Abstract: A ferromagnetic tunneling magneto-resistive head includes a first yoke, divided into a proximal portion and a distal portion across a gap; a second yoke formed so as to resist the first yoke, positioned opposite a magnetic recording medium, a read head gap being formed between the first and second yokes; a tunneling magneto-resistive element including at least one layer of insulating material, the insulating layer being sandwiched between at least two layers of magnetic material, the tunneling magneto-resistive element magneto-electrically converting a signal magnetic field applied via the first yoke and the second yoke by the recording medium making sliding contact with the read head gap; and a pair of electrodes positioned one at each end of the tunneling magneto-resistive element in a direction of layering of the magnetic layers.

Abstract: A low-thermal expansion cast steel having an average linear thermal expansion coefficient of less than 4.0×10−6/° C. in a range of room temperature to 100° C. and excellent machinability has a chemical composition (by mass) comprising 0.4-0.8% of C, 0.5% or less of Si, 1.0% or less of Mn, 0.01-0.3% of S, 30-40% of Ni, and 0.005-0.1% of Mg, the balance being substantially Fe and inevitable impurities, the contents of S and Mn satisfying S≦(1/4) Mn or (1/4) Mn<S≦(1/4) Mn+0.05.

Abstract: A manufacturing method, particularly a heat treatment method of a Ni-based alloy having sulfidation-corrosion resistance used for component members of corrosion-resistant high-temperature equipment, that is, Waspaloy (a trademark of United Technologies) or its improved Ni-based alloy wherein the high temperature sulfidation-corrosion resistance of the alloy can be improved while maintaining hot strength properties is disclosed. A Ni-based alloy used for the method consists essentially of 0.005 to 0.1% C, 18 to 21% Cr, 12 to 15% Co, 3.5 to 5.0% Mo, not more than 3.25% Ti and 1.2 to 4.0% Al (expressed in mass percentage), with the balance substantially comprising Ni. In the manufacturing method of a Ni-based alloy having improved sulfidation-corrosion resistance, the alloy is, after solution heat treatment, subjected to stabilizing treatment at a temperature not lower than 860° C. and not higher than 920° C. for 1 to 16 hours, and aging treatment at a temperature not lower than 680° C.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for selectively reproducing and outputting one or several desired fields when effectuating image reproduction at a 2.5-time high speed from a VTR tape that records thereon images of 60 frames/second as converted by the 2-3 pull-down scheme from 24 fields/second images. This apparatus at least includes a frame change detector unit which detects a frame change of the 2-3 pull-down scheme from the significance of a change in luminance level and/or chromaticity level between a reproduced image and its one-field preceding image, a reference field detector unit for detecting, based on a detection span of the frame change detected by the frame change detector unit, a correspondence relation of recording tracks on the VTR tape versus a repeat period or cycle of 2 fields and 3 fields in the 2-3 pull-down scheme, and a storage unit for storing therein the resultant correspondence relation as detected by the reference field detector unit.

Abstract: There is provided inexpensive maraging steel having high fatigue strength and maraging steel strip formed by use of the same. The maraging steel having high fatigue strength, consisting essentially, by mass, of not more than 0.008% C, from 0 inclusive but not more than 2.0% Si, from 0 inclusive but not more than 3.0% Mn, not more than 0.010% P, not more than 0.005% S, 12 to 22% Ni, 3.0 to 7.0% Mo, less than 7.0% Co, not more than 0.1% Ti, not more than 2.0% Al, less than 0.005% N, not more than 0.0033% O (oxygen), and the balance substantially Fe, a total amount of (3Si+1.8Mn+Co/3+Mo+2.6Ti+4Al) being in a range of 8.0 to 13.0%.

Abstract: An inexpensive martensitic stainless steel which has good hot workability, can be subjected to cold forming with no need of complicated annealing treatment, and exhibits both good pitting corrosion resistance and high hardness after quenching and tempering. The high hardness martensitic stainless steel consists essentially, by weight, of more than 0.15% but not more than 0.40% C, not more than 2.0% Si, not more than 2.0% Mn, not less than 11.0 % but less than 15.0% Cr, 1.0 to 3.0% Mo or Mo and W in terms of Mo+1/2W, 0.02 to 0.15% N, 0.1 to 1.5% Ni, 0.1 to 2.0% Cu, and the balance iron, Ni and Cu being contained in ranges meeting a relationship of Ni/Cu>0.2, the Cr equivalent being not more than 10, a value of the pitting corrosion resistance index being not less than 20.

