Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for manufacturing a thin uneven member. The apparatus includes a lower die fixed to a press bed, an upper die fixed to a ram and disposed opposed to the lower die, and a pressure-drive unit which presses the ram using a servo motor as a power source, the servo motor being fixed to a first support member. The pressure-drive unit includes a motion converting mechanism which converts a rotation of the servo motor to a linear motion of a lifting member, and a cylinder block connected and fixed to the first support member and including first and second pistons arranged in series vertically, wherein the first piston is connected to the lifting member through a second support member, and the second piston, larger in diameter than the first piston, presses the ram.

Abstract: An object is to provide polycrystalline diamond applicable to diverse applications; and a water jet orifice, a stylus for gravure printing, a scriber, a diamond cutting tool, and a scribing wheel that include such polycrystalline diamond. This object is achieved by polycrystalline diamond obtained by converting and sintering non-diamond carbon under an ultrahigh pressure and at a high temperature without addition of a sintering aid or a catalyst, wherein sintered diamond grains constituting the polycrystalline diamond have an average grain diameter of more than 50 nm and less than 2500 nm and a purity of 99% or more, and the diamond has a D90 grain diameter of (average grain diameter+average grain diameter×0.9) or less.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a scanning unit repeatedly scans an internal region of an object with an ultrasonic wave at a predetermined frame rate via an ultrasonic probe. An image generation unit extracts a blood flow signal based on a Doppler effect from a reflection signal and repeatedly generates a blood flow image representing a spatial distribution associated with power of the blood flow signal at the frame rate. A power average value associated with a frame or local region is calculated for the blood flow image. The blood flow image is corrected. In the correcting, a gain on the power values in the frame or local region in which the power average value exceeds the threshold are substantially reduced, and power values in the frame or local region in which the power average value is not more than the threshold are maintained.

Abstract: A method for fixation, onto a layer comprising an amorphous carbon film and provided on a base material, of a layer comprising a material condensation-reacting with hydroxyl groups on a surface of the amorphous carbon film, whereby, in the layer comprising an amorphous carbon film and provided on the base material, the amorphous carbon film can have a holding power which is strong enough to fix the layer comprising a material condensation-reacting with a hydroxyl group on the surface of the amorphous carbon film and can have uniformity of the holding power. Si and O are added into the layer comprising an amorphous carbon film to thereby improve adhesion durability and binding uniformity of the layer comprising a material condensation-reacting with a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: A vehicle seat device includes: a seat back; an attached member pivotally supported by the seat back and configured to be turnable between a retracted position at which the attached member is housed in a housing recessed portion formed to penetrate a cushion pad of the seat back and a protruding position at which the attached member protrudes toward a front side of the seat back; and an inner board closing a rear opening face of the housing recessed portion. In the vehicle seat device, a locking claw bent forward is provided in an upper end portion of the inner board, and a stopper member configured to suppress frontward and downward movement of the locking claw by engaging with the locking claw is provided in a frame of the seat back. Such vehicle seat device is capable of restricting excessive forward movement and deformation of the inner board.

Abstract: A device for setting an optical fiber in place is comprised of: a pedestal capable of supporting the optical fiber; a clamper having the optical fiber gripped between the clamper and the pedestal; and a pressure device having a first elastic member bearing a first load area, a second elastic member bearing a second load area distinct from the first load area, and a limiter device limiting a deformation range of the second elastic member, the pressure device being so linked with the clamper as to, in the deformation range, cause the second elastic member to pressurize the clamper, and, after reaching a limit of the deformation range, cause the first elastic member to pressurize the clamper.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, in which: the gate lines include a first gate line and a second gate line for respectively outputting the scanning signals at two different scanning timings for each of scanning lines; and a unit pixel for color display, constituted by three pixels corresponding to a red (R) pixel, a green (G) pixel, and a blue (B) pixel arranged side by side, is formed in a region surrounded by the first gate line, the second gate line, and the drain lines, and the three pixels corresponding to the red (R) pixel, the green (G) pixel, and the blue (B) pixel are arranged in matrix for the each unit pixel.

Abstract: A thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode made of metal, a light transmissive gate insulating film that covers the gate electrode, a semiconductor film that overlaps with the gate electrode through the gate insulating film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode, made of metal, and spaced from each other. The gate electrode and the semiconductor film have respective through-holes communicated with each other so that the gate insulating film enters an inside of the through-holes. The gate insulating film has an area of the inside of the through-holes of the gate electrode and the semiconductor film. The source electrode and the drain electrode pass through the inside of the through-holes of the gate electrode and the semiconductor film so as to overlap with a part of the area of the inside of the through-hole of the gate insulating film and avoid a remaining portion thereof.

Abstract: A tissue-image creating unit creates a tissue image including depth values by volume rendering from three-dimensional tissue data stored in a three-dimensional data storage unit. A blood-flow data converting unit scatters a blood flow in three-dimensional blood-flow data stored in the three-dimensional data storage unit into particles, and converts the three-dimensional blood-flow data into three-dimensional particle data. A blood-flow image creating unit creates a blood-flow image including depth values from the three-dimensional particle data. A composite-image creating unit then creates a composite image by coordinating the order of rendering particles and tissue based on the depth values of respective pixels included in the tissue image and the depth values of respective particles included in the blood-flow image. A display control unit then controls display of the composite image so as to be displayed in order onto a monitor included in an output unit.

