Abstract: The present invention relates to and provides a fuel cell in which sealing can be reliably made for each unit cell, thereby, enabling thinning, facilitating maintenance, and enabling miniaturization and weight reduction, and enabling free shape design. A fuel cell of the present invention is characterized by comprising a sheet-like solid polymer electrolyte 1 and a pair of electrode plates 2, 3 arranged on both sides of the solid polymer electrolyte 1, and further comprising a pair of metallic plates 4, 5 arranged on both sides of the electrode plates 2, 3, and provided flow path grooves 9, and inlets 4c, 5c and outlets communicating with the flow path grooves, wherein the peripheral edges of the metallic plates 4, 5 are mechanically sealed with an insulation material 6 interposed between the metallic plates.

Abstract: A power damping mechanism for an input shaft of an auxiliary machine of an engine that is configured to be driven by the engine via a power transmission mechanism is provided. The power damping mechanism comprises a retainer plate that is fastened to the input shaft of the auxiliary machine and is rotatable with the input shaft, the retainer plate having a plurality of tubular retainer portions arranged to be equally spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction; a damping member having a damping portion that is fitted to each of the retainer portions and is made of an elastic material, and a fastening portion by which the damping portion is fastened to the power transmission mechanism. The input shaft of the auxiliary machine is coupled to the power transmission mechanism via the damping member and is configured to operate in association with the power transmission mechanism.

Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle, which includes an inner slide rail, an outer slide rail including an outer upper rail and an outer lower rail, a seat cushion provided slidably in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and configured to be flipped up to a wall portion of the vehicle compartment to be in a storage position, a hinge mechanism fixing the outer upper rail to the seat cushion, a bearing smoothly sliding the outer upper rail relative to the outer lower rail, a spring provided around a rotational shaft of the hinge mechanism for biasing the seat cushion in a direction to be flipped up, and at least one rotating member provided between the outer upper rail and the outer lower rail so as to receive a load in a lateral direction of the vehicle applied to the outer upper rail by the spring.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a liquid crystal display that includes a gate electrode and line formed on a transparent insulating substrate, a gate insulating film covering the gate electrode and line, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating film, a source electrode, a source line, and a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode. The semiconductor layer is integrally formed of three portions which are a crossover portion of the source line and the drain line, a TFT portion, and a connecting portion connecting the crossover portion to the TFT portion. A part of the crossover portion on the connecting portion side and the whole connecting portion are covered by the source electrode and the source line.

Abstract: A slide rail structure of a vehicle for sliding a seat relative to a vehicle floor can include a rail member having an upper opening portion, a slide member, and cover members disposed on the rail member. The rail member can also include lateral portions, upper portions and downward extending portions. Each of the cover members can include a fixed portion and a cover portion. The fixed portion further can include an attaching portion attached to the rail member, and a protruding portion that protrudes into the upper opening portion. The cover portion can be positioned upward of and spaced apart from the protruding portion, so as to normally cover the upper opening portion of the rail member without contacting the protruding portion. The cover portion can also contact the protruding portion so as to be restricted from being deformed downward when the cover portion is moved downward.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing thin film transistor array substrate for a liquid crystal display device-includes:—(a) forming a first metal thin film layer on a insulating substrate and forming a gate wiring and a gate electrode by a first photolithography. (b) forming a gate insulating film layer, a semiconductor film layer, an ohmic contact film layer and a second metal thin film layer, and forming the thin film transistor by a second photolithography, (c) forming an interlayer insulating film, and forming a pixel contact hole, a first contact hole and a second contact hole by a third photolithography, and (d) forming a transparent conductive film, and forming a pixel electrode by a fourth photolithography. The first metal thin film has a two-layered structure comprising a first layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy and a second layer located on said first layer, and the second metal thin film is formed of an alloy mainly containing molybdenum.

