Abstract: The organic NTC composition according to the present invention is a mixture of a conjugated organic semiconductor polymer and a thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin. For example, the mixed amount of the thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin is preferably equal to or lower than two times the amount of the conjugated organic semiconductor polymer, and a conjugated organic semiconductor polymer selected from solvent-soluble polyaniline, polythiophene, polypyrrole and their derivatives is preferably used. This organic NTC composition makes it possible to provide an organic NTC device without using any expensive material and facilitates easy production at low temperatures.

Abstract: This shielding box comprises a molded body formed like a box having a bottom wall, side walls formed to rise from the outer peripheries of the bottom wall, and an opening described by the edges of the side walls opposite the bottom wall. The side walls are connected to the bottom wall through elastic connectors formed to act as plate springs with respect to the bottom wall, and at least one of the inner surface and outer surface of the molded body is electrically conductive.

Abstract: An electromagnetic noise suppressor of the present invention includes a base material 2 containing a binding agent and a composite layer 3 formed by integrating the binding agent that is a part of the base material 2 and the magnetic material. This electromagnetic noise suppressor has high electromagnetic noise suppressing effect in the sub-microwave band, and enables it to reduce the space requirement and weight. The electromagnetic noise suppressor can be manufactured by forming the composite layer 3 on the surface of the base material 2 by physical vapor deposition of the magnetic material onto the surface of the base material 2. The article with an electromagnetic noise suppressing function of the present invention is an electronic component, a printed wiring board, a semiconductor integrated circuit or other article of which at least a part of the surface is covered by the electromagnetic noise suppressor of the present invention.

Abstract: An electromagnetic noise suppressor of the present invention has magnetic resonance frequency of 8 GHz or higher, and the imaginary part ??H of complex magnetic permeability at 8 GHz is higher than the imaginary part ??L of complex magnetic permeability at 5 GHz. Such an electromagnetic noise suppressor is capable of achieving sufficient electromagnetic noise suppressing effect over the entire sub-microwave band. The electromagnetic noise suppressor can be manufactured by forming a composite layer 3 on the surface of a binding agent 2 through physical deposition of a magnetic material on the binding agent 2. The structure with an electromagnetic noise suppressing function of the present invention is a printed wiring board, a semiconductor integrated circuit or the like that is covered with the electromagnetic noise suppressor on at least a part of the surface of the structure.

Abstract: A push-button switch member which utilizes light energy without any loss for back-lighting on a display section and which realizes the back-lightening to the display section with an even luminance while suppressing power consumption and having high visibility and thin thickness. The push-button switch member includes a key-top portion and a cover base member which is provided at a predetermined portion of the key-top portion and which is adapted to be mounted to the circuit board. The key-top portion includes a display section for displaying a switching function and an area emitter which is integrally formed with the display section. The area emitter member is provided with a light emitting layer disposed between a base electrode and a transparent electrode, which is disposed so as to oppose the base electrode. The transparent electrode is arranged to be contacted to the display section and is formed of a transparent conductive polymer.

Abstract: A push-button switch member which utilizes light energy without any loss for back-lighting on a display section and which realizes the back-lightening to the display section with an even luminance while suppressing power consumption and having high visibility and thin thickness. The push-button switch member includes a key-top portion and a cover base member which is provided at a predetermined portion of the key-top portion and which is adapted to be mounted to the circuit board. The key-top portion includes a display section for displaying a switching function and an area emitter which is integrally formed with the display section. The area emitter member is provided with a light emitting layer disposed between a base electrode and a transparent electrode, which is disposed so as to oppose the base electrode. The transparent electrode is arranged to be contacted to the display section and is formed of a transparent conductive polymer.

