Abstract: In a vibrator support structure, a vibrator is supported on a substrate through support pins, substrate connection portions of the support pins and pin connection portions of the substrate are joined through conductive adhesive which is made of a resin including conductive filler and has a pencil hardness of about 4H or less, and the conductive adhesive has a thickness which can buffer vibrations and impacts propagated through the support pins.

Abstract: A vibratory gyro piezoelectric vibrator includes a vibrating body having a laminate of piezoelectric layers stacked on each other in a lamination direction, and having a length extending in the lamination direction. The vibratory gyro piezoelectric vibrator uses longitudinal piezoelectric effects of the piezoelectric layers and operates such that a first bending vibration is excited in which the vibrating body bends in a width direction of the vibrating body substantially perpendicular to the lamination direction of the piezoelectric layers, and a Coriolis force is caused in response to the first bending vibration such that a second bending vibration is excited in which the vibrating body bends in a thickness direction of the vibrating body substantially perpendicular to both of the lamination direction and the vibration direction of the first bending vibration.

Abstract: There are provided a chondrogenesis stimulator containing MTf, a chondrogenic differentiation suppressing agent containing an MTf antagonist, a screening method for obtaining an MTf activating agent, an MTf activating agent obtained by the screening method, a chondrogenesis stimulator containing an MTf activating agent as obtained by the screening method, and MTf which lacks the GPI anchor region.

Abstract: In a vibrator support structure, a vibrator is supported on a substrate through support pins, substrate connection portions of the support pins and pin connection portions of the substrate are joined through conductive adhesive which is made of a resin including conductive filler and has a pencil hardness of about 4H or less, and the conductive adhesive has a thickness which can buffer vibrations and impacts propagated through the support pins.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes a tuning-fork resonator having prongs, a supporting substrate having the tuning-fork resonator mounted thereon, and a casing accommodating the tuning-fork resonator. The base ends of the prongs constitute a base. A principal surface of the supporting substrate and a principal surface of the tuning-fork resonator are opposed to each other. The supporting substrate supports the prongs at the base so that the prongs vibrate. The supporting substrate has a first slit. The first slit is open at one end substantially in the center of a side that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the prongs, extends in the longitudinal direction of the prongs, and divides the supporting substrate into substrate components corresponding to the prongs. The substrate components are fixed to the casing at non-vibrating portions present in two sides extending in the longitudinal direction of the prongs.

Abstract: Data of a preset separation mark is inserted between journal data of one transaction held in an electronic journal file and journal data of one transaction next made. Journal data items which are accumulatively held in the electronic journal file are displayed on a display unit. Data of a separation marks inserted before and after journal data specified among the journal data items displayed on the display unit are searched for. Journal data lying between the searched separation marks is extracted from the electronic journal file.

Abstract: A tuning fork vibrator includes a long plate-shaped vibration unit having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a base disposed at one end of the second principal surface of the vibration unit in the longitudinal direction, and a slit for dividing the vibration unit into two legs defining a tuning fork along the longitudinal direction symmetrically in the width direction of the vibration unit. The slit is formed so as to include a portion of the base in the vicinity to the vibration unit.

Abstract: A vibrating gyroscope includes a vibrator having a pair of vibrating bodies, both end portions in the longitudinal direction of which are fixed together in the thickness direction by intermediate parts and the vibrator is supported such that a secondary bending vibration with both ends free in the thickness direction of the vibrating bodies can be performed. The vibrating gyroscope also includes a driver for causing the vibrating bodies to perform buckling vibrations in opposite directions, and a detector for detecting the magnitude of the secondary bending vibration of the vibrator. The resonance frequency of the secondary bending vibration is close to the frequency of the buckling vibrations.

Abstract: A vibrating gyroscope includes a tuning fork vibrator having two legs defined by piezoelectric members which are polarized in opposite directions of thickness which are bonded to each other between a first principal surface and a second principal surface, so as to have a tuning fork shape with one fixed end. Two electrodes divided in a width direction of the two electrodes are provided on a first principal surface of the respective two legs and an electrode is provided on a second principal surface of the respective two legs. Among four electrodes provided on the first principal surface of the respective two legs, two electrodes that are disposed inside-to-inside or outside-to-outside are connected together to define a driving electrode, and the remaining two electrodes define a detection electrode and a feedback electrode. All of the electrodes provided on the second principal surfaces of the two legs are connected together, and are connected to a reference voltage or are floating.

