Abstract: To overcome problems concerning the sticking of the check plate in a combined check and control valve, a stop is provided on the valve rod or a guide element in the vicinity of the valve rod, whose distance to the limiting element is smaller than the maximum stroke and larger than the nominal stroke of the limiting element. Thus, it is achieved that the check plate is released from the valve seat by means of the stop, when the valve rod is displaced to the maximum.

Abstract: An adhesive for connecting circuit members, which is interposed between a semiconductor chip having protruding connecting terminals and a board having wiring patterns formed thereon for electrically connecting the connecting terminals and the wiring patterns facing each other and bonding the semiconductor chip and the board by applying pressure/heat, containing a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin, a crosslinkable resin and a hardening agent for forming a crosslink structure of the crosslinkable resin; and composite oxide particles dispersed in the resin composition.

Abstract: Device that assists in maintaining the position of a date indicator disc (2; 3) for a timepiece, the position of the date indicator disc (2; 3) being indexed by a jumper spring (50; 50?), said device being characterized in that it includes a locking member (52; 52?) which, outside the date indication correction phases, keeps the jumper spring (50; 50?) locked, said locking member (52; 52?) moving away in the date indication correction phase to release the jumper spring (50; 50?).

Abstract: The crystal oscillator device includes an air-tight case (1) forming a vacuum chamber (23), a piezoelectric resonator element (11), oscillation circuitry, a temperature sensor, and a heating unit implemented in an integrated-circuit (IC) chip (13) with an active surface (13a). The piezoelectric resonator element (11) and the oscillation circuitry are connected together to form an oscillation circuit. Furthermore, the temperature sensor and the heating unit are enclosed in the vacuum chamber (23) with the piezoelectric resonator element (11). The piezoelectric resonator element is attached in a heat conductive manner to the active surface (13a) of the integrated-circuit chip (13) in such a way that the IC chip provides mechanical support for the piezoelectric resonator element.

Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing semiconductor devices, the method being capable of efficiently obtaining a singulated semiconductor chip upon which an adhesive is adhered and also capable of excellently bonding a semiconductor chip to a wiring substrate, and provide an adhesive film. A layered product 60 in which a dicing tape 9, an adhesive layer 3, and a semiconductor wafer 6 are stacked in this order so that a circuit surface 6a of the semiconductor wafer 6 may face the dicing tape 9 side. A cutting position is recognized by recognizing a circuit pattern P in the circuit surface 6a from a rear surface 6b of the semiconductor wafer 6. At least the semiconductor wafer 6 and the adhesive layer 3 are cut in the thickness direction of the layered product 60. The dicing tape 9 is cured to peel off the dicing tape 9 and the adhesive layer 3. A projection electrode 4 of a semiconductor chip 26 is aligned with a wiring 12 of a wiring substrate 40.

Abstract: A method for the ablation of human or animal articular cartilage is disclosed that employs an exogenous absorber, such as a compound having the molecular formula C43H47N2NaO6S2, to coat or color the surface of the articular cartilage. The coated or colored cartilage surface then has an energy absorption peak at a specific wavelength due to the exogenous absorber, which makes it possible to employ a simple and cheap laser diode to generate a pulsed laser beam at the specific wavelength so as to superheat the coated or colored cartilage thereby causing at least partial ablation of cartilage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a barium-titanium-based ferroelectric glass using a containerless solidification process, such as an electrostatic levitation process or a gas levitation process, which comprises the steps of levitating a sample 1 of a barium-titanium-based compound by a levitating force of compressed air, heating the sample up to a temperature greater than its melting point (1330° C.) by about 100° C. to allow the sample to be molten, and, after maintaining the molten state for a given time period (at least several second), quenching the sample from a given temperature range (1400 to 1000° C.) at a cooling rate of about 103 K/sec, so as to allow the sample to be solidified while inhibiting nucleation and mixing of impurities from a container. The present invention makes it possible to provide a glass exhibiting an unprecedented, extremely large permittivity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device which is used to inject an implant (6) into tissues (50). The inventive device is characterized in that it comprises: a main hollow body (2; 2?) having a hollow needle (4; 4?) fixed thereto, into which the implant (6) is introduced; a secondary body (26; 26?) which is disposed coaxially inside the main body (2; 2?) and which surrounds the needle (4; 4?); and a plunger rod (36; 36?) which can slide coaxially inside the hollow needle (4; 4?).

