Abstract: A superconducting tunable filter is disclosed that has a center frequency and a bandwidth able to be adjusted separately. The superconducting tunable filter includes a superconducting resonator filter pattern formed on a dielectric substrate; a dielectric or magnetic plate above the resonator filter pattern and having a through-hole; a dielectric or magnetic rod inserted in the through-hole; and a position controller which separately controls the position of the dielectric or magnetic plate and the position of the dielectric or magnetic rod relative to the resonator filter pattern.

Abstract: A superconducting filter device is disclosed that is able to prevent current concentration and improve electrical surface resistance. The superconducting filter device includes a first dielectric substrate, and a bulk superconducting resonator that is embedded in the first dielectric substrate and is formed from a bulk superconducting material.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a write/read apparatus includes an external interface section for data input; an external interface section for data output; a memory for temporarily storing the data that is input through the external interface section for data input and written on the recording medium and the data that is read from the recording medium and sent to the outside through the external interface section for data output; an address generating section for generating unique addresses associated with physical block addresses of the recording medium; a flag generating section for generating flags for prohibiting overwriting of the data to be written on the recording medium; and a processing section for adding the unique addresses generated in the address generating section to the data that is stored in the memory and that is to be written on the recording medium. The data with the addition of the flags generated in the flag generating section and the unique addresses is written on the recording medium.

Abstract: A superconducting tunable filter is disclosed that has a center frequency and a bandwidth able to be adjusted separately. The superconducting tunable filter includes a superconducting resonator filter pattern formed on a dielectric substrate; a dielectric or magnetic plate above the resonator filter pattern and having a through-hole; a dielectric or magnetic rod inserted in the through-hole; and a position controller which separately controls the position of the dielectric or magnetic plate and the position of the dielectric or magnetic rod relative to the resonator filter pattern.

Abstract: A mechanical valve has a main body having a cylinder hole formed therein, a movable element that is inserted into the cylinder hole and that moves forwardly and rearwardly, and a drive section that drives the movable element. A plurality of openings through which air passes are formed in an internal peripheral surface of the cylinder hole, and the openings are opened and closed as a result of forward and rearward movements of the movable element. A movable magnet is fastened to each of both ends of the movable element. Electromagnets opposing the respective movable magnets are provided in a drive section. The movable element is actuated by utilization of magnetic force of the electromagnets.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer member which holds a toner image transferred from a first toner image carrier and secondarily transfers the toner image to a surface of an image forming material, wherein the intermediate transfer member comprises a substrate having thereon at least a hard carbon-containing layer.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an reading glass, an reading apparatus comprising the reading glass and an image forming apparatus comprising the reading apparatus, the reading glass which reduces attenuation of a light, which is of a light source or reflected by a document, passing through the reading glass, reduces attachment of paper powder and the like, and thus can provide high quality images. The present invention is characterized in that a glass member positioned between the document and the light source of the reading apparatus for optically reading the document has an antireflection function.

Abstract: Firstly, disclosed is a curable composition which includes an organic polymer containing a crosslinkable silyl group, an ultraviolet ray absorbing agent having a triazine skeleton and a hindered amine based light stabilizer, and thereby, exhibits improved weather resistance both in a thin layer portion and in a thick layer portion. Secondly, disclosed is a curable composition which includes an organic polymer containing a crosslinkable silyl group, a (meth)acrylic polymer containing an epoxy group, a divalent tin organic carboxylate and an organic amine compound, and thereby, exhibits excellent weather resistance, anti-staining property, restoring property and durability.

Abstract: A first laminated body is formed by printing an electroluminescent layer that emits radiant light through the first substrate, as well as a first resistive film, upon a flexible and optically transparent first substrate including a principal surface that functions as an operable surface. A second laminated body is formed by printing a second resistive film upon a second substrate. A second resistive film is printed upon a second substrate. The laminated body and the second substrate are then unified such that the first resistive film and the second resistive film face each other and are spaced apart by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: An exhaust purification apparatus has an engine controller with a storage device that stores information regarding when it is time for regeneration of the filter. The exhaust purification apparatus carries out a regeneration process of the filter based on the information stored in the storage device when the time for regeneration of the filter has been reached. The exhaust purification apparatus also determines whether an engine operation is taking place for the first time following replacement of the engine controller, and then forcibly carries out the regeneration process of the filter upon determining that engine operation is taking place for the first time following replacement of the engine controller.

Abstract: An illumination switch is provided which can satisfactorily shield electromagnetic wave noise caused to emanate from an EL sheet and with which an excellent click feeling can be obtained. The illumination switch (10) is provided with a substrate (11), a switch pattern (12) formed on the substrate (11) and an EL sheet (14) which is formed so as to face the switch pattern (12) and to cover the movable contact (13) set up to be detachable on the switch pattern (12), the substrate (11) and the movable contact (13). The EL sheet (14) is provided with a shield layer (27) which shields the noise wherein the shield layer (27) is provided with an opening (27a) formed in the region facing the movable contact (13).

