Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a conductive structure having high electrical conductivity, and a method for manufacturing a dimensionally accurate separator for a fuel cell having high electrical conductivity. In the present invention, the cavity surface temperature of a mold is kept equal to or higher than the crystal melting temperature (Tm) of composite material until the shaping of the composite material melted in the mold is completed, and after the completion of the shaping process, the cavity surface temperature of the mold is controlled to be equal to or higher than a temperature 20° C. lower than the crystallization temperature (Tc) of the composite material but equal to or lower than a temperature 20° C. higher than the crystallization temperature of the composite material to harden the composite material.

Abstract: A vehicle behavior analysis system performs an analysis of vehicle operation by displaying behavior data in an organized and analyzed form. A vehicle behavior data collecting unit records information on the vehicle's driving as behavior data and an analysis unit analyzes a recorded content of the vehicle behavior data collecting unit. A recorded data unit obtaining part obtains the recorded data units recorded in a memory of the vehicle behavior data collecting unit and a displaying part displays the content concerning at least a predetermined item among the contents shown by obtained each recorded data unit in a form of a table sectioned for each recorded data units and arranged at a side of the analysis unit, and a risk degree calculated based on the content shown by each recorded data units is contained in the predetermined item displayed by the displaying part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a conductive structure having high electrical conductivity, and a method for manufacturing a dimensionally accurate separator for a fuel cell having high electrical conductivity. In the present invention, the cavity surface temperature of a mold is kept equal to or higher than the crystal melting temperature (Tm) of composite material until the shaping of the composite material melted in the mold is completed, and after the completion of the shaping process, the cavity surface temperature of the mold is controlled to be equal to or higher than a temperature 20° C. lower than the crystallization temperature (Tc) of the composite material but equal to or lower than a temperature 20° C. higher than the crystallization temperature of the composite material to harden the composite material.

Abstract: The present invention are to provide an electrically conducting resin composition for a fuel cell separator which overcomes the drawbacks of prior arts, and to provide a fuel cell separator produced by molding this electrically conducting resin composition and having both of high electrical conductivity and flexural property. The present invention employs an electrically conducting resin composition for a fuel cell including a component A of polypropylene resin whose melt flow rate is 0.01 or higher and 10 or lower and a component B of electrically conducting filler as well as a fuel cell separator made of the same.

Abstract: To make a Wesco type fuel pump to supply pressure-increased fuel toward a fuel injection valve with no time delay at a time of restarting an engine, an impeller (8) which is rotated by an electric motor (M) arranged within a motor chamber (9) is arranged within a pump chamber (7), a fuel inflow passage (6) which communicates with the outside and a discharge hole (5) which communicates with the motor chamber (9) are open to the pump chamber (7), and the discharge hole (5) is provided with a fuel holding function which inhibits air from flowing into the motor chamber (9) from the pump chamber (7) at a time when the engine stops.

Abstract: A power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft, a hydraulic power cylinder, a hydraulic pump, a steering shaft actuator, a condition sensor, and a fluid pressure controller. The steering shaft is connected to a steering wheel. The hydraulic power cylinder is mechanically linked to the steering shaft. The hydraulic power cylinder has first and second fluid pressure chambers for producing an assist steering effort. The hydraulic pump supplies a first fluid pressure to the hydraulic power cylinder. The steering shaft actuator receives a second fluid pressure from the hydraulic pump, and applies a torque to the steering shaft by the second fluid pressure. The condition sensor collects information concerning at least one of an associated host vehicle, an associated driver and an associated road. The fluid pressure controller receives the collected information from the condition sensor, and controls the steering shaft actuator based on the collected information.

Abstract: A vehicle behavior analysis system performs an analysis of vehicle operation by displaying behavior data in an organized and analyzed form. A vehicle behavior data collecting unit records information on the vehicle's driving as behavior data and an analysis unit analyzes a recorded content of the vehicle behavior data collecting unit. A recorded data unit obtaining part obtains the recorded data units recorded in a memory of the vehicle behavior data collecting unit and a displaying part displays the content concerning at least a predetermined item among the contents shown by obtained each recorded data unit in a form of a table sectioned for each recorded data units and arranged at a side of the analysis unit, and a risk degree calculated based on the content shown by each recorded data units is contained in the predetermined item displayed by the displaying part.

Abstract: The present invention are to provide an electrically conducting resin composition for a fuel cell separator which overcomes the drawbacks of prior arts, and to provide a fuel cell separator produced by molding this electrically conducting resin composition and having both of high electrical conductivity and flexural property. The present invention employs an electrically conducting resin composition for a fuel cell including a component A of polypropylene resin whose melt flow rate is 0.01 or higher and 10 or lower and a component B of electrically conducting filler as well as a fuel cell separator made of the same.

Abstract: An optoelectronic material, device applications, and methods for manufacturing the optoelectronic material are provided to make it possible to obtain stable characteristics without deterioration of luminescence over time in the atmosphere. The optoelectronic material is composed of a porous silicon the surface of which is nitrided to form a silicon nitride layer thereon. This allows a stable electroluminescence to be obtained, without oxidation of the surface of the porous silicon.

