Abstract: An electrically conducting path including: an electrical wire; an exterior member made of rubber and enclosing a portion of the electrical wire; a waterproof member filling a gap between an opening part of an end portion of the exterior member and the electrical wire; and a molded resin member that is in intimate contact with and covers, in a liquid-tight state, an outer circumferential surface of the end portion of the exterior member, the waterproof member, and a section of the electrical wire that is exposed to an outside of the exterior member. Since the gap between the opening part of the end portion of the exterior member and the electrical wire is sealed in a liquid-tight state by the waterproof member and the molded resin member, it is possible to prevent water from entering the inside of the exterior member.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first wireless communication device supporting a first wireless connection or a second wireless connection, and a second wireless communication device operating as an access point identified by network identification information including first identification information for use in the first wireless connection and second identification information for use in the second wireless connection, and the first wireless communication device is wirelessly connected to the second wireless communication device on the basis of the first identification information or the second identification information, both of which are included in the network identification information.

Abstract: A novel wheel speed sensor that can produce advantageously and inexpensively with a novel structure that can reliably ensure the waterproof property of drawn-out portions of the output wire, regardless of a material of a coating member for coating output wires for a wheel speed sensor.

Abstract: User convenience related to viewing reception data is improved. A fax system having a device with a fax reception capability, and a server that controls the device, connected through a network, wherein: the device registers itself on the server as a device that can receive faxes, and sends received fax data to the server; and the server receives specification of a registered device from a terminal connected to the network, and provides to the terminal the reception data received from the specified device.

Abstract: A connector that can make it easy to manufacture a metal mold for cover manufacturing is provided. A connector includes a connector body and a cover that covers the region between the connector body and a parking brake cable. The connector body includes a body-side attachment portion to which the cover is attached, and the body-side attachment portion is formed with an elliptic cylindrical shape. The cover includes a cover-side attachment portion for attachment to the body-side attachment portion of the connector body, and the cover-side attachment portion is formed with a true circle cylindrical shape so as to have an opening portion that is shaped as a true circle.

Abstract: A novel wheel speed sensor production method that can produce advantageously and inexpensively a novel structure wheel speed sensor that can reliably ensure the waterproof property of drawn-out portions of the output wire, regardless of a material of a coating member for coating output wires for a wheel speed sensor, and also relates to a wheel speed sensor that is produced by such a novel production method.

Abstract: A wheel speed sensor capable of preventing moisture from infiltrating the inside and a wire harness that is connected to the wheel speed sensor, which has a configuration in which a waterproofing member mounted on electric wires that are connected to a Hall IC and a covering member that covers the waterproofing member are embedded in an outer jacket portion. The covering member is formed of a material easily fused to the outer jacket portion. A groove is formed in the outer circumferential face of the waterproofing member, a protrusion is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the covering member, and the waterproofing member is prevented from moving in the axial direction by engaging the groove and the protrusion.

Abstract: An electrically conducting path including: an electrical wire; an exterior member made of rubber and enclosing a portion of the electrical wire; a waterproof member filling a gap between an opening part of an end portion of the exterior member and the electrical wire; and a molded resin member that is in intimate contact with and covers, in a liquid-tight state, an outer circumferential surface of the end portion of the exterior member, the waterproof member, and a section of the electrical wire that is exposed to an outside of the exterior member. Since the gap between the opening part of the end portion of the exterior member and the electrical wire is sealed in a liquid-tight state by the waterproof member and the molded resin member, it is possible to prevent water from entering the inside of the exterior member.

Abstract: A configuration that can generate detection signals form a plurality of system by using a plurality of sensor portions is provided, while reducing the number of components, the number of mounting man-hours, and the mounting space. A wheel speed sensor includes: a plurality of detection element portions that detect magnetic field fluctuations due to rotation of a rotor (detection target object) rotating with a wheel and convert the magnetic field fluctuations into electric signals; a plurality of output wire portions that constitute output paths respectively corresponding to the plurality of detection element portions and transmit signals dependent on outputs from the respective detection element portions; and a fixed member that constitutes a member fixed to a vehicle and integrally holds the plurality of detection element portions.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor, in which ends of an output side of two terminals can be arranged at a desired position regardless of a position of a magnetoelectric converter and which can easily be manufactured at a reduced cost, and a method of manufacturing two terminals used for the magnetic sensor. From two terminals aligned in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, a magnetic sensor outputs an electric signal converted by a magnetoelectric converter. Two terminals are provided with bent portions. A ridge line of each of the bent portions of one terminal is positioned on an extended line of a respective one of the ridge lines of the bent portions of the other terminal. In the terminals, a direction in which some ends are aligned is different from a direction in which other ends are aligned.

Abstract: A connector that can make it easy to manufacture a metal mold for cover manufacturing is provided. A connector includes a connector body and a cover that covers the region between the connector body and a parking brake cable. The connector body includes a body-side attachment portion to which the cover is attached, and the body-side attachment portion is formed with an elliptic cylindrical shape. The cover includes a cover-side attachment portion for attachment to the body-side attachment portion of the connector body, and the cover-side attachment portion is formed with a true circle cylindrical shape so as to have an opening portion that is shaped as a true circle.

