Abstract: A heat pipe includes a tubular member that is a hollow member in which liquid is encapsulated and of which an inner surface is subjected to an oxidation treatment in advance and a movement section that moves the liquid encapsulated and liquefied in the tubular member along a longitudinal direction of the tubular member by means of a capillary phenomenon and of which a surface is subjected to an oxidation treatment in advance.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a belt member that cyclically moves, a pressing unit that comes into contact with the belt member and presses a recording medium moving between the belt member and the pressing unit, and a heat source that includes a base material, a resistance heating element disposed on a surface of the base material along a longitudinal direction of the base material, and an insulator covering the resistance heating element and that comes into contact with the pressing unit via the belt member to heat an inner surface of the belt member, in which the insulator is formed to cover a corner portion of the base material in a direction of movement of the belt member.

Abstract: A vehicular door handle device includes a housing being gripped from outside of a compartment when a door is opened, hollow, and provided with an opening, a switch device being fixed inside the housing and including a movable contact portion disposed so as to face the opening of the housing, an operation member fitting in the opening and being supported so as to be movable in a first direction from inside to outside of the housing and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a protector including a main body portion covering the switch device, and a first seal portion being inserted into a gap between an inner circumferential portion of the opening and an outer circumferential portion of the operation member and filling the gap, and pressing the movable contact portion of the switch device by being pressed by the operation member.

Abstract: With this analysis device, air that has been heated by a heater is blown by a fan in the direction of an analysis receptacle rotary driver and an analysis receptacle that is rotationally driven by the analysis receptacle rotary driver. The analysis receptacle rotary driver rotates the analysis receptacle within the analysis chamber in the same direction as the direction of air flow produced by the fan.

Abstract: A biosensor chip is placed in a biosensor device and is rotated while a biochemical analysis specimen is measured, the biosensor chip comprising a main body, a holding chamber, a dispensing chamber, a plurality of quantification chambers, and a plurality of measurement chambers. The main body has an inlet into which the specimen is poured. The holding chamber holds the poured specimen inside the main body. The dispensing chamber is connected to the holding chamber via a first channel and dispenses the specimen. The quantification chambers are connected to the dispensing chamber, hold a specific amount of the dispensed specimen, and are disposed at positions located away from a rotational center of a rotary motion according to a distance from the first channel. The measurement chambers are connected to the quantification chambers via a second channel and react the specimen with a biochemical analysis reagent.

Abstract: A current sensor includes a core including groove portions and a separation wall portion, a housing covering the core and including recessed grooves formed along the groove portions, respectively, conductors positioned in the groove portions, respectively, a circuit board fixed to the housing and including a through hole and a land, the through hole penetrating in a direction corresponding to an inserting direction of the conductor, a detection element detecting a magnitude of a magnetic field and positioned in each of recessed grooves to be closer to an opening end of the groove portion relative to the conductor, the detection element being arranged so that a detecting direction of the detection element is directed along a distance direction of the groove portions, the detection element including a connection terminal positioned in the through hole, the connection terminal electrically connected to the land, and a guide portion provided at the housing.

Abstract: With this analysis device, air that has been heated by a heater is blown by a fan in the direction of an analysis receptacle rotary driver and an analysis receptacle that is rotationally driven by the analysis receptacle rotary driver. The analysis receptacle rotary driver rotates the analysis receptacle within the analysis chamber in the same direction as the direction of air flow produced by the fan.

Abstract: A current sensor includes a core including groove portions and a separation wall portion, a housing covering the core and including recessed grooves formed along the groove portions, respectively, conductors positioned in the groove portions, respectively, a circuit board fixed to the housing and including a through hole and a land, the through hole penetrating in a direction corresponding to an inserting direction of the conductor, a detection element detecting a magnitude of a magnetic field and positioned in each of recessed grooves to be closer to an opening end of the groove portion relative to the conductor, the detection element being arranged so that a detecting direction of the detection element is directed along a distance direction of the groove portions, the detection element including a connection terminal positioned in the through hole, the connection terminal electrically connected to the land, and a guide portion provided at the housing.

Abstract: This biosensor chip is placed in a biosensor device and is rotated while a specimen is measured, the biosensor chip comprising a main body, a holding chamber, a dispensing chamber, a plurality of quantification chambers, and a plurality of measurement chambers. The main body has an inlet into which a biochemical analysis specimen is poured. The holding chamber holds the poured specimen inside the main body. The dispensing chamber is connected to the holding chamber via a first channel and dispenses the specimen. The plurality of quantification chambers are connected to the dispensing chamber, hold a specific amount of dispensed specimen, and are disposed at positions located away from the rotational center of the rotary motion according to the distance from the first channel. The plurality of measurement chambers are connected to the quantification chambers via a second channel and react the specimen with a biochemical analysis reagent.

