Abstract: The field of the invention is that of optical devices comprising an integrated semi-conductor laser and an integrated optical isolator. These devices are used mainly in the field of digital telecommunications. More particularly, the invention applies to so-called absorption isolators whose complex index is non-reciprocal and depends on the direction of propagation of the light. Generally, integrated optical isolators of this type fulfill two functions. On the one hand, they comprise a magneto-optical layer ensuring the non-reciprocal effect and on the other hand an active zone ensuring the amplification of the laser beam, the injection of the charge carriers into the active zone being ensured by an electrical contact layer.

Abstract: A method for forming a solid film lubricant on the surface of a part having an arbitrary shape is provided, comprising preparing a carrier having a predetermined shape and size; coating lubricant powder on the carrier; and coating the lubricant powder over the surface of the part by physical contact between the carrier coated with the lubricant powder and the part.

Abstract: A color filter substrate for an LCD device comprises a transparent substrate having a substantially flat surface, a black matrix, a plurality of color filters, an electrode, a plurality of spacers, and an alignment film. The black matrix is formed on predetermined regions of the substrate. The plurality of color filters are formed between the regions of the black matrix with overlapping portions on the edge. The electrode is formed over the black matrix and the color filters. The plurality of spacers are formed on the regions of the black matrix without overlapping with the color filters, and the alignment film for aligning the liquid crystal molecular is formed over the black matrix, the color filters, the electrode, and the spacers.

Abstract: A method of establishing a fishing line comprises the steps of attaching attachment openings of a breakable link to a surface buoy and underwater gear, and disconnecting the surface buoy from the underwater gear by irrecoverably breaking the wall of one of the attachment openings at a weakened portion thereof, without breaking a join portion connecting the attachment openings. The weakened portion extends circumferentially from 150° to 210°, i.e. for about a half of an entire circumference of the associated attachment opening. The thickness and/or material failure load of the weakened portion is from 50 to 70% of the thickness and/or material failure load of the remaining elements of the breakable link. The connecting portions may be rigidly integrated with each other, or pivotably attached via the join portion.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition of high dielectric constant and low dielectric loss, which can be co-fired with Ag electrodes, is provided for use in various parts of electric and electronic appliances. The composition is represented by the following chemical formula: a wt. % {x BaO—y1Nd2O3—y2Sm2O3—w Bi2O3—z TiO2}+ b wt. % (ZnO—B2O3—SiO2—PbO based glass frit)+ c wt. % CuO wherein, 10.0 mol %≦x≦20.0 mol %; 7.0 mol %≦y1+y2≦20.0 mol %; 0.5 mol %≦w≦5.0 mol %; 60.0 mol %≦z≦80.0 mol %, with the proviso that x+y1+y2+w+z=100; 80.0 wt. %≦a≦98.0 wt. %; 1.0 wt. %≦b≦10.0 wt. %; 1.0 wt. %≦c≦10.0 wt. %.

Abstract: A seat-occupant sensing device for a car seat is provided, such that a heater can be installed in the seat without deterioration of sitting comfort. A load sensor is mounted to a cushion frame of a car seat. The end of a flexible cushion support is linked with the load sensor. Because the flexible cushion support flexes when a person sits on the seat, the load sensor detects the moment when the person sits on the seat.

Abstract: A power plant and method for the generation of power from flowing air utilizes a generally vertically extending duct having an inlet open to atmosphere at an elevation above an outlet. A spray system is mounted adjacent the inlet for spraying droplets of a predetermined amount of water into the air causing the air and droplet mixture to become cooler and denser than the outside air to create a down draft of fluid within the duct. A power system mounted adjacent the outlet recovers energy from the downdraft of fluid passing through it. The predetermined amount of water sprayed is greater than the amount of water that would theoretically and potentially evaporate in the air throughout the entire elevation over an unlimited time period using fresh water droplets. The power plant can also be synergistically combined with desalination systems and aquaculture.

Abstract: In a method and a device for sealing a ceramic package of a SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) filter, when making a ceramic package of an environmentally sensitive SAW filter such as a SAW duplexer filter or a SAW filter, a first sealing is carried out between a ceramic main body and a metal case so as to protect the chip component, and then, a second sealing is carried out also between the metal case and the ceramic main body again, so that the shielding effect against external electromagnetic fields would be superior, and so that costs are reduced and so that a workability improvement can be realized, and so that the sealing can be made more secure. The first sealing is carried out on a step that is formed on the top of the ceramic main body to bond the metal case thereupon. The second sealing is carried out on the top of the ceramic main body to bond the metal case on the ceramic main body.

Abstract: A scalable stack-gate flash memory cell and its contactless memory array are disclosed by the present invention, in which the control-gate length and the implanted region of a scalable stack-gate flash memory cell are separately defined by two sidewall dielectric spacers formed over a sidewall on the common-source region and, therefore, can be controlled to be smaller than a minimum-feature-size of technology used; a contactless memory array comprises a plurality of common-source/drain conductive bus lines being formed alternately over the flat beds and a plurality of word lines together with the control-gates of scalable stack-gate flash memory cells being patterned and etched simultaneously by a set of hard masking layers are formed transversely to the plurality of common-source/drain conductive bus lines.

Abstract: A disposable undergarment such as a disposable diaper includes a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending therebetween, the undergarment has afterward bonded edges extending along a longitudinal center line of the rear waist region and a concavity depressed toward a surface destined to be remote from the wearer's skin, the rear waist region is divided into a first rear waist region and a second rear waist region along a longitudinal center line extending in the longitudinal direction to bisect a transverse dimension of the undergarment, and the concavity is formed by drawing the first rear waist region and the second waist region toward each other and bonding the afterward bonded edges to each other on the longitudinal center line.

