Abstract: This invention provides a steel sheet for structural components excellent in impact absorption property comprising, in mass %, C: 0.005 to 0.05%, N: 0.01 to 0.30%, Si: 0.1 to 2%, Mn: 0.1 to 15%, Ni: 0.5 to 8%, Cu: 0.1 to 5%, Cr: 11 to 20%, Al: 0.01 to 0.5%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein Md30 value given by equation (A) is 0 to 100° C., and total impact energy absorption in dynamic tensile testing is 500 MJ/m3 or greater: Md30=551?462(C+N)?9.2Si?8.1Mn?13.7Cr?29(Ni+Cu) ??(A).

Abstract: The stainless steel of the first embodiment includes C: 0.001 to 0.02%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Ni: more than 3% to 5%, Cr: 11 to 26%, and either one or both of Ti: 0.01 to 0.5% and Nb: 0.02 to 0.6%, and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities. The stainless steel of the second embodiment has an alloy composition different from those of the first and third embodiments and satisfies the formula (A): Cr+3Mo+6Ni?23 and formula (B): Al/Nb?10 and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities. The stainless steel of the third embodiment has an alloy composition different from those of the first and second embodiments and includes either one or both of Sn: 0.005 to 2% and Sb: 0.005 to 1% and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to ferritic-austenitic stainless steel oriented to have low Ni which is excellent in corrosion resistance, particularly in corrosion resistance in a neutral chloride environment, and has high “uniform elongation”—a factor governing workability—and a method of production for the same. There are independently provided ferritic-austenitic stainless steels and methods of production for the same particularly having a corrosion resistance in a neutral chloride environment satisfying PI value(=Cr+3Mo+10N—Mn)?18% and having a uniform elongation satisfying ?10?Md?110 (where Md=551?462({C}+[N])?9.2[Si]?8.1[Mn]?13.7[Cr]?29[Ni]?29[Cu]?18.

Abstract: An electrical connecting apparatus comprises a plurality of plate-shaped probes. Each probe has a cut-off portion opening on its inside surface side and both sides in the thickness direction of the probe and is engaged with a dropout preventing member disposed in a plate-shaped housing at the cut-off portion, thereby being prevented from dropping out of the housing.

Abstract: The invention provides structural component for an automobile, two-wheeled vehicle or railcar excellent in impact-absorption property, shape fixability and flange cuttability, and method for producing the same, which structural component has a hat-like shape including vertical walls and flanges, wherein distal ends of the flanges contain 20 vol % or greater of austenite phase and have a cross-section hardness expressed as Vickers harness of 150˜350, and a center regions of the vertical walls have, in a common cross-section with the flanges, a content of deformation-induced martensite phase exceeding that of the distal ends of the flanges by 10 vol % or greater and a cross-section hardness expressed as Vickers hardness that exceeds that of the distal ends of the flanges by 50 or greater.

Abstract: A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet excellent in shape fixability having ferrite or bainite as the phase of the largest volume percentage, satisfying all of the following at least at ½ sheet thickness: a mean value of X-ray random intensity ratio in the orientation component group of {100}<011> to {223}<110> to X-ray random diffraction intensity ratio of at least 2.5; a mean value of X-ray random intensity ratio in the three crystal orientation components of {554}<225>, {111}<112>, and {111}<110> to X-ray random diffraction intensity ratio of 3.5 or less; an X-ray intensity ratio to X-ray random diffraction intensity ratio at {100}<011> of at least the X-ray random intensity to X-ray random diffraction intensity ratio at {211}<011>; and an X-ray random intensity ratio to X-ray random intensity ratio diffraction intensity ratio at {100}<011> of at least 2.

Abstract: An electrical connecting apparatus comprises a plurality of plate-shaped probes. Each probe has a cut-off portion opening on its inside surface side and both sides in the thickness direction of the probe and is engaged with a dropout preventing member disposed in a plate-shaped housing at the cut-off portion, thereby being prevented from dropping out of the housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel sheet superior in shapeability containing, by wt %, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.01 to 0.04%, Cr: 10 to 20%, N: 0.001 to 0.020%, Nb: 0.3 to 1.0%, and Mo: 0.5 to 2.0%, wherein the total precipitates are, by wt %, 0.05 to 0.60%. A method of production of a ferritic stainless steel sheet superior in shapeability comprising producing a cold rolling material in the production process so that the Nb-based precipitates become, by vol %, 0.15% to 0.6% and have a diameter of 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m and/or so that the recrystallized grain size becomes 1 ?m to 40 ?m and the recrystallization rate becomes 10 to 90%, then cold rolling and annealing it at 1010 to 1080° C.

