Abstract: A fixing-unit roller includes: a core bar; and an elastic layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the core bar. The elastic layer is formed from a porous material that contains a plurality of cells. Cells in a cross section obtained by cutting across the porous material are 0.1 ?m or greater and 50 ?m or less in size. A ratio of an area occupied by composite cells, which are made of partially-overlapping spherical cells, in a 200-?m square in the cross section to an area of the square is 60% or greater and 70% or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds having a P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonistic effect. A pharmaceutical composition having an analgesic effect or an improving effect of urination disorder comprising a compound of the formula (I): wherein Rh and Rj are taken together to form a bond; Ra and Rb and/or Rd and Re are taken together to form oxo or the like; Rc is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; Rf is —(CR4aR4b)n—R2; R4a and R4b are hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R2 is substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or the like; n is an integer of 1 to 4; —Rg is —X—R3; —X— is —O—, —S— or the like; R3 is substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or the like, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonist. A compound represented by the formula (I); wherein Ra, Rb and Rc are, (a) Ra and Rb are taken together ?Z; and Rc is a group represented by R1c; or (b) Rb and Rc are taken together to form a bond; and Ra is a group represented by —Y—R1a; R1a and R1c are each independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, etc.; R2 and R3 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted aryl, etc.; R4a and R4b are each independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, etc.; X is —N(R5)—, etc.; R5 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, etc.; —Y— is —O—, etc.; ?Z is ?O, etc.; and n is an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonist. A compound represented by the formula (I); wherein Z1 is optionally protected hydroxy, etc.; Z2 is —C(?O)—, etc.; Z3a and Z3b are taken together ?O or ?S; t is an integer of 0 to 4; R4a and R4b are each independently, hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, etc.; m and n are each independently an integer of 0 to 2; k is an integer of 0 or 1; Ring A is an aromatic carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring, etc.; B is aromatic carbocyclic ring-diyl or heterocyclic ring-diyl, etc.; R1a and R1b are each independently halogen, hydroxy, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, etc.; R2 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, etc.; R3 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, etc.; or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof is provided.

Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 is wherein R26 and R28 are each independently lower alkyloxy and the like; n1 is an integer of 0 to 3; Z is a optionally substituted C1-C5 alkynylene which may be interrupted with a substituent selected from Substituent group a and the like; A is a group represented by the formula: wherein R6 and R7 are each independently lower alkyl and the like; m and n are each independently 0, 1, or 2; R2 is a hydrogen atom and the like; R3 is optionally substituted lower alkyl and the like; R4 is a hydrogen atom; or R3 and R4 may be taken together with an adjacent carbon atom to from a ring; R5 is hydroxyl and the like, or an optically active isomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: A load abnormality detecting system and method for detecting the burnout and short circuit of a load are provided. A voltage generator (10) generates a specified voltage Vs in accordance with a load current IL. A judging device (4) compares a signal corresponding to this voltage (Vs) with a specified reference value (T1, T2) to judge whether a load (2) has any abnormality. A selector (6) causes the burnout reference value (T1) to be inputted to the judging device (4) and controls the voltage generator (10) to use a first resistance value when checking the burnout of the load (2) while causing the short-circuit reference value (T2) to be inputted to the judging device (4) and controlling the voltage generator (10) to use a second resistance value when checking the short circuit of the load (2).

Abstract: In an induction heating coil for heating a shaft member having multiple steps, annular conductors are separately disposed in the axis direction, the annular conductors having inner diameters so as to form predetermined gaps with outer peripheries of heating portions of the shaft member, the lengths of annular conductors (1, 2, and 3) are set so that the areas of the respective heating portions are approximately equal to each other, and the annular conductors are connected to each other in series, so that the respective step shaft portions of the shaft member are uniformly heated. The annular conductors described above may be formed to have shapes in conformity with the shapes of the heating portions of the shaft member and may be formed to have a step shape corresponding to steps of the shaft member having different outer diameters.

Abstract: A load abnormality detecting system and method for detecting the burnout and short circuit of a load are provided. A voltage generator (10) generates a specified voltage Vs in accordance with a load current IL. A judging device (4) compares a signal corresponding to this voltage (Vs) with a specified reference value (T1, T2) to judge whether a load (2) has any abnormality. A selector (6) causes the burnout reference value (T1) to be inputted to the judging device (4) and controls the voltage generator (10) to use a first resistance value when checking the burnout of the load (2) while causing the short-circuit reference value (T2) to be inputted to the judging device (4) and controlling the voltage generator (10) to use a second resistance value when checking the short circuit of the load (2).

Abstract: In an induction heating coil for heating a shaft member having multiple steps, annular conductors are separately disposed in the axis direction, the annular conductors having inner diameters so as to form predetermined gaps with outer peripheries of heating portions of the shaft member, the lengths of annular conductors 1, 2, and 3 are set so that the areas of the respective heating portions are approximately equal to each other, and the annular conductors are connected to each other in series, so that the respective step shaft portions of the shaft member are uniformly heated. The annular conductors described above may be formed to have shapes in conformity with the shapes of the heating portions of the shaft member and may be formed to have a step shape corresponding to steps of the shaft member having different outer diameters.

