Abstract: There is provided a mounting structure of a bumper beam in which the weight is decreased while a sufficient strength is ensured. In a mounting structure of a bumper beam for mounting the bumper beam to at least one of a front part or a rear part of a side frame which is provided on both sides in the vehicle width direction and extends in the longitudinal direction of vehicle, the bumper beam has two or more pipes each having a length at least equal to a distance between the side frames, the pipes being arranged horizontally one above another so that the outside surfaces of the pipes are located at the same position in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a central position in the height direction of the bumper beam approximately coincides with a central position in the height direction of the side frame.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a metal shield casing which covers a periphery of the liquid crystal display panel. The metal shield casing has a plurality of fixing pawls and a plurality of fixing hooks.

Abstract: There is provided a storage construction for a seat belt connecting member in a seat belt system in which a seat belt pulled out of a retractor provided on a vehicle body is pulled out in a slantwise downward direction via a sash guide mounted in a roof portion, a first connecting member mounted at the tip end of the seat belt is fixed to a first fixing member provided on the seat side, and a second connecting member provided in an intermediate portion of the seat belt is fixed to a second fixing member provided on the seat side, whereby a seat belt user is restrained by the seat belt set at three points. A connecting member attaching cover 12 is provided in a sash guide attaching portion in the roof portion 4, and the connecting member attaching cover 12 is provided with holding means 18 and 15 for holding the first and second connecting members 7 and 10 separately when the seat belt is not in use.

Abstract: It is intended to provide an image forming apparatus that surely notifies a user of unit replacement timing and strongly urges the user to replace units without additional apparatus being applied thereto. A color printer 1 detects remaining life of each replaceable unit. When a certain replaceable unit nearly reaches its replacement timing, the color printer 1 indicates that fact in an operation panel 75. When the remaining life lowers improvement prohibiting level, in other words, when the unit reaches its replacement timing, the color printer 1 indicates a name of the unit to be replaced and necessity of replacement in the operation panel 75 and prohibits image improvement operation. That is, an image is formed without image quality improvement operation. Thereby, image quality deteriorates. Image deterioration can surely notify a user of replacement timing of the unit and urge the user to replace the unit with a new one.

Abstract: A silicon oxide film is formed on the surfaces of a plastic substrate and contains methyl groups and methylene groups in a portion near the interface to the plastic substrate. The silicon oxide film exhibits not only excellent adhesion to the plastic substrate, softness and flexibility but also exhibits excellent gas shut-off property (gas barrier property), makes it possible to achieve excellent gas-shutoff property with a smaller film thickness than that of the conventional films, and can be mass-produced favorably.

Abstract: A safe and practically useful body fluid processor whereby blood taken out from a patient can be directly processed, characterized by having a favorable passage of the blood cell and showing an extremely low risk of the generation and leakage of microparticles. Namely, a body fluid processor enabling direct hemoperfusion wherein the ratio of sedimented particles to the volume of the space in which the particles for processing body fluid are to be packed is 100% or less and the space in which the particles for processing body fluid are to be packed in the body fluid processor is filled with the particles for processing body fluid and a filling liquid at a ratio of 95% or more but not more than 100%.

Abstract: The present invention is: a pearlitic steel rail excellent in wear resistance and ductility, characterized in that, in a steel rail having pearlite structure containing, in mass, 0.65 to 1.40% C, the number of the pearlite blocks having grain sizes in the range from 1 to 15 &mgr;m is 200 or more per 0.2 mm2 of an observation field at least in a part of the region down to a depth of 10 mm from the surface of the corners and top of the head portion; and a method for producing a pearlitic steel rail excellent in wear resistance and ductility, characterized by, in the hot rolling of said steel rail, applying finish rolling so that the temperature of the rail surface may be in the range from 850° C. to 1,000° C. and the sectional area reduction ratio at the final pass may be 6% or more, and then applying accelerated cooling to the head portion of said rail at a cooling rate in the range from 1 to 30° C./sec. from the austenite temperature range to at least 550° C.

Abstract: Roadside wireless devices are installed at roadside positions corresponding to the traffic lanes entering an intersection. Roadside wireless devices are also installed at roadside positions corresponding to the traffic lanes exiting an intersection. The roadside wireless devices on the entrance side receive an identification number from vehicle-mounted wireless ID devices of vehicles entering the intersection and transmit them to a roadside traffic monitoring device. Thereafter, the roadside wireless devices on the exit side receive an identification number from the vehicle-mounted wireless ID devices of vehicles exiting the intersection and transmit them to the roadside traffic monitoring device. From the identification numbers received, the roadside traffic monitoring device is able to determine the entrance from which a vehicle judged to be the same one had entered and the exit from which it exited, along with the type of vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting the coating of a fluorescent substance on a plasma display panel includes an illumination device for irradiating UV light onto the fluorescent substance for causing the fluorescent substance to emit light, and an imaging device for picking up the emission of the fluorescent substance. A filter, that lets only light of certain wavelengths in accordance with light emission characteristics of the fluorescent substance pass, is arranged between the imaging device and the panel being inspected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrophilized membrane which has greatly suppressed adhesion of blood cells such as erythrocytes, leukocytes and blood platelets within blood, by easily conducting hydrophilization of a hydrophobic porous membrane, and a process for the hydrophilization.