Abstract: The dial with an enamel coating (2) includes a base plate (1) made of ceramic material with portions in relief (4, 8) obtained by partial or through shaping or machining, formed by an insert (10) also having an enamel coating (12) and whose thickness defines a recess (4) or an embossment (8).

Abstract: A fluid passage is emergently-closed in a short time without causing a water hammer by an extremely simple device and operation. A water hammerless closing device includes an actuator operated valve provided in a fluid passage, an electro-pneumatic conversion device for supplying a 2-step actuator operating pressure Pa to an actuator operated-type valve, a vibration sensor removably secured to the pipe passage on the upstream side of the actuator operated-type valve, and a tuning box receiving a vibration detection signal Pr from the vibration sensor and delivering a control signal Sc to the electro-pneumatic conversion device for controlling the step operating pressure Ps? of the 2-step actuator operating pressure Pa so that, with the control signal Sc being regulated, the electro-pneumatic conversion device outputs the 2-step actuator operating pressure Pa with the step operating pressure Ps? capable of bringing the vibration detection signal Pr substantially to zero.

Abstract: The invention concerns a liquid droplet spray device for atomising a liquid substance, Its housing consists of a at least a first substrate (15), a space (12) within the housing for containing the supplied liquid substance, an outlet means arranged in the first substrate (15) and comprising at least one outlet nozzle (19) and at least one output channel (20), said output channel (20) having straight side-walls, and a vibrating element (18) for vibrating the liquid so as to eject it. According to the present invention, each output channel (20) has a stepped shape having a lower portion (20a) and an upper portion (20b), the lower portion being arranged adjacent the space (12) and being of larger diameter than the upper portion (20b). The outlet nozzle (19) of each output channel is straight and does not show notching effects.

Abstract: An ascending ordered list without duplication is generated based on a value list divided and held by multiple memory modules. An information processing system has multiple PMMs (Processor Memory Modules), and the PMMs are interconnected via a data transmission path. The memory in the PMM has a list of values, which are ordered in ascending or descending order without duplication. The PMM determines, for a storage value in the value list (LOCAL_LIST) held by the PMM, whether or not the memory module is a representative module representing one or more memory modules holding the storage value based on rankings determined for the individual PMMs and the value lists received from the other PMMs, and if the memory module is determined to be the representative module (RV-0 . . . RV-7), associates to the storage value and stores information indicating that the memory module is the representative module.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a liquid droplet spray system for atomizing a liquid substance, comprising: a support having a central aperture (27), a liquid droplet spray device in which a space is provided, the space being arranged to receive the liquid substance, and including a nozzle body (28) covering the space such that the liquid substance may exit the space of the device by traversing the nozzle body (28) and the system by traversing the central aperture (27) of the support, a reservoir (33) for containing the liquid substance.

Abstract: An exhaust-gas cooling device for an internal combustion engine includes a housing with an exhaust-gas inlet, an exhaust-gas outlet, a valve device, and a U-shaped heat exchange unit including an outbound flow path and a return flow path. The housing comprises, on the open side of the U-shaped heat exchange unit, a first, a second and a third chamber. The first chamber provides a fluid connection from the exhaust-gas inlet to the second chamber, and the third chamber provides a fluid connection from the second chamber to the exhaust-gas outlet. The valve device is arranged in the second chamber such that the second chamber can be divided into two partial chambers, a first one of the partial chambers is arranged in fluid connection with the outbound flow path, and the second one of the partial chambers is arranged in fluid connection with the return flow path.

