Abstract: An electric contact comprises a main body consisting of a copper-based alloy or of stainless steel and a contact layer consisting of a gold-based alloy. The contact layer has a thickness of at least 0.3 ?m and consists of gold with a content of 0.5 percent by weight to 15 percent by weight of one or more platinum group metals, and that an intermediate layer consisting of silver or of a silver-based alloy or of nickel is provided between the main body and the contact layer. The contact layer is preferably applied on the main body by a PVD process.

Abstract: This invention provides a manufacturing method of a dynamic damper comprising steps of: forming an annular elastic body; fitting a weight on the inner periphery of the annular elastic body and an outer pipe on the outer periphery; and bonding the weight and the outer pipe on the inner periphery and the outer periphery of the annular elastic body.

Abstract: In a front fork of a motor cycle or the like, an outer peripheral portion of a seat member is clamped and fixed between a bottom portion of an axle bracket and a lower end portion of an axle side tube. A flange portion is provided in an outer periphery of a lower end portion of a holder provided with a compression side partition wall member and valve assembly. An outer periphery of a lower end portion of a damper cylinder is screwed with the seat member. The outer peripheral flange portion of the holder is clamped and fixed between the lower end portion of the damper cylinder and the bottom portion of the axle bracket or the seat member.

Abstract: The present invention concerns x-ray sources for mammography. A microfocused x-ray source of small size (30 ?m and smaller) with x-ray spectrum optimized for enhanced mammography is obtained with a method and system according to the invention. The proposed x-ray source is based on the use of plasmas created by the energy distribution of suprathermal electrons that are produced during the interaction of the laser beam with a solid target. These hot electrons penetrate the surface layer of cold plasma and interact with the solid core of the target. The method and system according to the present invention allows optimizing the x-ray source size, its spectral distribution, and the conversion efficiency in the 17.3-28.5 keV range (adapted to the breast thickness).

Abstract: The present invention provides a temperature compensator for a torque sensor, including a pair of coils, which are connected to an AC power supply circuit via transistors and in which inductances change in opposite directions depending on torque, and a torque detecting means which obtains a voltage difference between a first voltage and a second voltage output via smoothing circuits based on changes in inductance of each pair of coils, and outputs as a torque detection voltage, the temperature compensator having a correcting voltage extracting means for extracting a voltage between terminals of a transistor in the AC power supply circuit as a temperature correcting voltage, and a correcting means for correcting the torque detection voltage based on a temperature correcting voltage Vs extracted by the correcting voltage extracting means.

Abstract: In an electric motor in which a magnet holder is provided in an inner periphery of a yoke, and a terminal insertion hole is provided in a feed connector provided in a brush holder. A terminal connected to a brush is inserted to the terminal insertion hole, and the yoke and the brush holder are connected. An engagement portion is provided in the terminal, a convex portion is provided in an end surface of the magnet holder, and the convex portion of the magnet holder is allowed to be engaged with the engagement portion of the terminal under a state in which the yoke and the brush holder are connected.

Abstract: An electric motor is disclosed in which a rising wall is formed in a rear side of a terminal insertion hole in a brush holder, a terminal elastically deforms with respect to an upper surface of the rising wall so as to get over the rising wall, thereby being inserted into the terminal insertion hole, and a bent base end portion of the terminal is abutted against the rising wall so as to be prevented from coming off, an elastic deforming performance regulating portion is provided in the terminal.

Abstract: An electric motor provided with a terminal insertion hole to which a terminal connected to a brush is inserted, in a feed connector, a fitting hole is formed in a base end portion of the terminal, a projection is formed in a side of a brush holder, and the fitting hole of the terminal inserted into the terminal insertion hole can be fitted to the projection of the brush holder.

Abstract: An inverted type front fork in a two-wheeled vehicle or the like, wherein an annular groove in which both end portions in an axial direction are closed is formed in an upper inner periphery of an outer tube, and an annular bush having a closed gap in a free state is attached to the annular groove, and an annular gap between an inner periphery of the outer tube and an outer periphery of the inner tube forms a smaller thickness than the bush.