Abstract: A pump chamber defines a capacity increased in a first certain angle range and decreased in a second certain angle range. An intake port is open in an increase range where the pump chamber moves from a minimum capacity position to a maximum capacity position. A discharge port is open in a decrease range where the pump chamber moves from the maximum capacity position to the minimum capacity position, the discharge port being biased to the minimum capacity position. A seal land portion seals a communication between the intake port and the discharge port via the pump chamber. A reduced portion is defined between a communication portion and the pump chamber. A bypass path connects the communication portion with the discharge port. A relief valve intervened in the bypass path opens the bypass path with a pressure of the communication portion increased to or over a set pressure.

Abstract: A pump chamber defines a capacity increased in a first certain angle range and decreased in a second certain angle range. An intake port is open in an increase range where the pump chamber moves from a minimum capacity position to a maximum capacity position. A discharge port is open in a decrease range where the pump chamber moves from the maximum capacity position to the minimum capacity position, the discharge port being biased to the minimum capacity position. A seal land portion seals a communication between the intake port and the discharge port via the pump chamber. A reduced portion is defined between a communication portion and the pump chamber. A bypass path connects the communication portion with the discharge port. A relief valve intervened in the bypass path opens the bypass path with a pressure of the communication portion increased to or over a set pressure.

Abstract: An oil filter is provided which comprises a housing main body, a cover attached to the housing main body on the lower side thereof, an inner tubular member axially movably disposed in a recessed portion of the housing main body, a seal member interposed between the inner tubular member and the cover so as to provide a seal therebetween, a biasing unit for urging the inner tubular member in the direction to protrude from the recessed portion, and a filter element disposed in an oil flowing space between the housing main body and the cover, wherein when the cover is in a sate of being attached to the housing main body, the inner tubular member is pushed down into the recessed portion of the cover against a bias of the biasing unit.

Abstract: An oil filter unit has a drain valve device. The valve comprises a retainer axially movably received in a cylindrical bore of a drain passage at a position upstream of a valve seat. The retainer has a valve member holding end. A valve member is axially movably received in the retainer in such a manner as to be movable between a closed position where the valve member closes a drain bore of the valve seat and an open position where the valve member opens the drain bore. A coil spring is arranged to bias the retainer relative to the valve seat in such a direction as to cause the valve member to take the open position. The retainer has a projected portion that projects into the interior of a filter housing. When a filter element is properly set in the filter housing, the projected portion is pressed down to shift the retainer to a position to allow the valve member to take the closed position.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit includes first and second pumps, a first discharge passage receiving hydraulic fluid discharged from the first pump and communicating with a main gallery, a second discharge passage receiving hydraulic fluid discharged from the second pump and communicating with an actuator, a communication passage ensuring communication between the first and second discharge passages, and a relief valve arranged with the communication passage to be opened at a predetermined pressure for the second discharge passage.

Abstract: A plurality of electrode bars are arranged in parallel with each other, and side electrode bars are connected to the corresponding opposite ends of the electrode bars, thereby forming a ladder-like RF discharge electrode. Power supply points are arranged axisymmetrically with respect to a reference line, which is a bisector which bisects one side of the RF discharge electrode, while being spaced a predetermined distance from the reference line, thereby suppressing voltage distribution on the ladder electrode, which has an effect on uniformity of discharge distribution, to a sufficiently low level of nonuniformity. Thus, uniform distribution of film deposition rate can be obtained, thereby enabling uniform deposition even in large-area applications.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve for an oil pump of an automotive internal combustion engine. The pressure relief valve comprises a wall defining thereinside a valve accommodating bore. The wall is formed with a plurality of pressure relief holes including first and second pressure relief holes through which oil in the valve accommodating bore is releasable to an outside of the valve accommodating bore. A valve body is provided to be slidably movable in the valve accommodating bore and along the wall under balance between oil pressure acting on the valve body in a first direction and biasing force of a spring acting on the valve body in a second direction opposite to the first direction. In this arrangement, the second pressure relief hole is opened after the first pressure relief hole is opened to have a maximum cross-sectional opening area in a process of movement of the valve body in the first direction along the axis of the valve accommodating bore.

