Abstract: An illumination device includes a plurality of light sources, each having a light-emission surface that faces a side opposite to a display panel; a light-source substrate that has a mount surface on a side opposite to the display panel, and that has light transmissivity, the mount surface being provided for mounting the plurality of light sources thereon; and a reflecting layer that is provided on a side of the light-source substrate opposite to the display panel so as to be spaced from the light-emission surfaces by a predetermined interval, and that reflects toward the light-source substrate light coming from the light sources, wherein the illumination device illuminates the display panel with light.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a plurality of light sources arranged side by side in a plane and a wavelength conversion sheet arranged to face a light emitting surface of each of the light sources and converting a wavelength of light from the light sources, in which the wavelength conversion sheet includes a base material having transparency, and a wavelength conversion layer in which a plurality of protrusions containing a wavelength conversion material and having a spherical surface are arranged side by side without gaps on a principal surface of the base material opposite to the light sources.

Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source, a first optical member, and a fixing portion. The first optical member includes a light reflection portion configured to reflect light, at least a part of the light reflection portion overlapping with the light source, and a light transmitting portion configured to transmit light, the light transmitting portion not overlapping the light reflection portion. A center of the light source in a plan view is defined as a first center, and a center of the light reflection portion in a plan view is defined as a second center. In the light reflection portion, the second center is located between the fixing portion and the first center at a first temperature, and at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, a position of the second center is closer to the first center than a position of the second center at the first temperature.

Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source, a first optical member, and a fixing portion. The first optical member includes a light reflection portion configured to reflect light, at least a part of the light reflection portion overlapping with the light source, and a light transmitting portion configured to transmit light, the light transmitting portion not overlapping the light reflection portion. A center of the light source in a plan view is defined as a first center, and a center of the light reflection portion in a plan view is defined as a second center. In the light reflection portion, the second center is located between the fixing portion and the first center at a first temperature, and at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, a position of the second center is closer to the first center than a position of the second center at the first temperature.

Abstract: An inkjet printing method is an inkjet printing method of printing by discharging droplets of UV curable ink onto a print target from an inkjet head, the method including: a normal printing step of forming at least one color layer on the print target; a first decimated printing step of discharging the droplets of the UV curable ink so as to form, on the color layer, one unlevel layer where a plurality of bumps are arranged at an interval equal to or more than a diameter of each of the droplets of the UV curable ink; and a second decimated printing step of stacking, on the bumps of the unlevel layer, at least one unlevel layer formed by discharging droplets of the UV curable ink so as to be overlaid thereon.

Abstract: Provided is a fastener stringer attachment structure which can provide an attractive pants silhouette, improve the fit of the pants, and furthermore, reduce the manufacturing cost of the pants by reducing the number of superposed fabrics at a side edge section of a lower front bodice. A fastener tape of a fastener stringer is sewn with a sewing thread to the upper surface of a lower side fabric so that a fastener element of the fastener stringer is positioned inside an end section of the lower side fabric, and a portion of the sewing thread positioned over the fastener tape is in contact with the upper surface of the fastener tape.

Abstract: A stretching and bending mechanism 3, fixes a resin sheet material 2 by a first fixed clamp and a second fixed clamp at both sides of a center of a transverse direction of the resin sheet material 2 at each end in a longitudinal direction of the resin sheet material 2, and when transverse guides 13 are bent between the first and second fixed clamps 9a, 9b, at least one of the longitudinal guides 15 is guided by the bending guide 16 so as to move toward the center side in the transverse direction.

Abstract: Provided is a fastener stringer attachment structure which can provide an attractive pants silhouette, improve the fit of the pants, and furthermore, reduce the manufacturing cost of the pants by reducing the number of superposed fabrics at a side edge section of a lower front bodice. A fastener tape of a fastener stringer is sewn with a sewing thread to the upper surface of a lower side fabric so that a fastener element of the fastener stringer is positioned inside an end section of the lower side fabric, and a portion of the sewing thread positioned over the fastener tape is in contact with the upper surface of the fastener tape.

