Abstract: This invention provides a piezoelectric laminate body that limits, to a minimum, the difference of the quantity of displacement occurring in the boundary between an electrode center portion of a unit laminate body and its alternate electrode portions upon the application of an electric field, by improving a laminate structure of alternate electrode structure type unit laminate bodies. Each piezoelectric device sheet 11a of the unit laminate bodies 10a constituting this piezoelectric laminate body integrally includes a device sheet portion 11c and each lug portion 11d, 11f, and is made of a piezoelectric ceramic material. An electrode layer 11b is so formed as to extend to the surface of the device sheet portion 11c and the surface of the lug portion 11e. Among the laminate sheets 11, the electrode layer 11b of a lower laminate sheet 11 overlaps with the back of an upper laminate sheet 11.

Abstract: A device for detecting direction, height and intensity of a light which facilitates detection and provides high accuracy. The device includes a glass substrate, on which a resistant layer for detecting the X coordinate position, a photoconductive layer utilizing the photoconducting effect of a photoelectric converting layer, and a resistant layer of metallic electrode resistor body for detecting the Y coordinate position, laminated in order. The resistant layers are provided respective two lead electrodes X, X' and Y, Y'. By applying 5V and 0V, for example, to X and X', a voltage Vx corresponding to the position where the light is irradiated can be directly obtained through Y or Y'. Namely, the X coordinate position of the point where the light passes can be easily and accurately detected. By applying +5V and 0V for Y and Y', Y coordinate of the light irradiated point can be obtained, and by applying the same potential to X and X', light intensity can be obtained.

Abstract: A method for forming a SiC film having a wide optical energy gap and a high conductivity, which is capable of being stacked on a substrate of a large area uniformly. The SiC film is formed by supplying a material gas composed of monosilane gas, methane gas, diboran gas and hydrogen gas and having a hydrogen dilution ratio of about 144 and carbon mixing ratio of about 0.35, to the substrate, and supplying rf power of 60 to 270W(rf power density=80 to 350mW/cm.sup.2) under a gas pressure of 0.2 torr at a substrate temperature of 220.degree. C. The obtained film exhibits high dark-conductivity of 10.sup.-6 Scm.sup.-1 or more, and a Raman spectrum light thereof peaks at around 520 cm.sup.-1.

Abstract: A monolithic, block-type heat exchange element having a series of fluid channels is manufactured by making use of extrusion molding. Extrudable molding material is extruded to form a continuous molding having opposed first and second surfaces. The extruded molding is provided with a series of discrete first passages and another series of discrete second passages both extending along the direction of extrusion and between the first and second surfaces. The molding is transversely cut into sections. At least parts of the molding section are then cut out along the first and second surfaces until the first passages are opened into the first and second surfaces. The openings of the first passages opened into the third and fourth surfaces extending perpendicular to the direction of extrusion are closed by suitable closure material to form a series of first fluid channels for a first heat exchange medium.

Abstract: An apparatus for adsorbing fuel vapor having a fuel vapor inlet communicating to a fuel tank, a mixed gas outlet communicating to the intake passage of an internal combustion engine, a desorbent air inlet communicating to the atmospheric air and an adsorbent for adsorbing the fuel vapor introduced from the fuel tank. The adsorbent includes an integrally formed activated carbon having a monolithic honeycomb structure having many through passages.