Abstract: To simplify the switching between an automatic shift mode and a manual shift mode in a CVT. A selector switch is included in a switch unit provided on a handle bar at a position near a right grip and a shift switch is included in a switch unit provided on the handle bar at a position near a left grip. When the manual shift mode is selected, the shift switch functions as a shift control switch, whereas when the automatic shift mode is selected by the selector switch, mode selection for selecting any one of a first drive mode and a second drive mode, for example, can be made by the shift switch.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a technique allowing the pictographic characters or the face marks to be converted to, for example, the corresponding, but more expressive and more vivid facial image of high picture quality and thereby to achieve compact but smooth and amusing communication. An system for distribution of images via e-mail constructed so that, when a text accompanied with pictographic characters is transmitted from a user terminal 1 and received by a communication processor 11 of a server 10, a registering station 12 and a image/text processor 15 read out user-registered images corresponding to the ideographic characters from a user database 13, then combine these images with the text and send back such combination to the user terminal 1 via the communication processor 11.

Abstract: A motorcycle includes a body frame having at least a pair of right and left or front and rear frame members with a storage box that is open upward between the pairing frame members. A riding seat covers the opening end of the storage box from above. The storage box includes a box main body arranged between the pair of frame members with a box constituent member that is detachably mounted below the box main body so as to form an electronic component storage chamber in cooperation with the box main body that composes a part of the wall portion of the storage box. The box constituent member is overlapped with at least a part of the frame members of a pair of frame members viewed in a plane with the box constituent member mounted to the box main body. The box constituent member bulges from the box main body.

Abstract: A method of electrolytic ceramic coating for metals, in which there can be obtained a coating film that even when it is thin, exhibits high hardness, excellent abrasion resistance and excellent toughness and that even when applied to a slide material without polishing, has low offensiveness to the mate material. As such a method, there is provided a method of electrolytic ceramic coating for metals, comprising carrying out electrolysis with the use of a metal as a positive electrode in an electrolyte containing a zirconium compound so that a ceramic coating is formed on the surface of the metal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination of genes useful for information which can be used for the prediction of postoperative recurrence of gastric cancer and the acquisition of the information, a probe detecting these genes and a primer set for PCR, a method for detecting these genes using the primer and the primer set and a method for obtaining the information which can be used for the prediction of recurrence. Information useful for the prediction of postoperative recurrence can be obtained by determining the presence or absence of gastric cancer cells which show a possibility of postoperative recurrence in a sample such as an peritoneal wash collected from a patient by detecting a particular gene specific to gastric cancer cells or a gene product thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a spark plug wherein an insulator and a metallic shell, when observed in a section made by a plane including an axis of a spark plug, have therebetween a gap of less than 0.45 mm at a more front end side than an engagement position of a packing and a first insulator stepped portion, and the gap is provided axially from a most front end side engagement position of the packing and a first insulator stepped portion as a starting point to a finishing point that is apart from the starting point by 1.2 mm or more toward the front end side while being apart from a front end surface of the metallic shell by 7.9 mm or more toward a rear end side.

Abstract: In a vehicle including a plurality of containing portions, namely, a front containing portion provided in an inner cover covering from the rear side a head pipe of a vehicle body frame at its front end and constituting a part of a vehicle body cover which can be locked in a fully closed condition, to facilitate the operation for releasing the lock conditions of the plurality of containing portions. A plurality of lock release operating buttons for respectively releasing the locked conditions of a plurality of containing portions inclusive of a front containing portion is disposed at an inner cover on a lateral side of the front containing portion.

Abstract: A motorcycle in which a fuel tank and a radiator are disposed on the lower side of a floor tunnel portion disposed in the area ranging from the rear side of a head pipe for steerably bearing a front wheel and a steering handle to the lower side of the front end of a rider's seat to make it possible to arrange component parts while effectively utilizing the space on the lower side of the floor tunnel portion.

Abstract: A vehicle-use liquid crystal display device which is capable of securing high visibility even under a low temperature environment without increasing or enlarging power consumption is provided. A display vehicle speed Ddis is switched according to a hysteresis of ±0.7 kilometer per hour as shown in FIG. 6(b) under a normal or high temperature environment of not less than 45° C. with respect to a change in a vehicle speed shown in FIG. 6(a). Namely, even if the vehicle speed D changes between 51.4 kilometers and 52.6 kilometers, the display vehicle speed Ddis is held at 52 kilometers. The display vehicle speed Ddis is switched according to a hysteresis of ±1.0 kilometer per hour as shown in FIG. 6(c) under a low temperature environment of less than 45° C. Namely, even if the vehicle speed D changes between 51.1 kilometers and 52.9 kilometers, the display vehicle speed Ddis is held at 52 kilometers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display for a vehicle and, particularly, to a liquid crystal display which adjusts liquid crystal drive voltage based on the temperature of a liquid crystal display panel so that the contrast of the liquid crystal display panel is optimum. The display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a circuit board for mounting circuit elements including a liquid crystal driver, a temperature sensor mounted on the circuit board, and a control circuit for controlling liquid crystal drive voltage based on temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The liquid crystal display panel and the circuit board are arranged parallel to each other in a meter housing with a predetermined space therebetween. The display also includes an exposed heat collection panel arranged to surround the screen of the liquid crystal display panel.

