Abstract: A fuel cell is provided, in which the generation of hydrogen, which is one cause of degradation of the cell characteristics, is controlled, thus preventing the degradation of the electrolyte member and maintaining stable cell characteristics for a long time. The fuel cell has a fuel pole, an oxidizer pole opposed to the fuel pole, and an electrolyte member arranged between the fuel pole and the oxidizer pole and having ion conductivity. The electrolyte member comprises three layers, i.e., a first electrolyte layer and two second electrolyte layers. The first electrolyte layer is interposed between the second electrolyte layers. The second electrolyte layer contacts the fuel pole and the oxidizer pole and is a layer that prevents the passage of oxygen from the oxidizer pole to the fuel pole. The second electrolyte layer contains catalyst.

Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for hydrocracking paraffinic hydrocarbons which provides satisfactorily high cracking activity and middle distillate yield as well as the low pour point of the resulting gas oil all together. The catalyst of the present invention comprises a crystalline aluminosilicate, alumina-boria and a noble metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table.

Abstract: A fuel feed pump is provided that has a fuel flow-rate regulating valve, on the inlet side. The fuel flow-rate regulating valve includes a housing with a fuel inlet port and a fuel outlet port, a valve mechanism for controlling the flow rate of the fuel from the inlet port to the outlet port, and a regulating mechanism for regulating a backpressure to control the position of a needle valve of the valve mechanism in response to a system pressure, to thereby control the flow rate by controlling the fuel flow through an opening provided in a valve chamber. This arrangement makes it difficult for contamination to accumulate, and also enables a low-cost implementation.

Abstract: A fuel supply pump with a large fuel discharge amount and a tappet structure body, which are suitably used for an accumulated pressure-type fuel injection device that mechanically amplifies pressure, is provided. A fuel supply pump has a tappet structural body and a spring sheet, wherein a penetration portion for allowing passage of a lubricant or a fuel for lubrication therethrough by coordinating the tappet structure and the spring sheet is provided between a spring-holding chamber for holding a spring to be used for pulling up a plunger and a cam chamber for housing a cam to be used for moving the plunger up and down.

Abstract: A high flow rate fuel valve suitable for an accumulator fuel injection device by which a large amount of fuel is amplified using a piston and used and a fuel supply pump using the high flow rate fuel valve are provided. For this purpose, in a fuel supply pump with a fuel inlet valve and fuel outlet valve, the fuel inlet valve has a valve main body, a valve body received in the valve main body, an inlet chamber provided inside the valve main body, inlet holes, a seat portion where the valve body and part of valve main body are in contact with each other. The inlet holes are arranged in a non-radial pattern relative to the inlet chamber.

Abstract: A fuel supply pump, which is simple in construction and easy to produce and is capable of efficiently pressurizing a high flow rate of fuel, is provided. The fuel supply pump (50) includes a housing (52), a plunger barrel (53), a plunger (54) for pressurizing fuel, which is installed in the plunger barrel (53) so as to be allowed to move up and down, a cam (60) installed in rotation way below the plunger (54), a tappet structure body (6) installed between the cam (60) and the plunger (54) to transmitting the turning force, serving as a lifting force, from the cam shaft (3) to the plunger (54), a tappet structure body (6) installed between the cam (60) and the plunger (54) and provided for transmitting a upward or downward movement of the cam (60) caused by the rotation of the camshaft (3) to the plunger (54); and a return spring (68) for setting lowering force to the plunger (54), which is installed between the tappet structure body (6) and the plunger barrel (53).

Abstract: A fuel feed pump is provided that has a fuel flow-rate regulating valve, on the inlet side. The fuel flow-rate regulating valve includes a housing with a fuel inlet port and a fuel outlet port, a valve mechanism for controlling the flow rate of the fuel from the inlet port to the outlet port, and a regulating mechanism for regulating a backpressure to control the position of a needle valve of the valve mechanism in response to a system pressure, to thereby control the flow rate by controlling the fuel flow through an opening provided in a valve chamber. This arrangement makes it difficult for contamination to accumulate, and also enables a low-cost implementation.