Abstract: A power damping mechanism for an input shaft of an auxiliary machine of an engine that is configured to be driven by the engine via a power transmission mechanism is provided. The power damping mechanism comprises a retainer plate that is fastened to the input shaft of the auxiliary machine and is rotatable with the input shaft, the retainer plate having a plurality of tubular retainer portions arranged to be equally spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction; a damping member having a damping portion that is fitted to each of the retainer portions and is made of an elastic material, and a fastening portion by which the damping portion is fastened to the power transmission mechanism. The input shaft of the auxiliary machine is coupled to the power transmission mechanism via the damping member and is configured to operate in association with the power transmission mechanism.

Abstract: A personal watercraft with a supercharging device and an intercooler is disclosed. The personal watercraft may include an engine, a water jet pump, a propeller shaft to transmit an output power of the engine to the water jet pump, and a bearing case configured to support a front portion of the propeller shaft. The personal watercraft may further include a supercharging device configured to pressurize air taken in from outside and supplied to the engine, an intercooler configured to cool the air pressurized and compressed by the supercharging device, and a pump room which is formed on a bottom surface of a rear end portion of the body and is configured to accommodate the water jet pump therein. The intercooler may be positioned forward of the pump room and behind the engine and may be mounted to an upper surface of the bearing case.

Abstract: A personal watercraft with a supercharging device and an intercooler is disclosed. The personal watercraft may include an engine, a water jet pump, a propeller shaft to transmit an output power of the engine to the water jet pump, and a bearing case configured to support a front portion of the propeller shaft. The personal watercraft may further include a supercharging device configured to pressurize air taken in from outside and supplied to the engine, an intercooler configured to cool the air pressurized and compressed by the supercharging device, and a pump room which is formed on a bottom surface of a rear end portion of the body and is configured to accommodate the water jet pump therein. The intercooler may be positioned forward of the pump room and behind the engine and may be mounted to an upper surface of the bearing case.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a red or orange fluorescent protein, which is characterized in that the difference (stokes shift) between an excitation peak value (wavelength of maximum absorption) and a fluorescence peak value (wavelength of maximum fluorescence) is greatened, so that the maximum fluorescence can be obtained by the maximum excitation. The present invention provides a novel fluorescent protein monomerized by introducing a mutation into a florescent protein derived from Fungia sp., and a novel chromoprotein and fluorescent protein derived from Montipora. sp.

Abstract: A slide rail structure of a vehicle for sliding a seat relative to a vehicle floor can include a rail member having an upper opening portion, a slide member, and cover members disposed on the rail member. The rail member can also include lateral portions, upper portions and downward extending portions. Each of the cover members can include a fixed portion and a cover portion. The fixed portion further can include an attaching portion attached to the rail member, and a protruding portion that protrudes into the upper opening portion. The cover portion can be positioned upward of and spaced apart from the protruding portion, so as to normally cover the upper opening portion of the rail member without contacting the protruding portion. The cover portion can also contact the protruding portion so as to be restricted from being deformed downward when the cover portion is moved downward.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel fluorescent protein derived from organisms other than Aequorea victoria. According to the present invention, there is provided a fluorescent protein derived from Galaxea fascicularis, which has the following properties: (1) the molecular weight is approximately 27,000; (2) a tetramer is formed in an equilibration state; (3) the excitation maximum wavelength is 492 nm, and the fluorescence maximum wavelength is 505 nm; (4) the molar absorption coefficient is 74,100; (5) the quantum yield is 0.625; and (6) the pH sensitivity of the fluorescent property is low in the range between pH 5 and pH 12.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display element includes: a first substrate having a first surface and including a pixel electrode; a second substrate having a second surface opposing to the first surface, and including a light-shielding film, a thickness adjusting film and a counter electrode arranged in sequence in a direction to the second surface; a sealing material having a frame-shape to bond the first substrate and the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer provided in a region surrounded by the sealing material and between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the thickness adjusting film is provided to cover the light-shielding film to define the thickness of the liquid crystal layer, and has a contact hole, wherein the counter electrode is provided to oppose to the pixel electrode, and electrically connected to the light shielding film via the contact hole.

