1-20. (canceled)
21. An animal trap comprising:
an animal enclosure having a first animal access opening and a second animal access opening into an interior sized to receive an animal to be trapped;
a first door movably mounted at said first access opening, the door operative in an opened position to reveal the first access opening and spring-biased to swing toward a closed position to block the first access opening;
a second door movably mounted at said second access opening, the door operative in an opened position to reveal the second access opening and in a closed position to block the second access opening;
a set mechanism having a set lever and a spring, said set lever pivotally mounted above said animal enclosure and movable through a range of movement between a set position and a closed position for securing at least the first door in the opened position when the trap is set, said spring providing said spring bias to move at least said first door to said closed position when the trap is tripped;
a first connecting mechanism connecting said first door to said set lever;
a second connecting mechanism connecting said second door to said set lever; and
a trip mechanism configured to actuate a pivot action of the set mechanism from the set position toward the first door to reach a tripped position, said pivot action causing at least the first connecting mechanism to move toward the first door and enabling at least the first door to move from the opened position to the closed position.
22. The animal trap of claim 21, wherein said trap is configured to operate as either a one-door-opening trap or as a two-door-opening trap, said pivotal action of said set mechanism acting to close both doors substantially simultaneously when the trap is operating as a two-door-opening trap.
23. The animal trap of claim 22, wherein said first connecting mechanism includes a first elongated flexible member having first and second ends, said first end of said first elongated flexible member being connected to said first door and said second end of said first elongated flexible member being connected to said set lever.
24. The animal trap of claim 23, wherein said set lever has a U-shaped portion and two set lever ends, said set lever being pivotally mounted by said two set lever ends so that said U-shaped portion is movable by pivoting on said set lever ends, said second end of said first elongated flexible member being coupled to said U-shaped portion, said set lever remaining coupled to said first elongated flexible member during pivotal movement of said U-shaped portion through said set lever range of motion.
25. The animal trap of claim 24, wherein said second connecting mechanism includes a second elongated flexible member having first and second ends, said first end of said second elongated flexible member being connected to said second door, and said second end of said second elongated flexible member being connected to said U-shaped portion of said set lever, said set lever remaining coupled to said second elongated flexible member during pivotal movement of said U-shaped portion through said set lever range of motion.
26. The animal trap of claim 25, wherein said first elongated flexible member and said second elongated flexible member include a first cable and a second cable, respectively, said trap including a cable guide mechanism configured to engage said second cable when said trap is set for two-door-opening operation.
27. The animal trap of claim 26, wherein said cable guide mechanism is a wire-form hook having an opening facing the first door and a closed face nearest the set mechanism, said second cable entering said opening and being held against said closed face when said second cable is tensioned between its first and second ends.
28. The animal trap of claim 27, wherein said trap further includes at least one cable management component mounted on the top of the trap to direct the second cable toward the cable guide mechanism.
29. The animal trap of claim 28, wherein said cable management component includes at least one element having an opening through which said second cable passes to keep said second cable properly aligned.
30. The animal trap of claim 29, wherein said cable management component opening is substantially in longitudinal alignment with a point at which said second cable is secured to the second door.
31. The animal trap of claim 29, wherein an entry edge of said hook opening is substantially in longitudinal alignment with said cable management component opening and said exit edge of said hook opening is substantially in longitudinal alignment with a point at which said second cable is attached to said U-shaped portion of said set lever.
32. An animal trap comprising:
an animal enclosure having a roof and a pair of opposed animal access openings into an interior sized to receive an animal to be trapped;
a first door movably mounted at a first access opening, the first door operative in an opened position to reveal the first animal access opening and in a closed position to block the first animal access opening;
a second door movably mounted at a second access opening, the second door operative in an opened position to reveal the second animal access opening and in a closed position to block the second animal access opening;
a set mechanism mounted on the roof of the trap and including a pivotally mounted set lever movable between a tripped position and a set position, said set lever configured to open at least said first door when placed in said set position;
an actuating mechanism coupled to said set lever so as to be movable therewith and also coupled to said first and second doors;
said trap configured to operate as either a one-door-opening trap or as a two-door-opening trap depending upon positioning of the actuating mechanism when the set lever is placed in the set position, said second door remaining closed when the set lever is in the set position and the trap is operating as a one-door opening trap and, when said trap is operating as a two-door opening trap, said set mechanism opening both doors when placed in said set position;
a trip mechanism configured to actuate pivotal movement of the set mechanism lever from the set position to the tripped position to enable the first door to move from the opened position to the closed position to trap an animal within the enclosure when said trap is operating as a one-door opening trap; and
said pivotal movement of said set mechanism lever in response to said trip mechanism enabling both the first and second doors to move from their open to their closed positions substantially simultaneously to trap an animal when the trap is operating as a two-door-opening trap.
33. The animal trap of claim 32, wherein said actuating mechanism includes a first cable secured at a first end to said first door and at a second end thereof to said set lever, and a second cable connected at a first end thereof to said second door and at a second end thereof to said set lever.
34. The animal trap of claim 33, wherein said trap includes a cable guide for directing the second cable through a 180 change in direction when said trap is operating as a two-door opening trap, said second cable being disengaged from said cable guide when said trap is operating as a one-door opening trap.
35. The animal trap of claim 34, wherein said trap further includes a cable management component mounted on top of the trap, said cable management component having at least one opening therein through which said second cable passes to keep said second cable properly aligned.
36. The animal trap of claim 35, wherein said cable management component includes a longitudinally extending handle having handle bases mounted on top of the trap, said handle bases having respective openings extending longitudinally therethrough and in longitudinal alignment with one another to receive said second cable, said handle openings being substantially in longitudinal alignment with a point at which said first end of said second cable is secured to the second door.
