Abstract: A cell culture plate has a plurality of flow channels, uneven pattern areas and through holes. The flow channels are formed between the uneven pattern areas, and culture solution flows from the flow channels into the uneven pattern areas or from the uneven pattern areas into the flow channels. The uneven pattern area has uneven patterns that create a cell culture space.

Abstract: A resin microchannel array includes a first substrate having a plurality of depressions, each depression having an inlet port at one end and an outlet port at another end, and walls sectioning the depressions, each wall having a micro groove connecting the depressions, and a second substrate having a flat surface bonded or pressure-contacted to a surface of the first substrate. Spaces created by the depressions and the grooves in a bonded or pressure contacted part between the first substrate and the second substrate serve as flow channels. Each of a width and a depth of the flow channel is within a range of 1 to 50 ?m, and a ratio of the width and the depth of the flow channel is within a range of 1:10 to 10:1.

Abstract: A microsample treatment apparatus and an apparatus for detecting chemotaxis of cells and separating chemotactic cells includes a number of wells that are connected to each other via a part having resistance to fluids. The wells are each provided with tubes for injecting/sucking a sample and, if necessary, tubes for relieving pressure changes at the injection/suction. The tubes have a space in common at the top ends thereof in which a liquid can be held.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a structure whereby, in the step of injecting a sample in a microquantity into a well, the migration of the sample into another well or overflow thereof can be prevented; and a structure whereby the position of the injected sample can be adjusted in a well or the sample can be transferred into the next well under controlling. It also aims at providing an apparatus for detecting chemotaxis of cells and separating chemotactic cells with the application of the above structures.

Abstract: A collision object protection device inflates and expands an air bag on a vehicle as soon as a collision of a collision object with the vehicle is detected or predicted. The collision object protection device includes: the air bag having a main body portion that expands along a lower part of a front windshield glass of the vehicle, a pair of pillar portions that expand along front pillars of the vehicle, and a pair of pillar base portions that connect the main body portion and the pair of pillar portions; and at least one inflator for supplying a gas to the main body portion of the air bag. A partition wall having one or more openings is arranged inside the air bag respectively at a boundary between the main body portion and the pillar base portion.

Abstract: When a small-size dummy has collided against a vehicle and once the head of the small-size dummy hits the deployed external airbag at a pre-determined velocity, the inner pressure of the deployed external airbag is set to a characteristic such that the inner pressure takes a predetermined maximum level value capable of not only preventing the dummy from bouncing off the airbag but also preventing the head of the dummy from hitting the bottom of the airbag. When a medium-size dummy has collided against the vehicle, the inner pressure of the deployed external airbag is set to a characteristic such that the inner pressure decreases away from the maximum level value at a predetermined decrease rate to prevent the medium-size dummy from bouncing off the airbag.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has peripheral electrode pads formed on the periphery of a semiconductor chip, land pads comprising the first land pads and the second land pads formed on the semiconductor chip, and circuits formed in the semiconductor chip. The peripheral electrode pads are connected to internal circuits by internal lines. The first land pads are connected to the peripheral electrode pads by rewired lines. The second electrode pads, on the other hand, are connected to the internal circuits by internal electrode pads and internal lines, not by the peripheral electrode pads.

Abstract: A collision object protection assembly inflates and expands an air bag on a vehicle if a collision with the vehicle is detected or predicted. The collision object protection assembly includes a retainer positioned in a space between a bonnet hood and a front window glass of the vehicle and accommodating the air bag, and a cowl top arranged around the retainer to close the space between the bonnet hood and the front window glass. The retainer has an upper opening to be covered by a lid member. The lid member is a separate member from the cowl top.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided with a collision object protection device. The collision object protection device inflates and expands an air bag on the vehicle when a collision to the vehicle is detected or predicted. The vehicle includes a front window glass formed by a laminated glass consisting of a couple of transparent base materials between which a transparent intermediate film is sandwiched. The air bag has a pair of pillar portions which inflate and expand along front pillars of the vehicle. The intermediate film in the front window glass has a noise insulation property.

Abstract: When a video signal type detecting section detects a video signal of PAL/SECAM (50 Hz) video signal, the input image data is subjected to enhancing conversion with a degree lower than the degree of enhancing conversion in the case of NTSC (60 Hz). With this, the response speed of liquid crystal is improved and an image noise on account of excessive enhancement is eliminated, so that the deterioration in image quality is prevented. As a result, the enhancing conversion with respect to the input image data is performed in such a manner as to compensate the optical characteristics of the liquid crystal display panel, and an image noise on account of excessive enhancing conversion with respect to PAL/SECAM (50 Hz) image data, and hence high-quality image display is realized.

Abstract: When a small-size dummy has collided against a vehicle and once the head of the small-size dummy hits the deployed external airbag at a pre-determined velocity, the inner pressure of the deployed external airbag is set to a characteristic such that the inner pressure takes a predetermined maximum level value capable of not only preventing the dummy from bouncing off the airbag but also preventing the head of the dummy from hitting the bottom of the airbag. When a medium-size dummy has collided against the vehicle, the inner pressure of the deployed external airbag is set to a characteristic such that the inner pressure decreases away from the maximum level value at a predetermined decrease rate to prevent the medium-size dummy from bouncing off the airbag.

