Abstract: A nickel electrode for an alkaline storage battery employed as a positive electrode of an alkaline storage battery is formed by applying a paste containing active material particles composed of nickel hydroxide to a conductive substrate and drying said paste, wherein a conductive layer consisting of cobalt oxide containing sodium is formed on a surface of said active material particles, and niobium powder and/or niobium compound powder is added to the surface of said active material particles.

Abstract: Disclosed are a slide inclination correcting method and a slide inclination correcting apparatus in press machinery having a slide drive mechanism disposed in a top area of a press machine for driving a slide via a plurality of points to vertically move it up and down, thereby forming a work piece. According to the invention, the method and apparatus include the steps of, and means for, finding by measurement or computation for each of dies or die sets an eccentric load that is to develop in the slide in the process of forming a work piece to prepare a die based slide inclination correcting data for each of the dies or die sets; and on the basis of the die based slide inclination correcting data prepared, pre-imparting to the slide a compensatory amount of inclination which corresponds to a predicted amount of inclination caused the slide due to the eccentric load found.

Abstract: A core yarn manufacturing machine has a spinning unit including a hollow guide shaft member wherein the yarn passage is formed in the axis direction, and a nozzle applies a whirling flow to the tip section of the hollow guide shaft member. A core yarn is manufactured by winding the fiber bundle into the spinning unit, around the core fiber which is also fed, in the tip section of the hollow guide shaft member. The machine has a suction force producer for producing a suction force toward the interior of the yarn passage from the entrance of the hollow guide shaft member, and a core fiber feeding apparatus that feeds to the spinning unit. A control device controls the operation and non-operation of the whirling flow generating nozzle, the suction force producer and the core fiber feeding apparatus.

Abstract: A crosslinkable rubber composition comprising (a) 100 weight parts of a nitrile group-containing highly saturated copolymer rubber containing units of an ethlenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoalkyl ester monomer, (b) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a polyamine crosslinking agent, and (c) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a basic crosslinking accelerator. This rubber composition gives a crosslinked nitrile group-containing highly saturated copolymer rubber article having excellent heat resistance, flex fatigue resistance and elongation, and reduced permanent set.

Abstract: An airship envelope manufacturing method uses a braider such that the envelope is formed as one object composed by the braider. A pair of braiding materials, whose braiding angle is ±&thgr;° to the axis, and an axial material whose angle is 0° to the axis, are organized as the braiding layer by the braider BR and the envelope En shaped like the airship is composed as one body by the braiding layer. The thickness of the braiding layer in both of the axial end parts of the airship envelope is arranged to be formed thinner than the thickness in the axial central part. The three braiding layers can be a spindle-shaped tape made of a plurality of parallel fibers having non-identical lengths, and the width of the spindle-shaped tape along the airship axis can be a function of an airship diameter along the airship axis.

Abstract: A resist composition has a polymer containing a carboxyl group with a protective group at a side chain of a monomer unit, the polymer being insoluble to basic aqueous solution and becoming soluble to basic aqueous solution when the protective group of the carboxyl group is eliminated from the side chain, the protective group of the carboxyl group being represented by: where R is a hydrogen atom or a single-bonded hydrocarbon group, n is an integer 1 to 4, and R is bonded to a position other than the ester bonded position.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide magnetic bearing controller which is able to levitate the controlled object stably by using controlled magnetic forces. In the magnetic bearing controller which supplies a controlled current to an electromagnet for levitating a rotating body at a predetermined position, the controller is provided with an eliminator unit for eliminating frequency components of frequency area which is used by the status detector unit. The eliminator unit is inserted between signal amplifier unit and power amplifier unit for generating controlled current.