Abstract: A four-cycle engine typically including a crankshaft provided with a first gear, a camshaft provided with a second gear, an endless rotation transmission that is installed around the first and second gears and is configured to transmit rotation of the crankshaft to the camshaft, a crank phase detecting device configured to detect a rotational phase of the crankshaft that is obtained by dividing a phase corresponding to one rotation of the crankshaft by a number that is equal to or more than a half of teeth of the second gear of the camshaft, and a cam phase detecting device configured to detect at least one rotational phase of the camshaft.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display apparatus including a TFT array substrate on which TFTs are formed in an array, a counter substrate disposed so as to face the TFT array substrate, and a sealing pattern for adhering the TFT array substrate and the counter substrate to each other, wherein the counter substrate comprises a counter electrode, and the TFT array substrate comprises a first conductive layer, a first insulating film formed on the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer disposed so as to intersect the first conductive layer via the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the second conductive layer and having at least two layers, and common electrode wiring provided below the sealing pattern and electrically connected to the counter electrode by the sealing pattern, and the sealing pattern overlaps the second conductive layer via the second insulating film.

Abstract: A substrate with a light-shielding film according to one mode of the invention is obtained in a method of manufacture of a substrate with a light-shielding film having a light-shielding film pattern formed on a substrate, by depositing in order a first film having chromium oxide and a second film having chromium on a substrate, to form a multilayer film; forming a resist pattern on the multilayer film; performing etching of the multilayer film, using an etching liquid comprising ceric ammonium nitrate to which nitric acid is added at a concentration of at least 2.5 mol/liter, to form a light-shielding film pattern; and removing the resist pattern.

Abstract: A pixel electrode is disposed to cover the inner surfaces of a pixel-drain contact hole passing through a third insulating film and a second insulating film to reach a drain electrode. At the bottom of the pixel-drain contact hole, the pixel electrode is electrically connected with the drain electrode through a contact conductor film. The pixel-drain contact hole is formed of a connection of a contact hole passing through the second insulating film and a contact hole passing through the third insulating film. The dimensions of the opening end of the contact hole are larger than its dimensions at the bottom, and thus the inner surfaces of the contact hole are smoothly sloped and shaped like a crater in cross section.

Abstract: A thrust control apparatus for a jet propulsion watercraft is provided. The thrust control apparatus includes a throttle sensor for detecting a fully-closed operation of a throttle of the engine, a steering sensor for detecting steering of a steering device more than a predetermined amount from a neutral position of the steering device and a direction of the steering; a control device configured to control the engine such that the water jet pump generates a different thrust for rightward and leftward steering, in accordance with the steering direction detected by the steering sensor, when the throttle sensor detects the fully-closed operation of the throttle and the steering sensor detects steering of more than the predetermined amount.

Abstract: A main switch apparatus of a small watercraft is provided. The main switch apparatus of a small watercraft having a main switch. The main switch apparatus includes a plurality of keys, each for operating the main switch, each assigned a different user ID information. The main switch apparatus may further include an ID information detector for detecting the user ID information assigned to one of the plurality of keys applied to the main switch, a controller for controlling the small watercraft, configured to be activated by each one of the plurality of keys, and a control pattern memory for storing a plurality of control patterns of the controller corresponding to the respective user ID information. The controller is typically configured to read out the control pattern stored in the control pattern memory corresponding to the user ID information detected by the user ID information detector and to execute a control of the watercraft based on the read out control pattern.

Abstract: A four-cycle engine typically including a crankshaft provided with a first gear, a camshaft provided with a second gear, an endless rotation transmission that is installed around the first and second gears and is configured to transmit rotation of the crankshaft to the camshaft, a crank phase detecting device configured to detect a rotational phase of the crankshaft that is obtained by dividing a phase corresponding to one rotation of the crankshaft by a number that is equal to or more than a half of teeth of the second gear of the camshaft, and a cam phase detecting device configured to detect at least one rotational phase of the camshaft.