Abstract: A fabrication sequence of a thin film transistor, in which a photoresist film is used as an ion doping mask to shield a portion of an amorphous semiconductor layer larger than a gate electrode formed above in width (gate length). The mask is designed by pre-calculating the accuracy of the alignment and etching, so that the gate electrode overlaps neither the source region nor drain region. Thus, it has become possible to form the gate electrode in such a manner not to overlap the source region or drain region while securing an impurity-free offset region. As a result, the present thin film transistor can reduce the OFF-state current and renders excellent OFF-state characteristics, and therefore, when employed in a liquid crystal display device, the resulting liquid crystal display device can prevent display defects, such as a flicker.

Abstract: An improved percutaneous introducer device is provided that provides a splittable sheath having a flared lead in for the facile introduction of ancillary medical implements, such as small diameter catheters, guide wires and the like, and a hub member being shaped to matingly underlie the flared lead in. When the hub is separated, such as by wings being pulled apart radially to the sheath, the sheath is longitudinally split, allowing it to be easily removed from an in situ catheter.

Abstract: A mineral absorption promoting agent containing oligouronic acid, e. g. oligogalacturonic acid or oligomannuronic acid ?degree of polymerization (n)=1 to 9! is described. Since this oligouronic acid ?polymerization degree (n)=1 to 9! forms a complex with mineral, it promotes absorption of minerals into living organisms by simply adding it to foods, drinks or pharmacentical compositions for oral use. Since the agent has no problem with safety, the agent is suitable for repeated eating, drinking or taking, and the agent is very effective.

Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel 1 for displaying a discrete Fourier transformed image and a slit panel 2 having a convex lens function in a horizontal direction and a plurality of slits 3 arranged in a zig-zag manner, which is disposed in front of the liquid crystal panel 1. Since a spatial image is generated by such a configuration, a wide viewing region can be obtained. Since the number of slits positioned in the horizontal direction is increased as that of a slit pattern of a conventional slit array, the deterioration of resolution in the horizontal direction is reduced. Furthermore, since the slits are arranged in a zig-zag manner, the area of each light-shielding portion between sampling positions is reduced, thereby preventing an optical means from obstructing the observation of images.

Abstract: New tropane analogs that bind to monoamine transporters are described, particularly, 8-aza, 8carbo and 8-oxo tropanes having 6- or 7-substituents. The compounds of the present invention can be racemic, pure R-enantiomers, or pure S-enantiomers. Certain preferred compounds of the present invention have a high selectivity for the DAT versus the SERT. Also described are pharmaceutical therapeutic compositions comprising the compounds formulated in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a method for inhibiting 5-hydroxy-tryptamine reuptake of a monoamine transporter by contacting the monoamine transporter with a 5-hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibiting amount of a compound of the present invention. Preferred monoamine transporters for the practice of the present invention include the dopamine transporter, the serotonin transporter and the norepinephrine transporter.

Abstract: A bait casting reel enables a user to easily control rotation of the spool. The bait casting reel includes a frame, a spool rotatably supported by the frame, a lever externally disposed and movable by a user to a left-handed position and a right-handed position, and a click member coupled to and movable by the lever, the click member allowing rotation of the spool in a first direction and preventing rotation in a second direction when the lever is moved to the left-handed position. The click member allows rotation of the spool in the second direction and prevents rotation in the first direction when the lever is moved to the right-handed position. A click holder is provided inside of the cover of the bait casting reel. The click holder comprises a head contactably coupled with the gears of the spool, a tail contacting with bosses formed inside of the cover, and a click having a shoulder abutted on protrusions provided inside of the cover.

Abstract: A reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a first substrate having a plurality of reflecting electrodes; a second substrate having a light transmitting electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes an insulating substrate, a switching device provided on the insulating substrate for supplying a display voltage signal to the reflecting electrode, a drawing-out electrode connected to the switching device and extending under the reflecting electrode, and an insulating resin layer having a contact hole on the drawing-out electrode. The reflecting electrode is provided on the insulating resin layer, corresponding to each pixel, so as to cover the contact hole, and is electrically connected to the drawing-out electrode at the bottom of the contact hole.

Abstract: A method for converting a kinetically stable multiester of a naphthoquinone and an o-quinone diazide sulfonyl halide to a thermodynamically stable compound. The method comprises the steps of dissolving a phenol having at least two free phenolic hydroxyl groups and an o-naphthoquinone diazide sulfonyl halide in an aprotic solvent in the presence of a strong base, there being at least one mole of said naphthoquinone diazide sulfonyl halide per mole of phenol, reacting said phenol with said o-napthoquinone diazide sulfonyl halide until essentially of said o-naphthoquinone diazide sulfonyl halide is reacted with said polyhydroxy phenol, and following completion of said reaction, permitting the reaction product to remain in said solvent for a period of time of at least 15 minutes before recovering said photoactive compound The photoactive compound formed by the process is suitable for the formation of photoresists and is less apt to precipitate from solution during storage.