Abstract: The invention provides a compressor swash plate which is lead-free and is able to demonstrate a superior durability. A compressor swash plate in the invention includes a base member and a sliding layer being formed on the surface of the base member and constituting at least a sliding surface for allowing a shoe to slide thereon. The sliding layer is formed by thermal spraying Cu-based-MnS by HVOF thermal spraying method. A method of manufacturing the compressor swash plate according to the invention includes a step of thermal spraying powder formed of Cu-based-MnS onto the base member by the HVOF thermal spraying method to form the sliding layer which constitutes at least the sliding surface which allows the shoe to slide thereon on the base member. More specifically, the Cu-based-MnS is Cu-Ni-MnS.

Abstract: Disclosed is a film dispersed of carbon nanotubes that emits intensive light with a particular wavelength. The film dispersed of carbon nanotubes 4 according to the present invention is a film in which a plurality of carbon nanotubes 3, 3, . . . are dispersed in the film dispersed of carbon nanotubes, and each carbon nanotube 3 is dispersed isolatedly in an oriented manner.

Abstract: In an in-the-ear hearing aid forming an inner casing space with a shell 1 and a face plate 2, a protector 10 is provided to separate a battery housing space 8 and an inner shell space 9 which constitute the inner casing space. The face plate 2 forms an opening section 5 for loading and unloading a battery B and is integrally formed with battery contacting units 12, 13 by an insert molding method, while the protector 10 is provided to cover the battery B and is formed as a container with an opening section 10a, wherein the opening section 5 of the face plate 2 and the opening section 10a of the protector 10 are joined.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component mounting body is used for mounting an IC chip having a bumps as an external mounting terminal on a base material made of thermoplastic resin, comprising: a bump burying step of burying the bumps into the base material by heating and pressing the IC chip toward the base material to expose a portion of the bumps to a base material surface on the opposite side of the IC chip, and a step of forming a conductor conductively connected to the bump by arranging conductive material on the base material surface to which the portion of the bumps are exposed.

Abstract: To provide a sliding member that exhibits excellent durability and is free of lead. A swash plate for a compressor as the sliding member of the invention contains a base material having on the surface thereof a sliding layer constituting at least a sliding surface, on which shoes slide. The sliding layer contains a first layer that contains an amorphous hard carbon (diamond-like carbon) film containing Si (DLC-Si film) and is formed on the base material, and a second layer that is formed on the first layer and contains polyamideimide (PAI) containing a solid lubricant such as MoS2.

Abstract: In a data recovery processing, the conventional overhead, primarily, latency due to a rotational recording media is removed. Secondary, in a signal processing or in a recording and reproducing apparatus, reliability of data reproduction is improved by repeatedly processing data. These processing are achieved that input signal, i.e., raw analog signal read from the recording media is digitized to be stored in a secondary storage such as a memory or a FIFO memory. The apparatus includes a signal processing circuit to repeatedly process the stored digital signal in the secondary storage. When detecting data, operation of the circuit is efficiently controlled by a change over detector parameters, in which characteristics for the detecting performance. Resultantly, data recovery processing speed is increased and reliability of data reproduced is improved.

Abstract: There is provided a waterproof hearing aid capable of being worn without caring about the entry of sweat or water even at the time of sweating or bathing. The waterproof hearing aid has a first waterproof film stretchingly provided at the sound inlet of a microphone and a second waterproof film stretchingly provided at the sound outlet of an earphone, a tube (first vent) communicating a microphone chamber formed by the first waterproof film and the microphone with a hearing aid case chamber formed by a hearing aid case, a tube (second vent) communicating an earphone chamber formed by the second waterproof film and the earphone with the hearing aid case chamber, and a porous film (third vent) communicating the hearing aid case chamber with the outside.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide: a glass member characterized by excellent friction resistance property, and antifouling property; a reading glass wherein, when this glass member is used as the reading glass of a scanner or a copier, toner, dust or adhesive does not easily deposit on the reading glass, with the result that deterioration in the copied image quality such as black spots or black streaks can be avoided; and a scanner or a copier wherein the glass is used. The glass member including a glass substrate including a fluorine containing film coated directly, not through any other layer interposed, on at least one surface of the glass substrate, wherein an element composition of the fluorine containing film is characterized in that a content of fluorine atoms exceeds 30 atomic percent, and an atomic ratio of oxygen atom to fluorine atom (O/F) is between 0.2 and 1.0.

Abstract: A mounting structure includes a first electronic component, a second electronic component, and an adhesive. The first electronic component includes at least one protruding electrode including a protruding member and at least one electrically conductive layer. The protruding member is formed of resin. The at least one electrically conductive layer is disposed on the protruding member. The second electronic component has a facing electrode electrically conductively in contact with the at least one protruding electrode. The adhesive is used to adhere the first electronic component and the second electronic component to each other. The protruding member has a first area and a second area. The first area has the at least one electrically conductive layer provided thereon. The second area does not have the at least one electrically conductive layer provided thereon. The first area of the protruding member is squashed more than the second area.