Abstract: A vibration motor includes a base portion arranged to extend perpendicularly to a central axis extending in a vertical direction; a shaft having a lower end fixed to the base portion, and arranged to project upward along the central axis; a circuit board arranged above the base portion; a single annular coil attached to the circuit board, and arranged to have the shaft arranged inside thereof; a bearing portion attached to the shaft to be rotatable with respect to the shaft above the coil; a rotor holder attached to the bearing portion; a magnet portion including a plurality of magnetic poles, and attached to the rotor holder; an eccentric weight attached to the rotor holder; a spacer attached to the shaft between the bearing portion and the coil, and including an upper surface arranged to be in contact with a lower surface of the bearing portion; and a cover portion arranged to cover, at least in part, upper and lateral sides of the rotor holder and the eccentric weight, and fixed to an upper end of the shaf

Abstract: A coil component includes a mounting surface that is a side mounted on a mounting board and a detecting surface that is a side generating a magnetic field to detect a distance from a detected conductor. The coil component has a coil conductor formed into a spiral shape, and a magnetic resin disposed on the mounting surface side of the coil conductor without being disposed on the detecting surface side of the coil conductor.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid droplet forming apparatus comprising: a liquid holding part configured to hold a liquid including precipitating particles; a film member configured to be vibrated so as to eject the liquid held in the liquid holding unit, wherein a nozzle is formed in the film member and the liquid is ejected as a droplet from the nozzle; a vibrating unit configured to vibrate the film member; and a driving unit configured to selectively apply an ejection waveform and a stirring waveform to the vibrating unit, wherein the film member is vibrated to form the droplet in response to applying the ejection waveform and the film member is vibrated without forming the droplet in response to applying the stirring waveform.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes channel forming members and a surface treatment film. The channel forming members are joined to each other via an adhesive agent to form a channel for liquid. The surface treatment film is formed on a surface of at least one of the channel forming members. The surface treatment film is an oxidized film including Si. The oxidized film further includes a transition metal forming a passive film.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid droplet forming apparatus comprising: a liquid holding part configured to hold a liquid including precipitating particles; a film member configured to be vibrated so as to eject the liquid held in the liquid holding unit, wherein a nozzle is formed in the film member and the liquid is ejected as a droplet from the nozzle; a vibrating unit configured to vibrate the film member; and a driving unit configured to selectively apply an ejection waveform and a stirring waveform to the vibrating unit, wherein the film member is vibrated to form the droplet in response to applying the ejection waveform and the film member is vibrated without forming the droplet in response to applying the stirring waveform.

Abstract: A droplet forming apparatus includes a liquid retaining portion that retains cell suspension containing cells; a membrane member, provided with a nozzle, that discharges the cell suspension retained in the liquid retaining portion from the nozzle as a droplet by oscillation; and an open portion that opens the liquid retaining portion to atmosphere.

Abstract: A vibration motor, comprising a base part which expands perpendicular to a vertical center axis; a shaft which protrudes upward along the center axis, a lower end of the shaft being coupled to the base part; a circuit board disposed on the base part; coil parts which are attached onto the circuit board, and face each other in a radial direction across the shaft and a gap; a bearing part which is rotatably attached to the shaft at an upper side than the coil parts; a rotor holder which is attached to the bearing part; a magnet part which is attached to the rotor holder; an eccentric weight which is attached to the rotor holder; a spacer which is attached to the shaft at a portion between the bearing part and the coil part, a top surface of the spacer being in contact with a bottom surface of the bearing part; and a cover part which covers at least a portion of the upper and lateral sides of the rotor holder and the eccentric weight, and is fixed to an upper end portion of the shaft and an edge portion of the b

Abstract: A liquid ejection head is provided. The liquid ejection head includes a nozzle substrate to eject a droplet of a liquid from a nozzle thereof; a surface treatment layer, which is located on the surface of the nozzle substrate and which is an oxide layer including silicon (Si) and a transition metal capable of forming a passive layer; and an organic liquid repellent layer located on the surface treatment layer.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head is provided. The liquid ejection head includes a nozzle substrate to eject a droplet of a liquid from a nozzle thereof; a surface treatment layer, which is located on the surface of the nozzle substrate and which is an oxide layer including silicon (Si) and a transition metal capable of forming a passive layer; and an organic liquid repellent layer located on the surface treatment layer.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes channel forming members and a surface treatment film. The channel forming members are joined to each other via an adhesive agent to form a channel for liquid. The surface treatment film is formed on a surface of at least one of the channel forming members. The surface treatment film is an oxidized film including Si. The oxidized film further includes a transition metal forming a passive film.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a common-chamber formation member including a common chamber to supply liquid to pressure chambers communicating nozzles for ejecting liquid droplets, a flexible thin-film member to form part of a wall face of the common chamber, and a thin-film support member bonded to the thin-film member with glue. The support member has an opening or a recessed portion at least partially having a shape that is broad in an area proximal to a first surface of the support member bonded to the thin-film member and becomes narrower as an area of the opening or the recessed portion is more distant from the first surface. The opening or the recessed portion is sealed with the thin-film member. A portion of the thin-film member corresponding to the opening or the recessed portion has the glue on only a periphery area of the portion that contacts the support member.

Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, including a front seat, a rear seat, a stationary bottom plate serving as a bottom face of the cargo bed, an expansion bottom plate for expanding the bottom face of the cargo bed, and a shared linkage mechanism for holding the rear seat at a use position where the rear seat is positioned on the upper side of the stationary bottom plate and a shunting position where the rear seat is shunted into a rear leg room provided in front of and below the stationary bottom plate. The shared linkage mechanism also holds the expansion bottom plate at a storage position where the expansion bottom plate is above the stationary bottom plate and an expansion position where the expansion bottom plate is positioned over the leg room.

Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle has a front seat and a rear seat surrounded by a cabin frame, and a cargo bed in this order from the vehicle front, a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded into the riding space of the rear seat and a non-expanded state not occupying the riding space of the rear seat. The screen shield is supported by the upper portion of the cabin frame and is changeable between an expanded position in which the cargo bed and the riding space in front of the cargo bed are partitioned and a non-expanded position in which the cargo bed and the riding space in front of the cargo bed are partitioned without the necessity of detaching the screen shield from the cabin frame.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a common-chamber formation member including a common chamber to supply liquid to pressure chambers communicating nozzles for ejecting liquid droplets, a flexible thin-film member to form part of a wall face of the common chamber, and a thin-film support member bonded to the thin-film member with glue. The support member has an opening or a recessed portion at least partially having a shape that is broad in an area proximal to a first surface of the support member bonded to the thin-film member and becomes narrower as an area of the opening or the recessed portion is more distant from the first surface. The opening or the recessed portion is sealed with the thin-film member. A portion of the thin-film member corresponding to the opening or the recessed portion has the glue on only a periphery area of the portion that contacts the support member.

Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat and a rear seat surrounded by a cabin frame, and a cargo bed in this order from front, a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space in front of the cargo bed, and the cargo bed being changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded to the riding space of the rear seat and a non-expanded state not occupying the riding space of the rear seat. The screen shield is supported by the upper portion of the cabin frame and is changeable between an expanded position in which the cargo bed in the expanded state and the riding space in front of the cargo bed are partitioned and a non-expanded position in which the cargo bed in the non-expanded state and the riding space in front of the cargo bed are partitioned without being detached from the cabin frame.

Abstract: The present invention is a pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, including a front seat, a rear seat, a stationary bottom plate serving as a bottom face of the cargo bed, an expansion bottom plate for expanding the bottom face of the cargo bed, and a shared linkage mechanism for holding the rear seat at a use position where the rear seat is positioned on the upper side of the stationary bottom plate and a shunting position where the rear seat is shunted into a rear leg room provided on the front lower side of the stationary bottom plate, and also for holding the expansion bottom plate at a storage position where the expansion bottom plate is placed out of the upper side of the leg room and an expansion position where the expansion bottom plate is positioned on the upper side of the leg room.

Abstract: A coating formulation contains the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) an organic acid-titanium compound having at least one titanium atom and at least one C2-12 aliphatic organic acid residual group as essential constituents and having no constituent other than the essential constituents, (B) fine particles of a titanate-based compound, said fine particles having an average particle size of from 10 to 100 nm, and (C) an organic solvent. A content of the components (A) is from 0.1 to 1.5 mol/kg in terms of titanium atoms, and a content of the component (B) is from 0.1 to 1.5 mol/kg in terms of titanium atoms. A production process for a titanate-based ceramic film, which makes use of the coating formulation, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A collective substrate has through-holes. The through-holes each have an interior surface including taper surfaces which are tapered as having an opening size progressively decreasing from a main surface and an external connection surface toward a minimum size hole portion. A semiconductor element mount includes an insulative member cut out of the collective substrate. An imaging device includes an imaging element mounted in a region surrounded by a frame which is bonded to the main surface of the insulative member and closed by a cover. A light emitting diode component includes a light emitting element mounted on the main surface of the insulative member with the minimum size hole portion of the through-hole being filled with an electrically conductive material, the light emitting element being sealed with a fluorescent material and/or a protective resin.

Abstract: A substrate processing method can securely form a metal film by electroless plating on an exposed surface of a base metal, such as interconnects, with increased throughput and without the formation of voids in the base metal. The substrate processing method includes: cleaning a surface of a substrate having a base metal formed in the surface with a cleaning solution comprising an aqueous solution of a carboxyl group-containing organic acid or its salt and a surfactant as an additive; bringing the surface of the substrate after the cleaning into contact with a processing solution comprising a mixture of the cleaning solution and a solution containing a catalyst metal ion, thereby applying the catalyst to the surface of the substrate; and forming a metal film by electroless plating on the catalyst-applied surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has interconnects protected with an alloy film having a minimum thickness necessary for producing the effect of preventing diffusion of oxygen, copper, etc., formed more uniformly over an entire surface of a substrate with less dependency to the interconnect pattern of the substrate. The semiconductor device includes, embedded interconnects, formed by filling an interconnect material into interconnect recesses formed in an electric insulator on a substrate, and an alloy film, containing 1 to 9 atomic % of tungsten or molybdenum and 3 to 12 atomic % of phosphorus or boron, formed by electroless plating on at least part of the embedded interconnects.