Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine including a first filter and a second filter. The first filter traps particulates in exhaust gases from said engine. The second filter is provided for failure detection and disposed downstream of the first filter. The trapping state of the second filter is detected and a filtering capability of the first filter is diagnosed based on the detect trapping state of the first filter.

Abstract: Provided is a ceramic powder for a green sheet that gives a low-temperature fired ceramic substrate that can be fired at a temperature of 900° C. or lower and has excellent dielectric properties in the higher frequency bands such as microwave and millimeter-wave bands, has a low hygroscopicity, and has minor warping and creasing even in the case of co-firing with a silver-based conductor paste, the ceramic powder for a green sheet including a glass powder and an alumina powder, in which the glass powder contains 35 to 39% by weight of SiO2, 9 to 17% by weight of Al2O3, 21 to 40% by weight of B2O3, 10 to 20% by weight of R?O, wherein R? is one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca and Ba, 0.2 to 2% by weight of Li2O, and 0.5 to 2% by weight of MO2, wherein M is one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of Ti and Zr, so that the total is 100% by weight.

Abstract: Provided is a ceramic powder for a green sheet that gives a low-temperature fired ceramic substrate that can be fired at a temperature of 900° C. or lower and has excellent dielectric properties in the higher frequency bands such as microwave and millimeter-wave bands, has a low hygroscopicity, and has minor warping and creasing even in the case of co-firing with a silver-based conductor paste, the ceramic powder for a green sheet including a glass powder and an alumina powder, in which the glass powder contains 35 to 39% by weight of SiO2, 9 to 17% by weight of Al2O3, 21 to 40% by weight of B2O3, 10 to 20% by weight of R?O, wherein R? is one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca and Ba, 0.2 to 2% by weight of Li2O, and 0.5 to 2% by weight of MO2, wherein M is one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of Ti and Zr, so that the total is 100% by weight.

Abstract: This invention is directed to provide a method of manufacturing a resin molded semiconductor device with high reliability by preventing a resin leakage portion from occurring due to burrs on a lead frame formed by punching. The method of manufacturing the resin molded semiconductor device according to the invention includes bonding a semiconductor die on an island in a lead frame, electrically connecting the semiconductor die with the lead frame, resin-molding the lead frame on which the semiconductor die is bonded, and applying prior to the resin-molding a compressive pressure that is higher than a clamping pressure applied in the resin-molding to a region of the lead frame being clamped by molds in the resin-molding of the lead frame.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide, in high current-low energy type ion implantation apparatuses, a graphite member for a beam line inner member of an ion implantation apparatus, which graphite member can markedly reduce particles incorporated in a wafer surface. This problem can be solved by the graphite member of the present invention, which is a graphite member for a beam line inner member of an ion implantation apparatus, which member having a bulk density of not less than 1.80 Mg/m3 and an electric resistivity of not more than 9.5 ??·m. Preferably, the R value obtained by dividing D band intensity at 1370 cm?1 by G band intensity at 1570 cm?1 in the Raman spectrum of a spontaneous fracture surface of the graphite member is not more than 0.20.

Abstract: Provided is a ceramic powder for a green sheet that gives a low-temperature fired ceramic substrate that can be fired at a temperature of 900° C. or lower and has excellent dielectric properties in the higher frequency bands such as microwave and millimeter-wave bands, has a low hygroscopicity, and has minor warping and creasing even in the case of co-firing with a silver-based conductor paste, the ceramic powder for a green sheet including a glass powder and an alumina powder, in which the glass powder contains 35 to 39% by weight of SiO2, 9 to 17% by weight of Al2O3, 21 to 40% by weight of B2O3, 10 to 20% by weight of R?O, wherein R? is one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca and Ba, 0.2 to 2% by weight of Li2O, and 0.5 to 2% by weight of MO2, wherein M is one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of Ti and Zr, so that the total is 100% by weight.

Abstract: A particulate filter is provided in an exhaust system of the engine. Parameter values correlated with a flow amount of exhaust gas of the engine are determined, and differential pressure between upstream and downstream sides of the particulate filter is determined. The ratio of a variation rate of the parameter values correlated with the exhaust flow amount to a variation rate of the differential pressure is compared with a predetermined threshold value during transitional operation of the engine to determine the state of the particulate filter.

Abstract: Deterioration of a catalyst provided in an exhaust system of the engine is determined. Air-fuel ratio sensors are provided in the upstream side and the downstream side of the catalyst. Air-fuel ratio is changed. Based on the sensor outputs in the upstream die and the downstream side of the catalyst, a parameter of a catalyst model representing a state of the catalyst is identified. The parameter is compared with a threshold to determine a state of the catalyst.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine, having a filter for trapping particulates in exhaust gases from the engine, is disclosed. A first particulate amount indicates an amount of particulates to be trapped by the filter and is calculated according to an operating condition of the engine. A second particulate amount indicates an amount of particulates trapped by the filter and is calculated according to a temperature of the filter when a filter regeneration of burning the particulates trapped by the filter is performed. The first particulate amount is compared with the second particulate amount, and a failure determination of the filter is performed according to a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A force-on-pedal sensor of the present invention includes a cylindrical substrate (11) whose one end is closed having: a hole part (11d) at a center of its side section (11c); and a strain resistance element (13) via an insulating layer (12) at its side section (11c), a coil spring (15) coaxially inserted from an open end of the substrate (11), an inputting shaft having a stepped part (14a) contacted with one end of the coil spring (15) and inserted in the hole part (11d) in such a manner that a part of the inputting shaft (14) is protruded from the hole part (11d), and a stopper at a position where the inputting shaft (14) is protruded.

