Abstract: A plurality of magnesium alloy parts are joined to one another through an inorganic joining layer (an reinforcing material 2, a boss 3, and a pin 4 are joined to a base material 1). Concrete examples of the inorganic joining layer include a layer of an inorganic adhesive and a metal thin film formed on the magnesium alloy part at the time of hot cladding. Because the magnesium alloy parts are joined together through the inorganic joining layer, in comparison with the case where a reinforcing material and the like are formed by machining, waste of the material can be reduced. The use of the inorganic joining layer can produce a magnesium alloy structural member that does not generate hazardous smoke and soot even when it is melted for recycling.

Abstract: There is provided a magnesium alloy member having mechanical properties and corrosion resistance and a method of manufacturing the magnesium alloy member. A magnesium alloy member has a base material made of a magnesium alloy, and an anticorrosive film formed on the base material. The base material is a rolled magnesium alloy including 5 to 11% by mass of Al. By using a base material including a large amount of Al, a magnesium alloy member having excellent mechanical properties and high corrosion resistance can be produced. In addition, by using a rolled material, the number of surface defects at the time of casting is small, and the frequency of compensation processes such as undercoating and puttying can be reduced.

Abstract: A formed product of a magnesium alloy having excellent impact resistance and a magnesium alloy sheet suitable as a material for the formed product are provided. The formed product is produced by press-forming a magnesium alloy sheet having an Al content of 7% by mass to 12% by mass and has a flat portion that is not subjected to drawing deformation. In a metal texture in a cross section of the flat portion in the thickness direction, the number of coarse intermetallic compound (Mg17Al12) particles having a particle size of 5 ?m or more present in a surface area region extending from a surface of the flat portion to a position one-third of the thickness from the surface in the thickness direction is five or less. The formed product has a texture in which the number of coarse precipitations d1 is small and in which fine precipitations d0 are dispersed.

Abstract: The invention offers a pressed product (F) produced by press-forming a metal plate (1). The pressed product (F) has a peripheral surface that has a corner portion (12) connecting two surfaces in the peripheral surface. The corner portion (12) has an outside corner radius R that is equal to or smaller than the thickness “t” of the metal plate (1). That is, the pressed product (F) has the sharp corner portion (12).

Abstract: A feeding mechanism, having a base station to which an elongate base material is continuously fed to be physically or chemically processed at a prescribed speed and from which the processed base material is continuously recovered, wherein tensile force T1 in a direction opposite to a feeding direction is applied at a supply side of the base station, frictional force F is applied at the base station and tensile force T2 in the feeding direction is applied at the recovery side of the base station, on said base material, with these forces satisfying the relation of F>T1>T2, is provided. A feeding mechanism for feeding a base material for performing physical or chemical processing with high accuracy while an elongate base material is continuously fed, particularly a feeding mechanism that suppresses thickness variation along the lengthwise direction or surface damage at a portion where a function is added of the processed base material, can be obtained.

Abstract: The invention offers a magnesium alloy structural member having a high metallic texture. The magnesium alloy structural member is provided with a base material made of magnesium alloy and a covering layer formed on the base material. The base material is provided, in at least one part of its surface, with a surface-processed portion that is subjected to a fine asperity-forming processing so as to obtain a metallic texture. The covering layer is transparent. The structural member can effectively increase the metallic texture by having the surface-processed portion. Because the structural member is provided with the covering layer, it has excellent corrosion resistance. Because the covering layer is transparent, the metallic texture in the surface-processed portion is readily sensed. The asperity-forming processing is performed through hairline finish, diamond cut finish, and the like.

Abstract: The invention offers a magnesium alloy sheet material having excellent plastic processibility and rigidity and a magnesium alloy formed body having excellent rigidity. The sheet material has magnesium alloy that forms the matrix containing hard particles. The region from the surface of the sheet material to a position away from the surface by 40% of the thickness of the sheet material is defined as the surface region, and the remaining region as the center region. Hard particles existing in the center region have a maximum diameter of more than 20 ?m and less than 50 ?m, and hard particles existing in the surface region have a maximum diameter of 20 ?m or less. Because the hard particles existing at the surface side are fine particles, they are less likely to become the starting point of cracking or another defect at the time of plastic processing. Because the hard particles existing in the center region are coarse, they can increase the rigidity of the sheet material.

Abstract: A support portion of an elastic contactor is located in a fixed region surrounded by a plurality of openings on a contact sheet. The support portion extends over the substantially entire fixed region and along the outer rims of the surrounding openings.

Abstract: A support portion of an elastic contactor is located in a fixed region surrounded by a plurality of openings on a contact sheet. The support portion extends over the substantially entire fixed region and along the outer rims of the surrounding openings.

Abstract: Affords for lithium secondary batteries a negative electrode component material that enhances battery cyclability by inhibiting dendritic growth that occurs during charging/discharging due to the reaction of the metallic lithium and organic electrolyte. A substrate for a lithium-secondary-battery negative-electrode component material (5), in which a metallic lithium film (3) is formed atop the substrate and onto the metallic lithium film an inorganic solid electrolytic film (4) is formed, is created from an electrical insulator that can be a polyethylene film (1). A configuration providing an electrically insulating layer at the interface between a metal base material and the metallic lithium film may also be utilized as the substrate.

