Abstract: A power supply line is wired in a loop from a battery power supply, and a power supply relay circuit is installed intermediately of the power supply line such that power is supplied from the power supply relay circuit to an electric load connected to a terminal unit of an intensive wiring line. By this arrangement, not only wires for control signals but also wires for power supply can be reduced. The terminal unit may serve also as the power supply relay circuit.

Abstract: An antenna device (3a) includes a substrate (11) and an antenna (21) provided on the substrate (11) and having an electrical length of (&lgr;/2)×A (A is an integer). The antenna (21) includes a plate antenna (21b) positioned at a portion where an electrical length from an end portion (21d) is approximately &lgr;/4+(&lgr;/2)×B (B is an integer), and a meander line antenna (21a, 21c) connected to the plate antenna (21b).

Abstract: A developing apparatus, an image formation apparatus and a process cartridge is provided. Even though the sealing materials of the initial developer container are stripped off in such a way that the process cartridge having the developing apparatus is tilted, the initial developer can be uniformly supplied along the central axis line of the developer carrier. The developing apparatus performs a self toner control and has an initial developer case 10 for containing the non-used initial developer 3c that is input into the developer containing space S. The initial developer case 10 is divided internally into a plurality of partition spaces 10b along the direction of the central axial line D of the developing sleeve 4, so that a plurality of partitions 10c is formed inside the initial developer case 10.

Abstract: A plasma processing control system and method which can suppress influences caused by disturbances. The control system includes a plasma processor for performing processing operation over a sample accommodated within a vacuum processing chamber, a sensor for monitoring process parameters during processing operation of the plasma processor, a processed-result estimation model for estimating a processed result on the basis of a monitored output of the sensor and a preset processed-result prediction equation, and an optimum recipe calculation model for calculating correction values of processing conditions on the basis of an estimated result of the processed-result estimation model in such a manner that the processed result becomes a target value. The plasma processor is controlled on the basis of a recipe generated by the optimum recipe calculation model.

Abstract: A stationary platen (14) and a movable platen (18), which are connected with each other by tie rods (28), to which metallic molds are respectively attached, are opened and closed by an electrically driven ball screw mechanism. The movable platen is composed of a platen body and a pressure plate (304) attached to the platen body which can be contacted with and separated from the platen body. Between the movable platen and the pressure plate, clamping is conducted by the expansion and contraction of a bladder (318) into which hydraulic oil for clamping can be introduced. The bladder houses an insert die (320), the shape of which is identical with an internal shape of the bladder, and a hydraulic oil path is formed in the insert die. While a ball screw member (102) of an electrically driven ball screw mechanism is being supported being capable of moving in the axial direction, a brake means (130) for restricting rotation is provided, and a mold releasing cylinder mechanism (116) is connected.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire capable of effectively controlling the occurrence of wandering phenomenon when being used in vehicles such as passenger car, small-size truck, truck, bus and the like is provided, in which a second tread zone contacting with a mountain side of a slant road surface is arranged so as to project toward a side of a first tread zone contacting with a flat road surface and camber thrust of the radial tire is increased by the second tread zone during the running on ruts and the like under loading.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing optically active 3-hydroxy-4-methoxypyrrolidine, which is an intermediate for synthesizing a quinuclidine derivative useful as a squalene synthetase inhibitor, a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof by subjecting a pyrrolidine derivative represented by the following formula (1-4): 1

Abstract: A rotational speed detector such as a wheel speed detector has an elongate housing containing a detector unit therein. The detector unit is a molded unit having a sensor element and an integrated circuit chip for processing sensor signals. A front wall of the elongate housing faces a magnetized rotor rotated by a rotating object so that the rotational speed of the rotor is detected by the detector unit. After the housing and a center rod having a terminal wire for leading out the detected electrical signals are connected to each other, a resin mold covering an outside of the center rod and a part of the housing is formed to formulate a unitary body of the rotational speed detector.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrostatic actuator comprises a vibrating plate, an electrode plate facing the vibrating plate, and a vibrating chamber formed between the electrode plate and the vibrating plate, wherein the vibrating plate is displaced by electrostatic force, by applying voltage between the vibrating plate and the electrode plate, the method comprises: a process for forming a pressure compensating chamber communicating with the vibrating chamber; a process for forming a displacement plate at a portion of the pressure compensating chamber, displaceable according to external atmospheric pressure, into a warped form curved so as to protrude in a direction away from the facing inner wall of the pressure compensating chamber; and a process for shutting off and sealing the pressure compensating chamber from the external atmosphere, along with the vibrating chamber.

Abstract: An information display unit 47 is provided inside a cab of a hydraulic excavator 1 and has a display portion 471 capable of displaying plural kinds of information including body information and maintenance information. A screen image displayed on the display portion 471 comprises one main screen and a plurality of sub-screens. The main screen displays information regarding one of a plurality of information categories in detail and the plurality of sub-screens respectively correspond to the plurality of information categories. The sub-screens corresponding to the information categories other than the information category, for which information is displayed on the main screen in detail, display the corresponding information categories in the simplified form. The information category displayed on the main screen can be selected and changed with key manipulation made on an operating portion 470.

Abstract: An optical disk physical has a recording region divided into zones, each zone including physical tracks adjacent to each other. An integer number of sectors, are provided in each physical track. The angular recording density is higher in the more outward zones such that the linear recording density is substantially constant throughout the recording region, and logical tracks are formed of a predetermined number of sectors, independent of the physical tracks. The conversion between the logical track and sector addresses read from the disk and the linear logical addresses supplied from a host device is easy. The addresses written in headers of the sectors in the logical track in which data are actually recorded, including substitute sectors used in place of defect sectors, are preferably consecutive to further facilitate the conversion between the logical track and sector addresses read from the disk and the linear logical addresses supplied from the host device.

