Abstract: This discharge power supply apparatus is for supplying a D. C. voltage to a discharge load 6 and discharging the same. The discharge power supply apparatus includes an inverter circuit 2 that converts D. C. voltage to A. C. voltage; a transformer 3 having a primary winding 3a to which the A. C. voltage output by the inverter circuit 2 is supplied and a secondary winding 3b; a full-wave rectifier circuit 4 that has a plurality of diodes 4A to 4D and rectifies the A. C. voltage generated by the secondary winding 3b; and a trigger capacitor 7 connected in parallel to a part of the diodes of the full-wave rectifier circuit 4.

Abstract: In a composite magnetic head comprising a magnetoresistive read head including a magnetic thin film having a magnetoresistive effect and soft magnetic members interposing the soft magnetic film between them through a non-magnetic insulation layer, an induction type write head including poles formed in a moving direction of a medium and a conductor crossing the poles, and disposed in the proximity of the magnetoresistive head, and a substrate supporting these heads, the present invention discloses a composite magnetic head characterized in that part of a floating surface inclusive of the magnetic head constituent members has recesses and the read/write operations to and from the medium are effected by the portion interposed by these recesses.

Abstract: In a power transmitting system of a four-wheel drive vehicle in which driving force provided from a transmission coupled to a laterally mounted front drive engine is distributed to front and rear wheels through a transfer disposed behind the engine, the transfer comprises a pair of bevel gears which change a transmission direction of the driving force; a first and second gears which shift an axis of a pinion shaft in parallel; and an output shaft which is rotatably inserted into the second gear. A hydraulic multi plate clutch couples the second gear and the output shaft so that engagement and disengagement are freely allowed, and is disposed on the axis of the second gear and more closely to the engine 1 side than the second gear. Additionally, a spline shaft formed at a top of an input shaft of the propeller shaft is spline-fitted into the second output shaft. Thereby, back-and-force shift is allowed. A steering gear box is located in downward of the front side input shaft.

Abstract: An automatic transmission having gear trains provided between an input shaft and an output shaft, the gear trains including drive gears mounted on the input shaft and driven gears mounted on the output shaft, includes a start clutch provided between a crankshaft of an engine and the input shaft for transmitting or shutting off an engine power from a crankshaft of the engine to the input shaft, a changeover mechanism for selecting a desired gear train through which power is transmitted from a plurality of gear trains, two bypass clutches, one is provided between third gear transmission gear trains and another is provided between sixth gear transmission gear trains for transmitting a different torque from the input shaft to the output shaft respectively, on gearshiftings and a bypass clutch control means for selecting at least one desired bypass clutch through which power is transmitted.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric suitable to be used as a kitchen paper including thermoplastic synthetic fibers being 7˜30 mm long and as fine as of 0.1˜0.8 d, in 90˜10% by weight and pulp fibers being 2˜7 mm long, in 10˜90% by weight, these component fibers being mixed together as homogeneously as possible and mechanically entangled so as to have a basis weight of 10˜80 g/m2 as a whole.

Abstract: The present invention prevents production of residue which causes short-circuit between word lines. A memory cell comprises a channel formation region CH, charge storage films CSF each comprised of a plurality of stacked dielectric films, two storages comprised of regions of the charge storage films CSF-overlapping the two ends of the channel formation region CH, a single-layer dielectric film DF2 contacting the channel formation region CH between the storages, auxiliary layers (for example, bit lines BL1 and BL2) formed on two impurity regions S/D, two first control-electrodes CG1 and CG2 formed on the auxiliary layers with dielectric film interposed and positioned on the storages, and a second control electrode WL buried in a state insulated from the first control electrodes CG1 and CG2 in a space between them and contacting the single-layer dielectric film DF2.

Abstract: Providing a fixing structure for parts of optical element by which fixing of parts of optical element with high accuracy can be achieved after positional adjustment in axes with an arrangement the positional adjustment in axes of parts of optical element is easily achieved before the fixing of the parts of optical element. The fixing structure comprises lens 3 having an edge surface which is a side surface surrounding a light beam passing surface; an intermediate holding member 5 having a first attaching surface 5a which is facing to the side surface and having a second attaching surface 5b which has a different angle from said first attaching surface 5a; and a housing 2 having an attaching surface 2c which is facing to the second attaching surface 5b; the housing 2 and the lens 3 which has been adjusted the positional relation to the housing 2 are adhered and fixed through the intermediate holding member 5.

Abstract: In an longitudinal type automatic transmission having an input shaft having driving gears, an output shaft having driven gears that are engaged with the driving gears to constitute transmission gear trains, and changeover mechanisms for selecting into a transmission gear train for transmitting a power, the automatic transmission is constructed to have the input shaft, the output shaft, and a driving shaft coupled to a final reduction gear, and has a bypass clutch that is arranged over the final reduction gear to transmit a torque to the output shaft while executing the control in a shifting operation and a start clutch for coupling or decoupling an engine and the input shaft. An oil pump for driving the start clutch and the bypass clutch is arranged over the final reduction gear and near the bypass clutch.

Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a problem such as a thermal diffusion defect in a hollow wiring technique can be solved. In the semiconductor device, a gap is formed between wirings formed on a substrate, and the gap is filled with a gas having a thermal conductivity equal to or higher than three times that of air at 0° C.

