Abstract: A moving device includes a first linear guide, a second linear guide to extend in parallel with the first linear guide, a first structure movable along the first linear guide, a second structure movable along the second linear guide, a slide member of which a first end is fixed to the first structure and a second end is fixed to the second structure so that the slide member is bridged between the first structure and the second structure, a first linear motor having a first stator installed to extend along the first linear guide and a first movable element fixed to the first structure to face the first stator at a predetermined interval, and a second linear motor having a second stator installed to extend along the second linear guide and a second movable element fixed to the second structure to face the second stator at a predetermined interval.

Abstract: A synchromesh device for a transmission includes: a shaft; a sleeve; an idler gear; a gear piece; a synchronizer ring; a first spline, a second spline and a third spline, the first spline of the sleeve being engageable with each of the second spline of the gear piece and the third spline of the synchronizer ring; and a first chamfer, a second chamfer and a third chamfer, formed at one end of the first spline, one end of the second spline and one end of the third spline, respectively, for a spline-engagement and for a thrust-through operation. The first chamfer of the sleeve includes a small-diameter side thrusting through the third chamfer at the time of shifting and a large-diameter side thrusting through the second chamfer at the time of shifting. A chamfer angle of the large-diameter side is smaller than a chamfer angle of the small-diameter side.

Abstract: A shift lever apparatus includes a shift lever including a pivot portion and a stick portion formed so as to extend in a vertical direction from the pivot portion, a base member including a shift lever supporting portion and a shift direction and a positioning member for applying a biasing force to the shift lever, and the positioning member having a first elastic member for pressing the shift lever, a second elastic member whose spring constant is smaller than that of the first elastic member and a second elastic member compressed amount regulating member for regulating the second elastic member to be compressed by a predetermined compressed amount so that a length of the second elastic member is a predetermined length.

Abstract: A synchromesh device for a transmission includes: a shaft; a sleeve; an idler gear; a gear piece; a synchronizer ring; a first spline, a second spline and a third spline, the first spline of the sleeve being engageable with each of the second spline of the gear piece and the third spline of the synchronizer ring; and a first chamfer, a second chamfer and a third chamfer, formed at one end of the first spline, one end of the second spline and one end of the third spline, respectively, for a spline-engagement and for a thrust-through operation. The first chamfer of the sleeve includes a small-diameter side thrusting through the third chamfer at the time of shifting and a large-diameter side thrusting through the second chamfer at the time of shifting. A chamfer angle of the large-diameter side is smaller than a chamfer angle of the small-diameter side.

Abstract: A shift lever apparatus includes a shift lever including a pivot portion and a stick portion formed so as to extend in a vertical direction from the pivot portion, a base member including a shift lever supporting portion and a shift direction and a positioning member for applying a biasing force to the shift lever, and the positioning member having a first elastic member for pressing the shift lever, a second elastic member whose spring constant is smaller than that of the first elastic member and a second elastic member compressed amount regulating member for regulating the second elastic member to be compressed by a predetermined compressed amount so that a length of the second elastic member is a predetermined length.

Abstract: It is intended to contribute to the solution of environmental problems caused by destroying the ozone layer and serious problems concerning the food resources in the 21st century by isolating a photoreactivating enzyme from an ultraviolet light-tolerant rice plant, thus acquiring information on the photoreactivation mechanism of the plant which still remains unknown mostly, and constructing an ultraviolet light-tolerant plant with the use of a cloned gene. Genes encoding a photoreactivating enzyme originating in rice plant, in particular, a gene encoding a protein as specified in the following (a) or (b): (a) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1; and (b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence (a) by deletion, substitution or addition of one to several amino acids and having a photoreactivating enzyme activity.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a radio frequency generator, a plasma processing chamber, a matching circuit for impedance matching between the radio frequency generator and the plasma processing chamber, and matching circuit adjusting means for matching the output impedance of the matching circuit to the impedance of the plasma processing chamber in a nondischarge state. The matching circuit is a product matching circuit that is produced based on a circuit constant of an adjusting matching circuit. The adjusting matching circuit is disposed between the radio frequency generator and the plasma processing chamber for a required plasma treatment and the circuit constant is determined by impedance matching between the radio frequency generator and the plasma processing chamber so that the adjusting matching circuit matches the load impedance of the plasma processing chamber.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus of the present invention includes a matching circuit for impedance matching between a radio-frequency generator and a plasma processing chamber, and one or a plurality of impedance converting circuits provided between the matching circuit and the radio-frequency generator. The impedance converting circuit converts an impedance to decrease a difference in impedance to be matched by the matching circuit, thereby decreasing a change in the output impedance with a moving amount of a capacitance control of one of variable passive elements of the matching circuit, such as a load capacitor and a tuning capacitor. Therefore, a change in the impedance of the plasma processing chamber can be finely controlled.

