Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition of the present invention contains, as a main component, a tungsten-bronze-type composite oxide represented by a composition formula (K1-yNay)Sr2Nb5O15 (wherein 0?y<0.2) and, as an auxiliary component, Mn in an amount in the range of 0.1 to 40 parts by mole relative to 100 parts by mole of the main component.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition of the present invention contains, as a main component, a tungsten-bronze-type composite oxide represented by a composition formula (K1-yNay)Sr2Nb5O15 (wherein 0?y<0.2) and, as an auxiliary component, Mn in an amount in the range of 0.1 to 40 parts by mole relative to 100 parts by mole of the main component.

Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic containing a primary component having a composition represented by Ag1-x-yLixKy)NbO3 (in which 0.075?x<0.4 and 0.03?y<0.3) and at least one metal oxide of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Bi in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by weight in the form of MO2 (in which M indicates Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Bi) to 100 parts by weight of the primary component.

Abstract: The piezoelectric ceramic composition of the present invention contains a main component represented by general formula {(1-n)(Ag1-xLix)m(Nb1-yTay)O3-n(M1,M2)M3O3} or {(1-n)(Ag1-xLix)m(Nb1-yTay)O3-nM4M5O3} and x, y, m, and n are defined to be 0.075?x<0.40, 0?y<0.2, 0.98?m?1.0, and 0.01?n?0.1. M1 is a trivalent metal element such as Bi; M2 is a monovalent metal element such as K, Na, Li or Ag; M3 and M5 each are a tetravalent metal element such as Ti, Zr, Sn or Hf; and M4 is a divalent metal element such as Ba, Sr, Ca, or Mg. With this composition, an highly reliable lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition having a high relative dielectric constant and good piezoelectric properties such as electromechanical coupling factor k33 and piezoelectric constant d33 can be provided, and a highly reliable lead-free piezoelectric element can be fabricated using the piezoelectric ceramic composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of efficiently manufacturing a dielectric waveguide with high reliability and precision. In the method, a resist material is formed on the outer surface of a green compact provided with a removal inhibiting layer, and predetermined portion of the green compact defined by the resist material is removed by the sand blasting method using the resist material as a mask, until the removal inhibiting layer is exposed to obtain a shaped green compact structure. The thus-obtained structure is fired to obtain a sintered body which comprises a dielectric strip and a wing.

Abstract: A continuous reinforcing fiber sheet in which reinforcing fibers are arranged at an arbitrary angle to the main axis. The continuous reinforcing fiber sheet is well applicable to pultrusion forming without the risk of the reinforcing fibers being dispersed. This permits use of the continuous reinforcing fiber sheet in a long fiber-reinforced plastic structural member having remarkably improved torsional rigidity. The continuous reinforcing fiber sheet 1 has a continuous resin-penetrable support sheet 2 and a reinforcing fiber layer 3 held by the resin-penetrable support sheet 2. Long reinforcing fibers 4 in the reinforcing fiber layer 3 have substantially a certain length (F) and are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the resin-penetrable support sheet 2 at a prescribed angle (&agr;) to the longitudinal direction of the resin-penetrable support sheet 2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of efficiently manufacturing a dielectric waveguide with high reliability and precision. In the method, a resist material is formed on the outer surface of a green compact provided with a removal inhibiting layer, and predetermined portion of the green compact defined by the resist material is removed by the sand blasting method using the resist material as a mask, until the removal inhibiting layer is exposed to obtain a shaped green compact structure. The thus-obtained structure is fired to obtain a sintered body which comprises a dielectric strip and a wing.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dielectric waveguide at a low manufacturing cost, the dielectric waveguide comprising a pair of conductor plates approximately parallel to each other and the dielectric strip provided therebetween, which can form a dielectric strip having accurate individual dimensions without generating cracks and chips during processing. The method comprises the steps of forming a resist pattern on a green sheet containing at least a powdered inorganic material and an organic binder, removing a predetermined amount of the green sheet corresponding to an opening in the resist pattern by the use of a mask, removing the resist pattern, and firing the green sheet. In the step of removing the predetermined amount of the green sheet, the rate of removal is continuously or intermittently changed along the depth direction of the green sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of efficiently manufacturing a dielectric waveguide with high reliability and precision. In the method, a resist material is formed on the outer surface of a green compact provided with a removal inhibiting layer, and predetermined portion of the green compact defined by the resist material is removed by the sand blasting method using the resist material as a mask, until the removal inhibiting layer is exposed to obtain a shaped green compact structure. The thus-obtained structure is fired to obtain a sintered body which comprises a dielectric strip and a wing.

Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic composition is provided that does not contain Pb, and yet has a large electromechanical coupling coefficient in comparison with a bismuth layered compound, as well as a piezoelectric ceramic element using the composition. This piezoelectric ceramic composition includes at least the elements Ag, Li, Nb, and O, and has an electromechanical coupling coefficient k33 of not less than about 20%.

Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic composition is provided that does not contain Pb, and yet has a large electromechanical coupling coefficient in comparison with a bismuth layered compound, as well as a piezoelectric ceramic element using the composition. This piezoelectric ceramic composition includes at least the elements Ag, Li, Nb, and O, and has an electromechanical coupling coefficient k33 of not less than about 20%.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dielectric waveguide at a low manufacturing cost, the dielectric waveguide comprising a pair of conductor plates approximately parallel to each other and the dielectric strip provided therebetween, which can form a dielectric strip having accurate individual dimensions without generating cracks and chips during processing. The method comprises the steps of forming a resist pattern on a green sheet containing at least a powdered inorganic material and an organic binder, removing a predetermined amount of the green sheet corresponding to an opening in the resist pattern by the use of a mask, removing the resist pattern, and firing the green sheet. In the step of removing the predetermined amount of the green sheet, the rate of removal is continuously or intermittently changed along the depth direction of the green sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of efficiently manufacturing a dielectric waveguide with high reliability and precision. In the method, a resist material is formed on the outer surface of a green compact provided with a removal inhibiting layer, and predetermined portion of the green compact defined by the resist material is removed by the sand blasting method using the resist material as a mask, until the removal inhibiting layer is exposed to obtain a shaped green compact structure. The thus-obtained structure is fired to obtain a sintered body which comprises a dielectric strip and a wing.

Abstract: An electrode for an electric double layer capacitor in which resin is used as a starting material and the manufacturing cost is low and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. A method of manufacturing an electrode for an electric double layer capacitor containing carbonized resin includes heating resin at a temperature equal to or higher than the temperature for finishing endothermic reaction of the resin upon melting (softening to be fluidized) of the resin and equal to or lower than the temperature for starting oxidizing reaction in an atmosphere of a pressure range of 0.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of preparing an InSb thin film, which comprises a step of physically sticking InSb powder onto a major surface of a substrate, and a step of depositing an InSb thin film on the major surface of the substrate provided with the as-stuck InSb powder by a method such as vacuum evaporation.

Abstract: A process for producing a bicycle frame of a fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) including the steps of: forming parts of a bicycle frame such as an upper pipe, a lower pipe, a vertical pipe, a chain stay and a rear fork, or a combination thereof, with an FRP; arranging the bicycle frame parts in a structure of the bicycle frame; forming, with an FRP, lug portions onto the arranged bicycle frame parts at a required position whereat the bicycle frame parts are to be connected and fixed to each other; and curing all of the lug portions at one time, to thereby simultaneously accomplish an assembling of the bicycle frame.