Author: claimsbot

1. A method of producing a multi-layered wiring board comprising:
forming an insulating layer of a photosensitive resin on a substrate, and exposing and developing said insulating layer to form holes having respective sizes in said insulating layer;
depositing a curable resin member selected from the group consisting of polymethylsiliceous siloxane, a melamine resin, an acrylate resin, and an epoxy resin, and containing particles of one of calcium carbonate and polybutadiene rubber, onto said insulating layer having the holes and filling the holes;
heating said curable resin to form a cured thin film from only a part of said curable resin, at an interface of said insulating layer and said curable resin, leaving a part of said curable resin uncured;
removing the part of said curable resin that is uncured, but not said cured thin film, leaving via-holes where the holes were made in said insulating layer, the via-holes being smaller in size than the holes due to said cured thin film remaining in the holes on said insulating film; and
filling the via-holes with an electrically conductive material, thereby forming vias.
2. The method of producing a multi-layered wiring board according to claim 1, wherein said photosensitive resin is at least one member selected from the group consisting of an epoxy resin, an epoxy-modified acrylate resin, a cationic polymerization product of an epoxy resin, a phenol resin, a melamine resin, a carboxy-modified epoxy acrylate, and a cinnamate.
3. The method of producing a multi-layered wiring board including a plurality of stages of via-holes formed by repeating the process of claim 1, wherein the via-holes of later-formed stages are smaller in size than the via-holes of earlier formed stages.
4. A method of producing a multi-layered wiring board comprising:
forming an insulating layer of a photosensitive resin on a substrate, and exposing and developing said insulating layer to form holes having respective sizes in said insulating layer;
depositing a curable resin member, selected from the group consisting of a water-soluble resin and a water-soluble cross-linking agent, and containing particles of one of calcium carbonate and polybutadiene rubber, onto said insulating layer having the holes and filling the holes;
heating said curable resin to form a cured thin film from only a part of said curable resin, at an interface of said insulating layer and said curable resin, leaving a part of said curable resin uncured;
removing the part of said curable resin that is uncured, but not said cured thin film, leaving via-holes where the holes were made in said insulating layer, the via-holes being smaller in size than the holes due to said cured thin film remaining in the holes on said insulating film; and
filling the via-holes with an electrically conductive material, thereby forming vias.
5. The method of producing a multi-layered wiring board according to claim 4, wherein said photosensitive resin is at least one member selected from the group consisting of an epoxy resin, an epoxy-modified acrylate resin, a cationic polymerization product of an epoxy resin, a phenol resin, a melamine resin, a carboxy-modified epoxy acrylate, and a cinnamate.
6. The method of producing a multi-layered wiring board including a plurality of stages of via-holes formed by repeating the process of claim 4, wherein the via-holes of later-formed stages are smaller in size than the via-holes of earlier formed stages.

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. A projection type image display device comprising:
a light source unit;
an image generating unit configured to modulate light from the light source unit according to a video input signal to generate image light;
a projecting unit configured to project the generated image light;
a first housing that houses the light source unit, the image generating unit, and the projecting unit;
a second housing; and
a joint unit configured to connect the first housing and the second housing, and support the first housing to be able to rotate within a predetermined angular range,
wherein the joint unit includes a ball joint mechanism having a shaft member with a spherical portion, a first holding portion embracing and holding the spherical portion, and a second holding portion,
the spherical portion of the shaft member is held rotatably by the first holding portion, and
the first holding portion is configured to be rotatable around a predetermined rotational axis against the second holding portion.
2. The projection type image display device according to claim 1, wherein
the first holding portion has at its end portion a hollow portion embracing the spherical portion, and a notched portion is formed on a part of an outer wall defining the hollow portion.
3. The projection type image display device according to claim 2, wherein
in the first holding portion, a support portion is provided at the end portion in which the notched portion is formed, and
the support portion is a member for supporting the shaft member from below when the shaft member is placed on top of the support portion in a state where the first housing is hung and supported by the joint portion.
4. The projection type image display device according to claim 3, wherein
a direction of the predetermined rotational axis is different from a direction of an axis around which the shaft member can rotate while the shaft member is supported by the support portion.
5. The projection type image display device according to claim 1, wherein
the predetermined rotational axis is an axis extending in a vertical direction of a case where the first housing is hung and supported by the joint portion.
6. The projection type image display device according to claim 1, wherein
the direction of rotation of the predetermined rotational axis is a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of rotational axis.
7. The projection type image display device according to claim 1, wherein
the joint unit further has a lock portion pressing the spherical portion inside the first holding portion.
8. The projection type image display device according to claim 1, wherein
the second housing houses a power supply unit for supplying electric power to the light source unit and the image generating unit.

