Abstract: A first connecting portion (31) and a second connecting portion (33) slide over a first guide link (17) and a second guide link (19), respectively, when an operation point (OP) of a reciprocating linear motion mechanism (38) moves from an initiating position to a terminating position. A second acute angle (?2) formed between the second guide link (19) and a supporting surface (15) is greater than a first acute angle (?1) formed between the first guide link (17) and the supporting surface (15).

Abstract: An electric double-layer capacitor includes a capacitor element, which includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode that face each other in a predetermined direction; a positive plate-like terminal portion connected to one end of the capacitor element in the predetermined direction; a negative plate-like terminal portion connected to another end of the capacitor element in the predetermined direction; and an exterior body encapsulating the capacitor element, the positive plate-like terminal portion, and the negative plate-like terminal portion. The positive and the negative plate-like terminal portions include parts that face each other in the predetermined direction, and at least one protruding portion protrudes from a corresponding one of the parts toward a corner of the exterior body.

Abstract: An electric double-layer capacitor includes a capacitor element, which includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode that face each other in a predetermined direction; a positive plate-like terminal portion connected to one end of the capacitor element in the predetermined direction; a negative plate-like terminal portion connected to another end of the capacitor element in the predetermined direction; and an exterior body configured to encapsulate the capacitor element, the positive plate-like terminal portion, and the negative plate-like terminal portion. The positive and the negative plate-like terminal portions have parts that face each other in the predetermined direction, and at least one protruding portion that protrudes from any one of the parts.

Abstract: A first connecting portion (31) and a second connecting portion (33) slide over a first guide link (17) and a second guide link (19), respectively, when an operation point (OP) of a reciprocating linear motion mechanism (38) moves from an initiating position to a terminating position. A second acute angle (?2) formed between the second guide link (19) and a supporting surface (15) is greater than a first acute angle (?1) formed between the first guide link (17) and the supporting surface (15).

Abstract: A method of charging raw material, includes: storing the material in a recharge tube including a quartz cylinder for storing the material and a conical valve for opening or closing an opening at a lower end of the cylinder; installing the recharge tube storing the raw material in a chamber; and feeding the raw material stored in the recharge tube into the crucible by locating the recharge tube and crucible such that a distance between the lower end of the recharge tube and raw material or melt in the crucible ranges from 200 to 250 mm, and lowering the conical valve to open the opening while simultaneously lowering the crucible such that a ratio CL/SL of the lowering speed of the crucible to the lowering speed of the conical valve ranges from 1.3 to 1.45. The method can inhibit damage of the quartz crucible and recharge tube.

Abstract: A method of charging raw material, includes: storing the material in a recharge tube including a quartz cylinder for storing the material and a conical valve for opening or closing an opening at a lower end of the cylinder, installing the recharge tube storing the raw material in a chamber; and feeding the raw material stored in the recharge tube into the crucible by locating the recharge tube and crucible such that a distance between the lower end of the recharge tube and raw material or melt in the crucible ranges from 200 to 250 mm, and lowering the conical valve to open the opening while simultaneously lowering the crucible such that a ratio CL/SL of the lowering speed of the crucible to the lowering speed of the conical valve ranges from 1.3 to 1.45. The method can inhibit damage of the quartz crucible and recharge tube.

Abstract: Provided is an electroless copper plating solution that forms a highly adhesive conductive film regardless of the degree of roughness of the resin surface and also has a fast deposition rate. The electroless copper plating solution of the present invention is characterized in that it contains guanosine. The electroless copper plating solution of the present invention preferably also contains copper ion, reducing agent, copper ion complexing agent, and pH adjuster.

Abstract: A conditioner, surface treatment method, and metal plating film forming method for a moist method of providing a plating film with strong adhesion towards a surface with low roughness without forming a metal film or performing an adhesion promoter pretreatment using a wet method, when plating a resin substrate containing a blend of resin material and glass material, and the like.

Abstract: A power transfer switch in which a cross bar including a movable contact is rotated to come into contact with one of fixed contacts disposed on left and right sides of the cross bar. The cross bar has a non-circular cross-section including a protruded piece on left and right, and a rotating angle thereof is greater than a rotating allowable angle of the movable contact between the fixed contacts. A through hole into which the cross bar is inserted with play is formed on a base portion of the movable contact, and a step portion for receiving the protruded piece of the cross bar and a spring housing portion extended in a direction of a central axis of the movable contact are formed in the through hole. A compression spring is accommodated in the spring housing portion to cause the cross bar to elastically hold the movable contact.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor including a solid electrolytic capacitor component comprises a porous anode body 2 composed of valve metal having a anode lead 1 protruding therefrom, a anode oxide film, a solid electrolyte layer 4, a graphite layer 5, a silver paste layer 6, a resist layer 3 separating the anode lead 1 used as a anode portion and the porous anode body 2 used as a cathode portion, and a anode lead element 7 connected to the anode lead 1, the anode oxide film, solid electrolyte layer 4, graphite layer 5, silver paste layer 6 being successively formed on the surface of the porous anode body 2, wherein the solid electrolytic capacitor component is bonded on a mounting substrate 21 having a anode terminal 21a, a cathode terminal 21b, and an insulating portion 21c therebetween with a precuring insulating adhesive 9 formed on the insulating portion 21c of the mounting substrate 21 and precuring conductive adhesives 8 formed on the anode terminal and cathode terminal, and sealed with exterior resin 10

