Abstract: The present inventors succeeded in identifying novel galactosyltransferases, C1Gal-T2 and C1Gal-T3, with a 957-bp ORF and 948-bp ORF, respectively. These enzymes were suggested to be core 1 sugar chain (galactose ?1-3 acetylgalactosaminyl ?1-R) synthetases. These enzymes and the polynucleotides that encode them are expected to serve as suitable therapeutic agents for diseases caused by abnormal expression or function of these enzymes.

Abstract: An electronic component of the surface-mounted type having a mounting surface that can be mounted on the printed circuit board, maintaining sufficient insulation among the external electrodes despite the chip size is decreased, and having a large mounting strength. In a common mode choke coil array, for example, an external electrode is constituted by electrode pads formed on the mounting surfaces of insulating substrates mounted on a PCB, and a connection electrode which electrically connects an internal electrode terminal exposed on the outer surface different from the mounting surface to the electrode pads. The connection electrodes near the internal electrode terminals have a width c? smaller than a width b of the electrode pads as measured in the same direction.

Abstract: To maintain the width of a vehicle body structure for a motorcycle wherein the rigidity of a vehicle body may be increased without increasing the width of the vehicle. Alternatively, to enable to restrain an increase in the weight of the vehicle body by realizing a vehicle body structure for a motorcycle in which the problem wherein the weight of the vehicle body increases when the rigidity of the vehicle body is increased. In a motorcycle including main pipes extending rearwardly from a head pipe, a pair of left and right down tubes are provided that extend from the head pipe obliquely downwardly. The down tubes are formed to be tapered from the head pipe toward an engine when viewed from the side of the vehicle body and to be constant in width from the head pipe toward the engine when viewed from the front of the vehicle body.

Abstract: There is provided a common mode choke coil whose impedance value can be easily adjusted by changing the thickness of an insulation layer for impedance value adjustment appropriately. An insulation layer for impedance value adjustment is formed throughout a principal surface of a first magnetic substrate. Coil patterns and insulation layers are alternately formed on that layer. Parts of the insulation layers other than the insulation layer for impedance value adjustment are removed in either or both of a central region surrounded by the coil patterns and a region around the coil patterns. A resin including magnetic powder is provided on the uppermost insulation layer and the regions where the insulation layers have been removed, and a second magnetic substrate is bonded through a bonding layer.

Abstract: An intake system for a vehicle engine includes an air cleaner and a plurality of throttle bodies. The air cleaner encases an air cleaner element in an air cleaner housing for filtering air flowing from an unfiltered air chamber to a filtered air chamber of the air cleaner housing. The throttle bodies control the amount of air supplied from the filtered air chamber to a cylinder head. Operating noise of the throttle bodies is minimized by situating the throttle bodies within the air cleaner housing. Operating noise of fuel injectors associated with the throttle bodies is minimized by situating the fuel injectors within the air cleaner housing.

Abstract: A fuel pump installation area for a vehicle for enhancing the stiffness of the fuel pump built in a fuel tank and for enhancing the stiffness of an installation area of a tank installation stay on the fuel tank side. In a motorcycle in which a fuel tank is installed to the body frame and a fuel pump is provided within this fuel tank, the fuel pump is installed to the fuel tank via a pump installation member. To the pump installation member, a tank installation stay for fixing the fuel tank to the body frame is installed. The left and right side walls may be formed by depressing the center of the underside of the fuel tank upwardly over the front and the rear. Concave-shaped engaging members are installed by engaging left and right convex portions provided on the body frame with these engaging members, respectively.

Abstract: A vehicle body frame structure for a two-wheeler provides a sufficient distance between exhaust pipes and a front wheel, to facilitate the arrangement of a heat-discharging member such as a radiator or an oil cooler, or other auxiliary components, to increase heat-discharging property by increasing the capacity of the heat-discharging member, and improving flexibility in design such as the shape or the layout of the vehicle body frame and the exhaust pipes. In a two-wheel vehicle having an engine mounted to a vehicle body frame, the engine having exhaust pipes extending forwardly and downwardly and a pair of left and right down tubes extending substantially downwardly from a head pipe provided at the front end of the vehicle body frame, the vehicle body frame includes a first cross member for connecting the left and right down tubes, and the first cross member is formed with arcuate recesses for allowing part of the exhaust pipes to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A common-mode choke coil including a first magnetic substrate 1, electrically insulating layers and coil pattern-including coil conductor layers 5 and 7 formed alternately on the first magnetic substrate 1, and a second magnetic substrate 13 for covering an uppermost one of the electrically insulating layers, wherein: central regions of the electrically insulating layers surrounded by the coil patterns and portions of the electrically insulating layers corresponding to outer circumferential regions of the coil patterns are removed; a magnetic powder-containing resin (magnetic layer 11) is provided on the uppermost one of the electrically insulating layers and embedded in the removed portions of the electrically insulating layers; and the second magnetic substrate 13 is bonded to a flattened surface of the magnetic powder-containing resin by an adhesive layer 12.