Abstract: A method for producing a photocoupler includes the steps of: forming a waveguide structure on a substrate; forming a photoresist layer having a groove on the waveguide structure; mounting a prism on the photoresist layer so as to partially cover the groove; bonding the prism on the waveguide structure by injecting an adhesive into the groove; and removing the photoresist layer. The groove has a T-shaped pattern including a transverse section extending in a first direction and a longitudinal section extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The transverse section has a first width in the second direction which is smaller than a second length of a bonding face of the prism in the second direction. The prism is bonded to the waveguide structure through the bonding face. The longitudinal section has a second width in the first direction which is smaller than a first length of the bonding face of the prism in the first direction.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a gate signal wiring formed on a substrate, a data signal wiring insulated from the gate signal wiring and formed to perpendicularly cross the gate signal wiring, a switching element provided near the perpendicularly crossing portion of the gate signal wiring and the date signal wiring and having a gate electrode and source/drain electrodes, an interlayer insulating film, and a pixel electrode disposed in the region surrounded by the gate signal wiring and the data signal wiring and on the interlayer insulating film, wherein the gate signal wiring is connected with the gate electrode, the data signal wiring is connected with one of the source/drain electrodes, the pixel electrode is connected with the other of the source/drain electrodes through a contact hole penetrating through an interlayer insulating film and via a connecting electrode, and, the width of the contact hole at the aperture surface of the contact hole is reduced by setting the height from the surface

Abstract: A method for analyzing a Schottky junction includes the step of obtaining electrical field dependence of the Schottky barrier height which shows a degree of dependence of the Schottky barrier height of the Schottky junction formed on a semiconductor wafer on an electrical field applied to an interface of the Schottky junction in a case where a reverse bias is applied to the Schottky junction.

Abstract: A method of treating a patient suffering from allergic diseases, comprises administering to said patient an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition in dosage unit form comprising a dry powder of guava leaves.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel curing adhesive film composition useful to produce structural materials, such as decorative panels for aircraft interiors, and methods and articles of manufacture that comprise such compositions. A preferred adhesive film composition of the invention comprises a reactive polyurethane resin and an isocyanate that comprises a thermally labile blocking group wherein the isocyanate can be activated by exposure of a coating layer of the composition to a temperature of about 340.degree. F. for about one second or less.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal region made of a liquid crystal as a display medium; and a polymer wall surrounding the liquid crystal region between a pair of substrates, wherein the polymer wall is formed by selectively radiating light having different irradiation intensities to an irradiation intensity-dependent mixture containing a photopolymerizable monomer.

Abstract: An optical disk having thereon intermittent spiral guiding grooves composed of a pit array, wherein each guiding groove has a wobbling side wall at either side, so that the pit array is used as a data reproduce-only area and spaces between adjacent guiding grooves are used as a data recordable area, thereby realizing a high-density optical disk having both the data reproduce-only area and data recordable area.

Abstract: In the fixing device with no oil leakage and a stable oil applying performance, the paper with a pre-fixed toner image is transmitted through the pressurized contact portion between a fixing roller and a pressurizing roller. An oil applying roller applied a silicon oil to the fixing roller. An oil applying felt with one end submerged to an oil tank contacts the oil applying roller. Further, in the outer side of the oil applying felt is mounted an oil collecting felt, which transmits extra oil wiped away by an equalizing member to the oil tank. The oil applying felt and the oil collecting felt is held by a felt holding plate, and is pressed towards the oil applying roller by a pressurizing spring.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising a pair of electrodes formed on a pair of substrates, a pair of orientation films formed on the substrates to cover said electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates, wherein a plurality of pixels are provided between the facing sides of the pair of electrodes, and the liquid crystal layer comprises, in each pixel, regions with continuously or stepwise varying threshold values.

Abstract: Methods of recycling printer cartridges use special rail-type clips for reassembly of complementary halves of a printer cartridge, the clips comprising cutouts or gaps spaced along the length thereof which accommodate protrusions near the edges being joined. The invention allows for recovering these cartridges and avoiding the cost of discarding a fairly costly machine element while additionally avoiding the processing costs for rendering the cartridge into inert, non-polluting waste.

Abstract: The waveguide window assembly disclosed herein is particularly adapted for use in conjunction with a waveguide housing of a high expansion material such as aluminum. The window is formed of a glassy material having a relatively low coefficient of thermal expansion and is provided with a frame of a material having a matching coefficient. The housing is provided with an opening for receiving the frame with substantial clearance. A wall member is interposed between the frame and the edges of the opening with solder filling the space between the wall member and the frame and also the space between the wall member and the edges of the opening, the wall member being constructed of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion which is intermediate those of the housing material and the frame material.

Abstract: A fuser having an oil applying felt composed of fluororesin fibers and touching to an oil applying roller. The oil applying felt is dipped in oil preserved in an oil tank at one end, so that the oil is elevated through capillarity and supplied to the oil applying roller. The oil applied over the oil applying roller is leveled by an oil limiting blade, and the oil thus leveled is applied to a fusing roller touching the oil applying roller. Meanwhile, a sheet having thereon formed a non-fused toner image is heated and pressed respectively by the fusing roller and a pressure applying roller, whereupon the non-fused toner on the sheet adheres to the fusing roller. The toner then adheres to the oil applying felt through the oil applying roller. However, the oil applying felt is not clogged with the toner because it is made of the fluororesin fibers.