Abstract: A golf ball has a core (1) enclosed with a cover (2) wherein the cover (2) is embossed on its surface with dimples by compression molding in a mold and includes an innermost layer (3), an intermediate layer (4), and an outermost layer (5). The intermediate layer (4) and the outermost layer (5) are formed of a laminate film while the outermost layer (5) is made of a material which is smoothly releasable from the mold. The golf ball is readily removed from the mold at the end of molding and has a high precision of dimple geometry.

Abstract: In a golf ball having at least a set of large and small diameter dimples, the large and small diameter dimples are of the same cross-sectional shape in their lower portion. The small diameter dimple (2) has the same shape in cross-sectional view from a depth of 0.01 mm below the dimple (2) edge (3) to the bottom as that of the bottom portion of the large diameter dimple (1). A master model is prepared by feeding a cutter into a hemispherical surface of a master block to different depths while rotating the cutter, thereby forming a set of large and small recesses, respectively, wherein the large and small recesses have the same cross-sectional shape. The master model having plural types of dimples can be briefly fabricated and has increased freedom of design. Using the master model, a golf ball featuring uniform and densely distributed dimples can be manufactured.

Abstract: A golf ball having a plurality of dimples formed in its surface and a diameter of 43 to 45 mm, wherein when a phantom great circle is depicted on the ball surface to divide the ball into two hemispheres and one hemisphere is developed by Lambert conformal projection to depict a planar expansion chart, the dimples are arranged to with respect to the planar expansion chart so as to meet the requirement (I) that when the planar expansion chart has a center 0, two large and small regular triangles AABC and Aabc centered at 0 are depicted on the chart with corresponding two apexes aligned with an identical radial line from center 0, and the respective sides of the small regular triangle Aabc are extended to intersect with the sides of the large regular triangle AABC to define one regular triangle coincident with the small regular triangle Aabc, three trapezoids, and three parallelograms, six dimples are contained in the one small regular triangle, nine dimples are contained in each of the trapezoids, and four dimp

Abstract: In a golf ball of the icosahedral dimple arrangement pattern having twenty identical phantom regular triangles projected on its spherical surface, all dimples are arranged within the triangles such that no dimples may intersect the sides of each triangle and a great circle which does not intersect the dimples at all may not be depicted. Some dimples may be arranged at the apexes of each triangle. The golf ball travels a longer distance and provides consistent flight independent of impact points. Also provided is a mold consisting of upper and lower mold cups whose cavity surface is provided with dimple-forming protrusions such that the inventive dimple arrangement may be accomplished. The mold is easy to design and fabricate.

Abstract: A pad for a steering wheel includes a membrane switch forming member and a cover member. The switch forming member includes a switch body and a support plate. The switch body has a plurality of conductive thin metal sheets and an insulating space interposed between the metal sheets. The support plate is made of rigid synthetic resin for supporting the switch body on its upper face and is formed in its outer peripheral edge with a plurality of mounting holes extending vertically. The cover member covers the air bag of an air bag device and is formed with a rapture portion adapted to be ruptured when the air bag is inflated, and mounting ribs projecting from the back face thereof and engaged with the mounting holes of the support plate. At least one of the outer peripheral edge of the support plate and the back face of the cover member is formed with gap regulating projections for setting a predetermined gap between the upper face of the support plate back face of the cover member.

Abstract: A pad for an air bag comprises an outer covering including an upper wall part, hinge portions disposed at a periphery of the upper wall part, and side wall parts extending from the hinge portions. The side wall parts together with the upper wall part and the hinge portions of the outer covering are adapted to substantially confine the air bag when the air bag is in an uninflated condition. The upper wall part is conditionable to permit the airbag to escape the confines of the outer covering in response to an inflation of the air bag. The pad also includes a synthetic resin insert having a base part, collar parts, and lid parts respectively embedded in the side wall parts, the hinge portions, and the upper wall part of the outer covering. The collar part couples the base part with the lid parts.