Abstract: It is intended to contribute to the solution of environmental problems caused by destroying the ozone layer and serious problems concerning the food resources in the 21st century by isolating a photoreactivating enzyme from an ultraviolet light-tolerant rice plant, thus acquiring information on the photoreactivation mechanism of the plant which still remains unknown mostly, and constructing an ultraviolet light-tolerant plant with the use of a cloned gene. Genes encoding a photoreactivating enzyme originating in rice plant, in particular, a gene encoding a protein as specified in the following (a) or (b): (a) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1; and (b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence (a) by deletion, substitution or addition of one to several amino acids and having a photoreactivating enzyme activity.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a radio frequency generator, a plasma processing chamber, a matching circuit for impedance matching between the radio frequency generator and the plasma processing chamber, and matching circuit adjusting means for matching the output impedance of the matching circuit to the impedance of the plasma processing chamber in a nondischarge state. The matching circuit is a product matching circuit that is produced based on a circuit constant of an adjusting matching circuit. The adjusting matching circuit is disposed between the radio frequency generator and the plasma processing chamber for a required plasma treatment and the circuit constant is determined by impedance matching between the radio frequency generator and the plasma processing chamber so that the adjusting matching circuit matches the load impedance of the plasma processing chamber.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus of the present invention includes a matching circuit for impedance matching between a radio-frequency generator and a plasma processing chamber, and one or a plurality of impedance converting circuits provided between the matching circuit and the radio-frequency generator. The impedance converting circuit converts an impedance to decrease a difference in impedance to be matched by the matching circuit, thereby decreasing a change in the output impedance with a moving amount of a capacitance control of one of variable passive elements of the matching circuit, such as a load capacitor and a tuning capacitor. Therefore, a change in the impedance of the plasma processing chamber can be finely controlled.

Abstract: A secondary air introducing apparatus for introducing secondary air into the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes a secondary air introducing passage connected between the air cleaner and the exhaust manifold of the engine, a check valve in the passage arranged to operate in response to pulsation pressure in the exhaust manifold to supply clean secondary air thereto, a first expansion chamber interposed in the passage on an upstream side of the check valve, and a second expansion chamber interposed in the passage on an upstream side of the first chamber. At least the check valve and the first chamber are fixedly mounted on the intake manifold.

Abstract: A first phase locked loop produces a local oscillator signal. The output of a second phase locked loop is connected to the input of the first phase locked loop. A first variable frequency divider is connected in the first phase locked loop. A second variable frequency divider having the same frequency division ratio as the first frequency divider is connected between a variable frequency oscillator and the input of the second phase locked loop. An adder adds a base frequency of preferably 1 MHz to the output frequency of the second frequency divider. With the frequency of the variable frequency oscillator set at a center frequency, the frequency of the local oscillator signal is equal to the frequency division ratio of the frequency dividers multiplied by 1 MHz. Any variation in the frequency of the variable frequency oscillator from the center frequency is algebraically added to the local oscillator frequency, regardless of the frequency division ratio, as an offset frequency.

Abstract: A VHF mixer serves as an amplifier-mixer for VHF and an IF amplifier for UHF and CATV. UHF and CATV tuners produce the UHF and CATV IF signals respectively. A band selector switch enables a VHF local oscillator and disables UHF and CATV local oscillators to receive VHF, enables the UHF local oscillator and disables the VHF and CATV local oscillators to receive UHF and enables the CATV local oscillator and disables the VHF and UHF local oscillators to receive CATV.