Abstract: A solar cell array used in a photovoltaic power generation apparatus for housing covers a relatively large outside area for installation, and a considerably large earth capacitance Ca exists between the solar cell array and the ground. Further, as an inverter for converting direct-current electric power generated by the solar cell array into alternating-current electric power, a transless-type inverter is used for reducing cost. Therefore, a slight leak current flows via the earth capacitance Ca, which may cause undesirable operation of an earth leakage circuit breaker inserted between the inverter and a commercial AC power system. In the photovoltaic power generation apparatus of the present invention, by designing it so that the relationship between the earth capacitance Ca[.mu.F] and leak current detection sensitivity EL[mA] of the earth leakage circuit breaker is Ca<EL/3, the undesirable operation of the earth leakage circuit breaker due to the leak current is prevented.

Abstract: A color filter layer for a color liquid crystal display device is provided, including a plurality of color filters each formed on delineated stripes of transparent electrodes formed substantially parallel to each other on a transparent insulating substrate. These color filters are each electrochemically formed on the delineated stripes of transparent electrodes serf-aligned to the delineated stripes. In addition, a layer of transparent resin material is further provided as a leveling layer that is cured by being exposed to light incident from the backside of the substrate using the color filters as a mask and fills gap portions between the color filters.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a heater having an electrode; a film in sliding contact with the heater, wherein a toner image on a recording material is heated by heat from the heater through the film; a connector connected to the heater to supply electric energy to the heater; the connector comprising an electrically conductive contact member in contact with the electrode, the contact member encloses at least the heater.

Abstract: A method for the electrical connection between electrical joints of electric circuit components includes disposing said electric circuit components so that said joints for the electrical connection are opposed to each other, and making the electrical connection between said electrical joints with a biasing force which is exerted by an elastic member from at least one side of said electric circuit component so that the biasing force is exerted consecutively from an intermediate position of connecting area where said joints are located to the periphery of said connecting area.

Abstract: An electrical connecting member for use in an electrical connection for connecting a first electrical circuit component on a side thereof and a second electrical circuit component on another side thereof, said electrical connecting member comprising: a plurality of layers each layer having a plurality of conductive members and an insulative holder for holding said plurality of conductive members, wherein said plurality of conductive members are arranged such that each conductive member has one end exposed on one surface of said layer and another end exposed on another surface of said layer, and makes electric contact with at least one of a conductive member immediately below and a conductive member immediately above, but does not contact conductive members laterally offset thereof, and wherein said conductive members have diameters that are substantially equal to each other, between said one surface of said layer and said another surface of said layer; and said plurality of layers are stacked such that said p

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is methoxy and R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, sec-butyl and tert-butyl; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds.These compounds are substance P antagonists and useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory disorders, central nervous system disorders and pain.

Abstract: This invention relates to the quinuclidine derivative (2S, 3S)-N-(5-n-propyl-2-methoxyphenyl)methyl-2-diphenylmethyl-1-azabicyclo?2.2 .2!octan-3-amine and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts. These compounds are substance P antagonists and are useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory disorders, central nervous system disorders and pain.

Abstract: An electrical connecting member is provided with a holding member made of an electric insulating material and a plurality of conductive members held by the holding member in a state of being insulated with each other. One end of each of the conductive members is exposed on one surface of the holding member and the other end of each of the conductive members is exposed on the other surface of the holding member. The conductive members have portions exposed from the holding member, the length of which is longer than the thickness of the holding member. These exposed portions are easily deformed by the pressure force exerted at the time of connecting electric circuit components to reduce the coupling load even when there is irregularity in the heights thereof or unevenness in the junctions of the objects connection, hence enabling high density connections between the electric circuit components.

Abstract: Compound of formula (1) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts wherein A1,A2,R1, R2,R3,R4,X are as defined in the specification have excellent bradykinin antagonistic activity.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrical circuit member includes the steps of positioning and arranging first and second electrical circuit parts having plural electrical connecting portions to be spaced and oppose each other, preparing an electrical connecting member having a plurality of electrical conductive members, each of which extends from one side of a holding member of an electrical insulating material therethrough to an opposite side of the holding member and is held in the holding member so that opposing ends of the electrical conductive member protrude from opposite sides of the holding member, and applying an adhesive to at least one side of the electrical connecting member including the electrical conductive members. The electrical connecting member with the adhesive is inserted between the first and second electrical circuit parts, and a pressing force is applied so that the first and second electrical parts contact the ends of the electrical conductive members.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a steel for a chimney or a gas duct, which is excellent in pitting resistance and rust adhesion in a corrosive environment caused by combustion waste gas in a plant in which the combustion of natural gas occurs. Pitting resistance and rust adhesion are remarkably improved in the steel of the present invention which steel is prepared by using a 5% Cr steel as the base, while reducing an impurity sulfur to not more than 0.010 wt. %, adding titanium within a range of 0.005 to 0.05 wt. %, and further adding nickel alone within a range of 1.0 to 2.5 wt. %, or adding molybdenum alone within a range of 0.10 to 1.0 wt. %, or adding in combination therewith trace amount of copper or molybdenum within a range of 0.10 to 1.0 wt. %.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is methoxy and R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, sec-butyl and tert-butyl; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds.These compounds are substance P antagonists and useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory disorders, central nervous system disorders and pain.