Abstract: A seat device is provided with a seat back frame which has a seat frame section and which also has a seat belt guide support provided to the seat frame section. The seat belt guide support is provided with a mounting section to which a seat belt guide is mounted, leg sections which are provided to the mounting section and which can be affixed to the seat frame section, and an entry prevention section which is provided to the mounting section and which prevents a back pad from entering the gap between the mounting section and the seat frame section.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller, a processor, and an image generator. The controller selects at least one transducer element in a reception aperture formed of a transducer element group arranged in a predetermined direction, based on at least a deflection angle of an ultrasonic wave transmitted to a subject. The processor performs processing on at least one reception signal of a plurality of reception signals generated in the reception aperture such that a signal intensity of a reception signal generated in the at least one transducer element selected by the controller is reduced to be lower than a signal intensity of reception signals generated in transducer elements other than the at least one transducer element, to output the reception signal of the reception aperture. The image generator generates ultrasonic image data, based on the reception signal of the reception aperture.

Abstract: An acrylic rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of an ACM polymer, which contains monomers each having a carboxyl group(s) as crosslinking-site monomers, respectively, and 5 to 30 parts by weight of vein graphite or flake graphite. An acrylic rubber composition having 100 parts by weight of an ACM polymer, which contains monomers each having a carboxyl group(s) as crosslinking-site monomers, respectively, 5 to 30 parts by weight of vein graphite or flake graphite, and 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight of a liquid paraffin.

Abstract: Reduction in the reliability of a seal portion is prevented. The reduction is caused by a light shielding portion formed on the seal portion of a TFT substrate to hamper curing an ultraviolet curable sealing material. A sealing material has a two-layer structure of an ultraviolet curable sealing material that is an inner sealing material and a thermosetting and ultraviolet curable sealing material or a thermosetting sealing material that is an outer sealing material. A light shielding portion is formed on a TFT substrate under the outer sealing material. The light shielding portion is not formed on the TFT substrate under the inner sealing material. When ultraviolet rays are applied from the TFT substrate side, the inner sealing material is cured in a short time. The outer sealing material is then cured by heating. Thus, the overall seal portion can be sufficiently cured, and a highly reliable seal portion can be formed.

Abstract: A cup holder comprises a lid body in which an upper lid and a lower lid are connected by an engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism includes: a claw part that protrudes from the upper lid; an arch part that protrudes from the lower lid and engages with the claw part; and a protrusion wall that is provided contiguously to the upper lid or the lower lid and restricts the arch part from collapsing in a state where the claw part and the arch part are engaged.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lid device and a seat device provided therewith. This lid device, which constitutes a seat device, comprises: a lid that is capable of closing an opening formed in a seat back; and an operation part that is slidably arranged in a recessed part formed in the lid. Guide rails are formed on the respective side surfaces of the recessed part. The operation part includes: slide parts that engage with the respective guide rails; and reception parts capable of contacting the bottom surface of the recessed part.

Abstract: A seat device for a vehicle includes a seat back, an auxiliary member supported on the seat back and can pivot between a storage position at which the auxiliary member is housed in a housing recess part and a projecting position at which the auxiliary member projects forward of the seat back, and an inner board that closes a rear opening face of the housing recess part, a board support member having a retaining groove into which a lower end part of the inner board is fitted from above, wherein a latching projection and a latching groove are formed respectively on one and the other of opposing faces of the retaining groove and the lower end part of the inner board fitted thereinto, the latching projection and the latching groove being engaged with each other for suppressing upward movement of the inner board.

Abstract: Reduction in the reliability of a seal portion is prevented. The reduction is caused by a light shielding portion formed on the seal portion of a TFT substrate to hamper curing an ultraviolet curable sealing material. A sealing material has a two-layer structure of an ultraviolet curable sealing material that is an inner sealing material and a thermosetting and ultraviolet curable sealing material or a thermosetting sealing material that is an outer sealing material. A light shielding portion is formed on a TFT substrate under the outer sealing material, and is not formed on the TFT substrate under the inner sealing material. When ultraviolet rays are applied from the TFT substrate side, the inner sealing material is cured in a short time. The outer sealing material is then cured by heating. Thus, the overall seal portion can be sufficiently cured, and a highly reliable seal portion can be formed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing laminated core segments including: a process to blank and laminate, wherein the segment core sheets formed in the adjacent virtual lines are aligned so that directions of the segment core sheets alternate, each of the segment core sheets are blanked and formed by a die device, and the laminated core segments are formed by laminating the blanked segment core sheets in the die device; a process to eject, wherein each of the laminated core segments formed by blanking and laminating in each virtual line is ejected from the die device; and a process to identify a blanking position, wherein the distinguishing marks are provided for the laminated core segments to identify the virtual lines therefor.

Abstract: Disclosed a memory card connector including a case body having a memory card storage portion which allows insertion of either a memory card having single row of signal pad portions and a memory card having front and rear rows of the pad portions, the case body having rear-row signal contacts coming into abutment with the rear-row signal pad portions of the memory card and contacts that establish electric contact by coming into abutment with the single row of signal pad portions or the front-row signal pad portions. Each the rear-row signal contact has two contact ends to abut only with the case portion of the card when the card having single row signal pad portions is stored in the storage portion, and to abut only with the rear-row signal pad portion of the card when the card having the two rows of pad portions is stored in the storage portion.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has an IQ signal acquiring unit, a signal generating unit, a first Doppler signal extracting unit and a second Doppler signal extracting unit. The IQ signal acquiring unit acquires a plurality of groups including an ultrasonic reception IQ signal, under respective interference conditions that differ from one another. The signal generating unit generates an added signal by adding the groups, and to generate an added amplitude signal by adding the amplitudes of the groups. The first Doppler signal extracting unit extracts a first Doppler signal that corresponds to motion from the added signal. The second Doppler signal extracting unit configured to extract a second Doppler signal having a property that differ from the property of the first Doppler signal. At this point, the Doppler signal extracting units are configured so as to extract the Doppler signals respectively while reducing an artifact due to tissue motion.