Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic actuator having improved durability. A pneumatic actuator (10) comprises an actuator body (100) including: a cylindrical tube (110) configured to expand and contract by air pressure; and a cylindrical sleeve (120) formed by weaving cords (121) oriented in predetermined directions, wherein in a no-load and no-pressure state, an average angle (?1) of the cords (121) with respect to an axial direction (DAX) of the actuator is 20 degrees or more and less than 45 degrees, and in a state in which an average angle (?3) of the cords (121) with respect to the axial direction (DAX) of the actuator is 45 degrees with an air pressure of 5 MPa, a ratio (S2/S1) of a total area (S2) of gaps (122) of the cords (121) to an area (S1) of an outer surface of the actuator body (100) is 35% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic actuator with improved durability, the hydraulic actuator (10), having an actuator main body (100) constituted of a cylindrical tube (110) capable of expanding/contracting by hydraulic pressure and a cylindrical sleeve (120) formed by cords (121) woven to be disposed in predetermined directions, wherein: the average angle (?1) formed by the cords (121) with respect to the axis direction (DAX) of the actuator with no load and no pressure applied thereon is in a range of ?20° and <45°; and in a state where the average angle (?3) formed by the cords (121) with respect to the axis direction (DAX) is 45° under hydraulic pressure of 5 MPa, a ratio (S2/S1) of the total area (S2) of clearances (122) between the cords (121) with respect to an area (S1) of an outer peripheral surface of the actuator main body (100) is 35% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic actuator having improved durability. A pneumatic actuator (10) comprises an actuator body (100) including: a cylindrical tube (110) configured to expand and contract by air pressure; and a cylindrical sleeve (120) formed by weaving cords (121) oriented in predetermined directions, wherein in a no-load and no-pressure state, an average angle (?1) of the cords (121) with respect to an axial direction (DAX) of the actuator is 20 degrees or more and less than 45 degrees, and in a state in which an average angle (?3) of the cords (121) with respect to the axial direction (DAX) of the actuator is 45 degrees with an air pressure of 5 MPa. a ratio (S2/S1) of a total area (S2) of gaps (122) of the cords (121) to an area (S1) of an outer surface of the actuator body (100) is 35% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic actuator having a tube with improved durability, the hydraulic actuator (10), having an actuator main body (100) constituted of a cylindrical tube (110) capable of expanding/contracting by hydraulic pressure and a cylindrical sleeve (120) formed by cords woven to be disposed in predetermined directions, wherein: the tube (110) has a laminated structure including two or more rubber layers, the rubber layers being constituted of at least one polar rubber layer (111) containing, with respect to a rubber component(s), ?50 mass % of a polar rubber of which SP value is ?8.7 and at least one non-polar rubber layer (112) containing, with respect to a rubber component(s), <50 mass % of a polar rubber of which SP value is ?8.7.

Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic actuator with improved, durability, the hydraulic actuator (10), having an actuator main body (100) constituted of a cylindrical tube (110) capable of expanding/contracting by hydraulic pressure and a cylindrical sleeve (120) formed by cords (121) woven to be disposed in predetermined directions, wherein: the average angle (?1) formed by the cords (121) with respect to the axis direction (DAX) of the actuator with no load and no pressure applied thereon is in a range of ?20° and <45°; and in a state where the average angle (?3) formed by the cords (121) with respect to the axis direction (DAX) is 45° under hydraulic pressure of 5 MPa, a ratio (S2/S1) of the total area (S2) of clearances (122) between the cords (121) with respect to an area (S1) of an outer peripheral surface of the actuator main body (100) is 35% or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wiper device provided with a metal frame member (16), which includes a cylindrical receiving portion (26), and a pivot holder (18), which is fixed to the metal frame member (16) and holds a pivot shaft (12). The pivot holder (18) includes holder cylindrical portions (34, 104), which rotationally support the pivot shaft (12), vehicle body attachment legs (38, 108), which extend radially outward from the holder cylindrical parts (34, 104) and are attached to a vehicle body, and fitting portions (40B, 110B), which are securely fitted to the receiving part (26) by inserting the fitting portions (40B, 110B) in the receiving portion (26) and swaging the receiving portion (26). The pivot holder (18) is formed as an integrated component by a metal part and a plastic part (32), which is lighter than the metal part and is integrated with the metal part. At least an outer circumferential portion of the engaged parts (40B, 110B) is formed by the metal part.