Abstract: An automobile mirror assembly improves safety during driving of a car by widening the visual field of the driver with little distortion. The mirror is mounted on a car with a support member and a holding member to be adjustable in its position. A gradually changing mirror section is provided on at least one of an upper, lower and side edges of a main mirror section of the mirror. A surface of a gradually changing mirror section is defined by a plurality of intersections between curved surfaces provided in at least one of a vertical and horizontal directions with hyperbolic curves provided in a direction perpendicular to one of the vertical and horizontal directions. Each respective curved surface passes through circular arcs, the radii of curvatures of the circular area being calculated from Equation 1 indicated below. The radii of curvatures of the circular arcs gradually become smaller in an extending direction.

Abstract: An image signal obtained by an image pickup device is inputted to a signal processing apparatus. A frame rate of the input image signal is changed and a changing operation is controlled in the signal processing apparatus. With such a construction, a frame rate upon recording of the image signal can be changed in accordance with an application of the image. By providing a function such as a changing operation of the frame rate or the like for the signal processing apparatus side, a size and costs of the image pickup device are minimized, while an expansion of the function and a change in performance in which the recording and reproduction of an image are set to fundamental operations can be easily performed.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a heater includes an electrically insulating base plate, an electrically resistive layer, on the base plate, for generating heat when supplied with electrical power, and a terminal electrode for connection with the resistance layer, including a silver alloy layer, and a conductive layer having a lower resistance value than the silver alloy layer; a film for transmitting the heat from the heater to heat an image on a recording material while being moved together with the recording material, sliding on the heater; and a power supply connector press-contacted to the silver alloy layer with a predetermined contact pressure.

Abstract: A displacement detection apparatus includes a light source (1), a first diffraction grating (G1) which is arranged on the same substrate as a second diffraction grating (G2) so as to diffract and split light emitted from the light source and to irradiate .+-.1st-order diffracted light beams onto the second diffraction grating (G2), a third diffraction grating (G3) for synthesizing a +1st-order reflectively diffracted light beam generated by reflectively diffracting the +1st-order diffracted light beam by the second diffraction grating, and a -1st-order reflectively diffracted light beam generated by reflectively diffracting the +1st-order diffracted light beam by the second diffraction grating to form interference light, and a light-receiving element (3) for converting the interference light into a signal representing a displacement of the substrate.

Abstract: A backup RAM for storing pieces of diagnosis data regardless of the cut-off of an electric power is provided in a portion of a RAM. In cases where the detection of an unusual condition by a throttle sensor or a water temperature sensor is judged by a CPU in a current processing routine, a first checking value indicating that the backup RAM is in a renewing period is stored in a checking region of the backup RAM, and pieces of previous diagnosis data stored in a data access region of the backup RAM in a previous processing routine are copied to a temporary refuge region of the backup RAM. Thereafter, pieces of updated diagnosis data obtained in the current processing routine are stored one by one in the data access region in place of the previous diagnosis data, and a second checking value indicating that the backup RAM is in a renewal finishing period is stored in the checking region.

Abstract: An apparatus for optically detecting information relating to the relative displacement of an object on which a diffraction grating, arranged in two axial directions with a predetermined pitch. The apparatus includes a light-emitting device configured to emit a light beam, and a first optical element configured to divide the light beam from the light-emitting device into a plurality of light beams directed in each of the two axial directions to the diffraction grating on the object which produces a plurality of diffracted light beams for each of the two axial directions.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting information relating to displacement of an object on which a grating scale is affixed. The apparatus includes a beam-emitting system for irradiating the grating scale with a beam. The apparatus also includes a light-detecting element having a light-receiving surface. A grating portion is integrally formed on at least a part of the light-receiving surface for detecting a beam from the grating scale which is irradiated by the beam from the beam-emitting system. Information relating to displacement of the object is detected on the basis of the detection by the grating portion of the light-detecting element.

Abstract: An image signal obtained by an image pickup device is input to a signal processing apparatus. A frame rate of the input image signal is changed and a changing operation is controlled in the signal processing apparatus. Thus, a frame rate upon recording of the image signal can be change in accordance with an application for the image. By providing a function such as a changing operation of the frame rate for the signal processing apparatus, the size and cost of the image pickup device is minimized, while an expansion of the function and a change in performance in which the recording and reproduction of an image are set to fundamental operations can easily be performed.