination section discriminates whether or not a camera-shake takes place in the original image data on the basis of the detected angular velocity (steps S9, S12), a first camera-shake correction section corrects the camera-shake of the display image data and display the corrected data to the image display section when a result of the discrimination indicates a camera-shake occurrence state (step S13), and a second camera-shake correction section corrects the camera-shake of the original image data to form corrected image data while the first camera-shake correction section displays the display image data on the image display section (steps S15 to S17).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006183199-A (JP)
Title: Land net
Inventor: NAKAMURA KOTA
IPC: D01F6/90
Filed: 2004-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a land net having not only excellent physical characteristics such as strength, shock absorbing properties, abrasion resistance or flame retardance but also extremely small deterioration of the flame retardance performances during use for practical applications.  <P>SOLUTION: The land net is obtained by using a polyamide multifilament yarn having 1.5-100 dtex single filament fineness and 4.5-10 cN/dtex strength and containing 0.1-10 wt.% of a triazine compound used as at least a part of constituent materials. The land net is characterized as follows. The content of the triazine compound in the polyamide multifilament yarn is especially 0.1-2 wt.%. The maximum particle diameter of the triazine compound is ≤10 μm and the average particle diameter is 0.1-5 μm.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006184251-A (JP)
Title: Gas sensor
Inventor: ONO SHIZUKO
IPC: G01N27/406
Filed: 2004-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gas sensor that is superior in output stability.  <P>SOLUTION: In the gas sensor, a sensing electrode 14 and a counter electrode 16 are provided on a substrate 12, and the sensing electrode 14 is constituted of a current collecting layer 14a and a gas sensing layer 14b while the counter electrode 16 is constituted of a current collecting layer 16a and a protective layer 16b. The gas-sensing layer 14b contains a metal oxide, a carbonaceous material and a metal carbonate.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006181296-A (JP)
Title: Living body imaging device
Inventor: SATO HIDEO
IPC: G01N21/3577
Filed: 2004-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve image quality with considering downscaling.  <P>SOLUTION: A depositing part 7 is provided near one short side end ED2 on the top surface 2A of a casing 2, a reflector plate 6 is provided between an imaging opening 3 opposing to the depositing part 7 and the other short side end ED1, and a CCD imaging element 4 to output near-infrared light refracted by the reflector plate 6 through a finger FG deposited on the depositing part 7 as a blood vessel image signal S1 is provided at a lower part of the imaging opening 3 in the casing 2.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006188562-A (JP)
Title: Resin composition for manufacturing propylene-ethylene random block copolymer and laminating material given by using the same
Inventor: TAKAHASHI KUNINORI
IPC: C08L23/04
Filed: 2004-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize such a resin material that neck-in thereof is decreased by improving moldability in extrusion lamination in a polypropylene-based laminating surface material, film formation thereof at a high speed is made to be possible, heat-sealing properties at a low temperature is given thereto, transparency and strength thereof are improved in a well-balanced manner, and stickiness or bleedout is decreased therein.  <P>SOLUTION: The resin composition for manufacturing a propylene-ethylene random block copolymer contains 98-60 wt% of a component (A) comprising the propylene-ethylene random block copolymer and 2-40 wt% of a component (B) comprising a high-pressure-processed low-density polyethylene, wherein the component (A) satisfies condition (i) as follows: a temperature-loss tangent (tanδ) curve obtained by solid viscoelasticity measurement thereof has two peaks in a temperature range of ≤10°C and a temperature difference between a peak temperature Tg1 (°C) positioned on a high temperature side and a peak temperature Tg2 (°C) positioned on a low temperature side is less than 30°C.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005537045-A (JP)
IPC: A61B17/34
Filed: 2003-07-07
Abstract: The invention allows an increase in scope of application of a surgical device wherein the operational handpiece is embodied in the form of two parts, one of which includes a handpiece with an injection cannula and the other being a complementary part. The complementary part includes a stabilization handle and can be placed onto the injection cannula in addition to being able to be fixed to the handpiece of the operational handpiece.