Abstract: Affords high-stability, high-safety lithium secondary batteries of high energy density and superlative charge/discharge cyclability, in which shorting due to the growth of dendrites from the metallic-lithium negative electrode is kept under control. A lithium secondary battery negative-electrode component material, formed by laminating onto a substrate a metallic lithium film and an inorganic solid-electrolyte film, the lithium secondary battery negative-electrode component material characterized in that the inorganic solid-electrolyte film incorporates lithium, phosphorous, sulfur, and oxygen, and is represented by the compositional formula noted below. aLi·bP·cS·dO (Li: lithium; P: phosphorous; S: sulfur; O: oxygen), wherein the ranges of the atomic fractions in the composition are: 0.20?a?0.45; 0.10?b?0.20; 0.35?c?0.60; 0.03?d?0.13; (a+b+c+d=1).

Abstract: A feeding mechanism, having a base station to which an elongate base material is continuously fed to be physically or chemically processed at a prescribed speed and from which the processed base material is continuously recovered, wherein tensile force T1 in a direction opposite to a feeding direction is applied at a supply side of the base station, frictional force F is applied at the base station and tensile force T2 in the feeding direction is applied at the recovery side of the base station, on said base material, with these forces satisfying the relation of F>T1>T2, is provided. A feeding mechanism for feeding a base material for performing physical or chemical processing with high accuracy while an elongate base material is continuously fed, particularly a feeding mechanism that suppresses thickness variation along the lengthwise direction or surface damage at a portion where a function is added of the processed base material, can be obtained.

Abstract: A connecting element includes a support member, a flexible substrate wrapped around the support member, and elastic contacts provided on the flexible substrate. A positioning hole is formed in the support member. A first positioning component is positioned and soldered on a metal layer formed on a motherboard, and a second positioning component is positioned and soldered on a metal layer formed on an electronic component. The first positioning component is inserted into the positioning hole in the connecting element, and the second positioning member is fitted to the first positioning component. Accordingly, the connecting element is positioned with respect to both the motherboard and the electronic component.

Abstract: A connecting element includes a support member, a flexible substrate wrapped around the support member, and elastic contacts provided on the flexible substrate. A positioning hole is formed in the support member. A first positioning component is positioned and soldered on a metal layer formed on a motherboard, and a second positioning component is positioned and soldered on a metal layer formed on an electronic component. The first positioning component is inserted into the positioning hole in the connecting element, and the second positioning member is fitted to the first positioning component. Accordingly, the connecting element is positioned with respect to both the motherboard and the electronic component.

Abstract: Affords high-stability, high-safety lithium secondary batteries of high energy density and superlative charge/discharge cyclability, in which shorting due to the growth of dendrites from the metallic-lithium negative electrode is kept under control. A lithium secondary battery negative-electrode component material, formed by laminating onto a substrate a metallic lithium film and an inorganic solid-electrolyte film, the lithium secondary battery negative-electrode component material characterized in that the inorganic solid-electrolyte film incorporates lithium, phosphorous, sulfur, and oxygen, and is represented by the compositional formula noted below. aLi·bP·cS·dO (Li: lithium; P: phosphorous; S: sulfur; O: oxygen), wherein the ranges of the atomic fractions in the composition are: 0.20?a?0.45; 0.10?b?0.20; 0.35?c?0.60; 0.03?d?0.13; (a+b+c+d=1).

Abstract: A fluid collecting section is provided beside a measuring section, and an inner space of the fluid collecting section communicates with an inner space of the measuring section. Therefore, when the inner space of the measuring section is collapsed by pressing a measuring surface, fluid can escape toward the fluid collecting section. Consequently, the increase in internal pressure of the inner space of the measuring section is limited, and the upward force applied to an upper substrate in the measuring section is reduced. As a result, measurement sensitivity increases.

Abstract: The invention provides a hydrogen permeable structure, which can effectively prevent peeling-off of a hydrogen permeable film and hence has higher durability, and a method of manufacturing the structure. The hydrogen permeable structure has a hydrogen permeable film formed on the surface of or inside a porous support, having a thickness of not more than 2 &mgr;m, and containing palladium (Pd). The hydrogen permeable film is formed on the surface of or inside the porous support by supplying a Pd-containing solution and a reducing feed material from opposite sides of the porous support.

Abstract: The invention provides a hydrogen permeable structure, which can effectively prevent peeling-off of a hydrogen permeable film and hence has higher durability, and a method of manufacturing the structure.

Abstract: A triphenylamine derivative represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, halogenated alkyl group, aryl group, dialkylamino group or cyano group; and &phgr;1 and &phgr;2 may be the same or different and each represents an aromatic condensed ring which may have a substituent. Also disclosed is an electroluminescence device comprising the triphenylamine derivative.

Abstract: A hydrogen permeable structure includes a base material (1) including porous ceramic, and a hydrogen permeable film (2) formed on the base material (1), including palladium (Pd) and at least one element other than palladium and having an amount of hydrogen dissolution at a prescribed temperature smaller than that of palladium alone. The hydrogen permeable film (2) is formed on the surface of the porous ceramic base by a physical vapor deposition technique after any pin holes in the surface of the base have been filled with a porous oxide material.