Abstract: A structure in which a plurality of leads are formed on a base film that are respectively connected to a plurality of terminal portions of a recording head of an ink jet printer by brazing has slits formed among the plurality of leads at this juncture so that gases generated in brazing are discharged from the slits thereby preventing brazing failure due to scattering of molten solder. Further, a slit maybe formed along a center axis of each of the plurality of leads at the juncture so the molten solder flows into the slits. As a result, the connection strength is improved by fillets formed at both sides of the slits. Further, the gases generated in brazing are also evacuated from the open ends of the slits thereby further minimizing brazing failures.

Abstract: A diaphragm type damper has a combined member, which is formed by welding a marginal portion of a diaphragm to a half body having a concave portion formed therein, and is fixed to a pressure chamber portion to which high pressure fluid is introduced. A wall thickness of a welding portion of the half body is not relevant to welding, and the heat capacity of the welding portion is small. Since the half body is allowed to have a large wall thickness, leakage from the welding portion and damage to that portion can be prevented. In addition, the diaphragm type damper of this present invention can be easily assembled, since it requires only fixing the combined member to the pressure chamber portion.

Abstract: A communication path (32) for communicating a hermetically closed space (S) with an inlet port (20) is formed within a casing (1). An oil reservoir (30) having an inside capacity much greater than an inside capacity of the communication path (32) is formed in an intermediate part of the communication path (32).

Abstract: The distance A between opposite end nozzles 4e and 4e on the nozzle plate 4 is set smaller than the distance B between opposite end link channels 3e and 3e in the actuator. The difference between the distances A and B is determined dependent on the difference between the thermal expansion coefficients of the actuator and of the nozzle plate. After being heated, the nozzles will be properly located in correspondence with the ink channels. During the heating step, the nozzle plate is placed on the actuator via an adhesive. Then, the heater block is placed on the nozzle plate to heat the adhesive via the nozzle plate and to press the nozzle plate from upwardly. Accordingly, the temperature of the adhesive rapidly increases, whereby gas is completely discharged from the adhesive before the adhesive is completely hardened.

Abstract: An externally threaded portion 31 of a valve body 10 is threadingly engaged with an internally threaded portion Hb formed on the opening portion side of an attachment hole Ha. A flange portion 32 of the valve body 10 is brought into abutment with an upper surface Hc of the housing H, so that the valve body 10 is fixed to the housing H. A lower end of the valve body 10 is located away from a bottom surface of the attachment hole Ha. A valve seat 23 and a guide hole 24 are formed inside the valve body 10. The valve seat 23 and the guide hole 24 are located on a lower side than the externally threaded portion 31. A valve element 50 is provided inside the valve body 10. This valve element 50 includes a seat portion 51 rest on the valve seat 23, and a guide portion 55 slidably engageable with the guide hole 24. A lower end opening portion of the guide hole 24 is shielded with a shielding plate 25. An orifice 25a is formed in the shielding plate 25.

Abstract: A pump for low-viscosity fuel comprises a pump shaft 6 installed in a pump housing 2, 3, 4 and divided into a drive-side shaft 6A and a driven-side shaft 6B, a partition 12 provided between the drive-side shaft and the driven-side shaft of the pump shaft to prevent leakage of fuel from the housing, and a magnetic coupling 13 for transferring torque from the drive-side shaft to the driven-side shaft of the pump shaft through the partition, the magnetic coupling being disposed such that a first clearance C1, D1 between the magnetic coupling and the partition is larger than a second clearance C2, D2 between the magnetic coupling and the pump housing. When wobble occurs in the pump shaft owing to wear of the sliding contact portions thereof, the magnetic coupling makes contact with the pump housing before contacting the partition, thereby enabling the rotation of the pump shaft to be stopped before fuel leakage occurs.

