Abstract: The present invention provides a technology of switching the appearance of a product. A decorative film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light control layer including a first transparent conductive film, a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer containing a polymer matrix and droplets dispersed in the polymer matrix, the droplets each containing a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic dye, and a second transparent conductive film in the stated order from a viewer side thereof; and a reflective layer arranged on a side of the light control layer opposite to the viewer side.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technology of switching the appearance of a product. A decorative film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light control layer including a first transparent conductive film, a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer containing a polymer matrix and droplets dispersed in the polymer matrix, the droplets each containing a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic dye, and a second transparent conductive film in the stated order from a viewer side thereof; and a decorative layer arranged on at least one side of the light control layer.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material, a sacrificial material provided on one surface of the core material, a brazing filler material provided on the other surface side of the core material, and an intermediate layer provided between the core material and the brazing filler material. The core material contains Si: 0.30 to 1.00 mass %, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Cu: 0.60 to 1.20 mass %, Mg: 0.05 to 0.80 mass %, and Al. The sacrificial material contains Si: 0.10 to 1.20 mass %, Zn: 2.00 to 7.00 mass %, Mn: 0.40 mass % or less, and Al. The intermediate layer contains Si: 0.05 to 1.20 mass %, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Cu: 0.10 to 1.20 mass %, and Al.

Abstract: An overhead display system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a trim panel, a set of brackets, and a plurality of display units. The brackets are disposed within an interior region of the trim panel, and the display units are mounted on the brackets through openings formed in the trim panel. The display units are arranged such that a pair of screens can be oriented in both a rearward-facing direction and a forward-facing direction. The system is configured as a module that can be readily installed in a roof structure of a vehicle.

Abstract: An overhead display system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a trim panel, a set of brackets, and a plurality of display units. The brackets are disposed within an interior region of the trim panel, and the display units are mounted on the brackets through openings formed in the trim panel. The display units are arranged such that a pair of screens can be oriented in both a rearward-facing direction and a forward-facing direction. The system is configured as a module that can be readily installed in a roof structure of a vehicle.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing a light control element of the present invention includes: removing, in a predetermined portion of a light control film including a first base material with a transparent electrode layer and a second base material with a transparent electrode layer arranged so that transparent electrode layers are opposed to each other, and a liquid crystal light control layer sandwiched between the base materials with transparent electrode layers, one of the base materials with transparent electrode layers; swelling the liquid crystal light control layer remaining in the predetermined portion after the removal of the one of the base materials with transparent electrode layers with an organic solvent; bonding a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape to a surface of the swollen liquid crystal light control layer; and peeling off the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape from the light control film together with the swollen liquid crystal light control layer.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing a light control element of the present invention includes: removing, in a predetermined portion of a light control film including a first base material with a transparent electrode layer and a second base material with a transparent electrode layer arranged so that transparent electrode layers are opposed to each other, and a liquid crystal light control layer sandwiched between the base materials with transparent electrode layers, one of the base materials with transparent electrode layers; swelling the liquid crystal light control layer remaining in the predetermined portion after the removal of the one of the base materials with transparent electrode layers with an organic solvent; bonding a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape to a surface of the swollen liquid crystal light control layer; and peeling off the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape from the light control film together with the swollen liquid crystal light control layer.

Abstract: A vehicle bumper structure includes a bumper beam and an absorber. The bumper beam includes an upper absorber support surface and an upper reinforcing rib. The upper reinforcing rib includes an upper rib body portion and a pair of right and left upper rib bend portions extending from right and left ends of the upper rib body portion so as to bend toward a vehicle inner side. The absorber includes an absorber body, a pair of right and left upper absorber support legs extending from the absorber body across the upper reinforcing rib, and a pair of right and left contact portions extending outward in a vehicle width direction from the upper absorber support legs so as to be in contact with the right and left upper rib bend portions from the vehicle inner side.

Abstract: A vehicle bumper structure includes a bumper beam and an absorber. The bumper beam includes an upper absorber support surface and an upper reinforcing rib. The upper reinforcing rib includes an upper rib body portion and a pair of right and left upper rib bend portions extending from right and left ends of the upper rib body portion so as to bend toward a vehicle inner side. The absorber includes an absorber body, a pair of right and left upper absorber support legs extending from the absorber body across the upper reinforcing rib, and a pair of right and left contact portions extending outward in a vehicle width direction from the upper absorber support legs so as to be in contact with the right and left upper rib bend portions from the vehicle inner side.

Abstract: A terminal transmits a request for a resource assignment to a base station, and acquires a value of a resource for data transmission. The terminal does not transmit the new data to the base station when the resource for data transmission does not exist, and transmits the new data to the base station otherwise, after acquiring the value. The terminal autonomously transmits, when the new data is transmitted to the base station and a NAK signal is received from the base station, the retransmission data to the base station without sending a transmission request to the base station for resources to transmit the retransmission data.