Abstract: A clamp ring detaching method of detaching from a motor hub a clamp ring fastened to the motor hub, the clamp ring comprising a plurality of hub pressing portions contacting the outer circumferential surface of the motor hub and connecting portions which connect the hub pressing portions, each connecting portion having a concave portion, the method including pressing portions of at least one of the concave portions, which are displaced from a center of the concave portion, outwards in a radial direction of the clamp ring in order to remove the clamp ring from the motor hub.

Abstract: In a vehicle including a plurality of containing portions, namely, a front containing portion provided in an inner cover covering from the rear side a head pipe of a vehicle body frame at its front end and constituting a part of a vehicle body cover which can be locked in a fully closed condition, to facilitate the operation for releasing the lock conditions of the plurality of containing portions. A plurality of lock release operating buttons for respectively releasing the locked conditions of a plurality of containing portions inclusive of a front containing portion is disposed at an inner cover on a lateral side of the front containing portion.

Abstract: To simplify the switching between an automatic shift mode and a manual shift mode in a CVT. A selector switch is included in a switch unit provided on a handle bar at a position near a right grip and a shift switch is included in a switch unit provided on the handle bar at a position near a left grip. When the manual shift mode is selected, the shift switch functions as a shift control switch, whereas when the automatic shift mode is selected by the selector switch, mode selection for selecting any one of a first drive mode and a second drive mode, for example, can be made by the shift switch.

Abstract: A motorcycle in which a fuel tank and a radiator are disposed on the lower side of a floor tunnel portion disposed in the area ranging from the rear side of a head pipe for steerably bearing a front wheel and a steering handle to the lower side of the front end of a rider's seat to make it possible to arrange component parts while effectively utilizing the space on the lower side of the floor tunnel portion.

Abstract: A sintered copper alloy material product is provided on which a skin (particularly, a skin of a solid lubricant with low adhesion, such as PTFE or molybdenum disulfide) is securely formed on the surface thereof and has good sliding properties and good seizure resistance under unlubricating environments or under corrosive environments. A sintered copper alloy material is processed using a selective chemical etching solution containing a compound of one kind or more selected from the group of consisting of peroxide, peroxocompound, chromic acid and permanganic acid and a compound of one kind or more selected from the group of consisting of phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, zirconic hydrofluoric acid, titanic hydrofluoric acid, titanic acid, molybdic acid, tungstic acid, vanadic acid, niobic acid, and organic chelating agent. Thereafter, a lubricating skin is on the surface of the processed material.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a sliding member, a granular spraying material is sprayed on at least a part of a surface of a body portion made of a structural material in at least partially fusing condition and in the direction which is parallel to or diagonal to a sliding surface. Then, a sprayed layer is formed by depositing the spraying material in the direction which is perpendicular to the sliding surface. The sliding surface is a section of the deposited spraying material which is obtained by grinding or cutting the sprayed layer in depositional direction.

Abstract: A vehicle-use liquid crystal display device which is capable of securing high visibility even under a low temperature environment without increasing or enlarging power consumption is provided.

Abstract: A photocatalytic filter having a coating layer formed in a thickness of 5 to 60 &mgr;m on a base material and including 5 to 60% by weight of ultraviolet ray-transmissible particles (such as glass particles or fibers) having a minor axis of 0.2 to 50 &mgr;m, 20 to 80% by weight of photocatalytical particles (TiO2) having an average particle size of 0.001 to 0.02 &mgr;m, 10 to 60% by weight of fine silica particles having an average particle size of 0.002 to 0.2 &mgr;m and optionally 0.2 to 20% by weight of a clay mineral material, preferably a portion of the ultraviolet ray-transmissible particles being exposed to the outside of the coating layer, exhibits a high air-cleaning activity, a high adhesion of the coating layer to the base material and a high durability in the air-cleaning activity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wave absorber holding both nonflammability and flexibility and having advantageous properties regarding the lightness in weight, the thermal insulation, the sound insulation, the sound isolation, and the workability to ensure a certain freedom in shaping. Each of wave absorbing materials A1, A2, and A3 given as embodiments of the present invention include a conductive filler, an inorganic endothermic filler, and an organic binder as main constituents. A wave absorber A30 for wave anechoic rooms and semi-wave anechoic rooms is prepared by using any of these wave absorbing materials A1, A2, and A3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display for a vehicle and, particularly, to a liquid crystal display which adjusts liquid crystal drive voltage based on the temperature of a liquid crystal display panel so that the contrast of the liquid crystal display panel is optimum. The display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a circuit board for mounting circuit elements including a liquid crystal driver, a temperature sensor mounted on the circuit board, and a control circuit for controlling liquid crystal drive voltage based on temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The liquid crystal display panel and the circuit board are arranged parallel to each other in a meter housing with a predetermined space therebetween. The display also includes an exposed heat collection panel arranged to surround the screen of the liquid crystal display panel.