Abstract: A transfer medium for inkjet recording which comprises a base material, a cushion layer, a release layer having a thickness of from 0.02 to 10 &mgr;m and a transfer layer having a thickness of from 0.02 to 20 &mgr;m; and an image formation method which comprises inkjet recording on a transfer face of the transfer medium, the transfer medium comprising a base material, a cushion layer, a release layer having a thickness of from 0.02 to 10 &mgr;m and a transfer layer having a thickness of from 0.02 to 20 &mgr;m, with the use of an ink containing a pigment or a dye as a coloring matter, locating face-to-face a transfer substrate and the transfer face of the transfer medium, heating and pressurizing, and stripping off the transfer medium from the transfer substrate to thereby transfer the transfer layer and the release layer onto the transfer substrate.

Abstract: A heat transfer sheet in which a recorded image having excellent stability in storage and manifesting little variation in sensitivity and resolution can be obtained by adding an additive to a light-heat-conversion layer. A heat transfer sheet comprising a light-heat-conversion layer which includes an infrared light absorbing colorant and an image formation layer, the layers being disposed in that order, on a support, wherein the above-mentioned light-heat-conversion layer further comprises at least one compound from any group selected from a) compounds having at least one functional group selected from a phosphate group, a phosphite group, an acid halide group, an acid anhydride group and an isocyanate group, b) compounds having an acidic group, c) compounds represented by the following general formula (10), and tautomers thereof, and compounds represented by the following general formula (13).

Abstract: A heat transfer sheet comprising: a substrate; a light-heat conversion layer; and an image forming layer, wherein the light-heat conversion layer comprises polyamide-imide as a binder and a colorant having a water content of 3% by weight or more as measured under a condition of 23° C. and 60% RH.

Abstract: Upon forming a railway car composed of plural hollow shape members 40, annealed hollow shape members are used to form the ends of an underframe 30. The hollow shape members 40 are disposed so that their longitudinal orientation equals the longitudinal direction of the car body. The underframe 30 is formed by disposing plural hollow shape members 40 adjacent one another in the width direction and welding them together by friction stir welding. When the hollow shape members receive impact load, the ends of the members deform into concertinas, thereby absorbing the impact force. At this time, the friction stir welded portions also receive the impact force, but cracks are not created at the friction-stir-weld joints, and the weld joints do not prevent the hollow shape members from deforming into concertinas.

Abstract: A withstand voltage region of a second conductivity type is formed in a drain layer of a first conductivity type in a semiconductor substrate, and a conductive region of the first conductivity type is partly formed in the withstand voltage region by being diffused from the surface of the withstand voltage region. The conductive region has a bottom held in contact with the drain layer. A base region and a source region are formed in the surface of semiconductor substrate, with a region between the source region and the conductive region serving as a channel region, thus producing a transistor. When a voltage is applied to a gate electrode film on the channel region to form an inverted layer, the source region and the drain layer are connected to each other by the inverted layer and the conductive region.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer material which has an image forming layer of low fusible viscosity, which has an excellent transferring sensitivity, which is able to form a high quality image, and in which leakage of a thermally fusible substance is not caused so that there is hardly any contamination of hardware such as an image forming device by the thermally fusible substance.

Abstract: A multicolor image forming material comprising: an image receiving sheet comprising a substrate and an image receiving layer; and at least four heat transfer sheets each comprising a substrate and an image forming layer, each of the heat transfer sheets being adapted to be superposed on the image receiving sheet with the image forming layer facing the image receiving layer and irradiated with laser light to transfer the irradiated area of the image forming layer to the image receiving layer to form an image on the image receiving sheet, wherein the at least four heat transfer sheets comprise a heat transfer sheet (X) of which the image forming layer has a hue selected from the group defined herein and an absolute difference &Dgr;D between an optical density of the image forming layer of each of the at least four heat transfer sheets and a corresponding target optical density is equal to or smaller than 0.2.

