Abstract: A lighting device includes a first light source portion, a light guide that includes a light guide body with an elongated shape, guides light incident from the first light source portion in a longitudinal direction of the elongated shape, and emits a first light including the guided light to illuminate an illuminated object, and a second light source portion that emits a second light to illuminate the illuminated object. The second light source portion is provided independently of the first light source portion and the light guide.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a surgical instrument that can facilitate adjustment between a progressive position gap and a flexed position gap by additionally resecting a bone after resection of a femur distal portion. A surgical instrument (1) includes a body portion (2) including a first abutment surface (5) abuttable against a distal end resection surface (102) of a femur distal portion (101) and a posterior condyle abutment portion (3) including a second abutment surface (10) abuttable against a posterior condyle resection surface (104) of a posterior condyle portion (103) of a femur (100) and connected to the body portion (2). The body portion (2) includes a first slit (7) extending in a direction parallel to the second abutment surface (10) and a second slit (8) extending in a direction intersecting the first abutment surface (5) and the second abutment surface (10).

Abstract: When using an artificial knee joint replacement operation instrument, the amount of labor required to attach a tibial insert trial to a patient is further reduced. An artificial knee joint replacement operation instrument has a template to be attached to a proximal portion of a tibia, a tibial insert trial for placement on the template, and a spacer configured to be arranged in a partial area of the template in an inward-outward direction of the patient and in a central portion of the template, and inserted between the template and the tibial insert trial. When the tibial insert trial has been placed on the template, a predetermined insertion space, into which the spacer is to be inserted, is formed between the template and the tibial insert trial. In the inward-outward direction, a length of the insertion space is set larger than a length of the spacer.

Abstract: When using an artificial knee joint replacement operation instrument, the amount of labor required to attach a tibial insert trial to a patient is further reduced. An artificial knee joint replacement operation instrument has a tibial trial attachment instrument assembly used in an operation for replacing a patient's knee joint with an artificial knee joint. The tibial trial attachment instrument assembly includes a template to be attached to a tibia, a keel punch guide to be joined to the tibia via the template, a keel punch to be inserted into the tibia through the keel punch guide, a keel punch handle for operating the keel punch, and a tibial insert trial to be placed on the template, the tibial insert trial being separate from the template.

Abstract: When using an artificial knee joint replacement operation instrument, the amount of labor required to attach a tibial insert trial to a patient is further reduced. An artificial knee joint replacement operation instrument has a tibial trial attachment instrument assembly used in an operation for replacing a patient's knee joint with an artificial knee joint. The tibial trial attachment instrument assembly includes a template to be attached to a tibia, a keel punch guide to be joined to the tibia via the template, a keel punch to be inserted into the tibia through the keel punch guide, a keel punch handle for operating the keel punch, and a tibial insert trial to be placed on the template, the tibial insert trial being separate from the template.

Abstract: A windscreen apparatus can change the height of a screen in front of a rider desirably or in accordance with the vehicle speed. The apparatus comprises a pair of slide rails of which sliding direction is oriented in a vertical direction or inclined at an angle; a pair of carrier plates for supporting the screen slidably along the slide rails; a pull-up cable connected to an upper end portion of the carrier plate; a pull-down cable connected to a lower end portion of the carrier plate; and a rotary drum on which the cables are wound around, and the rotary drum winds and unwinds the cables so as to slide the carrier plates within a slidable range in the slide rails.

Abstract: There is provided a gas separating device which is capable of being made compact and light. A part of an airtight container (2) is constructed by a gas separating membrane (13), and a gas separating membrane (13) is constructed to be able to separate and discharge at least a part of a gas g1 included in a gas G to the outside of the airtight container (2) from the gas G. A gas outlet valve is constructed to allow the inside of the airtight container and the outside to communicate with each other to be able to discharge a gas g2 remaining in the inside of the airtight container (2) to the outside when the total pressure of the inside of the airtight container (2) becomes P2 (P2>P1).

Abstract: A windscreen apparatus can change the height of a screen in front of a rider desirably or in accordance with the vehicle speed. The apparatus comprises a pair of slide rails of which sliding direction is oriented in a vertical direction or inclined at an angle; a pair of carrier plates for supporting the screen slidably along the slide rails; a pull-up cable connected to an upper end portion of the carrier plate; a pull-down cable connected to a lower end portion of the carrier plate; and a rotary drum on which the cables are wound around, and the rotary drum winds and unwinds the cables so as to slide the carrier plates within a slidable range in the slide rails.

Abstract: A simply structured and inexpensive seat slide apparatus, which, in an ordinary front/rear position adjustment of a seat, allows a passenger to operate manually without using a power drive unit; and in walk-in operation only, enables the seat to slide swiftly using the power drive unit.

Abstract: A coaxial element wire includes a center conductor, an insulation layer, and an outer conductor. The insulation layer is provided around the center conductor, and it has a thickness of 0.15 mm or less. The outer conductor is a ribbon-shaped conductor obtained by pressing a copper or copper alloy round wire into a flat form, without annealing after pressing. This ribbon-shaped conductor is spirally wrapped around the insulation layer to thereby form the coaxial element wire. The coaxial element wire may be covered with a protective jacket, and plural coaxial wire elements may be joined into a common jacket to form a multicore cable.

