Abstract: The center console structure for a vehicle includes a console body; an armrest; and a power supply section that wirelessly transmits electric power to the mobile terminal via a placement surface on which the mobile terminal is placed. The console body includes a top plate section serving as an upper surface; a terminal accommodation section having the placement surface and arranged on a vehicle rear side of the top plate section and on a vehicle lower side of the armrest; and a right and left pair of console side surface sections arranged to oppose each other in a vehicle width direction with the terminal accommodation section being interposed therebetween.

Abstract: The invention provides an arbitration method and an arbiter circuit by which equal arbitration of output cells can be achieved with a comparatively simple configuration even where a very great number of queues are involved. The arbiter circuit includes a plurality of queues for storing output cells, and a plurality of round robins for successively providing the right of outputting output cells to the queues. The round robins are arranged in a multi-stage tree link configuration, and the queues are distributed under those of the round robins which are in the lowest order stage. Each of the round robins in the lowest order stage has a rate information holding function of holding rate information representative of a rate of cells inputted thereto.

Abstract: The invention provides an arbitration method and an arbiter circuit by which equal arbitration of output cells can be achieved with a comparatively simple configuration even where a very great number of queues are involved. The arbiter circuit includes a plurality of queues for storing output cells, and a plurality of round robins for successively providing the right of outputting output cells to the queues. The round robins are arranged in a multi-stage tree link configuration, and the queues are distributed under those of the round robins which are in the lowest order stage. Each of the round robins in the lowest order stage has a rate information holding function of holding rate information representative of a rate of cells inputted thereto.

Abstract: The invention provides an arbitration method and an arbiter circuit by which equal arbitration of output cells can be achieved with a comparatively simple configuration even where a very great number of queues are involved. The arbiter circuit includes a plurality of queues for storing output cells, and a plurality of round robins for successively providing the right of outputting output cells to the queues. The round robins are arranged in a multi-stage tree link configuration, and the queues are distributed under those of the round robins which are in the lowest order stage. Each of the round robins in the lowest order stage has a rate information holding function of holding rate information representative of a rate of cells inputted thereto.

Abstract: The invention provides an arbitration method and an arbiter circuit by which equal arbitration of output cells can be achieved with a comparatively simple configuration even where a very great number of queues are involved. The arbiter circuit includes a plurality of queues for storing output cells, and a plurality of round robins for successively providing the right of outputting output cells to the queues. The round robins are arranged in a multi-stage tree link configuration, and the queues are distributed under those of the round robins which are in the lowest order stage. Each of the round robins in the lowest order stage has a rate information holding function of holding rate information representative of a rate of cells inputted thereto.

Abstract: The invention provides an arbitration method and an arbiter circuit in which sets of storage members having an associated output rate, and sets of arbitration members to be successively linked in multi-stage subordinate/superior relation and arbitrate data transfer from the storage members. One of the sets of the arbitration members may include first arbitration members to respectively connect to the storage members, each first arbitration member having an associated transfer rate corresponding to a sum of the output rates associated with the storage members of the set to which the first arbitration member connects.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an anti-rotational apparatus for ensuring secure placement of a sample tube on a sample carousel. The sample tube includes a first open proximal end and a second closed distal end. Between the ends and located adjacent to the proximal end, the sample tube includes a radially outwardly extending annulus having an abutment surface. The abutment surface includes anti-rotational structure. The invention in an exemplary embodiment includes a sample carousel having an outer periphery zone having a plurality of openings. The openings are sized and shaped for compatible sliding engagement with the sample tube and adjacent to the openings are abutment surfaces. Each abutment surface includes anti-rotational structure and the anti-rotational structure is sized and shaped for compatible mating engagement with the sample tube anti-rotation structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a diagnostic vessel known as a pipette. The pipette includes a main pipette housing having a hollow interior defining a first chamber and a proximal end and an open distal end. The pipette includes a pipette tip assembly connectable to the main pipette housing having a hollow interior defining a second chamber, the pipette tip hollow interior having open proximal and distal ends and the first and second chambers in fluid communication. The pipette tip includes a plunger within the second chamber. Additionally, the pipette tip assembly includes structure for normally urging the plunger to a first position such that the plunger closes the distal end of the pipette tip. The structure for normally urging the plunger to a first position also allows the plunger to be urged to a second position, wherein the plunger opens the distal end and allows fluid communication from the distal end of the pipette tip through the second chamber and into the first chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an anti-rotational apparatus for ensuring secure placement of a sample tube on a sample carousel. The sample tube includes a first open proximal end and a second closed distal end. Between the ends and located adjacent to the proximal end, the sample tube includes a radially outwardly extending annulus having an abutment surface. The abutment surface includes anti-rotational structure. The invention in an exemplary embodiment includes a sample carousel having an outer periphery zone having a plurality of openings. The openings are sized and shaped for compatible sliding engagement with the sample tube and adjacent to the openings are abutment surfaces. Each abutment surface includes anti-rotational structure and the anti-rotational structure is sized and shaped for compatible mating engagement with the sample tube anti-rotation structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a diagnostic instrument for analyzing liquid samples. The diagnostic instrument in accordance with this invention includes a sample carousel and a diagnostic carousel. The sample carousel includes at least one sample tube and in the exemplary embodiment a plurality of sample tubes, each having unique identifying indicia readable by a machine reader. The sample tube capable of storing the liquid sample to be analyzed. The diagnostic carousel including at least one pipette capable of storing liquid sample to be analyzed. There are matching number of pipettes to sample tubes and each having matching unique identifying indicia which is matched with the appropriate sample tube. The diagnostic carousel being offset from the sample carousel and lying in a different plane from the sample carousel. Each pipette including a transfer mechanism for transferring sample from the sample tube directly to the pipette.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer which is formed on the support and contains a leuco dye, a developer, a sensitizer and a binder, the heat-sensitive recording material using, as the developer, at least one member selected from the group consisting of N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-m-aminophenol and N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-p-aminophenol, and as the sensitizer, (a) at least one member selected from the group consisting of 1,2-diphenoxyethane, 1,2-di(3-methylphenoxy)ethane, 2-naphthyl benzyl ether and di-p-methylbenzyl oxalate and (b) a higher fatty acid amide such as stearic acid amide.

