Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter device suitable for CDMA communication system includes a piezoelectric substrate, and a unidirectional input side transducer and a bidirectional output side transducer are formed on the substrate. The filter device has satisfactory filtering characteristics in terms of insertion loss, frequency characteristic, T.T.E. attenuation level, group delay time, etc.

Abstract: A prober including a probe card, a main chuck, a spacer, a conveying mechanism, and a supporting portion. The probe card is provided on an upper surface of a main body of the prober. The main chuck is provided in the main body of the prober, underneath the probe card, to be movable in X, Y, Z and .theta. directions. The spacer has an upper portion on which a cleaner tool for the probe card is held. The conveying mechanism for conveying the spacer between outside of the main body of the prober and a position on the main chuck. The supporting portion is provided on an outer side surface of the main chuck, for supporting the spacer. The main chuck is moved up and down directly underneath the probe card such that probes of the probe card is cleaned with the cleaner tool on the spacer held on the main chuck.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter device suitable for CDMA communication system, includes a piezoelectric substrate, and a unidirectional input side transducer and a bidirectional output side transducer are formed on the substrate. The filter device has satisfactory filtering characteristics in terms of insertion loss, frequency characteristic, T.T.E. attenuation level, group delay time, etc.

Abstract: This invention relates to a catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas using a complex oxide having good heat-resistant and a purification performance which does not undergo degradation, particularly in a lean atmosphere at a high temperature of about 1,000.degree. C., by using the complex oxide containing platinum and at least one member of element selected from the group from an alkaline earth metal element and the Group IIIA element and, furthermore, by using at least one member of platinum complex oxides selected from the group of those Pt complex oxides expressed by the chemical structural formulas X.sub.4 PtO.sub.6 (X=Ca, Sr, Ba, Mg), X'.sub.2 Pt.sub.2 O.sub.7 (X'=Sc, La, Pr), SrX"PtO.sub.6 (X"=Co, Ni, Cu), Ba.sub.2 ZPtO.sub.6 (Z=Pr, Ce) and Ba.sub.8 Y.sub.3 Pt.sub.4 O.sub.17.5.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter device includes a piezoelectric substrate having mirror-polished surfaces on both sides, so that it is essentially free from warping. One surface of the substrate is provided with two filter stages which are cascade connected with each other thereby to sufficiently attenuate bulk wave spurious noise below a practically negligible extent. The filter device can be manufactured with an improved yield.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter device suitable for CDMA communication system includes a piezoelectric substrate, and a unidirectional input side transducer and a bidirectional output side transducer are formed on the substrate. The filter device has satisfactory filtering characteristics in terms of insertion loss, frequency characteristics, T.T.E. attenuation level, group delay time, etc.

Abstract: A turnable tunnel excavator and tunneling method are provided which can alternate between construction of a main tunnel A and crosscuts B, and can excavate other tunnels without having to pass through an arc. It is comprised of a main machine and an ancillary machine housed inside a pivotable housing within the said main machine and how to operate such a machine.

Abstract: An NO.sub.x absorber (18) is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine. The NO.sub.x absorber (18) absorbs the NO.sub.x when the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the NO.sub.x absorber (18) is lean while releases the absorbed NO.sub.x when the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the NO.sub.x absorber (18) becomes the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or rich. An air-fuel ratio sensor (22) is arranged in the exhaust passage downstream of the NO.sub.x absorber (18). When the air-fuel ratio detected by the air-fuel ratio sensor (22) is switched from lean to rich after the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into NO.sub.x absorber (18) is switched from lean to rich, it is decided that the releasing action of NO.sub.x from the NO.sub.x absorber (18) is completed.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter device includes a substrate which comprises quartz or the like piezoelectric having a small temperature coefficient and which is formed with unidirectional transducers of asymmetrical construction. A floating electrode is spaced from intermediate position between adjacent positive and negative electrodes which are arranged in interdigital manner, to effectively utilize a mechanical reflection caused by the floating electrode. In consideration of the sign and magnitude of the reflection factor of the floating electrodes, short-circuited electrodes only are used for the floating electrodes. The surface acoustic wave filter device has improved temperature characteristic, insertion loss characteristic and phase characteristic.

Abstract: An electric probing-test machine comprises a probe card having a plurality of probes contacted with chips of a semiconductor wafer and serving to apply test signal to a tester which judges whether circuits on the chips of the wafer are correct or deficient, a main chuck for holding the wafer at a test temperature, a system for cooling the main chuck, and a controller for controlling the cooling system. The main chuck includes a chuck top contacted directly with the wafer, a jacket arranged to conduct heat exchange relative to the chuck top, and a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the chuck top. The cooling system has a pump for supplying a coolant from a reservoir to the jacket. Responsive to temperature information detected by the temperature sensor, the amount of the coolant supplied from the reservoir to the jacket is controlled by the controller to thereby control the temperature of the chuck top.

Abstract: An electric probing-test machine comprises a probe card having a plurality of probes contacted with chips of a semiconductor wafer and serving to apply test signal to a tester which judges whether circuits on the chips of the wafer are correct or deficient, a main chuck for holding the wafer at a test temperature, a system for cooling the main chuck, and a controller for controlling the cooling system. The main chuck includes a chuck top contacted directly with the wafer, a jacket arranged to conduct heat exchange relative to the chuck top, and a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the chuck top. The cooling system has a pump for supplying a coolant from a reservoir to the jacket. Responsive to temperature information detected by the temperature sensor, the amount of the coolant supplied from the reservoir to the jacket is controlled by the controller to thereby control the temperature of the chuck top.

