Abstract: A brake system of a working machine includes a brake connector for operatively connecting between a brake lever and a braking member, and an urging member that maintains the brake lever at a predetermined neutral position and also acts to return the brake lever to the predetermined neutral position when the brake lever is displaced from the predetermined neutral position. When the brake lever is located at the predetermined neutral position, the brake lever and the brake connector are out of contact with each other.

Abstract: A compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp has an arc tube in a double-spiral configuration, the arc tube being formed by bending a glass tube around an axis of spiral up to both ends of the glass tube, and a holder that is made of resin and holds this arc tube. Electrodes, each being equipped with a filament coil, are sealed at respective ends of the glass tube. The holder is made up of a holding resin member with a cylindrical shape having a closed bottom and a resin cover in a cone shape, the holder including a circumferential wall and an end wall that is at the edge of the circumferential wall. A heat-dissipating plate is provided inside the holding resin member, at a position corresponding to where the filament coils within the glass tube are.

Abstract: A sound is picked up using a plurality of microphones that are arranged so that respective directivity axes of the microphones differ from each other or so that they function as a plurality of microphones having directivities in different directions by performing a calculation on sound signals output from the plurality of microphones. Rotation of the plurality of microphones is detected, and the sound signals output from the plurality of microphones are processed according to the detected rotation so that a change in orientation of each of the microphones is canceled. The processed output sound signals are output to a reproduction side.

Abstract: A binaural sound reproduction apparatus includes a correction filter operable to filter an input sound signal that is recorded using a binaural recording microphone and to supply the filtered signal to a headphone, an adaptive filter to which the input sound signal is supplied, and a difference detector determining a difference between a sound signal that is obtained by collecting a sound reproduced by the headphone using a sound-collecting microphone that is the same as the binaural recording microphone, or that has a similar characteristic to that of the binaural recording microphone, and a sound signal output from the adaptive filter, and for transmitting the difference to the adaptive filter. The adaptive filter determines the inverse of a synthesis characteristic from the headphone to the sound-collecting microphone based on the input sound signal and the difference, and sets the determined characteristic as a characteristic of the correction filter.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a resin composition superior in barrier properties and also superior in flexibility, secondary processability and interlayer adhesiveness. The present invention is also directed to an environmentally friendly method for producing a resin composition, the method releasing no carboxylic acid such as acetic acid to the peripheral environment. The invention provides an EVOH resin composition (F) which has a content of an alkali metal salt (A), in terms of the alkali metal, of 0.1 to 20 ?mol/g and a content of a carboxyl acid or its salt (C), in terms of carboxylate radical, of 2 ?mol/g or less and which has an ethylene content of 5 to 60 mol % and a saponification degree of from 80 to 99 mol %. In addition, the invention provides a resin composition comprising the EVOH resin composition (F) and an EVOH having an ethylene content of 5 to 60 mol % and a degree of saponification of 99.2 to 100 mol %.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an on-vehicle electricity storage device, which enables an appropriate charging of the on-vehicle electricity storage device while preventing degradation of the on-vehicle electricity storage device. The counter value of a high voltage maintaining counter CVB14V and the timer value of a sustain time subtraction timer TACG2 are increased over the period after time t1 in which the inter-terminal voltage VB of the battery is maintained to be greater than the predetermined mode switching threshold voltage #VB14V. The counter value and the timer value decrease over the period from time t2 to time t3. At time t3, the operation mode is switched from a non-charging mode to a charging mode.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a resin composition superior in barrier properties and also superior in flexibility, secondary processability and interlayer adhesiveness. The present invention is also directed to an environmentally friendly method for producing a resin composition, the method releasing no carboxylic acid such as acetic acid to the peripheral environment. The invention provides an EVOH resin composition (F) which has a content of an alkali metal salt (A), in terms of the alkali metal, of 0.1 to 20 ?mol/g and a content of a carboxyl acid or its salt (C), in terms of carboxylate radical, of 2 ?mol/g or less and which has an ethylene content of 5 to 60 mol % and a saponification degree of from 80 to 99 mol %. In addition, the invention provides a resin composition comprising the EVOH resin composition (F) and an EVOH having an ethylene content of 5 to 60 mol % and a degree of saponification of 99.2 to 100 mol %.

