Abstract: A sliding member includes: a substrate which has a sliding surface sliding under the presence of lubricating oil; and a film which is fixed to at least a part of the sliding surface. The film contains carbon (C), titanium (Ti), and boron (B), is obtained by repeatedly and alternately layering a first layer containing amorphous carbon as a principal component and a second layer containing C and Ti as principal components, and has hardness of 18 GPa or more.

Abstract: This invention provides a coolant composition for an internal combustion engine that can improve the energy efficiency of an internal combustion engine and a method for operating an internal combustion engine using such coolant composition. The coolant composition for an internal combustion engine of the invention has kinematic viscosity of 8.5 to 3,000 mm2/sec at 25° C. and 0.3 to 1.3 mm2/sec at 100° C. The method for operating an internal combustion engine of the invention is carried out with the use of such composition.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is provision of a surface protection sheet for laser processing to be applied to the surface on the opposite side of the laser beam irradiation face, which can protect the surface of an application object, and does not allow easy development of a dross during laser cutting processing. According to the present invention, a surface protection sheet 1 for laser processing to be applied to the surface on the opposite side of the laser beam irradiation face 2a of a workpiece 2 during a cutting process by irradiation of a laser beam 6 on the workpiece 2 is provided, which contains a substrate layer and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the substrate layer, wherein the substrate layer is made of a resin material having a melt viscosity measured based on JIS K7199 (1999) at 290° C. of not more than 200 Pa·s, and has a thickness of 0.01-0.12 mm.

Abstract: The low friction sliding member includes a substrate and an amorphous hard carbon film formed on the surface of the substrate and makes sliding contact with a mating member under a wet oiling condition. The lubricant oil includes at least one of sulfur (S) and phosphorus (P) and at least one of zinc (Zn), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), barium (Ba) and copper (Cu). The amorphous hard carbon film comprises carbon (C) as a major component, and hydrogen (H) in the range from 5 to 25 atomic % and a predetermined amount of boron (B), aluminum (Al), manganese (Mn) or molybdenum (Mo) assuming that the total atomic % of the amorphous carbon film is 100.

Abstract: A backlight unit 12 includes LED units 17, a light guide plate 18 and a follow-up mechanism. The light guide plate 18 has light entrance surfaces 18b and a light exit surface 18a. The light entrance surfaces 18b are provided so as to face the respective LED units 17. The light exit surface 18a is provided parallel to an arrangement direction in which the LED units 17 and the light entrance surface 18b are arranged (i.e., the Y-axis direction) and such that light exits therethrough. The follow-up mechanism is configured to move the LED unit 17U in the arrangement direction in response to a deformation of the light guide plate 18. The follow-up mechanism includes a support member 20 that supports the LED unit 17U. The support member is in contact with a surface of the light guide plate 18 along the light entrance surface 18bU.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device in which the color purity of red display can be improved and also to provide an electric apparatus using the same. A controller (19) of the display device is provided with an illumination control part (22) that turns on a light-emitting diode (first light source) (9C) to emit a cyan light during the former half of one frame time period and turns on a light-emitting diode (second light source) (9M) to emit a magenta light during the latter half of the one frame time period. In addition, a video signal converting part (21b) is provided to a panel control part (display control part) 21. The video signal converting part 21b converts an inputted video signal to video signals for the former half and the latter half of the one frame time period, on the basis of the inputted video signal and the colors of the lights in the former half and the latter half of the one frame time period.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive film suitable for an application involving cutting with a short-wavelength laser having a center wavelength of 1.0 ?m to 1.1 ?m. A pressure-sensitive adhesive film 1 according to the present invention comprises a resin film 10 as a substrate, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 20 provided at least on a first face of resin film 10. Substrate 10 has a laser beam absorbance of 20% or higher in a wavelength range of 1000 nm to 1100 nm, and comprises a laser beam-absorbing layer 42 formed from a resin composition that comprises a carbon black 402 as a laser beam-absorbing agent that increases the laser beam absorbance.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive film suitable for an application involving cutting with a short-wavelength laser having a center wavelength of 1.0 ?m to 1.1 ?m. A pressure-sensitive adhesive film 1 according to the present invention comprises a resin film 10 as a substrate, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 20 provided at least on a first face of resin film 10. Substrate 10 has a laser beam absorbance of 20% or higher in a wavelength range of 1000 nm to 1100 nm, and comprises a laser beam-absorbing layer 42 comprising a laser beam-absorbing agent 402 that increases the laser beam absorbance. As laser beam-absorbing agent 402, at least one species selected from a metal powder and a metallic compound powder can be preferably used.

