Abstract: A cell module structure in which cylindrical cells are connected to each other via a terminal connecting portion of a bus bar plate. An inner cell terminal and an outer cell terminal having different polarities are coaxially aligned at an end of the cell. An inner connecting terminal and an outer connecting terminal corresponding to the inner cell terminal and the outer cell terminal of the cell are coaxially aligned in the terminal connecting portion of the bus bar plate. The inner cell terminal and the outer cell terminal of the cell are connected to the terminal connecting portion of the bus bar plate in a connected condition in which the outer cell terminal of the cell contacts the outer connecting terminal of the terminal connecting portion, and the inner cell terminal contacts the inner connecting terminal.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells located at the intersections of bit lines and word lines. Driver circuits are connected to groups of the word lines. A first decoder circuit is connected to the driver circuits to selectively activate them. A second decoder circuit is also connected to the driver circuits to activate selected ones of the word lines. In response to a test signal, the first decoder circuit simultaneously activates all of the driver circuits and the second decoder circuit activates the selected ones of the word lines.

Abstract: Material for a connecting rod for an internal combustion engine is carburized and quenched, a carburized layer formed on the bearing portion is ground until the portion which exhibits the maximum compressive residual stress, and a shot-peening processing is performed on the ground surface. The invention produces a bearing portion having surface characteristics in which maximum compressive residual stress is imparted, and therefore, remarkable improvement in the fatigue strength in the bearing portion can be obtained. Furthermore, a large number of concavities formed by the shot-peening processing can be efficiently employed as an oil reservoir, so that sliding properties and lubrication can be improved, and the occurrence of problems such as fretting corrosion, galling, and seize can also be solved, and the galling and problems of the seize can be prevented.

Abstract: A vehicle managing system including a vehicle to be lent to a user and a plurality of ports used for parking the vehicle. The plurality of ports include a first port which is located in the vicinity of a station of a transportation facility, and a second port which is located in the vicinity of both a residential area where a first user who uses the station resides and a place of destination for a second user who uses the station. In the vehicle managing system, the users are divided into a plurality of groups based on a direction of the vehicle between the first port and second port and a time zone using the vehicle, and the vehicles are alternately assigned to a group that moves to the station and another group that moves from the station based on the order of the time zone using the vehicle.

Abstract: A delay circuit includes a delay part delaying a signal by a delay time which can be varied based on a control current, and a control current adjustment circuit adjusting the control current so that the delay time changes linearly based on a variation in a resistance value.

Abstract: A recording medium for ink jet printers having superior effects in preventing recorded image deterioration such as lowering of image clarity, decrease in density, change in color tone, etc., under high temperature and high humidity, is provided. An ink receiving layer is formed on a base material by coating acrylic copolymer containing at least (meth)acrylate having a solubility parameter (&dgr;) of 15.0 to 23.0 MPa½ as a copolymerizing component, and thereby a recording medium for ink jet printers is produced.

Abstract: A parking operation aiding system includes a display for displaying parking-aiding information including a target parking position and a vehicle position. The system also includes a locus calculating means for calculating an expected movement locus for a subject vehicle in accordance with a distance of movement of the vehicle and a steering angle, an interference determining means for determining whether the expected movement locus will interfere with the target parking position, and an information determining means for determining subsequent parking operation aiding information based on the presence or absence the interference.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method of temperature control for an optical storage and retrieving apparatus. When the internal temperature of the optical storage and retrieving apparatus reaches a predetermined temperature, the temperature control device is able to bid the optical storage and retrieving apparatus steadily retrieve data by lowering the rate of a carry device of the optical storage and retrieving apparatus, or by instructing a servo control device to lower the tracking loop gain, or by lowering the velocity and the braking slope of a data read/write device of the optical storage and retrieving apparatus.

Abstract: An ignition coil unit to be installed in a hole opened through a cylinder head of an engine having a case, an ignition coil installed in the case and comprising a primary coil connected to a power source and a secondary coil connected to a spark plug which is installed in a combustion chamber of a cylinder of the engine for producing spark discharge to ignite air-fuel mixture to generate combustion thereof in the combustion chamber, and a circuit board on which an ionic-current detection circuit, connected to the secondary coil, which detects ionic-current that flows during the combustion of the air-fuel mixture; and a processing circuit, connected to the ionic-current detection circuit, which generates an output indicative of the detected ionic-current, are formed; In the unit, an igniter is also installed in the case, thereby improving detection accuracy of ionic-current and misfiring.

Abstract: There is provided a valve timing control system for an internal combustion engine which is capable of reducing an aftershock subsequent to a deceleration shock, for which the execution of cleaning operation is responsible, and increasing the frequency of execution of the cleaning operation. The valve timing control system controls valve timing for opening and closing intake valves and/or exhaust valves by changing the cam phase of each intake cam and/or each exhaust cam relative to a crankshaft. A cam phase-varying device varies the cam phase by rotating a camshaft relative to the crankshaft. An ECU determines whether or not the engine is performing a fuel cut-off operation in which supply of fuel to the engine is stopped during deceleration. The ECU performs cleaning by forcibly driving the cam phase-varying device within a predetermined cam phase range when a predetermined delay time has elapsed after the deceleration fuel cut-off operation is started.

Abstract: To produce a hydrogen absorbing alloy powder which is an aggregate of alloy particles each including a metal matrix and added-components, an aggregate of metal matrix particles and an aggregate of added-component particles are used, and mechanical alloying is carried out. In this case, the relationship between the particle size D of the metal matrix particles and the particle size d of the added-component particles is set at d≦D/6. Thus, the milling time can be shortened remarkably.