Abstract: A wheel speed sensor capable of preventing moisture from infiltrating the inside and a wire harness that is connected to the wheel speed sensor, which has a configuration in which a waterproofing member mounted on electric wires that are connected to a Hall IC and a covering member that covers the waterproofing member are embedded in an outer jacket portion. The covering member is formed of a material easily fused to the outer jacket portion. A groove is formed in the outer circumferential face of the waterproofing member, a protrusion is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the covering member, and the waterproofing member is prevented from moving in the axial direction by engaging the groove and the protrusion.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor, in which ends of an output side of two terminals can be arranged at a desired position regardless of a position of a magnetoelectric converter and which can easily be manufactured at a reduced cost, and a method of manufacturing two terminals used for the magnetic sensor. From two terminals aligned in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, a magnetic sensor outputs an electric signal converted by a magnetoelectric converter. Two terminals are provided with bent portions. A ridge line of each of the bent portions of one terminal is positioned on an extended line of a respective one of the ridge lines of the bent portions of the other terminal. In the terminals, a direction in which some ends are aligned is different from a direction in which other ends are aligned.

Abstract: The invention provides a game ball, useful for children's safety, which can be detected far enough away a distance by a vehicle-onboard radar. The invention provides a game ball wherein a reflector member 12 is disposed within a spherical shell 13, the diagonal distance of the reflector member coincides with the inner diameter of the spherical shell, the reflector member has a shape constructed by combining three regular polygon plates 11A, 11B, 11C, the center angle of one side thereof being an integral submultiple of 90°, in such a manner that the centers of the three regular polygon plates are coincident and that the three regular polygon plates are perpendicular to each other, and a surface of said reflector member 12 is imparted with electromagnetic wave reflectivity.

Abstract: The invention provides a game ball, useful for children's safety, which can be detected far enough away a distance by a vehicle-onboard radar. The invention provides a game ball wherein a reflector member 12 is disposed within a spherical shell 13, the diagonal distance of the reflector member coincides with the inner diameter of the spherical shell, the reflector member has a shape constructed by combining three regular polygon plates 11A, 11B, 11C, the center angle of one side thereof being an integral submultiple of 90°, in such a manner that the centers of the three regular polygon plates are coincident and that the three regular polygon plates are perpendicular to each other, and a surface of said reflector member 12 is imparted with electromagnetic wave reflectivity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a labeling enzyme and a method of detecting and/or quantifying a target substance using this labeling enzyme. The present invention provides a labeling enzyme that catalyzes a reaction of gelling a substrate. By measuring changes in physical properties such as the film thickness and/or refractive index of a film produced by the gelling reaction catalyzed by the labeling enzyme of the present invention, it is possible to quickly and highly sensitively detect and/or quantify a target substance while minimizing the effects of coexisting substances.

Abstract: A display member that provides clear and uniform illumination through a light diffusion layer while enabling a wider selection of display colors that can be applied to the part of the display member body not covered by a light-blocking layer in order to clearly identify the uncovered part when the display member is not illuminated. A display member body is covered by a light-blocking layer. Light irradiating the rear side of the display member body illuminates the front side of the display member body through a displaying part that includes a region where the light-blocking layer has not been applied. The display member body provides a light diffusing effect through a light diffusing layer, and includes a specifically colored transparent layer which is applied over the light diffusing layer and which has greater transparency than the light diffusing layer.

Abstract: A highly sensitive optical sensor in a simple structure for detecting a chemical substance dissolved or dispersed in water is provided. The optical sensor (1) comprises a detecting element (2) having a polymer thin film, a light source unit (3) for emitting light for irradiating the polymer thin film, and a photodetector (4) for detecting the intensity of light reflected from the polymer thin film. The detecting element (2), the light source unit (3), and the photo-detector (4) are integrally mounted in a housing. The polymer thin film is formed on a highly reflective substrate or an optically transparent substrate so as to interact with a chemical substance dissolved or dispersed in water flowing through a water channel (8).

Abstract: A method for producing titanium alloy turbine blades comprising the steps of (a) forming turbine blades of titanium alloy through hot forging or machining, (b) cooling leading edges on tip portions of the turbine blades including covers thereof formed through hot forging or machining faster than blade main body after final hot forging or solid solution treatment, and (c) heat treating the cooled turbine blades. With this method, it is possible to manufacture titanium turbine blades in an economical fashion and obtain titanium alloy turbine blades superior in reliability by preventing erosion.

Abstract: A combined cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine system and a steam cycle system having a steam turbine to be driven by the steam generated by the waste heat of the exhaust gas of the gas turbine system, wherein the steam from the steam cycle system flows through a gas turbine cooling system of the gas turbine to cool the gas turbine blades and other elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled and the waste heat of the gas turbine system is effectively collected. The gas turbine cooling system is supplied selectively with bleed air from the compressor of the gas turbine or the steam provided from another steam cycle system in order to ensure a sufficient coolant supply at the time of starting and stopping the plant and during the operation with a partial load.