Abstract: An optical multiplexer/demultiplexer of the present invention is, for example, a low-cost optical multiplexer/demultiplexer with a low transmission loss, while a chip length of this optical multiplexer/demultiplexer is made short. In an optical multiplexer/demultiplexer in which plural stages of optical multiplexing/demultiplexing circuits 8 (8A to 8G) having Mach-Zehnder interferometer type waveguide structures are connected to each other, an averaged wavelength of cross transmission wavelengths is made longer an averaged wavelength of through transmission wavelengths in each stage of the optical multiplexing/demultiplexing circuits 8 (8A to 8G). In each stage of the optical multiplexing/demultiplexing circuits 8 (8A to 8G), a coupling efficiency of first and second directional coupling portions (1, 2) with respect to the averaged wavelength of the cross transmission wavelengths is set to approximately 50%.

Abstract: In estimating a state variable of a target on the basis of a previously estimated state variable and an observation value, a prediction value of a next state variable is found on the basis of the previously estimated state variable by a prediction process pre, and the state variable is updated by a first update process ed on the basis of the resultant prediction value and the observation value so as to find an update value. By a second update process opt, whether the update value meets the boundary condition or not is checked, and when the update value does not meet the boundary condition, a new update value is found which minimizes the Mahalanobis distance from the prediction value in the state space and the square sum or the absolute value sum of the Mahalanobis distance from the observation value in the observation space under the boundary condition. Thus, a parameter of motion information or the like of the target can be optimally estimated under the boundary condition or constraint.

Abstract: Liquid crystalline compounds are disclosed which have large dielectric anisotropy and relatively low viscosity, and which are represented by formula (1) wherein R1 represents hydrogen or C1-C15 alkyl in which one or more non-adjacent methylene may be replaced by oxygen, sulfur or —CH═CH— and one or more hydrogen may be replaced by halogen; R2 represents hydrogen, cyano, halogen or C1-C15 alkyl in which one or more non-adjacent methylene may be replaced by oxygen, sulfur or —CH═CH— and one or more hydrogen may be replaced by halogen; L represents halogen or hydrogen; A1, A2, A4 and A5 each independently represent trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene, one or more —CH2— in the trans-1,4-cyclohexylene may be replaced by oxygen or sulfur, one or more ═CH— in the 1,4-phenylene may be replaced by nitrogen, and one or more hydrogen in the 1,4-phenylene ring may be replaced by halogen; A3represents trans-1,4-cyclohexylene in which one or mo

Abstract: A decarbonating apparatus has a dehumidifying section for adsorbing humidity contained in waste gas and a decarbonating section for adsorbing CO2 contained in the dehumidified waste gas. The decarbonating section includes a decarbonating drum rotor loaded with a CO2 adsorbent having a honeycomb structure and arranged so as to adsorb CO2 contained in the waste gas, a heated gas supply pipe for supplying a heated gas so as to desorb CO2 adsorbed by the CO2 adsorbent, a purge gas supply pipe for supplying a purge gas so as to purge desorbed CO2, and a cooling gas supply pipe for supplying a cooling gas so as to regenerate the CO2 adsorbent. The decarbonating drum rotor is rotated to successively pass through the adsorption region, the desorption region, the purging region, and the regeneration region.

Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus for applying a predetermined heat treatment to a substrate includes: for example, a dielectric low oxygen controlled cure unit (DLC unit) for forming an interlayer insulating film on a semiconductor wafer W; a hot plate for supporting the wafer W a predetermined distance apart from the surface thereof; a chamber for housing the wafer W; a gas collecting port formed in that portion of the hot plate which corresponds to the lower side of the wafer W when the wafer W is disposed on the hot plate; and an oxygen sensor for measuring the oxygen concentration in the gas collected from the gas collecting port. Since the oxygen concentration can be measured during the heat treatment to the wafer W, the characteristics of the interlayer insulating film formed can be maintained constant.

Abstract: This invention relates to an anti-human thymidylate synthase monoclonal antibody capable of recognizing an epitope which exists in a region of 187th to 313th amino acids from an N-terminus in human thymidy late synthase, an anti-human thymidylate synthase monoclonal antibody capable of recognizing an epitope which exists in a region of from an N-terminus to a 61st amino acid in human thymidylate synthase, and also hybridomas capable of producing these monoclonal anti-bodies. These monoclonal antibodies are useful for the immunological measurement of human thymidylate synthase.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium of the present invention comprises a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer each having different magnetization, coercive force, and temperature characteristics. By magnetically coupling the first and second magnetic layers to each other, gradual temperature dependence of magnetization can be realized.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a semiconductor integrated circuit device employing on the same silicon substrate a plurality of kinds of MOS transistors different in magnitude of tunnel current flowing either between the source and gate or between the drain and gate thereof. These MOS transistors include tunnel-current increased MOS transistors at least one of which is for use in constituting a main circuit of the device. The plurality of kinds of MOS transistors also include tunnel-current reduced or depleted MOS transistors at least one of which is for use with a control circuit. This control circuit is inserted between the main circuit and at least one of two power supply units.

Abstract: A trimmer capacitor includes anchor portions that are arranged to be stepped down from the surface of a fixed electrode and are embedded in a stator near the upper surface of the stator at the tip portions of the fixed electrode. Because the tip portion of the fixed electrode has a section that is exactly perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to the surface of the fixed electrode in the region from the surface of the fixed electrode to the anchor portions, even if the upper surface of the stator is polished in the process for forming the stator, neither the area of the fixed electrode nor the capacitance changes.