Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition having flexibility.

Abstract: An electric steering column apparatus includes a pressing mechanism for reducing the play between an outer jacket and an inner jacket. A pressing mechanism has a first pressing portion disposed on the outer jacket and pressing a lower surface of the inner jacket upward and a second pressing portion disposed on an axially front end side of the outer jacket and pressing an upper surface of the inner jacket downward. A tubular member housing a telescopic nut is disposed between the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion in an axial direction so as to face the second pressing portion in an up-down direction and fixed to the lower surface of the inner jacket.

Abstract: An electric steering column apparatus includes a pressing mechanism for reducing the play between an outer jacket and an inner jacket. A pressing mechanism has a first pressing portion disposed on the outer jacket and pressing a lower surface of the inner jacket upward and a second pressing portion disposed on an axially front end side of the outer jacket and pressing an upper surface of the inner jacket downward. A tubular member housing a telescopic nut is disposed between the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion in an axial direction so as to face the second pressing portion in an up-down direction and fixed to the lower surface of the inner jacket.

Abstract: The link member has a pair of link bodies disposed on both sides of the steering column in the width direction and a linkage portion linking the link bodies. A first through hole is formed in the vehicle-body mounting bracket, a first bottomed hole facing the first through hole is formed at the first connecting portion of the link bodies, a base of a first pin is fixed to the first through hole, and a distal end portion of the first pin is inserted into the first bottomed hole. A second through hole is formed at the second connecting portion of the link bodies, a second bottomed hole facing the second through hole is formed on the steering column, a base of a second pin is fixed to the second through hole, and a distal end portion of the second pin is inserted into the second bottomed hole.

Abstract: The present invention comprises at least a reservoir tank which stores an ink supplied from an ink supply section, and an ink chamber which distributes and supplies the ink supplied from the reservoir tank to each recording head in a recording head group, wherein the reservoir tank maintains a predetermined negative pressure state with respect to the ink in a plurality of ink nozzles of each recording head through the ink chamber, and the ink chamber supplies the ink with an uniformed pressure loss in ink supply paths to each recording head in the recording head group.

Abstract: A recording unit according to the present invention includes a holding member, a recording element held on the holding member, an ink supply section held on the holding member, and a guiding portion provided in the holding member. The guiding portion guides a recording medium so as to prevent the recording medium from contacting the recording element. An image recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a conveying mechanism having a conveying member on which a recording medium is placed for conveyance, a recording unit, and a fixing member which fixes the recording unit. A guiding portion of the recording unit guides the recording medium to the conveying member so as to prevent the recording medium from contacting the recording element. The guiding portion also maintains a constant gap between the recording medium and the recording element to achieve high-quality image recording.

Abstract: A variable ratio steering apparatus including an input shaft, an output shaft, a rotation speed increasing/reducing mechanism, a motor and a drive shaft that is driven by the motor. The rotation speed increasing/reducing mechanism includes an input gear with first internal teeth, an output gear with second internal teeth, a first planetary gear with first external teeth, a second planetary gear with second external teeth, a cylindrical member connecting the first and second planetary gears, and a rotary cam that is rotatively driven by the motor through the drive shaft to thereby turn the first and second planetary gears about a common rotation center of the input and output gears, so that a first meshing portion between the first external teeth and the first internal teeth and the second meshing portion between the second external teeth and the second internal teeth are allowed to displace in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A shift lever device which includes: a shift lever turnably fitted on a stationary member; an engaging member for engagement of the shift lever with the stationary member; and a knob fitted on the shift lever. The engaging member is moved toward its distal end to disengage from the stationary member. The knob includes a knob body provided with a fitting hole into which the shift lever is inserted together with a first engaging part of the engaging member, a button pivoted on the knob body, and a link lever connected to the button, having a second engaging part for engagement with the first engaging part. When the shift lever is inserted into the fitting hole and the distal end thereof reaches a predetermined position therein, the button is operated to have the second engaging part engaged with the first engaging part.

Abstract: Polyclonal antibody specific for a phosphorylated linker region in Smad2 and/or Smad3.

Abstract: A variable gear ratio steering apparatus includes a differential mechanism connected between an input shaft and an output shaft. A differential case is mounted to a housing for relative rotation. The differential case is in meshing contact with the input shaft and the output shaft through bevel gears. A central shaft is fixed to the differential case. Each of the input shaft and the output shaft has a central longitudinal bore open at least at a longitudinal end facing the central shaft. An input shaft bearing set includes a radial bearing disposed between a lateral periphery of the central longitudinal bore of the input shaft and an outer lateral periphery of the central shaft, and a thrust bearing disposed between the back surface of the input bevel gear and the first longitudinal end portion of the housing. An output shaft bearing set is constructed similarly.

