Abstract: A sealed case includes a cylindrical trunk member including an overlapped part made by overlapping parts of an inside end portion and an outside end portion apart from each other in a vertical axis direction of a sheet material and first and second end portions each provided with an opening and apart from each other. The overlapped part has a fixing area to fix the inside and outside end portions. First and second cover members are fixed to the first and second open end portions of the trunk member, closing the openings.

Abstract: A low-alloy heat-resistant steel may be used to manufacturing a large element which has uniform superior high temperature properties through a surface layer to a center part. The low-alloy heat-resistant steel comprises carbon in an amount of 0.20 to 0.35% by weight, silicon in an amount of 0.005 to 0.35% by weight, manganese in an amount of 0.05 to 1.0% by weight, nickel in an amount of 0.05 to 0.3% by weight, chromium in an amount of 0.8 to 2.5% by weight, molybdenum in an amount of 0.1 to 1.5% by weight, tungsten in an amount of 0.1 to 2.5% by weight, vanadium in an amount of 0.05 to 0.3% by weight, phosphorus in an amount not greater than 0.012% by weight, sulfur in an amount not greater than 0.005% by weight, copper in an amount not greater than 0.10% by weight, aluminum in an amount not greater than 0.01% by weight, arsenic in an amount not greater than 0.01% by weight, tin in an amount not greater than 0.01% by weight, antimony in an amount not greater than 0.

Abstract: An ignition system has a spark plug and a positive voltage applying unit. The spark plug includes a central electrode, a porcelain insulator for holding the central electrode, a main metallic shell for holding the porcelain insulator, and a ground electrode electrically connected to the main metallic shell. The positive voltage applying unit applies a positive voltage to the central electrode of the spark plug in comparison with the ground electrode, so that an ignition high voltage is applied between the central electrode and the ground electrode. In the spark plug, a spark discharge gap is formed between the ground electrode and a distal end portion of the central electrode. The ground electrode is positioned so that a rear edge of a mating face opposed to a peripheral side of the central electrode is positioned in the side of the distal end of the central electrode in comparison with an end face of the porcelain insulator.

Abstract: A storage case has a base half and a slide half, the slide half moveably attached to the base half. The slide half can move along in continuous contact with the base half. A lid is integrally formed with the slide half, and opens and closes an opening in the slide half for the insertion or removal of objects. When the slide half is slid along in continuous contact with the base half, protrusions on the lid move along in continuous contact with cam grooves on the base half to permit the lid to open and close. The storage case can store a memory card, and protect the card from being smudged, dirtied or damaged from impact.

Abstract: The perspective of a displayed video game image is moved in order to bring an attentional subject into a hypothetical focus frame, and the focus frame is moved back to a rear position on an extension opposite to the direction in which the attentional subject moves, for providing a wide area in front of the attentional subject in the direction in which it moves, and the attentional subject is brought into the moved focus frame. The rear position is a position in which a central reference point of the focus frame is located on a boundary line of the circular center movement range when the central reference point is moved opposite and parallel to the direction in which the attentional subject moves. The wide area provided in front of the attentional subject in the direction in which it moves, provides enough room for maneuver for the game player to take an action easily even when an opponent game character suddenly pops up in the displayed video game image.

Abstract: In a storage case 10 for enclosing a memory card, for example, there is provided a storage case which can reliably be prevented from being smudged by dusts and can reliably be prevented from being dropped unintentionally and which is also easy to handle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a recording medium device ejection structure which is useful to minimize the outside dimension of a recording medium device and to increase the mounting area of a printed circuit on an adapter to which the recording medium device is inserted. The recording medium device comprises a recording medium body and a case having a recess for accommodating the recording medium body, and is attached to the adapter detachably. The adapter is provided with a cover, the first lever provided on the cover, and the second lever which is in contact with the first lever at one end. The first lever gets in the recess provided on the recording medium device to resultantly push up the recording medium device, and the recording medium device is thereby ejected. A connector not shown in the drawing to which the recording medium device is inserted does not necessarily have a recording medium device ejection mechanism, and thus the product is made small-sized.

Abstract: A spark plug for an internal combustion engine is constituted by an insulating member (20) having an axial hole (26) formed along a central shaft (18); a rod-shape central electrode (12) accommodated in the axial hole; and a ground electrode (16) with which an igniting portion (16a) opposite to the outer surface (12a) of the central electrode is formed. In the spark plug, application of voltage between the central electrode and the ground electrode such that the polarity of the central electrode is made to be positive causes discharge to occur between the central electrode and the ground electrode. The spark plug satisfies at least one of the following conditions (a) and (b).

Abstract: In a semi-creeping discharge type spark plug, a cylindrical metal shell and an insulator are provided, the latter of which has an axial bore and placed within the metal shell so that a front end of the insulator extends beyond the metal shell. A center electrode is placed within the axial bore of the insulator so that a front end surface edge of the center electrode retracts by 0.1˜0.6 mm behind from a front end surface of the insulator. A ground electrode, one end of which is connected to a front end of the metal shell, and the other end of which is bent to oppose an outer surface of the insulator so as to form an air-gap therebetween while permitting creeping spark discharges running along said front end surface of said insulator. A foward edge portion of a front end surface of the ground electrode extends by 0.0˜1.0 mm forward from the front end surface of the insulator.

