Abstract: A dilator (30) insertable into a catheter (20) includes a tubular shaft part (40), and a tubular flexible part (50) located on a distal end side of the shaft part (40) and formed of a resin more flexible than the shaft part (40), and includes, in the shaft part (40) and/or the flexible part (50), a physical property inclined part (42) in which rigidity gradually decreases from a proximal end side toward a distal end side. The catheter assembly is capable of achieving both stable catheter insertability into a blood vessel and reduction in risk of blood vessel perforation.

Abstract: In a regenerative braking emergency stop system, a substation includes: a rectifier transformer configured to transform AC power received from outside; a rectifier configured to convert the transformed AC power into DC power; and a switch disposed on an electrical path between the rectifier and a power-feed rail and configured to be in a closed state or an opened state; a simulated ripple transmitter configured to transmit a simulated ripple, the simulated ripple being an AC signal having a predetermined frequency; a superimposing circuit connected to the power-feed rail in parallel with the rectifier and configured to superimpose the simulated ripple transmitted from the simulated ripple transmitter on DC power outputted from the rectifier; and a relay device configured to allow the simulated ripple transmitter to transmit the simulated ripple when the rectifier is receiving power from outside and the switch is in a closed state.

Abstract: In a regenerative braking emergency stop system, a substation includes: a rectifier transformer configured to transform AC power received from outside; a rectifier configured to convert the transformed AC power into DC power; and a switch disposed on an electrical path between the rectifier and a power-feed rail and configured to be in a closed state or an opened state; a simulated ripple transmitter configured to transmit a simulated ripple, the simulated ripple being an AC signal having a predetermined frequency; a superimposing circuit connected to the power-feed rail in parallel with the rectifier and configured to superimpose the simulated ripple transmitted from the simulated ripple transmitter on DC power outputted from the rectifier; and a relay device configured to allow the simulated ripple transmitter to transmit the simulated ripple when the rectifier is receiving power from outside and the switch is in a closed state.

Abstract: The organozirconium composite of the present invention has a decomposition temperature which is near the respective decomposition temperatures of an organolead compound and an organotitanium compound. The raw material solution can precisely control the composition of a PZT thin film over a broad temperature range. The raw material solution is less likely to react an organolead compound even when mixed with the organolead compound. The present invention provides a raw material solution which is less likely to cause vapor phase cracking.

Abstract: The organozirconium composite of the present invention has a decomposition temperature which is near the respective decomposition temperatures of an organolead compound and an organotitanium compound. The raw material solution can precisely control the composition of a PZT thin film over a broad temperature range. The raw material solution is less likely to react an organolead compound even when mixed with the organolead compound. The present invention provides a raw material solution which is less likely to cause vapor phase cracking.

Abstract: An organozirconium compound comprises zirconium complexed with a &bgr;-diketone compound and an alkoxy group having a branched alkyl group, and which has formula (1): wherein R is a branched alkyl group having 4 or 5 carbons; and L1, L2, and L3, the same or different from each other, are each a &bgr;-diketone compound.