Abstract: To provide such a memory-mounting integrated circuit as well as a memory test method that can reduce costs to incur for a tester, regulate the number of the input-output terminals for testing, and nevertheless can monitor from outside all the contents of defects in principle. The memory-mounting integrated circuit on which at least a BIST circuit and a memory are mounted, in which the above described BIST circuit includes a data storing apparatus to store the data in a normal memory, a comparing apparatus to compare a memory test result signal from the above described memory with data from the above described data storing apparatus to output a first comparing signal, a control apparatus to control to implement outputting outward from the first comparing signal outputted by the above described comparing apparatus, and an output apparatus to output defective data outward by the above described control apparatus.

Abstract: A field effect transistor with a high withstand voltage and a low resistance is provided. A ring-shaped channel region is disposed inside a source region formed in a ring, and the inside of the channel region is taken as a drain region. A depletion layer extends toward the inside of the drain region, resulting in a high withstand voltage. In the portion, except the portion within a prescribed distance from the corner portion of the channel region, a low resistance conductive layer is disposed, thereby resulting in high withstand voltage.

Abstract: End portions of face plates 21 and 22 of a hollow extruded frame member 20 are connected with a rib 24 and these end portions are welded to end portions of face plates 11 and 12 of a hollow extruded frame member 10 using friction stir welding. A visible outline of a connection portion of the end portion of the face plate 21 and the rib 24 is constituted by circular arcs 31 and 32 which are recessed in the hollow extruded frame member 20. A visible outline of a connection portion of the end portion of the face plate 22 and the rib 24 is constituted by circular arcs 33 and 34 which are recessed in the hollow extruded frame member 20. The diameter of the circular arc 31 (33) is smaller than the diameter of the circular arc 32 (34). Accordingly, a structural body having a light weight structure can be obtained.

Abstract: An abutted portion of face plates (12b and 22b) of hollow frame members (10 and 20) is carried out according to a friction stir joining. Next, a connection member (30) is mounted, one end of the connection member (30) is abutted to an end portion of the face plate (11) of the hollow frame member (10). Under this condition, the abutted portion between the face plate (11) and the connection member (30) is carried out according to the friction stir joining. An overlapping portion between another end of the connection member (30) and the hollow frame member (20) is carried out according to the friction stir joining. According to demands, the connection member (30) and the face plate (21) of the hollow member (20) are welded. Without of regard of a dimension accuracy of the hollow frame member and the like, a good joining from one side face of the hollow frame member can be carried out.

Abstract: A thermal transfer material which has at least a light to heat converting layer and an image forming layer on a supporting body, and the image forming layer containing at least one compound which is selected from the compounds which are represented in the following general formula (1) and the following general formula (2). In the general formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. n represents any integer of 1 to 4. In the general formula (2), R3 and R4 represent respectively independently a nitro group, a halogen atom, a methylsulfonyl group, or a cyano group.

Abstract: A highly conductive region 18 serving as a surface of a drain layer 2 of a first conductivity type is diffused more deeply than a main diffused layer 36 and a diffused channel layer 37, and has a small conducting resistance. The highly conductive region 18 is surrounded by a diffused region 40 of a second conductivity type which comprises a diffused base layer 38 and a diffused guard ring layer 13. Therefore, the highly conductive region 18 does not form spherical junctions, and a depletion layer spreading in the highly conductive region 18 extends into the highly conductive region 18. The highly conductive region 18 thus has a high withstand voltage while maintaining the low conducting resistance.

