Abstract: A gasket having a concentrically waved metal sheet, i.e., a core member, which has a PTFE sheet or an inorganic sheet of sealing-property layered and bonded on each of its opposite surfaces. The gasket makes it possible to ensure a stable sealing-property for a long period of time with a low to a high fastening-load applied. The metal sheet has valley portions, which were conventionally vacant gaps, and are filled with powdered sealing member to be embedded from the beginning. Therefore, the PTFE sheet or the inorganic sheet at the valley portions of the metal sheet that conventionally could not be compressed with a low fastening-load applied is compressed and even with the low fastening-load applied can secure a fastening surface-pressure over the entire surface.

Abstract: A yarn which is configured by using expanded graphite and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTEE) is provided while improving the yarn so that the expanded graphite functioning as a core member is not exposed and it can be simply produced. The yarn is formed by: forming a base member configured by enveloping an expanded graphite sheet member with a PTEE film, in a state where the PTEE film and the expanded graphite sheet member are aligned with each other in longitudinal direction; and twisting the base member. The base member has an approximately circular sectional shape, and is configured by enveloping the expanded graphite sheet member having a rounded sectional shape with the PTEE film which is rounded in a pipe-like shape.

Abstract: A gasket having a concentrically waved metal sheet, i.e., a core member, which has a sheet of sealing-property layered and bonded on each of its opposite surfaces. The gasket has an enhanced adaptability of the sheet material and enables the thinner sheet to be used and at the same time makes it possible to ensure a stable sealing-property for a long period of time with a low to a high fastening-load applied. The metal sheet has valley portions, which were conventionally vacant gaps, and are filled with powdered sealing member to be embedded from the beginning. Therefore, the sheet at the valley portions of the metal sheet that conventionally could not be compressed with a low fastening-load applied can be compressed and even with the low fastening-load applied can secure a fastening surface-pressure over the entire surface.

Abstract: A package-on-package includes a semiconductor package, and a coil provided at the semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a bottom face, and a solder ball protruded from the bottom face. An axis of the coil is inclined with respect to the normal line of the bottom face.

Abstract: A secondary air supply system includes a CPU, a first air supply pipe, a second air supply pipe, a first shut-off valve, and a second shut-off valve. First ends of the first air supply pipe and the second air supply pipe are connected to an air cleaner box and the other ends thereof are connected to an exhaust port. The CPU controls opening/closing of the first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve based on a state of an engine. The first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve are selectively opened by the CPU, so that air in the air cleaner box is supplied to the exhaust port through the first air supply pipe and/or the second air supply pipe.

Abstract: A secondary air supply system includes a CPU, a ROM, an air supply pipe, and an air amount adjusting valve. One end of the air supply pipe is connected to an air cleaner box and the other end is connected to an exhaust port. Secondary air in the air cleaner box is supplied to the exhaust port through the air supply pipe. An amount of the secondary air to be supplied from the air supply pipe to the exhaust port is adjusted by the air amount adjusting valve. A target air-fuel ratio depending on a state of the engine is stored in the ROM. The CPU controls the air amount adjusting valve based on the state of the engine so that an air-fuel ratio in the exhaust port is the target air-fuel ratio.

Abstract: A yarn which is configured by using expanded graphite and PTEE is provided while improving the yarn so that the expanded graphite functioning as a core member is not exposed and it can be simply produced. Therefore, a yarn is formed by: forming a base member 3 configured by enveloping an expanded graphite sheet member 1 with a PTEE film 2, in a state where the PTEE film 2 and the expanded graphite sheet member 1 are aligned with each other in longitudinal direction; and twisting the base member 3. The base member 3 has an approximately circular sectional shape, and is configured by enveloping the expanded graphite sheet member 1 having a rounded sectional shape with the PTEE film 2 which is rounded in a pipe-like shape.

Abstract: A gasket having a concentrically waved metal sheet, i.e., a core member, which has a PTFE sheet or an inorganic sheet of sealing-property layered and bonded on each of its opposite surfaces. The gasket makes it possible to ensure a stable sealing-property for a long period of time with a low to a high fastening-load applied. The metal sheet has valley portions, which were conventionally vacant gaps, and are filled with powdered sealing member to be embedded from the beginning. Therefore, the PTFE sheet or the inorganic sheet at the valley portions of the metal sheet that conventionally could not be compressed with a low fastening-load applied is compressed and even with the low fastening-load applied can secure a fastening surface-pressure over the entire surface.