Abstract: A vibratory gyro piezoelectric vibrator includes a vibrating body having a laminate of piezoelectric layers stacked on each other in a lamination direction, and having a length extending in the lamination direction. The vibratory gyro piezoelectric vibrator uses longitudinal piezoelectric effects of the piezoelectric layers and operates such that a first bending vibration in which the vibrating body bends in a width direction of the vibrating body substantially perpendicular to the lamination direction of the piezoelectric layers and a second bending vibration in which the vibrating body bends in a thickness direction of the vibrating body substantially perpendicular to both of the lamination direction and the vibration direction of the first bending vibration are excited.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes a tuning-fork resonator having prongs, a supporting substrate having the tuning-fork resonator mounted thereon, and a casing accommodating the tuning-fork resonator. The base ends of the prongs constitute a base. A principal surface of the supporting substrate and a principal surface of the tuning-fork resonator are opposed to each other. The supporting substrate supports the prongs at the base so that the prongs vibrate. The supporting substrate has a first slit. The first slit is open at one end substantially in the center of a side that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the prongs, extends in the longitudinal direction of the prongs, and divides the supporting substrate into substrate components corresponding to the prongs. The substrate components are fixed to the casing at non-vibrating portions present in two sides extending in the longitudinal direction of the prongs.

Abstract: A tuning fork vibrator includes a long plate-shaped vibration unit having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a base disposed at one end of the second principal surface of the vibration unit in the longitudinal direction, and a slit for dividing the vibration unit into two legs defining a tuning fork along the longitudinal direction symmetrically in the width direction of the vibration unit. The slit is formed so as to include a portion of the base in the vicinity to the vibration unit.

Abstract: A vibrator that produces bending vibration with both ends unsupported is mounted on one principal surface of a mounting board, and a driving-and-detecting circuit component is also mounted to cross over an antinode center line of bending vibration of the mounting board due to resonance. The original self-resonance frequency of bending vibration of the mounting board itself is lower than the frequency of bending vibration of the vibrator. The modified self-resonance frequency of bending vibration of the mounting board when the vibrator and the driving-and-detecting circuit component are mounted thereon is higher than the original self-resonance frequency, and does not coincide with the frequency of bending vibration of the vibrator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composite vibrator that can maintain high sensitivity even when miniaturized. The composite vibrator includes tuning bar vibrators having the same length and support members for supporting the tuning bar vibrators. The tuning bar vibrators are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction to be coupled with each other near nodes of bending vibrations occurring at both free ends of the tuning bar vibrators. In this arrangement, since the tuning bar vibrators are coupled with each other, the mass of the composite vibrator increases. Thus, even when the length of the longitudinal direction of the tuning bar vibrator is reduced, due to the increased mass, higher sensitivity for the detection of an angular velocity can be obtained.

Abstract: A tuning fork vibrator includes a long plate-shaped vibration unit having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a base disposed at one end of the second principal surface of the vibration unit in the longitudinal direction, and a slit for dividing the vibration unit into two legs defining a tuning fork along the longitudinal direction symmetrically in the width direction of the vibration unit. The slit is formed so as to include a portion of the base in the vicinity to the vibration unit.

Abstract: In a vibrator support structure, a vibrator is supported on a substrate through support pins, substrate connection portions of the support pins and pin connection portions of the substrate are joined through conductive adhesive which is made of a resin including conductive filler and has a pencil hardness of about 4H or less, and the conductive adhesive has a thickness which can buffer vibrations and impacts propagated through the support pins.

Abstract: A vibration gyro which is a sensor circuit module includes a packaging substrate, a vibrator mounted on the substrate, a chip type semiconductor element mounted by flip-chip bonding, a chip element, and a cover. The portion of the end surfaces of the packaging substrate in which no through-hole terminals are formed is coated with a light-shielding coating material which is a light-transmission-stopping member. Preferably, the color of the light-shielding coating material is as dark as possible, and is black, if possible.

Abstract: A vibrating gyroscope includes a vibrator having a pair of vibrating bodies, both end portions in the longitudinal direction of which are fixed together in the thickness direction by intermediate parts and the vibrator is supported such that a secondary bending vibration with both ends free in the thickness direction of the vibrating bodies can be performed. The vibrating gyroscope also includes a driver for causing the vibrating bodies to perform buckling vibrations in opposite directions, and a detector for detecting the magnitude of the secondary bending vibration of the vibrator. The resonance frequency of the secondary bending vibration is close to the frequency of the buckling vibrations.

Abstract: A vibrating gyroscope includes a vibrator having a node and a support member having a thin flexible portion and an expanded portion which is connected to the thin flexibly portion and has a larger area than the thin flexible portion. The expanded portion of the support member is fixed to the vibrator at the node.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composite vibrator that can maintain high sensitivity even when miniaturized. The composite vibrator includes tuning bar vibrators having the same length and support members for supporting the tuning bar vibrators. The tuning bar vibrators are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction to be coupled with each other near nodes of bending vibrations occurring at both free ends of the tuning bar vibrators. In this arrangement, since the tuning bar vibrators are coupled with each other, the mass of the composite vibrator increases. Thus, even when the length of the longitudinal direction of the tuning bar vibrator is reduced, due to the increased mass, higher sensitivity for the detection of an angular velocity can be obtained.