Abstract: A steering wheel pad is provided which includes a non-conductive inner member. The pad has a pressure sensitive horn switch disposed on the inner member. The horn switch has terminals. The pad includes a non-conductive outer member covering surfaces of the inner member and the horn switch. An air bag device is accommodated in the inner member. A conductive bag support is provided with the air bag device for attaching the air bag device to the inner member. The pad has a conductive bracket and a conductive coupling member having a rod section and engaging sections at opposing ends thereof. The bracket is disposed at an outer side of the outer member. The rod section of the coupling member is inserted into bores of the bag support, inner member, terminals, outer member and bracket.

Abstract: A pad assembly for an air bag device is provided which has a horn switch, and is directed to readily ensure adequate operation load of a switch, to improve productivity and to preventing an increase in the thickness of the portion of the pad where the switch is located. A pad 10 for an air bag device M is disposed on a steering wheel W, has an upper wall 11 and a side wall 12 extending downward from the peripheral edge of the upper wall 11, and further includes a horn switch. The pad 10 includes a covering layer 14 made of a soft synthetic resin, a hard insert 15 embedded in the side wall 12 of the pad 10, and a pressure sensitive switch 18 having metal sheets 19, 20 and 21 which offer a shape-retaining property and functioning as the horn switch. The pressure sensitive switch 18 is disposed on a rear surface of the upper wall 11 of the pad 10 with end portions 19 a, 20a and 21a thereof retained by the insert 15.

Abstract: A pad for an air bag apparatus is provided which assures that a part of the pad between a breakage portion and a side wall portion is not scattered away in pieces when the air bag expands. The pad includes an upper wall portion and side wall portions extending downward from the periphery of the upper wall portion. Cover portions adapted to be opened upon breakage of a breakage portion at the time of expansion of the air bag are formed over the upper wall portion. A predetermined number of vertically extending triangular plate-shaped ribs are integrally molded with the upper wall portion and the side wall portions along the periphery of the breakage portion and extend from the side wall portions to the breakage portion.

Abstract: Water contaminated by small amounts of bacteria, pyrogens and low molecular weight organic compounds is treated by passing said contaminated water through a microporous polyolefin membrane having a multitude of rectangularly shaped nodule areas, each nodule area containing a plurality of strip-like microfibrils arranged in a longitudinal direction from one surface of a nodule to the side opposite said surface thereby forming a plurality of strip-like micropores in each nodule, said micropores being contiguous with each other from one surface to the other surface of the membrane thereby forming a micro-stacked structure, the mean pore diameter of said micropores ranging from 0.03 to 0.8 .mu..

Abstract: A hydrophilized membrane of a porous hydrophobic material having micropores each defined by a surface at least part of which is coated with a hydrophilizing agent which is solid at about 20.degree. C. and substantially insoluble in water. The hydrophilizing agent is preferably selected from monofatty acid esters of propylene glycol. Also disclosed are processes for hydrophilizing such porous hydrophobic membranes.

Abstract: A hydrophilized membrane of a porous hydrophobic material having micropores each defined by a surface at least part of which is coated with a hydrophilizing agent which is solid at about 20.degree. C. and substantially insoluble in water. The hydrophilizing agent is preferably selected from monofatty acid esters of propylene glycol. Also disclosed are processes for hydrophilizing such porous hydrophobic membranes.

Abstract: A hollow-fiber filtering module includes a casing having an open end and an inlet for introducing water to be treated thereinto. A bundle of hollow fibers is mounted within the casing, each of the hollow fibers having an open end. A fastening member sealingly joins the open ends of the hollow fibers to the open end of the casing in sealing relation thereto, the open ends of the hollow fibers opening to the exterior of the casing. Part of the hollow fibers are made of a microporous membrane having a portion of a hydrophobic nature, and the other hollow fibers are hydrophilic microporous membranes. Gas introduced into the filtering module can easily permeate the hydrophobic portions of the hollow fibers and is discharged through the bores of the hollow fibers from their open ends together with the filtered water. There is also disclosed a water purification device employing such a hollow-fiber filtering module.