Abstract: Composite particles for an electrode comprising LiVOPO4 particles and carbon, wherein the carbon is supported on at least a portion of the surface of the LiVOPO4 particles to form a carbon coating layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing color filters using a first mixed gas and a second mixed gas. In the method, a stopper layer whose etching rate by the second mixed gas is low is formed on the support, a colored layer is formed on the stopper layer, a photo resist layer is formed on the colored layer, an image on the colored layer is formed by removing the photo resist layer according to a pattern, a part of the colored layer is removed by dry etching process using the first mixed gas to the extent that the stopper layer is not exposed removing so as to form a colored-layer removed portion according to the pattern, and the colored-layer removed portion is removed by dry etching process using the second mixed gas so as to form a stopper-layer exposed portion according to the pattern.

Abstract: A conductive main block is formed with a through hole in which a dielectric member of a coaxial connector is inserted. A shell GND of the coaxial connector is secured on a surface of the main block. The core conductor peeled from the dielectric member is projected from an opposite surface of the main block. A conductive GND block includes a board receiving portion on which an end of the board is placed. The GND block can move relatively to the main block, by a guide member, in a linear direction parallel to the surface from which the core conductor is projected. By the relative movement of the main block and the GND block, the core conductor and the board receiving portion are caused to approach or be separated from each other so that the board can be inserted and sandwiched therebetween.

Abstract: A second operating lever is provided on a first operating lever so as to swing by means of a swing shaft. A board GND block is fixed to the first operating lever. An outer shell GND block is connected to the second operating lever and is movable in an approaching and separating direction in association with a swing motion of the second operating lever. A resilient member resiliently urges in a direction of bringing the outer shell GND block into contact with the board GND block. The outer shell GND block is formed with a through hole into which an insulating pipe is inserted. A probe is inserted into the insulating pipe and is brought into contact with a distal end of the core conductor. The outer shell GND of the coaxial connector is fixed to the outer shell GND block. A pressure member is provided on the outer shell GND block. The board GND block is electrically connected to the outer shell GND block.

Abstract: A relay connector connects a terminal of a connector to be inspected provided on a board for inspection to a measuring instrument. The relay connector includes: a pin block; a floating guide, arranged so as to approach and separate with respect to the pin block and resiliently urged in a separating direction, the floating guide formed with a guide hole; a plurality of probes, each of which is provided in the pin block so as to be opposed to the terminal of the connector to be inspected having been inserted into the guide hole; and a pressure operating member, adapted to be operated between an open state in which the connector to be inspected is allowed to be inserted into the guide hole in the floating guide, and a pressed state in which the connector to be inspected having been inserted into the floating guide is pressed toward the pin block.

Abstract: A relay connector electrically connects terminals which are arranged in two rows on a connector to be inspected provided on a board for inspection to a measuring instrument. The relay connector includes first probes, mounted on a first pin block so as to be contacted with one row of the terminals arranged on the connector to be inspected, and second probes, mounted on a second pin block so as to be contacted with the other row of the terminals arranged on the connector to be inspected. The first and second pin blocks can approach and separate with respect to each other and a distance between the first and second pin blocks can be adjusted and fixed, so that the first and second probes are respectively contacted with the terminals which are arranged in two rows on the connector to be inspected.

Abstract: An electrochemical device comprises, at least, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer having an ionic conductivity. The first and second electrodes oppose each other by way of the electrolyte layer. The first and second electrodes comprise a composite particle containing an electrode active material, a conductive auxiliary agent having an electronic conductivity, and a binder adapted to bind the electrode active material and conductive auxiliary agent to each other. In the composite particle, the electrode active material and conductive auxiliary agent are electrically coupled to each other without being isolated.

Abstract: An active material with a sufficient cycle characteristic and a process for its production are provided. According to the process for production of an active material of this invention, an aqueous solution containing a metal fluorocomplex is contacted with a metal oxide to form a surface-modified layer on the surface of the metal oxide. The active material of the invention comprises a core section made of a metal oxide and a surface-modified layer covering the core section, wherein the surface-modified layer is an oxide containing a metal present in the core section and a metal not present in the core section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a solid-state image pickup element in which an intralayer lens is formed above a solid-state image pickup element by: a first step of forming a film using an intralayer lens forming material; a second step of reducing an aspect ratio which is obtained by dividing a depth of concave portion after undergoing the first step by a spacing between convex portions, by either performing etchback after coating the film with a resist or performing sputter etching; and a third step of forming a new film on the film with the reduced aspect ratio using the intralayer lens forming material.

Abstract: A swash plate compressor is provided with first conducting means conductive to a shoe of a piston and second conducting means conductive to a swash plate, a voltage with a predetermined intensity is applied from the outside to each of the shoes and the swash plate by a voltage application circuit, and a voltage value of the voltage application circuit is measured by a voltage measuring instrument so that a failure in oil film formation between the shoe and the swash plate can be detected. Thus, there is no need to install precision equipment such as a sensor, a camera or a transmitter inside the compressor body, and the failure in oil film formation can be detected more surely with a simple structure.