Abstract: A rotary pump includes a substantially triangular rotor rotatably arranged in a housing and including vertexes which are in slide contact with a trochoid curved surface of the inner periphery of the housing. The housing and the rotor cooperate with each other to define a pair of suction working chambers and a pair of discharge working chambers. The housing is formed with a pair of suction ports to communicate with the pair of suction working chambers when the pump proceeds to the suction stroke, and with a pair of discharge ports to communicate with the pair of discharge working chambers when the pump proceeds to the compression stroke.

Abstract: An internal gear pump includes in a pump housing an outer rotor including an internal gear portion on the inner periphery, and an inner rotor being eccentrically disposed with respect to the outer rotor and including an external gear portion on the outer periphery that is engaged with the internal gear portion of the outer rotor. A side plate is integrated with the outer rotor to abut on a side of the inner rotor that fails to be in slide contact with the housing. A holding device is mounted to the pump housing to restrict a position of the outer rotor with respect to the housing.

Abstract: A lobed rotor-type pump has a drive shaft, a pump housing, an eccentric rotor journal, a rotor, three working-fluid chambers, intake and discharge ports, and a communication passage. The pump housing has a circumferentially-extending peri-trochoidal curved surface in its inner periphery. The eccentric rotor journal is fixedly connected to the drive shaft. The rotor is slideably fitted to the eccentric rotor journal. The rotor has three lobes equi-distantly spaced circumferentially around its outer periphery so that the rotor rotates eccentrically while keeping the lobes in sliding contact with the peri-trochoidal curved surface. The three working-fluid chambers, which are defined between respective three lobes and the peri-trochoidal curved surface, rotate in synchronism with the rotor. The intake and discharge ports are provided in the housing to input low-pressure incompressible fluid and to output high-pressure fluid.

Abstract: A compound gear pump includes an internal gear pump including an outer rotor having on the outer periphery external teeth, an external gear pump including a rotor having on the outer periphery an external teeth circumscribed with the external teeth of the outer rotor, and a guide face arranged on the outer periphery of the outer rotor and being adjacent to the external teeth of the outer rotor in the axial direction thereof.

Abstract: A rotor-type pump comprises a housing having a trochoidal curved surface and an intake port and a discharge port. A drive shaft is mounted rotatably about a first axis in the housing. A rotor having a second axis eccentric to the first axis is rotatably mounted to the drive shaft. The rotor cooperates with the trochoidal curved surface. A plurality of working-fluid chambers are defined by the trochoidal curved surface and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor and variable in volume as the rotor rotates. The intake port is open into one chamber of the chambers and the discharge port is open into another chamber thereof. A communication passage fluidly interconnects at least adjacent two of the chambers. A rotor control mechanism is provided for controlling the rotor to move along the trochoidal curved surface with a predetermined clearance therebetween upon rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: A method for fabrication of a probe includes the steps of: (1) forming a structure wherein a contact part formed on one side of an insulating flexible substrate and a conductor formed on either side or the inside of the flexible substrate are electrically continued, and (2) joining the flexible substrate and a rigid frame substrate capable of supporting the tension in the planar direction of the flexible substrate at the outer periphery thereof, by bonding them by lamination pressing after heating, or by heating after lamination pressing, thereby applying a planar tension to the flexible substrate enclosed by the rigid substrate.

Abstract: A film carrier comprising, on a laminate of an insulating layer and a conductive circuit, a conductive part to be connected to an external substrate and an energy introduction part to supply an energy to connect a semiconductor element, a semiconductor device, and a method for mounting a semiconductor element. The present invention has enabled provision of fine-pitched or highly dense wiring of a semiconductor element, and assures easy and dependable electric construction of the present invention wherein an energy for connection is supplied from the energy introduction part to make a connection of a film carrier to semiconductor element is advantageous in that attenuation of the energy for connection due to an insulating layer occurs less, since the energy for connection can be directly introduced into conductive circuit, thus enabling efficient utilization of the energy, which in turn permits easy and efficient mounting of a semiconductor element.