Abstract: A workpiece holding jig for holding a workpiece having a plurality of first dividing lines extending in a predetermined direction and a plurality of second dividing lines formed in a direction intersecting the plurality of first dividing lines on the workpiece holding table of a processing machine for cutting the workpiece along the plurality of first dividing lines and the plurality of second dividing lines, wherein the workpiece holding jig has a plurality of through-grooves corresponding to the plurality of first dividing lines and the plurality of second dividing lines formed on the workpiece, a plurality of suction-holes which are open at the top and formed at positions corresponding to a plurality of areas sectioned by the plurality of first dividing lines and the plurality of second dividing lines of the workpiece and suction-passages that are formed at positions where they do not intersect the plurality of through-grooves and connected to the plurality of suction-holes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel casting and a sheet thereof excellent in deep drawability, punch stretchability and ridging resistance and a method for producing the casting and the sheet. In the present invention, a chemical composition is controlled so that the amounts of C, N, Si, Mn, P and Ti may be reduced to the utmost for securing high workability and, on the basis of the chemical composition, the roping and ridging of a steel sheet product is reduced by adding Mg, thus dispersing Mg containing oxides that accelerate the formation of nuclei for solidification and, resultantly, suppressing the development of coarse columnar crystals in a casting. The present invention is characterized in that the average composition of the Mg containing oxides dispersing in a casting satisfies the following expressions <2> and <3>, 17.4(Al2O3)+3.9(MgO)+0.3(MgAl2O4)+18.7(CaO)?500<2>, (Al2O3)+(MgO)+(MgAl2O4)+(CaO)?95<3>.

Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet excellent in press formability and operability, characterized by: containing appropriate amounts of C, N, Cr, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Ti and V, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities; having a solid lubricating film or films on one or both of the surfaces; and having a ratio Z, defined as Z=Z1/Z2, of less than 0.5, a tensile strength of 450 MPa or less and an average r-value of 1.7 or more, wherein Z1 is a friction coefficient of the surface of a solid lubricating film and Z2 that of the surface of a reference material coated with neither a coating nor lubricating oil. In the ferritic stainless steel sheet, the amounts of Sol-Ti and Insol-V may be regulated to appropriate ranges, wherein Sol-Ti means the amount of Ti existing in the state of solid solution in steel and Insol-V means the amount of V existing in the state of precipitation in steel.

Abstract: A chemically amplified radiation sensitive resin composition comprising at least (1) a base resin that is an alkali-soluble resin or an alkali-insoluble or slightly alkali-soluble resin protected by an acid dissociable protecting group wherein the amount of an ultrahigh molecular weight component whose weight average molecular weight determined by polystyrene standards as measured by gel permeation chromatography with multi angle laser light scattering method is one million or more is 1 ppm or less, (2) a photo-acid generator capable of generating an acid by irradiation of radiation, and (3) a solvent. This radiation sensitive resin composition is applied onto an object to be processed 2 to form a photoresist film 3. The photoresist film is exposed and then developed to form a fine resist pattern 4 with 0.2 ?m or less in pattern width. Thereafter, dry etching is conducted to form a gate electrode, hole shape patterning or grooved shape patterning of a semiconductor device.

Abstract: A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet excellent in shape fixability having ferrite or bainite as the phase of the largest volume percentage, satisfying all of the following at least at ½ sheet thickness: a mean value of X-ray random intensity ratio in the orientation component group of {100}<011> to {223}<110> to X-ray random diffraction intensity ratio of at least 2.5; a mean value of X-ray random intensity ratio in the three crystal orientation components of {554}<225>, {111}<112>, and {111}<110> to X-ray random diffraction intensity ratio of 3.5 or less; an X-ray intensity ratio to X-ray random diffraction intensity ratio at {100}<011> of at least the X-ray random intensity to X-ray random diffraction intensity ratio at {211}<011>; and an X-ray random intensity ratio to X-ray random intensity ratio diffraction intensity ratio at {100}<011> of at least 2.

