Abstract: A printing control system for a printer includes the same number of one-page tasks as the number of printing papers which can be simultaneously present on the printing path of the printer at the maximum and a main control task which starts one of the one-page control means which are free each time a printing paper is supplied. Each of the one-page control tasks controls printing action on the corresponding printing paper from the step of supplying the corresponding printing paper to the step of discharging the corresponding printing paper and is made free when the printing action on the corresponding printing paper is successfully finished or when an error is detected during the printing action on the corresponding printing paper.

Abstract: A water vapor separating section (20), a compressor (30), and a main heat exchanger (40) are connected in that order to form a cycle system (12). The inside of the water vapor separating section (20) is divided by a water vapor permeable membrane (21) into an air space (22) and a water vapor space (23). A mixture of ventilation exhaust air and outdoor air is delivered, as heat source air, to the water vapor space (23). Water vapor contained in the heat source air passes through the water vapor permeable membrane (21), thereby being separated from the heat source air. The water vapor separated is compressed in the compressor (30) and thereafter delivered to the main heat exchanger (40). In the main heat exchanger (40), the water vapor from the compressor (30) condenses and to-be-heated air in a utilization system (13) is heated by heat of condensation of the water vapor.

Abstract: An interconnection structure includes an interlevel insulating film, made of organic-containing silicon dioxide, between lower- and upper-level metal interconnects. A phenyl group, bonded to a silicon atom, is introduced into silicon dioxide in the organic-containing silicon dioxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine in which lubrication oil is atomized to generate oil mist so as to lubricate an internal mechanism of the engine with the oil mist. The four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine includes an oil-mist breather in fluid communication with a fuel tank of the engine. Any oil mist remaining after the lubrication of the internal mechanism is discharged into the fuel tank 14 through the oil-mist breather 22. Since no oil mist remains in the oil-mist breather the air filter of the engine is not contained by the oil mist.

Abstract: A fuel tank closure for attachment on the tank filler pipe of a motor vehicle including a movable closure part which selectively opens or closes the access to the interior of the tank filler pipe. Furthermore, the fuel tank closure includes a coupling part for actuating the closure part. The fuel tank closure has a guide pipe which extends into the interior of the tank filler pipe. The guide pipe keeps open a “no-lead flap” which prevents fueling the motor vehicle with leaded fuel. Furthermore problem-free refueling is ensured by the guide pipe.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a wiring board; a first semiconductor chip, which has a circuitry side and a non-circuitry side that face each other vertically and which is electrically connected to the wiring board via a raised electrode, the circuitry side of the first chip facing the principal surface of the wiring board; and a second semiconductor chip, which has a circuitry side and a non-circuitry side that face each other vertically and which includes an external electrode on the circuitry side thereof. The non-circuitry sides of the first and second semiconductor chips are secured to each other. The external electrode of the second semiconductor chip is connected to the wiring board via a metal fine wire. The external and raised electrodes are so disposed as not to overlap each other as viewed vertically downward from over the principal surface of the wiring board.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a circuit board, a semiconductor element that is mounted on an upper surface of the circuit board and has an electrode terminal, and a sealing resin for sealing a periphery of the semiconductor element that is mounted on the upper surface of the circuit board. The circuit board includes a plurality of conductive members and an insulating substance for binding and fixing the plurality of conductive members. Each of the plurality of conductive members includes a conductive material formed integrally from the upper surface through the lower surface of the circuit board, and an insulating material covering an outer circumference of the conductive material. The conductive material of at least one conductive member of the plurality of conductive members is exposed to the upper surface of the circuit board.

Abstract: A refrigerant circuit (15) is disposed which is formed by connection of an outdoor unit (11) and two indoor units (12, 13). And, the air conditioning capacity of the outdoor unit (11) is controlled such that the temperature of refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circuit (15) becomes a target value and the target value is altered correspondingly to the state of an operation. In other words, the control characteristics of the target value are determined correspondingly to the air conditioning load characteristics of a building, and the target value is altered according to the control characteristics and based on the inside/outside temperature difference between an indoor set temperature and an outside air temperature.

Abstract: An exhaust system having an exhaust manifold that comprises a plurality of single-shell discrete exhaust pipes connected to an engine, a double-shell collective chambered pipe joined to the discrete exhaust pipes and comprising an internal pipe shell into which exhaust gas streams passing through the discrete exhaust pipes are introduced and merge together and an external pipe shell surrounding the internal pipe shell, and a spherical joint connecting the collective chambered pipe to the exhaust pipe. The discrete exhaust pipe has a bent portion and a straight portion continuously extending from the bent portion to the collective chambered pipe. The bent portions of the respective discrete exhaust pipes are oriented toward a center of a straight row of cylinders so as to lay the straight portions of the discrete exhaust pipes nearly parallel to one another.

Abstract: Formed in a valve main body (1) is a refrigerant flow path (41) for lowering the amount of flow of a refrigerant which flows into an internal space (30) of a casing (3) from a refrigerant flow path (9) through a needle fit/insert clearance (17) defined between a needle fit/insert aperture (16) and a needle (2) inserted into the needle fit/insert aperture (16). When, with the rise or drop in refrigerant pressure, refrigerant flows through the needle fit/insert clearance (17), adhesion of sludge included in the refrigerant to the wall surface of the needle fit/insert clearance (17) is reduced by a lessened amount of refrigerant flow in the needle fit/insert clearance (17) by the refrigerant flow path (41). This therefore prevents, as far as possible, malfunction of the needle (2) due to sludge adhesion, thereby ensuring proper operation of the needle (2).