Abstract: A sliding member includes: a substrate which has a sliding surface sliding under the presence of lubricating oil; and a film which is fixed to at least a part of the sliding surface. The film contains carbon (C), titanium (Ti), and boron (B), is obtained by repeatedly and alternately layering a first layer containing amorphous carbon as a principal component and a second layer containing C and Ti as principal components, and has hardness of 18 GPa or more.

Abstract: Provided is a surface protective sheet, which satisfactorily adheres to an adherend and which shows little increase in adhesion with time, can easily be re-released, reduces the amount of a pressure-sensitive adhesive remaining on the surface of the adherend after the release of the sheet, and does not impair the self-cleaning property of the surface of a coated plate as the adherend. The surface protective sheet includes: a base material layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which, when the surface protective sheet is attached to a silicon wafer on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer side of the sheet and left to stand at 40° C. for 24 hours, and then the surface protective sheet is released under a temperature environment of 23° C., the surface of the resultant silicon wafer has a C/Si ratio of 0.8 or less in photoelectron spectroscopy analysis.

Abstract: Provided is a surface protective sheet which satisfactorily adheres even to a coated surface having a rough surface, and not only does not cause an adhesive residue that can be observed with eyes but also does not impair the self-cleaning property of the surface of a coated plate. The surface protective sheet includes: a base material layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which: the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an adhesion for a coated steel plate having a ten-point average surface roughness Rz of 8.0 ?m of 0.05 N/20 mm or more; a main component in a pressure-sensitive adhesive for constructing the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a polymer P obtained by cross-linking a polymer A; the polymer A has a weight-average molecular weight Mw of 500,000 or more; the polymer A has a distribution degree Mw/Mn of 8.0 or less; and an insoluble content of the polymer P in ethyl acetate is 90 wt % or more.

Abstract: Provided is a surface protective sheet, which satisfactorily adheres to an adherend and which can be easily re-released and suppresses contamination due to a pressure-sensitive adhesive remaining on the surface of the adherend after the release of the sheet. The surface protective sheet includes: a base material layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which a difference ?T (%) between the visible light transmittance T1 (%) of a transparent substrate having an antireflection film and the visible light transmittance T2 (%) of the transparent substrate resulting when the surface protective sheet is attached to one side of the transparent substrate and left to stand at 160° C. for 1 hour, and then the surface protective sheet is released under a temperature environment of 23° C. (?T=T1?T2) satisfies a relationship of ?T?1.8.

Abstract: Provided is a surface protective sheet which satisfactorily adheres even to a coated surface having a rough surface, and not only does not cause an adhesive residue that can be observed with eyes but also does not impair the self-cleaning property of the surface of a coated plate. The surface protective sheet includes: a base material layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which: a main component in a pressure-sensitive adhesive for constructing the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a polymer P obtained by cross-linking a polymer A; in pulse NMR measurement of the polymer P at 30° C., the maximum spin-spin relaxation time T2MAX in all spin-spin relaxation times T2 of protons to be measured falls within the range of 300 to 800 ?s; and the content of a polymer component corresponding to the maximum spin-spin relaxation time T2MAX in the polymer P is 60% or more.