Abstract: Industrial and commercial processes for the preparation of 2-acyl-5-benzylfuran derivatives, 1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxylic acid ester derivatives or propenone derivatives having an anti-HIV activity; and useful crystals of the derivatives. A deblocking: (III-2), (IV-10), (VI-1), wherein R1, R2 and R4 are each independently hydrogen or the like; A is CR6 or N; R6 is hydrogen or the like; Q is a protecting group; and L is a leaving group.

Abstract: A connector-mounting construction has a printed-circuit board (2) and a connector (4) fastened to each other with a screw (5). The connector (4) has a positioning rib (4a) positioned in a positioning rib hole (2a) on the printed-circuit board (2). The positioning rib (4a) is disposed so that a peripheral surface of the positioning rib (4a) contacts a peripheral surface of the screw (5) to fasten the printed-circuit board (2) and the connector (4) to each other.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a new N-carboxyamino acid anhydride and polyamino acid using a simple process operation. The method for manufacturing N-carboxyamino acid anhydride comprising reacting &agr;-amino acid with di-tert-butyltricarbonate. The method for manufacturing polyamino acid comprising decarboxylating the N-carboxyamino acid anhydride obtained by reacting &agr;-amino acid with di-tert-butyltricarbonate.

Abstract: The automobile power source monitor is provided with: a breaker 11 mounted in the feeding path through which the electric power from the battery 1 is fed to the electric devices through the feed sockets A1-Am provided in the car; an engine stop detecting circuit 16 to detect the stop of the engine according to the L signal of the regulator IC 19, and to shut down the breaker 11 through the driving circuit 17; an over current detecting circuits C1-Cm to detect the over current according to the detecting values of the current detecting circuits B1-Bm, and to shut down the breaker 11; an idling-up instruction circuit 13 to detect the increase of the feeding current, and to instruct the idling-up; and a low voltage detecting circuit 15 to detect the lowering of the output voltage of the battery 1 and to shut down the breaker 11.

Abstract: A connector-mounting construction has a printed-circuit board (2) and a connector (4) fastened to each other with a screw (5). The connector (4) has a positioning rib (4a) positioned in a positioning rib hole (2a) on the printed-circuit board (2). The positioning rib (4a) is disposed so that a peripheral surface of the positioning rib (4a) contacts a peripheral surface of the screw (5) to fasten the printed-circuit board (2) and the connector (4) to each other.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a new N-carboxyamino acid anhydride and polyamino acid using a simple process operation.

Abstract: A power supply monitoring apparatus, for which a plurality of different preset reference current values and corresponding permitted times are provided, includes: a cutoff device; current detection circuits; overcurrent detection circuits; an idle-up command circuit; and a low voltage detection circuit. When an overcurrent detection circuit detects a current value equaling or exceeding at least one of the preset reference current values, and when that condition continues for a time equaling or exceeding a permitted time corresponding to the pertinent reference current value, the circuit transmits a command to the cutoff device to interrupt the current supplied to a power feeding path. Further, when the idle-up command circuit detects an increase in a supplied current, an idle-up command is issued.

Abstract: When a circuit is activated, bases of transistors Q1 and Q2 making up a first current mirror circuit 7 are grounded through switch means 10, whereby a current is forcibly made to flow into the bases of the transistors Q1 and Q2. Thus, the circuit operation can be made reliable at the activation time. A part of load current is shunted with good accuracy via a resistor R1 having a first resistance value of a predetermined magnification of a resistance value of a shunt resistor Rs, the first current mirror circuit 7, and a second current mirror circuit 8, and the output end of the shunted current is grounded via a resistor R2 having a second resistance value, so that an output voltage VOUT proportional to a load current IL can be obtained with good accuracy from the resistor R2 and the load current IL can be found with good accuracy from the output voltage VOUT.

Abstract: An analog/digital converting device includes: a first constant-voltage circuit which outputs a predetermined conversion reference voltage used for analog/digital conversion; a second constant-voltage circuit which outputs a predetermined correction reference voltage used for correction of the analog/digital conversion; an analog/digital converter for converting an object analog value and a correction analog value indicative of a voltage value of the correction reference voltage into an object digital value and a correction digital value on the basis of the conversion reference voltage at a predetermined resolution; and a correction processor for previously storing a correction ideal digital value obtained by analog/digital converting a correction ideal voltage value without an error corresponding to the voltage value of the correction reference voltage on the basis of a conversion ideal voltage value without an error corresponding to the voltage value of the conversion reference voltage at the resolution, and

Abstract: The invention is a lamp burnout detecting unit with a branch connection function which provides the advantage of having simple wiring and that the wire harness thereof can be automatically laid. The lamp burnout detecting unit includes an upper casing on which terminal press-in type connectors and a burnout detecting circuit section 16 are mounted. A printed circuit board has a branch connection function. A lower casing 19 engages the upper casing to accommodate the printed circuit board therebetween. The connectors and the burnout detecting circuit section are connected to each other through a wiring pattern of the printed circuit board. One connector is connected to a wire harness, which is connected through switches to a battery. The other connectors are connected to a wire harness extended from the lamps.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle comprises a compressor, an indoor heat exchange, an outdoor heat exchanger, a liquid receiver; and a pressure reducer connected in series to form a closed loop. The liquid receiver and the pressure reducer connected in series are connected between the indoor heat exchanger and said outdoor heat exchanger. A non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant comprising at least two kinds of refrigerant of different boiling temperatures mixed together is charged in and circulated through the refrigeration cycle. The mixing ratio of the azeotropic mixture refrigerant circulated thorough the refrigeration cycle is controlled substantially constant.