Abstract: A gasket having a concentrically waved metal sheet, i.e., a core member, which has a sheet of sealing-property layered and bonded on each of its opposite surfaces. The gasket has an enhanced adaptability of the sheet material and enables the thinner sheet to be used and at the same time makes it possible to ensure a stable sealing-property for a long period of time with a low to a high fastening-load applied. The metal sheet has valley portions, which were conventionally vacant gaps, and are filled with powdered sealing member to be embedded from the beginning. Therefore, the sheet at the valley portions of the metal sheet that conventionally could not be compressed with a low fastening-load applied can be compressed and even with the low fastening-load applied can secure a fastening surface-pressure over the entire surface.

Abstract: A secondary air supply system includes a CPU, a first air supply pipe, a second air supply pipe, a first shut-off valve, and a second shut-off valve. First ends of the first air supply pipe and the second air supply pipe are connected to an air cleaner box and the other ends thereof are connected to an exhaust port. The CPU controls opening/closing of the first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve based on a state of an engine. The first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve are selectively opened by the CPU, so that air in the air cleaner box is supplied to the exhaust port through the first air supply pipe and/or the second air supply pipe.

Abstract: A secondary air supply system includes a CPU, a ROM, an air supply pipe, and an air amount adjusting valve. One end of the air supply pipe is connected to an air cleaner box and the other end is connected to an exhaust port. Secondary air in the air cleaner box is supplied to the exhaust port through the air supply pipe. An amount of the secondary air to be supplied from the air supply pipe to the exhaust port is adjusted by the air amount adjusting valve. A target air-fuel ratio depending on a state of the engine is stored in the ROM. The CPU controls the air amount adjusting valve based on the state of the engine so that an air-fuel ratio in the exhaust port is the target air-fuel ratio.

Abstract: An input/output device for a memory card is provided, which is capable of simplifying a configuration of direction signals generated when a host controller respectively controls transmission directions of data signals.

Abstract: An inexpensive, high-performance pH sensor measure the surface of a solid substance in a simple manner, comprising an ion sensing part 2 which responds to pH, a reference electrode 3, a gel-form ion permeable substance 10, which has a predetermined pH value and covers the ion sensing part 2 and reference electrode 3, and a cover member 9, which houses the ion permeable substance 10 and has an opening 9a formed at a position near the abovementioned ion sensing part 2.

Abstract: A stimulus presentation device that provides stimuli to the test subject in a computer-based random manner during brain function measurement to investigate brain functions based on the response from a test subject exposed to stimuli. The invention can present stimuli to the test subject for measuring brain functions, eliminating time-dependent disturbance factors that may cause the test subject to become tired of the stimuli and accustomed to the repetition of stimuli during the test.

Abstract: An inexpensive, high-performance pH sensor measure the surface of a solid substance in a simple manner, comprising an ion sensing part 2 which responds to pH, a reference electrode 3, a gel-form ion permeable substance 10, which has a predetermined pH value and covers the ion sensing part 2 and reference electrode 3, and a cover member 9, which houses the ion permeable substance 10 and has an opening 9a formed at a position near the abovementioned ion sensing part 2.

Abstract: A detector assembly for detecting a plurality of different properties at the same location at the same time is provided by integrating onto a single semiconductor substrate a first detector unit for measuring a first property and a second detector unit for measuring a second property. The first and second detector units can share, for example, a common element, such as a sensor device that can provide electrical output signals representative of, respectively, the first property and the second property. The common element can include a diaphragm with a pyroelectric element to provide a measurement of temperature and pressure.

Abstract: Method and equipment easily visualize various physical phenomena or chemical phenomena by simultaneously taking in, accumulating, and transferring data at a plurality of points. Electric charge is injected in potential wells constructed to vary the depth in accord with the magnitude of the physical or chemical quantity, and the physical or chemical quantity is converted into electric charge according to the depth of the potential wells.

Abstract: A pH sensor having an ISFET is provided on a crystalline substrate of silicon with a thin film of aluminum oxide formed to have epitaxial growth with an overlaying thin film of silicon epitaxial grown on the aluminum oxide layer. A source element and a drain element are provided on the silicon film, and a pH responsive film layer is connected to the source and drain. The pH sensor can be accompanied with appropriate circuitry also integrally formed on the same epitaxial SOI substrate.