Abstract: A lighting device 12 of the present invention includes a plurality of point light sources 32 and a conductive pattern 34. Each of the point light sources 32 includes two electrodes 33a, 33b having different polarities, and the point light sources 32 are defined in a plurality of light source arrays 40 each including a predetermined number of point light sources 32, and driving power is supplied to each light source array 40. The adjacent light source arrays 40, 40 are arranged so that the point light source 32 of one of the adjacent light source arrays 40, 40 is opposed to the point light source 32 of another one of the adjacent light source arrays 40, 40 with each one electrode 33a, 33a being opposed to each other. The opposing electrodes 33a, 33a are arranged to have a same polarity and connected to a same conductive pattern 34.

Abstract: A lamp connector allows for checking of a connection between an external electrode of an external electrode tubular lamp and a terminal fitting into which the external electrode is fitted. Because the lamp connector into which an external electrode provided on the outer surface of an end portion of a tubular lamp is fitted includes a terminal fitting which includes a terminal piece and a terminal piece insulated from each other which are to be individually brought into contact with the external electrode, it is possible to easily check conduction between the external electrode and the terminal fitting using a tester. Accordingly, any poor fitting of the lamp into the connector can be readily found and corrected.

Abstract: An objective of one embodiment of the present invention is to reduce abrupt noise derived from infrared light emitted by a light source from a data signal of infrared light received by an infrared communications receiver for use with a display device including a light source without reducing the strength of the data signal. A multiplication factor for the amplitude of abrupt noise outputted by a lamp light-receiving element disposed in the vicinity of lamps of a liquid crystal television is adjusted in order for the amplitude of abrupt noise derived from the lamps and outputted by the lamp light-receiving element to be equalized with the amplitude of abrupt noise derived from the lamps and included in a data signal outputted by a data light-receiving element. Then, the abrupt noise subjected to multiplication factor adjustment is subtracted from the data signal including the abrupt noise, so that only the data signal remains and is transmitted to the liquid crystal television.

Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet formed by co-extrusion of a PSA layer and layers (release layers) releasable from the PSA layer. A PSA sheet 10 comprising a PSA layer 12 comprising an acrylic block copolymer as its base polymer, an RA layer 14 laminated on a first face 12A of the PSA layer 12, an RB layer 16 laminated on a second face 12B of the PSA layer 12, with these layers having been co-extruded. Both the RA layer 14 and the RB layer 16 are releasable from the PSA layer 12.

Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet formed by co-extrusion of a PSA layer and a layer (release layer) releasable from the PSA layer, wherein the PSA layer comprises an acrylic polymer as its base polymer. A PSA sheet 10 comprises a middle layer 12 that comprises an acrylic block copolymer as its base polymer and is adhesive at 23° C., a release layer 14 that is laminated on a first face 12A of the middle layer 12 and is releasable from the middle layer, and a non-releasing layer 16 that is laminated on a second face 12B of the middle layer 12 and is non-releasable relative to the middle layer. The non-releasing layer 16 may be adhesive or non-adhesive at 23° C.

Abstract: An objective of one embodiment of the present invention is to perform infrared communications without error by reducing abrupt noise included in a data signal when a light source of a display device is driven by PWM drive. When a control portion is provided with a drive setting signal for determining whether to drive lamps of a liquid crystal television by pulse width modulation drive or by continuous drive, the control portion sets a threshold in a register for a frequency filter portion based on the provided drive setting signal. Furthermore, upon reception of infrared light from the lamps, the threshold being set is reviewed based on an occurrence frequency for abrupt noise provided by a waveform analysis portion. Thereafter, abrupt noise included in a data signal transmitted from a cell phone is reduced by the frequency filter portion, and then the data signal is transmitted to the liquid crystal television.

Abstract: A content generation system includes a host terminal and an encode terminal. The host terminal has: a lecture material display unit for displaying a lecture material on a desk top; and a desk top image transmission unit for transmitting a desk top image. The encode terminal has: a lecturer imaging data generation unit which generates lecturer imaging data by capturing a lecture performed by the lecturer; an animation data generation unit which generates animation data from the image on the desk top received from the host terminal in synchronization with the lecturer imaging data; and a content data transmission unit which transmits content data containing the lecturer imaging data and the animation data.