Abstract: No studies have been made regarding what kinds of refrigerants should be used in a refrigeration cycle device for a vehicle. An air conditioner (1) for a vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant that is sealed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit (10) includes a compressor (80), a first heat exchanger (85), which serves as a heat dissipater in a dehumidifying heating mode, an outside-air heat exchanger (82), a cooling control valve (87), and a second heat exchanger (86), which serves as an evaporator in the dehumidifying heating mode. The refrigerant is a refrigerant having a low GWP.

Abstract: A method for producing a timepiece spring includes a step for producing, by casting, a metallic glass raw material constituted of a metallic glass; a step for heating the metallic glass raw material to achieve a superplastic state; and a step for rolling the metallic glass raw material in a superplastic state to produce a sheet material. A timepiece spring is characterized by being obtained by the method for producing a timepiece spring.

Abstract: A game device including a virtual operation device display module and an operation input control module. The virtual operation device display module displays a virtual operation device showing an object for a predetermined operation input made by a user on the screen. The operation input control module sets a predetermined operation input area for the virtual operation device on the screen and executes a predetermined function related to the virtual operation device when the predetermined operation input is made towards the operation input area. The operation input control module changes a setting range for the operation input area according to the operation input made by the users and the status of the game.

Abstract: A piezoelectric motor includes a piezoelectric element, an oscillating plate including the piezoelectric element, a driving projection provided at an end of the oscillating plate, and a driven member driven by the driving projection coming into abutment therewith and is characterized in that Young's modulus E1 of the driving projection and Young's modulus E2 of the driven member are different.

Abstract: A molded product obtained by molding a laminate which comprises a stretchable substrate made of a sheet-shaped synthetic resin foam and including multiple slits, and a stretchable surfacing material affixed to at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate is bonded to the surfacing material in a state that at least some of the slits are kept opened.

Abstract: A sensor device includes a sensor element which is formed by laminating a piezoelectric substance and an electrode, a first case and a second case which house the sensor element therein, and a pressing portion which presses the sensor element in the lamination direction of the piezoelectric substance and the electrode via the first and second cases.

Abstract: A sensor device includes a sensor element which is formed by laminating a piezoelectric substance and an electrode, a first case and a second case which house the sensor element therein, and a pressing portion which presses the sensor element in the lamination direction of the piezoelectric substance and the electrode via the first and second cases.

Abstract: A method for producing a timepiece spring includes a step for producing, by casting, a metallic glass raw material constituted of a metallic glass; a step for heating the metallic glass raw material to achieve a superplastic state; and a step for rolling the metallic glass raw material in a superplastic state to produce a sheet material. A timepiece spring is characterized by being obtained by the method for producing a timepiece spring.

Abstract: A sensor device includes a sensor element which is formed by laminating a piezoelectric substance and an electrode, a first case and a second case which house the sensor element therein, and a pressing portion which presses the sensor element in the lamination direction of the piezoelectric substance and the electrode via the first and second cases.

Abstract: A molded product obtained by molding a laminate which comprises a stretchable substrate made of a sheet-shaped synthetic resin foam and including multiple slits, and a stretchable surfacing material affixed to at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate is bonded to the surfacing material in a state that at least some of the slits are kept opened.

Abstract: The center wheel and pinion has a center shaft provided with a center pinion that is formed from a crystalline metal, and a center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy that is integrally formed with the center shaft. The center shaft has a center pinion and other external peripheral regions that are formed by cutting the external periphery of a cylindrical member provided with a support hole. The external periphery of the coupling part to which the center tooth part is coupled is formed in a quadrangular shape. The center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy has a tooth continuously formed at the disc-shaped external periphery, and a center position that is integrally formed surrounding the entire external periphery of the quadrangular-shaped coupling part of the center shaft.

Abstract: The center wheel and pinion has a center shaft provided with a center pinion that is formed from a crystalline metal, and a center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy that is integrally formed with the center shaft. The center shaft has a center pinion and other external peripheral regions that are formed by cutting the external periphery of a cylindrical member provided with a support hole. The external periphery of the coupling part to which the center tooth part is coupled is formed in a quadrangular shape. The center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy has a tooth continuously formed at the disc-shaped external periphery, and a center position that is integrally formed surrounding the entire external periphery of the quadrangular-shaped coupling part of the center shaft.

Abstract: The center wheel and pinion has a center shaft provided with a center pinion that is formed from a crystalline metal, and a center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy that is integrally formed with the center shaft. The center shaft has a center pinion and other external peripheral regions that are formed by cutting the external periphery of a cylindrical member provided with a support hole. The external periphery of the coupling part to which the center tooth part is coupled is formed in a quadrangular shape. The center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy has a tooth continuously formed at the disc-shaped external periphery, and a center position that is integrally formed surrounding the entire external periphery of the quadrangular-shaped coupling part of the center shaft.

Abstract: The center wheel and pinion has a center shaft provided with a center pinion that is formed from a crystalline metal, and a center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy that is integrally formed with the center shaft. The center shaft has a center pinion and other external peripheral regions that are formed by cutting the external periphery of a cylindrical member provided with a support hole. The external periphery of the coupling part to which the center tooth part is coupled is formed in a quadrangular shape. The center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy has a tooth continuously formed at the disc-shaped external periphery, and a center position that is integrally formed surrounding the entire external periphery of the quadrangular-shaped coupling part of the center shaft.

Abstract: A wood or iron golf club head comprising a ball-striking part and a hosel which are formed separately and joined together into an integral unit, the hosel containing microscopic pores, thus having a lower material density compared to that of the ball-striking part.

Abstract: A television receiver includes a broadcasting wave receiving section, image displaying and sound producing sections which operatively and respectively treat video and audio signals issued from the broadcasting wave receiving section, and a control section which controls the broadcasting wave receiving section, the image displaying section and the sound producing section.

Abstract: A signal processing device which makes an adjustment of a displayed picture easy. When a game button 31 of a television is pressed, a picture and a sound from a game unit are selected from among a plurality of inputs, an indicator 10 lights up and a predetermined sound is outputted to confirm for the user that the picture and the sound of the game unit have been selected. When the game button 31 is rotated, preset types of adjustment of the displayed picture, for example, a change to the aspect ratio or a change to the position in which the picture is displayed on a CRT, are carried out.

Abstract: In production of a shell-type golf club head made up of several different pieces, an iron-type material of a specified chemical composition and carbon equivalent is subjected to a combination of annealing before shaping with quenching after shaping. Exclusion of the conventional casting process in production much improves mechanical characteristics of the product and increase mechanical strength enables formation of a large size golf club head with an enlarged sweet spot. Limited and locally specified disposition of weld lines assures highly accurate lie and loft angles with reduced welding strain.

Abstract: In construction of a wood club head having a main body of a hollow metallic shell construction, the face thickness is limited to 2 to 4 mm and the entire head volume is limited to 190 cc or larger for enlargement of its sweet spot. The enlarged sweet spot assures a long flying distance of a ball in an intended direction through its improved mating with the ball at the very moment of striking.

Abstract: A semiconductive device of the type including a conductivity-modulated field-effect transistor provides all of the three electrodes on the principal surface by use of a buried layer and a variety of means for restricting device current to flow through the buried layer. Some of the arrangements not only overcome some effects of parasitic transistors that are formed, but obtain faster turn-on and turn-off while retaining the desired current capacity of the device. The arrangements include means for stopping the lateral spread of a depletion region, a minority carrier suppression region, and drain wall arrangements, among others.