Abstract: In order to easily and surely remove contaminants or the like from wafers stored in a pod (FOUP), a gas supply pipe is located above an opening portion in a FIMS system. A clean gas is blown to the upper surfaces of the wafers stored in the inner portion of the pod through the gas supply pipe to remove the contaminants or the like from wafers.

Abstract: A method of moulding a composite member and a composite member are provided in which a convex part can be formed at one member by moulding the other member integrally to the one member. A concave part 10a is provided at least at a part inside a metal mould 10 located on the side opposite the second member fusion bonding surface side of the above-mentioned first member 6b, the above-mentioned second thermoplastic material is melted and ejected to the second member fusion bonding surface side of the first member 6b, the first member 6b is changed in shape by injection pressure of the melted second thermoplastic material, and a convex part 6a is formed at the first member.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to alleviate a work for removing an unnecessary metal layer when wiring and vias are formed on a substrate by electroplating. An additive is added to a plating solution to be used for electroplating. The additive has a plating reaction suppressing capability, but has a characteristic that the plating reaction suppressing capability is reduced as the plating reaction progresses. The additive has a capability for increasing a metal deposition overpotential and has a characteristic that the metal deposition overpotential is reduced as the reaction progresses. As a result, the metal can be deposited selectively in a trench and a via formed on the substrate. When a wiring and a via are formed on the substrate, the trench and the via having a predetermined surface roughness are formed on the substrate.

Abstract: A dust separation section is provided at a suction air passage between a suction opening of a vacuum cleaner main body and an intake opening of a motor fan to separate dust sucked from the suction opening with air and a dust collection section provided at the suction air passage for collecting the dust separated from the air from the dust separation section. Moreover, the dust separation section of the electric vacuum cleaner has a dust guiding space adapted to inflow the dust sucked from the suction opening from one end of the dust guiding space and for guiding the dust from an other end of the dust guiding space to the dust collection section, through a dust strike section, by an inertia force, and an air guiding air passage is provided to guide air from a midstream of the dust guiding space to the intake opening of the motor fan without passing through the dust collection section.

Abstract: A charging device that may perform charging with larger current is provided. The charging device comprises a switching element for increasing or decreasing charging power, a PWM controlling circuit for intermittently turning the switching element on and off, a current detecting circuit for detecting current flowing through the switching element, and a correcting circuit for correcting output voltage of the current detecting circuit depending on the temperature of the switching element. The PWM controlling circuit has a limiter terminal for turning off the switching element when voltage equal to or above a predetermined value is input, and corrected voltage from the correcting circuit is input to the limiter terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector which can take an EMI measure for the first and second housings and can move the second housing with respect to the first housing. The connector comprises a plug which is provided so as to be movable with respect to the socket; a plurality of socket terminals which are resiliently deformed with a movement of the plug; a first socket side shield member which covers an outer circumference surface in the width direction of the socket; a plurality of plug terminals which are in contact with each of the socket terminals when the plug is mated with the socket; a plug side shield member which covers an outer circumference surface in the width direction of the plug; and first and second shield conductive portions which are in contact with each of the shield members and are resiliently deformed as the plug is moved.

Abstract: A difluorophosphate effective as an additive for a nonaqueous electrolyte for secondary battery is produced by a simple method from inexpensive common materials. The difluorophosphate is produced by reacting lithium hexafluorophosphate with a carbonate in a nonaqueous solvent. The liquid reaction mixture resulting from this reaction is supplied for providing the difluorophosphate in a nonaqueous electrolyte comprising a nonaqueous solvent which contains at least a hexafluorophosphate as an electrolyte lithium salt and further contains a difluorophosphate. Also provided is a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery employing this nonaqueous electrolyte.

Abstract: There is provided a fine pattern mold capable of transferring a fine concave/convex pattern accurately without causing deformation of the fine concave/convex pattern itself. The fine patter mold comprises: a roll; a buffer tube whose inner peripheral surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the roll; and a stamper tube in which its inner peripheral surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the buffer tube and a fine concave/convex pattern is formed on its outer peripheral surface, wherein the buffer tube has a larger coefficient of linear expansion and a smaller elastic modulus than those of the stamper tube.

Abstract: A lead holding structure of a mechanical pencil where a predetermined lead holding force is maintained so that a lead does not move even if a writing pressure is repeatedly applied to the lead and where a so-called biting-off of a lead (break) is prevented without damaging the lead in repeatedly sending forward and backward operations.