Abstract: A coaxial element wire includes a center conductor, an insulation layer, and an outer conductor. The insulation layer is provided around the center conductor, and it has a thickness of 0.15 mm or less. The outer conductor is a ribbon-shaped conductor obtained by pressing a copper or copper alloy round wire into a flat form, without annealing after pressing. This ribbon-shaped conductor is spirally wrapped around the insulation layer to thereby form the coaxial element wire. The coaxial element wire may be covered with a protective jacket, and plural coaxial wire elements may be joined into a common jacket to form a multicore cable.

Abstract: A coaxial element wire includes a center conductor, an insulation layer, and an outer conductor. The insulation layer is provided around the center conductor, and it has a thickness of 0.15 mm or less. The outer conductor is a ribbon-shaped conductor obtained by pressing a copper or copper alloy round wire into a flat form, without annealing after pressing. This ribbon-shaped conductor is spirally wrapped around the insulation layer to thereby form the coaxial element wire. The coaxial element wire may be covered with a protective jacket, and plural coaxial wire elements may be joined into a common jacket to form a multicore cable.

Abstract: A coaxial element wire includes a center conductor, an insulation layer, and an outer conductor. The insulation layer is provided around the center conductor, and it has a thickness of 0.15 mm or less. The outer conductor is a ribbon-shaped conductor obtained by pressing a copper or copper alloy round wire into a flat form, without annealing after pressing. This ribbon-shaped conductor is spirally wrapped around the insulation layer to thereby form the coaxial element wire. The coaxial element wire may be covered with a protective jacket, and plural coaxial wire elements may be joined into a common jacket to form a multicore cable.

Abstract: An electric wire work is produced in the following manner. That is, a combination of a plurality of coaxial cables are cut to a predetermined length. External conductors are exposed in the vicinity of the ends thereof. The external conductors is fixed at a predetermined pitch with a ground bar. Insulators are exposed outside the ground bar. The plurality of insulated cores are fixed at a predetermined pitch with a plastic tape. Then, the insulator layers are shifted together with the plastic tape at a point between the ground bar and the plastic tape so that core conductors 7 are exposed.

Abstract: Output reduced by a reduction mechanism A contained within a tube type motor body 5 is transmitted to a threaded shaft 13, and a nut 15 having a wing element 15a for transforming rotation of the threaded shaft 13 to propulsion is threadingly engaged with the threaded shaft 13. Then, reduction and boost is made between a linear groove 16a of a guide member 16 secured to an inner wall of the body 5 and the rotation is transmitted to the body 5 by this rotational force, thereby an arm 17 provided on the body 5 is swung so that a base 3 is adjusted upwardly and downwardly about bearing members 2, 2a mounted on slide rails 1, 1. Owing to this arrangement, since a smaller installation space can be achieved, the apparatus can be made small in size and commonly used for various types of automotive vehicles. Moreover, the apparatus can be unitized. In addition, a high torque transmission is made possible by reduction and boost.

Abstract: A process for producing an insulated electric wire, comprising the steps of coating around a conductor an energy radiation curable resin composition having heat expansible microspheres incorporated therein, and curing the energy radiation curable resin composition thus coating on the conductor by exposure to an energy radiation. The process also comprises the step of heating the energy radiation curable resin composition to expand the heat expansible microspheres in the energy radiation curable resin composition, thereby forming a high-porosity insulation layer on the conductor. An insulated electric wire comprises a conductor; an energy radiation curable resin composition layer having microspheres incorporated therein and surrounding the conductor, the outside diameter of the microspheres in the energy radiation curable resin composition layer being maximum in the vicinity of the conductor and decreasing gradually toward the periphery of the energy radiation curable resin composition layer.

Abstract: A process for producing an insulated electric wire, comprising the steps of coating around a conductor an energy radiation curable resin composition having heat expansible microspheres incorporated therein, and curing the energy radiation curable resin composition thus coated on the conductor by exposure to an energy radiation. The process also comprises the step of heating the energy radiation curable resin composition to expand the heat expansible microspheres in the energy radiaiton curable resin composition, thereby forming a high-porosity insulation layer on the conductor. An insulated electric wire comprises a conductor; an energy radiation curable resin composition layer having microspheres incorporated therein and surrounding the conductor, the outside diameter of the microspheres in the energy radiation curable resin composition layer being maximum in the vicinity of the conductor and decreasing gradually toward the periphery of the energy radiation curable resin composition layer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel coating structure composed of a mixture of an energy irradiation curable resin composition and microspheres, which is used to form a thinfilm coating on a small diameter conductor, thus producing an insulated conductor which has low capacitance obtained in spite of the thin-film coating, has very little variation in capacitance due to the manufacturing process, has a smooth coating layer, and can be manufactured quickly.

Abstract: Pliable high-strength conductors for use in electronic instruments involving frequent movements, such as robots. They comprise a core layer of austenitic stainless steel and a covering layer of copper, or its alloy. Higher resistance to flexing fatigue is ensured by the addition of stainless steel as a core. An austenitic stainless steel wire having a specific diameter is employed and the percentage of sectional area of the covering layer to the total sectional area is specified.

Abstract: A shielded electric wire having an electric conductor, a high expansion insulating layer provided on the electric conductor, a rigid skin layer on the insulating layer, and a closed shield layer on the skin layer. The closed shield layer is produced by winding a number of electric wires on the insulating layer at a winding angle of 80.degree.-85.degree. from the normal to the longitudinal axis of the conductor. This electric wire is free from changes in its characteristics even if the degree of expansion of the insulating layer is as high as 65% or more and thus is suitable for use in wiring electronic devices such as computers.