Abstract: A hole-forming device includes a base member having a hole-forming projection facing a bottom of a can. The hole-forming projection is formed on an upper surface of the base member. The base member is slidable upward to the upper part of a case by pushing a pressing member. The hole-forming projection is normally held in the case for safety.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a build-up multi-layer printed circuit board is disclosed in which a YAG laser is used upon the formation of a via hole in the multi-layer printed circuit board, such that it can have the following advantages: the manufacturing process would become simple; the component packaging density and freedom for the design of the board would be improved; and a high speed of signal process would be ensured.

Abstract: To perform communication at a higher speed than in the past using a new communication device without giving influence on the existing slave communication device, on a master device of a communication system such as PHS, there are provided two series of modulators and demodulators for conventional speed and for higher speed, the two different speeds being changeable by a changeover switch. A slave device to be added newly is also designed in almost the same configuration. In the link setup phase, an information to request change of modulation method is notified together with a request of communication from the slave device to the master device. From the master device, an information to specify time slots to be used in the communication phase and an information to specify modulation method are notified to the slave device. In the communication phase, communication is performed using the modulation method and the time slots as specified.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film electrochemical apparatus is disclosed. A near net shape ceramic element is molded including a planar base region and a plurality of tubular regions. The planar base region is infiltrated with a non-conductive material. Each of the tubular regions is infiltrated with a porous conductive material. A porous catalytic electrode material is applied onto the infiltrated regions to form one of a cathodic and anodic surface. A ceramic electrolyte coating is deposited onto the porous catalytic electrode material. A porous catalytic electrode material is applied onto the deposited ceramic electrolyte coating. A porous conductive material is deposited onto the porous catalytic electrode to form the other of the cathodic and anodic surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a friction resistance generator capable of always generating a stable frictional force even if the opposed surfaces of a rotary member and a passive member have a curved shape such as a circumferential surface or a spherical surface. In the present invention, when the rotary member is rotated in the predetermined direction while a load is applied to the passive member, the rollers supported rotatably on one of the rotary member and the passive member rotate while being in contact with the rotary member or the passive member, thereby generating a frictional force according to the load on the rollers. In this case, the rollers are installed rotatably on either one of the opposed surfaces of the rotary member and the passive member, and the rollers are arranged so as to be capable of coming into contact with the other of the opposed surfaces of the rotary member and the passive member.

Abstract: A fastening system comprises a screw including a thread formed on a shank and configured to form a threaded bore in a plug made of a plastic material, and at least one notch formed in the shank between at least two adjacent turns of the thread. The system also comprises a clip including first and second clip bows connected at joined portions thereof. The first and second clip bows further have firs and second through apertures in their central portions which are aligned and sized to define a channel for allowing the shank of the screw to pass through. At least one of the first and second through apertures has an internal thread matching with the thread of the screw. The clip has at least one resilient lug adapted to engage with the at least one notch when the screw is fastened into the internal thread.

Abstract: In a strapping apparatus for strapping goods with a band, which apparatus has a tensioning device which is operatively connected to a tensioning drive and is intended for tensioning the band, a welding device for sealing two layers of a band, and a plurality of rewinding locks for fixing the band on the strapping apparatus, highest possible efficiency is to be achieved. The invention proposes providing the welding device with a lever (91), on the one end of which an eccentric (94) which is operatively connected to a motor shaft acts for the purpose of transmitting an eccentric movement, with regard to the motor shaft of the closure device, to the lever (91), and to the other end of which a welding shoe (86) is coupled, the lever (91) being mounted pivotably at a bearing point (90), so that the movement of the eccentric results in an oscillating reciprocating movement of the welding shoe. As a result, it is possible to reduce the power loss occurring in the friction welding operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to M-type microwave devices and is aimed to improve effectiveness of using a working surface of field-electron emitters, to improve their reliability while increasing stability of field emission and service life of the device. These objects are solved in the design of a M-type microwave device, comprising an anode encircling a cylindrical evacuated cavity and a cathode assembly disposed co-axially inside the anode, said cathode assembly comprising a cylindrical rod with its surfaces having elements in the form of planar (film) field-electron emitters and secondary-electron emitters that provide a primary and a secondary electron emission, respectively. In doing so, the normal to planar field-electron emitters is not parallel and makes therewith an angle of more than 0 degrees. An end-face of the field-electron emitter is protected by a tunnel-thin dielectric layer containing impurities of various materials and materials having a low work function.

Abstract: A strapping apparatus for strapping goods with a band, which apparatus has a tensioning device which is operatively connected to a tensioning drive and is intended for tensioning of the band, a closure device for sealing two ends of a band, and a plurality of rewinding locks for fixing the band on the strapping apparatus, is to be as lightweight as possible while of high functional reliability. It is therefore proposed that an essentially plate-shaped control board (14) which is operatively connected to an actuating means is provided as the means for controlling functions of the strapping apparatus, that a movement of the actuating means brings about a pivoting movement of the control board (14), and that the pivoting movement of the control board can be transmitted to a plurality of transmitting means which are coupled to the control board, with which the rewinding locks (5, 6, 26) can be transferred from a locking position into an insertion position and vice versa.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube includes a bulb having a screen, a conductive layer coated on the inner surface of the bulb, an electron gun mounted in the neck portion and having a final accelerating electrode electrically connected to the conductive layer, and leakage current shielding means installed in the neck portion, for shielding leakage current flowing along the inner surface of the neck portion from the conductive layer.