Abstract: In an information display system panel, color filters each having respective colors are arranged to an outer surface of a transparent substrate at an observation side having a refractive index n and a thickness d, in such a manner that an overlap area between the color filter and the pixel is set in a range of 50%-100% with respect to an area of the pixel, so that a portion between adjacent color filters having different colors, which is perpendicular to a tilt visual direction, is spaced at either one of an upper and lower sides and a right and left sides of the color filter; and a relation between a visual filed displacement I indicated by following formula (1), which is generated when the image displayed by the display media is viewed as a reflected light refracted at 45° with respect to a surface of the color filter, and LS and DS denoting a pixel pitch and a pixel space along a visual direction respectively, satisfies I?0.5×(DS+LS); I=d×[sin2 ?/(n2?sin2 ?)]1/2 ?=45°??formula (1).

Abstract: Disclosed is a wiper device provided with a metal frame member (16), which includes a cylindrical receiving portion (26), and a pivot holder (18), which is fixed to the metal frame member (16) and holds a pivot shaft (12). The pivot holder (18) includes holder cylindrical portions (34, 104), which rotationally support the pivot shaft (12), vehicle body attachment legs (38, 108), which extend radially outward from the holder cylindrical parts (34, 104) and are attached to a vehicle body, and fitting portions (40B, 110B), which are securely fitted to the receiving part (26) by inserting the fitting portions (40B, 110B) in the receiving portion (26) and swaging the receiving portion (26). The pivot holder (18) is formed as an integrated component by a metal part and a plastic part (32), which is lighter than the metal part and is integrated with the metal part. At least an outer circumferential portion of the engaged parts (40B, 110B) is formed by the metal part.

Abstract: In an information display system having at least one information display panel having a first panel substrate and a second panel substrate opposed to the first panel substrate, at least one of the two substrates being transparent at an information display screen area, and display media disposed between the first panel substrate and the second panel substrate and driven by an electric field, and a drive device formed separately with the information display panel and having a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate in which pixel electrodes with a thin film transistor (TFT) are disposed: the first panel substrate of the information display panel has conductivity along a surface direction; the second panel substrate of the information display panel has no conductivity along a surface direction; a surface at a side of the second panel substrate of the information display panel is disposed in such a manner that it is opposed in such a manner that it is opposed to a surface of the TFT substrate of the drive device, an

Abstract: In an information display system panel, color filters each having respective colors are arranged to an outer surface of a transparent substrate at an observation side having a refractive index n and a thickness d, in such a manner that an overlap area between the color filter and the pixel is set in a range of 50%-100% with respect to an area of the pixel, so that a portion between adjacent color filters having different colors, which is perpendicular to a tilt visual direction, is spaced at either one of an upper and lower sides and a right and left sides of the color filter; and a relation between a visual filed displacement I indicated by following formula (1), which is generated when the image displayed by the display media is viewed as a reflected light refracted at 45° with respect to a surface of the color filter, and LS and DS denoting a pixel pitch and a pixel space along a visual direction respectively, satisfies I?0.5×(DS+LS); I=d×[sin2 ?/(n2?sin2 ?)]1/2 ?=45°??formula (1).

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor electrode which comprises a transparent electrode that is arranged on the surface of a light-transmitting substrate. The transparent electrode is provided with a metal oxide layer on a surface that is on the reverse side of a surface that is in contact with the substrate. The metal oxide layer contains fine silicon particles, which absorb a specific wavelength (11), and fine metal oxide particles. The fine silicon particles are arranged between the fine metal oxide particles.

Abstract: Provided is an information display panel, which includes: a transparent first substrate having transparent pixel electrodes formed in an information display screen region, first connecting electrodes formed as line electrodes drawn from the pixel electrodes to a region outside the information display screen region, and third connecting electrode formed as different line electrodes that are not connected to the first connecting electrodes; and a film-like second substrate having pixel electrodes formed in the information display screen region, and second connecting electrodes formed as line electrodes drawn from the pixel electrodes to a region outside the information display screen region, in which the transparent pixel electrodes on the transparent first substrate and the pixel electrodes on the second substrate are opposed to each other so as to form a space between the first substrate and the second substrate opposing to each other, the space having a display media sealed therein in the information display

Abstract: Provided is an information display panel, in which transparent stripe electrodes on a first substrate and stripe electrodes on a second substrate are orthogonally opposed to each other, and at least two kinds of display media configured as particle groups containing electrically charged particles are sealed in a space between the first substrate and the second substrate which are opposed to each other in the information display screen region while the line electrodes drawn from the stripe electrodes on the first substrate and the L-shaped line electrodes formed on the third substrate are electrically connected to each other, so that, in a configuration where the first substrate, the second substrate, and the film-like third substrate having the L-shaped line electrodes formed thereon are arranged as being superposed one another in the stated order, the stripe electrodes opposing to each other forms an electrode pair, to which a voltage controlled by the driver circuit is applied so as to generate an electric

