Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pressure sensor includes: preparing a stem which has a cylindrical shape with a bottom as a diaphragm; mounting a sensor chip on the diaphragm; preparing a conductive member, in which an internal connection region is integrated with an external connection region electrically connected to an external circuit by an outer frame; forming a first resin mold to couple the internal connection region to the external connection region; separating the outer frame from the internal connection region and the external connection region; arranging the internal connection region in the stem; and electrically connecting the sensor chip and the internal connection region through the first connection member.

Abstract: A separator is provided for an aluminum electrolytic capacitor includes a porous cellulose film having excellent impedance characteristics and short-circuit resistance characteristics, and an aluminum electrolytic capacitor is also provided using the separator. The porous cellulose film is formed of dissolved and regenerated cellulose without forming a cellulose derivative. The regenerated cellulose is obtained by forming in a film form a cellulose solvent obtained by dissolving cellulose in an amino oxide solvent, immersing the resulting cellulose solvent in water or a poor solvent of the amino oxide solvent so as to coagulate and regenerate the cellulose, removing the cellulose from the amino oxide solvent, and drying the resulting cellulose.

Abstract: A light receiving and emitting element includes a substrate; a light emitting element formed on an upper face of the substrate; a light receiving element formed on an upper face side of the substrate; a light emitting element-side first electrode pad; and a metal lump joined to the light emitting element-side first electrode pad. The light emitting element-side electrode pad is disposed the upper face of the substrate through an insulating layer so that the metal lump blocks light emitted from the light emitting element and propagating toward the light receiving element.

Abstract: A lead-acid battery including: a power generating element; and a container accommodating the power generating element and having a narrowed portion that is partially provided at an outer wall and reduces an internal space, wherein the container has a corner of a thick portion that is thickened inward within a range not inwardly beyond the narrowed portion to be thicker than the outer wall.

Abstract: The NdFeB system sintered magnet according to the present invention is a NdFeB system sintered magnet produced by diffusing Dy and/or Tb which are/is attached to a surface of a base material produced by orienting powder of a NdFeB system alloy in a magnetic field, and sintering the powder of the NdFeB system alloy, into grain boundaries inside the base material by grain boundary diffusion treatment, wherein a squareness ratio is equal to or higher than 95%. The NdFeB system sintered magnet can be produced by producing a base material of the NdFeB system sintered magnet by using a NdFeB system alloy with lamellas of a rare-earth rich phase dispersed substantially uniformly at predetermined spaces, as a starting alloy, and causing the alloy to occlude hydrogen, without performing heating for desorbing the occluded hydrogen thereafter until a sintering process, and applying grain boundary diffusion treatment to the base material.

Abstract: A cellulose solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in an amine oxide solvent is formed in a film form, and the resulting cellulose solution is immersed in water or a poor solvent of the amine oxide solvent, so as to coagulate and regenerate the cellulose. The regenerated cellulose is washed with water to remove the amine oxide solvent, and then dried, thereby obtaining a cellulose film that is thin, uniform, and dense and has few impurities. An aluminum electrolytic capacitor, which has been down-sized and/or capacity enlarged, can be constructed by interleaving the obtained cellulose film as a separator between an anode aluminum foil and a cathode aluminum foil and winding them into a capacitor element, immersing the capacitor element in liquid electrolyte so as to impregnate it with the electrolyte, placing it in a case, and then sealing it closed and aging it.

Abstract: A verifying device includes a receiving unit operable to receive data recorded on a recording medium and a verifying unit operable to verify the received data. The verifying unit sets a predetermined first range and a second range that includes a plurality of the first ranges on the received data, performs first verification about an error on data included in the first range out of the received data, performs second verification about an error on data included in the second range out of the received data on the basis of a result of the first verification, and determines whether the recorded data is successfully recorded on the recording medium on the basis of the results of the first and second verification.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film containing Si, O, C, and H, an under-bump metal film disposed over the interlayer insulating film and containing Ni, and a bump electrode disposed over the under-bump metal film. In the interlayer insulating film, a ratio of a peak height of Si—CH3 near a wave number 1270 cm?1 to a peak height of Si—O near a wave number 1030 cm?1 obtained by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is 0.15 or greater and 0.27 or less. A ratio of a peak height of Si—CH2—Si near a wave number 1360 cm?1 to the peak height of Si—CH3 near the wave number 1270 cm?1 is 0.031 or greater.

Abstract: A data recording apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first type data and a second type data, and a recording unit configured to record the first type data or the second type data acquired by the acquisition unit in a recording medium. The recording unit refers to a first pointer which indicates a logical position regarding the first type data in the recording medium to determine a position to start recording the first type data based on the logical position indicated by the first pointer. The recording unit refers to a second pointer which indicates a logical position regarding the second type data in the recording medium to determine a position to start recording the second type data based on the logical position indicated by the second pointer.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a method for producing an NdFeB sintered magnet having a higher coercivity and higher squareness of the magnetization curve than ever before. A method for producing an NdFeB sintered magnet according to the present invention includes the steps of forming a layer containing Dy and/or Tb on the surface of an NdFeB sintered magnet base material and then performing a grain boundary diffusion process for diffusing Dy and/or Tb from the aforementioned layer through the crystal grain boundaries of the magnet base material into the magnet base material by heating the magnet base material to a temperature equal to or lower than the sintering temperature thereof, and this method is characterized in that a) the content of a rare earth in a metallic state in the magnet base material is equal to or higher than 12.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film containing Si, O, C, and H, an under-bump metal film disposed over the interlayer insulating film and containing Ni, and a bump electrode disposed over the under-bump metal film. In the interlayer insulating film, a ratio of a peak height of Si—CH3 near a wave number 1270 cm?1 to a peak height of Si—O near a wave number 1030 cm?1 obtained by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is 0.15 or greater and 0.27 or less. A ratio of a peak height of Si—CH2—Si near a wave number 1360 cm?1 to the peak height of Si—CH3 near the wave number 1270 cm?1 is 0.031 or greater.