Abstract: In a data transfer apparatus 10, first, second, third data transmitters 141, 142, 143 are located in a data transmission device 11. Data which must not be influenced by delay of transmission timing of the other data are stored in first, second, third data transmitters 141, 142, 143. The data selector 16 selects these at a predetermined order or frequency to be transmitted to a data reception device 12. As a result, when an uncorrectable trouble is detected by a trouble detecting section 27, a re-issue instruction 21 is issued at a predetermined timing based on information stored in an information round robin section 36. The corresponding data from the corresponding data transmitter 141, 142, or 143 is selected by the data selector 16 and then re-sent.

Abstract: The present invention provides an airbag device for, upon collision of a vehicle carrying the airbag device with an obstacle, mitigating the impact of collision of the obstacle with an inflated airbag. The airbag device includes a bag housing case and a cover. A main airbag and a cover opening bag are housed in deflated, folded states within the bag housing case. First, the cover opening bag inflates by the inflow of gas, opening the cover. Gas also flows into the main airbag through the cover opening bag, thereby inflating the main airbag. If an obstacle collides with the inflated main airbag, a bag pressure release mechanism provided at the bottom of the bag housing case opens the main airbag, releasing gas within the main airbag and mitigating the impact on the obstacle.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a well unit to be used in fabricating an apparatus whereby movements of cells based on their own actions can be accurately and easily detected, in detecting the chemotaxis of cells due to a chemotactic factor or the inhibition of the chemotaxis of cells by an inhibitor. Accordingly, the present invention provides a well unit to be used in an apparatus for detecting chemotaxis of cells and separating cells characterized in that a plural number of wells, in which a liquid sample can be held in a resting state, are connected to each other via a channel, the channel is provided with a bank, and, in the upper part of the bank, barriers constituting one or more grooves having a width and/or a depth fit for the diameter or deformability of cells are provided or a plane is provided so as to give a gap having a depth fit for the diameter or deformability of cells between the plane and the glass substrate.

Abstract: An airbag device has a bag housing case, an airbag housed in the bag housing case, a plate member provided within the airbag, and a bag pressure release mechanism. When the internal pressure of the airbag reaches a predetermined pressure, the bag pressure release mechanism opens the airbag to prevent an increase in the internal pressure of the airbag. The plate member covers the bag pressure release mechanism when the airbag is in a deflated state. When the airbag is inflated, the plate member is released from coverage of the bag pressure release mechanism by an inflating force.

Abstract: In a pedestrian protection airbag system, an airbag module extending in the lateral direction of a vehicle body is disposed between a rear edge of a hood and a front edge of a cowl top, thereby mounting the airbag module without affecting the intake of air into a vehicle compartment or the positioning of wipers; and the left and right ends of the airbag module are supported by upper parts of left and right front wheel damper housings, whereby the damper housings obtain a high rigidity to reliably bear a reaction force during deployment of an airbag without particularly enhancing the rigidity of the cowl top. Thus, it is possible to rigidly support the airbag module in the pedestrian protection airbag system while minimizing the influence on the shape or structure of the cowl top.

Abstract: An automotive outboard air bag system (30) is provided in which a belt-like strap (34) is provided at substantially a center within an air bag (33) to extend from an upper end portion (33a) to a lower end portion (33b) of the air bag (33) with sides of the strap (34) being made to extend in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, front and rear side edges (34a, 34b) of the strap (34) are connected to an inner circumference (33c) of the air bag (33) to thereby form front and rear constricted portions (35) on front and rear central portions of the air bag (33), and left and right convexly curved portions (36) which can come into contact with an outer surface (12b) of a windshield (12) and a garnish (18b) of a front pillar (18), respectively, are provided on both sides of the rear constricted portion (35).

Abstract: A laminated glass for a vehicle window, comprises a plurality of glass sheets and an interlayer interposed between adjacent glass sheets to bond the adjacent glass sheets, wherein the interlayer satisfies the following conditions: 1) when a specimen of dumbbell No. 7 prescribed in JIS K6251 is employed to conduct a high speed tensile test at 23° C. and at 1 m/sec, a load for an extension of 15 mm is 10 N or below; or when a specimen of dumbbell No. 7 prescribed in JIS K6251 is employed to conduct a high speed tensile test at 23° C. and at 1 m/sec, an extension amount, which is obtained when work required for extension is 0.3 J, is 30 mm or above; and 2) when the interlayer is sandwiched between two glass sheets having a thickness of 2 mm to form a laminated glass having dimensions of 100 mm×300 mm, and when the laminated glass is left for 300 hrs under an atmosphere of 80° C.

Abstract: The resin microchannel substrate has a surface where a recess leading to a fluid supply port and a bank adjacent to the recess and having many micro grooves on a surface are formed. The grooves form microchannels connecting the inside of the recess and the outside of the recess when the surface of the substrate is firmly attached to a flat plate serving as a cover. The width and height of the microchannel are within a range of 1 to 300 ?m, and the width/height ratio of the channel is within a range of 1:20 to 20:1.

Abstract: An automotive outboard air bag system (30) is provided in which an elongate tubular air bag (33) is inflated to deploy upwardly from the vicinity of a front pillar lower end portion (18a), the air bag so inflated to deploy is made to extend along an outer surface (18b) of a front pillar (18), and a strap (35) which is shorter than the overall length (L2) of the air bag (33) is allowed to extend from an upper end (33b) to a lower end (33a) of the air bag (33) so as to face the outer surface (18b) of the front pillar (18).