Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a raw material powder for producing a sintered body of aluminum titanate comprising: pulverizing a mixture containing: (1) 100 parts by weight of aluminum titanate crystals pulverized until a maximum grain size of 30 to 50 &mgr;m is attained; and (2) 2 to 6 parts by weight of spinel crystals obtained by heating a mixture containing MgO and Al2O3 at 1250° C. to 1290° a molar ratio of MgO to Al2O3 being 1:0.95 to 1:1.05, said pulverizing being conducted by wet grinding process with a ball mill or cylinder mill.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a shift position indicating device for indicating a recommended shift position to a driver of a hybrid vehicle having an engine for driving a drive shaft of the vehicle, a motor for assisting a drive force applied to the drive shaft by electrical energy, and a battery for supplying power to the motor and storing electrical energy output from the motor. The motor having a regenerative function of converting kinetic energy of the drive shaft into electrical energy. According to the shift position indicating device, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is in a high-load running condition, and when the vehicle is in the high-load running condition, the shift-down is recommended.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a motherboard, a plurality of multi-chip modules mounted to the motherboard and cooling members for cooling the multi-chip modules. A refrigeration unit is arranged to deliver cooling water to the cooling members. A connection structure is provided for each multi-chip module for thermally and mechanically releasably coupling each multi-chip module to the refrigeration unit.

Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a main unit, a cover rotatably attached to the main unit, the cover having a main display unit, an auxiliary display unit displaying auxiliary information provided on the main unit, and an angle changing mechanism for changing an angle at which a surface of the auxiliary display unit intersects a surface of the main unit at least when the cover is in an open state. By providing the auxiliary display unit on the main unit instead of the cover the main display unit provided on the cover can be made as large as possible. In addition, being able to change the angle of the surface of the auxiliary display unit makes the auxiliary display unit easier to read.

Abstract: In order to offer a cup dispenser which does not require to change cylinders to meet with different cup sizes and allows to change cup sizes easily by adjusting a stopper means in accordance with various sizes of cups to be stored, and the cup dispenser is made to be composed of an outer cylinder where cups are stored, an inner cylinder fitted at the cup-outlet side of the outer cylinder and a single or plural number of springs mounted at the above mentioned outer cylinder. The outer cylinder is made of a metallic material, and the inner cylinder is made of a joint-free synthetic resin. A few cup size grooves are etched along a perimeter of the body of the inner cylinder for a free end of a spring stopper held by the above mentioned outer cylinder with the other end to be hooked and released freely. At the same time, a flange placed at the cup-outlet end of the above mentioned outer cylinder has an indication to indicate a few different cup sizes.

Abstract: The fine spherical silica having a particle size distribution in which maximum particle diameter is 24 &mgr;m, average particle diameter is 1.7 to 7 &mgr;m, and the proportion X1 of particles having a particle diameter of 3 &mgr;m or less in the total particles is 100/D50 to (18+100/D50) wt %, and the viscosity at 50° C. of a mixture obtained by blending a maximum of 80 wt % of the fine spherical silica with a liquid epoxy resin or silicone resin at room temperature is 20 Pa·s or less is provided. The spherical silica is useful as a filler for sealing resin composition which has excellent gap permeability and seals slight gaps, between a substrate and an IC chip and has high reliability.

Abstract: An oil reservoir chamber, a crank chamber and a valve-operating chamber are provided in an engine body. The oil reservoir chamber and the crank chamber are in communication with each other through a through-hole, and the crank chamber and the valve-operating chamber are in communication with the each other through a one-way valve which is opened upon rising of the pressure in the crank chamber. The valve-operating chamber and the oil reservoir chamber are in communication with each other through an orifice. By utilizing a pressure pulsation in the crank chamber, an oil mist produced in the oil reservoir chamber is circulated from the oil reservoir chamber to the crank chamber, the valve-operating chamber and the oil reservoir chamber. Thus, in any operational attitude of an engine, the lubricating oil can be circulated without use of special oil pump.

Abstract: The semiconductor storage device comprises memory cell transistors formed on a semiconductor substrate 10; first insulation films 42 covering the top surfaces and the side surfaces of gate electrodes 20 of the memory cell transistors; through-holes 40 opened on first diffused layers 24; a second insulation film 36 with through-holes 40 opened on first diffused layers 24 and through-holes 38 opened on second diffused layers 26 formed in; capacitors formed on the inside walls and the bottoms of the though-holes 40 and including capacitor storage electrodes 46, connected to the first diffused layers 24; capacitor dielectric films 48 covering the capacitor storage electrodes 46, and capacitor-opposed electrodes 54 covering at least a part of the capacitor dielectric films 48; and, contact conducting films 44 formed on the inside walls and bottoms of the through-holes 38, and connected to the second diffused layers.

Abstract: A reference voltage generator circuit generates a stable reference voltage that may be used by other circuits, such as an A/D converter and a D/A converter. The reference voltage generator circuit includes a rough resistor bank having a pair of first resistors connected in series between a low potential reference voltage and a high potential reference voltage. A first fine resistor bank is connected in shunt with one of the resistors in the rough resistor bank and a second fine resistor bank is also connected in shunt with the same resistor in the rough resistor bank. Switches are connected between nodes between the resistors in the fine resistor banks and another circuit or system, such as an A/D converter.

