Abstract: In a shift control apparatus of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) configured to steplessly vary a torque, the control apparatus employs an acceleration intention determination section for determining the presence or absence of a driver's acceleration intention, a shift mode setting section for setting a shift-control mode from a normal mode to an acceleration mode in the presence of the driver's acceleration intention, a shift speed setting section for setting a shift speed based on a target transmission ratio and a vehicle speed, and a shift control section for controlling a shift of the CVT. Also provided is a shift speed correction section for correcting the shift speed for an initial downshift in the acceleration mode to a shift speed slower than the shift speed set by the shift speed setting section, only when a demanded degree of the driver's acceleration intention is small.

Abstract: A shift control apparatus for a continuously variable transmission includes: a target transmission gear ratio setting section configured to set a target transmission gear ratio with reference to a map based on an accelerator opening degree and a vehicle speed; a shift control section configured to control a shift of the continuously variable transmission based on the target transmission gear ratio; and a downshift restricting section configured to judge whether or not a restriction of the downshift is needed based on at least one of a variation amount of the accelerator opening degree and an accelerator depression speed, and to perform the restriction of the downshift when the downshift restricting section judges that the restriction of the downshift is needed, irrespective of a variation of the accelerator opening degree inputted to the target transmission gear ratio setting section.

Abstract: A shift control apparatus for continuously variable transmission includes: a pseudo accelerator opening degree generating section configured to generate a pseudo accelerator opening degree larger than the actual accelerator opening degree when the actual accelerator opening degree is decreased when the judging section judges that the vehicle runs the uphill; the target transmission gear ratio setting section being configured to set the target transmission gear ratio by the pseudo accelerator opening degree when the pseudo accelerator opening degree is inputted, and the shift control section being configured to control the shift toward the target transmission gear ratio set based on the pseudo accelerator opening degree and the vehicle speed when the pseudo accelerator opening degree is generated, and to control the shift toward the target transmission gear ratio set based on the actual accelerator opening degree and the vehicle speed when the pseudo accelerator opening degree is not generated.

Abstract: The present invention provides an immunoassay method easier in operation and smaller in fluctuation of reaction. The immunoassay method according to the present invention is an immunoassay method, which employs a sandwich method using a microchip having an antibody immobilized in the micro-flow channel thereof, comprising feeding a fluid mixed with a labeled antibody and a specimen into the micro-flow channel.

Abstract: A cover tape for packaging electronic components, which can prevent troubles associated with the peeling strength or trouble appearing during mounting of the electronic components, which can be produced at a low cost, and which is transparent; that is, a cover tape has a peeling strength not too high and not too low and small in difference between the maximum value and the minimum value and which has high transparency. Specifically, the cover tape for packaging electronic components, which can be heat-sealed to a plastic-made carrier tape having pockets capable of storing electronic components, formed regularly therein and which is made of (A) a biaxially oriented film layer made of polyester, a polypropylene or a nylon and (B) a thermoplastic resin layer composed of 100 parts by weight of an ethylene copolymer and 10 to 100 parts by weight of polystyrene, laminated to one side of the layer A.

Abstract: A cover tape for packaging electronic elements capable of being heat-sealed to a polycarbonate carrier tape having regularly formed pockets for containing electronic elements, which cover tape comprises (A) a substrate layer comprising a thermoplastic resin having a load deflection temperature (ASTM D-648) under a load of 1.82 MPa of not lower than 60° C., and (B) a heat seal layer comprising at least one resin selected from polyvinyl chloride resin, polyester resin, polyurethane resin, acrylic resin containing a functional group and ethylene copolymer which have a Tg of 30-60° C., and an electroconductive fine powder dispersed in said resin.

Abstract: A cover tape for packaging electronic elements capable of being heat-sealed to a polycarbonate carrier tape having regularly formed pockets for containing electronic elements, which cover tape comprises (A) a substrate layer comprising a thermoplastic resin having a load deflection temperature (ASTM D-648) under a load of 1.82 MPa of not lower than 60° C., and (B) a heat seal layer comprising at least one resin selected from polyvinyl chloride resin, polyester resin, polyurethane resin, acrylic resin containing a functional group and ethylene copolymer which have a Tg of 30-60° C., and an electroconductive fine powder dispersed in said resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cover tape for packaging electronic components, which can prevent troubles associated with the peeling strength or appearing during mounting of the electronic components, which can be produced at a low cost, and which is transparent; that is, a cover tape which has a peeling strength not too high and not too low and small in difference between the maximum value and the minimum value and which has high transparency. Specifically, the present invention provides a cover tape for packaging electronic components, which can be heat-sealed to a plastic-made carrier tape having pockets capable of storing electronic components, formed regularly therein and which comprises (A) a biaxially oriented film layer made of a polyester, a polypropylene or a nylon and (B) a thermoplastic resin layer composed of 100 parts by weight of an ethylene copolymer and 10 to 100 parts by weight of a polystyrene, laminated to one side of the layer A.