Abstract: A resin sheet material 2 in a state of being stretched in a longitudinal direction is held by a stretching and bending mechanism 3, and heated and softened by a heating unit 5. The softened resin sheet material 2 is stretched by pulling the ends in the longitudinal direction and ends in a transverse direction of the resin sheet material by the stretching and bending mechanism 3. The stretched resin sheet material 2 is bent by the stretching and bending mechanism 3, and molded by vacuum forming by a resin molding unit 6.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicular interior member manufacturing method and an airbag rupturing groove manufacturing method which can form an airbag rupturing groove excellent in invisibility even in a vehicular interior member having a hard substrate layer, while performing a proper control of the thickness of the remainder of the airbag rupturing groove to be formed. The vehicular interior member manufacturing method is characterized by protruding a metal blade having an edge flattened at least partially against a forming face of the rupturing groove, from a back side of the vehicular interior member and partially into the skin layer wherein a thickness of the skin layer into which the metal blade has not protruded corresponds to a remaining thickness of the skin layer, and confirming whether or not the metal blade is detected at a second detecting position while the metal blade is not detected at a first detecting position.

Abstract: A waveguide, printed circuit board and a method of fabricating a waveguide that includes: providing a ceramic powder and polymer binder slurry, and forming the waveguide from the slurry. The waveguide and a printed circuit that includes the waveguide are also described.

Abstract: A tracking system comprising: a transmitter configured to steer an RF beam across a detection range, a passive RFID tag configured to be enabled for locating substantially when located in the center of the RF beam of the transmitter, and an RFID reader configured to detect the tag 104 once enable.

Abstract: An electromagnetic coupler comprising: a transmitter configured to operate at a first central frequency, a first termination configured to connect to the transmitter and having a second resonant frequency, a receiver configured to operate at the first frequency, a second termination configured to connect to the receiver and having a third resonant frequency, wherein when the first and second terminations are bought into close proximity when engaged, the equivalent resonant frequency is substantially the first frequency, and wherein the second and/or third frequencies being substantially spectrally spaced from the first frequency.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicular interior member manufacturing method and an airbag rupturing groove manufacturing method which can form an airbag rupturing groove excellent in invisibility even in a vehicular interior member having a hard substrate layer, while performing a proper control of the thickness of the remainder of the airbag rupturing groove to be formed. The vehicular interior member manufacturing method is characterized by protruding a metal blade having an edge flattened at least partially against a forming face of the rupturing groove, from a back side of the vehicular interior member and partially into the skin layer wherein a thickness of the skin layer into which the metal blade has not protruded corresponds to a remaining thickness of the skin layer, and confirming whether or not the metal blade is detected at a second detecting position while the metal blade is not detected at a first detecting position.

Abstract: A tracking system comprising: a transmitter configured to steer an RF beam across a detection range, a passive RFID tag configured to be enabled for locating substantially when located in the centre of the RF beam of the transmitter, and an RFID reader configured to detect the tag 104 once enable.

Abstract: An electromagnetic coupler comprising: a transmitter configured to operate at a first central frequency, a first termination configured to connect to the transmitter and having a second resonant frequency, a receiver configured to operate at the first frequency, a second termination configured to connect to the receiver and having a third resonant frequency, wherein when the first and second terminations are bought into close proximity when engaged, the equivalent resonant frequency is substantially the first frequency, and wherein the second and/or third frequencies being substantially spectrally spaced from the first frequency.

Abstract: A method which relates to fabricating a dielectric waveguide (WG) on a PCB for RF communication between ICs on the PCB. The WG can replace a baseband copper bus and resulting in the PCB being smaller and/or cheaper. The WG may be printed, stamped, cut or prefabricated onto the PCB.

Abstract: Conventional technologies using copper tracks to couple integrated circuits (ICs) disposed on printed circuit boards (PCBs) face limitations in scaling beyond a certain transmission rate, restricting their future applications. Described herein is a waveguide network, in which the network comprises ICs on a PCB coupled via a dielectric waveguide, which advantageously overcomes these limitations. The dielectric waveguide is able to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals and has a bandwidth of at least 100 GHz, among other features. Further, the network can be arranged with different topologies such as ring, star or bus based, and is also couplable to other equivalent networks on the PCB using suitable waveguide-based networking devices.

Abstract: A waveguide, printed circuit board and a method of fabricating a waveguide that includes: providing a ceramic powder and polymer binder slurry, and forming the waveguide from the slurry. The waveguide and a printed circuit that includes the waveguide are also described.

Abstract: [Object] When welding a pair of members made from resin, to limit a distortion being formed in a product after welding, and prevent a quality reduction in the visual appearance. [Means for solving problem] Bring together the surfaces of a pair of members 1, 2 which are going to be welded, then catch and clamp the members 1, 2 by upper jig 3 and lower jig 4 of the vibration welder, and melt the surfaces to be welded by pressing together the pair of members, increasing driving power and generating a relative movement by vibrating both simultaneously, and cool the melted portion by stopping the vibration and welding the melted portion, and, in the process of cooling, reduce the driving power to a predetermined pressure force.