Abstract: A power transfer switch in which a cross bar including a movable contact is rotated to come into contact with one of fixed contacts disposed on left and right sides of the cross bar. The cross bar has a non-circular cross-section including a protruded piece on left and right, and a rotating angle thereof is greater than a rotating allowable angle of the movable contact between the fixed contacts. A through hole into which the cross bar is inserted with play is formed on a base portion of the movable contact, and a step portion for receiving the protruded piece of the cross bar and a spring housing portion extended in a direction of a central axis of the movable contact are formed in the through hole. A compression spring is accommodated in the spring housing portion to cause the cross bar to elastically hold the movable contact.

Abstract: To provide an electric storage device whose negative electrode can be doped with lithium ions in a short time and whose resistance can be lowered. An electric storage device including a unit that is obtained by alternately stacking a positive-electrode sheet 9 and a negative-electrode sheet 10 with a separator 3 interposed therebetween, the positive electrode sheet 9 including a positive-electrode active material layer 1 and a positive-electrode charge collector 4, and the negative electrode sheet 10 including a negative-electrode active material layer 2 and a negative-electrode charge collector 5, in which a foil, an etching foil, or a porous lath foil is used as the positive-electrode charge collector 4 and the negative-electrode charge collector 5, a cut is made in a coating area of the positive-electrode active material layer 1 and the negative-electrode active material layer 2, and a lithium supply source is disposed so as to be opposed to the negative electrode sheet 10 of the unit.

Abstract: In a thin solid electrolytic capacitor including a solid electrolytic capacitor element disposed on a substrate, the solid electrolytic capacitor element has an upper surface largely extending along the substrate as compared with a height dimension thereof from the substrate. A casing portion is at least partly made of a resin and surrounds the solid electrolytic capacitor element jointly with the substrate. The casing portion includes a non-adhesive member that is in contact with an upper surface of the solid electrolytic capacitor element, but is not adhesive to the solid electrolytic capacitor element.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor device is disclosed. The solid electrolytic capacitor device comprises a package substrate and a capacitor element which is mounted on the package substrate. The package substrate comprises an outer anode electrode, an outer cathode electrode, an inner anode electrode and an inner cathode electrode. The outer anode electrode is electrically connected to the inner anode electrode. The outer cathode electrode is electrically connected to the inner cathode electrode. The capacitor element comprises a capacitor body and an anode lead portion which extends from the capacitor body. The capacitor body has a surface at least one part of which is provided with a cathode portion. The method comprises: forming the anode lead portion; forming the cathode portion after the formation of the anode lead portion; and connecting the anode lead portion and the cathode portion to the inner anode electrode and the inner cathode electrode, respectively.

Abstract: Anodized films are formed at both surfaces of an aluminum base and, at the center portion on each side of the aluminum base, a solid electrolyte layer of a conductive polymer, a graphite layer, and a metal layer are stacked in the order, thereby forming a rectangular cathode portion. An insulator layer is formed at the peripheries of four sides of the cathode portion and, further, an anode lead frame is provided at the peripheries of four sides of the upper insulator layer, thereby forming an anode portion. Openings are formed at four corners of the insulator layer or the anode portion, thereby establishing electrical connection between the cathode portions on both sides of the aluminum base. By setting the ratio of a total region, occupied by the openings, of the cathode portion to 25% or less, the ESL of a capacitor can be suppressed low even when the openings are provided.

Abstract: A solid-state electrolytic capacitor including a stacked body of a solid-state electrolytic capacitor element unit and an electrode conversion board. The unit includes two kinds of solid-state electrolytic capacitor elements. Each of first kind of solid-state electrolytic capacitor elements uses an anode body having a total thickness of an aluminum foil of 350 ?m and a residual core thickness, i.e., the total thickness minus the thickness of an etched layer, is 50 ?m. A second kind of solid-state electrolytic capacitor element provided on the mounting surface side uses an anode body having a total thickness of an aluminum foil of 150 ?m and a residual core thickness is 50 ?m. The electrode conversion board includes external anode and external cathode terminals that are arranged in a checkered manner and also includes, on the side opposite to the board, anode electrode and cathode electrode plates.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor has the steps of: mixing valve metal powders with organic binder for granulation, press-molding granulated powders embedded with a valve metal lead, sintering a press-molded compact in vacuum to produce a sintered body, and anodizing the sintered body to form a dielectric oxide film layer. The method further has a step of performing a cathode electrolytic cleaning to the sintered body before the step of forming the dielectric oxide film layer. The cathode electrolytic cleaning is performed in an acid solution, which is a mixed acid solution of hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid, and sulfuric acid.