Patent JP-2006508906-A (JP)
IPC: A61K31/454
Filed: 2003-07-07
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of bisarylsulfonamide compounds of formula I wherein W is a C<SUB>1-5 </SUB>branched or unbranched alkyl group or a C<SUB>2-5 </SUB>alkenyl group; n is 0 or 1; R<SUP>1 </SUP>is H, a C<SUB>1-8 </SUB>branched or unbranched alkyl group, a C<SUB>2-8 </SUB>alkenyl group, or an aryl or aralkyl group; Ar<SUP>1 </SUP>is a substituted thienyl, furyl, pyrrolyl, imidazothiazolyl, thiazolyl, pyridyl or phenyl group; and Ar<SUP>2 </SUP>is a substituted phenyl, indolyl or benzoimidazolyl group; in the preparation of a medicament for treating proliferative disorders. Further aspects of the invention relate to compounds of formula I, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and an assay for determining binding to HDM2.
Patent JP-2005536919-A (JP)
Title: 無線ネットワークにおいて低品質のクロックのクロックドリフトを補正し、同期を維持するためのシステムおよび方法
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2003-07-03
Abstract: 無線ネットワークにおけるノードのクロックの同期化を確立し、維持するためのシステムおよび方法（２００）であり、このシステムおよび方法は無線ネットワークにおける選択された準ノードとクライアントノードとの間の一連のメッセージ交換および制御アルゴリズムを使用してクロックシフトおよび伝搬遅延を計算（２１４）し、これら値を使ってクライアントノードのクロックを基準ノードのクロックに同期化（２１６）する。
Patent JP-2005538262-A (JP)
Title: 編織布用すすぎ処方物
IPC: D06M15/643
Filed: 2003-09-08
Abstract: 液状又は固体状の疎水性有機又は有機珪素材料を含む粒状活性物質と、界面活性剤と、水溶性有機重合体を含むビヒクルであってすすぎ操作において紡織繊維物品の表面に該活性物質をもたらすことのできるものと、を含む水性又は水性−アルコール媒体中で該紡織繊維物品をすすぐための処方物を提供する。
Patent JP-2006500159-A (JP)
IPC: A61F2/82
Filed: 2003-07-17
Abstract: A method for coating a rollable device including a device rotator having a pair of rollers and spray nozzle is described. The spray nozzle produces a spray of coating material that is directed towards a gap that is between the rollers of the pair. The majority of any spray not deposited on the rollable device during a coating process passes through the gap between the rollers.
Patent JP-2006508975-A (JP)
Title: ジペプチジルペプチダーゼｉｖを阻害するフッ素化環状アミド
IPC: C07D207/22
Filed: 2003-11-05
Abstract: 本発明は、ジペプチジルペプチダーゼ−IV酵素の治療的に有効で選択的な新規阻害剤、前記化合物を含む医薬組成物、並びにＤＰＰ−IVによる処理を被るタンパク質に関連する疾病、例えばII型真性糖尿病、高血糖症、耐糖能障害、代謝症候群（症候群Ｘ又はインスリン耐性症候群）、糖尿、代謝性アシドーシス、白内障、糖尿病性神経障害、糖尿病性腎症、糖尿病性網膜症、糖尿病性心筋症、Ｉ型糖尿病、肥満症、肥満症によって悪化した状態、高血圧症、高脂血症、アテローム性動脈硬化症、骨粗しょう症、骨減少症、虚弱性、骨損失、骨折、急性冠症候群、多嚢胞性卵巣症候群による不妊症、短腸症候群、不安、うつ病、不眠症、慢性疲労、てんかん、摂食障害、慢性疼痛、アルコール嗜癖、腸運動に関連する疾病、潰瘍、過敏性腸症候群、炎症性腸症候群を治療するための及びII型糖尿病における疾病進行を予防するための前記化合物の使用に関する。また、本発明は、糖尿病用のインスリン分泌促進剤の同定方法にも関する。
Patent JP-2006510979-A (JP)
Title: 携帯ストリーミング機器のための電力節約方法
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2003-12-03
Abstract: 携帯ストリーミング機器（１００）におけるメモリ使用を制御する方法（２）、携帯ストリーミング機器（１００）、および機械可読媒体（１１０）。携帯ストリーミング機器（１００）は、少なくとも一つのメモリ（１０２）と、少なくとも一つの処理装置（１０１）と、前記処理装置（１０１）の制御のもとで前記メモリ（１０２）と機能的に接続されている少なくとも一つの記憶装置（１０３）とを有する。前記携帯ストリーミング機器の前記メモリ内のディスク・スケジューラー・バッファ・メモリの大きさは前記方法（２）によって常時適応的に最大化される。前記携帯ストリーミング機器内の利用可能な空きメモリは割り当てが随時行われ（５０）、前記利用可能な空きメモリの少なくとも一部分がディスク・スケジューラー・バッファ・メモリとして指定される（６０）。こうして前記携帯ストリーミング機器の半導体メモリの利用効率の向上が実現し、利用可能なディスク・バッファ・メモリの大きさが大きくなることによって、記憶装置の始動・停止サイクルが少なくなり、前記携帯ストリーミング機器の寿命を長くすることにもつながる。
Patent JP-2006512736-A (JP)
Title: 耐食性・腐食保護カソード触媒層を有する燃料電池
IPC: H01M4/88
Filed: 2003-12-16
Abstract: 本発明は、耐食性・腐食保護カソード触媒層（２４）を有する燃料電池（２０）である。カソード触媒層（２４）は、白金酸素還元触媒と、酸素放出に対して白金より活性な触媒から成る群より選択される酸素放出触媒とを含む。酸素放出触媒は、カソード触媒層内で均一に施されることができ、または、カソード触媒層（２４）の確認された高腐食領域（８２）（８４）に不均一に施されることができる。カソード触媒層（２４）は、カソード触媒層（２４）を支持する熱処理された炭素支持体物質とカソード拡散層（４０）内の熱処理されたカーボンブラックの一方または両方を含むことができる。燃料電池（２０）は、白金より大きな酸素還元過電位を有する弱い酸素還元触媒を有するアノード触媒層（２２）を含むこともできる。
Patent JP-2006190552-A (JP)
Title: Key switch
Inventor: ITO HIDEKI
IPC: H01H3/60