37. The animal trap of claim 35, wherein an entry edge of said cable guide is substantially in longitudinal alignment with said opening in said cable management component and an exit edge of said cable guide is substantially in longitudinal alignment with a point at which said second end of said second cable is attached to said set lever.
38. The animal trap of claim 34, wherein said cable guide is mounted on said second door.
39. The animal trap of claim 38, wherein said second cable extends from said second door, through the cable management component opening, along the cable guide where said second cable is directed through said 180 degree change in direction, and to the set lever when the trap is set and operating as a two-door opening trap.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An encapsulating package comprising:
a package main body section having a hollow section; and
an electronic device provided in the hollow section in the package main body section,
in the package main body section, there being formed a through hole, through which the hollow section communicates with outside of the package main body section,
in a vicinity of the through hole, there being provided a low-melting point section having a melting point lower than that of the package main body section, and
in the through hole, there being provided a sealing section in which the low-melting point section in the vicinity of the through hole is partly heated and the low-melting point section is melted to thereby block the through hole,
wherein the hollow section is vacuumed via the through hole, and the through hole is blocked in a vacuum atmosphere to thereby vacuum encapsulate the electronic device,
wherein inside the package main body section, at a position which is contactable with a laser beam irradiated through the through hole, there is mounted a getter material capable of adsorbing gas molecules,
wherein the electronic device is an infrared ray receiving element, and
in a portion of the package main body section which opposes to a light receiving section of the infrared ray receiving element, there is provided an infrared ray transmitting hole and an infrared ray transmitting window material is bonded so as to block the infrared ray transmitting hole.
2. The encapsulating package according to claim 1,
wherein the package main body section is configured such that a first main body section and a second main body section are bonded via the hollow section,
the through hole is formed in the second main body section, and
the low-melting point section is formed in an entire surface of the second main body section including an inner periphery section of the through hole.
3. The encapsulating package according to claim 1,
wherein the low-melting point section is partly heated and melted by a laser beam,
a thickness of the low-melting point section is set so that a volume of the low-melting point section to be melted is greater than a volume of the through hole, and
a spot diameter of the laser beam is set greater than a diameter of the through hole.
4. The encapsulating package according to claim 1, wherein the low-melting point section is Sn or an alloy material including Sn.
5. An encapsulating package comprising:
a package main body section having a hollow section; and
an electronic device provided in the hollow section in the package main body section,
in the package main body section, there being formed a through hole, through which the hollow section communicates with outside of the package main body section, and
in the through hole, there being provided a sealing section in which vicinity of the through hole is partly heated and a constituent material of the package main body section is melted to thereby block the through hole,
wherein the hollow section is vacuumed via the through hole, and the through hole is blocked in a vacuum atmosphere to thereby vacuum encapsulate the electronic device,
wherein inside the package main body section, at a position which is contactable with a laser beam irradiated through the through hole, there is mounted a getter material capable of adsorbing gas molecules,
wherein the electronic device is an infrared ray receiving element, and
in a portion of the package main body section which opposes to a light receiving section of the infrared ray receiving element, there is provided an infrared ray transmitting hole, and an infrared ray transmitting window material is bonded so as to block the infrared ray transmitting hole.
6. The encapsulating package according to claim 5,
wherein the package main body section includes a wiring substrate, and
the electronic device is electrically connected to the wiring substrate.
7. The encapsulating package according to claim 6,
wherein on a surface of the wiring substrate, there is formed a continuous conductor pattern which surrounds a periphery of the electronic device, and
a width of the conductor pattern is wider than a bonding width of a structure to be bonded with the wiring substrate.
8. The encapsulating package according to claim 6, wherein on a same surface of the wiring substrate as a surface having the electronic device provided thereon, and inside and outside of the hollow section, there is provided an external terminal which is electrically connected to the electronic device.
9. The encapsulating package according to claim 6, wherein on a surface of the wiring substrate where the electronic device is provided, and on a surface reverse-opposite of the surface having the electronic device provided thereon, there is formed an external terminal which is electrically connected to the electronic device.
10. The encapsulating package according to claim 6, wherein Au is formed at least on either one of a surface of the conductor pattern formed on the wiring substrate, and a surface of the external terminal.
11. The encapsulating package according to claim 6, wherein the wiring substrate uses a ceramics material or Si for a base material thereof
12. The encapsulating package according to claim 6, wherein the package main body section excluding the wiring substrate includes an alloy material including at least Ni.
13. The encapsulating package according to claim 5, wherein the package main body section includes a semiconductor material, a metallic material such as Ni, Fe, Co, Cr, Ti, Au, Ag, Cu, Al, Pd, and Pt, an alloy material having these as a primary component thereof, a glass material, or a ceramics material.
14. A printed circuit board comprising an encapsulating package according to claim 5.
15. The electronic device comprising an encapsulating package according to claim 5.
16. The electronic device comprising a printed circuit board according to claim 14.
17. The encapsulating package according to claim 5, wherein the through hole is formed in a tapered shape, a diameter of which gradually becomes smaller with approach from a surface of the package main body section to an opposite side surface.
18. The encapsulating package according to claim 5, wherein the through hole is formed in a tapered shape, a diameter of which gradually becomes smaller with approach from a surface of the package main body section to a depth-wise center of the through hole.
19. The encapsulating package according to claim 5, wherein the through hole is formed so as to be diagonal with respect to a thickness direction of the package main body section.
20. The encapsulating package according to claim 5,
wherein the package main body section includes a cylindrical section formed in a cylinder shape, and a plate section formed in a plate shape, and
the plate section and the cylindrical section are bonded so that the plate section blocks a cylinder hole of the cylindrical section.
21. The encapsulating package according to claim 5, wherein the hollow section is filled with a nitrogen gas or an inert gas.