Abstract: A pressure sensor has a stem in which a pressure introduction hole into which a pressure medium is introduced and a diaphragm deformable according to the pressure of the pressure medium are formed, and a strain detecting element which is arranged on the diaphragm via an insulating film and being configured to output a detection signal according to the deformation of the diaphragm. The strain detecting element is configured to have a portion made of polysilicon. A low doping layer having a higher electrical resistivity than polysilicon and a higher crystallinity than the insulating film is arranged between the insulating film and the strain detecting element.

Abstract: A housing body of a visible light communication terminal houses a light receiving unit configured to receive a visible light communication signal to convert the received visible signal to an electrical signal, an output unit configured to output information obtained from the visible light communication signal, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the light receiving unit and the output unit. An ear hooking part is curved in an arc-like shape and is attached at one end thereof to the housing body, and is configured to fit the housing body to an auricle by being hooked onto the auricle and together with the housing body sandwiching the auricle therebetween. The light receiving unit is located on a portion of the housing body on an upper side thereof in a vertical direction in a state where the housing body is fitted to the auricle.

Abstract: A housing body of a visible light communication terminal houses a light receiving unit configured to receive a visible light communication signal to convert the received visible signal to an electrical signal, an output unit configured to output information obtained from the visible light communication signal, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the light receiving unit and the output unit. An ear hooking part is curved in an arc-like shape and is attached at one end thereof to the housing body, and is configured to fit the housing body to an auricle by being hooked onto the auricle and together with the housing body sandwiching the auricle therebetween. The light receiving unit is located on a portion of the housing body on an upper side thereof in a vertical direction in a state where the housing body is fitted to the auricle.

Abstract: An illumination light communication device includes a power supply unit controlling a load current in a light source unit to be maintained constant based on a dimming signal; an impedance unit series connected to the light source unit; a switch element parallel connected to the impedance unit to connect/disconnect the impedance unit with the light source unit; and a control unit controlling on/off of the switch element to modulate a light intensity of the light source unit such that a binary communication signal is superimposed on illumination light therefrom. The control unit controls the impedance of the impedance unit such that a difference between magnitudes of the load currents respectively when the pulse of the communication signal is superimposed and is not superimposed is maintained constant regardless of a dimming rate of the dimming signal in a range of a dimming rate equal to or greater than a predetermined level.

Abstract: An illumination light communication device includes a light source unit including light emitting elements; a power supply unit controlling a load current flowing through the light source unit to be maintained at a constant; a switch element connected in series to the light source unit; and a control unit configured to control on/off of the switch element to modulate a light intensity of illumination light from the light source unit such that a binary communication signal is superimposed on the illumination light. The control unit has a switching circuit to open/close a path between the light source unit and the power supply unit, controls on/off of the switching circuit based on a dimming signal to perform a dimming control on the light source unit by a PWM control, and allows the communication signal to be superimposed on the illumination light in synchronization with an ON time of the switching circuit.

Abstract: An illumination light communication device includes a light source unit including light emitting elements; a power supply unit controlling a load current flowing through the light source unit to be maintained at a constant; a switch element connected in series to the light source unit; and a control unit configured to control on/off of the switch element to modulate a light intensity of illumination light from the light source unit such that a binary communication signal is superimposed on the illumination light. The control unit has a switching circuit to open/close a path between the light source unit and the power supply unit, controls on/off of the switching circuit based on a dimming signal to perform a dimming control on the light source unit by a PWM control, and allows the communication signal to be superimposed on the illumination light in synchronization with an ON time of the switching circuit.

Abstract: An illumination light communication device includes a power supply unit controlling a load current in a light source unit to be maintained constant based on a dimming signal; an impedance unit series connected to the light source unit; a switch element parallel connected to the impedance unit to connect/disconnect the impedance unit with the light source unit; and a control unit controlling on/off of the switch element to modulate a light intensity of the light source unit such that a binary communication signal is superimposed on illumination light therefrom. The control unit controls the impedance of the impedance unit such that a difference between magnitudes of the load currents respectively when the pulse of the communication signal is superimposed and is not superimposed is maintained constant regardless of a dimming rate of the dimming signal in a range of a dimming rate equal to or greater than a predetermined level.

Abstract: Light which tries to enter a diffuser plate 3 at an angle which exceeds an angle at which a percentage of reflected light increases rapidly (that is, the incidence angle ?=70 degrees) is all reflected by a reflecting surface 21 and then enters the diffuser plate 3. Therefore, a pseudo light source is formed by light which was collected near a connection point between adjacent reflecting surfaces 21 out of the emitted light of the discharge lamps 1. So, the brightness between the adjacent discharge lamps 1 is increased, and it is possible to reduce unevenness in brightness. Furthermore, since the discharge lamp 1 is housed inside the reflecting surface 21 whose cross-sectional shape is a parabola, it is possible to reduce the distance between a reflecting plate 2 and the diffuser plate 3, as compared with the prior art, and to reduce the thickness dimension in the anteroposterior direction.