Abstract: A plate on which a channel pattern is formed, which channel pattern includes a first channel into which a buffer agent is injected, and a second channel having, in a portion thereof, a quantification part that has a portion common to the first channel and holds a predetermined amount of a biological sample, the biological sample being injected into the channel including the quantification part, and the plate is rotated at a high speed by a filling unit to fill the buffer agent in the first channel, and thereafter, the second channel is pressurized by a discrimination unit to fill the biological sample in the second channel, and simultaneously, a predetermined amount of the biological sample is added into the buffer agent. Therefore, when performing discrimination of the biological sample, a discrimination result can be obtained accurately in a short time without the necessity of complicated preparation works.

Abstract: A ligand DNA including a probe portion having a sequence that is complementary to a target DNA to be detected in a sample DNA, and a probe portion having a base sequence that is complementary to a base sequence of a marker DNA 2 in a conjugate DNA 10 is formed, and the sample DNA and the ligand DNA are combined to form a DNA complex, and further, the DNA complex is made to perform electrophoresis in the conjugate DNA. Therefore, it is possible to provide a DNA separation detection method which can appropriately separate the sample DNA and deal with various kinds of target sample DNAs in short time, without the necessity of searching for an optimum electrophoresis condition by complicatedly combining the amount of a bonding control agent to be contained in the conjugate DNA, the viscosity of linear polymer, the amount of the sample DNA, the amount of the conjugate DNA, and the like, for each DNA sequence as a detection target, when separating the sample DNA by electrophoresis.

Abstract: An electrophoresis apparatus having a plate on which channels are formed, a tray on which the plate is to be set, a tray driving unit for rotary driving the tray on which the plate is set, a voltage application unit for applying voltage to a buffer agent in the channels on the plate, an optical detection part for irradiating the channels on the plate with light, and detecting fluorescence that is generated from the sample due to the light irradiation. A plate clamp pressing the plate at only the channel formation areas of the plate against the plate setting surface of the tray, thereby fixing and holding the plate on the plate setting surface of the tray.

Abstract: There is provided a biological sample analysis plate on which, when a biological sample is transferred by rotating the plate, the biological sample can be easily transferred from an outer circumference side to an inner circumference side with respect to a center of rotation. A chamber part (16) which is provided on the inner circumference side with respect to the center of rotation and a sample holding part (20) which is provided on the outer circumference side are connected by channels (17) and (18), and the sample holding part (20) previously contains air inside, and the air in the sample holding part (20) is compressed and held in the sample holding part (20) when the biological sample moves from the chamber (16) toward the sample holding part (20) due to a centrifugal force that is caused by rotation of the plate.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a core portion made of magnetic material, a wire coiled around the core portion leaving a leading end portion by a predetermined length, a case holding the core portion on which the wire is coiled and fixed on a body of a vehicle, and an elastic member provided between the core portion and the case for holding the core portion relative to the case.

Abstract: An electrophoresis apparatus is provided with a plate 10 on which channels 110 are formed, a tray 22 on which the plate is to be set, a tray driving means 20 for rotary driving the tray 22 on which the plate is set, a voltage application means 30 for applying voltage to a buffer agent in the channels on the plate 10, an optical detection part for irradiating the channels on the plate with light, and detecting fluorescence that is generated from the sample due to the light irradiation, and a plate clamp 35 for pressing the plate 10 at only the channel formation areas of the plate 10 against the plate setting surface of the tray 22, there fixing and holding the plate 10 on the plate setting surface of the tray 22. Therefore, it is possible to prove a compact, light, and inexpensive electrophoresis apparatus which does not require complicated preparation works, and provides results accurately in short time.

Abstract: There is provided a plate (10) on which a channel pattern (110) is formed, which channel pattern includes a first channel (116) into which a buffer agent is injected, and a second channel (117) having, in a portion thereof, a quantification part (117a) that has a portion common to the first channel and holds a predetermined amount of a biological sample, the biological sample being injected into the channel including the quantification part, and the plate (10) is rotated at a high speed by a filling unit (20) to fill the buffer agent in the first channel, and thereafter, the second channel is pressurized by a discrimination unit (30) to fill the biological sample in the second channel, and simultaneously, a predetermined amount of the biological sample is added into the buffer agent. Therefore, when performing discrimination of the biological sample, a discrimination result can be obtained accurately in a short time without the necessity of complicated preparation works.

Abstract: A ligand DNA including a probe portion having a sequence that is complementary to a target DNA to be detected in a sample DNA, and a probe portion having a base sequence that is complementary to a base sequence of a marker DNA 2 in a conjugate DNA 10 is formed, and the sample DNA and the ligand DNA are combined to form a DNA complex, and further, the DNA complex is made to perform electrophoresis in the conjugate DNA. Therefore, it is possible to provide a DNA separation detection method which can appropriately separate the sample DNA and deal with various kinds of target sample DNAs in short time, without the necessity of searching for an optimum electrophoresis condition by complicatedly combining the amount of a bonding control agent to be contained in the conjugate DNA, the viscosity of linear polymer, the amount of the sample DNA, the amount of the conjugate DNA, and the like, for each DNA sequence as a detection target, when separating the sample DNA by electrophoresis.