Abstract: A production method of an insulating layer includes a step of forming a first wire, a step of forming an insulating layer as a stack of M layers by repeatedly carrying out steps of laying and baking an insulating material on the first wire M times (M is an integer satisfying M≧3), and a step of forming a second wire on the insulating layer. An N-th insulating material used in formation of the N-th insulating layer (N is an integer satisfying 2≦N≦M−1) is baked at a temperature lower than a softening point of the N-th insulating material, and baking temperatures in formation of the (N+1)th to the M-th insulating layers are not more than the baking temperature in formation of the N-th insulating layer.

Abstract: There is provided a secondary battery comprising an electrode group comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode layer held to the collector, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode layer, a nonaqueous electrolyte held by the electrode group, and a jacket housing the electrode group and having a thickness of not more than 0.3 mm, wherein the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the separator are formed integral, and the peeling strength between the negative electrode layer and the separator is lower than the peeling strength between the negative electrode layer and the negative electrode collector.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for producing a 2-substituted thiopyrimidine-4-carboxylate represented by the formula (3): wherein R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group and R3 represents a hydrocarbon group, which comprises reacting-an &agr;-keto ester compound represented by the formula (1): R1OCH═CHCOCO2R2  (1) wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group, and R has the same meaning as defined above, with an isothiourea compound represented by the formula (2): wherein R3 has the same meaning as defined above.

Abstract: A solvent free silicone composition for forming a cured release coating comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a diorganopolysiloxane having in each molecule at least two alkenyl groups and a viscosity of 50 to 5,000 mPa·s at 25° C.; (B) 3 to 50 parts by weight of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane mixture comprising constituent (b-1) and constituent (b-2) in a weight ratio of 1:0.01 to 1:1, where (b-1) is a diorganopolysiloxane having a viscosity of 1 to 1,000 mPa·s at 25° C. and having both molecular terminals capped with silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and (b-2) is an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a viscosity of 1 to 1,000 mPa·s at 25° C. and having at least three pendant silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in each molecular chain; and (C) a catalytic amount of a platinum-type catalyst.

Abstract: A substrate for electron source formation on which a plurality of electron-emitting devices are arranged, comprising a layer where SiO2 is made a main component on the substrate, wherein an etching rate of the SiO2 layer at room temperature in 0.4 wt % of hydrogen fluoride ammonium solution (NH4—HF2) is 150 nm/min or less reducing the time-dependent change of an electron emission characteristic of an electron-emitting device in low cost, sharply improving the increasing speed of a device current If and the uniformity of final arrival values of If sharply reducing the dispersion of the electron emission characteristic, and an electron source and an image-forming apparatus that each use the substrate.

Abstract: There are provided a constituent material for a rechargeable battery with a nonaqueous electrolyte and a rechargeable battery with a nonaqueous electrolyte, using the constituent material, which has high energy density and a high level of safety.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for producing a 2-substituted thiopyrimidine-4-carboxylate represented by the formula (3): 1

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material containing a lithium-containing composite metal oxide having a composition represented by formula (1) given below:

Abstract: There is proposed a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an electrode assembly which is impregnated with a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, wherein the battery can be made thin while maintaining improved capacity, large-current characteristics and cycle life.

Abstract: The present invention provides an offset printing apparatus for transferring an ink pattern onto a medium to be printed through a blanket. The apparatus includes a detector for detecting an amount of ink solvent impregnated into the blanket.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electron source substrate free from any short-circuiting between upper and lower wires, and an image-forming apparatus in which discharge is suppressed. The electron source substrate includes a substrate, a Y-direction wire formed on the substrate by a printing method, an X-direction wire formed on the Y-direction wire by the printing method so as to intersect the Y-direction wire, an insulating layer for insulating the Y-direction wire and X-direction wire at the intersection part, and a plurality of electron-emitting devices connected to the X-direction wire and Y-direction wire, wherein at least one of the Y-direction wire and X-direction wire has a surface shape with a surface roughness Ra of 0.3 &mgr;m or less and a surface roughness Rz of 3 &mgr;m or less.

Abstract: There is proposed a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an electrode assembly which is impregnated with a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, wherein the battery can be made thin while maintaining improved capacity, large-current characteristics and cycle life. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The production process of the battery comprises steps of preparing an electrode assembly by interposing a separator between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, impregnating the electrode assembly with an organic solvent which can dissolve the binder of the positive- and/or negative electrodes, bonding the positive electrode and the separator together and bonding the negative electrode and the separator together by drying the electrode assembly, and impregnating the electrode assembly with a non-aqueous electrolyte solution.

