Abstract: An electrically heated nozzle for use in injection molding which is positioned between an injection apparatus and a die casting machine in an injection molding operation. The nozzle transfers molten material such as metal under pressure from the injection apparatus to the die. The nozzle has a refractive core, with a flow passage, surrounded by an intermediate metal core which is heated by a coil of electrical resistance wire to prevent heat loss in the molten metal. A metal sleeve surrounds the coil and the intermediate core. The heating coil is attached to a control box which energizes the coil and controls the temperature.

Abstract: An aluminum electrolytic capacitor has a large cylindrical hole in a core portion thereof. The anode and cathode foils and electrolyte-containing papers are rolled with less tension for an initial predetermined number of turns than for the later turns. Instead of forming the hole large, a core portion is formed by rolling the electrolyte-containing papers and either the anode foil or the cathode foil, or neither of them.

Abstract: A honeycomb heater has an integrated honeycomb structure obtained by connecting in series, via conductive plates, a plurality of honeycomb structure elements each having a large number of passages and each generating heat when electrified. At least two electrodes are provided on the integrated honeycomb structure for enabling the electrical heating thereof.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying heat to a patch on a composite structure repair site is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sealed bladder containing both a thermally conductive fluid and a heating element in thermal contact with the fluid. The heating element which comprises a flexible sheet having an electrical resistance wire uniformly placed thereon can be immersed in the fluid or otherwise in direct thermal contact therewith. Electrical power is applied to the heating element by conductors passing through the bladder surface. The heating element of disclosed structure can be attached to seal the bladder interior into two reservoirs, to permit fluid flow throughout the bladder or to form at least one outer surface of the bladder. Flexible supports can also be attached from the heating element to an interior bladder surface to maintain spacing between the heating element and the surface.

Abstract: Very thin films of cellulose triacetate are cast from a solution containing a small amount of high boiling temperature, non-solvent which evaporates last and lifts the film from the casting surface. Stretched, oriented, crystallized films have high electrical breakdown properties. Metallized films less than about 2 .mu.m in thickness form self-healing electrodes for high energy density, pulsed power capacitors. Thicker films can be utilized as a dielectric for a capacitor.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a film-forming metal, a dielectric oxide film formed thereon, and an electrically conductive composite polymer film formed on the dielectric oxide film as a solid electrolyte,the electrically conductive composite polymer film comprising(a) a polyaniline as a first polymer soluble in an organic solvent in an undoped state, which is a polymer having a quinonediimine structural unit and a phenylenediamine structural unit represented by following formula (I) as the main repeating unit; ##STR1## wherein m and n are the molar fractions of the quinonediimine structural unit and the phenylenediamine structural unit, respectively, and 0<m<1, 0<n<1, and m+n=1,(b) a second polymer selected from a polymer having a structure containing an ester group or an amido group in a main chain or a side chain as the main repeating unit and a cellulose derivative, and(c) a protonic acid having a pKa value of 4.8 or less.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus according to the present invention has a capacitor formed in such a manner that a ferroelectric thin film is formed after a MOS transistor has been formed on a substrate thereof, a ferroelectric thin film made of, for example, PbZrTiO.sub.3 or SrTiO.sub.3 or the like is formed into a columnar shape to form electrodes positioned in direct contact with the side wall portions of said columnar ferroelectric thin film, and the top portion is removed.

Abstract: A windshield having an upper vision area with a coating and a lower heating area aligned with a wiper blade storage area. When the coating is electroconductive, first and second bus bars are provided to selectively connect the coating to the terminals of a power source to provide a windshield heating circuit for defogging or defrosting its vision area. One of the bus bars is also connected to a heating element along a lower area of the windshield that faces a storage area for windshield wipers. The heating element is selectively connected to a different terminal of the power source from the terminal connected to one of the bus bars to cooperate with one of the bus bars and the power source to provide a storage area heating circuit. The windshield heating circuit and the storage area heating circuit may be operated independently, either separately or simultaneously, from a common electric power source.

Abstract: A device forming a touch screen of the capacitive type intended in particular to cower a visualizing screen of a visualizing display unit such as a cathode ray tube. A group of electrically conducting transparent electrodes are arranged to be insulated from each other, not exposed to the outside and are connected to an electronic circuit for detecting capacitive variation. A second group of electrically conducting transparent electrodes insulated from each other are arranged to form front keys and are separated from the first group by a transparent dielectric material. The electrodes of the second group have substantially the same dimensions as the electrodes of the first group and are superimposed respectively upon the electrodes of the first group while facing one another so as to form pairs of capacitors. The effective capacity of each pair of capacitors varies when a body forming a mass reference frame is applied upon a front key.

Abstract: A composite multilayer capacitive device (10) has a series resistance. A capacitor body (14) is defined by a plurality of interleaved first and second ceramic layers (21, 23) having respective first and second electrode patterns (22, 24) which establish a selectable capacitance. In a first embodiment, the first and second electrode patterns (22, 24) are generally rectangular with protruding interconnect elements (27, 28). In a second embodiment, the first and second electrode patterns (62, 64) are similar to those in the first embodiment, except that the second electrode pattern (64) has no interconnect element and is elongated in order to directly contact the second termination (18). In a third embodiment, the first and second electrode patterns (82, 84) are generally rectangular with first, second, and third protruding interconnect elements (87a-87c, 88a-88c).