Abstract: A method for producing an NdFeB sintered includes forming a layer containing Dy and/or Tb on the surface of an NdFeB sintered magnet base material and then performing a grain boundary diffusion process for diffusing Dy and/or Tb from the aforementioned layer through the crystal grain boundaries of the magnet base material into the magnet base material by heating the magnet base material to a temperature equal to or lower than the sintering temperature thereof. In this method: a) the content of a rare earth in a metallic state in the magnet base material is equal to or higher than 12.7 at %; b) the aforementioned layer is a powder layer formed by depositing a powder; and c) the powder layer contains Dy and/or Tb in a metallic state by an amount equal to or higher than 50 mass %.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a method for producing an NdFeB sintered magnet having a higher coercivity and higher squareness of the magnetization curve than ever before. A method for producing an NdFeB sintered magnet according to the present invention includes the steps of forming a layer containing Dy and/or Tb on the surface of an NdFeB sintered magnet base material and then performing a grain boundary diffusion process for diffusing Dy and/or Tb from the aforementioned layer through the crystal grain boundaries of the magnet base material into the magnet base material by heating the magnet base material to a temperature equal to or lower than the sintering temperature thereof, and this method is characterized in that a) the content of a rare earth in a metallic state in the magnet base material is equal to or higher than 12.

Abstract: A data recording apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first type data and a second type data, and a recording unit configured to record the first type data or the second type data acquired by the acquisition unit in a recording medium. The recording unit refers to a first pointer which indicates a logical position regarding the first type data in the recording medium to determine a position to start recording the first type data based on the logical position indicated by the first pointer. The recording unit refers to a second pointer which indicates a logical position regarding the second type data in the recording medium to determine a position to start recording the second type data based on the logical position indicated by the second pointer.

Abstract: A vehicle air bag control system includes an impact detector for detecting impact on a vehicle and for outputting an impact detection signal, an air bag deployment determination unit for outputting a deployment command when the impact detection signal is more than a predetermined value, a state estimation unit for estimating whether a vehicle engine is stopped during an idling stop, and a power control unit for driving the impact detector, the air bag deployment determination unit and the state estimation unit when the vehicle engine is stopped during an idling stop as indicated by the state estimation unit.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a method for producing an NdFeB sintered magnet having a higher coercivity and higher squareness of the magnetization curve than ever before. A method for producing an NdFeB sintered magnet according to the present invention includes the steps of forming a layer containing Dy and/or Tb on the surface of an NdFeB sintered magnet base material and then performing a grain boundary diffusion process for diffusing Dy and/or Tb from the aforementioned layer through the crystal grain boundaries of the magnet base material into the magnet base material by heating the magnet base material to a temperature equal to or lower than the sintering temperature thereof, and this method is characterized in that a) the content of a rare earth in a metallic state in the magnet base material is equal to or higher than 12.

Abstract: A vehicle air bag control system includes an impact detector for detecting impact on a vehicle and for outputting an impact detection signal, an air bag deployment determination means for outputting a deployment command when the impact detection signal is more than a predetermined value, a state estimation means for estimating whether a vehicle engine is stopped during an idling stop, and a power control means for driving the impact detector, the air bag deployment determination means and the state estimation means when the vehicle engine is stopped during an idling stop as indicated by the state estimation means.

Abstract: Each acceleration sensor of an air bag system includes a sensing device, a communication device and an adjusting device. The sensing device generates a measurement signal, which indicates a measurement value of acceleration. The communication device performs two-way communication relative to a master ECU and each remaining one of the acceleration sensors of the air bag system. The adjusting device adjusts the measurement value based on a physical quantity application state of its own acceleration sensor and a physical quantity application state of each remaining one of the acceleration sensors.

Abstract: Each acceleration sensor of an air bag system includes a sensing device, a communication device and an adjusting device. The sensing device generates a measurement signal, which indicates a measurement value of acceleration. The communication device performs two-way communication relative to a master ECU and each remaining one of the acceleration sensors of the air bag system. The adjusting device adjusts the measurement value based on a physical quantity application state of its own acceleration sensor and a physical quantity application state of each remaining one of the acceleration sensors.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to produce a monitor which can correctly distinguish normal from abnormal vibration using automatically selected monitoring features and algorithms. The monitor can be used with a variety of devices with different vibration characteristics. The monitor according to this invention has a sensor that detects the vibration of an object. The monitor is operated in learning mode when the object is vibrating normally. The waveform of the vibration detected by this sensor is sampled over an appropriate period and analyzed. The data for each sampling feature are subjected to statistical processing, and the data which evince slight change are extracted as monitoring features. A monitoring algorithm is automatically made for these monitoring features. The algorithm selected in learning mode are used to evaluate the vibration of an object when the monitor is in operating mode.