Abstract: This composite comprises: a material having electrical conductivity; and a transition metal oxide which is supported by said material. The transition metal oxide has an amorphous structure.

Abstract: A thermosensitive part sensing temperature; a temperature sensor for measurement provided in the unit and measuring temperature by contacting the unit with a body to be measured; a temperature detecting part detecting, from when the unit contacts the body, the time when the sensor senses a difference from an initial temperature of the sensor, and a measured temperature of the sensor at that time, and detecting, from when the difference is sensed, a time after a certain length of time and a measured temperature of the sensor at that time; an estimating part estimating, from the time when the difference is sensed and a time after a certain length of time, the time when the thermosensitive part contacts the body, and the measured temperature at that time; and a heat conduction analyzing part estimating the measured temperature based on output information from the temperature detecting part and the estimating part.

Abstract: This composite comprises: a material having electrical conductivity; and a transition metal oxide which is supported by said material. The transition metal oxide has an amorphous structure.

Abstract: A sealing member according to an embodiment of the present invention seals a gap between a first member and a second member which is displaceable from a farthest state to a closest state with respect to the first member. The sealing member includes a first seal formed of porous urethane foam which extends in a direction from the first member to the second member, and a second seal formed of porous urethane foam which extends in a direction from the second member to the first member. Between the first seal and the second seal, an overlapping section in which the first seal and the second seal overlap in a direction intersecting with a stroke direction at least in the farthest state is arranged. The first seal and the second seal are approximately in contact. The first seal and the second seal are arranged such that their protruding ends do not come into pressure contact in the stroke direction with each other in the closest state.

Abstract: This invention relates to a photopolymerizable resin composition containing resin component (A) composed of a resin and/or a resin-forming ingredient and a photopolymerization initiator (B) wherein the component (A) comprises an addition-polymerizable compound (A1) having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups and the photopolymerization initiator (B) comprises a diaminobenzophenone compound (B1), an N-phenylglycine compound (B2), and at least one kind of compound selected from a group of a 3,3′,4,4′-tetra(alkylperoxycarbonyl)benzophenone (B3), 2-methyl-1-[4-(thiomethyl)phenyl]- 2-morpholinopropan-1-one (B4), and a 1,3,5-triazine derivative (B5) containing at least one trihalomethyl group as substituent.

Abstract: A low-profile gas purifying apparatus includes a plurality of conductive plates each having a serrated portion at the periphery thereof. The plates are disposed opposite a flat electrode which is coated with a dielectric layer and are separated from the flat electrode by a predetermined gap. A high voltage A.C. power source is connected between the plates and the flat electrode. The plane surfaces of the conductive plates are slanted with respect to the gas flow direction to reduce flow resistance through the apparatus.

Abstract: A compass attached to a car door mirror is disclosed which provides protection for the compass and improved readability, while avoiding the reliability problems of compasses mounted inside the car. The compass is embedded in the frame of the car door mirror which makes it both less obtrusive and physically more secure.

Abstract: This invention has for its object to activate buzzers and lamps provided in warning and signalling apparatuses for automotive vehicles by the vibration of a common source such as to simplify the construction as well as to ensure reliable function. This invention resides in electrically stimulating a tiny quartz-oscillator sealed in a capsule to vibrate at an ultra-high frequency, passing the signal from the oscillator through a frequency-divider so as to split it into a number of lesser frequency signals, amplifying them and feeding appropriate signals to buzzers and lamps.