Abstract: To secure minimum road clearance by heightening the position of a link coupled to the lower end of a rear cushion and to sufficiently lengthen a damper and a cushion spring. A rear cushion includes a damper and a cushion spring. The lower end of each of the piston rod and the cushion spring is supported by a cylindrical cushion holder having a bottom. A first link is linked with the side of the cushion holder via a shaft. Other parts of the first link are linked with a stay of a pivot frame and a second link via respective shafts. The rear end of the second link is linked with the side of a rear swing arm via a shaft and the upper end of the rear cushion is supported by the pivot frame via a bridge.

Abstract: A method and a device are proposed which accurately and efficiently form a pipe with a bending machine only without using any correcting means. A work having holes is fed into a bending machine in which under an upper roll, lower rolls parallel thereto are arranged and a pipe is formed with rough forming step and fine forming step. In the rough forming step, bending is done so that it will have a required diameter at the hole portions. In the fine forming step, the hole portions are not pressed for bending while the other portions are rolled so as to become closer to the required diameter to form the pipe.

Abstract: A remaining distance meter for easily assuring detection of the remaining distance up to the destination from the current position and for recognizes intuitively and visually whether the vehicle is running closer toward the destination or becoming far from the destination. A remaining distance meter is displayed on the display area of the navigation apparatus to realize a graphic display which expands and compresses depending on the distance up to the destination from the current position. In the remaining distance meter, the reference distance mark is previously given and the distance up to the destination from the current position is displayed at the starting time by defining the reference distance mark as the starting point. When the distance up to the destination from the current position is increased or decreased after the running of vehicle, the display of the remaining distance meter expands or compresses depending on an increase or a decrease of the remaining distance.

Abstract: A remaining distance meter for easily assuring detection of the remaining distance up to the destination from the current position and for recognizes intuitively and visually whether the vehicle is running closer toward the destination or becoming far from the destination. A remaining distance meter is displayed on the display area of the navigation apparatus to realize a graphic display which expands and compresses depending on the distance up to the destination from the current position. In the remaining distance meter, the reference distance mark is previously given and the distance up to the destination from the current position is displayed at the starting time by defining the reference distance mark as the starting point. When the distance up to the destination from the current position is increased or decreased after the running of vehicle, the display of the remaining distance meter expands or compresses depending on an increase or a decrease of the remaining distance.

Abstract: A friction material comprising a filler, a binder, and a lubricant, wherein a part or the whole of the filler is constituted by molybdenum trioxide. Not only is the friction material improved in anti-cracking property and anti-fading property under high-temperature and high-load conditions, but the friction material can be prevented from deterioration due to ashing.

Abstract: A friction material is prepared by mixing copper oxide particles as a friction modifier into a friction material composed of reinforcing fibers, particularly, metal fibers such as copper fibers or the like, a bonding material, and a friction modifier.

Abstract: A pair of main frames, which form an essential part of a body frame of a motorcycle, are fixed at the front ends to a head pipe, and extend toward the rear portion of a body at a given increasing interval. Each of the main frames includes therein a partition extending in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A motorcycle including a pair of right and left main frame members, an engine being disposed at a lower part of the main frame members, a fuel tank being disposed at an upper part thereof, whereby the motorcycle is provided with a partition wall disposed between the main frame members and the engine. The upper part of this partition wall forms an air passage extending forward from backward of a vehicle body. At a rear portion of this air passage, a carburetor is exposed after penetrating the partition wall. The front end portion of the partition wall forms an air guiding portion extending to the front part of a radiator after riding over the radiator. The carburetor is effectively cooled by travelling air guided by the air passage via the air guiding portion. The partition wall also serves to prevent transmission of radiation of engine to the upper portion of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A method for the quantification of an antigen, antibody, or antigen-antibody complex in a sample solution involving measuring the results of an immunochemical agglutination reaction or an agglutination inhibition reaction by spectrophotometry, wherein after the initiation of the agglutination between the antigen, antibody, or antigen-antibody complex to be determined and sensitized carrier particles to which a substance specifically bindable to the said antigen, antibody, or antigen-antibody complex is bound, a fixing compound is added to fix aggregates formed by the agglutination. A measuring reagent kit or pack includes all the components for use in carrying out the above method.

Abstract: For at least a portion of a body frame, a pipe member is used, which includes therein a longitudinal partition wall for defining passages. The pipe member is provided with an inlet and an outlet to be in communication with the passages. A plurality of passages defined in the pipe member are used for various purposes including cable insertion passages, engine breeder passages or air feeding passages.

Abstract: A method of reacting a first reactive substance bonded to the inner wall surface of a reaction vessel and a second reactive substance in a liquid phase in the vessel by rotating the reaction vessel about its axis at a speed of 10 to 100 rpm, while said reaction vessel is kept inclined at an angle between 5.degree. and 45.degree. to the horizon with its mouth being raised; and an apparatus usable for practicing this method.

Abstract: An apparatus for rotating reaction vessels in an inclined posture, comprising a plate, means for rotatably supporting the plate, means for rotating the plate at a predetermined speed, a plurality of reaction vessel holders mounted on the edge portion of the plate and adapted for mounting reaction vessels, means for rotating the reaction vessel holders around their axes at a predetermined speed, and means for fixing the plate supporting means in such a manner that the reaction vessel holders may be inclined at a predetermined angle to the horizon.