Abstract: A metal-based flux cored wire for Ar—CO2 mixed gas shielded arc welding used for short arc welding and spray arc welding. The wire results in extremely small amounts of slag formation and spatter generation, giving a good bead shape, and giving excellent low-temperature toughness of the weld metal. The flux cored wire includes a steel sheath in which a flux is filled, and the flux contains a metal powder in 97 mass % or more, and the wire contains, by mass % with respect to the total weight of the wire, C: 0.03 to 0.12%, Si: 0.5 to 1.2%, Mn: to 3.5%, S: 0.005 to 0.05%, iron powder with amount of oxygen of 0.25% or less: 4.0 to 15.5%, a total of one or more of alkali metal oxides, alkali metal fluorides, and metal oxides: 0.35% or less, and the balance of mainly Fe ingredient of the steel sheath and Fe ingredients from the flux etc. and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: Light which tries to enter a diffuser plate 3 at an angle which exceeds an angle at which a percentage of reflected light increases rapidly (that is, the incidence angle ?=70 degrees) is all reflected by a reflecting surface 21 and then enters the diffuser plate 3. Therefore, a pseudo light source is formed by light which was collected near a connection point between adjacent reflecting surfaces 21 out of the emitted light of the discharge lamps 1. So, the brightness between the adjacent discharge lamps 1 is increased, and it is possible to reduce unevenness in brightness. Furthermore, since the discharge lamp 1 is housed inside the reflecting surface 21 whose cross-sectional shape is a parabola, it is possible to reduce the distance between a reflecting plate 2 and the diffuser plate 3, as compared with the prior art, and to reduce the thickness dimension in the anteroposterior direction.

Abstract: A gas shielded arc-welding flux cored wire having a steel-made sheath filled with flux. The flux cored wire containing, by weight % based on the total weight of the wire, 1.0% or more Si--Mn ferroalloy powder having a grain size of 212 .mu.m or less; 2.0 to 7.0% TiO.sub.2 ; 0.2 to 1.5% SiO.sub.2 ; 0.1 to 1.2% ZrO.sub.2 ; and 0.01 to 0.3% fluoride (F-converted value). The powder comprises, by weight %, 0.40 to 1.20% C, 5 to 12% Si, 19 to 42% Mn, and the balance of Fe, with Si 2.gtoreq.11.89-2.92 C-0.077 Mn (Equation (1)) satisfied.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an iron base Si--Mn alloy or an iron base Si--Mn--Ni alloy which can be easily crushed and can be manufactured in large quantity, and alloy powder thereof.An iron base Si--Mn--Ni alloy having good crushability and alloy powder thereof, comprising:C: 0.40 to 1.20% by weight,Si: 5.0 to 12.0% by weight,Mn: 19.0 to 42.0 % by weight, or Ni: not more than 30% by weight, and the balance being Fe, with the following equations satisfied: Si.gtoreq.11.89-2.92 C-0.077 Mn, Vickers hardness (Hv).gtoreq.550, and area ratio of dendrite structure .ltoreq.50%.An iron base Si--Mn--Ni alloy having good crushability and alloy powder thereof, comprising:C: 0.40 to 1.20% by weight,Si: 5.0 to 12.0% by weight,Mn: 19.0 to 42.0% by weight, or Ni: not more than 30% by weight, and the balance being Fe, with the following equations satisfied: Si.ltoreq.8.3 C+0.14 Mn, and relative permeability (.mu.).ltoreq.1.10.

Abstract: A flux cored wire for gas shielded arc welding with a mixed gas comprising argon and carbon dioxide which comprises:a seam-welded steel sheath; and a core filled in the steel sheath and comprising, all in weight percent:a slag and arc stabilizer comprising 4.0 to 6.0% TiO.sub.2, 0.2 to 0.8% SiO.sub.2, 0.4 to 0.8% ZrO.sub.2, 0.2 to 0.8% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0.06 to 0.25% Na.sub.2 O+K.sub.2 O, and 0.1 to 0.4% metal fluoride;an alloying agent and metal deoxidizer comprising 0.03 to 0.06% C, 0.20 to 0.80% Si, 1.50 to 2.20% Mn, and 0.30 to 0.60% Mg; andnot less than 2% Fe;in which the difference between the percentages of iron or a combination of Na and K segregated in any two quartered cross section of the wire that are defined by equations (1) and (2) in the specification are not more than 10% and not more than 0.15%, respectively.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing tubes filled with powdery and/or granular substances, such as flux-cored welding wires. A tube filled with a powdery and/or granular substance is continuously manufactured by forming a metal strip being fed in its longitudinal direction into an unwelded tube (1a) using forming rolls (2), feeding a powdery and/or granular substance (F) into the unwelded tube (1a) being formed through its opening, butt-welding together fringing edges of the opening, and reducing the diameter of the welded tube (1b). An allowable minimum heat input below which cold cracking occurs and a maximum allowable heat input above which spatters whose diameter is not smaller than 0.83 times the inside diameter of the finished tube are generated are determined in advance, and the butt welding is performed with a heat input larger than the allowable minimum heat input and smaller than the allowable maximum heat input.