Abstract: A method of manufacturing a chip coil, including a coil element which includes a magnetic core, a winding wire, and internal terminal electrodes, a fired mass of magnetic material surrounding and encapsulating the coil element, and external terminal electrodes electrically connected to the internal terminal electrodes. The winding wire is coated with a heat-resistive electrically insulating film and is wound around the magnetic core. The internal terminal electrodes are electrically connected to opposite ends of the winding wire and are exposed to the exterior of the mass at opposite ends of the core where they are electrically connected to the external terminal electrodes.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an air flow direction control device for an air conditioner such as a room air conditioner, which includes a discharge direction changing blade for controlling air flow discharge direction, a shape memory alloy or SMA member for rotating the blade in one direction and a bias spring for urging the blade in the other direction, a lever arm urged to contact a shaft of the blade and a releasing mechanism for releasing the lever arm from its contact with the shaft. According to the present invention, the blasted air temperature detecting unit, motor for driving the blade, control unit for controlling and driving the motor, etc. conventionally required may be dispensed with for reduction in cost, and furthermore, it becomes possible to properly alter the air flow discharging direction according to the temperatures of the blasted air.

Abstract: A thermally actuated device comprising a shape memory alloy which has an improved temperature response. The shape memory alloy is combined with a bias load to provide a two-way action and the temperature-deflection relationship at an operating temperature range is such that the shear strain of the shape memory alloy corresponding to the point of transit from a first shape recovery process to a second shape recovery process resulting from the heating is smaller than that corresponding to the point of termination of a first strain induced process by the counteracting bias load resulting from the cooling. The difference between said two sheer strains is restricted to the range of operating strain of the shape memory alloy.

Abstract: A chip type tantalum capacitor has an insulating resin frame, a pair of substantially flat metal foil terminals bonded to both sides of the frame, at least one of the frame sides having a slit therethrough and open to the outside of the metal foil terminal on the one frame side, the metal foil terminal on the one frame side being a metal selected from the group consisting of copper and nickel. A tantalum capacitor element having a pair of terminals is enclosed in the frame, at least one of the element terminals being a lead wire made of tantalum, the lead wire extending through the slit and outside the metal foil terminal on the one side of the frame and being bent at the outside surface of the metal foil terminal with the bent portion of the lead wire outside the metal foil terminal extending along the surface of the metal foil terminal and being welded to the metal foil terminal surface for being fixed thereto, the other element terminal being electrically connected to the other metal foil terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a conductive paste useful for making conductors, including microcircuit conductors, and terminations for capacitors, resistors and piezo-electric transducer elements. The paste comprises an inert liquid vehicle having a metal powder and a glass powder both dispersed therein and is printed and fired in the conventional manner on dielectric substrates. The metal powder comprises an alloy powder, each particle comprising Cu, Al, and at least one of Zn and Ag. The first film of the paste is practically resistant to corrosion and practically conductive and the paste can be produced economically.

Abstract: Silver alloy for sliding contact, containing 2 to 8% Mo, up to 10% Cu, up to 10% Pd and remainder of Ag. This alloy has high wear resistance, low electrical contact-resistance and low mechanical friction. So, when it is used as a sliding contact material, the sliding contact has a long operation life.

Abstract: A clad wire for an electric contact is made by sofening a clad tape, which consists of at least a base metal and a surface layer of noble metal, by annealing, forming the softened clad tape into a cross sectional form of a circular arc, and cold-drawing the formed clad tape through a die having a desired cross sectional shape so as to provide a clad wire.