Abstract: A power steering system for a vehicle includes a torque sensor, an electric motor operated according to a detected value detected by the torque sensor, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting rotational power of the electric motor to the side of a steering wheel or wheels. The power steering system makes it possible to protect the electric motor while reducing the weight through simplification of the vehicle body component members. A cross member that is bent to form a recessed portion is provided in the vehicle body. At least an electric motor of the power steering system is disposed inside the recessed portion. However, the torque sensor, the electric motor and a power transmission mechanism can be disposed inside the recessed portion.

Abstract: This invention provides a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and capable of suppressing the blooming, which is observed in the compounding of the resorcin or the RF resin, as far as possible while maintaining the workability and high humidity-aged adhesion of the rubber composition obtained by compounding with rubber, reducing the deterioration of the adhesiveness during the storage of the rubber composition and stably developing the adhesiveness as well as the composition containing the above-mentioned compound as a main component: (wherein R represents a divalent aliphatic group having a carbon number of 1-16).

Abstract: A vertical boat 10 for heat treatment comprising a top plate 1, a bottom plate 2, and a column member fixed between the top plate and the bottom plate, a plurality of grooves 8 being formed in the column member, and a supporting part for horizontally supporting a wafer-like body to be treated being formed between the grooves, wherein, as the column member, two or more column members 3 and 4, each of which has a circular arc-shaped cross section and has the supporting parts in the shape of circular arc formed integrally inside by formation of the grooves, are cylindrically disposed, and the wafer-like body to be treated is inserted from the grooves of the column members and supported along a circumferential part of a lower surface thereof by the respective circular arc-shaped supporting parts. Thereby, there is provided a vertical boat for heat treatment that can effectively prevent a slip from being generated on a wafer and such during heat treatment, has low material cost, and is relatively easily produced.

Abstract: A rear case and a front case are unified to form a casing. An internal antenna is accommodated in a predetermined space in the rear case, and supported in a state that it is inserted between the rear case and a printed circuit board. An output end of an antenna metal element is connected with a feeding point of the internal antenna, and an input end thereof is connected with a feeding terminal of the printed circuit board via a contacting means. Accordingly, there is no necessity for soldering the antenna metal element to the feeding terminal of the printed circuit board, the number of structural elements can be reduced, and the fabricating process can be simplified.

Abstract: A folding portable communication unit is composed an upper cabinet, a lower cabinet, and a hinge for so supporting the upper and lower cabinets that they are rotational around the hinge. A simplified LCD and a simplified key unit are provided for a rear cover of the upper cabinet or the lower cabinet, and thereby a user can watch the simplified LCD or operate the simplified key unit, even when the upper and lower cabinets are folded. Information is displayed on either of a LCD or the simplified LCD depending on whether the upper and lower cabinets are folded or not and on the kind of information to be displayed.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an electrostatic chuck, the method includes: a step of providing an electrostatic chucking portion including an electrode to which a voltage is applied and a film-like insulating layer covering the electrode; a step of bonding an elastomer layer onto the electrostatic chucking portion; a step of bonding a metal base onto the elastomer layer such that recess portions formed on a surface of the metal base face the elastomer layer.

Abstract: An acid copper plating solution and plating method are disclosed. The acid copper plating solution comprises copper ions, an organic acid or an inorganic acid, chloride ions, high molecular weight surfactant which controls the electrodeposition reaction, and a sulfur-containing saturated organic compound which promotes the electrocoating rate, wherein the high molecular weight surfactant comprises two or more types with different hydrophobicities. The plating method is a method for forming a plating film on a conductor layer, which is formed on at least a part of a structural object having a concave-convex pattern on a semiconductor substrate, and comprises providing a cathode potential to the conductor layer and supplying a plating solution which electrically connects an anode with the conductor layer, wherein the plating solution contains 25-75 g/l of copper ion and 0.4 mol/l of an organic acid or inorganic acid and an electric resistor is installed between the conductor layer and the anode.

Abstract: In an electrostatic chuck for chucking a glass substrate, the electrostatic chuck includes a pair of electrodes embedded in a ceramic material and interlaced with each other, where a volume resistivity of the ceramic material is 1×108 ?cm to 1×1014 ?cm, a thickness of the ceramic material on a chucking surface side to cover the pair of electrodes is 100 ?m to 200 ?m, a pattern width of the pair of electrodes is 0.5 mm to 1 mm, and a minimum distance between the pair of electrodes is 0.5 mm to 1 mm.

Abstract: A p-type ZnO semiconductor film comprised mainly of Zn and O elements is disclosed. The film is characterized as containing an alkali metal and nitrogen. Preferably, the alkali metal is contained such that its concentration is distributed to increase toward an end or toward both ends in the thickness direction of the film. More preferably, the alkali metal is contained in the concentration range of 1×1018-5×1021 cm?3 and the nitrogen in the concentration range of 2×1017-5×1020 cm?3.

Abstract: In a vehicle floor structure, a subsidiary frame is provided between a front frame and a seat frame and at a position higher than a lower frame, for supporting thereon a floor section. Step support frame is provided laterally outwardly of the lower frame, for supporting thereon a boarding step so that the floor section is located at a level higher than the boarding step. Vehicle body frame structure includes, for each of left and ride side sections of the vehicle, a straight vertical frame to which are mounted the respective ones ends of an upper arm, lower arm and cushion unit, and respective mounting sections for the upper arm, lower arm and cushion unit can be provided in linear alignment with one another in the straight vertical frame along the length thereof.