Abstract: A secondary battery including an electricity generating element, which includes at least a positive electrode implemented by a lithium-manganese compound oxide, a negative electrode, an electrolyte and a separator, and films encasing the electricity generating element is disclosed. The secondary battery further includes a composition causing the electrolyte to react with water to thereby produce hydrogen ions, and a hydrogen ion uptaking agent so positioned as to contact the electrolyte existing in the battery. The battery is desirable in charge-discharge cycle characteristic, storage characteristic, and safety. In addition, the battery swells little despite a repeated charge-discharge cycle or storage.

Abstract: A positive electrode of a nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery comprises (A) a lithium-manganese composite oxide and (B1) at least one lithium-nickel composite oxide which has a specific surface area X of 0.3≦X (m2/g) and which is selected from a group consisting of LiNiO2, Li2NiO2, LiNi2O4, Li2Ni2O4 and LiNi1−xMxO2 (0<x≦0.5 is satisfied, and M represents at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Co, Mn, Al, Fe, Cu and Sr), whereby it is possible to obtain a nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery which is superior in battery properties, especially charge and discharge cycle properties, retention properties and safety.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing laminated material which can remove ear portions of a resin film extruded from an extruding machine and can directly laminate the resin film to a substrate and can make the processing of end portions of a laminated material after lamination unnecessary. The present invention also provides an apparatus used for such a manufacturing method. In the method for manufacturing laminated material which laminates a resin film formed by extruding molten thermoplastic resin from a T-die to a substrate, a laminating film is formed by cutting ear portions of the resin film before lamination and the laminating film is laminated to the substrate.

Abstract: This invention provides a propylene-based composition for the molded polypropylene resin articles excellent in resistance to scratching and moldability, and well-balanced properties between high rigidity and high impact strength, and also provides a method for molding the above propylene-based composition, thereby providing high-performance industrial parts and automobile parts, in particular automobile interior parts.

Abstract: A cable holder is deposited and fixed on an inner wall of a sewage pipe made of resin and supports an optical fiber for communication, which is passed through the pipe. The cable holder has a longitudinal section similar to that of an inverted pot and a narrowed inlet opening, and is provided with a pair of claws arranged in the axial direction of a pipe at its upper part. A cable holder driving device is raised in a state where the cable holder is heated and a pair of claws are pressure-fitted into the inner wall of the pipe. The pressure-fitting is carried out to such a degree that the cable fitted to and supported by the cable holder is brought into contact with the inner wall of the pipe. After the cable holder is cooled down and fixed, the cable passed through the pipe is pushed in the cable holder through its inlet opening.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for trimming a resin film which can recycle lug portions of the resin film after trimming, can easily trim the resin film even when the resin film is made of resin which becomes fragile by cooling, and enhance the use efficiency of a laminated sheet by making resin coated portions disposed at both sides of the laminated sheet thin. At the time of coating molten resin at least on one surface of a substrate to form a resin film after making the molten resin pass between coating rolls, the lug portions of the resin film are trimmed before the lug portions of the resin film are cooled.

Abstract: There is provided a storage construction for a seat belt connecting member in a seat belt system in which a seat belt pulled out of a retractor provided on a vehicle body is pulled out in a slantwise downward direction via a sash guide mounted in a roof portion, a first connecting member mounted at the tip end of the seat belt is fixed to a first fixing member provided on the seat side, and a second connecting member provided in an intermediate portion of the seat belt is fixed to a second fixing member provided on the seat side, whereby a seat belt user is restrained by the seat belt set at three points. A connecting member attaching cover 12 is provided in a sash guide attaching portion in the roof portion 4, and the connecting member attaching cover 12 is provided with holding means 18 and 15 for holding the first and second connecting members 7 and 10 separately when the seat belt is not in use.

Abstract: A silicon oxide film is formed on the surfaces of a plastic substrate and contains methyl groups and methylene groups in a portion near the interface to the plastic substrate. The silicon oxide film exhibits not only excellent adhesion to the plastic substrate, softness and flexibility but also exhibits excellent gas shut-off property (gas barrier property), makes it possible to achieve excellent gas-shutoff property with a smaller film thickness than that of the conventional films, and can be mass-produced favorably.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for trimming a resin film which can recycle lug portions of the resin film after trimming, can easily trim the resin film even when the resin film is made of resin which becomes fragile by cooling, and enhance the use efficiency of a laminated sheet by making resin coated portions disposed at both sides of the laminated sheet thin. At the time of coating molten resin at least on one surface of a substrate to form a resin film after making the molten resin pass between coating rolls, the lug portions of the resin film are trimmed before the lug portions of the resin film are cooled.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treatment with a microwave plasma by maintaining a reduced pressure in a plasma-treating chamber for treatment with a plasma in which a substrate that is to be treated with a microwave plasma is contained, introducing a treating gas into the plasma-treating chamber and introducing microwaves into the plasma-treating chamber, wherein a metallic antenna is disposed in the plasma-treating chamber. The plasma is generated within a very short period of time maintaining stability after the microwaves are introduced into the plasma-treating chamber, and the treatment is accomplished maintaining stability.