Abstract: A method of controlling evaporation of droplet cloud resulting from nebulization of a liquid expelled from a liquid droplet spray device is disclosed, wherein the liquid droplet spray device comprises a reservoir containing liquid, a perforate membrane plate, a fluid interface for feeding liquid from the reservoir to the membrane plate, an ultrasound generating mechanism for acting on the supplied liquid to cause it to be expelled as a spray of droplets through orifices of the membrane plate, and an electronic control device for controlling activation of the ultrasound generating mechanism.

Abstract: A method includes: an input step of inputting boundary surface information 11 on an object to a computer using the computer; a grid sampling step of determining cutting points 13 where the boundary surface cuts across edges of a predetermined rectangular parallelepiped grid 12 and normal vectors 14 of the boundary surface at the cutting points, and storing them in a storage unit as primary data 15; a D-polyhedron data generation step of connecting adjacent cutting points with a line segment to form a triangle one by one for generating D-polyhedron data 16 constituted of triangles only; and a V-polyhedron data generation step of generating V-polyhedron data 17 constituted of intersections of a plurality of infinite planes passing through the cutting points and whose normals coincide with the normal vectors. Any one of the D-polyhedron data and the V-polyhedron data is generated from the primary data 15, and the other is generated as a dual.

Abstract: A method for detecting lift from a surface portion of an optical pointing device comprising a coherent light source, a photodetector device including an array of pixels, and extracting motion features including comparators with an adjustable offset value, the method comprising the steps of: (i) illuminating the surface portion with radiation by the coherent light source; (ii) detecting radiation patterns reflected from the illuminated surface portion with the photodetector device; (iii) comparing light intensity between neighbouring pixels in the detected radiation patterns; (iv) extracting motion features as a function of the result of the comparison; (v) counting the total number of motion features extracted; (vi) increasing or decreasing the comparator offset value when the total number of motion features increases or decreases; (vii) comparing the comparator offset value with an offset threshold; (viii) enabling detection of a lift condition if the comparator offset value is lower than the offset threshol

Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes an induction coil cooperating with two switches, which operate alternately, to supply output voltage of a determined level relative to input voltage. The converter control method includes, in each cycle, a first phase of first duration with first switch controlled to make it conductive, and to increase current in the induction coil, and a second phase with second switch controlled to be conductive and to decrease current in the induction coil during a second adjustable time period. Detection device detects, at the end of the second phase, sign of overvoltage across one terminal of the induction coil connected to the switches, and supplies a detection signal kept in a high or low state, depending upon sign of detected overvoltage. Timing device receives detection signal for adapting, in each successive cycle, the second duration of the second phase to cancel out current in the induction coil.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a tongue and mouth stud for dispensing a substance such as a chemical, breath freshener, pleasant flavor, or medication into the mouth of a wearer. This tongue and mouth stud includes a means for dispensing a substance comprised of an internal cavity for storing and dispensing the substance contained within through one or more openings in the surface of the tongue stud that are contiguous with the internal cavity. Furthermore, the means for dispensing a substance may include a sponge positioned within the internal cavity of the mouth and tongue stud.

Abstract: A motor-driven supercharger is provided with a thrust bearing (30) rotatably supporting a thrust force applied to a turbine shaft (12). The thrust bearing (30) is constituted by a small-diameter disc-shaped thrust collar (32) rotating together with a turbine shaft, and a turbine side thrust bearing (34) and a compressor side thrust bearing (36) which block a movement in an axial direction of the thrust collar. The compressor side thrust bearing (36) has a small-diameter ring portion (37) including a thrust surface which is in contact with the thrust collar and has approximately an equal diameter, and a flange portion (38a) fixed to a housing (16) in the turbine side, and the small-diameter ring portion and the flange portion are arranged at different positions in an axial direction.