Abstract: A passenger detection apparatus includes sensors arranged on a seat in a vehicle; shield cables corresponding to the sensors, wherein one end the core wire is connected to the corresponding one of the sensors; a measurement signal output device for outputting a measurement AC signal; a device for detecting a current output from the measurement signal output device; a device for outputting a capacitance canceling AC signal, which has the same phase and the same level as those of the measurement AC signal; a device for selectively applying one of the measurement AC signal and a DC voltage to the other end of each shield cable; and a device for selectively applying one of the capacitance canceling AC signal and a second signal, which has a different waveform from that of the measurement AC signal, to the shield of each shield cable.

Abstract: In a vehicle floor structure, a subsidiary frame is provided between a front frame and a seat frame and at a position higher than a lower frame, for supporting thereon a floor section. Step support frame is provided laterally outwardly of the lower frame, for supporting thereon a boarding step so that the floor section is located at a level higher than the boarding step. Vehicle body frame structure includes, for each of left and ride side sections of the vehicle, a straight vertical frame to which are mounted the respective ones ends of an upper arm, lower arm and cushion unit, and respective mounting sections for the upper arm, lower arm and cushion unit can be provided in linear alignment with one another in the straight vertical frame along the length thereof.

Abstract: This invention provides a rubber composition comprising 1-10 parts by mass of sulfur and 0.1-10 parts by mass of a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a composition containing the compound as a main component based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component as well as a pneumatic tire in which at least one of a carcass (4) and a belt (6) includes a layer composed of steel cords covered with a coating rubber, characterized in that the above rubber composition is used as the coating rubber covering the steel cords in at least one of the carcass (4) and the belt (6): (wherein R represents a divalent aliphatic group having a carbon number of 1-16 or a divalent aromatic group).

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck 15 for chucking and supporting a work 20 made of an electrical insulating material includes a chuck body having a positive electrode 12a and a negative electrode 12b formed therein to which positive and negative voltages are applied. An area ratio of the positive electrode 12a and the negative electrode 12b to a chucking surface of the chuck body is in the range of 60% to 90%.

Abstract: The present invention provides an annealed wafer which has a wafer surface layer serving as a device fabricating region and having an excellent oxide film dielectric breakdown characteristic, and a wafer bulk layer in which oxide precipitates are present at a high density at the stage before the wafer is loaded into the device fabrication processes to give an excellent IG capability, and a method for manufacturing the annealed wafer. The present invention is directed to an annealed wafer obtained by performing heat treatment on a silicon wafer manufactured from a silicon single crystal grown by the Czochralski method, wherein a good chip yield of an oxide film dielectric breakdown characteristic in a region having at least a depth of up to 5 ?m from a wafer surface is 95% or more, and a density of oxide precipitates detectable in the wafer bulk and each having a size not smaller than a size showing a gettering capability is not less than 1×109/cm3.

Abstract: A separator for an electric double layer capacitor, characterized in that a thickness of the entire separator is 25 ?m or less, a layer of an ultrafine fibrous aggregate prepared by an electrostatic spinning process is contained, an average fiber diameter of ultrafine fibers constituting the ultrafine fibrous aggregate layer is 1 ?m or less, and a maximum pore size of the ultrafine fibrous aggregate is not more than 3 times a mean flow pore size is disclosed.

Abstract: An information recording apparatus has several function units that perform: storing a time when dubbing is started, halting the dubbing temporarily when that the connecting cable is disconnected, and storing a dubbing time and the picture and audio data for a predetermined time period when the dubbing process is halted temporarily as temporary halt picture and audio information; and when the cable is reconnected, calculating a disconnection time of the cable, rewinding magnetic tape to a predetermined time period ahead of a presumed temporary halt position based on the disconnection time, reproducing the magnetic tape, determining whether a data pattern of the reproduced picture and audio data matches a data pattern of the temporary halt picture and audio information; and if they match, restarting the dubbing process from a position on the magnetic tape corresponding to final recording of the temporary halt picture and audio information.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a hyperthermia agent for malignant tumor which comprises cytokine or a vector in which a cytokine gene is integrated so that cytokine can express in malignant tumor cells, and magnetic fine particles, and a hyperthermia method using the same.

Abstract: A body cover structure for a seat type vehicle provides a non-slip portion that can be formed integrally on a floor surface located between the tire housings. In a body cover structure for a seat type vehicle in which a body cover made of resin that covers a body frame is split into a front cover, a center cover, and a rear cover, and in which tire housings are formed in the front cover, a floor panel portion extends between tire housings and is formed integrally in the center cover. Non-slip portions are integrally formed on the floor surface of the floor panel portion.

Abstract: To provide a drive switching mechanism for a vehicle which allows the number of parts to be reduced by simplifying the structure for 2WD/4WD switching and differential lock switching. In a drive switching mechanism for a vehicle which enables 2WD/4WD switching and differential lock switching to be effected by a single operating lever, a flange is supported on the body side so as to be pivotable in one direction, the operating lever is coupled to the flange and the flange is pivoted in the one direction, and the operating lever is supported so as to be pivotable in the other direction different from the one direction, the operating lever being operated in the one direction or the other direction to enable the 2WD/4WD switching and the differential lock switching.