Abstract: Silicon thin films of superior resistivity useful for, e.g., semiconductor elements in solar cells, are formed by coating and drying silicon vaporized in the presence of hydrogen alone or hydrogen and an inert gas, followed by contacting the thus produced silicon particles with solvent to form a silicon colloid. Preferably, the silicon colloid is produced by a process which comprises vaporizing silicon in an atmosphere consisting essentially of hydrogen and up to 10 mol of an inert gas per mol of hydrogen; condensing silicon vaporized in the first step to form fine silicon particles; bringing the silicon particles into contact with a solvent to cover the silicon particles with solvent, and collecting the solvent covered silicon particles to obtain the silicon colloid.

Abstract: Connection electrodes provided on the surface of a base film of a flexible substrate are pressed into contact with opposing electrodes provided on the surface of a facing rigid substrate. Backup members press the base film from the rear of each connection electrode. Each of the backup members has a cylindrical base portion and a conical tip portion which contacts a concave surface of the base film at the rear of each connection electrode. The conical tip portions are formed of an inelastic resin which does not deform elastically even if subjected to pressure and the cylindrical base portions are formed of an elastic resin which has a springiness. The cylindrical base portions apply a spring force to the base film when compressed so that the connection electrodes and the opposing electrodes form good electrical connections.

Abstract: A radial piston pump for low-viscosity fuel according to a first aspect of the invention comprises a pump housing, which is constituted of as few as two structural bodies (from among a drive-side housing member 2A, a fixed cylinder 81 and a cover 4), and a leaf valve member 82 which is formed with intake valves 87 for opening and closing intake side passages 27 and discharge valves 88 for opening and closing discharge side passages 28 and is sandwiched between two structural bodies (fixed cylinder 81 and cover 4). The first aspect of the invention reduces the number of components constituting the pump housing, enables highly precise overall axial alignment, prevents wobbling of a pump shaft 9 of the pump, increases performance and reliability and reduces cost.

Abstract: A cam follower of a cam follower member of a print head is inserted into a aperture of a carriage. Next the print head is rotated clockwise 90.degree. in relationship to the carriage on the axis of the shaft. The cam follower is brought into engagement with cams provided to the interior of the aperture by rotation of the print head. As the cam follower follows the cams with rotation of the print head, the print head is pulled closer to the carriage. A plurality of contact electrodes provided to the print head are rubbingly brought into contact with corresponding counter electrodes provided to the carriage when the print head is rotated 90.degree.. An air chamber can be provided under the contact electrodes for evenly distributing between all the contact electrodes and the counter electrodes pressure applied therebetween.

Abstract: A protein having human plasmin inhibiting activity, substantially equivalent reactivity with human plasmin to a human .alpha..sub.2 -plasmin inhibitor derived from plasma, a binding ability to human fibrin about 1/4 to about 1/3 of that of the human .alpha..sub.2 -plasmin inhibitor derived from plasma, and a molecular weight of about 50,000 to about 77,000.

Abstract: A photosensitive material comprising a photosensitive-group-containing fullerene such as a photosensitive material which is obtained by adding a photosensitive group to fullerene and/or a photosensitive material which is obtained by combining the fullerene with a photosensitive agent is provided. The photosensitive material according to the present invention has excellent properties as a new resist which is a photosensitive material suitable as a photolithographic resist for the production of semiconductors utilizing such light source as ultraviolet light, deep ultraviolet light, X-ray or electron beam and which meets the requirements for realization of a higher level of resolution and sensitivity.

Abstract: This invention provides a monoclonal antibody or its fragment specific to a human .alpha..sub.2 -plasmin inhibitor, said antibody having the function of specifically blocking that site of the human .alpha..sub.2 -plasmin inhibitor which inhibits the fibrinolytic activity of plasmin, and of suppressing said fibrinolytic activity inhibiting function of said .alpha..sub.2 -plasmin inhibitor, and also a hybridoma capable of producing the monoclonal antibody. Said monoclonal antibody or its fragment is useful for the immunological determination of a human .alpha..sub.2 -plasmin inhibitor, the separation or recovery of a human .alpha..sub.2 -plasmin inhibitor from a liquid containing the human .alpha..sub.2 -plasmin inhibitor, and the treatment of a thrombotic disease.