1. A connector for an electric or electronic device having at least one substantially planar mounting surface, comprising:
a housing to be fixed to the device; and
at least one terminal fitting to be mounted in the housing, said terminal fitting including a device connecting portion to be drawn out of the housing, the device connecting portion having a lower surface to be arranged on the planar mounting surface of the device and to be connected with a corresponding conductor on the device by soldering, and at least one recess formed in the device connecting portion for receiving a flow of solder applied to the conductors the recess comprising two substantially symmetric sloped surfaces.
2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the recess is formed at a corner of the device connecting portion spaced from the lower surface thereof.
3. The connector of claim 1, wherein the sloped surfaces of the recess intersect at a cut-in line extending obliquely to a normal vector of the surface of the device, the sloped surfaces being sloped up along directions away from the cut-in line.
4. The connector of claim 1, wherein the recess is provided on an upper surface of the device connecting portion substantially opposite to the lower surface.
5. The connector of claim 4, wherein the recess extends across the upper surface of the device connecting portion and opens in side surfaces at the substantially opposite sides of the upper surface.
6. The connector of claim 1, wherein the recess has at least one upwardly sloped surface extending to a lateral side of the device connecting portion, a height of the upper surface of the solder being within a height range of the sloped surface, and an adhered state of the solder to the sloped surface being visible from outside housing.
7. The connector of claim 6, wherein the recess is formed by striking at least one oblique notch in at least one lateral edge of the device connecting portions, and an inner surface of the notch defining the sloped surfaces.
8. The connector of claim 6, wherein a bottom of the sloped surface in the recess extends substantially up to the lower surfaces of the device connecting portion.
9. A connector for an electric or electronic device, comprising:
a housing to be fixed to the device; and
at least one terminal fitting to be mounted in the housing, each terminal fitting including a device connecting portion to be drawn out of the housing, the device connecting portion having a lower surface to be arranged on the device and to be connected with a corresponding conductor on the device by soldering, and at least one recess formed in the device connecting portion for receiving a flow of solder applied to the conductors, the recess having at least one upwardly sloped surface extending to a lateral side of the device connecting portion, a height of the upper surface of the solder being within a height range of the sloped surface, and an adhered state of the solder to the sloped surface being visible from outside housing, wherein sloped surface of the recess is colored in a color having a contrast with the solder.
10. A terminal fitting for a connector to be mounted on an electric or electronic device, the terminal fitting comprising a terminal connecting portion for mounting in the connector and a device connecting portion having a cut end remote from the terminal connecting portion, the terminal fitting having a plating thereon at locations spaced from the cut end, the device connecting portion having a lower surface extending from the cut end towards the terminal connecting portion, the lower surface being disposed to be arranged on a surface of the device and to be connected with a conductor on the device by solder, the device connecting portion further having an upper surface opposite the lower surface and side surfaces extending between the upper and lower surfaces, a recess being formed by striking the device connecting portion at a location spaced from the cut end for receiving a flow of solder applied to the conductors, the recess intersecting the upper surface and at least one of the side surfaces of the device connecting portion.
11. The terminal fitting of claim 10, wherein the recess has at least one sloped surface for receiving solder applied to the conductors is to be adhered.
12. The terminal fitting of claim 10, wherein the recess is substantially V-shaped.
13. The terminal fitting of claim 10, wherein the recess intersects both of said side surfaces of the device connecting portion.
14. The terminal fitting of claim 10, wherein the upper and lower surfaces and the side surfaces of the device connecting portion, including the recess are plated.
15. Chained terminals comprising a carrier and a plurality of terminal fittings projecting substantially side by side from at least one lateral edge of the carrier a V-shaped notch formed in each of said terminal fittings at a location spaced from the carrier and plating applied to the terminal fittings including the notches, whereby the terminal fittings can be cut from the carrier at locations between the V-shaped notches and the carrier.
16. A method for testing a soldered connection of a terminal fitting to an electric or electronic device, comprising the following steps:
providing chained terminals having a carrier and a plurality of terminal fittings extending from the carrier, each of said terminal fittings having a device connecting portion with opposite upper and lower surfaces and opposite side surfaces, at least one recess intersecting the upper surface and at least one of said side surfaces, the recess having two upwardly sloped surfaces aligned at an acute angle to the lower surface of the terminal fitting;
plating the terminal fittings, including the recesses;
cutting the terminal fittings from the carrier at locations spaced from the recess and between the recesses and the carrier;
arranging the device connecting portion on the device;
soldering the device connecting portion to a conductor on the device so that solder flows into the recess; and
inspecting from above a position of the solder on the sloped surfaces for determining an adhered state of the terminal fitting.
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 imaging device comprising:
a first processing unit including,
a list creating unit for, when a group is specified and a creation process of a data list is requested for data divided into groups, creating a data list related to data of the specified group, and
a list transmission unit for transmitting the created data list through a first signal line when a transmission request of the data list based on a PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) is acquired through the first signal line; and
a second processing unit including,
a list creation requesting unit for specifying the group and requesting for the creation process of the data list with respect to the first processing unit through a second signal line different from the first signal line, and
a list transmission requesting unit for transmitting the transmission request of the data list to the first processing unit.
2. The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein
the list creating unit notifies that the creation process of the data list is completed to the second processing unit through the second signal line after the creation process of the data list is completed, and
the list transmission requesting unit transmits the transmission request of the data list when notified that the creation process of the data list is completed.
3. The imaging device according to claim 2, wherein
the list creating unit generates a data list containing information related to a lower level group of the specified group if the group has a hierarchical structure, and
the second processing unit further includes,
a number of lower level group detection unit for detecting number of lower level groups based on the data list acquired from the first processing unit, and
a group object display unit for displaying a group object for selecting the lower level group on a screen based on the number of groups.
4. The imaging device according to claim 2, wherein the second processing unit further includes,
a number of data detection unit for detecting number of data belonging to the specified group based on the data list acquired from the first processing unit, and
a data object display unit for displaying a data object for selecting the data on a screen based on the number of data detected by the number of data detection unit.
5. The imaging device according to claim 4, wherein
the first processing unit further includes a data object transmission unit for transmitting the data object through the first signal line,
the second processing unit further includes a data object acquiring unit for acquiring the data object from the first processing unit through the first signal line,
the data object acquiring unit acquires the data object by number of data objects displayable on the screen when the number of data is greater than the number of data objects displayable on the screen, and
the data object display unit displays the data object acquired by the data object acquiring unit on the screen.
6. The imaging device according to claim 5, wherein
the data object acquiring unit acquires a data object corresponding to data of a group different from the specified group when the number of data detected by the number of data detection unit is smaller than the number of data objects displayable on the screen, and
the data object display unit displays the data object corresponding to the different group on the screen in addition to the data object corresponding to the specified group.
7. The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the group is a virtual folder corresponded with the data according to an arbitrary setting operation by a user irrespective of a folder storing the data.