Abstract: A compressor has a compression chamber and a discharge region. The discharge region receives the compressed gas discharged from the compression chamber. A relief valve is mounted to inside of the wall in the discharge region. The relief valve connects the discharge region with the exterior of the compressor so as to discharge the excessively raised pressure in the discharge region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inosine-guanosine kinase which catalyzes the reaction of forming 5'-inosinic acid (5'-IMP) from inosine and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) or deoxyadenosine triphosphate (dATP) and the reaction of forming 5'-guanylic acid (5'-GMP) from guanosine and ATP or dATP.

Abstract: A circuit assembly suitable for constituting, e.g., a liquid crystal display device, is constituted by a transparent first substrate having thereon a plurality of first electrodes, and a second substrate having thereon a plurality of second electrodes and at least partially superposed with the first substrate so that the mutually corresponding first and second electrodes are superposed and electrically connected with each other. The first electrode has a light-transmissive layer and an opaque layer laminated with the light transmissive layer, and a portion of the first electrode superposed with the second substrate at least partially includes a light-transmissive portion. The first or second substrate has an alignment mark at a position thereof corresponding to the light-transmissive portion of the first electrode. The first substrate may for example be combined with another first substrate so as to sandwich a liquid crystal therebetween to form a liquid crystal device.

Abstract: A liquid crystal apparatus is constituted by a display device for data display, a drive circuit unit for driving the display device, a unit substrate for supplying electric signals to the drive circuit unit, and a tape-form film carrier comprising an insulating substrate and a conductor covered with the insulating substrate for connecting the display device, the drive circuit unit and the unit substrate. A part of the film carrier is provided with a blank portion where the insulating substrate is locally removed to absorb a stress applied to the film carrier. A unit substrate constituting the drive circuit unit is screwed to a supporting member so as to allow a movement thereof relative to the supporting member by use of a space regulating means surrounding the screw shank.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compressor designed to facilitate the assembling of the thrust bearing and reduce noise. A swash plate which moves in responsive to the drive shaft is arranged in a crank chamber defined in a pair of cylinder blocks. Ring washers are held between both bosses of the swash plate and seats formed on both cylinder blocks. Wedge-like clearances are formed between the washers and the seats of the cylinder blocks for the effective introduction of the refrigerant gas by the yawing of the swash plate which occurs as the compressor runs. At this time, the washers, together with the lubrication oil mist contained in the refrigerant gas, constitute the dynamic bearing to support the swash plate and permit the relative movement of the swash plate to the cylinder blocks.

Abstract: A surface lighting device receiving incident rays through two opposing faces of a light guide from light source to emit the incident rays from a face different from the two faces. The light guide is divided into plural divisions which are jointed together.

Abstract: To provide a continuous casting method to diminish as much as possible center segregation and center porosity in the center of the cast piece, structure, a continuous casting method includes the application of reduction to a cast piece in the final solidification stage of the cast piece draw out process of continuous casting. The reduction is commenced at a point after the center solid fraction of the cast piece has reached 0.2, and the reduction gradient is decreased as the center solid fraction grows larger. The enlargement of the center solid fraction is divided into at least three zones with an optimal reduction gradient (%/m) established for each of the zones.

Abstract: A compressor includes a drive shaft rotatably supported on cylinder block. A swash plate rotates in accordance with rotation of the drive shaft. A plurality of pistons reciprocate in the associated bores in the cylinder block in accordance with the rotation of the swash plate. First an second thrust bearings are provided in the cylinder block at both sides of the swash plate, and receive the axial loads applied to the swash plate and drive shaft according to the reciprocation of the pistons. The first thrust bearing has the first seat portion clamped at both sides by the swash plate and cylinder block and the second seat portion located apart from one of the swash plate and cylinder block.

Abstract: A compressor has a swash plate supported on a drive shaft for an integral rotation. The swash plate is coupled to a plurality of pistons reciprocally moveable in a cylinder block to compress gas therein. Reaction force of the compressed gas applied to the piston and causing axial load acting on the swash plate and the drive shaft is buffered by buffer structure. The buffer structure comprises a first bearing interposed between a first surface of the swash plate and the cylinder block. The buffer structure has a second bearing interposed between a second surface of the swash plate and the cylinder block. One of the bearings is arranged to be flexibly deformable to absorb the axial load while the other bearing is arranged to be rigid to receive the axial load and transmit the axial load to the cylinder block.

Abstract: A liquid crystal apparatus is constituted by a display device for data display, a drive circuit unit for driving the display device, a unit substrate for supplying electric signals to the drive circuit unit, and a tape-form film carrier comprising an insulating substrate and a conductor covered with the insulating substrate for connecting the display device, the drive circuit unit and the unit substrate. A part of the film carrier is provided with a blank portion where the insulating substrate is locally removed to absorb a stress applied to the film carrier. A unit substrate constituting the drive circuit unit is screwed to a supporting member so as to allow a movement thereof relative to the supporting member by use of a space regulating means surrounding the screw shank.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrical connection from a drive circuit to an electrical device is provided. An electrical connection structure includes: electrodes formed on a device side, electrodes formed on a flexible film carrier having an electrode pattern connected to a drive circuit; and an anisotropic conductive film having metal particles or metal plated particles dispersed therein, interposed between the electrodes on the device side and the electrodes on the flexible film carrier, for electrically connecting the electrodes facing each other through thermocompression bonding. The electrodes, on the flexible film carrier are exposed by removing the flexible film at an electrical connection area, and the length of each exposed electrode is from 1.5 mm to 2.5 mm.