Abstract: An elastically stretchable nonwoven fabric comprises elastically stretchable first fibers made of a first polymer and inelastically stretchable second fibers made of a second polymer. The second fibers are separably attached to the first fiber at attaching areas intermittently formed on the first fiber. Between the attaching areas neighboring to each other the second fibers are spaced apart from the first fiber and have lengths longer than that of the first fiber. One to sixteen of the second fibers are provided per each first fiber.

Abstract: The magnetoresistance effect element is of a multilayered structure having at least magnetic layers and an intermediate layer of an insulating material, a semiconductor or an antiferromagnetic material against the magnetic layers, and the magnetoresistance effect element has terminals formed at least on the opposite magnetic layers, respectively, so that a current flows in the intermediate layer. The film surfaces of all the magnetic layers constituting the magnetoresistance effect element are opposed substantially at right angles to the recording surface of a magnetic recording medium. Therefore, the area of the magnetic layers facing the recording surface of the magnetic recording medium can be extremely reduced, and thus the magnetic field from a very narrow region of the high-density recorded magnetic recording medium can be detected by the current which has a tunneling characteristic and passes through the intermediate layer.

Abstract: An elastically stretchable composite sheet including an elastic sheet and a fibrous assembly. A fibrous assembly having an inelastic extensibility is bonded to at least one surface of an elastic sheet at intermittently arranged bond regions to form a composite sheet. Component fibers constituting the fibrous assembly are long fibers continuously extending and describing curves between each pair of adjacent bond regions.

Abstract: In a composite magnetic head comprising a magnetoresistive read head including a magnetic thin film having a magnetoresistive effect and soft magnetic members interposing the soft magnetic film between them through a non-magnetic insulation layer, an induction type write head including poles formed in a moving direction of a medium and a conductor crossing the poles, and disposed in the proximity of the magnetoresistive head, and a substrate supporting these heads, the present invention discloses a composite magnetic head characterized in that part of a floating surface inclusive of the magnetic head constituent members has recesses and the read/write operations to and from the medium are effected by the portion interposed by these recesses.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having MONOS type memory cells of increased efficiency by hot electron injection and improved scaling characteristics includes a channel forming region in the vicinity of a surface of a substrate, first and second impurity regions, acting as a source and a drain in operation, formed in the vicinity of the surface of the substrate sandwiching the channel forming region between them, a gate insulating film stacked on the channel forming region and having a plurality of films, and a charge storing means that is formed in the gate insulating film dispersed in the plane facing the channel forming region. A bottom insulating film includes a dielectric film that exhibits a FN type electroconductivity and makes the energy barrier between the bottom insulating film and the substrate lower than that between silicon dioxide and silicon.

Abstract: An elastically stretchable composite sheet includes an elastically stretchable first web and an inelastically stretchable second web of thermoplastic synthetic resin fiber which is intermittently bonded to the first web in a y-direction. Component fiber of the second web has its cress-section cut in a direction orthogonal to the y-direction defined by a width w and a height h dimensioned to be at a ratio h/w less than 0.5. The composite sheet having such a structure improve its flexibility.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with high reliability (free from troubles in storing data), a high charge injection efficiency, and enabling parallel operation in a VG cell array, includes channel forming regions, a charge storing film which consists of stacked dielectric films and is capable of storing a charge, two storage portions forming parts of the charge storing film and overlapping the channel forming regions, a single layer dielectric film between the storage portions and in contact with the channel forming region, a control gate electrode on the single layer dielectric film, and a memory gate electrode on the storage portions.

Abstract: A power transmission apparatus for use with a four-wheel drive vehicle, which distributes a driving force output from a transmission coupled to a transverse layout engine to the front and rear wheels, through a transfer disposed on the rear side of the engine. The transfer includes a pair of direction-changing gears for changing a transmission direction of a driving force, first and second gears for displacing in parallel the center axis of a pinion shaft whose direction is changed by the direction-changing gears, and an output shaft, rotatably inserted through the second gear, for transmitting a driving force to the rear wheels. In the transfer, an electromagnetic clutch for coupling the second gear to the output shaft in a decoupling manner is disposed at a position closer to the engine than the second gear and on the center axis of the second gear.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device in which a problem such as a thermal diffusion defect in a hollow wiring technique can be solved. In the semiconductor device, a gap is formed between wirings formed on a substrate, and the gap is filled with a gas having a thermal conductivity equal to or higher than three times that of air at 0° C.

Abstract: To propose a new channel structure suitable for high efficiency source side injection, and provide a non-volatile semiconductor memory device and a charge injection method using the same. The non-volatile memory device includes a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate (SUB), a first conductivity type inversion layer-forming region (CH1), second conductivity type accumulation layer-forming regions (ACLa, ACL2b), second conductivity type regions (S/D1, S/D2), an insulating film (GD0) and a first conductive layer (CL) formed on the inversion layer-forming region (CH1). A charge accumulation film (GD) and a second conductive layer (WL) are stacked on an upper surface and side surface of the first conductive layer (CL), an exposure surface of the inversion layer-forming region (CH1), and an upper surface of the accumulation layer-forming regions (ACLa, ACLb) and the second conductivity type regions (S/D1, S/D2).

Abstract: An elastically stretchable nonwoven fabric including thermoplastic elastomer filaments; the filaments being heat-sealed and/or mechanically intertwined together to form the nonwoven fabric that has crimped regions and non-crimped regions wherein each of the crimped regions has fine crimps in the rate of 50/cm or higher.