Abstract: A loading unit loads a case housing a disk recording medium at a loading position which is set between an upper head and a lower head. The loading unit includes: an insertion path for guiding the case inserted from an insertion opening toward a position between the upper head and the lower head; a loading mechanism for moving the case toward the lower head and loads the case at the loading position when the case reaches a predetermined position in the insertion path; and a protector block having a slide surface, the protector block being provided closer to the first head so that a first distance between the slide surface and a upper surface of the case is less than or equal to a second distance between the first surface of the case and the upper head in a state where the case is in the insertion path.

Abstract: A device for controlling cell arrangement having a pattern composed of a cell adhesive surface and a cell non-adhesive surface, which has a good selectivity of cell adhesion and which can provide a fine pattern of cells in high resolution by culturing cells in a usual manner.

Abstract: A head carriage apparatus includes an upper arm provided with a magnetic head and a head carriage main unit that supports the upper arm in the state where it can be displaced in the upwards and downwards direction. The head carriage apparatus also includes an engagement member that engages with the upper arm when the upper arm is displaced by a predetermined amount in the upwards direction and around the center of displacement formed by the position of support to the head carriage main unit, wherein the upper arm is rotationally displaced further around the center of displacement formed by the engagement position of this engagement member and the upper arm.

Abstract: A disk driver in which a disk is inserted has a head (12), a holder (5), and a slider (14). The holder ascends and descends between a first position and a second position. The head ascends and descends between a third position and a fourth position in response to the ascending and descending of the holder. The disk (3) is inserted into or ejected from the holder (5) at the first position when the head (12) is at the third position, and information is recorded on or reproduced therefrom by the head at the fourth position when the holder is at the second position. Since the third position is higher than the first position so that the head does not hit the inserted disk, there is a space between the first and third positions. Accordingly, the slider (14) is located in the space so that it can avoid hitting the head, and thus the disk driver can be made thin.

Abstract: A miniaturized electromagnet has an enhanced armature attraction force and reliable armature movement. The electromagnet comprises an L-shaped flat magnetic plate of magnetic material with a horizontally extending core and a first yoke leg depending from one end of the core. An excitation coil is wound around the core. A second yoke member is formed separately from the magnetic plate into a plate configuration and is coupled secured at its upper end to the other end of the core so as to depend therefrom in an opposed relation to the first yoke leg. The lower end portion of the second yoke leg is bent toward the first yoke leg to define thereat a pole plate extending parallel with the core.

Abstract: A stationary type optical disc apparatus which includes a housing, a plurality of disc media contained in the housing and arranged in parallel to each other, a plurality of head units detachably inserted into the housing along rails formed in parallel to the disc surfaces, and a head movably mounted on the head unit so that the head is able to access a predetermined position on the disc media.

Abstract: A compound semiconductor pellet has a zincblende crystal structure and is formed of a III-V compound semiconductor, such as GaAs. The major surface of the pellet and side surfaces thereof are both {100} planes. To obtain this type of pellet, [010] and [001] directions are selected as dicing directions. In the case of a crystal having a zincblende crystal structure, a direction which forms 45.degree. with reference to a cleavage plane of the crystal is selected as a dicing direction.

Abstract: A track position detecting mechanism is used to detect an outermost peripheral track position of a magnetic disc for use as a reference point in making various accesses to the magnetic disc. The track position detecting mechanism has an optical detector including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, where an optical path is formed between the light emitting element and the light receiving element, and an interrupt member provided at such a position on a carriage that the interrupt member interrupts the optical path within the optical detector when a magnetic head is located at an outermost peripheral track position on the magnetic disc. The optical path substantially coincides with a plane which includes a center line of a guide shaft which guides the carriage, and the plane is parallel to a base of the carriage.

Abstract: A magnetic head carriage device which comprises a head carriage body provided on a magnetic disk drive apparatus slidably in a radial direction of a magnetic disk and in parallel to a guiding axis, an upper arm provided on the head carriage body to have an upper magnetic head on its lower surface, and a plurality of bearing members each having an annular bearing portion and a mounting arm, the annular bearing portion into which a guiding shaft is inserted along the guiding axis, the mounting arm portion extending outwardly from the annular bearing portion, the mounting arm portion of each of the bearing members being fixed to the head carriage body such that the annular bearing portions are located laterally from the head carriage body. The magnetic disk drive apparatus employing this magnetic head carriage device can be constructed to suit the demands in the field, especially one having an overall thickness smaller than that of a conventional magnetic disk drive apparatus.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device constituting a GaAs MESFET, a GaAs substrate is prepared from a base material containing boron and carbon ions as impurities having a total impurity concentration of 2.times.10.sup.17 atoms/cm.sup.3 or more. Electrode layers are formed at predetermined portions on the GaAs substrate, and an active layer is formed to be adjacent to the electrode layers by ion implantation. Source and drain electrodes are formed on the electrode layers, respectively, and a gate electrode is formed on the active layer.