Abstract: An information display device, in which a display medium 3W, 3B having an optical reflectivity and comprised of a particle group containing particles that can be electrically driven is sealed between two panel substrates 5, 6 arranged so as to face each other, at least one of which panel substrates is transparent, and, the display medium is electrically moved via a pair of electrodes provided to the panel substrates and formed by the electrodes 5, 6, thereby to display information, in which the information display device has a structure in which a back side substrate 1, which is one of the two substrates, is connected with a wiring substrate 10; a first through-hole 7 penetrating the back side substrate for electrically connecting electrodes 5-1 and 5-2 provided on a front and a rear surfaces of the back side substrate is formed on the back side substrate, and the wiring substrate 10 is connected with the electrode 5-2 on the rear surface side within an area of the back side substrate; and, a second through-h

Abstract: A plurality of cells are formed by a polygonal cell having even number of sides being at least six sides, and a plurality of cells being constructed by a polygonal shape as a unit are arranged in a display region regularly, so as to construct the dot matrix type information display panel. Therefore, it is possible to provide a dot matrix type information display panel: in which lines in a longitudinal and lateral directions are not so emphasized when an image information such as characters and so on which are displayed based on a line; in which a dot does not look in such a manner that a quadrangular shape collapses and an interference fringe (moire) is not generated as in the case of the honeycomb-shaped partition walls; and in which an image such as sharp and natural characters and so on which are displayed based on a line can be displayed.

Abstract: A display unit having a display memory property is constituted to be detachable from an attaching/detaching mechanism provided on a drive circuit substrate, so as to be attached to the attaching/detaching mechanism of the drive circuit substrate for rewrite of display information, and detached from the attaching/detaching mechanism of the drive circuit substrate after rewrite and moved to elsewhere while maintaining information displayed. Moreover, since it is constituted such that an actuation driver, having an expensive IC is mounted thereon, can be replaced rather than to be discarded or a drive circuit substrate can be replaced rather than to be discarded in a case where the display unit for displaying information such as an image causes a failure, it thereby achieves improvement of resource use efficiency by reusing the actuation driver having the expensive IC mounted thereon or the drive circuit substrate.

Abstract: In the method of manufacturing an information display panel, in which at least one group of display media having optical reflectance and charge characteristics and consisting of at least one or more groups of particles, are sealed in a cell formed by partition walls between two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, a display media filling step for filling the display media in the cell includes the steps of: setting a screen over the partition walls; arranging the display media on the screen; and moving a plate member on the screen under such a condition that the plate member is contacted to the screen.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for producing carbon fibers having a sufficiently small fiber diameter, and more particularly to (1) a method for producing carbon fibers, which comprising the steps of jetting a polymer material-containing solution by an electrospinning method to form a deposit layer of a fibrous substance comprising the polymer material and firing the deposit layer of the fibrous substance comprising the polymer material to produce carbon fibers, and (2) a method for producing carbon fibers, which comprising the steps of jetting a carbon black-dispersed and polymer material-containing solution by an electrospinning method to form a deposit layer of a fibrous substance comprising the carbon black-dispersed polymer material and irradiating microwaves to the deposit layer of the fibrous substance to produce carbon fibers.

Abstract: Provided are a dye sensitized metal oxide semiconductor electrode having a metal oxide semiconductor film that can adsorb a sufficient amount of dye due to a high specific surface area and exhibits high electrical conductivity due to tight contact of metal oxide particles, and a dye sensitized solar cell that exhibits high power generation efficiency by using this dye sensitized metal oxide semiconductor electrode. The dye sensitized metal oxide semiconductor electrode is produced by forming a metal oxide semiconductor film on a transparent conductive film formed on a substrate. A stock solution containing a metal oxide precursor is jetted onto the transparent conductive film by electrospinning. A nanofiber layer containing a metal oxide precursor is deposited on the transparent conductive film, and this deposited layer is fired.

Abstract: In the method of manufacturing an information display panel, in which at least one group of display media having optical reflectance and charge characteristics and consisting of at least one or more groups of particles, are sealed in a cell formed by partition walls between two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, a display media filling step for filling the display media in the cell includes the steps of: setting a screen over the partition walls; arranging the display media on the screen; and moving a plate member on the screen under such a condition that the plate member is contacted to the screen.