Abstract: A printing cylinder for offset printing includes a cylinder member of a hollow cylinder having a covering portion which forms a substantially uniform, smooth outer circumferential surface having no spliced portion in the circumferential direction, the covering portion being capable of transferring printing images onto an adjacent printing cylinder or printing paper in contact with the covering portion; and printing cylinder support mechanism including a pair of support shafts which are supported on opposed frames such that the support shafts are rotatable about a common axis, the support shafts each having a shaft end portion which is connected to an end portion of the cylinder member via an engagement portion and by use of connection member. The engagement portion includes a groove and a ridge portion formed on the end surface of the cylinder member and the shaft end portion of the corresponding support shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device connection state recognizing method capable of recognizing a connection state of devices without addition of signal lines dedicated to detection. Thus, in the method according to this invention, a portion of or all of a plurality of data signal lines are connected through pull-up resistors to a high electric potential or connected through pull-down resistors to a low electric potential in accordance with the connection state of the devices, and a processing unit reads, as structure information data, a high electric potential state/low electric potential state generated by the pull-up resistor/pull-down resistor in the portion of or all the plurality of data signal lines to recognize the connection state of the devices on the basis of the read structure information data. This invention is applicable to a various types of processing units which are to be connected through a common data bus to a plurality of devices.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a resin package layer on a principal surface of a semiconductor chip, on which a number of bump electrodes are formed, wherein the semiconductor device has a chamfer surface or a stepped surface on a top edge part such that the external shock or stress applied to such an edge part is dissipated by the chamfer surface of the stepped surface.

Abstract: A resist composition comprising (a) at least two kinds of polymers which become alkali-soluble by the action of an acid, (b) as a photoacid generator, a combination of an alkylsulfonyl diazomethane compound and a triarylsulfonium arylsulfonate compound or a diaryliodonium arylsulfonate compound, and (c) a solvent is excellent as a chemically amplified resist composition to give excellent pattern shape and very fine line-and-space, particularly when exposed to lights having a wavelength of 300 nm or less.

Abstract: A powder pressing apparatus comprises a die having a through hole, an upper punch and a lower punch. At least one of the upper and lower punches has a punching surface having an edge portion provided with a projection. The projection has a tip chamfered by a width not greater than 0.5 mm. The punching surface has a slope having a surface roughness Ra not greater than 1.0 &mgr;m. A rare-earth alloy powder is fed into a cavity formed in the through hole of the die. The rare-earth alloy powder in the cavity is oriented by magnetic field, and pressed by using the upper and lower punches. The upper punch and the lower punch are brought closest to each other at a minimum distance not smaller than 1.7 mm during the pressing. An obtained compact is used for manufacture of a sintered body and a voice coil motor.

Abstract: A magnetic fluid bearing motor provided with a bearing assembly, the bearing assembly comprising a shaft, a substantially solid porous sleeve, magnetic fluid oil, and the like, wherein the shaft or the sleeve is formed of a ferromagnetic substance, and the surface of the shaft or the sleeve is locally magnetized such that the magnetization-varying portion is so arranged as to correspond to the bearing portion. Inside the porous sleeve is formed magnetic flux density gradient which is set at the maximum on the bearing surface, and thereby oil diluted with air bubbles is divided into dense and rarefied portions so as to retain a proper amount of oil with sufficiently high viscosity in the bearing portion. With the above stated structure, an inexpensive and long-wearing motor can be attained.

