Abstract: A method for producing an inductor having an internal conductor includes coating an internal conductor with a covering material, placing the internal conductor coated with the covering material in a shaping mold, and filling a material around the internal conductor so as to form a compact unbaked chip element with the internal conductor provided at a predetermined position. The unbaked chip element is then baked in order to eliminate the covering material so as to form a gap around the internal conductor.

Abstract: A ceramic inductor component and a composite component are provided having desired properties, superior stability of properties and superior durability. When Ni—Cu—Zn ferrite or Ni—Cu ferrite is used for a magnetic ceramic body constituting an inductor portion, and when the contents of S, Cl and Na contained in the ferrite are set to be in the ranges of about 5 to 150 ppm, about 5 to 150 ppm and about 5 to 100 ppm, respectively, diffusion of an internal conductive metal primarily composed of Ag into the magnetic ceramic body is suppressed, and hence, the degradation of electric properties can be avoided. Accordingly, by facilitating sintering, the insulating resistance of the ceramic is improved, and the durability and reliability of the ceramic inductor component can be improved.

Abstract: A mask is mounted on one surface of a ceramic green sheet which is supported on an X-Y table. The mask is provided with a plurality of through hole transmissive portions. A pulsed laser beam is applied to the mask. The size of the laser beam is sufficiently large to encompass at least several of said through hole transmissive portions. The laser beam passes through the through hole transmissive portions and simultaneously forms a plurality of through holes in the ceramic green sheet. Because the mask is located on (or at least substantially adjacent) the surface of the ceramic green sheet, the size and shape of the through holes will be approximately identical to the size and shape of the through hole transmissive portions, thereby precisely controlling the size and shape of the through holes. The mask can be irradiated while the ceramic green sheet is moving.

Abstract: An inductor having a large current capacity which can be manufactured at a low cost includes a magnetic sintered body formed via wet pressing treatment and a coil assembly disposed within the magnetic sintered body. The coil assembly is defined by a substantially cylindrical magnetic core member which is wound by a coil. Both ends of the coil of the coil assembly are respectively and electrically connected to an input electrode and an output electrode which are respectively disposed on two mutually facing end surfaces of the magnetic sintered body.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a monolithic chip varistor includes the steps of preparing a varistor body including a plurality of varistor layers and at least one pair of internal electrodes; forming a first layer for each of a pair of external electrodes by applying a metal component and a glass component to an exterior portion of the varistor body, followed by heat treatment; forming a second layer for the external electrode on the first layer by applying a glass component, followed by heat treatment; forming a third layer for the external electrode on the second layer by applying a glass component that is different from the glass component used for forming the second layer, followed by heat treatment; forming a fourth layer for the external electrode on the third layer by applying a metal component that is different from the metal component used for forming the first layer, followed by heat treatment under the same heat treatment conditions as those used for the formation of the first layer; and forming a fifth

Abstract: A mask is mounted on one surface of a ceramic green sheet which is supported on an X-Y table. The mask is provided with a plurality of through hole transmissive portions. A pulsed laser beam is applied to the mask. The size of the laser beam is sufficiently large to encompass at least several of said through hole transmissive portions. The laser beam passes through the through hole transmissive portions and simultaneously forms a plurality of through holes in the ceramic green sheet. Because the mask is located on (or at least substantially adjacent) the surface of the ceramic green sheet, the size and shape of the through holes will be approximately identical to the size and shape of the through hole transmissive portions, thereby precisely controlling the size and shape of the through holes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for producing a reliable inductor having an internal conductor with a small electric resistance. A metal wire formed in a nonlinear shape is used as the internal conductor. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the internal conductor has a coil-like shape with portions adjacent to each other with respect to the axial direction of the coil being positioned in a substantially cylindrical gap formed in the axial direction of the coil. By providing a gap around the internal conductor, stress between the internal conductor and a ceramic material surrounding the conductor can be eliminated. As a result, the characteristic deterioration or crack generation in the inductor chip is eliminated. Moreover, the leakage flux among the coil pitches of the conductor is reduced, thereby improving the characteristics of the inductor.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic component including a step of firing a ceramic green sheet laminate having internal electrodes containing at least one of palladium and silver, and a step of firing the ceramic green sheet laminate in a furnace having an oxygen partial pressure of not more than 5% in a temperature area exceeding 50.degree. C. during a temperature rise from 400.degree. C. to 1100.degree. C.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition containing 0.3 to 5.0 parts by weight of an additive composed of at least one of SiO.sub.2, Li.sub.2 O and B.sub.2 O.sub.3 per 100 parts by weight of a main component expressed by the following composition formula:(1-x-y-z-t)BaTiO.sub.3 +xCaZrO.sub.3 +yMgO+zMnO+tRe.sub.2 O.sub.3,wherex.ltoreq.0.060.005.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.080.005.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.0.020.005.ltoreq.t.ltoreq.0.02.In the composition formula, Re indicates at least one of Y, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er and Yb.

Abstract: An external electrode is formed on an outer surface of a ceramic molded product. The external electrode consists of an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is composed of conductive material. The outer layer is composed of conductive material and glass material. In a process for producing the ceramic molded product, first, by molding a ceramic material a molded product is formed. On outer surfaces of the molded product, a conductive paste containing copper or the like is coated. Furthermore, on the conductive paste, a conductive paste containing a glass frit is coated. By baking the molded product onto which these two kinds of conductive paste are coated, ceramic electronic parts having an external electrode of 2-layer structure is obtained.

