Abstract: In a fuel reforming system (32) of a fuel cell system (1), which includes a reformer (7) generating hydrogen-containing gas to be an electromotive fuel and a combustor (6) generating combustion gas, the combustor (6) has two combustion parts including a main combustion part (20) and a sub-combustion part (18), a fuel pre-vaporization part (19) between the two combustion parts and a main fuel injection valve (16) and a sub-fuel injection valve (15) which supply the fuel to the respective combustion parts.

Abstract: A cord switch includes a hollow insulation having a restoring force, a plurality of inner electrode wires provided along an inner surface of the hollow insulation, and an outer electrode provided on an outer surface of the hollow insulation. The outer electrode includes a plurality of outer electrode wires wounded on the outer surface of the hollow insulation, the outer electrode wires each including a copper wire and a plated layer formed on a surface of the copper wire, and the plated layer includes a transition metal except cobalt, manganese, copper, iron and vanadium, or a typical metal.

Abstract: A cord switch 1 has wire electrodes 12A, 12B spirally arranged along an inner surface of a hollow part 10 of a hollowed insulator 11 in a longitudinal direction such that the wire electrodes do not electrically contact with each other, an outer electrode 13 provided around an outer periphery surface of the hollowed insulator 11 and jacketed with an insulating layer 14. An electrostatic capacitance is formed between the outer electrode 13 and a wire electrode for grounding, and a floating electrostatic capacitance is formed between the outer electrode 13 and the earth. The close approach of the human body to the cord switch 1 can be detected in a non-contact manner by measuring the alteration in the electrostatic capacitance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc drive apparatus capable of preventing skew or wobble from occurring when a spindle motor is attached to a base. The disc drive apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a turntable 22 which holds an optical disc 2; a spindle motor which rotatively drives the turntable 22; an optical pick-up 20 which writes/reads signals on or from the optical disc 2; guide shafts 42a and 42b which slidably supports the optical pick-up 20 in the radial direction of the optical disc 2, and a base 15 to which a spindle motor 23 and both end portions of each of the guide shafts 42a and 42b, wherein the spindle motor 23 is attached to the base 15 through a spacer member 28 which performs positioning of the turntable 22 in the vertical direction thereof relative to the base 15.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the noise of an analog circuit of a radio-use semiconductor apparatus. A power supply voltage is supplied to a low-noise amplifier 12 and a partial circuit of a stereo demodulation circuit 16 from an analog-use power supply. A power supply voltage is supplied to a digital circuit 19, an MPXPLL 17, and pilot signal detection circuit 18 of the stereo demodulation circuit 16 from a digital-use power supply that is separate from the analog-use power supply. This configuration prevents noise generated in a digital circuit from propagating to the analog circuit within the stereo demodulation circuit.

Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding material is formed of a tubular electromagnetic shielding material made of a vinyl based conductive polymer fiber represented by formula (2). The tubular electromagnetic shielding material is produced by forming a tubular compact made of a vinyl based conductive polymer precursor fiber represented by formula (1), and heating the tubular compact to eliminate a leaving group from the precursor fiber. where R1 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a hetero hydrocarbon group, and R2 represents the leaving group.

Abstract: Manufacturing method of a semiconductor device for forming a rewritable nonvolatile memory cell including a first field effect transistor for memory, a circuit including a second field effect transistor and a circuit including a third field effect transistor, including forming a gate insulating film over a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode over the gate insulating film and sidewall spacers over the sidewalls of the gate electrode associated with each of the first through third field effect transistors. The sidewall spacers of at least the first field effect transistor have a different width than that of at least the second field effect transistor, the gate electrode of the third field effect transistor has a different length than that of at least the first field effect transistor for memory and the gate insulating film of the third field effect transistor has a thickness larger than that of the second field effect transistor.

Abstract: A stereophonic separation can be adjusted without narrowing the dynamic range. Between the sources of a MOS transistor (Q5), to which a composite signal is inputted, and a MOS transistor (Q6), to which a reference voltage is inputted, there are connected in parallel the series connections of resistors and switch elements (R1) and (SW1), (R2) and (SW2), (R3) and (SW3), and so on. The separation level can be so adjusted in DC operations that the resistors (R1 to R5) may exert no influence on the output voltage of the MOS transistor (Q5), and in AC operations that the values of the parallel resistors (R1 to R5) may be varied.

Abstract: In order to provide an image rejection circuit that can reject an image signal without being affected by manufacturing variations in circuit elements such as resistors, condensers, or the like, an image rejection circuit is provided which comprises a first mixer unit 2 for mixing a signal received by a receiver device with a first local oscillation signal generated by a local oscillator 1, a second mixer unit 3 for mixing the received signal with a second local oscillation signal obtained by shifting the local oscillation signal generated by the local oscillator 1 by 90°, a polyphase filter circuit 4 including condensers C1 and switched capacitors, and a composition/output unit 5 for composing and outputting the IF signals output from the polyphase filter circuit 4.