Abstract: For solving a problem of large dependency of peel-off strength upon sealing conditions, a problem of change of various properties with the lapse of time under storing circumstances, a delamination problem, an agglomerate problem and a transparency problem, there is provided a cover tape for packaging electronic components which has a stable peel-off strength and is composed of an outer layer consisting of a biaxially oriented film of any one of polyester, polypropylene and nylon; an intermediate layer consisting of a mixture comprising polyethylene as the main component; and a heat sealant layer consisting of a mixture of a thermoplastic resin and a filler.

Abstract: A cathode for use in electron tubes which comprises a base metal made of nickel as a principal component and having a surface on which a porous electron emissive layer is formed. The porous electron emissive layer is of a composition comprising 0.1 to 20 wt % (relative to the total weight of the porous electron emissive layer) of scandium oxide having a layered crystalline structure dispersed in an oxide of alkaline earth metal including at least barium. This cathode can be made by preparing a solution in which nitrocellulose is dissolved with the use of an organic solvent, mixing both of barium carbonate and scandium oxide having a layered crystalline structure into the solution to provide an suspension, pulverizing solid components of the suspension for the adjustment of particle size, and depositing the suspension on a surface of the base metal to form the electron emissive layer.

Abstract: A metal layer of not more than 2.0 .mu.m thick is formed on a base, containing nickel as the main ingredient and a reducing agent such as silicon and magnesium, by depositing tungsten by an electron beam under heating in a vacuum. The base is heat treated in a hydrogen atmosphere at 800.degree. to 1,100.degree. C. An emissive material layer, containing an alkali earth metal oxide and 0.01 to 25 wt % of a rare earth metal oxide, the alkali earth metal oxide containing at least barium oxide, is formed on the metal layer. Thus, life characteristics of the cathode, especially during the operation at a high current density such as not less than 2A/cm.sub.2, are greatly enhanced.

Abstract: Hexagonal-bipyramid crystalline scandium oxide powder and a process for preparing the same are disclosed. The process comprises forming scandium oxalate from an acid aqueous solution containing scandium in the presence of chloride ions and ammonium ions, collecting the precipitate and heating the collected precipitate. Hexagonal-bipyramid crystalline scandium oxide is useful for making electron gun for cathode ray tubes.

Abstract: A cathode for an electron tube comprises a base (1) including nickel as a major element and including at least silicon as a reducing element, and it further comprises an electron-emissive layer (5) coated on the base, including not only alkaline earth metal oxide (8) containing at least barium but also scandium oxide. The scandium oxide (4) is in the form of dodecahedral or prismatic polyhedral crystals and dispersed in the electron-emissive layer in the range from 0.1 to 20 wt. %.

Abstract: A hot cathode in a wire form is useful in a vacuum tube, a CRT or a fluorescent display tube is disclosed. The cathode is composed of a heat-resistant metal in a wire form that holds on it an electron-emitting metal material that is made of 0.2-20 wt % of a rear earth metal oxide in admixture with an alkaline earth metal oxide the balance of which contains at least barium oxide. The reduction of oxide barium to barium as a result of reaction with the cathode wire is so much retarded that an increased emission current will be produced from the cathode not only in its initial operation but also through out its operation.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube apparatus comprises three cathodes arranged in line with each other in a first direction for emission of respective electron beams therefrom, a focusing electrode having first to third apertures defined therein for the passage of the respective electron beams therethrough, a quadrupole electrode structure including first to third quadrupole electrodes one for each electron beam, each of the quadrupole electrode being comprised of a pair of horizontal electrode pieces spaced a predetermined distance from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and positioned upwardly and downwardly, respectively, with respect to the associated electron beam, and a pair of vertical electrode pieces spaced a predetermined distance from each other in a direction aligned with the first direction and positioned leftwards and rightwards with respect to such associated electron beam, and a power source circuit for applying a predetermined voltage to the quadrupole electrode structure.