Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a converting portion having a plurality of electrical conductors to be arranged in mutual separation and a medium arranged so as to mutually connect the plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the converting portion is the information processing apparatus to convert an input signal to an output signal. The medium includes the electrolyte and is configured to be capable of controlling an electrical conductivity of an electrically conductive path mutually electrically connecting the plurality of electrical conductors, and the medium is selected such that the electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive path changes over time with the input signal not being present.

Abstract: A control device including a power generation amount detector, a flow detecting unit which detects an amount of flow power and outputs the flow power amount as a flow signal, a flow control unit which compares a preset target value with the flow signal and outputs a flow operation amount, a power generation control unit which outputs an amount of generated power, an instantaneous power transmitter which detects instantaneous power and outputs the instantaneous power as an instantaneous power signal, a demand control unit which outputs a demand operation amount, and a setting value calculating unit which obtains a demand target value, outputs the demand operation amount according to the result of a comparison of the demand target value with the instantaneous power signal, and determines whether to change a setting value according to the amount of power being output from the power conditioner for power generation.

Abstract: A control device including a power generation amount detector, a flow detecting unit which detects an amount of flow power and outputs the flow power amount as a flow signal, a flow control unit which compares a preset target value with the flow signal and outputs a flow operation amount, a power generation control unit which outputs an amount of generated power, an instantaneous power transmitter which detects instantaneous power and outputs the instantaneous power as an instantaneous power signal, a demand control unit which outputs a demand operation amount, and a setting value calculating unit which obtains a demand target value, outputs the demand operation amount according to the result of a comparison of the demand target value with the instantaneous power signal, and determines whether to change a setting value according to the amount of power being output from the power conditioner for power generation.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a power converter (14) connected to a power plant (12) for generating power from renewable energy and having a proportional-control type power adjusting function that outputs the power generated by the power plant (12) after converting a direct current into an alternating current, and that adjusts the outputted power proportionally to a manipulation level; an instantaneous power detector (3) that detects an instantaneous power of the power outputted from the power converter (14); a comparison unit (4) that compares the instantaneous power detected by the instantaneous power detector (3) and a target value set by a generated power setting unit (5) and outputs a comparison signal; a control unit (6) that adjusts the comparison signal outputted by the comparison unit (4); and an output signal unit (7) that outputs the comparison signal adjusted by the control unit (6) to the power converter (14) as the manipulation level.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a power converter (14) connected to a power plant (12) for generating power from renewable energy and having a proportional-control type power adjusting function that outputs the power generated by the power plant (12) after converting a direct current into an alternating current, and that adjusts the outputted power proportionally to a manipulation level; an instantaneous power detector (3) that detects an instantaneous power of the power outputted from the power converter (14); a comparison unit (4) that compares the instantaneous power detected by the instantaneous power detector (3) and a target value set by a generated power setting unit (5) and outputs a comparison signal; a control unit (6) that adjusts the comparison signal outputted by the comparison unit (4); and an output signal unit (7) that outputs the comparison signal adjusted by the control unit (6) to the power converter (14) as the manipulation level.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate for carbon nanotube growth in which no metal particles as a catalyst aggregates and a method for manufacturing the substrate. A substrate for carbon nanotube growth 1 includes a base plate 2, a catalyst 3, a form-defining material layer 4 which allows the catalyst 3 to be dispersed and arranged, and a covering layer 5 which has a metal oxide to cover the catalyst. A method for manufacturing a substrate for carbon nanotube growth 1 includes a step of sputtering on a base plate 2 a metal which forms a catalyst 3 and oxidizing the surface of the metal, a step of sputtering a form-defining material on the base plate 2, and a step of further sputtering on the form-defining material a metal which forms a catalyst 3 and oxidizing the surface of the metal.