Abstract: A transmission provided with an input shaft and an output shaft supported on a first axis so as to freely rotate. The transmission is also provided with a transmission eccentric shaft mounted on the input shaft so as to freely rotate, the eccentric shaft having a declination axis crossing the first axis with a predetermined angle; a transmission input plate mounted on the transmission eccentric shaft so as to freely rotate around the declination axis; and an output eccentric shaft supported on an end portion of the input shaft on the output shaft side so as to freely rotate, where the output eccentric shaft is arranged on the declination axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tongue cleaning device suitable for cleaning the tongue of those who need a care-taker, such as demented aged persons or immobile aged persons, whereby the tongue plaque scraped from the tongue dorsum is retained, the scraped tongue plaque does not drop into the oral cavity, and an injury of the lingual mucosa is prevented. To accomplish the above, both ends of an outwardly curved brush for scraping the tongue plaque on the tongue dorsum are attached to both sides of the head of a grip handle, and a spoon-shaped cover is formed at the end of the grip handle, covering the inner side of the brush in order to retain the tongue plaque scraped by the brush.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle of the present invention determines whether a brake switch flag F_BKSW is “1” or not (step S101), and in the case where the brake is on (“yes”), obtains a deceleration regeneration computation value DECRGN by table retrieval from a #REGENBR table. In the case where the brake is off (“no”), it is determined whether a fuel supply cut delay time regeneration flag F_RGNFCD is “1” or not (step S104). In the case where regeneration is not performed in the fuel supply cut delay time (“no”), a deceleration regeneration computation value DECRGN is obtained by table retrieval from a #REGEN table (step S105). On the other hand, in the case where regeneration is performed in the fuel supply cut delay time (“yes”), a deceleration regeneration computation value DECRGN is obtained by table retrieval from a #RGNNFCD table (step S106).

Abstract: A sensor unit having a sensor and an adjustment unit is welded to a vehicle. After the mounting of the sensor unit, a receiver unit externally receives modification information for modifying the load signal adjustment. Thereby, the load signal outputted from the sensor is adjusted by the adjustment unit responsive to the modification information to be externally outputted. Thus, alter the mounting of the sensor unit, the receiver unit receives the modification information, and the adjustment unit adjusts the load signal supplied from the sensor based on the modification information. This allows the sensor unit to unitarily have the sensor and the adjustment unit. Thereby, the adjustment unit can be modified by the modification information externally supplied. Accordingly, the sensor unit with the adjustment unit can be applied to various types of vehicles.

Abstract: Rotation of a polygon serves to generate a scanning laser beam in a scanning beam generating unit. The polygon is fixed on the drive shaft of a motor drive. The motor drive is located at a position spaced apart from a base frame. The base frame is designed to interrupt heat radiated toward the motor drive. As compared with the case where a motor drive is mounted directly upon a base frame, the motor drive is prevented from receiving heat through the base frame. It is possible to avoid an increase in the temperature of the motor drive to the utmost. In particular, rise in temperature can be prevented in the bearing supporting the drive shaft in the motor drive, so that a deterioration can be avoided in the bearing. At the same time, a deficiency in rotation, such as a jitter, can reliably be avoided in the motor drive.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a production method for a highly reliable bulk metallic glass of a high cold draft of 70% or more, and better post-cold working mechanical properties than those of the metallic glass being cast. The bulk metallic glass is obtained by pressing and expanding an alloy melt of composition capable of being glassified between the cooled upper and lower molds, which are highly heat-conductive water-cooled molds, so as to apply pressure to the melt while it is solidified. Nano-particles are thus dispersed in the amorphous phase of the metallic glass, thereby obtaining a metallic glass with nano-particles dispersed in its amorphous phase. The metallic glass with nano-particles of such a high ductility is further cold worked, for example by rolling to make the final product.

Abstract: The invention prevents the voltage change dv/dt occurring at an inverter from directly igniting a semiconductor braking switch and short-circuiting the inverter during operation. In a dynamic brake circuit which absorbs energy by brake resistor 15 upon igniting semiconductor braking switch 14 and short-circuiting power supply lines of the motor 10 when braking motor 10, which is driven by an inverter part comprised of three-phase AC power supply 1, three-phase bridge rectifier circuit 3, smoothing capacitor 6, and semiconductor switching devices 7, high resistor 20 is disposed between the anode side of the smoothing capacitor 6 and the anode side of the semiconductor braking switch 14, whereby snubber capacitor 17 of snubber circuit 18 connected in parallel to the semiconductor braking switch 14 is charged via this high resistor 20 prior to operation of the inverter part.