Abstract: A main rocker arm is supported for swinging motion to operate one of the intake and exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine. A high-speed rocker arm is supported on the main rocker arm for swinging motion according to rotation of a high-speed cam rotating in synchronism with engine rotation. The high-speed rocker arm has a slip surface for engagement with the high-speed cam. The high-speed rocker arm is drivingly connected to the main rocker arm for swinging motion in unison with the main rocker arm when the engine is operating at a high speed. The driving connection is released to permit swinging motion of the main rocker arm according to rotation of a low-speed cam independently of the swinging motion of the high-speed rocker arm when the engine is operating at a low speed. The slip surface of the high-speed rocker arm is made of an alloy tool steel having carbide deposited and dispersed to provide a hardness of HRC55 or more to the slip surface.

Abstract: A method for producing a single crystal or polycrystal of terbium aluminate containing at least terbium, aluminum and oxygen and represented by the formula Tb.sub.1-x Al.sub.1+x O.sub.3 wherein -0.5.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.5, which comprises growing the single crystal or polycrystal using a reducing gas atmosphere or a neutral gas atmosphere as an atmosphere for crystal growth.

Abstract: A main rocker arm driven by a first cam, and a sub-rocker arm driven by a second cam larger than the first cam, are supported adjacent to each other. A sliding member which moves together with the sub-rocker arm, and a contact piece which comes into contact with the sliding member according to the slide position of the sliding member, are provided on the main rocker arm. The sliding member moves between a position where it is in contact with the contact piece and a position where it is not in contact with the contact piece according to the engine running conditions. The sliding member and contact member are constructed of iron or an iron alloy, while the main rocker arm is constructed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The construction of the cam change-over mechanism is therefore rendered lightweight, and machining of the main rocker arm is rendered facile.

Abstract: A flexible printed substrate imparted with an adhesive property for loading on an external substrate, a double printed substrate having formed on both surfaces thereof a metal layer or a wiring circuit, and a multilayer substrate having a multilayer structure are disclosed. The flexible printed substrate comprises an insulating resin layer comprising a low-linear expansion polyimide resin layer and a thermoplastic polyimide resin layer, and a metal layer or a wiring circuit formed on the low-linear expansion polyimide resin layer of the insulating resin layer, wherein a mixed region of the polyimide resin components is formed in the interface between the low-linear expansion polyimide resin layer and the thermoplastic polyimide resin layer.

Abstract: A cam shaft assembly comprises a first coupling between a drive collar rotatable with a driving shaft and an annular disc at a first position spaced from the shaft axis, and a second coupling between the disc and said hollow cam at a second position angularly spaced from said first position with respect to the shaft axis. The first and second couplings are so spaced from the shaft axis that they are at varying distances from the axis of the disc during operation. Each of the first and second couplings has a movable connection with the disc to permit the variation in its distance from the axis of the disc. The disc is rotatably supported in a disc housing. A control rod is mounted for rotation and has an eccentric control cam which controls movement of the disc housing. A pivot shaft extends through the disc housing for allowing movement of the disc housing following the eccentric control cam in which said plurality of hollow cams are disposed.

Abstract: A valve actuating system comprises a rocker arm supported by a rocker shaft for contacting with a first or low speed profiled cam lobe and a valve stem, a lost motion mechanism, a free cam follower and a prop. The lost motion mechanism includes a stationary portion defining a pedestal fixed to the rocker arm and a moveable portion received by the stationary portion. The free cam follower includes a cam face adapted for contacting with a second or high speed profiled cam lobe. The prop is supported by the free cam follower for movement between a first position in which the prop supports the free cam follower on the moveable portion of the lost motion mechanism and a second position in which the prop supports the free cam follower on the pedestal of the lost motion mechanism. The free cam follower has a bore and the prop has a plunger part received in the bore and cooperating with the bore defining wall for unitary rotation of the prop with the free cam follower.