Abstract: A picture display apparatus and a cooling apparatus used for an optical apparatus for efficiently cooling sections to be cooled through the effective use of air currents supplied from a cooling fan, where in external wall and an internal wall of an air guide section guide rotating air currents generated by the cooling fan to intakes without reducing the air velocity by regulating and directing the air currents in accordance with the shape of the cooling fan and the direction of rotation of the fan. The air currents passing through the air guide section are taken through the intakes into an optical unit and sent to the sections to be cooled including a light valve and a polarizing plate for each color. The sections are thus cooled by the air currents.

Abstract: A spark plug having a center electrode, a ground electrode, and an insulator. The ground electrode has a firing surface formed in a tip end side, and the firing surface is opposed to a side face of the center electrode. The insulator covers the outside of the center electrode and is placed such that a tip end portion is between the side face of the center electrode and the firing surface of the ground electrode. A discharge high voltage is applied across the center electrode and the ground electrode such that a polarity of the center electrode is positive and that of the ground electrode is negative. The high voltage causes a spark discharge to be generated between the firing surface of the ground electrode and a tip end portion of the center electrode.

Abstract: An antenna that comprises a rod, a movable coil, and a holding section which holds the movable coil in a manner that allows the movable coil to slide in and out of the holding section. When the movable coil is drawn into the holding section, the holding section tunes to a particular desired frequencies in the upper portion of the VHF band and the UHF band; for example, 144 MHz and 430 MHz. When the movable coil is out of the holding section, the holding section, the rod, and the portion of the movable coil outside the holding section form antenna element of a center-loading type that tunes to frequencies in the HF band and the lower portion of the VHF band; for example, frequencies in the range of 3MHz to 50MHz. The tuning frequency is varied by sliding the position of the coil.

Abstract: A projector to be simple and capable of being miniaturized. White light is decomposed by a color decomposition/composition device into red light, green light, and blue light, which are incident to a first, second, and third mirror deflection type light modulators and first effective reflected light to third effective reflected light obtained by the first, second, and third mirror deflection type light modulators are composed together, so that color decomposition/composition can be performed by the color decomposition/composition device eliminating the necessity of separately provided color decomposition and composition optical systems, and consequently it is possible to construct the optical system with ease, thereby realizing a projector which is simple and can be miniaturized.

Abstract: For forming multiple images on a single sheet of film (F) for medical use, specific data to the film (F) such as a patient name are extracted from one of the images, and the extracted data are enlarged, and the enlarged data are output to an optical processing system, of which exposing position is controlled, and then the data is exposed onto the film (F) in a designated location, for example, at the bottom of the film (F) thereby.

Abstract: In a torque converter, in order to reduce the cost, simplify the manufacturing process and ensure the centering precision of of the stator relative to the outer race of a one-way clutch, the stator and the outer race of the one-way clutch have first engaging surface portions preventing relative rotation therebetween and second engaging surface portions providing concentricity therebetween. The first and second surface portions are axially offset from each other.

Abstract: A hydraulic power transmission unit includes a casing connected to an engine, a pump member fixed to the interior of the casing and a turbine mounted within the casing and connected to an output shaft, whereby the output torque of the engine is transmitted to the output shaft through fluid in the casing. A damper mechanism includes damper springs mounted directly on the inner face of the casing at its outer circumference. A damper disc serves to transmit the power of the engine to the output shaft through the damper springs. A lock-up clutch mechanism is also housed within the casing and includes a frictional engagement element arranged between the damper disc and the output shaft. The lock-up clutch mechanism is operated, i.e. frictional engagement element selectively applied and released, by a clutch piston slidably mounted within a cylinder defined by the damper disc.

Abstract: A projector for magnifying and projecting an image displayed on LCDs and illuminated by a light source through a projecting lens is designed so that the adherence of dust to the LCDs and the rise of the temperature of the LCDs is suppressed. The peripheral portions of the LCDs are supported by supporting frames. And, the LCDs are hermetically held by a front side glass and a rear side glass which are closely mounted to the peripheral portions of the supporting frames with an adhesive.

Abstract: For forming multiple images on a single sheet of film (F) for medical use, specific data to the film (F) such as a patient name are extracted from one of the images, and the extracted data are enlarged, and the enlarged data are output to an optical processing system, of which exposing position is controlled, and then the data is exposed onto the film (F) in a designated location, for example, at the bottom of the film (F) thereby.

Abstract: A thermosetting covering sheet comprising an unhardened or semihardened layer made of a thermosetting resin composition is provided. The thermosetting resin composition comprises, as main ingredients, a reactive acrylic resin, which is in a solid state at ordinary temperatures, and a blocked isocyanate, the reactive acrylic resin containing a plurality of at least one kind of functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, amino, and carboxyl, and the weight average molecular weight of the reactive acrylic resin being in the range of 100,000 to 1,000,000.

Abstract: A salt waste composed mainly of chlorides, which is generated from the step of a molten salt electrolytic purification in dry reprocessing of a spent metallic nuclear fuel, is reacted with boric acid at high temperature to convert the chlorides in the salt waste into oxides. The resulting oxides of the salt waste are easily vitrifiable, and a vitrification product is obtained by adding a vitrifying additive to the oxides, heat-melting the mixture to form a molten mixture and cooling the molten mixture.