Filed: 2005-01-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a key switch capable of reducing a noise generated when a key top is pressed.  <P>SOLUTION: A key switch 1 comprises a key top 2 that has a skirt 2b extended downward from the pressable outer periphery of an operation part 2a, first and second link members 3 and 4 which support the key top 2 for vertical movement, and a base plate 5 which supports the first and second link members 3 and 4. On the base plate 5, a buffer member 7 is provided which is a sound deadening means capable of reducing the collision noise generated when the key top 2 is pressed and lowered so that the lower end 2c of the skirt 2b collides.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006188887-A (JP)
Title: Certifying system in optical communication
Inventor: SAITO MASAKUNI
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2005-01-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a certifying system capable of offering excellent convenience and crime prevention in visible light optical communication.  <P>SOLUTION: An administrator can output certifying information prepared by a controller 10 into a certifying information communication system 30 and a card issuer 20 by utilizing optical information communication based on blinking of visible ray elements. The certifying information communication system 30 radiates informative ray from a lighting device 34 comprising the visual ray elements based on the certifying information within a range predetermined by an electric lock 40. The electric lock 40 stores the certifying information in a data storage 42, which was obtained by signal processing of the informative ray. Then, the administrator issues a card 50 written with various kinds of information including the certifying information to a user by using the card issuer 20. Information in the card 50 is read by an information reader 43 of the electric lock 40 in a room to be used, it is compared to and identified with the certifying information stored in the electric lock 40, and the electric lock 40 can be locked or unlocked only when normal results of the collation have been obtained.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006188344-A (JP)
Title: Elevator control system and method of replacing landing controller therefor
Inventor: YAMANAKA MICHIFUMI
IPC: B66B1/34
Filed: 2005-01-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator control system capable of simplifying recovering operation from a failure by transmitting data from the other same type of landing controller to the nonvolatile memory of a landing controller newly installed to repair the failure.  <P>SOLUTION: When the nonvolatile memory 13b of the landing controller 8b newly installed to repair the failure must be re-written, a transmission route 6a is disconnected from the elevator controller 1 when a data writing mode is set by the selector device 5 of the elevator controller 1, the content of the nonvolatile memory 13a of the landing controller 8a is transmitted to the landing controller 8b newly installed to repair the failure by a slave station data transmission controller 9a through the data transmission route 6a. The landing controller 8b re-writes the nonvolatile memory 13b thereof according to the content of the nonvolatile memory 13a transmitted from the landing controller 8a by the slave station data transmission controller 9b.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006196524-A (JP)
Title: Device and method for separating semiconductor chip
Inventor: YOKOYAMA CHIHIRO
IPC: H01L21/67
