What is claimed is:
1. A method for assisting left-handed manipulation of a vehicle ignition switch by an individual for a vehicle having a steering wheel, comprising the step of:
providing the vehicle with an ignition switch having a key slot to the left of the steering wheel such that the ignition switch may be turned on by insertion of an ignition key into the key slot with the left hand of the individual, whereby the vehicle may be started by only using the left hand.
2. The method of claim 1, and further including the step of providing the vehicle with an additional ignition switch having a slot to the right of the steering wheel, thus to give the individual the option of starting the vehicle with either a left hand or a right hand.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle has a dashboard and wherein the ignition switch is mounted at the dashboard.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the vehicle has a dashboard and wherein both ignition switches are mounted at different places on the dashboard.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle has a steering column and wherein the ignition switch is mounted to the steering column.
6. The method of claim 5, and further including an additional ignition switch having a key slot and mounted at the steering column to permit manipulation by the ignition key inserted into the corresponding key switch from the right.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the steering wheel is lockable and unlocked by manipulation of the ignition switch, and wherein the ignition key manipulation also results in unlocking the steering wheel.
8. The method of claim 2, wherein the steering wheel is lockable and unlocked by either ignition switch.
9. The method of claim 2, wherein the two ignition switches operate in parallel to turn on the vehicle.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the steering wheel is lockable and unlocked by manipulation of either of the two ignition switches, and wherein the two ignition switches operate in parallel to unlock the steering wheel.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle has a steering column and further including a rotatable collar on the steering column, the collar on the steering column, carrying the ignition switch such that the ignition switch may be rotated by rotation of the collar from the right side of the steering wheel to the left side of the steering wheel, and from the left side of the steering wheel to the right side of the steering wheel at the election of the individual.
12. A vehicle ignition system for a vehicle having a steering wheel, comprising, an ignition switch mounted to the left of said wheel.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein said vehicle has a dashboard and wherein said ignition switch is mounted at said dashboard to the left of said wheel.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein said vehicle has a steering column and wherein said ignition switch has a key slot and mounted is at said steering column, such that an ignition key is insertable into said key slot from the left.
15. The system of claim 14 and further including a rotatable collar on said steering column, said ignition switch being mounted on said collar such that said key slot may be made to face right or left depending on the rotational position of said collar.
16. The system of claim 12, and further including a steering wheel locking mechanism, manipulation of said ignition switch to start said vehicle also unlocking said steering wheel locking mechanism, whereby said ignition switch may be easily manipulated by the left hand for both starting said vehicle and unlocking said steering wheel locking mechanism.
17. The system of claim 12, and further including an additional ignition switch accessible from the right of said steering wheel and operable to duplicate the functions of said first-mentioned ignition switch.
18. A vehicle ignition system for a vehicle having a steering station, comprising an ignition switch mounted to the left of said steering station.
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 electrode forming device comprising:
a pressing unit that presses a substrate on a printing table from above;
a suction unit that sucks the substrate pressed by the pressing unit on the printing table and continues to suck the substrate after the pressing unit is released;
a mask member that has a first mask section used for applying flux on the substrate and a second mask section used for filling a conductive ball on the substrate applied with the flux, the first mask section and the second mask section being connected to each other or being integrally formed;
a squeegee head that applies the flux via the first mask section on the substrate sucked by the suction unit;
a mask member moving unit that moves the mask member to adjust a relative position of the mask member to the substrate; and
a filling head that fills a conductive ball via the second mask section of the mask member to form an electrode on the substrate sucked by the suction unit.
2. The electrode forming device according to claim 1 further comprising a camera moving unit that moves a camera used for aligning the mask member and the substrate, wherein the camera moving unit moves the pressing unit with the camera.
3. The electrode forming device according to claim 1, wherein the mask member moving unit comprises a head moving unit that moves a head as the squeegee head or the filling head and a relative position fixing unit that fixes a relative position of the mask member and the head, and the head moving unit moves the mask member of which the relative position to the head is fixed by the relative position fixing unit with the head.
4. The electrode forming device according to claim 1, wherein the pressing unit has a surface formed in a concave-convex shape that faces the substrate so as not to contact on a preformed electrode of the substrate when the substrate is pressed.
5. An electrode forming system comprising a plurality of electrode forming devices as set forth in either one of claims 1 to 4, and a bypass unit that conveys a substrate in one of the electrode forming devices and conveys the substrate so as to bypass the other electrode forming device, wherein the plurality of electrode forming devices are arranged in series.
6. An electrode forming method comprising:
pressing a substrate on a printing table by a pressing unit from above;
sucking the substrate pressed by the pressing unit on the printing table by a suction unit and continuing to suck the substrate after the pressing unit is released;
applying flux by a squeegee head on the substrate via a first mask section of a mask member in which a first mask section for applying the flux on the substrate and a second mask section for filling a conductive ball on the substrate applied with the flux are connected to each other or integrally formed;
moving the mask member applied with the flux by the mask member moving unit and adjusting positionally a relative position of the mask member to the substrate; and
filling a conductive ball via the second mask section of the mask member by a filling head to form an electrode on the substrate sucked by the suction unit.