Abstract: A gear mechanism is arranged between input and output shafts and powered by an electric motor. The gear mechanism includes an assist shaft by which a rotation ratio between the input and output shafts is varied with the aid of an electric motor. A connecting unit has a first condition wherein the output shaft and the assist shaft are permitted to make a relative rotation therebetween thereby to cause the gear mechanism to operate normally and a second condition wherein the output shaft and the assist shaft are united together thereby to induce an integral rotation therebetween. The second condition induces a condition wherein the output shaft is rotated in the same direction as the input shaft and the rotation ratio between the input and output shafts is 1:1.

Abstract: A recording unit according to the present invention includes a holding member, a recording element held on the holding member, an ink supply section held on the holding member, and a guiding portion provided in the holding member. The guiding portion guides a recording medium so as to prevent the recording medium from contacting the recording element. An image recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a conveying mechanism having a conveying member on which a recording medium is placed for conveyance, a recording unit, and a fixing member which fixes the recording unit. A guiding portion of the recording unit guides the recording medium to the conveying member so as to prevent the recording medium from contacting the recording element. The guiding portion also maintains a constant gap between the recording medium and the recording element to achieve high-quality image recording.

Abstract: A lock mechanism for a steering ratio varying device in which a steering ratio increase and decrease shaft is controlled by a motor through a worm gear and a worm wheel. The lock mechanism includes a lock plate mounted on a shaft of the worm gear or a shaft of the motor and having a plurality of cutout portions. Each cutout portion has a corner section. A lock member is engageable with the cutout portion of the lock plate. A lock release member has an inclined surface engageable with the corner section of the cutout portion of the lock plate to push back the lock plate by an amount corresponding to a backlash of the worm gear. An electromagnetic device includes a plunger spring and a solenoid coil. The lock member and the lock release member are engaged with the cutout portion of the lock plate by a pushing force of the plunger and disengaged from the cutout portion by an attracting force of the solenoid coil. A tight meshing between the lock plate and the lock member is prevented by the lock release member.

Abstract: The present invention comprises at least a reservoir tank which stores an ink supplied from an ink supply section, and an ink chamber which distributes and supplies the ink supplied from the reservoir tank to each recording head in a recording head group, wherein the reservoir tank maintains a predetermined negative pressure state with respect to the ink in a plurality of ink nozzles of each recording head through the ink chamber, and the ink chamber supplies the ink with an uniformed pressure loss in ink supply paths to each recording head in the recording head group.

Abstract: A variable steering ratio control apparatus includes a differential gear unit having a first and a second bevel gears fixedly connected to an input and an output shafts respectively, a third and a fourth bevel gears respectively engaged with the first and the second bevel gears, and a differential gear casing supporting the third and the fourth bevel gears through gear supporting shafts, and a housing separatable into a first housing for rotatably supporting the second bevel gear and the differential gear casing and a second housing for rotatably supporting the first bevel gear. The second housing supporting the first bevel gear moves toward the output shaft by a position adjustment mechanism. The gear supporting shafts supporting the third and the fourth bevel gears also move toward the output shaft in the differential gear casing by virtue of the movement of the second housing.

Abstract: Polyclonal antibody specific for a phosphorylated linker region in Smad2 and/or Smad3.

Abstract: A shift lock mechanism for an automatic-transmission operating device includes a base bracket having a side wall with a window hole, a lock member rotatably supported to the outer face of the side wall of the base bracket, a hook formed with the lock member and being able to move into and out of the base bracket through the window hole, and an abutment formed on the shift lever and engaged with the hook in the height direction of the base bracket.

Abstract: A shift lever device which includes: a shift lever turnably fitted on a stationary member; an engaging member for engagement of the shift lever with the stationary member; and a knob fitted on the shift lever. The engaging member is moved toward its distal end to disengage from the stationary member. The knob includes a knob body provided with a fitting hole into which the shift lever is inserted together with a first engaging part of the engaging member, a button pivoted on the knob body, and a link lever connected to the button, having a second engaging part for engagement with the first engaging part. When the shift lever is inserted into the fitting hole and the distal end thereof reaches a predetermined position therein, the button is operated to have the second engaging part engaged with the first engaging part.

Abstract: Several embodiments are disclosed of bar code readers in which one or more piezoelectric bimorph elements are utilized as a drive element in the optical system thereof. In different embodiments, the piezoelectric bimorph element is utilized in the scanning function of the bar code reader optical system, or in a variable focus zooming function of the optical system. The bar code readers are provided with improved decoding reliability, speed and orientation freedom, with regular or high density, one or two dimensional bar codes, by using multiple beam symbol crossings, created by using one or more piezoelectric bimorph elements. In different disclosed embodiments, one or more cantilever mounted piezoelectric bimorph elements support a scanning mirror, or a focusing lens, or a laser diode, or a laser diode and limiting aperture, for movement at the free ends of the bimorph elements to produce a scanning of the bar code reader optical system.