Filed: 2005-01-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a separation device capable of performing a separation step accompanied by inversion of a semiconductor chip continuously with no interruption.  <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of suction heads 30 are provided on an index table 20 having a rotary shaft 22a positioned horizontally and rotating intermittently on a vertical plane. A suction head arriving at a separation station P descends to suck a semiconductor chip 12a on the separation station and then ascends to separate the semiconductor chip from a semiconductor wafer 12. When the index table 20 performs intermittent rotation furthermore, the semiconductor chip 12a sucked to the suction head 30 is turned upside down, and separation and inversion are carried out continuously in a series of operation, i. e. rotation of the index table.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006191837-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing bony fish-packaged pouch excellent in taste and preservability
Inventor: KASHIBA TAKASHI
IPC: A23L17/00
Filed: 2005-01-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a bony fish-packaged pouch excellent in taste of bony fish and also preservability of its flavor/color tone.  <P>SOLUTION: The method for producing a bony fish-packaged pouch comprises the following process: sealing bony fish in an oxygen-absorbing container obtained by using oxygen-absorbing multilayer film comprising a sealant layer made of thermoplastic resin, an oxygen-absorbing layer made of a thermoplastic resin composition formulated with a deoxidizer, and a barrier layer made of gas-barrier substance at least as part thereof; and subjecting the bony fish to retort cooking at F value of ≥10 so as to preserve the bony fish.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006192725-A (JP)
Title: Pressure-sensitive transfer printing method of inkjet
Inventor: YAMAMOTO KAORU
IPC: B41J2/01
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for easy transfer printing of a character, a figure, a pattern or the like on a transfer object such as paper, wood, metals or ceramic wares.  <P>SOLUTION: Printing is made by an inkjet printer on the surface of a water-soluble adhesive layer 4 of a pressure-sensitive transfer sheet A constituted by stacking a base 1, a release layer 2 and the water-soluble adhesive layer 4. Then, the printed surface of the pressure-sensitive transfer sheet A whereon the character, the figure, the pattern or the like is printed is made to face the transfer object and the side opposite to the printed surface is rubbed with a finger, so as to make printing on the transfer object.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006192195-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: ICHIHARA TAKAAKI
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2005-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To mount an electronic component in the shape of a curved surface in a game machine.  <P>SOLUTION: A printed circuit board for mounting electronic components has a laminating structure of a flexible layer 21 and a reinforcing layer 25. Both the layers are made from materials other than flexible boards such as CEM, FR materials and the like. The reinforcing layer 25 is a thicker layer than the flexible layer and placed on the rear side of the flexible layer with a given interval. On the front side of the flexible layer, a circuit pattern is formed and an LED 30 is surface-mounted. On the reinforcing layer 25, a connector 28 is attached. The printed circuit board is fixed on the main body of a game machine in a form of a curved condition. In this condition, the reinforcing layer absorbs a stress generated in the flexible layer and plays a role of preventing an excess stress from being applied onto the LED 30.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI