Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric stack including: a substrate (1); a bottom electrode film (2) on the substrate; a piezoelectric film (3) on the bottom electrode film, having a planar area smaller than a planar area of the bottom electrode film; a top electrode film (4) on the piezoelectric film; and an insulating film (5) provided from the top electrode film to the bottom electrode film and covering at least a part of a side surface of the piezoelectric film, wherein the insulating film has a slope (9a) filling a step between a top surface of the top electrode film and a top surface of the bottom electrode film, and the slope has a shape alleviating the step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin and capable of providing a suede-like appearance.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing a long strip of three-dimensional decorative piece made of thermoplastic synthetic resin. The method for producing the strip of three-dimensional decorative piece made of thermoplastic synthetic resin according to the present invention comprises the steps of feeding a decorative strip material, preheating the decorative strip material and softening the decorative strip material with heat, shaping the decorative strip material into a strip of three-dimensional decorative piece by continuously oscillating a high-frequency in between a rotatable upper electrode roll die and a rotatable lower electrode roll die and applying high-frequency dielectric heat to the decorative strip material between the upper and lower electrode roll dies, cooling the shaped strip of three-dimensional decorative piece, and winding up the cooled strip of three-dimensional decorative piece.

Abstract: A method and a device with which a bulky decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin can be produced. A method for producing a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin includes a step of preparing a decorative piece material including an upper layer that has a thermoplastic synthetic resin film and a lower layer that has a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet, a step of disposing the decorative piece material on a flat-plate die serving as an electrode, and a softening step of softening and welding the decorative piece material by bringing a flat-plate die serving as another electrode closer to the flat-plate die serving as the electrode, and performing high-frequency dielectric heating while pressing the decorative piece material.

Abstract: A shunt resistor (1) includes: a resistance element (3); a first electrode (5A) and a second electrode (5B) coupled to both sides of the resistance element (3); a first fusion material (6A) and a second fusion material (6B) electrically coupled to the first electrode (5A) and the second electrode (5B), respectively, the first fusion material (5A) and the second fusion material (5B) haying electric conductivity; and at least one board (10) coupled to the first electrode (5A) and the second electrode 15B) by the first fusion material (6A) and the second fusion material (6B). The first fusion material (6A) is arranged in a first through-hole (7A) formed in the first electrode (5A) or the board (10), and the second fusion material (6B) is arranged it as second through-hole (7B) formed in the second electrode (5B) or the board (10).

Abstract: A three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin is produced by subjecting, to high-frequency dielectric heating, a decorative piece material that includes an upper layer that includes a thermoplastic synthetic resin film having a vapor-deposited metal layer, an intermediate layer that includes a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet, and a lower layer that includes a thermal bonding film, the decorative piece including: a first printing layer printed using a transparent color ink, a matte ink, or a glossy ink, as an upper surface of the upper layer; and a second printing layer in which a fine line is printed using a transparent UV ink, on an upper surface of the first printing layer. It is desirable that the fine line of the second printing layer has a width of 0.1 mm to 0.25 mm.

Abstract: A three-dimensional decorative piece that is made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin and can retain bulkiness and shape by a core and a method of producing the same. The three-dimensional decorative piece includes an upper layer molded body made of an upper layer material with a metal vapor-deposited layer and having a three-dimensional shape with a convex portion formed on its front surface side through a high-frequency dielectric heating, a core formed by curing a flowable synthetic resin filled in the convex portion of the upper layer molded body, and a substrate bonded a back surface side of the core by fusion.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing a long strip of three-dimensional decorative piece made of thermoplastic synthetic resin. The method for producing the strip of three-dimensional decorative piece made of thermoplastic synthetic resin according to the present invention comprises the steps of feeding a decorative strip material, preheating the decorative strip material and softening the decorative strip material with heat, shaping the decorative strip material into a strip of three-dimensional decorative piece by continuously oscillating a high-frequency in between a rotatable upper electrode roll die and a rotatable lower electrode roll die and applying high-frequency dielectric heat to the decorative strip material between the upper and lower electrode roll dies, cooling the shaped strip of three-dimensional decorative piece, and winding up the cooled strip of three-dimensional decorative piece.

Abstract: A method wherein a bulky three-dimensional emblem can be made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin containing a vapor-deposited-metal laminated film. An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional emblem made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin includes a slide jig in which an electrode flat plate die and an electrode projecting die are slidable in a horizontal plane, an electrode recessed die capable of approaching and separating from the slide jig in a vertical direction and at a position where it can oppose the electrode flat plate die and the electrode projecting die, and a high-frequency oscillator that performs high-frequency dielectric heating by continuously generating a high-frequency voltage across the opposing dies, wherein recesses form in a surface of the electrode flat plate die opposing the electrode recessed die, and during high-frequency dielectric heating, a portion of the lower layer material enters the recess and is held on the electrode flat plate die.

Abstract: A method wherein a bulky three-dimensional emblem can be made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin containing a vapor-deposited-metal laminated film. An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional emblem made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin includes a slide jig in which an electrode flat plate die and an electrode projecting die are slidable in a horizontal plane, an electrode recessed die capable of approaching and separating from the slide jig in a vertical direction and at a position where it can oppose the electrode flat plate die and the electrode projecting die, and a high-frequency oscillator that performs high-frequency dielectric heating by continuously generating a high-frequency voltage across the opposing dies, wherein recesses form in a surface of the electrode flat plate die opposing the electrode recessed die, and during high-frequency dielectric heating, a portion of the lower layer material enters the recess and is held on the electrode flat plate die.

Abstract: A method and a device with which a bulky decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin can be produced. A method for producing a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin includes a step of preparing a decorative piece material including an upper layer that has a thermoplastic synthetic resin film and a lower layer that has a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet, a step of disposing the decorative piece material on a flat-plate die serving as an electrode, and a softening step of softening and welding the decorative piece material by bringing a flat-plate die serving as another electrode closer to the flat-plate die serving as the electrode, and performing high-frequency dielectric heating while pressing the decorative piece material.

Abstract: A three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin is produced by subjecting, to high-frequency dielectric heating, a decorative piece material that includes an upper layer that includes a thermoplastic synthetic resin film having a vapor-deposited metal layer, an intermediate layer that includes a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet, and a lower layer that includes a thermal bonding film, the decorative piece including: a first printing layer printed using a transparent color ink, a matte ink, or a glossy ink, as an upper surface of the upper layer; and a second printing layer in which a fine line is printed using a transparent UV ink, on an upper surface of the first printing layer. It is desirable that the fine line of the second printing layer has a width of 0.1 mm to 0.25 mm.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with which a trench shape having vertical, flat, and smooth side wall surfaces can be formed even at room temperature. A semiconductor substrate is placed on a sample stage which is kept at room temperature in a reaction container. A trench is formed in the semiconductor substrate by plasma etching that uses etching gas including oxygen and sulfur hexafluoride, while controlling the gas ratio of oxygen to sulfur hexafluoride so that the gas ratio is from 70% to 100%.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with which a trench shape having vertical, flat, and smooth side wall surfaces can be formed even at room temperature. A semiconductor substrate is placed on a sample stage which is kept at room temperature in a reaction container. A trench is formed in the semiconductor substrate by plasma etching that uses etching gas including oxygen and sulfur hexafluoride, while controlling the gas ratio of oxygen to sulfur hexafluoride so that the gas ratio is from 70% to 100%.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a crosslinking agent with which a crosslinked polymer that suffers little coloring with the lapse of time and shows excellent viscosity stability is obtained. The crosslinking agent of the invention includes a compound which contains two or more alkylhydrazide groups represented by the following general formula (1). (In formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, and symbol * is a linking bond.

Abstract: In a mounting tool for mounting an injector on a cylinder head of an engine by being engaged with the injector connected to a fuel pipe, and urging the injector toward the cylinder head, a first band portion has a ring shape so as to surround an outer circumference of the injector, and is disconnected in a circumferential direction by a slit. A second band portion has a ring shape so as to surround the outer circumference of the injector, is disconnected in the circumferential direction by a slit, and is arranged adjacent to the first band portion in an axial direction. Plural elastic band portions connect the first band portion and the second band portion in the axial direction. The mounting tool is made of a single metallic plate.

Abstract: Methods of treating disorders using compounds that modulate striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) are described herein. Exemplary disorders include schizophrenia and cognitive deficit.

Abstract: Methods of treating disorders using compounds that modulate striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP), such as those of formula (III), and composition thereof are described herein. Exemplary disorders include schizophrenia and cognitive deficit.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a crosslinking agent with which a crosslinked polymer that suffers little coloring with the lapse of time and shows excellent viscosity stability is obtained. The crosslinking agent of the invention includes a compound which contains two or more alkylhydrazide groups represented by the following general formula (1). (In formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, and symbol * is a linking bond.

Abstract: Methods of treating disorders using compounds that modulate striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) are described herein. Exemplary disorders include schizophrenia and cognitive deficit.