Abstract: A piezoelectric transducer for an ultrasonic scan is provided. The transducer includes a plurality of piezoelectric members arrayed. The plurality of piezoelectric members have different compositions parts in a slice direction so that an ultrasonic beam is focused in the slice direction.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an electrode plate assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent; and a gas absorbing element that absorbs gas produced in the secondary battery, wetting of the gas absorbing element with the non-aqueous solvent is controlled.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an electrode plate assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent; and a gas absorbing element that absorbs gas produced in the secondary battery, wetting of the gas absorbing element with the non-aqueous solvent is controlled.

Abstract: A pre-acquired reference image, a currently picked-up ultrasonic image, and position information indicating a relation between a position of the ultrasonic probe when the reference image was picked-up and a current position of the ultrasonic probe are displayed on a display portion as navigation information. Also, when the following diagnosis image is to be acquired, probe movement information, specifying a position or the like to which the ultrasonic probe has to be moved, is displayed on the display portion as the navigation information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an electrode group in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are spirally wound with a separator interposed therebetween. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material and a binder. The positive electrode active material contains a mixture of two different particulate substances having different average particle sizes. The two different particulate substances are lithium composite metal oxides containing nickel as an essential element. The binder includes fluorocarbon resin and rubber particles. The fluorocarbon resin contains at least a vinylidene fluoride unit. The amount of the rubber particles per 100 parts by weight of the fluorocarbon resin is 1 to 25 parts by weight.

Abstract: A pre-acquired reference image, a currently picked-up ultrasonic image, and position information indicating a relation between a position of the ultrasonic probe when the reference image was picked-up and a current position of the ultrasonic probe are displayed on a display portion as navigation information. Also, when the following diagnosis image is to be acquired, probe movement information, specifying a position or the like to which the ultrasonic probe has to be moved, is displayed on the display portion as the navigation information.

Abstract: In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having: an electrode plate assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent; and a gas absorbing element that absorbs gas produced in the secondary battery, wetting of the gas absorbing element with the non-aqueous solvent is controlled.

Abstract: A clip has a frame and a flapper. Two dry bearings are inserted into a hole formed in the flapper. Then an attaching shaft is inserted from one of the holes in the frame to the other through the dry bearings, so as to swingably attaching the flapper to the frame. DAIDAYNE DDK 01 of DAIDO METAL Corp. is used as the dry bearing. A first and a second clip covers are provided to cover the clips. Fresh air feeding pipes are connected to the first and second clip covers. Fresh air is fed from the fresh air feeding pipes toward the clips through air outlets provided in the first and second clip covers.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes ultrasonic piezoelectric elements that are arranged in a first direction at predetermined intervals and transmit and receive ultrasonic waves in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The respective ultrasonic piezoelectric elements have plural grooves, which are parallel to the first direction and do not pierce through an end face, on at least one end face of two end faces substantially orthogonal to the second direction of the respective ultrasonic piezoelectric elements. The ultrasonic waves are weighted in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction according to shapes and arrangement of the respective plural grooves and transmitted and received. In addition, a conductive member is joined to the end face having the grooves of the respective ultrasonic piezoelectric elements along the third direction.

Abstract: A sound reproduction system has pairs of sound emitters that subtend different angles ?, the span angle, at the listener position. The pairs of sound emitters are arranged to be excited by different frequency bands of the signal output from an inverse filter means (Hh, Hl). The operational span-frequency range of the pairs of sound emitters is determined by an equation (I) where the transducer span ? is the angle subtended at the listener by a pair of transducers, where O<n<2. c0: is the speed of sound, and ?r: is the equivalent distance between the ears. The sound emitters may be discrete speaker units, the different pairs of units being positioned at different span angles, or they be constituted by area portions of an extended transducer (FIG. 10). When discrete speaker units are employed a cross-over filter (FIG. 28) is used to provide drive signals in the different frequency bands to the different speaker pairs.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an electrode plate assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent; and a gas absorbing element that absorbs gas produced in the secondary battery, wetting of the gas absorbing element with the non-aqueous solvent is controlled.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a novel pharmaceutical composition for getting rid of pains and anxiety in patients. This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing lactoferrin as an active ingredient. The composition of this invention is useful for treatment of at least one disease or condition selected from the group consisting of pains, including the phase 1 pain and the phase 2 pain, anxiety and stress. The composition is particularly beneficial to alleviating or getting rid of the pain and anxiety which significantly lower quality of life of patients with end-stage cancer. The composition of this invention is also useful for treatment of pains, including the phase 1 pain and the phase 2 pain, and inflammation which accompany arthritis or diseases in the junctions of bones (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, frozen shoulder, sports injuries such as tennis elbow and baseball shoulder, and low back pain).