Abstract: A double layer capacitor with electrodes produced from a carbonaceous material having a large capacitance obtained by heat-treating an activated carbon precursor at a temperature below 700.degree. C., preferably from 400.degree. to 500.degree. C., in an alkali metal hydroxide bath. In particular, its capacitance per unit volume is several times larger, in some cases 7 or more times larger, as compared with conventional activated carbons for capacitors.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes an anode, a dielectric layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode electrode. The solid electrolyte layer consists of a conductive polymer compound obtained by doping a dopant in one of a copolymer and a mixture of polypyrrole or a derivative thereof, the polypyrrole having a repetition unit represented by a formula ##STR1## wherein each of R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group or a hydrogen atom, and polyaniline or a derivative thereof, the polyaniline having a repetition unit represented by a formula ##STR2## wherein each of R.sub.4 to R.sub.7 represents an alkyl group or a hydrogen atom.

Abstract: In an electronic component such as a multilayer ceramic capacitor having an external electrode which is formed on an outer surface of an element body provided with an internal electrode, an inner layer is formed by baking silver paste, for example, on only an end surface of the element body to be connected to the internal electrode, in order to provide a sufficient thickness to the external electrode for reducing dc resistance while avoiding a bad influence exerted by wet plating. An outer layer is formed by dry plating to cover the inner layer and an end portion of the element body. The outer layer is formed by a first layer of a nickel alloy, for example, and a second layer of silver, for example.

Abstract: A package-type solid electrolytic capacitor is provided which comprises a pair of capacitor elements, a pair of diodes associated with the capacitor elements, a pair of leads associated with the capacitor elements and the diodes, and a resin package enclosing the capacitor elements, the diodes and part of the leads. The leads may be exchangeably connectable to a positive and a negative electrodes of a circuit pattern. In one state of lead connection, one of the diodes passes a current only for one of the capacitor elements. In the other state of lead connection, the other diode passes a current only for the other capacitor element. Thus, the capacitor is non-polar and therefore can be mounted without paying any attention to the polarity.

Abstract: A package-type solid electrolytic capacitor is provided which comprises a capacitor element including a chip from which an anode wire partially projects out, a resin package enclosing the capacitor element, and a diode also enclosed in the package. The diode has a negative pole electrically connected to the anode wire, and a positive pole electrically connected to the chip. The diode is designed to allow passage therethrough of a forward current under a forward bias which is lower than the reverse dielectric breakdown voltage of the capacitor element.

Abstract: In order to obtain a stator of a variable capacitor, prepared is a ceramic laminate having a stator electrode provided in its interior and a plurality of burnaway films of carbon or resin, which can be burned away by firing, provided in positions corresponding to that of a concave portion in the form of layers. This ceramic laminate is fired to burn out the burnaway films thereby obtaining a sintered body provided with a plurality of cavities and a plurality of thin layers, and this sintered body is barrel-polished to crush the thin layers, thereby forming a concave portion. A rotor of a metal forming a rotor electrode is arranged on the stator obtained in the aforementioned manner. A cover of a metal is fixed to the stator through an engaging member engaging in the concave portion of the stator, to rotatably store the rotor while pressing the rotor against the stator by a spring action part.

Abstract: Solid electrolytic capacitors comprise a valve metal member having a dielectric film, with or without a conductive underlying layer, formed on the member, and a conductive polymer film formed on the layer. The conductive polymer film is formed by electrolytic polymerization of a polymerizable monomer contained in a system which comprises the monomer, a support electrolyte, and at least one member selected from silicic acids and silicates with or without phenol compounds. By this, the life of the capacitor even under high temperature and high humidity conditions is significantly improved. Methods for fabricating such capacitors are also described.

Abstract: The invention discloses an upstanding surface mounting type electrolytic chip capacitor. The conventional capacitor has an asymmetrical mass distribution, and oscillations occur, with the result that an automatic surface mounting becomes difficult. The present invention provides upward projections along the edges of the cover portion of the holder, thereby minimizing the settling instability, and forming a plurality of soldering gas discharge and lead guide slots. Further, an annular groove is formed on the bottom of the cover portion and along the upper circumference of the capacitor, so that a short-circuit preventing step should be formed, and that the coupling between the capacitor and the holder should be reinforced. Accordingly, the lead drawing direction does not have to be considered, and the mass distribution of the capacitor becomes symmetrical.

Abstract: This invention relates to a capacitor with cells of a double electric layer comprising of a case of dielectric material for accommodating a stack of capacitor cells having a double electric layer with electrolyte therein and having been compressed together in a stack, and further having at least two current collector plates connected to the stack of capacitor cells for collecting current, and; at least two current feeders connected to the at least two current collector plates for feeding current there through, at least two platens of dielectric material for insulation of said stack of capacitor cells and for providing impermeability to an electrolyte and are inert thereto, at least two strength plates having the stack of capacitor cells therebetween, and a flexible brace member connected between said at least two strength plates for retaining and holding said stack of capacitor cells in a compressed stack.

Abstract: A surface-mount type ceramic capacitor particularly suitable for use in an intermediate to high tension circuit is disclosed, wherein lead terminals are spaced from a dielectric ceramic substrate except for a portion joined with electrodes. With this spaced arrangement, the ceramic capacitor has a high electric breakdown strength and an improved heat-resisting property and, hence, is capable of operating reliably over a long period of use.