Abstract: There is disclosed a shadow mask support member for supporting a shadow mask of a Braun tube which member comprises a parallel bonded-type bimetal, and has a high strength and an excellent resistance to thermal resistance. There is also disclosed a method of producing such a support member. The shadow mask support member includes a high-strength, low-expansion alloy plate, and a high-expansion alloy plate which are bonded together on their marginal surfaces, the low-expansion alloy plate having an excellent resistance to thermal deformation, the low-expansion alloy plate consisting essentially, by weight, of 0.1-0.5% C, not more than 1.0% Si, not more than 2.0% Mn, 30-40% Ni, 1.0-5.0% Mo and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, the low-expansion alloy plate having an average thermal expansion coefficient of not more than 6 .times.10.sup.-6 /.degree. C. at 30.degree.-100.degree. C. and a tensile strength of not less than 100 kgf/mm.sup.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for recording a plurality of audio channels on segmented tracks of a tape by rotary heads. The audio channels to be recorded are allocated to recording sectors provided for the individual audio channels on the basis of the relation between the number of the audio channels and the number of the segmented tracks, so that each recording track necessarily includes the individual audio channel recording sectors uniformly distributed in the longitudinal direction of the tape, and the two-dimensional distance between the sectors on which the same audio channel is recorded can be maximized on the tape. Thus, an adverse effect of an error attributable to a dropout and/or a scar formed on the tape can be dispersed, thereby achieving high capability for error correction.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a high speed dubbing signal to be recorded by an external recording apparatus. The high speed dubbing signal, whose pitch is N times that of a digital input signal, is generated as follows. An encoding circuit subsamples the digital input signal consisting of frame signals each of which consists of N field signals, so that each frame signal is compressed by a factor of N to be contained in one field interval. A digital signal recording and reproducing circuit including a recording and reproduction system, records on a tape, at a normal tape speed and at a normal head drum rotational frequency, the compressed signal in such a manner that each field including the compressed signal appears once per frame interval, and then selectively reproduces from the tape the field including the compressed signal at a tape speed N times the normal speed and at the normal drum speed.

Abstract: A high strength, high toughness stainless steel consisting, by weight, of C more than 0.16% but less than 0.25%, Si not more than 2.0%, Mn not more than 1.0%, Ni not more than 2.0%, Cr from 11 to 15%, Mo not less than 0.5% but less than 3.0%, Co from 12 to 21%, at least one kind selected from the group consisting of V from 0.1 to 0.5% and Nb less than 0.1% which at least one kind is added as occasion demands, and the balance Fe and incidental impurities. This steel is produced by a method comprising the steps of: preparing a stainless steel having the composition of any one of the claims 1 to 4; subjecting the stainless steel to a solution heat treatment at a temperature of 950 to 1150.degree. C.; quenching the steel; subjecting the steel to a sub zero treatment at a temperature of -50.degree. to -100.degree. C.; and subjecting the steel to a tempering at a temperature of 120.degree. to 450.degree. C.

Abstract: A high strength, high toughness stainless steel consisting, by weight, of C more than 0.16% but less than 0.25%, Si not more than 2.0%, Mn not more than 1.0%, Ni not more than 2.0%, Cr from 11 to 15%, Mo not less than 0.5% but less than 3.0%, Co from 12 to 21%, at least one kind selected from the group consisting of V from 0.1 to 0.5% and Nb less than 0.1% which at least one kind is added as occasion demands, and the balance Fe and incidental impurities. This steel is produced by a method comprising the steps of: preparing a stainless steel having the composition of any one of the claims 1 to 4; subjecting the stainless steel to a solution heat treatment at a temperature of 950.degree. to 1150.degree. C.; quenching the steel; subjecting the steel to a sub zero treatment at a temperature of -50 to -100.degree. C.; and subjecting the steel to a tempering at a temperature of 120.degree. to 450.degree. C.

Abstract: A digital signal recording/reproducing system specifically has an adaptive automatic equalizer for performing automatic waveform equalization disposed in a reproducing circuit of an RF system. In order to provide a run-up pattern which enables stable operation settlement of the adaptive automatic equalizer and a clock reproducing PLL at the time of reproduction, the digital signal recording/reproducing system comprises a run-up code generator for producing a run-up pattern composed of a combination of at least two digital value series of different inversion intervals. Thus, since an optimum run-up pattern for the reproducing circuit of the RF system is produced and recorded on a recording medium within a fixed period at the time recording, stable settlement of the operation of the clock reproducing PLL and the adaptive automatic equalizer is attained within a run-up period at the time of reproduction, thereby making it possible to suppress occurrence of a code error to a minimum.

Abstract: Alloys according to the present invention exhibit good resistance to erosion and stress corrosion cracking. The contents of individual components in these alloys as expressed in terms of wt. % are as follows:______________________________________ 0.35 .ltoreq. C .ltoreq. 1.7, Si .ltoreq. 2.5, 10 .ltoreq. Mn .ltoreq. 25, 6 .ltoreq. Cr .ltoreq. 20, 0.5 .ltoreq. V .ltoreq. 7, 0.5 .ltoreq. Nb .ltoreq. 3, and N .ltoreq. 0.1, Fe = balance. ______________________________________Further, a mutual relationship represented by the following formula is maintained amoung the contents of V, Nb and C:(V/5+Nb/8)/C.gtoreq.1.

Abstract: A digital modulation method for modulating 8-bit digital data into 14-bit digital modulation codes. The number of consecutive identical bits in a series of 14-bit digital modulation codes is restricted to 2-7. The absolute value of DSV at the end of each 14-bit digital modulation code is restricted to 2 or less, and the absolute value of DSV at each bit of any 14-bit digital modulation codes is limited to 7 or less. The direct current component of the 14-bit modulation codes can be effectively reduced.

Abstract: The alloys of this invention illustrate good property on erosion resistance. The compositions of these alloys are C: more than 0.09 wt. % and less than 1.7 wt. %, Si: 2.5 wt. % or less, Mn: 10-25 wt. %, Cr: 6-20 wt. %, V: more than 4 wt. % and less than 7 wt. % , N: 0.1 wt. % or less, and Fe: the rest. Optional small content is Ni and /or Mo.