Abstract: An electrophotography apparatus is provided with one or a plurality of recording units which optically form a latent image on a body. Each of the recording units includes a plurality of light emitting elements having a shape which satisfies a relationship t/y<T/Y<1, where t indicates a width of a pixel of the latent image in a sub scanning direction, y indicates a length of the pixel in a main scanning direction, T indicates a width of a light emitting element in the sub scanning direction, and Y indicates a length of the light emitting element in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: A support member 1 is previously molded, a hybrid integrated circuit substrate 45 is placed thereon, and the support member 1 on which the hybrid integrated circuit substrate 45 is placed is placed in a metal mold, then again molded of a thermoplastic resin 2. The poured high-temperature thermoplastic resin 2 strikes on the support member 1 whose bottom surface is directly contacted on the metal mold and the surface of the striking portion is melted and integrated without being deformed . Therefore, full mold substantially covering an entire surface of the substrate is enabled. Epoxy potting is applied to a semiconductor chip and a coil derivation part.

Abstract: A gas generating apparatus for an air bag apparatus mounted in a vehicle or the like for introducing a gas into an air bag to inflate the same for protecting a passenger in the vehicle. The gas generating apparatus for the air bag apparatus according to the present invention ignites and burns a combustible fluid to increase its temperature to increase its pressure for inflating an air bag. The gas generating apparatus for the air bag apparatus includes accommodating device (5) and (9) each for accommodating a combustible fluid (7), a vent opening provided in one of the accommodating device (9), and an occluding member (13) having an igniting portion (14) directed inward of the accommodating device (9). A pressure in the accommodating device is increased by burning the combustible fluid to reliably break the occluding member so that a combustion fluid mixture can effectively and swiftly be supplied to the air bag.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flame-retardant thermoplastic resin composition having incorporated therein a trace of stabilized red phosphorus, which achieves both improvement of heat resistance and flame retardation without using chlorine nor bromine and also possesses long-term heat stability and smells little. The composition comprises (A) 50 to 95 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin and (B) 5 to 50 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester resin, contains (C) 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of (A) and (B), of coated stabilized red phosphorus and preferably contains (D) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of (A) and (B), of a silicate compound.

Abstract: A device is provided for treating a workpiece with positively charged ions. The device includes an apparatus including an ion source for producing a positive ion beam and directing the positive ion beam toward a surface of a work piece. The device further includes a source for introducing negative ions into the beam path in at least one selected region downstream of the ion source.

Abstract: A control apparatus applied to a hybrid vehicle is disclosed, by which the output assist by the motor with respect to the engine output can be limited or stopped in the high speed driving mode. The control apparatus comprises a section for stopping the operation of the motor from assisting the engine output when the engine output is assisted by the motor and the speed of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined first threshold value; and a section for starting the regenerating operation of the motor when the speed of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined second threshold value which is larger than the first threshold value.

Abstract: A welding apparatus provided with a base frame having a power source portion, an electrode die portion having a lower base portion and an upper base portion at least one of which is driven to ascend and descend to close to and part from each other, plural lower electrode portions attached to the lower base portion, and plural upper electrode portions attached to the upper base portion. Further, a lower contact conductor which electrically connects the lower electrode portions to the power source portion intermittently, and an upper contact conductor which electrically connects the upper electrode portions to the power source portion intermittently, are provided to the base frame side.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a diagnostic system for coronary artery disease and others and a diagnostic method using the above diagnostic system, which can detect vibration signal of murmur deriving from stenosis of coronary artery in its early stages, for it is possible to diagnose abnormal condition, prevent and treat heart disease. Disclosed is a diagnostic system for coronary artery disease comprising a detector of vibration signal of subject using pulsed laser beam, which is placed apart from the subject, and a detector of vibration signal of environmental noise, and vibration signal detected by the detector of vibration signal of subject and the detector of vibration signal of environmental noise is filtered for canceling internal noise and external noise, and the filtered vibration signal is amplified and recorded.

Abstract: The connector includes a rear holder inserted into an opening 10 of a connector housing for locking terminals. The holder has a locking portion engaging with a rear end edge of the opening. The locking portion is formed with an inclined stopping surface. The stopping surface is facing in a disengaging direction of the holder and is capable of making a sliding contact with the rear end edge of the opening. The locking portion is a locking projection or may be an inclined stopping surface formed in a rear end portion of the holder. The holder has a base plate, a terminal locking projection, and a pair of side plates. The side plate is formed with a preliminary engagement portion associated with a preliminary locking portion of the connector housing. On final locking of the holder, the fore end face of the rear wall positioned behind the opening of the connector housing abuts against the rear end surface of the base plate of the holder.

Abstract: It is an exemplified object of the present invention to provide an inkjet head, its manufacturing method, and a recording device that can form a high-quality image while preventing an ink leakage. To accomplish the object, an indent is provided at a joint surface of a pressure chamber plate with an adhesive.