Abstract: A method of magnetizing a rotor of a motor including the rotor made of an integrated magnet member and a stator is provided. Predetermined magnetic fields are preliminarily applied to the rotor to form magnetic paths and thereafter, the rotor is demagnetized. Then, the rotor is assembled into the stator. The rotor and stator are positioned such that the directions of the magnetic fields which are generated from the stator winding of the stator coincide with the directions of the magnetic paths of the rotor. Subsequently, in the state in which both of the rotor and stator are positioned, a current is supplied to the stator winding and the magnetic fields are generated, thereby magnetizing the rotor by the magnetic fields.

Abstract: A horizontal type rotary compressor comprising radial partitioning walls in a discharge silencer. A slant portion is formed in the partitioning walls thereby enabling the oil within the discharge silencer to be discharged to the outside of the silencer. Thus, a noise generation due to a cavity resonance in the discharge silencer and an impact noise of a discharge valve in the oil may be prevented. At the same time, a carbonization of the oil, caused by an increase of the oil temperature, may also be prevented.

Abstract: A rotary compressor has a main bearing and a sub-bearing which are disposed on both sides of a cylinder, and a vane which is inserted at an eccentric crank pin portion of a crankshaft and is adapted to reciprocate while being in contact at one end thereof with a roller eccentrically rotating inside the cylinder. An oil feeding mechanism for the rotary compressor comprises: an oil feeding hole provided in a portion of the crankshaft closer to the end surface of a sub-journal of the crankshaft; an oil hole provided in a crank pin portion of the crankshaft such as to communicate with both the oil feeding hole and an oil groove formed on the crank pin portion; a spiral oil groove formed in the outer periphery of a main journal of the crankshaft such as to spiral in the direction opposite to the rotational direction of the crankshaft; and a spiral oil groove formed in the outer periphery of the sub-journal of the crankshaft such as to spiral in the same direction as the rotational direction of the crankshaft.

Abstract: A horizontal compressor including an electric motor and a compressor element mounted in a case serving concurrently as an oil sump. The compressor element includes a cylinder, a shaft having a crank, a roller fitted to the crank for eccentric rotation along inner side surfaces of the cylinder, a vane moving in reciprocatory movement in a bore of the cylinder while abutting against the roller, two side plates located on opposite sides of the cylinder, one of the two side plates being formed with a suction port for a lubricant and the other side plate being formed with a discharge port for the lubricant, and a pump chamber defined by a back of the vane, the bore of the cylinder and the two side plates.

Abstract: A horizontal type rotary compressor including a compression element having a cylinder, a shaft having a crank thereon, a pair of side plates concurrently serving both as bearings of the shaft and as side walls of the cylinder, a roller fitted onto the crank, and a vane so arranged as to slide in a groove of the cylinder and have a tip end thereof contacted with the roller rotating in accordance with the rotation of the crank and an appropriate end thereof urged by a spring to make a reciprocating movement along the groove are provided within a case. A pumping chamber is defined by a rear face of the vane, the groove of the cylinder and the side plates. One of the side plates is formed with a suction port capable of sucking thereinto the oil within the case while the other of the side plate is formed with a discharge port for transmitting the oil in the pumping chamber to an oil feeding passage.

Abstract: Ceramics adapted to be enveloped in a casting having a cumulative particle size distribution such that the percentage of particles with sizes of less than 44.mu. lies within the range of 14.5-50% and the balance consists of particles the maximum size of which ranges from 500-2,000.mu., in order to produce vibration-resistant ceramic parts which may be enveloped in a casting.

Abstract: A piston head structure in which a piston head made of a ceramic is firmly secured to the top portion of a metallic piston body through the medium of a metallic ring fitted to the lower part of the piston head. In assembling, the ceramic piston head to which the metallic ring is fitted beforehand is secured to the top portion of the piston body by a shrink fit or, alternatively, the assembly of the ceramic piston head and the metallic ring is inserted to the metallic material of the piston body during casting of the latter, and the cast piston body is then subjected to necessary mechanical processing. In this structure, the separation of the piston head from the piston body is prevented due to the close fit of the ceramic piston head and the metallic ring to the metallic piston body. Such a fit prevents separation even when the piston body is expanded due to the heat generated during operation of the engine.

Abstract: A disc brake having a pair of pistons composed of a Devitroceramics having a heat conductivity of about 1.times.10.sup.-3 cal/cm.sec..degree.C. to about 4.times.10.sup.-2 cal/cm.sec..degree.C., a bend strength of about 5 kg/mm.sup.2 to about 55 kg/mm.sup.2, a Vickers' hardness of about 400, and a density of smaller than about 4.0 g/cm.sup.3. A method of manufacturing the disc brake comprises incorporating into the disc brake a pair of pistons which are prepared by mixing the component materials of the Devitroceramics, melting them to a homogeneous molten state, molding the molten materials into a piston-shaped article, annealing the article for crystallization and heating the article.