Abstract: A brittle plate processing method includes having a first portion of a brittle plate supported flat on a flat part of a support member that supports a first surface of the brittle plate, pressing a cutter against a second surface of the brittle plate opposite to the first surface, and forming a scribe line in the second surface of the brittle plate by moving the cutter and the support member relative to each other. In pressing the cutter, the cutter is pressed to a predetermined position on a second portion of the brittle plate other than the first portion. When the cutter is pressed to the predetermined position on the second portion of the brittle plate, the shape of the brittle plate due to bending deformation is defined by a defining part of the support member.

Abstract: A method for processing a brittle plate includes a breaking step in which a pressing member for pressing a surface of the brittle plate and a support member for supporting a back face of the brittle plate are used to bend and deform the brittle plate and break the brittle plate along a score line formed on the surface of the brittle plate. The support member includes a flat portion that is arranged flat against one portion of the brittle plate to support the brittle plate, and a regulating portion that regulates a bending deformation shape of the brittle plate when the pressing member is pressed against a predetermined position of a remaining portion of the brittle plate. The breaking step includes breaking the brittle plate along the score line that is within the remaining portion of the brittle plate.

Abstract: A brittle plate processing method includes having a first portion of a brittle plate supported flat on a flat part of a support member that supports a first surface of the brittle plate, pressing a cutter against a second surface of the brittle plate opposite to the first surface, and forming a scribe line in the second surface of the brittle plate by moving the cutter and the support member relative to each other. In pressing the cutter, the cutter is pressed to a predetermined position on a second portion of the brittle plate other than the first portion. When the cutter is pressed to the predetermined position on the second portion of the brittle plate, the shape of the brittle plate due to bending deformation is defined by a defining part of the support member.

Abstract: A method for processing a brittle plate includes a breaking step in which a pressing member for pressing a surface of the brittle plate and a support member for supporting a back face of the brittle plate are used to bend and deform the brittle plate and break the brittle plate along a score line formed on the surface of the brittle plate. The support member includes a flat portion that is arranged flat against one portion of the brittle plate to support the brittle plate, and a regulating portion that regulates a bending deformation shape of the brittle plate when the pressing member is pressed against a predetermined position of a remaining portion of the brittle plate. The breaking step includes breaking the brittle plate along the score line that is within the remaining portion of the brittle plate.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses a rotary electric machine including a magnetic body and a rotor core. The magnetic body includes at least a first columnar part, a second columnar part and a third columnar part. The rotor core includes an outer peripheral part, a first inner peripheral part, a second inner peripheral part, a first connecting part and a second connecting part. The first inner peripheral part is capable of facing a radial outer side of the first columnar part. The second inner peripheral part is capable of facing a radial outer side of the second columnar part.

Abstract: A magnetic powder and a permanent magnet are provided which have magnetic properties enhanced by magnetic interaction. Disclosed are a magnetic powder comprising a mixture of two or more powders including a magnetic powder A (residual magnetic flux density: BrA, coercive force: HcA) and a magnetic powder B (residual magnetic flux density: BrB, coercive force: HcB) of which the residual magnetic flux densities and the coercive forces have the following relationships: BrA>BrB and HcA<HcB, and a bonded magnet or a sintered magnet produced from the magnetic powder, and a method for mixing magnetic powders and a process for producing a magnet.

Abstract: A rare earth-iron series magnet formed from an alloy ingot using a one-step hot working process is provided. The alloy ingot includes between about 8 and 30 atomic percent of at least one rare earth element, between about 2 and 28 atomic percent of boron, less than about 50 atomic percent of cobalt, less than about 15 atomic percent of aluminum and the balance of iron and other impurities that are inevitably included during the preparation process. The alloy is cast to obtain a cast ingot and the hot working is performed on the cast ingot at a temperature of greater than about 500.degree. C. in order to make the crystal grains of the ingot fine and to align the axis of the grains in a desired direction.

Abstract: The addition of a chelating agent or a chelating agent and an antioxidant in combination to a rare-earth bonded magnet composition and a rare-earth bonded magnet comprising a rare-earth magnetic powder and a resin component can provide improved moldability and magnets having high performance and high corrosion resistance. Further, the regulation of property values of the magnet composition enables the occurrence of troubles to be avoided during molding, resulting in improved productivity. Furthermore, the use of at least two resins as a resin component in an extruding composition contributes to improvement in moldability and consequently increase in throughput. Furthermore, the use of extrusion, involving setting by cooling, and not compression molding in the production of magnets can provide high-density, high-performance magnets.

