Abstract: A film containing TiO2 and SiO2. It is formed by depositing TiO2 and SiO2 onto a substrate by sputtering method, or depositing their vapors thereon. The film is heat treated at a temperature of 200-1200° C. to form a film of anatase type TiO2 containing SiO2.

Abstract: An electric furnace extending method and apparatus for an optical fiber glass body alignment when connecting the extension use body and pulling member and making it possible to immediately start the extension after the fusing of the connection portion. A centering mechanism for centering the frame and portion of the body and member on the furnace center side is provided between the furnace pipe of the electric furnaces and grips of the extension use glass body and between the furnace pipe and the pulling member. The free end portion is centered by this centering mechanism, then the gripped sides of the body and member are fixed, the front ends of the two free end portions are abutted and fused and bonded at the highest temperature portion inside the electric furnace, then the highest temperature portion is moved to the extension portion of the glass body side and the extending of the glass body is commenced.

Abstract: In a structure to support wheels freely rotatably in relation to a vehicle body via a bearing section, the bearing section is formed from a tapered roller bearing that has an inner member 1, an outer member 2 fitted on the inner member 1 from the outside and double rows of tapered rollers 3 interposed between the inner member 1 and the outer member 2. The outer member 2 has double raceway surfaces 12 where the tapered rollers 3 move rolling thereon, and hardened layers at least on the raceway surfaces 12 and in relieving recesses 13 thereof. The inner member 1 is formed from a hub 1a having a wheel mounting flange 1a2 and an annular member 1b fixed on the outer circumference of the hub 1a, and has raceway surfaces 12, where the tapered rollers 3 move rolling thereon, formed on the outer circumference of the hub 1a and on the outer circumference of the annular member 1b.

Abstract: A termite shielding structure of underfloor portions of a building wherein a floor mold slab 3 and a berm 31 of reinforced concrete are integrally formed on sleeve crowns of underground beams 12 of mat foundations 1 made of reinforced concrete, wherein a termite shielding chemicals bucket 7 which is a long cylindrical body whose interior is filled with termite shielding chemicals is embedded into the floor mold slab 3 so as to pierce therethrough in a vertical manner, and wherein a pipe 4 that is used for delivery of plumbing water, gas or other fluids or for guiding electric wiring cables 5 is connected to the termite shielding chemicals bucket 7 such that these respectively extend on both upper and lower sides of the floor mold slab 3. With this arrangement, termites can be prevented from entering the underfloor portion 6 of the building from piping portions piercing through the floor mold slab 3.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes cell areas laid out along a periphery of the device. A plurality of transistors are formed in each cell area, and are separated into at least three transistor groups arranged in a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the semiconductor device. Each transistor group is connected to a high-potential power supply or a low-potential power supply. The semiconductor device has at least one interconnection line common to both the transistor group connected to the high-potential power supply and the transistor group connected to the low-potential power supply. The interconnection line serves to connect those transistor groups to external pads.

Abstract: There is provided a quartz glass crucible for pulling a silicon single crystal and a production process for the crucible, wherein an inner surface of the crucible is crystallized without addition of impurities during pulling a silicon single crystal, thereby impurities serving as causes of crystal defects being not incorporated into the silicon single crystal, so that deterioration of its inner surface is suppressed to improve a crystallization ratio, and accordingly productivity of the quartz glass crucible as well as a quality of the silicon single crystal is improved, and the quartz glass crucible for pulling a silicon single crystal comprises a crucible base body (3) made of a translucent quartz glass layer and a synthetic quartz glass layer (4) formed on an inner wall surface of the crucible base body (3), wherein a portion encircled by a brown ring on an inner surface of the quartz glass crucible is uniformly crystallized during pulling the silicon single crystal.

Abstract: A reduction in charging time is achieved while suppressing any deterioration in the lifetime of the battery. A battery temperature increase margin is determined from the battery temperature at charge commencement and the upper limit value of the battery temperature. Moreover, the target charging capacity is determined from the initial state of charge at charge commencement and the target state of charge at charge completion. Furthermore, a value of an upper limit of the battery temperature increase is determined from these. Then, the battery charge current maximum value is set by map referral based on the value of an upper limit of the battery temperature increase such that the temperature of the battery during charging does not exceed the upper limit value. A driver performs the battery charging using a charge current value that has been set on the basis of the battery charge maximum value.

Abstract: A first electrolytic chamber which houses an anode plate and a cathode plate with an ion-permeable membrane interposed therebetween is supplied with raw water containing an electrolyte as chloride ions. The raw water is electrolyzed to obtain electrolyzed water at a cathode side in the first electrolytic chamber. The electrolyzed water is then electrolyzed at an anode side in a second electrolytic chamber which houses an anode plate and a cathode plate with an ion-permeable membrane interposed therebetween, for thereby generating hydroxyl radicals in the electrolyzed water. The electrolyzed water containing the hydroxyl radicals is added to water containing an organic substance to cause the hydroxyl radicals to attack to the organic substance for thereby decomposing the organic substance.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to prevent an oil from penetrating into a vessel obtained from expandable thermoplastic resin beads through molding. The above object is achieved by expandable thermoplastic resin beads whose surface or surface layer is coated or incorporated with a fluorine-containing block copolymer comprising of a fluorine-containing vinyl-type polymer segment derived from a fluorine-containing vinyl-type monomer and a lipophilic vinyl-type polymer segment derived from a lipophilic vinyl-type monomer.