Abstract: A brush seal device of the present invention has a holding portion and a brush having a plurality of bristles. The holding portion is held by one part and is in the shape of a sealing plate. One end portion of the brush is connected with the holding portion. A free end portion of the brush is disposed in parallel with the holding portion and protrudes therefrom so as to seal a gap between itself and the other part to which the brush is opposed. An elastic portion holds the side of the free end portion of the brush in light touch with a holding surface of the holding portion. The elastic portion also performs a sealing function so as to prevent sealed fluid from entering the side of the mounting portion of the brush.

Abstract: A plasma display panel comprises a front substrate and a rear substrate, a plurality of row electrode pairs provided on the inner surface of the front substrate, a dielectric layer provided on the inner surface of the front substrate for coverring the row electrode pairs, a plurality of column electrodes provided on the inner surface of the rear substrate, a partition wall assembly provided between the front substrate and the rear substrate, said partition wall assembly including a plurality of longitudinal partition walls and a plurality of lateral partition walls, forming a plurality of discharge cells. In particular, the dielectric layer has a plurality of projection portions located corresponding to and protruding toward the lateral partition walls of the partition wall assembly, in a manner such that there would be no slots formed between the dielectric layer and the lateral partition walls.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of automated welding, and more particularly, to an automated, gas metal arc welding apparatus for externally welding abutting sections of pipe. The apparatus has a motorized main carriage for travelling circumferentially about one of the pipe sections to be welded. The apparatus is provided with a welding torch which is connected to the main carriage. The welding torch is movable relative to the main carriage by the actuation of a multi-axis drive mechanism. The multi-axis drive mechanism has a horizontal transport mechanism for linearly translating the torch transversely of the weld seam, a vertical transport mechanism for vertically displacing the torch transversely of the weld seam and an angular transport mechanism for pivotally moving the torch transversely of the weld seam. A controller is provided for actuating the various transport mechanisms individually or simultaneously if desired.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device that reduces the probability of the penalties of wirings arising. An address input circuit receives an address signal input. A drive circuit drives a memory array in compliance with the address signal. A signal line connects the address input circuit and the drive circuit. A redundant circuit is located near the drive circuit and substitutes other lines including a redundant line for a defective line in the memory array. A defective line information store circuit stores information showing the defective line. A supply circuit supplies information stored in the defective line information store circuit to the redundant circuit via the signal line. This structure enables to transmit an address signal and information regarding a defective line by a common signal line and to reduce the number of wirings and the probability of the penalties of wirings arising.

Abstract: Data communication means (82) performs data communication and power transmission by utilizing electromagnetic waves. Conversion method designating means (88) is provided with output value measuring means (52) which measures the magnitude of the fluctuating output of a resonance circuit (40), and conversion method select means (100) which selects a conversion method to be executed in accordance with the obtained magnitude of the output of the resonance circuit (40). Data converting means (84) is provided with three conversion methods and performs conversion between original data and processed data by executing conversion in accordance with one of the conversion methods designated by the select means (100). The safety on security can thus be improved with a simple constitution.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a reference potential generating circuit which generates a first reference potential, a second reference potential higher than the first reference potential, and a third reference potential lower than the first reference potential, a sense amplifier which makes a first determination by comparing a potential of data retrieved from the memory cell array with the first reference potential, and makes a second determination by comparing the potential of the data with one of the second reference potential and the third reference potential, and a comparison unit which compares the first determination with the second determination.

Abstract: A carbon film containing fluorine and hydrogen, wherein a spectrum determined by FT-IR (Fourier Transform Infrared) spectrum analysis exhibits such a relationship that a ratio (IR.C—F)/(IR.C—H) between a peak area (IR.C—F) in a range from 1000 cm−1-1300 cm−1 resulting from C—F bonds and a peak area (IR.C—H) in a range from 2800 cm−1 to 3100 cm−1 resulting from C—H bonds is larger than 0, and a spectrum determined by XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectrum analysis) exhibits such a relationship that a ratio (F1S/C1S) between a peak intensity resulting from F1S and a peak intensity resulting from C1S is larger than 0 and smaller than 3. A carbon film containing hydrogen and nitrogen. A carbon film containing at least one of metal, metal compound, silicon and silicon compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Glutathione S-transferase (GST)/Reduced Glutathione (GSH) as a means for the in-vivo release of a drug that has been conjugated to specific electrophilic moieties via a sulfonamide bond. The drug may be an anticancer agent (or one with other therapeutic properties) carrying a free —NH— which has been derivatized by the attachment of an electrophile containing a moiety, such as p-CN— or p-NO2-pyridinylsulfonyl groups, or p-NO2- or 2,4 dinitrophenylsulfonyl groups, or suitable derivatives thereof, to make a prodrug. Optionally, the sulfonamide moiety may have attached to it a targeting molecule. The present invention also provides Glutathione S-transferase (GST)/Reduced Glutathione (GSH) as a means for the release of a protected amino derivative that has been conjugated to specific electrophilic moieties via a sulfonamide bond.

Abstract: A process for producing a modified carbon black for rubber reinforcement comprising: adding, to carbon black, water-dispersed silica and an organosilane compound having the formula (I): R1n—Si—(OR2)4-n  (I) wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, n is 1 or 2, and R1 and R2 may be the same or different, and mixing and dispersing the mixture.