Abstract: A multicolor image-forming material comprising: an image-receiving sheet comprising a support and an image-receiving layer; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each comprising a support, a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming layer, and each having a different color, wherein an image is formed by the method comprising the steps of: superposing each one of the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving sheet to be in a state of the image-forming layer being in contact with the image-receiving layer; and irradiating the thermal transfer sheet with a laser beam to transfer an image in an area of the image-forming layer subjected to irradiation onto the image-receiving layer, and at least one layer selected from layers comprised in the image-receiving sheet and the at least four thermal transfer sheets comprises a fluorine-series surface active agent which is a homopolymer comprising a polymerizable monomer represented by the formula (1) and having a weight average molecular

Abstract: Upon forming a railway car composed of plural hollow shape members 40, annealed hollow shape members are used to form the ends of an underframe 30. The hollow shape members 40 are disposed so that their longitudinal orientation equals the longitudinal direction of the car body. The underframe 30 is formed by disposing plural hollow shape members 40 adjacent one another in the width direction and welding them together by friction stir welding. When the hollow shape members receive impact load, the ends of the members deform into concertinas, thereby absorbing the impact force. At this time, the friction stir welded portions also receive the impact force, but cracks are not created at the friction-stir-weld joints, and the weld joints do not prevent the hollow shape members from deforming into concertinas.

Abstract: A multicolor itage-forming material comprising: an image-receiving sheet comprising a support and an image-receiving layer; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each comprising a support, a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming layer, and each having a different color, wherein an image is formed by the method comprising the steps of: superposing each one of the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving sheet to be in a state of the image-forming layer being in contact with the image-receiving layer; and irradiating the thermal transfer sheet with a laser beam to transfer an image in an area of the image-forming layer subjected to irradiation onto the image-receiving layer, the image-receiving sheet has both lengthwise and breadthwise lengths of 50 cm or more, and an area (length×breadth) of 3,000 cm2 or more, and a spectral reflectance of a surface of the image-receiving layer to the laser beam is 65% or more.

Abstract: A multicolor image-forming material comprising: an image-receiving sheet comprising an image-receiving layer; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each comprising a support, a photothermal converting layer and an image-forming layer, and each having a different color, wherein an image is formed by the method comprising the steps of: superposing each one of the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving sheet to be in a state of the image-forming layer being in contact with the image-receiving layer; and irradiating the thermal transfer sheet with a laser beam to transfer an image in an area of the image-forming layer subjected to irradiation onto the image-receiving layer, and a ratio of the reflection optical density (ODr) of the image-forming layer to a thickness of the image-forming layer (&mgr;m unit) is 1.50 or more to 1, and a contact angle in relation to water of the image-forming layer and the image-receiving layer is from 7.0 to 120.0°.

Abstract: An abutted portion of face plates 12b and 22b of hollow frame members 10 and 20 is carried out according to a friction stir joining. Next, a connection member 30 is mounted, one end of the connection member 30 is abutted to an end portion of the face plate 11 of the hollow frame member 10. Under this condition, the abutted portion between the face plate 11 and the connection member 30 is carried out according to the friction stir joining. An overlapping portion between another end of the connection member 30 and the hollow frame member 20 is carried out according to the friction stir joining. According to demands, the connection member 30 and the face plate 21 of the hollow member 20 is welded. Without of regard of a dimension accuracy of the hollow frame member and the like, a good joining from one side face of the hollow frame member can be carried out.

Abstract: A hollow frame member is constituted by joining with a truss shape by ribs 13, 13A, 13B (23, 23A, 23B) between two face plates 11, 12 (21, 22). An end portion of one of the hollow frame member 10 is connected according to the rib 13A for constituting the truss. A face plate 21 of another hollow frame member 20 is joined at a vicinity of an apex of the truss of the hollow frame member 10. A face plate of the hollow frame member 10 is joined at a vicinity of an apex of the truss of the another hollow frame member 20. A load during a friction stir joining is received according to the ribs 13A, 13B (13A, 23B). Since the truss structure is formed totally, the light weight structure and the high rigidity performance can be obtained.

Abstract: A heat transfer sheet in which a recorded image having excellent stability in storage and manifesting little variation in sensitivity and resolution can be obtained by adding an additive to a light-heat-conversion layer.