Abstract: The organic NTC composition according to the present invention is a mixture of a conjugated organic semiconductor polymer and a thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin. For example, the mixed amount of the thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin is preferably equal to or lower than two times the amount of the conjugated organic semiconductor polymer, and a conjugated organic semiconductor polymer selected from solvent-soluble polyaniline, polythiophene, polypyrrole and their derivatives is preferably used. This organic NTC composition makes it possible to provide an organic NTC device without using any expensive material and facilitates easy production at low temperatures.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a push-button switch member (1), by utilizing light energy with out any loss for back-lightening on a display section, capable of realizing the back-lightening to the display section with even luminance while suppressing power consumption and having high visibility and thin thickness, the push-button switch member comprising a key-top portion (3) and a cover base member provided with the key top portion at a predetermined portion thereof and adapted to be mounted to the circuit board (5), the key-top portion (3) being provided with a display section (2) displaying a switching function and an area emitter (4) integrally formed with the display section, wherein the area emitter member (4) is provided with a light emitting layer (13) disposed between a base electrode (14), and a transparent electrode (10) disposed so as to oppose to the base electrode (14) and the transparent electrode (10) arranged to be contacted to the display section (2) is formed of a transparent conductive polyme

Abstract: It is an object to provide a push-button switch member (1), by utilizing light energy with out any loss for back-lightening on a display section, capable of realizing the back-lightening to the display section with even luminance while suppressing power consumption and having high visibility and thin thickness, the push-button switch member comprising a key-top portion (3) and a cover base member provided with the key top portion at a predetermined portion; thereof and adapted to be mounted to the circuit board (5), the key-top portion (3) being provided with a display section (2) displaying a switching function and an area emitter (4) integrally formed with the display section, wherein the area emitter member (4) is provided with a light emitting layer (13) disposed between a base electrode (14), and a transparent electrode (10) disposed so as to oppose to the base electrode (14) and the transparent electrode (10) arranged to be contacted to the display section (2) is formed of a transparent conductive polym

Abstract: A system for detecting a fault occurred within a substation and judging a location of the fault including optical current sensors each having a Faraday element arranged on a top of an insulator post of a bus disconnecting switch, a magnetic core arranged to surround a terminal plate of the disconnecting switch to generate a magnetic field corresponding to a current passing through the terminal plate, a laser diode for emitting a laser light beam, an optical fiber for guiding the laser beam to the Faraday element, a photodiode, and an optical fiber for guiding the laser beam transmitted through the Faraday element to the photodiode. The photodiode supplies a signal representing the current passing through the terminal plate to a fault location judging circuit in which the fault location within the substation is judged from the signals from the photodiodes.

Abstract: In a system for transmitting an electrical power supply by means of an over-head power transmission line supported by power transmission towers, a fault such as a short-circuit fault and a ground fault is detected by providing optical current sensors having opto-magnetic elements and opto-electric field elements on respective conductors of the transmission line to detect a fault current and fault voltage on the basis of the Faraday's effect and Pockel's effect. Light beams passing through the elements are modulated by the magnetic fields induced by the currents passing through the conductors and the voltages on the conductors, and thus include information about the current and voltage. There is further provided a circuit for calculating a distance to a fault point in accordance with the detected current, voltage and a phase difference therebetween and a known impedance of the power transmission line.

Abstract: The invention provides a reliable and productive method for the preparation of a double-sided flexible circuit board having two circuit patterns on the two surfaces of a flexible base film in which the two circuit patterns are electrically connected through an opening penetrating the base film.

Abstract: An optical current transformer particularly useful for a fault location system for a power supply system and substation, including a casing which can be detachably secured to a plurality of wire conductors which conduct currents of the same phase. Within the casing a plurality of Rogowsky coils are arranged such that when the casing is secured to the wire conductors, each Rogowsky coil is wound around respective wire conductors. The Rogowsky coils are connected in series with an air-core coil and an optical current sensor having a Faraday element is arranged within a space of the coil such that the Faraday element is subjected to a magnetic flux generated by the coil. A magnitude of the magnetic flux is optically detected by the Faraday element to measure a total sum of currents conducting along the wire conductors.