Abstract: An electron beam detector detects a peak of a spectrum, and when a peak position is deviated from a reference position on the electron beam detector, a controller for controlling an electron beam position on the electron beam detector is used to correct a deviation. An electron energy loss spectrum is measured while controlling correction a deviation between an electron beam position on a specimen, and a peak position of the spectrum, and a spectrum measuring with the electron beam detector.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modularized prosthesis leg cover and a method for manufacturing the prosthesis leg cover, which quickly covers a prosthesis leg and does not affect bending or stretching motion of a knee joint part of the prosthesis leg, thus preventing damage to the knee joint part of the prosthesis leg. Thus, the modularized prosthesis leg cover of the present invention includes a thigh module (10), which can be mounted to a thigh socket (2) of the prosthesis leg, a lower leg module (30), which can be fastened to a calf pipe (6) of the prosthesis leg, and a patella module (20), which can be rotatably assembled with the lower leg module (30). The prosthesis leg cover, which is formed by assembling the modules, is covered with a skin module, which is made of a stretchable fiber. The respective modules of the present invention are provided as prefabricated modules.

Abstract: A cord switch 1 has wire electrodes 12A, 12B spirally arranged along an inner surface of a hollow part 10 of a hollowed insulator 11 in a longitudinal direction such that the wire electrodes do not electrically contact with each other, an outer electrode 13 provided around an outer periphery surface of the hollowed insulator 11 and jacketed with an insulating layer 14. An electrostatic capacitance is formed between the outer electrode 13 and a wire electrode for grounding, and a floating electrostatic capacitance is formed between the outer electrode 13 and the earth. The close approach of the human body to the cord switch 1 can be detected in a non-contact manner by measuring the alteration in the electrostatic capacitance.

Abstract: There is provided a disk drive in which a base lifting mechanism (93) makes a first disk chucking operation to place an optical disk (2) on a disk mount (27) by elevating at least a base (31) to a disk chucking position, lowers the base (31) to an intermediate position between the disk chucking position and a disk releasing position so that a disk rotation driving mechanism (28) spins the optical disk (2) which will thus take another phase, elevates the base (31) to the disk chucking position again, and makes a second disk chucking operation to place the optical disk (2) on the disk mount (27). Thus, the optical disk can positively be chucked onto the disk mount.

Abstract: Hydrogen-rich reformate gas is produced by a fuel reformer (2) from fuel vapor containing hydrocarbon, which is produced by a fuel vaporizer (6), by means of a partial oxidation reaction and a steam reforming reaction. A fuel injector (8, 9) supplies fuel to the fuel vaporizer (6), and an air injector (8a) supplies air to the fuel vaporizer (6). A glow plug (13) partially oxidizes the air-fuel mixture inside the fuel vaporizer (6). By controlling the air supply amount in relation to the fuel supply amount to obtain an excess air factor corresponding to a predetermined rich air-fuel ratio, a part of the air-fuel mixture in the fuel vaporizer (6) is partially oxidized, and the remaining fuel vapor is heated by the oxidation heat. As a result, the partial oxidation reaction and steam reforming reaction in the fuel reformer (2) are performed with a favorable balance.

Abstract: In a fuel reforming system (32) of a fuel cell system (1), which includes a reformer (7) generating hydrogen-containing gas to be an electromotive fuel and a combustor (6) generating combustion gas, the combustor (6) has two combustion parts including a main combustion part (20) and a sub-combustion part (18), a fuel pre-vaporization part (19) between the two combustion parts and a main fuel injection valve (16) and a sub-fuel injection valve (15) which supply the fuel to the respective combustion parts.

Abstract: Manufacturing method of a semiconductor device for forming a rewritable nonvolatile memory cell including a first field effect transistor for memory, a circuit including a second field effect transistor and a circuit including a third field effect transistor, including forming a gate insulating film over a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode over the gate insulating film and sidewall spacers over the sidewalls of the gate electrode associated with each of the first through third field effect transistors. The sidewall spacers of at least the first field effect transistor have a different width than that of at least the second field effect transistor, the gate electrode of the third field effect transistor has a different length than that of at least the first field effect transistor for memory and the gate insulating film of the third field effect transistor has a thickness larger than that of the second field effect transistor.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device uses simplified steps while improving the electrical properties of each element in the semiconductor device. Over a semiconductor substrate, having a memory gate electrode, control gate electrode and gate electrode formed thereover, a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film and a silicon oxide film are formed successively. The silicon oxide film formed over the gate electrode is then removed by wet etching. The silicon oxide film, silicon nitride film and silicon oxide film formed over the semiconductor substrate are removed successively by anisotropic dry etching, whereby respective sidewall spacers having a relatively large width and a relatively small width are formed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a rewritable nonvolatile memory cell including a first field effect transistor for memory, a circuit including a second field effect transistor and a circuit including a third field effect transistor, the transistors each including a gate insulating film formed over a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode over the gate insulating film and sidewall spacers over the sidewalls of the corresponding gate electrode. Sidewall spacers of the first field effect transistor are different from those of at least the second field effect transistors. Also, the gate insulating film of the third field effect transistor has a thickness larger than that of the second field effect transistor and the gate electrode of the third field effect transistor has a length different from that of either the first field effect transistor or second field effect transistor.

Abstract: An electron beam detector detects a peak of a spectrum, and when a peak position is deviated from a reference position on the electron beam detector, a controller for controlling an electron beam position on the electron beam detector is used to correct a deviation. An electron energy loss spectrum is measured while controlling correction a deviation between an electron beam position on a specimen, and a peak position of the spectrum, and a spectrum measuring with the electron beam detector.

Abstract: An electron beam detector detects a peak of a spectrum, and when a peak position is deviated from a reference position on the electron beam detector, a controller for controlling an electron beam position on the electron beam detector is used to correct a deviation. An electron energy loss spectrum is measured while controlling correction a deviation between an electron beam position on a specimen, and a peak position of the spectrum, and a spectrum measuring with the electron beam detector.