Abstract: The invention provides an arbitration method and an arbiter circuit by which equal arbitration of output cells can be achieved with a comparatively simple configuration even where a very great number of queues are involved. The arbiter circuit includes a plurality of queues for storing output cells, and a plurality of round robins for successively providing the right of outputting output cells to the queues. The round robins are arranged in a multi-stage tree link configuration, and the queues are distributed under those of the round robins which are in the lowest order stage. Each of the round robins in the lowest order stage has a rate information holding function of holding rate information representative of a rate of cells inputted thereto.

Abstract: An object oriented system is configured to have the steps of creating an object oriented part composed of a data section and a procedure section for defining specification information about I/O and procedure information indicating the processed content at each data item of a business processing program for performing a process about a data item, storing the object oriented part in a library, selecting the object oriented part suited to a request from the business processing program from the library, creating an item object served as an execution module for the data item to be processed by the business processing program, and performing a data item process depending on the business processing program according to each item object.

Abstract: Data item parts and database manipulation parts are prepared in advance, and a business transaction program is generated by combining the data item parts and the database manipulation parts in accordance with a business transaction specification. The data item part includes a data unit and a procedure unit, which is provided for each data item to be processed by the business transaction program, the data unit storing data to be processed, and the procedure unit storing procedure information defining the process contents of the data to be processed.

Abstract: A flow-through cell has a body under which an ion-selective electrode is disposed. The side portion of the cell body is provided with a reference electrode. The cell body has a sample path with a crank form and also has a substantially horizontally extended path for a reference electrode solution. The crank path has a lower horizontal part, so that it is possible to suppress the undesirable flowing down of the reference electrode solution into the ion-selective electrode during an ion concentration measurement operation. The crank path has a upper horizontal part, which serve to suppress the undesirable flowing of the blood cells contained in the blood sample towards the path for the reference electrode solution. Furthermore, the crank path for the sample is designed to suppress the occurrence of bubbles in the path, with the previso that, if such bubbles should occur, these bubbles may be smoothly withdrawn.

Abstract: A hollow cylindrical permanent magnet having its semicircle magnetized as N pole and the remaining semicircle magnetized as S pole forms the rotor. Two stator magnetic poles which are planted radially around the outer periphery of a cylindrical stator yoke, pole shoes which are firmly mounted on the outer peripheral side of each stator magnetic pole so as to have its outer peripheral side oppose to the inner peripheral surface of aforesaid permanent magnet, and intermediary magnetic poles which are planted radially on the outer periphery of the stator yoke so as to place each of them in between each of these pole shoes, form the stator with all of these components made of magnetic materials. Around each of the stator magnetic poles windings are wound.

Abstract: A serum and a reagent are supplied into a reaction tube to prepare a reactive solution or a sample solution which is sucked up at a predetermined position into one of a plurality of flow cells. The flow cells are mounted on a thermostatic block to be heated to a predetermined temperature and alternatively supplied with the sample solution. After a sample solution has been introduced from a specified reaction tube into one of the flow cells and heated to the predetermined temperature, the sample solution in the one flow cell is irradiated with light to measure changes in absorbance of the sample solution for a predetermined time. During a period when the absorbance changes of the sample solution in one flow cell is measured, another sample solution is introduced from another reaction tube into another flow cell and heated to the predetermined temperature.