Abstract: An anisotropically electroconductive adhesive composition preferably in the form of a film is proposed which comprises an insulating adhesive resin and preferably 0.1 to 30 parts by volume of amorphous carbon particles having a spherical particle configuration per 100 parts by volume of the resin. The amorphous carbon particles are prepared by carbonization of spherical particles of a heat-curable plastic resin and should have an average diameter of 5 to 50 .mu.m, specific gravity of 1.4 to 1.7, coefficient of linear thermal expansion of 2 to 5.times.10.sup.-6 /.degree. C. and, preferably, sphericity not exceeding 5 .mu.m. The amorphous carbon particles are chemically and mechanically stable so that the inventive adhesive composition can ensure high stability in the electrical connection between electrodes bonded therewith and insulation between adjacent electrodes.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the preparation of an integral silicone rubber article having an electrically insulating part and an electrically conductive part, in which the adhesive bonding between the two parts is greatly enhanced and each part exhibits a remarkably small permanent compression set. The method comprises the steps of preparing a first cured silicone rubber body from a first silicone rubber composition and then curing a second silicone rubber body in contact with the first cured silicone rubber body under specified conditions while either one of the first and the second silicone rubber composition contains a substantial amount of a carbon black to give conductivity. Both of the two compositions comprises a non-acyl type organic peroxide, e.g., dicumyl peroxide, as a curing agent of the organopolysiloxane.

Abstract: A helmet with two-way radio communication faculty including a cap-like outer shell made of hard and electrically insulating plastic material, a cap-like shock absorbing member arranged within the outer shell, an ear-pad member secured to one side edge of the outer shell, a transmitter unit arranged in a top recess formed in an outer surface of the shock absorbing member at its top portion, a receiver unit arranged on an inner surface of the ear-pad member, a battery unit arranged in a side recess formed in the outer surface of the shock absorbing member at its side which is opposite to a side on which the ear-pad member is secured to the outer shell, a transmitting dipole antenna made of a metal foil secured on an inner surface of the outer shell at its one side with the aid of an electrically insulating adhesive tape, and a receiving dipole antenna made of a metal foil secured on the inner surface of the outer shell at its other side with the aid of an electrically insulating adhesive tape.

Abstract: Optical fiber-containing insulators each comprises an insulator body having a through hole provided in its central portion and extending along an axial direction thereof, an optical fiber core wire passing through the through hole, an insulating material filled between an inner peripheral surface of the through hole and the optical fiber core wire, and arrangements for preventing the filled insulating material from axially protruding out of the insulator body even at high temperature or spacers for holding the optical fiber core wire at the central portion of the through hole of the insulator body.

Abstract: A system for supervising and guiding workers at various places in a construction such as an underground substation, underground market, building, or tunnel is disclosed which includes a number of receivers arranged in a number of sections of the construction for receiving infrared radiation emitted from workers to produce a detection signal, a detection device arranged in a central control room for processing the detection signals supplied from the receivers to detect positions of workers in the construction, and communication devices provided in each section and the central control room for providing the workers with various kinds of instructions, commands and messages for preventing a disaster and escaping an emergency.

Abstract: An anisotropically electroconductive adhesive which is solid at room temperature, preferably, in the form of a film is prepared by dispersing conductive particles such as metal particles and the like in a thermoplastic insulating adhesive composition comprising an unvulcanized thermoplastic elastomer such as a styrene-based elastomer and a crosslinked synthetic rubber and/or thermoplastic elastomer as a vulcanizate derived from an unvulcanized synthetic rubber or thermoplastic elastomer using a vulcanizing agent such as organic peroxides. The conductive adhesive is useful in adhesively bonding, for example, two electronic circuit boards without disadvantages of instability of the electric resistance, inconvenience in the application and so on.

Abstract: A work helmet for effecting an intercommunication between workers as well as between a central control room and respective workers, especially used for informing each workers of guide information adequate for emergency escape when a disaster occurs is disclosed. To this end, the work helmet includes a light-receiving element for receiving a light signal modulated with the guide information, an earphone for reproducing audibly the guide information, a light emitting element for emitting an outgoing light signal modulated with a speech signal supplied from a microphone, and an oscillator for generating a carrier having a frequency specific to the helmet, on which carrier said speech signal is modulated, so that the outgoing light signal is always modulated by the carrier serving as a helmet identifying signal by means of which the central control room can recognize and identify the worker wearing the helmet.