Abstract: A microwave oven is installed above a cooking counter such as a kitchen stove counter. The microwave oven has its housing covered by an oven case, and incorporates a fan. By driving the fan, the microwave oven can have the hot air generated at the cooking counter inhaled from beneath the oven case and discharged from a front opening. The front opening is formed at the front face of the oven case. An operation display device is provided at the front face of the oven case. By one operation of a predetermined key on the operation display device, the drive of the fan is initiated and then automatically terminated at an elapse of a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes).

Abstract: On an outside of a damper main body of an inverted type of vehicular damper, a pressure casing of a cylindrical shape which is connected to a damper rod is provided in a manner movable up and down. A pressure chamber for containing therein a pressure medium which varies between a liquid phase and a gaseous phase is formed between the damper main body and the pressure casing. An electric heater to heat and evaporate the pressure medium inside the pressure chamber is provided. Electric charging to the electric heater is controlled by a vehicle height detection switch which is attached to the damper rod or the like.

Abstract: A linear compressor comprises a cylinder supported in a hermetic vessel by a supporting mechanism, a piston which is concentric with the cylinder and is slidably supported along its axial direction, and a linear motor for generating thrust force by forming a magnetic passage by a movable portion secured to the piston and a stationary portion secured to the cylinder, in which refrigerant introduced into the hermetic vessel from a suction tube is inhaled and compressed by reciprocating motion of the piston driven by the linear motor and the compressed refrigerant is discharged out from the hermetic vessel, wherein the suction tube is provided in the vicinity of a suction port leading to a compression chamber formed by the piston and the cylinder. With this structure, the refrigerant introduced from the suction tube is not heated by a linear motor, and the compressing efficiency can be prevented from being lowered.

Abstract: An automobile in which an external appearance of a body of the automobile is formed to assume substantially identically shaped front and rear portions, and in which visors are provided at a front head portion and a rear head portion of a roof of the body. There is obtained an automobile of high utility value capable of decreasing manufacturing costs through rationalization of manufacturing operations, and of securing safety during driving and comfort within the automobile.

Abstract: In a danger deciding means for a vehicle, information which changes according to the road structure around a vehicle concerned is acquired. When a plurality of images obtained by picking up different monitoring regions are received, on the basis of the acquired information, the image of the region which must be monitored is selected from the plurality of images. The selected image is processed to detect the approaching degree of an approaching object. On basis of the approaching degree, danger of contact or collision with the approaching object is decided.

Abstract: A tube for wiring harnesses consists of a cylindrical body for passage therethrough of a terminal-attached cable branched from a wiring harness, the cylindrical body being made of a foamed flexible sheet having a multiplicity of minute bubbles; and a cover means which smoothens an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical body along which the terminal-attached cable slides when passing through the cylindrical body. A smooth sliding advancement of the terminal-attached cable through the tube is attained.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a PLZT head. The PLZT head performs an interval exposure based on an interval exposure data between exposures of photosensitive material. Further, exposure data of a predetermined number of lines already used in an N-th and preceding exposures may be maintained in a RAM as a basis of correction to an exposure data for an N+1-th print. The PLZT head performs an exposure for an exposure time given by the corrected exposure data.

Abstract: A wrist watch which instantaneously displays the velocity of the service ball in kilometers or miles for its manual or electronic display during competitions.

Abstract: A hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode is provided which is improved in hydrogen gas absorbing ability and in low-temperature discharge characteristics. The electrode contains a hydrogen absorbing alloy having a crystal structure of the CaCu5 type and represented by the stoichiometric ratio ABx, the hydrogen absorbing alloy being represented by MmNiaCobAlcMd wherein Mm is a misch metal, M is Mn and/or Cu, the atomic ratios a, b, c and d are in the respective ranges of 3.0≦a≦5.2, 0≦b≦1.2, 0.1≦c≦0.9, 0.1≦d≦0.8, wherein X is the sum of the atomic ratios a, b, c, and d, such that, X=a+b+c+d and, is in the range of 4.4≦X≦5.4. More specifically, the electrode contains a hydrogen absorbing alloy powder at least 5.0 in X, and a hydrogen absorbing alloy powder less than 5.0 in X.

Abstract: A plurality of n-type bar-shaped devices (51) consisting of an n-type thermoelectric semiconductor and a plurality of p-type bar-shaped devices (52) consisting of a p-type thermoelectric semiconductor are regularly disposed or fixed through an insulating layer (50) to form a thermoelectric device block (53). End portions of the n-type bar shaped device (51) and the p-type bar-shaped device (52) are connected with an interconnection conductor (58a) on an upper surface (53a) and a lower surface (53b), which will be interconnecting end faces of the thermoelectric device block (53), to form a plurality of thermocouples connected in series.