Abstract: A first electrode 1 comprises an anode oxide electrode 5, a lower electrode 2 and signal electrodes, wherein the signal electrodes are connected to each other by the anode oxide electrode when the anodic oxidation treatment is performed, while a second electrode comprises an upper electrode on a nonlinear resistor layer, a display electrode connected to the upper electrode, and a connecting electrode covering a part of the anode oxide electrode, wherein the lower electrode, the nonlinear resistor layer and the upper electrode constitute the nonlinear resistor, and wherein a part of the anode oxide electrode is separated at the side thereof which is also a side of the connecting electrode comprising the second electrode, thereby forming independent signal electrodes.

Abstract: A cooling device of a laser diode array includes a stacking of a plurality of metal plate members formed with a branched groove pattern or apertures acting as a cooling water path, by a chemical etching process.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus which includes a time-serial image recording arrangement for recording time-serial images of an object. The apparatus also includes an outputting arrangement capable of outputting an image information data of at least a part of the time-serial images to be recorded or having been recorded by the time-serial image recording arrangement, which is used as a standard for observing variations in the time-serial images of the object which occur with lapse of time. The outputting arrangement includes an extracting arrangement for extracting a selected feature of at least one image among the time-serial images as the image information to be a standard of the position and a composing arrangement for composing and outputting image information of the selected feature extracted by the extracting arrangement and for composing and outputting the time-serial images.

Abstract: A low insertion force connector with a downsized and simple structure and high reliability is provided, wherein coupled connectors are capable of sufficiently moving in the uncoupling direction. The low insertion force connector includes: a first connector having a first cam-projection, a frame with a cam-opening to slidably accommodate the first connector in the coupling direction, a second connector with a coupling portion and a cam-engaging slit to be couples with the first connector in the frame, and a slider attached to the second connector, provided with a second cam-projection which engages both of the cam-opening and the cam-engaging slit, and provided with a cam groove consisting of a connector coupling cam groove and a shift-allowing cam groove continuing to the connector coupling cam groove. Thus, a low insertion force connector with a downsized and simple structure and high reliability can be realized.

Abstract: A linear compressor according to the invention is for generating compressed gas and includes two pairs of pistons 608a, 608b and cylinders 607a and 607b coaxially provided and facing opposite to each other, a shaft 603 having pistons 608a and 608b at its ends, coil springs 605a and 605b coupled to shaft 603 for returning a piston departed from a neutral point to the neutral point, and a linear motor 613 for causing shaft 603 to axially move back and forth, thereby generating compressed gas alternately in two compression chambers 611a and 611b. Thus, the non-linear force of the compressed gas acting upon the pistons may be divided into two/reversed in phase. As a result, as compared to a conventional structure having only a single piston, the motor thrust may be reduced and linearized for the purpose of improving the efficiency. Furthermore, the size of the device may be reduced as well as the vibration/noises caused thereby may be reduced.

Abstract: An optical disk substrate recovering apparatus A includes an optical disk storing portion 10, an abrader 20 for abrading a reflecting layer and a recording layer of the optical disk D, a powder collecting device 30 for collecting powdered reflecting materials and recording materials, and an optical disk transferring device 40 for transferring the optical disk D from the optical disk storing portion 10 to the abrader 20 one by one and for transferring the abraded disk substrate 1 to the abraded disk substrate storing portion 50. The devices 20, 30, 40 are sequentially operated to thereby obtain a pure and transparent abraded disk substrate 1 made of synthetic resin from which the reflecting layer and the recording layer are removed.

Abstract: Information reproduction apparatus of the present invention is directed to realize data reproduction properly and reliably from an optical disk, including a wobble detection circuit (130) to detect a wobble signal read out by an optical head (500), a PLL circuit (150) to frequency-multiply the wobble signal to generate a synchronizing signal (SS0), a delay circuit (170) delaying a synchronizing signal (SS0) sequentially to generate a plurality of synchronizing signals (SS0-SS10) of different phases, a particular pattern detection circuit (190) to detect a particular pattern in a reproduced signal, and a switching unit (210) to select one synchronizing signal having a phase difference preset by a preset circuit (180) with respect to a detected particular pattern and supplying the selected synchronizing signal to a laser drive circuit (230) and to a signal demodulation circuit (90).

Abstract: In a transmission which incorporates a plurality of speed change gear trains, a plurality of clutches to select one of the gear trains for power transmission and a plurality of shift forks to selectively activate one of the clutches, a gearshift coveys a force applied by a shift lever selectively to one of the shift forks to achieve a gear change. The gearshift comprises a plurality of linkages which convey the force applied by the shift lever 41 to the shift forks 73 and 76 selectively. In this gearshift, at least two of these linkages include rocking levers 65 and 66, respectively, each of which functions to reverse the direction of the force applied by the shift lever. These rocking levers are disposed on a common pivot or a retaining pin 67, such that each rocking lever can swing independently thereon.

Abstract: A first layer is disposed on the principal surface of a substrate. An adhesive layer made of Si containing fluorocarbon is disposed on the first layer. A second layer is disposed on the adhesive layer. One of the first and second layers is made of a material selected from a group consisting of a material whose main component is Si containing inorganic material, a metal, and an inorganic metal compound, and the other is made of an organic insulating film. Tight contactness of the organic layer to the layer whose main component is inorganic material can be improved.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a resin package sealing the semiconductor element, resin projections protruding downward from a mounting surface of the resin package, metallic film portions provided to the resin projections, and connecting members electrically connecting the semiconductor elements to the metallic film parts.

Abstract: A chip inductor has a coiled conducting wire and a magnetic core which is formed by sintering and in which the coiled conducting wire is embedded. Both end portions of the coiled conducting wire are exposed to both end surfaces of the magnetic core in an arcuate or similar shape. External electrodes are coated on both the end surfaces of the magnetic core and are connected to both end portions of the coiled conducting wire.