Abstract: Inspection is performed without applying an excessive pressure to an inspection object to thereby resolve inspection failure caused by excessive pressure application. An electrical connection device electrically connects a signal wiring formed on a wiring board to an electrode part of the inspection object. A contact is provided which electrically connects together the electrode part of the inspection object and the signal wiring of the wiring board. The contact includes: an electrode abutting part that abuts the electrode part located on a lower portion of the inspection object, a wiring abutting part that abuts the signal wiring, an elastic body support part that fits with the elastic body to elastically support the entire contact, and a release lever part that is pressed to thereby rotate the entire contact whereby the abutting between the electrode part of the inspection object and the electrode abutting part is released.

Abstract: An electrical connecting apparatus comprises: a plurality of plate-like probes, each of which electrically connects an electrode of a device under test and a conductive portion formed in a base plate, and each of which has a tip to be pressed against the electrode on one end side of the probe and a curved outer face on one side in the width direction of the probe, and each of which further has a first recess opening on the one side; and an assembler for assembling the probes into the base plate such that the probes are arranged at intervals in the thickness direction and that the tips are projected to the side opposite to the base plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel sheet superior in shapeability containing, by wt %, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.01 to 0.04%, Cr: 10 to 20%, N: 0.001 to 0.020%, Nb: 0.3 to 1.0%, and Mo: 0.5 to 2.0%, wherein the total precipitates are, by wt %, 0.05 to 0.60%. A method of production of a ferritic stainless steel sheet superior in shapeability comprising producing a cold rolling material in the production process so that the Nb-based precipitates become, by vol %, 0.15% to 0.6% and have a diameter of 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m and/or so that the recrystallized grain size becomes 1 ?m to 40 ?m and the recrystallization rate becomes 10 to 90%, then cold rolling and annealing it at 1010 to 1080° C.

Abstract: An electrical connecting apparatus comprises: a plurality of plate-like probes, each of which electrically connects an electrode of a device under test and a conductive portion formed in a base plate, and each of which has a tip to be pressed against the electrode on one end side of the probe and a curved outer face on one side in the width direction of the probe, and each of which further has a first recess opening on the one side; and an assembler for assembling the probes into the base plate such that the probes are arranged at intervals in the thickness direction and that the tips are projected to the side opposite to the base plate.

Abstract: A liquid jet machining apparatus including holding means for holding a workpiece, liquid jet application means for applying a liquid jet to the workpiece held by the holding means, and catching means for catching the liquid jet which has penetrated the workpiece. The catching means includes a tank for accommodating a liquid. At the bottom of the tank, a cushioning member is replaceably disposed, and an abrasive is accumulated. The liquid jet having penetrated the workpiece acts on the liquid accommodated in the tank, and then acts on the cushioning member and the abrasive. Wave suppressing means for suppressing generation of waves due to the liquid jet acting on the liquid accommodated within the tank is disposed in an upper portion of the tank.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to perform speedy editing to produce images including desired features. A disc video monitor program 161 sets an essence mark, which is digital mark data indicating a feature of an image, in metadata related to video content data for displaying images. A video display program 172 controls the display of images based on the video content data. An essence-mark display program 171 controls the display of the temporal position of the image having the feature indicated by the digital mark data based on the metadata in which the essence mark, which is digital mark data, is set. The video-image editing apparatus of the present invention is applicable to a filming terminal device.

Abstract: A workpiece holding jig for holding a workpiece having a plurality of first dividing lines extending in a predetermined direction and a plurality of second dividing lines formed in a direction intersecting the plurality of first dividing lines on the workpiece holding table of a processing machine for cutting the workpiece along the plurality of first dividing lines and the plurality of second dividing lines, wherein the workpiece holding jig has a plurality of through-grooves corresponding to the plurality of first dividing lines and the plurality of second dividing lines formed on the workpiece, a plurality of suction-holes which are open at the top and formed at positions corresponding to a plurality of areas sectioned by the plurality of first dividing lines and the plurality of second dividing lines of the workpiece and suction-passages that are formed at positions where they do not intersect the plurality of through-grooves and connected to the plurality of suction-holes.