Abstract: A vehicle with a folding hard roof is provided with a rear passenger space between front and rear seats that is suitably expanded by turning a rear seatback forward down and then moving the rear seatback backward so as to receive the folding hard roof retracted therein.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing organic film having a relative dielectric constant of 4 or less is deposited on a semiconductor substrate using a material gas containing fluorocarbon as a main component in a reactor chamber of a plasma processing apparatus. During the deposition of the fluorine-containing organic film, a scavenger gas for scavenging fluorine constituting the fluorocarbon is mixed in the material gas. The proportion of the mixed scavenger gas in the material gas is changed to adjust the mechanical strength and relative dielectric constant of the fluorine-containing organic film.

Abstract: A seat belt system for a vehicle, for restraining an occupant in a seat disposed in a compartment of the vehicle. The vehicle comprises an opening formed on at least one side of the vehicular body, and a first door moving between a first state where the first door closes at least a part of the opening and a second state where the first door opens the opening. The seat belt system includes a belt webbing, a retractor disposed in the first door for retracting the proximal end of the belt webbing, and a sliding device fixed on a lower edge of the opening, to which the distal end of the belt webbing is attached. The sliding device permits the distal end of the belt webbing to slide along the lower edge of the opening between a forward position and a rearward position. The distal end of the belt webbing is located at the rearward position when the first door is in the second state.

Abstract: A W/O emulsion ink for stencil printing contains, in its water phase, a material which reacts with oxygen dissolved in the water phase and reduces the amount of oxygen dissolved in the water phase.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to continue operation as it is without inducing any degradation of performance of a compressor even if one of compressors is broken down in a refrigeration apparatus which can freely cool or warm the inside of a room, cool a refrigerating show case and cool a freezing show case. A refrigeration apparatus (1) comprises a non-inverter compressor (2A), a first inverter compressor (2B) and a second inverter compressor (2C). If the first inverter compressor (2B) is broken down during a cooling/freezing operation in which a cooling operation is performed by an inside heat exchanger (41), a refrigerating heat exchanger (45) and a freezing heat exchanger (51), the operation is continued by opening a solenoid valve (7a) disposed on a first sub pipe (23).

Abstract: There is provided a clustered device for manufacturing a semiconductor device in which a cleaning chamber, a rapid thermal processing chamber, an optical measurement chamber, and the like are arranged around a load-lock room. In an optical measurement system, there are disposed an exciting light source, a measuring light source, a light detector, a control/analyze system, and the like. During the formation of an oxide film, for example, a wafer is cleaned in the cleaning chamber and then the amount of a natural oxide film remaining on the wafer or the like is measured by optical modulation reflectance spectroscopy in the optical measurement chamber. As a result, the surface state of the wafer can be monitored in the course of sequential process steps. By measuring the thickness of a film on a semiconductor region by optical evaluation in the clustered manufacturing device, the manufacturing process using the clustered device can be controlled.

Abstract: A composite light-emitting device according to the present invention includes a light-emitting element including a transparent substrate and a multilayer structure formed on the substrate. The multilayer structure includes first and second semiconductor layers of first and second conductivity types, respectively. The device further includes a submount member for mounting the light-emitting element thereon. The principal surface of the submount member faces the multilayer structure. The submount member is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element is covered with a wavelength-shifting resin member. The resin member is provided on the principal surface of the submount member and contains a photofluorescent or filtering compound. The photofluorescent compound shifts the wavelength of radiation that has been emitted from the light-emitting element, while the filtering compound partially absorbs the radiation.

Abstract: The purpose is to obtain efficiently, from a large piece of flat optical material, flat optical elements that allow for miniaturization of optical devices because they are octagonal, and that can be fixed securely in the inner opening of permanent magnets by brazing. Rounded openings 11, 12 . . . that are circular or elliptical in shape are made at intersections P1, P2 . . . of the cut lines C1, C2 . . . at which flat optical material 10 is cut vertically and horizontally; the flat optical material 10 in which the openings 11, 12 . . . have been made is cut vertically and horizontally; and a number of flat optical elements, each with a nearly octagonal outline with sides that are alternately four straight lines and curves, are obtained.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a wiring board; a first semiconductor chip, which has a circuitry side and a non-circuitry side that face each other vertically and which is electrically connected to the wiring board via a raised electrode, the circuitry side of the first chip facing the principal surface of the wiring board; and a second semiconductor chip, which has a circuitry side and a non-circuitry side that face each other vertically and which includes an external electrode on the circuitry side thereof. The non-circuitry sides of the first and second semiconductor chips are secured to each other. The external electrode of the second semiconductor chip is connected to the wiring board via a metal fine wire. The external and raised electrodes are so disposed as not to overlap each other as viewed vertically downward from over the principal surface of the wiring board.

Abstract: A stencil printer is linked with a non-stencil printer. A number of copies to be printed is set. Working mode of the stencil printer is set to a stencil making mode or an ink transfer mode. A stencil is made when the working mode of the stencil printer is set to the stencil making mode and ink is transferred to a printing paper through the stencil when the stencil printer is set to the ink transfer mode. When the number of copies set is not smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the stencil printer is used, and when the number of copies is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, the non-stencil printer is used. Switching between the stencil printer and the non-stencil printer is inhibited when the working mode of the stencil printer is the ink transfer mode.