Abstract: A surface lighting device receiving incident rays through two opposing faces of a light guide from light source to emit the incident rays from a face different from the two faces. The light guide is divided into plural divisions which are jointed together.

Abstract: A swash plate compressor in which a drive shaft is rotatably supported in a cylinder block having a crank chamber. The swash plate is rotatably disposed on the drive shaft. Thrust bearings are individually fitted between the movable thrust receiving faces of the swash plate and the stationary thrust receiving faces of the cylinder block. As the drive shaft rotates, the swash plate likewise rotates and reciprocates a piston to compress a refrigerant gas. Annular movable ridges are formed on the front and rear side faces of the swash plate concentric around the drive shaft. Stationary ridges are formed concentrically with the movable ridges on the cylinder blocks to face the individually movable ridges. The stationary ridge has a smaller radius than that of the movable ridge.

Abstract: In a pinion shift device for a starter of the type employing a semicircular ring-shaped shift plate, the device is constructed such that the shift plate is easily assembled to a shift lever to be suitable for automatization, slide contact portions between the clutch body and the shift plate and/or between the shift flange and the shift plate are less subjected to overflow or exhaustion of grease and give rise to a smaller extent of wear, and thus service life of the device is prolonged. A semicircular ring-shaped portion of the shift plate is loosely fitted in an axial gap between a clutch body and a shift flange integral with a clutch sleeve. A recessed groove for storing grease therein is provided in at least one of paired opposite side faces between the semicircular ring-shaped portion of the shift plate and the clutch body as well as the shift flange. The shift lever and the shift plate are both molded using resin.

Abstract: An electrical connection structure includes electrodes formed on a device side, electrodes formed on a flexible film carrier having an electrode pattern connected to a drive circuit, and an anisotropic conductive film having metal particles or metal plated particles dispersed therein, interposed between the electrodes on the device side and the electrodes on the flexible film carrier, for electrically connecting the electrodes facing each other through thermocompression bonding. The electrodes on the flexible film carrier are exposed by removing the flexible film at an electrical connection area and the length of each exposed electrode is from 1.5 mm to 2.5 mm.

Abstract: In a cathode-ray tube apparatus, a deflection yoke is provided on a funnel of a tube and a pair of closed loop coils are provided on a panel and the funnel of the tube at upper and lower sides, respectively. The deflection yoke generates effective magnetic fluxes in the tube and also generates ineffective magnetic fluxes as leakage magnetic fluxes outside of the tube. Some of the leakage magnetic fluxes pass through the coils so that currents are induced in the coils and the resulting induced magnetic fluxes compensate for the leakage magnetic fluxes. Thus, the leakage magnetic fluxes passing through a space in front of the tube are reduced by the compensating magnetic fluxes from the coils.

Abstract: A drill has a pair of cutting edges (4) which are arranged at positions that are substantially uniformly circumferentially spaced about its rotation axis. Each of the cutting edges (4) has a first linear cutting region (4a) and a second linear cutting region (4b) which are aligned with each other on the same straight line, and a curved cutting region (4c) which is located between the first and second linear cutting regions (4a, 4b). The curved cutting region (4c) has a third linear cutting region (4e, 4f) which extends in a direction intersecting with the second linear cutting region (4b) at a prescribed angle. With this structure, it is possible to prevent chip loading etc. which may be caused during perforation drilling operations. In a throw-away tipped drill, a notch (118a) is formed in a received portion of an insert (110) which is mounted on a shank (130). A holding portion (131a, 131b, 133a, 133b) of the shank (130) corresponding to the notch (118a) is provided with a through screw hole (138).

Abstract: This invention relates to a car storage apparatus in a car carrier having a plurality of stages of car storage decks. The car storage apparatus comprises a car loading port installed at the ship side on one of the decks, a loading/unloading berth extending from the loading port into the ship, elevator shafts extending vertically through the car storage decks, a lifter which is disposed in each elevator shaft and moves up and down with a car being mounted thereon, and conveyors which are installed on the loading/unloading berth, lifters, and car storage decks for transferring a car between them.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a scanner for scanning a light beam over an image carrier, an image forming unit for forming an image on the image carrier corresponding to the light beam scanned over the image carrier by the scanner and a movable supporting member for supporting an image forming medium and conveying the image forming medium to a position where the image on the image carrier is transferred to the image forming medium.

Abstract: A liquid crystal apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel side electrode extending from a liquid crystal panel and an external circuit side electrode extending from an external circuit and connected to the liquid crystal panel side electrode for driving the liquid crystal panel, by using conductive material. The liquid crystal panel side electrode includes a laminated film made of an indium tin oxide film having a surface and a metal film on the surface. The metal film is selected from one of a molybdenum film and an aluminum film. The liquid crystal panel side electrode has a left portion of the metal film and an indium tin oxide film opening area, at a connection area between the liquid crystal panel side electrode and the external circuit side electrode. The indium tin oxide film of the liquid crystal panel side electrode is covered with the metal film over the entire surface thereof.