Abstract: According to the present invention, when the electrode for electrochemical devices is fabricated, the treating method for removing off a binder solvent adsorbed to pores in an electrode-constituting activated charcoal or the like, using carbon dioxide in a supercritical state, is used or a method wherein the supercritical-state treating method is modified using a low-boiling solvent is used, whereby the electrostatic capacity of the carbonaceous material as the active substance and the reliability of the electro-chemical device can be improved.

Abstract: [Objective] An objective of the present invention is to provide compounds that are effective against various resistant bacteria which cause current clinical problems, for example, pneumococci including penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoneae (PRSP), Haemophilus influenzae including bata-lactamase-nonproducing ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae (BLNAR), and Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis.

Abstract: An electrode comprises a planar collector, and an active material containing layer disposed on the collector. The active material containing layer comprises a plurality of particles containing an active material, and a binder for binding the particles containing the active material to each other and the particles containing the active material to the collector. The collector has a surface depressed in conformity to a form of the particles containing the active material.

Abstract: An electrochemical device comprises, at least, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer having an ionic conductivity. The first and second electrodes oppose each other by way of the electrolyte layer. The first and second electrodes comprise a composite particle containing an electrode active material, a conductive auxiliary agent having an electronic conductivity, and a binder adapted to bind the electrode active material and conductive auxiliary agent to each other. In the composite particle, the electrode active material and conductive auxiliary agent are electrically coupled to each other without being isolated.

Abstract: In a jig for inspecting a device provided with at least a radio frequency signal terminal and an earth terminal, a metal block is formed with a through hole extending in a first direction. A contact probe is inserted into the through hole. The contact probe is provided with a metal pipe extending in the first direction. A plunger is retractably projected from one longitudinal end of the metal pipe to be brought into contact with the radio frequency signal terminal. At least two dielectric ring members are provided on an outer periphery of the metal pipe, and fitted with the through hole while forming a gap between the outer periphery of the metal pipe and an inner wall of the through hole, in order to form a coaxial path in which the contact probe serves as a core conductor and the metal block serves as an external conductor.

Abstract: In order to rapidly determine a most likely code word at a decoder provided in a digital data transmission system using block codes or convolutional codes for the purposes of combating a noisy channel environment, an adaptively controllable threshold is introduced so as to discriminate a largest metric with a small amount of computations. The metric is the measure of closeness of a signal transmitted to the decoder to one of plural code words previously stored in the decoder. A counter counts the number of metrics each exceeding the threshold, and informs a controller of the count result, if the count result is more than one, the controller raises the threshold, on the contrary, if the count result is zero then the controller lowers the threshold, both are performed in an effort to narrow down one metric in excess of the threshold. The threshold thus adaptively controlled is compared with each of plural metrics. If the count result becomes one, it implies that the largest metric has been determined.

Abstract: The present invention provides a powder material obtained by drying an aqueous emulsion containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of perfumes, coloring agents and functional substances, trehalose and water-soluble hemicellulose. This powder material has excellent shelf stability of the perfume, coloring agent and/or functional substance, and can impart a desired fragrance, flavor, color and/or function stably to various drinks, foods, cosmetics and the like for a long period of time.

Abstract: In a jig for inspecting a device provided with at least a radio frequency signal terminal and an earth terminal, a metal block is formed with a through hole extending in a first direction. A contact probe is inserted into the through hole. The contact probe is provided with a metal pipe extending in the first direction. A plunger is retractably projected from one longitudinal end of the metal pipe to be brought into contact with the radio frequency signal terminal. At least two dielectric ring members are provided on an outer periphery of the metal pipe, and fitted with the through hole while forming a gap between the outer periphery of the metal pipe and an inner wall of the through hole, in order to form a coaxial path in which the contact probe serves as a core conductor and the metal block serves as an external conductor.

Abstract: Sequentially decoding a plurality of symbol sets of an incoming data sequence with less amount of computation in an application wherein paths in a code tree do not occur equiprobably is disclosed. A code tree is previously memorized which comprises a plurality of paths defined by a plurality of sequences of nodes. A pointer generator is provided for generating a pointer that defines a node that specifies a path in the code tree. A plurality of branch metric generators each generates a metric of a branch which forms part of a path and which is to be examined with a corresponding symbol set of the incoming data sequence. Further, a plurality of path metric generators are provided which respectively receive the branch metrics from the plurality of branch metric generators and respectively generate path metrics using the branch metrics.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte comprises a microporous film having high crystallizability and excellent solvent resistance. The microporous film is controlled by a wet phase inversion method to a porosity of 50% or greater and a pore diameter of 0.02 &mgr;m to 1 &mgr;m inclusive. The solid electrolyte may be used to construct an electrochemical device, a lithium ion secondary battery and an electric double-layer capacitor.