Abstract: A damper includes: a cylinder: a piston rod inserted to be movable linearly in the cylinder; a guide member provided with a coupling hole to which an insertion portion of the rod member is coupled at a center thereof, and provided with first and second grooves at an outer circumferential surface thereof; a fixed damping member fitted into the first groove and adhered to an inner surface of the cylinder; and a movable damping member up and down movably fitted into the second groove and selectively adhered to the inner surface of the cylinder.

Abstract: A damper includes: a cylinder; a piston rod disposed to be movable linearly in the cylinder; and a plurality of damping members installed between the cylinder and the piston rod, and generating a damping force by multi-stage so that when a vibration transmitted from the cylinder to the piston rod or from the piston rod to the cylinder is big, a strong damping force is generated, whereas when a vibration is small, a weak damping force is generated. A damping force is generated by stages depending on a displacement of a vibration transferred from the cylinder to the piston or from the piston to the cylinder. If a small amount of vibration is transferred, a weak damping force is generated, whereas if a large amount of vibration is transferred, a strong damping force is generated. Accordingly, a vibration damping performance can be improved.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus to write and inspect servo information on a disc drive and minimize an effect on servo information written in adjacent tracks caused by a gap erase field, and write servo information on the disc drive and perform servo information inspection and defect processing. The method includes sequentially writing servo information toward a track having skew ‘0’ at from outer surface in an outer region of the disc, and sequentially writing the servo information toward the track having skew ‘0’ from an inner surface in an inner region, and after writing of the servo information is completed, inspecting the servo information written in a track at a predetermined distance from the track having skew ‘0’, and determining whether the servo information is correctly written.

Abstract: Device for controlling a motor in a washing machine and a method for controlling a process of a washing machine by using the same, the device including a motor, a power source part for supplying a voltage to the motor, a plurality of torque varying parts parallel to each other and electrically connected to the motor for varying a rotation torque of the motor, a plurality of switching part connected to the torque varying parts respectively and electrically connected to the power source part, a driving part for switching the switching parts, and a controlling part for controlling the driving part so as to vary the rotation torque of the motor according to a mode of user's selection.

Abstract: A washing machine with a vibration-absorbing structure for preventing the transfer of the vibration of the driving part is disclosed. The washing machine includes a rotor housing 50 in which a rotor is installed and which is rotatably moved, a driving shaft 20, 31, 33 for rotating a washing tub or a pulsator using a rotational force transferred from the rotor housing, a power transferring member 120 for transferring the rotational force of the rotor housing to the driving shaft, a rotor bushing 110 coupled to the rotor housing and through which the driving shaft penetrates to be slidingly moved, and at least one vibration-absorbing member 140, 150 installed on a path where a power is transferred from the rotor housing to the driving shaft, for absorbing vibration of the rotor housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a direct-drive washing machine enabling to revolve a pulsator only or both of the pulsator and inner tub in accordance with a load condition such as a laundry quantity, a washing water quantity, etc, a fabric condition, and the like so as to realize an optimal washing condition as well as improve a washing efficiency. The present invention includes a first rotating shaft connected directly between the drive motor and pulsator so as to transfer a drive power of the drive motor to the pulsator directly, a second rotating shaft installed between the drive motor and inner tub separately so as to transfer the drive power of the drive motor to the inner tub selectively, a clutch installed between the second rotating shaft and drive motor so as to connect or cut off the drive power transferred from the drive motor to the inner tub, and a clutch operating device actuating the clutch.

Abstract: An inner tub for a washing machine, which is able to increase a dried degree of laundries and to increase a reliability of the washing machine by improving a structure of an inner tub hub and reinforcing the inner tub to make a spin-drying of high speed possible, comprises an inner tub body; an inner tub base formed on a lower part of the inner tub body; and an inner tub hub coupled on a lower surface of the inner tub base, including a rotating shaft coupling portion to which a rotating shaft for transmitting a rotating force of a driving motor is coupled, a radial supporting portion extended in an outer boundary direction of the rotating shaft coupling portion with a predetermined gap therebetween, and a ring type supporting portion having a predetermined width in an outer circumferential direction of the radial supporting portion formed integrally.

Abstract: An axial flow fan for an air conditioner is disclosed. This axial flow fan is capable of changing the shape of blades by varying a design factor such as a chord length, a sweep angle, etc., generating an enough flowing amount of a fan for implementing an efficient heat radiation of a heat exchanger, and decreasing a noise which occurs during an air flowing operation of the fan, so that it is possible to implement a high efficiency and low noise fan system. The above-described axial flow fan according to the present invention includes a hub engaged to a rotary shaft of a motor, and a plurality of blades engaged to the hub, wherein assuming a coordinate which is obtained by computing a distance R in a radial direction of the blade into a distance from a radius Rh to a radius Rt at a blade tip BT based on a non-dimensional method as “r” (r=(R−Rh)/(Rt−Rh), a maximum camber ratio Hc(r) which is a ratio between a maximum camber Cmax and a chord length 1 has 0.02±0.

Abstract: A horizontal Bridgman single crystal growing apparatus using a direct monitoring electric furnace suitable for a single crystal growing of III-V, II-VI group compound semiconductor materials (InP, CdTe, etc.) including a gallium arsenide (GaAs). The apparatus is composed of: a heater wire being formed around a quartz tube for supporting, a cylindrical double quartz tube arranged with cooling water or gas inlet and outlet for circulation externally and coated with gold thin film on the internal wall surface thereof, thereby the high temperature heating over 1240.degree. C. is possible to obtain within a short period of time and also the cooling is possible, and whole process of the single crystal growing can be observed directly with naked eyes.

Abstract: A vertical gradient freeze single crystal growing apparatus utilizing a direct monitoring furnace which is possible to obtain rapid high temperature heating and uniform temperature distribution by using direct monitoring furnace as a higher temperature part furnace provided with double quartz tube applied with gold thin film, and also capable of observing entire process of single crystal growing directly by naked eye.