Abstract: A contact device includes: fixed terminals; a movable contact maker; a pressing spring; an adjustment plate that comes into contact with an upper face of the movable contact maker; a holding portion; a movable shaft; and an electromagnet block. The holding portion is divided into first and second holding portions that are separated from each other. The first and second holding portions are electrically connected to each other via only the adjustment plate, due to the adjustment plate being sandwiched by a first side plate of the first holding portion and a second side plate of the second holding portion. The adjustment plate is moved in extending and contracting directions of the pressing spring, and the adjustment plate and each of the first and second side plates are subjected to resistance welding at a position at which pressing force of the pressing spring is a predetermined value.

Abstract: A brush holder extends substantially in a radial direction of a commutator. The brush holder includes a first inner side surface and a second inner side surface, which are separate from each other in the axial direction of the commutator. A torsion spring presses portions-to-be-pressed of a brush-rear end, thereby urging the brush toward the commutator. The portions-to-be-pressed are deviated from a brush-center line in the axial direction of the commutator. The brush is urged by the torsion spring, thereby bringing a brush-tip end into contact with the first inner side surface, and bringing the brush-rear end into contact with the second inner side surface.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate for carbon nanotube growth in which no metal particles as a catalyst aggregates and a method for manufacturing the substrate. A substrate for carbon nanotube growth 1 includes a base plate 2, a noble metal alloy catalyst 3 having an alloy of a noble metal and a transition metal, and a form-defining material layer 4 which allows the noble metal alloy catalyst 3 to be dispersed and arranged. A method for manufacturing a substrate for carbon nanotube growth 1 includes a step of sputtering a noble metal alloy on a base plate 2, a step of sputtering a form-defining material on the base plate 2, and a step of further sputtering the noble metal alloy on the form-defining material.

Abstract: A contact device includes: fixed terminals; a movable contact maker; a pressing spring; an adjustment plate that comes into contact with an upper face of the movable contact maker; a holding; a movable shaft; and an electromagnet block. The holding portion is divided into first and second holding portions that are separated from each other. The first and second holding portions are electrically connected to each other via only the adjustment plate, due to the adjustment plate being sandwiched by a first side plate of the first holding portion and a second side plate of the second holding portion. The adjustment plate is moved in extending and contracting directions of the pressing spring, and the adjustment plate and each of the first and second side plates are subjected to resistance welding at a position at which pressing force of the pressing spring is a predetermined value.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate for carbon nanotube growth in which no metal particles as a catalyst aggregates and a method for manufacturing the substrate. A substrate for carbon nanotube growth 1 includes a base plate 2, a noble metal alloy catalyst 3 having an alloy of a noble metal and a transition metal, and a form-defining material layer 4 which allows the noble metal alloy catalyst 3 to be dispersed and arranged. A method for manufacturing a substrate for carbon nanotube growth 1 includes a step of sputtering a noble metal alloy on a base plate 2, a step of sputtering a form-defining material on the base plate 2, and a step of further sputtering the noble metal alloy on the form-defining material.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate for carbon nanotube growth in which no metal particles as a catalyst aggregates and a method for manufacturing the substrate. A substrate for carbon nanotube growth 1 includes a base plate 2, a catalyst 3, a form-defining material layer 4 which allows the catalyst 3 to be dispersed and arranged, and a covering layer 5 which has a metal oxide to cover the catalyst. A method for manufacturing a substrate for carbon nanotube growth 1 includes a step of sputtering on a base plate 2 a metal which forms a catalyst 3 and oxidizing the surface of the metal, a step of sputtering a form-defining material on the base plate 2, and a step of further sputtering on the form-defining material a metal which forms a catalyst 3 and oxidizing the surface of the metal.

Abstract: A brush holder extends substantially in a radial direction of a commutator. The brush holder includes a first inner side surface and a second inner side surface, which are separate from each other in the axial direction of the commutator. A torsion spring presses portions-to-be-pressed of a brush-rear end, thereby urging the brush toward the commutator. The portions-to-be-pressed are deviated from a brush-center line in the axial direction of the commutator. The brush is urged by the torsion spring, thereby bringing a brush-tip end into contact with the first inner side surface, and bringing the brush-rear end into contact with the second inner side surface.