Abstract: A cast web formed on a support in a casting process is peeled off the support by a first roller in a peeling and conveying process. As being peeled by the first roller, the cast web forms a film, and conveyed through a second roller to a tenter drying process. The peeling and conveying process has a length from a peeling position to a holding position of the film by clips. The length is set to be 10% to 80% of the width of the cast web. The first and second rollers are concave rollers. A couple of blowers are disposed at the end of the peeling and conveying process, to blow the lateral sides of the film in laterally outward directions of the film, to stretch curls in the lateral sides of the film.

Abstract: Provided is an acoustic lens composition which comprises 40 wt % or more of silicone rubber and 15 to 60 wt % of a zinc oxide powder, suppresses ultrasonic attenuation, and has superior molding properties.

Abstract: A die pickup method and device including a collet 4 that vacuum-chucks dies 1A, 1B, IC . . . , which are on a wafer sheet 2, and a suction stage 6, which vacuum-sucks this wafer sheet 2. A protruding surface 21 is formed on the upper surface of the suction stage 6 so that it is located on the feeding (upstream) side in the direction in which dies are fed to the die pickup center 5 of the suction stage 6. The wafer sheet 2 being vacuum-sucked by the suction stage 6 is fed so that a die 1A that is to be picked up is moved toward the die pickup center 5, thus allowing the die 1A to be separated from the wafer sheet 2 as the die 1A passes the protruding surface 21, and then the die 1A is vacuum-chucked and picked up by the collet 4.

Abstract: In a casting apparatus, a dope is cast on a cyclically moving belt to form a casting film, which is dried in a drying section. In the drying section, air shielding plates are provided to divide the casting film into a middle area and side edge areas in a widthwise direction. A hot air circulator has an air inlet and an air outlet, between which the hot air is cyclically fed. A cool air blower is provided so as to blow a cool air into side edge areas through an air outlet. Thus the increase of the temperature of the side edge portions of the casting film is prevented so as to make the temperature distribution of the casting film in a widthwise direction uniform, and therefore the generation of the bubbles is prevented.

Abstract: A piezoelectric transducer for an ultrasonic scan is provided. The transducer includes a plurality of piezoelectric members arrayed. The plurality of piezoelectric members have different compositions parts in a slice direction so that an ultrasonic beam is focused in the slice direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having at least one kind to be selected from the group consisting of a lactoferrin group protein comprising lactoferrin and conalbumin, and an enzymatically decomposed product of the lactoferrin group protein comprising peptides corresponding to lactoferricin and lactoferricin of conalbumin an active ingredient. The composition of the present invention can be used as an agent for improving lipid metabolism. Further, it is useful for treating hypercholesterolemia, hyper-neutral lipidemia, hyper-low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterolemia, hypo-high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterolemia, obesity, fatty liver and cholesterol gallstone and lifestyle-related diseases such as severe obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and type II diabetes. The composition of the present invention can improve basal metabolic rate.

Abstract: A resin-molded product has a surface formed with a patterned shape imitative of natural leather and its surface shape is formed so as to satisfy glossiness Gs (60°) in a value greater than 0% and equal to or less than 2.7% and to have a microscopic convexoconcave with an absolute value equal to or greater than 1.2 and equal to or less than 3.0 on a gradient SC of a straight line intersecting two points at 100% and 50% in a cutting level of a bearing curve corresponding to a roughness curve.

Abstract: A camera module includes a lens 11, an optical tube 12 for supporting the lens 1, and an image sensor chip 2 for outputting image signals based on the light coming through the lens 11. The optical tube 12 is attached to the image sensor chip 2. The image sensor chip 2 has a sensor portion 21 and a logic circuit portion 22 on one surface thereof, and the optical tube 12 is attached to the logic circuit portion 22. In this structure, a camera module can be downsized and achieve high focus accuracy.