Abstract: Disclosed is a thin film forming apparatus which is a plasma discharge processing apparatus for performing a plasma discharge processing on the surface of a continuously transported base at or near atmospheric pressure, wherein a reverse flow of the processing gas is prevented and thus a thin film having good quality is formed by a uniform gas flow. The thin film forming apparatus is characterized by having an auxiliary gas discharge means for discharging an auxiliary gas for preventing a reverse flow of the processing gas. Also disclosed are a thin film forming method, and a thin film.

Abstract: A temporary fixation boss includes: a shaft portion; a flared portion; and claw portions. The shaft portion has a diameter smaller than a diameter of an insertion hole. The flared portion is provided at one end of the shaft portion in a manner to be flared in multi steps from an outer periphery of the shaft portion throughout the whole circumference of the shaft portion. The claw portions are so formed that a distance from the shaft center of the shaft portion to a tip end of the claw portions in a radial direction of the shaft portion is larger than a distance from the shaft center to a tip end of the flared portion, and smaller than a distance from the shaft center to the inner edges of the insertion hole when the shaft center is aligned with the center axis of the insertion hole.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thin film forming apparatus which is a plasma discharge processing apparatus for performing a plasma discharge processing on the surface of a continuously transported base at or near atmospheric pressure, wherein a reverse flow of the processing gas is prevented and thus a thin film having good quality is formed by a uniform gas flow. The thin film forming apparatus is characterized by having an auxiliary gas discharge means for discharging an auxiliary gas for preventing a reverse flow of the processing gas. Also disclosed are a thin film forming method, and a thin film.

Abstract: The electric connection box includes a case receiving various electric components, like a relay, a fuse, and a connector. The case includes a low-height area with a lower height about height than other area of the case. A plurality of ribs forming a grid shape by intersecting to each other is provided on a bottom surface of the low-height area.

Abstract: A joint to be attached to a port of a micro fluidic element, has an outer peripheral surface of truncated subulate shape at a front end portion of the joint to form a front surface as a top of the truncated subulate shape, and a cuneiform space in an inside of the joint at the front end portion of the joint, the joint is made of an elastomer, and the cuneiform space includes a front end overlapping the front surface as seen in a direction along which a tube is guided by the cuneiform space when the tube is inserted into the joint so that the tube is enabled to penetrate the front surface through the front end.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.

Abstract: A process for purification which permits satisfactory removal of impurities from a block copolymer consisting essentially of polyethylene glycols and poly(acidic amino acid) and is suitable for the production of a polymeric carrier having a pharmaceutically acceptable purity; a process for producing such a polymeric carrier; a block copolymer reduced in impurity content; a polymeric carrier as described above; pharmaceutical preparations in polymeric form, produced by the use of the carrier; and a method of subjecting polyethylene glycols and poly(acidic amino acids)—which are impurities contained in the block copolymer—to treatment with either an ion-exchange resin or a partition/absorption resin and then determining the quantities of them with a gel filtration column.

Abstract: A joint to be attached to a port of a micro fluidic element, has an outer peripheral surface of truncated subulate shape at a front end portion of the joint to form a front surface as a top of the truncated subulate shape, and a cuneiform space in an inside of the joint at the front end portion of the joint, the joint is made of an elastomer, and the cuneiform space includes a front end overlapping the front surface as seen in a direction along which a tube is guided by the cuneiform space when the tube is inserted into the joint so that the tube is enabled to penetrate the front surface through the front end.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for producing a compound of the formula [11] wherein R is an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted alicyclic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group or an optionally substituted condensed heterocyclic group, which is useful as a therapeutic agent for diabetes. The method of the present invention is an industrially utilizable method that enables efficient production of the objective compound [11] from ?-methyl L-aspartate via an important intermediate compound [6] wherein R is as defined above, at high yield.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for producing a compound of the formula [11] wherein R is an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted alicyclic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group or an optionally substituted condensed heterocyclic group, which is useful as a therapeutic agent for diabetes. The method of the present invention is an industrially utilizable method that enables efficient production of the objective compound [11] from ?-methyl L-aspartate via an important intermediate compound [6] wherein R is as defined above, at high yield.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.

Abstract: A process for purification which permits satisfactory removal of impurities from a block copolymer consisting essentially of polyethylene glycols and poly(acidic amino acid) and is suitable for the production of a polymeric carrier having a pharmaceutically acceptable purity; a process for producing such a polymeric carrier; a block copolymer reduced in impurity content; a polymeric carrier as described above; pharmaceutical preparations in polymeric form, produced by the use of the carrier; and a method of subjecting polyethylene glycols and poly(acidic amino acids)—which are impurities contained in the block copolymer—to treatment with either an ion-exchange resin or a partition/absorption resin and then determining the quantities of them with a gel filtration column.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for producing a compound of the formula [11] wherein R is an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted alicyclic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group or an optionally substituted condensed heterocyclic group, which is useful as a therapeutic agent for diabetes. The method of the present invention is an industrially utilizable method that enables efficient production of the objective compound [11] from &bgr;-methyl L-aspartate via an important intermediate compound [6] wherein R is as defined above, at high yield.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for producing a compound of the formula [11] 1

Abstract: A carrying apparatus for carrying an automobile dash module to an interior of a vehicle includes a support portion, a sliding part, and a fixing part. The support portion is configured and adapted to carry the dash module into the interior of the vehicle through a door opening of a vehicle body. The support portion includes a main frame that extends in a direction that is substantially parallel to a direction of a length of the dash module supported by the support portion. The sliding part is slidably coupled to the main frame to slide in the longitudinal direction of the main frame. The fixing part is configured and adapted to be fixed to a predetermined portion of a periphery of the door opening. The fixing part is coupled to the sliding part and configured to engage a portion of the vehicle body so that the main frame and said sliding part can pivot about an axis oriented in a vertical direction relative to the vehicle body.

Abstract: An installation apparatus is comprised of a pair of grasping brackets and an installation jig. The installation apparatus is employed to install a cockpit module in a vehicle body in a manner that the grasping brackets is detachably attached respectively to both end portions of a steering member of the cockpit module and that the installation jig grasps the grasping brackets and conveys the cockpit module to the vehicle body.

Abstract: A filter has a plurality of resonators formed regularly on a substrate and made of a superconducting material. In measuring resonance frequency of the resonators, the filter and a conductive metal plate having an opening are placed in a vacuum chamber so that all the resonators other than one resonator which faces the opening are covered with the metal plate. The metal plate has an input probe and an output probe at the opening of the metal plate. The resonance frequency of each resonator is measured in sequence while rotating the metal plate. Each resonator is adjusted in shape by a laser trimming or providing a dielectric film in correspondence with the measured resonance frequency so that all the resonators have a fixed resonance frequency.