Abstract: A magnetic powder and a permanent magnet are provided which have magnetic properties enhanced by magnetic interaction. Disclosed are a magnetic powder comprising a mixture of two or more powders including a magnetic powder A (residual magnetic flux density: BrA, coercive force: HcA) and a magnetic powder B (residual magnetic flux density: BrB, coercive force: HcB) of which the residual magnetic flux densities and the coercive forces have the following relationships: BrA>BrB and HcA<HcB, and a bonded magnet or a sintered magnet produced from the magnetic powder, and a method for mixing magnetic powders and a process for producing a magnet.

Abstract: A rare earth iron permanent magnet including at least one rare earth element, iron and boron as primary ingredients. The magnet can have an average grain diameter of less than or equal to about 150 .mu.m and a carbon content of less than or equal to about 400 ppm and a oxygen content of less than or equal to about 1000 ppm. The permanent magnet is prepared by casting a molten alloy. In one embodiment, the cast body is heat treated at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 250.degree. C. Alternatively, the material can be cast and hot worked at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 500.degree. C. Finally, the material can be cast, hot worked at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 500.degree. C. and then heat treated at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 250.degree. C. The magnets provided in accordance with the invention are relatively inexpensive to produce an have excellent performance characteristics.

Abstract: A displacement detector detects a relative position between a wire rope and a pulley of a transfer apparatus. The detector includes a magnet disposed to face the wire rope, two magnetoelectric conversion units disposed relative to a pitch of lays of the wire rope to produce two output voltages having ripple components caused by the pitch of lays and being opposite to each other in terms of phase, and a circuit unit connected to the magnetoelectric conversion units for detecting displacement degrees of the wire rope from the pulley according to the output voltages and adding the output voltages so that said ripple components of opposite phases offset each other thereby removing effects of said pitch of lays.

Abstract: A rare earth iron permanent magnet including at least one rare earth element, iron and boron as primary ingredients. The magnet can have an average grain diameter of less than or equal to about 150 .mu.m and a carbon content of less than or equal to about 400 ppm and a oxygen content of less than or equal to about 1000 ppm. The permanent magnet is prepared by casting a molten alloy. In one embodiment, the cast body is heat treated at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 250.degree. C. Alternatively, the material can be cast and hot worked at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 500.degree. C. Finally, the material can be cast, hot worked at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 500.degree. C. and then heat treated at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 250.degree. C. The magnets provided in accordance with the invention are relatively inexpensive to produce an have excellent performance characteristics.

Abstract: A rare earth iron permanent magnet including at least one rare earth element, iron and boron as primary ingredients. The magnet can have an average grain diameter of less than or equal to about 150 .mu.m and a carbon content of less than or equal to about 400 ppm and content of less than or equal to about 1000 ppm. The permanent magnet is prepared by casting a molten alloy. In one embodiment, the cast body is heat treated at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 250.degree. C. Alternatively, the material can be cast and hot worked at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 500.degree. C. Finally, the material can be cast, hot worked at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 500.degree. C. and then heat treated at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 250.degree. C. The magnets provided in accordance with the invention are relatively inexpensive to produce an have excellent performance characteristics.

Abstract: A rare earth iron permanent magnet including at least one rare earth element, iron and boron as primary ingredients. The magnet can have an average grain diameter of less than or equal to about 150 .mu.m and a carbon content of less than or equal to about 400 ppm and an oxygen content of less than or equal to about 1000 ppm. The permanent magnet is prepared by casting a molten alloy. In one embodiment, the cast body is heat treated at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 250.degree. C. Alternatively, the material can be cast and hot worked at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 500.degree. C. Finally, the material can be cast, hot worked at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 500.degree. C. and then heat treated at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 250.degree. C. The magnets provided in accordance with the invention are relatively inexpensive to produce an have excellent performance characteristics.

Abstract: Thrombocytopenia is treated by administering a subject suffering from thrombocytopenia a composition containing human B cell differentiation activity in combination with IL-3.

Abstract: Thrombocytopenia is treated by administering to a subject a therapeutic amount of human B cell differentiation factor or its biological equivalent.