Abstract: An electron source forming substrate wherein an insulating material film is disposed on the surface of the substrate at which surface an electron-emitting device is arranged. The insulating material film contains a plurality of metallic oxide particles having an average particle size within the range of 6 nm to 60 nm as expressed in a median value, and suppresses undesirable diffusion of Na from the substrate, thereby makes stable an electron-emitting characteristics, without an adverse effect due to the Na diffusion, even elapsing longer time.

Abstract: A steering wheel which has a core, a cover covering at least a part of the core, a mount member mounted on the cover and a finisher mounted on the mount member. The mount member is fixed to the cover, and the finisher is fixed to the cover through the mount member. The finisher is engaged with the mount member. The core, the cover, the mount member and the finisher in combination form a grip of the steering wheel. The cover is lower in hardness than the core. The mount member is higher in hardness than the cover. The mount member is formed through an insert molding method.

Abstract: A method and system for writing data which includes the steps of: receiving a write command, storing associated data in a buffer memory, determining whether or not enough free space exists in the buffer memory to store a subsequent unit of write data, and sending a “command complete” signal to the external device, if it is determined that there exists enough free space to store a subsequent unit of write data. The disk drive unit includes: a random access recording medium, a command memory, a buffer memory, and a logic circuit for determining whether or not enough free space exists in the buffer memory to store a subsequent unit of write data, with a predetermined reference value representing the amount of free space occupied by a typical unit of write data.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electron source forming substrate provided with an insulating material layer provided on the surface of a substrate, at which surface an electron-emitting device is disposed, wherein the insulating material layer has a plurality of partially exposed metal oxide particles on its surface. Also disclosed are an electron source including a substrate and an electron-emitting device arranged on the substrate, wherein the substrate is an electron source forming substrate as described above, and an image display apparatus including an envelope, an electron-emitting device arranged in the envelope, and an image display member adapted to display images through application of electrons from the electron-emitting device, wherein a substrate on which the electron-emitting device is arranged is an electron source forming substrate as described above.

Abstract: An electron source forming substrate comprises an insulating material film provided on a substrate surface, where an electron-emitting device is arranged. The insulating material film contains a metallic oxide and has a vacancy, so that the vacancy suppresses diffusion of Na from a substrate thereunder, thereby electron-emitting characteristic is maintained stable without adverse effect due to Na even after long time operation.

Abstract: A solvent free silicone composition for forming a cured release coating comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a diorganpolysiloxane having in each molecule at least two alkenyl groups and a visocisity of 50 to 5,000 mPa-s at 25 ° C.; (B) 3 to 50 parts by wight of an organohydrogenpolysilozane mixture comprising constituent (b-1) and consitiuent (b-2) in a weight ratio of 1:0.01 to 1:1, where (b-1) is a diorganopolysilozane having a visocsity of 1 to 1,000 mP-s at 25 ° and having both molecular terminals capped with silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and (b-2) is an organhydrogenpolysilozane having a visocity of 1 to 1,000 mPa-s at 25 ° C. and having at least three pendant silicon-bonded hyhdrogen atoms in each molecular chain; and (C) a catalyic amount of a platinum-type catalyst.

Abstract: An intermetallic-compound coated stainless steel having excellent rigidity, toughness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance comprises a substrate of a martensite stainless steel having a Vickers hardness of 400 or more, and a hard film having a bottom surface adhered to the substrate and an exposed top surface. The hard film has an outermost layer made of a compound selected from the group consisting of a Ti—Ni intermetallic compound, Ti—Fe intermetallic compound, and a mixture of the Ti—Ni intermetallic compound and a Ti—Cu intermetallic compound. The coated stainless steel can be produced by cladding an outer sheet made of Ti or a Ti alloy to a martensite stainless steel sheet directly or through an intermediate sheet made of Ni, Fe or a Ni—Cu alloy, heating the laminate at a temperature of 900° C. to 1150° C. for 30 seconds to 5 minutes, and then cooling the heated laminate at a cooling rate of 1° C./sec or more.

Abstract: An error recovery procedure (ERP) in a storage device such as a rotating magnetic hard disk drive is executed to the last step regardless of the established time-out period for an instruction, thereby more reliably recovering from errors. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, when a disk drive receives a reset instruction from a host during the execution of an ERP, it executes the ERP until the error is recovered, or to the last step without interrupting the ERP. Further, in accordance with another embodiment of the invention, when a disk drive receives a reset instruction during the execution of an ERP, it stops execution of the ERP and holds the number K of the step which was completed immediately before stopping, and when receiving a retry instruction after that, sequentially executes the ERP from the K+1-th error recovery step.