Abstract: A liquid container according to the present invention includes a container body (1) that can be resiliently deformed when grasped and pressed by user, and a cap (2) secured to a mouth portion of the container body (1). The cap (2) includes a cap body (2a) having an opening (O) in communication with interior of the container, and a slit valve (2b) having slits that can be opened to discharge a desired amount of a liquid within the container, with the container tilted and the container body (1) pressed. Further, the slits include a first slit (S1) that extends in a direction (T) in which the container is to be tilted, and a second slit (S2) intersecting with the first slit (S1).

Abstract: To make a Wesco type fuel pump to supply pressure-increased fuel toward a fuel injection valve with no time delay at a time of restarting an engine with an excellent restarting property, an impeller (8) which is rotated by an electric motor (M) arranged within a motor chamber (9) is arranged within a pump chamber (7), a fuel inflow passage (6) which communicates with the outside and a discharge hole (5) which communicates with the motor chamber (9) are open to the pump chamber (7), and the discharge hole (5) is provided with a fuel holding function which inhibits air from flowing into the motor chamber (9) from the pump chamber (7) at a time when the engine stops.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a flame-retardant polyamide resin composition which neither causes environment pollution nor liberates toxic combustion gases, exhibits good flame-retardancy even if an inorganic filler is compounded with the polyamide-based resin, and hardly stains the mold during molding. Provision of a flame-retardant polyamide resin composition comprising (A) 20 to 89 wt.-% of a polyamide-base resin consisting of a polyamide resin obtained from xylylene diamine and an &agr;,&ohgr;-straight-chain aliphatic dibasic acid, (B) 1 to 30 wt.-% of a salt of polyphosphoric acid and melamine, and (C) 10 to 50 wt.-% of inorganic filler; and of electrical parts employing the composition.

Abstract: An optoelectronic material, device applications, and methods for manufacturing the optoelectronic material are provided to make it possible to obtain stable characteristics without deterioration of luminescence over time in the atmosphere. The optoelectronic material is composed of a porous silicon the surface of which is nitrided to form a silicon nitride layer thereon. This allows a stable electroluminescence to be obtained, without oxidation of the surface of the porous silicon.

Abstract: An optoelectronic material, device applications, and methods for manufacturing the optoelectronic material are provided to make it possible to obtain stable characteristics without deterioration of luminescence over time in the atmosphere. The optoelectronic material is composed of a porous silicon the surface of which is nitrided to form a silicon nitride layer thereon. This allows a stable electroluminescence to be obtained, without oxidation of the surface of the porous silicon.

Abstract: The object is to provide a flame retardant polyamide resin composition having excellent tensile elongation at break and excellent properties for use as a hinge. A flame retardant polyamide resin composition is provided, which comprises 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin mixture consisting of a first aliphatic polyamide and at least one polyamide selected from the group consisting of a second aliphatic polyamide, which differs from the first aliphatic polyamide, and a semi-aromatic polyamide, and from 0.4 to 20 parts by weight of a melamine cyanurate-type flame retarder.

Abstract: The invention improves the withstand voltage and avalanche withstand capability of a MOSFET, by preventing avalanche currents from localizing to the corners of the quadrangular cells of a MOSFET. The MOSFET includes a square channel region of the second conductivity type formed in a surface layer of a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type, a well region of high impurity concentration formed in the central portion of the channel region, a source region of the first conductivity type formed in a surface layer of the well region, and a MOS structure formed on the surface of the above described constituents. The cell structure, in which a diagonal of the square channel region and a diagonal of the nearest neighboring channel regions lie on a line, narrows a spacing between the corners of the neighboring channel regions to encourage pinch-off of a depletion layer and suppresses localization of avalanche currents to the corners of the channel regions.

Abstract: The invention provides an expandable polyolefin resin composition comprising (a) 40 to 100 wt. % of a polypropylene resin having a melt index of 0.5 to 12, (b) 0 to 60 wt. % of a polyethylene resin having a melt index of 2 to 50 (c) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of the di(meth)acrylate of an aliphatic dihydric alcohol having a methylene group with 2 to 18 carbon atoms between the (meth)acryloyloxy groups at both ends per 100 parts by weight of the combination of the resins (a) and (b), and (d) 1 to 50 parts by weight of a thermally decomposable blowing agent. Preferably the composition further comprises (e) 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a monofunctional monomer. When uniformly crosslinked, the composition affords an expandable polyolefin resin composition suited to production of a crosslinked polyolefin resin foam excellent in heat resistance, toughness and moldability of formability and appearing homogeneous.

Abstract: An electrical part adapted to be surface mounted on a printed circuit board has a plurality of strip-like terminals that project out in parallel from an insulating body of the electrical part with surfaces of the terminals being held perpendicular to the bottom of the insulating body. The lower marginal edge of each terminal forms a straight connection edge, which lies in a plane parallel to the bottom of the insulating body and is soldered to the corresponding conductor land on a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A heat-foamable olefinic resin composition comprising(a) an ethylenic polymer,(b) a propylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having a melting point of 130.degree. to 160.degree. C.,(c) a propylene polymer having a melting point at least 10.degree. C. higher than the melting point of the propylene/alpha-olefin copolymer, and(d) a blowing agent, and optionally(e) a crosslinking agent and/or a crosslinking promoting agent; anda process for producing an olefinic resin foam comprising crosslinking and heat-foaming the aforesaid heat-foamable olefinic resin composition.