Abstract: Chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) thermoplastic copolymers, comprising: (a) from 0.15 to 4% by moles of one or more fluorodioxoles having the general formula:  wherein: X1 and X2, equal to or different from each other, are selected among —F or —CF3; Z is selected among —F, —H, —Cl; Y is equal to ORf and Rf is a perfluoroalkyl having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or Y=Z; (b) CTFE, forming the remaining part to 100% by moles.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical disc master plate, comprises the steps of: forming a photoresist layer having an electrically conductivity on a substrate; and irradiating the photoresist layer with a laser beam, using an optical system capable of holding a solid immersion lens on a flying head.

Abstract: Connections of global data buses GDB0 and GDB1 to local data buses LDB00 to LDB04 in a bank 1 are reverse to those in a bank 0. That is, the global data bus GDB0 is connected to every other local data bus LDB00, LDB02 and LDB04 including both sides in the bank 0, and to every other local data buses LDB11 and LDB13 excluding both sides in the bank 1, while the global data bus GDB1 is connected to every other local data buses LDB01 and LDB03 excluding both sides in the bank 0, and to every other local data bus LDB10, LDB12 and LDB14 including both sides.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved method of cutting a laminated workpiece having thin flat strips arranged crosswise at different levels in its thickness. In cutting the laminated workpiece use is made of a cutting machine which comprises a chuck table for holding the laminated workpiece; an optical means for detecting a cutting area in the laminated workpiece; a first cutting means having a blade for cutting a “V”-shaped groove on the laminated workpiece; and a second cutting means having a blade for cutting the cutting area into square pieces. The chuck table is capable of moving for cutting the laminated workpiece, and capable of rotating a selected angular distance for cutting indentation.

Abstract: The invention provides a coating composition for building use, which contains a base polyamide resin coating and charcoal powder. The base polyamide resin coating contains a copolymeric nyron and a solvent therefor.

Abstract: While the amount of intake air introduced into an internal combustion engine is being increased by an intake air quantity control unit, an ignition timing control unit manipulates the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine to converge the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine to a target rotational speed according to a feedback control process (PI control process). The ignition timing control unit has a function to vary the feedback gain of the feedback control process depending on the ignition timing, such that the feedback gain is smaller as the ignition timing being manipulated is more retarded.

Abstract: Fluoropolymer aqueous dispersions comprising an hydrogenated nonionic surfactant and a fluorinated nonionic surfactant selected from the following classes: Rf—L—(OCH(R1)—CH(R2) )n—O—A  (I) wherein: n is an integer comprised between 4 and 60; L is selected from: —(CF(Y)—CO—O)pR′—; —(CF(Y)—CO—NH)pR′—; —(CF(Y)—SO2—NH)pR′—; wherein: p is 0 or 1; Y can be F or CF3; R′ is an alkylic radical C1-C5; R1, R2 can preferably be both H or the former H and the latter CH3, Rf can be a radical of (per)fluoroalkane type from 4 to 20 C atoms or of (per)fluoropolyether type; A is selected from the following ones: —H; —CH, —CH2OH; —CH2OCH2CH2OH; —CH2(OCH2CH2)n′″OR′ wherein n′″ is an integer between 2 and 15 and R′ is H, CH3, COCH3; —CONHCH2CH2OH.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire having carcass layers of three plies each constituted by organic fiber cords and in which both end portions of a first one and a second one of the carcass layers enumerated from an inner side to an outer side direction of the tire in the 3 plies of carcass layers, are folded back from the inner side to the outer side of the tire respectively around bead cores, reinforcement layers are arranged on outer sides of the fold back portions of the carcass layers and a third one of the carcass layers is turned down to cover outer sides of the reinforcement layers.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a core drill for drilling a fine hole which can securely fix an abrasive grain to a core material, can finish to a predetermined diameter in a relatively easy manner, and can manufacture one having a superfine diameter about some &mgr;m, and a method of manufacturing the same. A core drill for drilling a fine hole in accordance with the invention for achieving the object is structured such as to drill a fine hole onto a work, or grind an inner diameter of the drilled fine hole to a predetermined shape, and characterized by bundling ceramics long fibers so as to make a core material, impregnating the core material with a molten synthetic resin so as to harden, and holding an abrasive grain by the synthetic resin.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy comprises magnesium in a range of 3.0% by weight≦Mg≦5.5% by weight, manganese in a range of 1.5% by weight≦Mn≦2.0% by weight, nickel in a range of 0.5% by weight≦Ni≦0.9% by weight, and the balance of aluminum including inevitable impurities. Particularly, the Ni content is set in the above range in order to achieve an increase in toughness of a die-cast product. Thus, it is possible to suppress the amount of an intermetallic compound AlMnNi produced and to finely divide the intermetallic compound AlMnNi.

Abstract: A clock signal generator which is particularly useful for a double data rate SDRAM (DDR-SDRAM) includes two or more clock signal input buffers and an enable signal input buffer. The clock signal generator generates internal clock signals that fluctuate at substantially different timings, yet the relationship between the internal clock signals with respect to validation and invalidation timing is constant. A latch circuit latches an enable signal from the enable signal buffer in accordance with a first internal clock signal from a first one of the clock signal buffers. A first enable signal connected to the latch circuit holds the latched enable signal in accordance with the first internal clock signal. A second enable circuit receives the first enable signal and the first internal clock signal and generates a second enable signal used to activate the clock signal buffers.