Abstract: An FePt magnetic thin film, characterized in that it has an atomic composition represented by the following formula: FexPt100-x wherein 19<x<52; and a method for manufacturing the FePt magnetic thin film. The FePt magnetic thin film is novel, can be formed at a lowered temperature, and further, has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.

Abstract: On a substrate at a temperature of 120 to 240° C., Fe and Pt monatomic layers are alternately laminated. The magnetic multilayer film obtained by such a method has an L10 ordered structure so as to exhibit a high magnetic anisotropy energy constant, a (001) surface parallel to the substrate surface, and a high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, while its coercive force in a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface and the squareness ratio of its magnetization curve in a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface are large, so that it is usable as a magnetic recording film for a magnetic recording medium and the like. Also, since the magnetic multilayer film is formed while the substrate temperature is 120 to 240° C., the temperature load on the substrate or the like is lowered as compared with conventional making methods in which the substrate temperature is about 500° C.

Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide connecting structure, having a first optical waveguide film cut in such a manner that a first core layer surface is exposed along an optical path direction in a slightly slant section forming an angle of about 5° or smaller, and a second optical waveguide film in which a second core layer is formed at a position opposed to the exposed surface of the first core layer in a slightly slant section forming an angle of about 5° or less with an optical path of the first core layer. The first core layer and the second core layer are connected at approximately the same height position from a reference surface.

Abstract: On a substrate at a temperature of 120 to 240° C., Fe and Pt monatomic layers are alternately laminated. The magnetic multilayer film obtained by such a method has an L10 ordered structure so as to exhibit a high magnetic anisotropy energy constant, a (001) surface parallel to the substrate surface, and a high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, while its coercive force in a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface and the squareness ratio of its magnetization curve in a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface are large, so that it is usable as a magnetic recording film for a magnetic recording medium and the like. Also, since the magnetic multilayer film is formed while the substrate temperature is 120 to 240° C., the temperature load on the substrate or the like is lowered as compared with conventional making methods in which the substrate temperature is about 500° C.

Abstract: A short arc lamp in which cylindrical retaining bodies can be easily and reliably attached in upholding parts of the electrodes on a temporary basis and in which also the disadvantages which are caused by an anomalous discharge immediately after starting of lamp operation can be eliminated are achieved in a short arc lamp in which a cathode and an anode opposite one another in an arc tube having side parts on opposite sides, in which the upholding parts of the cathode and anode electrodes are inserted and held in cylindrical retaining bodies, and in which the cylindrical retaining bodies are supported in the shrunken regions of the side tubes by the upholding parts of the electrodes being wound with coil components which border the faces of the cylindrical retaining bodies that face the electrodes, and by the cylindrical retaining bodies being temporarily attached by these coil components.

Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide connecting structure, having a first optical waveguide film cut in such a manner that a first core layer surface is exposed along an optical path direction in a slightly slant section forming an angle of about 5° or smaller, and a second optical waveguide film in which a second core layer is formed at a position opposed to the exposed surface of the first core layer in a slightly slant section forming an angle of about 5° or less with an optical path of the first core layer. The first core layer and the second core layer are connected at approximately the same height position from a reference surface.

Abstract: A surface activating process in which treatment can be performed within a short time and in which activation of undesired areas does not occur is achieved by concentrating ultraviolet light with wavelengths from 200 nm to 300 nm by means of an oval focussing mirror. The ultraviolet light is incident in parallel on a mask via a first reflector, an integrator lens, a shutter, a second reflector, and a collimator, and is radiated through the mask onto a workpiece to activation a surface area of the workpiece. The arc length of the lamp is selected to be within a range from 7.5 to 29 mm to obtain a radiation intensity which is sufficient for surface activation. Furthermore, the relationship .alpha.>1.5.degree. and the relationship d.times.tan .alpha..ltoreq.0.1 W are satisfied at the same time, where .alpha.