Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide superconducting film, the method includes reacting a metal acetate containing metal M selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium and samarium with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than three carbon atoms, reacting barium acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having two carbon atoms, reacting copper acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than two carbon atoms, respectively, followed by refining reaction products, dissolving the reaction products in methanol such that a molar ratio of the metal M, barium and copper is 1:2:3 to prepare a coating solution, and coating a substrate with the coating solution to form a gel film, followed by calcining and firing the gel film to prepare an oxide superconducting film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide superconducting film, the method includes reacting a metal acetate containing metal M selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium and samarium with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than three carbon atoms, reacting barium acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having two carbon atoms, reacting copper acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than two carbon atoms, respectively, followed by refining reaction products, dissolving the reaction products in methanol such that a molar ratio of the metal M, barium and copper is 1:2:3 to prepare a coating solution, and coating a substrate with the coating solution to form a gel film, followed by calcining and firing the gel film to prepare an oxide superconducting film.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode for electrical-discharge surface treatment includes kneading a first electrode material composed of at least one of metal powder and insulating powder and a second electrode material composed of conductive organic bonding agent in which a conductive resin is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent, to fabricate a slurry; molding the slurry, to form a compact; and desiccating the compact at a temperature below a thermal decomposition initiating temperature at which a thermal decomposition of the conductive organic bonding agent starts.

Abstract: An oxide superconductor includes a main component represented by the following formula: LnBa2Cu3O7-x, where Ln comprises two or more types of elements selected from the group consisting of Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Y, and a content of each element is 10 to 90 mol %, and fluorine at a molar ratio of 10?2 to 10?6 with respect to copper.

Abstract: An oxide superconductor with superconduction properties being improved by effectively introducing a pinning center thereinto and its fabrication method are disclosed. The superconductor has a high-crystallinity oxide superconductor film which is formed on a substrate with a <001> direction of crystal grain being oriented almost perpendicularly to the substrate and with (100) planes of neighboring crystal grains being oriented to form an oblique angle ranging from 0 to 4 degrees or 86 to 90 degrees. The film has a multilayer structure including a plurality of high-density magnetic field trap layers stacked in almost parallel to the substrate and a low-density magnetic field trap layer sandwiched therebetween. An average grain boundary width of the high-density trap layers in a cross-section horizontal to the substrate is 80 nm or less. The width is less than an average grain boundary width of the low-density trap layer in its cross-section horizontal to the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide superconducting film, the method includes reacting a metal acetate containing metal M selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium and samarium with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than three carbon atoms, reacting barium acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having two carbon atoms, reacting copper acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than two carbon atoms, respectively, followed by refining reaction products, dissolving the reaction products in methanol such that a molar ratio of the metal M, barium and copper is 1:2:3 to prepare a coating solution, and coating a substrate with the coating solution to form a gel film, followed by calcining and firing the gel film to prepare an oxide superconducting film.

Abstract: An oxide superconductor film formed on a substrate includes an oxide containing at least one metal M selected from the group consisting of yttrium and lanthanoid metals, provided that cerium, praseodymium, promethium and ruthenium are excluded, and barium and copper, in which the film has an average thickness of 350 nm or more, an average amount of residual carbon of 3×1019 atoms/cc or more, and an amount of residual fluorine in a range of 5×1017 to 1×1019 atoms/cc, and in which, when divided the film into a plurality of regions from a surface of the film or from an interface between the film and the substrate, each region having a thickness of 10 nm, atomic ratios of copper, fluorine, oxygen and carbon between two adjacent regions are in a range of 1/5 times to 5 times.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide superconducting film, the method includes reacting a metal acetate containing metal M selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium and samarium with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than three carbon atoms, reacting barium acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having two carbon atoms, reacting copper acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than two carbon atoms, respectively, followed by refining reaction products, dissolving the reaction products in methanol such that a molar ratio of the metal M, barium and copper is 1:2:3 to prepare a coating solution, and coating a substrate with the coating solution to form a gel film, followed by calcining and firing the gel film to prepare an oxide superconducting film.

Abstract: A stator coil includes a belt-shaped winding band and a same-layer bridging portion. The winding band makes one or more rounds, while turning back in the axial direction a plurality of conductor wires which are aligned in parallel at a pitch of electric angle ? (pi). The same-layer bridging portion connects a pair of the conductor wires which are of the same phase at the end portion of the winding and which are arranged in the same layer of the slot. Such arrangement enables forming a compact multi-phase stator coil.

Abstract: A plastic magnet precursor which can be supplied in molding a plastic magnet with a constant composition without requiring kneading in which a resin is melted and sheared. Through injection molding using the precursor, a plastic magnet having little deterioration of magnetic properties and a small variation in quality is obtained. The plastic magnet precursor according to the present invention includes an Nd—Fe—B isotropic magnet powder and a ferrite anisotropic magnet powder subjected to coating with a titanate coupling agent, and a thermoplastic resin powder adhered around the magnet powder.

Abstract: A fuel control device (11) which is provided on a fuel outlet side of a low-pressure pump (3) for controlling a fuel supply pressure from the low-pressure pump (3) to a predetermined pressure includes a pressure control valve (50) for controlling a fuel pressure of the fuel outlet side and a fuel takeout valve (60). The fuel takeout valve (60) has a valve opening pressure which is smaller than a valve opening pressure of the pressure control valve (50), a drain port (50C) of the pressure control valve (50) and a drain port (61C) of the fuel takeout vale (60) are connected to a fuel low-pressure side by way of a drain pipe (13), and back pressures of pistons (52), (62) are maintained at a fuel-low-pressure-side pressure of the low-pressure pump (3).

Abstract: The present invention provides a plastic magnet precursor which can be supplied to a step of molding a plastic magnet at a constant composition without requiring a kneading step in which a resin is melted and sheared. Through injection molding using the precursor, a plastic magnet having little deterioration of magnetic properties and a small variation in quality is obtained. The plastic magnet precursor according to the present invention includes an Nd—Fe—B isotropic magnet powder (1) and a ferrite anisotropic magnet powder subjected to a coating treatment with a titanate coupling agent (4), and a thermoplastic resin powder (2) is adhered around the magnet powder (1) to form a powder shape.

Abstract: There is provided is a method of manufacturing a superconductor layer, including preparing a coating solution by dissolving trifluoroacetates of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of yttrium and lanthanoids, barium, and copper in a solvent, coating a main surface of a substrate with the coating solution to form a coating film, subjecting the coating film to a calcining process in an atmosphere containing oxygen, and subjecting the coating film after the calcining process to a firing process in an atmosphere containing water vapor at a temperature higher than that at the calcining process. The calcining process is carried out such that the coating film after the calcining process and before the firing process have an average CuO particle diameter equal to or less than 25 nm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide superconducting film, the method includes reacting a metal acetate containing metal M selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium and samarium with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than three carbon atoms, reacting barium acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having two carbon atoms, reacting copper acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than two carbon atoms, respectively, followed by refining reaction products, dissolving the reaction products in methanol such that a molar ratio of the metal M, barium and copper is 1:2:3 to prepare a coating solution, and coating a substrate with the coating solution to form a gel film, followed by calcining and firing the gel film to prepare an oxide superconducting film.

Abstract: There is provided is a method of manufacturing a superconductor layer, including preparing a coating solution by dissolving trifluoroacetates of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of yttrium and lanthanoids, barium, and copper in a solvent, coating a main surface of a substrate with the coating solution to form a coating film, subjecting the coating film to a calcining process in an atmosphere containing oxygen, and subjecting the coating film after the calcining process to a firing process in an atmosphere containing water vapor at a temperature higher than that at the calcining process. The calcining process is carried out such that the coating film after the calcining process and before the firing process have an average CuO particle diameter equal to or less than 25 nm.

Abstract: An oxide superconductor includes a main component represented by the following formula: LnBa2Cu3O7-x, where Ln comprises two or more types of elements selected from the group consisting of Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Y, and a content of each element is 10 to 90 mol %, and fluorine at a molar ratio of 10?2 to 10?6 with respect to copper.

Abstract: A fuel supply pump, which is simple in construction and easy to produce and is capable of efficiently pressurizing a high flow rate of fuel, is provided. The fuel supply pump (50) includes a housing (52), a plunger barrel (53), a plunger (54) for pressurizing fuel, which is installed in the plunger barrel (53) so as to be allowed to move up and down, a cam (60) installed in rotation way below the plunger (54), a tappet structure body (6) installed between the cam (60) and the plunger (54) to transmitting the turning force, serving as a lifting force, from the cam shaft (3) to the plunger (54), a tappet structure body (6) installed between the cam (60) and the plunger (54) and provided for transmitting a upward or downward movement of the cam (60) caused by the rotation of the camshaft (3) to the plunger (54); and a return spring (68) for setting lowering force to the plunger (54), which is installed between the tappet structure body (6) and the plunger barrel (53).

Abstract: An aqueous solution of mixed metal acetate including one kind or more of element selected from lanthanide series and yttrium, barium and copper is mixed with trifluoroacetic acid to prepare a solution of mixed metal trifluoroacetate. From a solution of mixed metal trifluoroacetate obtained thus, purified mixed metal trifluoroacetate of which total content of water and acetic acid is 2% by weight or less is prepared. With purified mixed metal trifluoroacetate, an oxide superconductor of excellent performance may be prepared.

Abstract: There is provided is a method of manufacturing a superconductor layer, including preparing a coating solution by dissolving trifluoroacetates of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of yttrium and lanthanoids, barium, and copper in a solvent, coating a main surface of a substrate with the coating solution to form a coating film, subjecting the coating film to a calcining process in an atmosphere containing oxygen, and subjecting the coating film after the calcining process to a firing process in an atmosphere containing water vapor at a temperature higher than that at the calcining process. The calcining process is carried out such that the coating film after the calcining process and before the firing process have an average CuO particle diameter equal to or less than 25 nm.

Abstract: A noncontact transmitting apparatus includes first and second noncontact transmitting units mounted on a main device and an attachment device, respectively. The second noncontact transmitting unit is removably attachable to the first noncontact transmitting unit for enabling noncontact signal transfer between the main device and the attachment device. Each of the noncontact transmitting units includes a power coil and a signal coil. The power coil is wound on a first core to supply power from the main device to the attachment device by electromagnetic induction. The first cores of the first and second noncontact transmitting units face each other at a first position when the attachment device is loaded on the main device. The signal coil is wound on a second core for signal transfer between the main device and the attachment device by electromagnetic induction.