Abstract: A load sensor includes a load-input unit, an hourglass-shaped coil spring having one end coupled to the load input unit, a load-applying unit disposed at the other end of the hourglass-shaped coil spring, and a load detector for receiving the load from the load-applying unit and detecting the load. The load sensor does not give a user an uncomfortable pedal feeling, similarly to a hydraulic brake.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine including a first filter and a second filter. The first filter traps particulates in exhaust gases from said engine. The second filter is provided for failure detection and disposed downstream of the first filter. The trapping state of the second filter is detected and a filtering capability of the first filter is diagnosed based on the detect trapping state of the first filter.

Abstract: A force-on-pedal sensor of the present invention includes a cylindrical substrate (11) whose one end is closed having: a hole part (11d) at a center of its side section (11c); and a strain resistance element (13) via an insulating layer (12) at its side section (11c), a coil spring (15) coaxially inserted from an open end of the substrate (11), an inputting shaft having a stepped part (14a) contacted with one end of the coil spring (15) and inserted in the hole part (11d) in such a manner that a part of the inputting shaft (14) is protruded from the hole part (11d), and a stopper at a position where the inputting shaft (14) is protruded.

Abstract: The speaker device includes a connecting member for electrically connecting the voice coil and the external printed circuit board or the like. The connecting member includes a conductive member and a support member having elasticity and insulating property and supporting the conductive member in a state in which the conductive member is raised. An opening is formed in a frame, and one end portion of the connecting member is stably fixed to the frame in the opening. One end surface of the connecting member is electrically connected at a front sound emitting surface side of the frame, via solder. The other end portion is protruded to a rear surface side of the frame, which is an opposite side with respect to the sound emitting side, and the other end surface is electrically connected to a connecting portion such as a contact point of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: According to a fixing device of the present invention, a screw penetrates through a first fixing hole of a first fixing section and a second fixing hole of a second fixing section to be coupled with a weight measuring machine, and is tightened with a nut, so that the first fixing section is fixed to the second fixing section. In addition, at least one clearance of the first fixing hole and the second fixing hole is configured to be bigger than an assembly tolerance of the two fixing holes. Using this structure, the fixing device, which can accommodate constructive variations of the fixing section of the weight measuring machine and maintain excellent detecting accuracy, and a weight measuring apparatus using the same, can be provided.

Abstract: An underwater riprap foundation which can be constructed efficiently using a reduced amount of ripraps and a consolidation smoothing method for efficient construction of the same are disclosed. The underwater riprap foundation includes a first region for supporting comparatively high load from a structure such as a caisson, and a second region positioned adjacent the first region for supporting comparatively low load from mulch blocks or the like. The first region is formed as a rigid riprap core wall body having a consolidation density higher than that in the second region. The first and second regions have top faces flush with each other. In construction, ripraps are thrown into water such that the extra-banking height in the first region is higher than in the second region, and free fall of a weight is repetitively carried out to the first and second regions to consolidate the ripraps.

Abstract: A brake system to electrically operate a brake includes a stepping force sensor, a brake arm and a feeling-of-stepping-force generation mechanism which is disposed between the stepping force sensor and the bake arm. The brake arm holds a brake pedal. The feeling-of-stepping-force generation mechanism is rotatably connected with each of the stepping force sensor and the brake arm so as to generate a stepping force that changes nonlinearly with respect to a stroke of the brake arm. In response to a tension which is applied via the feeling-of-stepping-force generation mechanism by the travel of brake, the stepping force sensor detects a stepping force, thereby generating output to control the electrically operated brake.

Abstract: A predetermined pattern of thick film, made of a material sintering-resistant at 1000° C. or lower, is screen printed on both surfaces of a green sheet to form constraint layers. The constraint layer has non-print regions in areas where via contacts are to be formed, where the constraint layer is removed in circles having a diameter of about 250 ?m. Subsequently, via holes are formed in the green sheet and the contact holes are filled with a conductor paste by screen printing to form via contacts. Then a stack of such green sheets is pressed and integrated with a hydrostatic press device to obtain a green body. Next the green body is fired at lower temperature to obtain a low-temperature co-firable ceramic multilayer substrate.

Abstract: A weight measuring device comprising a base fixed to an object, a strain detection substrate fixed to the base, a fitting pin fixed to the strain detection substrate, an arm rotatably attached to the base by a support pin, and a leaf spring with one end fixed to the arm and the other end supported by the fitting pin. The weight measuring device further comprises a second arm with one end receiving the load of the object to be measured and the other end fixed to the arm through a link pin. By the configuration of the present invention, the load applied to the strain detection substrate is reduced, and a weight measuring device improved in detecting resolution is obtained. Furthermore, the weight measuring device of the present invention is unitized, and the weight measuring device can be easily built into various equipment.

Abstract: According to a fixing device of the present invention, a screw penetrates through a first fixing hole provided at a first fixing section and a second fixing hole provided at a second fixing section to be coupled with a weight measuring machine, and is tightened with a nut, so that the first fixing section is fixed to the second fixing section. In addition, at least one clearance of the first fixing hole and the second fixing hole is configured to be bigger than an assembly tolerance of the two fixing holes. Using this structure, the fixing device, which can accommodate constructive variations of the fixing section of the weight measuring machine and maintain excellent detecting accuracy, and a weight measuring apparatus using the same can be provided.