1. A lens actuator resilient plate comprising:
a plate shaped body having a central portion and a periphery portion surrounding the central portion, the plate shaped body comprising
a through hole defined in the central portion of the plate shaped body;
a plurality of slots defined in the plate shaped body, the slots cooperatively surrounding the through hole and being oriented an angle with respect to each other; and
a plurality of glue-holes defined in the periphery portion of the plate shaped body, the glue-holes being configured for receiving an amount of an adhesive.
2. The lens actuator resilient plate of claim 1, wherein the plate shaped body is a substantially square plate.
3. The lens actuator resilient plate of claim 2, wherein the plate shaped body includes a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, the first edge is substantially parallel to the third edge, and the second edge is substantially parallel to the fourth edge.
4. The lens actuator resilient plate of claim 3, wherein the glue-holes are arranged adjacent to and aligned with the first edge, the second edge, the third edge, and the fourth edge.
5. The lens actuator resilient plate of claim 1, wherein the plate shaped body is a substantially disk shaped plate.
6. The lens actuator resilient plate of claim 5, wherein the glue-holes are arranged along an imaginary circle which is substantially parallel to the outer edge of the body.
7. A lens actuator, comprising:
a lens barrel for accommodating the lens, a coil wrapped around the lens barrel, a plurality of magnets, a bracket for mounting the magnets thereon and accommodating the lens barrel therein, an adhesive, and a resilient plate connected between the bracket and the lens barrel to hold the lens barrel on the bracket, wherein the resilient plate comprises
a plate body comprising
a through hole defined in the center of the plate body;
a plurality of slots defined in the plate shaped body, the slots cooperatively surrounding the through hole and being oriented an angle with respect to each other; and
a plurality of glue-holes defined in the periphery portion of the plate body, the adhesive received in the glue-holes.
8. The lens actuator as claimed in claim 7, wherein the resilient plate further comprises a plurality of pinholes defined in the periphery portion of the plate body, the bracket comprises a plurality of first positioning pins corresponding to the pinholes, and the resilient plate is fastened to the bracket by engagement of the pinholes with the respective first positioning pins.
9. The lens actuator of claim 8, wherein the plate body is a substantially square plate.
10. The lens actuator of claim 9, wherein the plate body includes a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, the first edge is substantially parallel to the third edge, and the second edge is substantially parallel to the fourth edge.
11. The lens actuator of claim 10, wherein the glue-holes are arranged along four imaginary straight lines substantially parallel to the first edge, the second edge, the third edge, and the fourth edge respectively.
12. The lens actuator of claim 8, wherein the plate body is a substantially disk shaped plate.
13. The lens actuator of claim 12, wherein the glue-holes are arranged along an imaginary circle which is substantially parallel to the outer edge of the body.

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. A process for the purification of glyphosate (PMG) comprising:
1) dissolving or suspending a material comprising PMG in water, in the presence of a base, to produce a composition comprising a PMG salt in an aqueous base,
2) contacting the composition with an acid, such that the PMG salt is neutralized, forming a precipitate of PMG, and
3) isolating the precipitate of PMG,
with the proviso that the composition of step 1) is not concentrated or filtered using a nanofiltration membrane.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein the amount of base is from 0.5 to 1.2 molar equivalents, based on the moles of PMG material.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein amount of acid utilized for neutralization is from 0.5 to 1.3 molar equivalents, based on the moles of PMG material.
4. The process of claim 1 wherein the base is sodium hydroxide.
5. The process of claim 1 wherein the acid is hydrochloric acid.
6. The process of claim 1 wherein the purified PMG product contains less than 0.1 wt. percent glycine, based on the total weight of the purified PMG product.
7. The process of claim 1 wherein the purified PMG product contains less than 0.1 wt. percent MePMG, based on the total weight of the purified PMG product.
8. The process of claim 1 wherein the purified PMG product contains less than 0.2 wt. percent glyphosine, based on the total weight of the purified PMG product.
9. The process of claim 1 wherein the product of step 2) has a pH of from 0.9 to 2.9.
10. The process of claim 1 wherein the product of step 2) has a pH of from 0.9 to 1.25.