Abstract: A temperature compensating ceramic dielectric of the present invention contains compositions consisting of 2.0 to 14.0 mole % of barium oxide, 51.0 to 63.5 mole % of titanium oxide and 22.5 to 47.0 mole % of neodymium oxide as NdO.sub.3/2. Among the composition range, however, ranges between 2.0 to 9.0 mole % of barium oxide and 60.0 to 63.5 mole % of titanium oxide are to be excluded. By adding 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of niobium oxide as NbO.sub.5/2 to the composition, the temperature compensating ceramic dielectric is obtained.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition consists essentially of a main component of a ternary system Pb(Mg.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3 --Pb(Cu.sub.1/2 W.sub.1/2)O.sub.3 --PbTiO.sub.3, and contains a glass composition with a melting point of 600.degree. to 900.degree. C. in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the main component. The main component has a composition represented by the general formula:xPb(Mg.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3 --yPb(Cu.sub.1/2 W.sub.1/2)O.sub.3 --zPbTiO.sub.3wherein x, y and z are mol fractions of respective components and take a set of values falling within a polygon ABCD defined by points A, B, C and D in FIG. 1, and x+y+z=1.00. The set of x, y and z at each point is as follows:______________________________________ x y z ______________________________________ A 0.75 0.10 0.15 B 0.75 0.05 0.20 C 0.95 0.03 0.02 D 0.95 0.05 0.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition consists essentially of 80 to 99.7 wt % of a main component of a system, SrTiO.sub.3 -PbTiO.sub.3 -CaTiO.sub.3 -Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 -TiO.sub.2 -SnO.sub.2, at least one oxide of rare earth elements incorporated therein as an additive in an amount of 0.1 to 5.0 wt % in terms of Re.sub.2 O.sub.3 (where Re is at least one rare element selected from the group consisting of Nd, La, Ce, Pr and Sm), and 0.2 to 15 wt % of a vitreous component. The main component consists essentially of 20.0 to 50.0 wt % of SrTiO.sub.3, 8.0 to 37.6 wt % of PbTiO.sub.3, 3.2 to 33.9 wt % of CaTiO.sub.3, 4.4 to 35.2 wt % of Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3, 2.5 to 13.6 wt % of TiO.sub.2 and 0.2 to 12.0 wt % of SnO.sub.2. The vitreous component consists essentially of 10 to 45 mol % of Li.sub.2 O, 5 to 40 mol % of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of BaO, MgO, CaO and SrO, 0.2 to 10 mol % of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 30 to 70 mol % of at least two oxide selected from the group consisting of SiO.sub.2, MnO.sub.

Abstract: A foundation improvement process comprising providing a first nozzle, a third nozzle, and a second nozzle opened up encircling the first nozzle at the side wall of a lower portion of an injection rod, at the same time providing a diffusion nozzle at an intermediate portion between the first and third nozzles, forming a curtain with a high pressure water jetting from this diffusion nozzle, providing a partition wall between hardening agent jetting from the third nozzle and an air lift portion by means of a fresh water and air jetting from the first and second nozzles by using this water curtain, thereby preventing the raising of the injected hardening agent for performing a sure improvement of a foundation, and at the same time preventing waste of the hardening agent.

Abstract: A method of repairing a refractory lining of a vessel lined with refractory by flame gunning process, in which a patching material consisting of refractory particles and carbonaceous fuel powder is flame-gunned together with an oxygen containing gas to fuse or semi-fuse the refractory particles in a region surrounded by high-temperature flame and struck against the surface of the refractory lining to produce a deposit layer of the refractory particles, is disclosed. In this method, a patching material having a higher mixing ratio of the fuel powder or only the fuel powder is flame-gunned at an initial stage of the repairing and subsequently patching materials, in which the mixing ratio of the fuel powder is lowered stepwise, are flame-gunned in order with the progress of the repairing, during which a blow rate of the oxygen containing gas is controlled in accordance with the change of the mixing ratio of the fuel powder in the patching material.

Abstract: A hearth structure of an oxygen-bottom-blowing converter comprises hearth bricks including a number of brick row units, each of which is provided with or without one tuyere therein to eliminate thermal stresses otherwise be caused by two tuyeres included in one brick row unit. The hearth bricks preferably include at least one row of bricks not including a tuyere arranged between the brick row units. Bricks around tuyeres are unburned magnesia-carbon or magnesia-dolomite-carbon bricks including an amount of carbon 7-35%, preferably 10-30% or the most preferably 20% by weight and including magnesia or magnesia-dolomite as grains and thicknesses of refractory mortar as joints between the bricks corresponding to 0.5-2.5% of the maximum width of the bricks, thereby improving the durability of the hearth structure and hence the converter.

Abstract: Disk brake apparatus mounted on a differential gear shaft extending from each side wall of a transmission case. A cam plate and balls coact to press a brake disk mounted on the differential gear shaft against a friction surface. Each of the balls is in direct or indirect point-to-point contact with the outer side wall of the transmission case to reduce the sliding resistance involved.