Abstract: A fastener including a pin, a grommet and a pinching member, wherein the pin includes a head portion and a shaft portion, the grommet includes a flange portion and a barrel portion, and the pinching member includes an inward directed support arm and an outward directed pinching piece, the head portion includes a support portion for supporting the inward directed support arm of the pinching member, a containing chamber for containing a side of the outward directed pinching piece of the pinching member to direct in a direction of a center of the shaft portion and a press face for pressing outward the outward directed pinching piece of the pinching member at the shaft portion of the pin and forming an opening window for putting in and out the outward directed pinching piece of the pinching member at the barrel portion of the grommet.

Abstract: In the timing correcting device, a RAKE path detecting circuit 1 detects a plurality of path candidates to be tracked, from a reception signal, and outputs a “timing of a path” and a “detection correlation value” corresponding to each path candidate, as a result of the detection. Next, each tracking-path candidate deciding circuit (2a, 2b, 2c, . . . ) generates a predetermined decision standard that is necessary for selecting an optimum path timing from timings of the path candidates, based on an individually allocated result of the detection. Further, the tracking-path selecting circuit 3 selects a timing of an optimum path to be tracked, based on the result of the detection and the predetermined decision standards. Then, a comparator circuit 5 compares a predetermined reception reference timing given from the outside with the optimum path timing, and calculates a phase difference between the two.

Abstract: A terminal transmits a request for a resource assignment to a base station, and acquires an initial value of a resource for data transmission that can be reduced with time. The terminal does not transmit the new data to the base station when the resource for data transmission is not remained, and transmits the new data to the base station otherwise, after acquiring the initial value. The terminal transmits, when the new data is transmitted to the base station and a NAK signal is received from the base station, the retransmission data to the base station regardless of a state of the resource for data transmission.

Abstract: A heat dissipation assembly in which a heat generator and a heat dissipator are integrated via an electrically insulating and thermally conductive sheet, at least one surface of which a thermally conductive grease is applied to, in which the thermally conductive grease is incompatible with the electrically insulating and thermally conductive sheet. Heat from the heat generator such as a semiconductor device or the like can be effectively dissipated while an electrically insulating condition is maintained over a long period of time.

Abstract: A paint substitute film product 1 for surfacing an object S includes a decorative coat including a light-curable resinous layer, and a protective film provided over a surface of the light-curable resinous layer of the decorative coat. An adhesion strength AS1 between a surface of the object and the decorative coat, an adhesion strength AS2 between the protective film and the decorative coat, and a tensile strength TS of the decorative coat are configured to exhibit the equation: AS1>AS2>TS. The paint substitute film product 1 can deliver increased economy in surfacing the object, and the step of forming the object to be surfaced and the step of applying the paint substitute film can be provided independently.

Abstract: A transmitting station receives, from one of receiving-stations to which it has been assigned a communication channel, a retransmission request indicating retransmission of a particular frame, switches the communication with the one receiving station to a communication according to an SAW (Stop and Wait) scheme, retransmits the particular frame according to the SAW scheme to the one receiving station, assigns the communication channel that was assigned to the one receiving station another receiving station, and switches the communication with the one receiving station to the successive transmission upon reception from the one receiving station of a reply indicative of correct reception of the particular frame.

Abstract: An insulation sheet is formed by a heat conductive filler of an amount of 70–93 mass % in an organopolysiloxane base material. The content of conductive impurities in the insulation sheet is 500 ppm or less. The insulation sheet according to one embodiment is interposed between a semiconductor device and a heat sink.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor chips formed with electrodes on front and reverse sides, a first bus bar on which the first semiconductor chip is mounted so as the reverse side electrode to be connected thereto, a second bus bar, arranged parallel with the first bus bar, on which the second semiconductor chip is mounted so as the reverse side electrode to be connected thereto, a third bus bar that is press-connected to the front side electrode of the first semiconductor chip, a fourth bus bar that is press-connected to the front side electrode of the second semiconductor chip, and a connecting section that electrically connects the first bus bar and the fourth bus bar.

Abstract: A control unit measures a phase error between a reference timing of a mobile station and a reception timing from a base station based on reception data from a reception unit and a count from a reference timing counter unit, determines a frequency deviation correction value calculation period corresponding to the measured phase error, and outputs it to a frequency deviation correction value calculation unit. The frequency deviation correction value calculation unit does not calculate a deviation at every reception time when intermittent reception is repeated, but calculates a deviation at intervals following the frequency deviation correction value calculation period given from the control unit.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus includes a low-rate clock oscillator for generating a low-rate clock signal used for reception timing estimation; a frequency deviation measuring duration controller for determining a deviation measuring duration of measuring a frequency deviation of the low-rate clock signal in accordance with an intermittent time interval of the radio signal; a frequency deviation measuring section for measuring the frequency deviation of the low-rate clock signal over the deviation measuring duration; and a timing counter for correcting the frequency deviation of the low-rate clock signal, for measuring an intermittent span of the received signal in response to the low-rate clock signal after the correction, and for generating the estimated reception timing of the radio signal.