Abstract: A medical device having a highly biocompatible surface wherein hydrophilic polymer is bonded onto a surface of the medical device covalently through a nitrogen atom, and a method for manufacturing a medical device having a highly biocompatible surface comprising the steps of applying a hydrophilic polymer having azido group and/or a composition comprising a compound having at least two azido group and a hydrophilic polymer onto the surface of the medical device, and irradiating the biocompatible material with light so that the hydrophilic polymer is bonded to the medical device surface. The device has sufficient biocompatibility, medical functional capability and economical efficiency. The method easily provides a medical device with sufficient biocompatibility without impairing the device's medical functional capability and economical efficiency.

Abstract: A mold for molding a semiconductor package including a semiconductor chip mounted on a lead frame, wherein a major surface of the semiconductor chip is inclined relative to a surface of the semiconductor package, the mold includes a first mold half including a first mold cavity having a first mold surface and at least four first side surfaces, a second mold half including a second mold cavity having a second main surface extending substantially parallel to the first main surface and at least four second side surfaces extending substantially perpendicular to the second main surface, and a portion for supporting the lead frame and the semiconductor chip in the first and second mold cavities and position the major surface of the semiconductor chip in an inclined position relative to the second main surface, wherein the portion for supporting and positioning includes a first mating surface on the first mold half inclined relative to the first main surface and a second mating surface on the second mold half inclin

Abstract: A novel magnetoelectric element and a novel magnetoelectric apparatus convert a magnetic field into an electric capacitance and output it by utilizing the Lorentz force acting on a current in the magnetic field. The magnetoelectric element can convert a magnetic field into an electric capacitance and output it. The magnetoelectric apparatus includes the magnetoelectric element and an electric capacitance detecting unit, and can output a magnetic field as a change in frequency.

Abstract: A magnetic disc unit into and from which a disc case housing a magnetic disc is loaded and ejected includes a chassis, a magnetic head, a slide member being capable of sliding between a first position and a second position, a latch member fixing said slide member at the first position when the disc case is ejected, being pushed by the disc case inserted in said magnetic disc unit at a time of inserting the disc case and fixing said slide member at the second position when the disc case is loaded into said magnetic disc unit and is positioned at a predetermined set position, an arm member rotated by a sliding operation of said slide member, a clamping member clamping the magnetic disc housed in the disc case and a connection mechanism making said clamping member clamp the magnetic disc when said arm member is positioned at a second rotation position and separating said clamping member from the magnetic disc when said arm member is positioned at a first rotation position.

Abstract: A track position detecting mechanism is used to detect an outermost peripheral track position of a magnetic disc for use as a reference point in making various accesses to the magnetic disc. The track position detecting mechanism has an optical detector including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, where an optical path is formed between the light emitting element and the light receiving element, and an interrupt member provided at such a position on a carriage that the interrupt member interrupts the optical path within the optical detector when a magnetic head is located at an outermost peripheral track position on the magnetic disc. The optical path substantially coincides with a plane which includes a center line of a guide shaft which guides the carriage, and the plane is parallel to a base of the carriage.

Abstract: A semiconductor device for detecting or emitting a magnetic line of force or light is so provided that the major surface of its built-in semiconductor chip has a predetermined inclination angle relative to a mount surface of a mount substrate. An active layer of element for detecting a magnetic line of force or light or an element for emitting a magnetic line of force or light is formed on the major surface of the semiconductor chip. It is, therefore, possible to achieve a smaller mount thickness as defined relative to a mount surface and to detect a magnetic line of force or light coming in a direction parallel to the mount surface or to emit a magnetic line of force or light in a direction vertical to the mount surface.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay comprises an elongated coil bobbin having an axially extending bore and carrying therearound an excitation coil, a generally U-shaped yoke with first and second yoke members, and a generally U-shaped armature with short and long legs connected by a web. The yoke and the armature are magnetically coupled together partly within the axial bore of the coil bobbin to form a magnetic circuit with the excitation coil such that the armature is movable between a set position of closing a relay contact and a reset position of opening the relay contact. The first yoke member extends into the axial bore to define at its free end a first pole end while the second yoke member extending outwardly of the excitation coil to define a second pole end. The short armature leg extends into the bore in an overlying relation with the first pole end, while the long armature leg extends outwardly of the coil in adjacent relation to the second pole end.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an SIL type package for projection of the pellet of a Hall sensor used for detecting the position of a motor. An inclined portion is formed on an edge portion which faces the motor coil so that the edge portion will come into area-contact with the motor coil even if they come into contact with each other, thus causing no stress concentration on the motor coil.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a GaAsFET, an insulating film used as a mask for implanting ions to form a gate region is used as a mask for sputtering a material of a gate electrode. Consequently, the gate electrode is formed to be aligned with the gate region. A GaAsFET in which the gate electrode can be stably positioned with respect to the small gate region with a high degree of accuracy and which is suitable for high frequency applications can be manufactured.