Abstract: An electric conductive film is formed on the insulating surface of a substrate, the substrate having a trench formed on the insulating surface, and the conductive film being filled in the trench. Chemical mechanical polishing is executed to expose the insulating surface of the substrate and leave a portion of the conductive film in the trench. The surface of the substrate having the exposed conductive film in the trench and the exposed insulating surface is exposed to first liquid. After being exposed to the first liquid, the surface of the substrate is exposed to second liquid. The first liquid is either solution which contains at least one first substance selected from a first group consisting of benzotriazole, derivative of benzotriazole and interfacial active agent, or water. The second solution is solution which contains the first substance at a density higher than a density of the first liquid.

Abstract: A diffuser is formed on an inner surface of a globe included in a compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp, and a diffuse transmittance of the diffuser ? is set at 95%. When designing dimensions of the compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp, at the same time, a ratio Dg/Pg is set at 0.8 or greater. Here, Pg is a helical pitch of an arc tube having a helical configuration, and Dg is a half of a difference between a helix diameter of the arc tube and a maximum outside diameter of the globe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp with higher luminous efficiency than conventional lamps and improved luminous flux rising characteristics at lamp startup equivalent to those of general fluorescent lamps. The compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp (1) includes an arc tube (2) formed by a bent glass tube (9) covered with a globe (6). The glass tube (9) has a turning part substantially in the middle between its both ends, a first spiral part starting from one end and wound around an axis toward the turning part, and a second spiral part starting from the turning part and wound around the axis toward the other end. The arc tube (2) has mercury enclosed therein in a single form. The glass tube (9) has a substantially circular-shaped cross section and an inner diameter of 7.4 mm. The turning part is connected to the globe (9) via a heat-conductive member (15).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a resin composition superior in barrier properties and also superior in flexibility, secondary processability and interlayer adhesiveness. The present invention is also directed to an environmentally friendly method for producing a resin composition, the method releasing no carboxylic acid such as acetic acid to the peripheral environment. The invention provides an EVOH resin composition (F) which has a content of an alkali metal salt (A), in terms of the alkali metal, of 0.1 to 20 ?mol/g and a content of a carboxyl acid or its salt (C), in terms of carboxylate radical, of 2 ?mol/g or less and which has an ethylene content of 5 to 60 mol % and a saponification degree of from 80 to 99 mol %. In addition, the invention provides a resin composition comprising the EVOH resin composition (F) and an EVOH having an ethylene content of 5 to 60 mol % and a degree of saponification of 99.2 to 100 mol %.

Abstract: A compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp has an arc tube in a double-spiral configuration, the arc tube being formed by bending a glass tube around an axis of spiral up to both ends of the glass tube, and a holder that is made of resin and holds this arc tube. Electrodes, each being equipped with a filament coil, are sealed at respective ends of the glass tube. The holder is made up of a holding resin member with a cylindrical shape having a closed bottom and a resin cover in a cone shape, the holder including a circumferential wall and an end wall that is at the edge of the circumferential wall. A heat-dissipating plate is provided inside the holding resin member, at a position corresponding to where the filament coils within the glass tube are.

Abstract: An arc tube includes an arc tube body and a pair of electrodes. The arc tube body is formed from a glass tube which is double-spirally wound from a middle portion to both ends around a spiral axis. The pair of electrodes are sealed at both ends of the arc tube body. Mercury is enclosed in the arc tube substantially in a single form. Each of the electrodes includes a multiple-coiled filament which is wound substantially one turn in a last coiling stage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a discharge lamp with enhanced vertical illuminance and accordingly improved light distribution characteristics that is easy to manufacture and suitable for mass production. For a discharge lamp in which a discharge path with a double helix configuration is formed or a discharge lamp in which a plurality of U-shaped tubes are placed on an arc tube holder to form a single tortuous discharge path, a width of a turning part 106 is specified so as to narrow spaces formed in an arc tube top part, or swelling parts are provided in a vicinity of the arc tube top part so as to narrow the spaces.