Abstract: A charging device that may perform charging with larger current is provided. The charging device comprises a switching element for increasing or decreasing charging power, a PWM controlling circuit for intermittently turning the switching element on or off, a current detecting circuit for detecting current flowing through the switching element, and a rectifying circuit for rectifying output voltage of the current detecting circuit in response to power supply voltage. The PWM controlling circuit has a limiter terminal for turning off the switching element when voltage equal to or above a determined value is input, and rectified voltage from the rectifying circuit is input to the limiter terminal. In this charging device, an amount of temperature increase of the switching element is suppressed so as to remain within a fixed range, and the charging power is not restricted unnecessarily.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a wiring board having high-density wiring with a controlled shape without masking by a resist film and a production method thereof. In the present invention, the production method of a wiring board having copper wiring on an insulating substrate includes the steps of forming a metal seed layer on the insulating substrate, the metal seed layer having a roughened shape in a portion on which the copper wiring or a bump is to be formed, and forming an electroplated film of copper or an alloy of copper through electroplating on the portion of the metal seed layer having the roughened shape. A substance for suppressing the plating reaction is added to a plating bath to provide an angle of 90 degrees or smaller between a surface of the insulating substrate and a side of the electroplated film.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus has a coil for generating magnetic flux, a rotatable heat generation member which generates heat by magnetic flux, a temperature detecting member for detecting a temperature of the heat generation member, an energization controller portion for controlling energization to the coil on the basis of an output of the temperature detecting member, a first magnetic flux shielding portion for blocking, in a first magnetic flux adjustment position, the magnetic flux directed toward a central portion of heat generation member, while permitting the magnetic flux directed to an end portion, and a second magnetic flux shielding portion for blocking, in a second magnetic flux adjustment position, the magnetic flux directed toward an end portion of the heat generation member, a moving unit for moving the first magnetic flux shielding portion and the second magnetic flux shielding portion, and a recovery operation controller portion for retracting the second magnetic flux shielding portion from the

Abstract: Provided is a microcomputer having the improved flexibility in changing correspondences between exception causes and exception vectors. The microcomputer includes: a vector candidate output section capable of outputting a plurality of vector candidates; an address selecting section selecting, as an exception vector, one of the vector candidates according to an exception cause; an instruction execution section starting an exception processing routine by accessing a memory area specified by the exception vector; and a correspondence changing section changing the number of exception causes associated with at least one of address candidates included in the vector candidates.

Abstract: When a host PC acts as a host and communicates with a portable electronic apparatus, the portable electronic apparatus can release connection between the portable electronic apparatus and the host PC in no response to the host PC and in accordance with an amount of remaining power of a rechargeable battery. Also, the release of the connection between the portable electronic apparatus and the host PC results in that it is possible to avoid an access error for an HDD due to a shortage in the amount of remaining power of the rechargeable battery, and thus it is possible to prevent media data from being damaged due to the shortage in the amount of remaining power of the rechargeable battery.

Abstract: A medical service support system is provided which manages a use state of medical instrument used in medical operations with predetermined task sequence is provided. A reading unit reads use state specifying information recorded in the use state specifying information recording unit before the medical instruments are used for a certain task. A determination unit determines whether the use of the medical instrument for the task follows the task sequence from use state specifying information read. A writing unit writes, in the use state specifying information recording unit, the use state specifying information which specifies that the task is executed when the task is executed by a task execution unit.

Abstract: In a multiple optical waveguide device, a transparent plate is bonded or joined on the top surface of a clad with which optical circuits and quartz glass substrates are covered, and optical reflection film is provided on the fringing area or the whole area of a joint surface of the transparent plate with the clad. Optical circuits or waveguide patterns can be recognized easily by visual inspection.

Abstract: The present invention provides a simple method for producing a difluorophosphate from a source material, the difluorophosphate being useful as additives for nonaqueous electrolyte solutions for secondary batteries. In the method, a source material containing a carbonate and/or a borate is allowed to react with a source gas which contains P and F and which may further contain O as required. The source material may contain lithium carbonate. The source gas may be produced by decomposing LiPF6. The source gas may be produced in such a manner that LiPF6 and lithium carbonate are mixed and then subjected to reaction. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains the product obtained from the reaction.

Abstract: A fine pressure fluctuation at short time intervals occurring when a portable type hermetically sealed container is purged is reduced to thereby prevent the deterioration or the like of a seal member due to the pressure fluctuation. In order to achieve this object, a gas flow rate regulating apparatus is disposed in a gas supplying system in a purging system, and pressure in the portable type hermetically sealed container during purge is measured and the result thereof is fed back to thereby control the flow rate of a supplied gas.

Abstract: A harness slack take-up structure for a steering gear enables a harness case to be compact and the harness to be a standard round harness. The harness slack take-up structure employs a movable part and a fixed part to restrict the movement of the slack of the harness somewhat and to take-up the slack, thereby minimizing the size of the harness case.