Abstract: A terminal structure for a storage battery in which a plate terminal 1 includes one end plate portion 1a connected to the electrode pole H of the storage battery, and a led-out plate portion 1b led out from the electrode pole H to a notch D of a cover C. The led-out plate portion 1b is formed into a horizontal plate portion 1b1 having a bolt insertion hole 3, and a vertical plate portion 1b2 vertically bent downwards into an L-shape and having a bolt insertion hole 4; and the plate terminal 1 is mounted on a cover face d1 by the vertical plate portion 1b2; characterized in that a lower-plate portion 6 of the vertical plate portion 1b2 is provided with engagement portions 7, 7 and is pressed into a snug fit hole 8 provided in the cover C, so as to fix the respective engagement portions 7, 7 in engagement with opposing inner wall faces 8a, 8b.

Abstract: An exhaust structure is provided on an upper part of a storage battery. In the structure, an exhaust chamber is formed with an inlet, through which gas generated from a cell chamber of the storage battery is introduced, a first outlet, arranged in an upper portion of the exhaust chamber and through which the gas is exhausted to an exterior of the storage battery, a second outlet, arranged in a bottom portion of the exhaust chamber and communicated with the cell chamber, side walls and a bottom wall defining the exhaust chamber. The bottom wall is slanted toward the second outlet. A plurality of plate members, which intercepts liquid contained in the gas. Each of the plate members is extended from one of the side walls such that a distal end portion faces another one of the side walls while defining a gap therebetween, and is slanted toward the second outlet so that the intercepted liquid is guided to the second outlet and returned to the cell chamber.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an on-vehicle electricity storage device, which enables an appropriate charging of the on-vehicle electricity storage device while preventing degradation of the on-vehicle electricity storage device. The counter value of a high voltage maintaining counter CVB14V and the timer value of a sustain time subtraction timer TACG2 are increased over the period after time t1 in which the inter-terminal voltage VB of the battery is maintained to be greater than the predetermined mode switching threshold voltage #VB14V. The counter value and the timer value decrease over the period from time t2 to time t3. At time t3, the operation mode is switched from a non-charging mode to a charging mode.

Abstract: A slide ring seal, including a slide ring and a counter-ring, the slide ring and the counter-ring sealingly contacting each; other so as to be relatively rotatable at their sealing surfaces and so as to be acted upon by spring tension under axial prestressing. The slide ring, via a sealing ring, is sealingly connected to a drive ring in a rotatably fixed manner. The sealing ring is arranged between the slide ring and the drive ring, without adhering. The slide ring, the sealing ring, and the drive ring constitute a preassemblable unit, and the unit on the exterior peripheral side is enclosed by a housing flange under radial prestressing in a rotatably fixed manner.

Abstract: SiC—C/C composite materials having a suitable kinetic coefficient of friction, good corrosion resistance in strongly oxidizing and corrosive environments, good creep resistance and spalling resistance, and high hardness. The materials are hardly oxidized or abraded even when exposed to high temperatures, while maintaining the excellent impact resistance and light weight of C/C composites. Molten metal pumps using the materials are provided from which components do not dissolve into the molten metal even when used in molten metal and have sufficient thermal impact resistance and oxidation resistance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a discharge lamp with enhanced vertical illuminance and accordingly improved light distribution characteristics that is easy to manufacture and suitable for mass production. For a discharge lamp in which a discharge path with a double helix configuration is formed or a discharge lamp in which a plurality of U-shaped tubes are placed on an arc tube holder to form a single tortuous discharge path, a width of a turning part 106 is specified so as to narrow spaces formed in an arc tube top part, or swelling parts are provided in a vicinity of the arc tube top part so as to narrow the spaces.