Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including: a communication plate formed with a descender connected to a nozzle, a pressure chamber plate including a plurality of pressure chambers aligning in an array direction, a piezoelectric element, and a discharge common channel. The discharge common channel extends in the array direction, is connected to the plurality of pressure chambers, and has a first discharge portion and a second discharge portion. The discharge common channel is configured to discharge liquid toward one side in the array direction. The second discharge portion includes an expansion portion to expand beyond the first discharge portion in a width direction orthogonal to the stacking direction and to the array direction.

Abstract: A vane pump includes a casing, a rotor, vanes, a motor, and a fixed member. The casing defines a pump chamber therein. The rotor is disposed in the casing and configured to eccentrically rotate relative to the casing. The vanes are configured to rotate together with the rotor to slidably move on an inner surface of the casing. The motor is configured to rotate the rotor. Both the motor and the casing are fixed to the fixed member. The casing has an outer side wall surface and a flange. The flange protrudes outward from the outer side wall surface at an intermediate position between both ends of the pump chamber in a rotational axis direction of the rotor. The flange is fixed to the fixed member at a plurality of positions. The fixed member has a linear expansion coefficient that is different from that of the casing.

Abstract: A metallic structure for an optical semiconductor device, including a base body having disposed thereon at least in part metallic layers in the following order; a nickel or nickel alloy plated layer, a gold or gold alloy plated layer, and a silver or silver alloy plated layer, wherein the silver or silver alloy plated layer has a thickness in a range of 0.001 ?m or more and 0.01 ?m or less.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus that processes a substrate using particles, includes a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the substrate along a conveyance surface, a particle source configured to emit particles, a rotation mechanism configured to make the particle source pivot about a rotation axis, and a movement mechanism configured to move the particle source such that a distance between the particle source and the conveyance surface is changed.

Abstract: A multiple charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a margined block region generation circuit to generate plural margined block regions each formed by adding a margin region to the periphery of each block region of plural block regions obtained by dividing the writing region of the target object, a detection circuit to detect a defective beam in multiple charged particle beams, a specifying circuit to specify, for each defective beam detected, a position irradiated with the defective beam, and an affiliation determination circuit to determine a margined block region, in the plural margined block regions, to which the position irradiated with the defective beam belongs, based on conditions set according to a sub-block region, in plural sub-block regions acquired by dividing the margined block region, in which the position irradiated with the defective beam in the multiple charged particle beams is located.

Abstract: A leakage diagnostic device diagnoses leakage of evaporated fuel in an evaporative fuel treatment device. The evaporative fuel treatment device purges evaporated fuel, which is generated in a fuel tank and adsorbed on a canister, to an intake passage. The leakage diagnostic device includes a vent valve that blocks a first atmospheric passage, which connects the canister with an atmospheric opening, and a pump that pressurizes and depressurizes a second atmospheric passage, which is a bypass passage of the first atmospheric passage. The malfunction diagnostic device diagnoses malfunction of the leakage diagnostic device based on an output value of a pressure sensor that detects pressure in a passage connected to the canister.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus that processes a substrate using particles, includes a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the substrate along a conveyance surface, a particle source configured to emit particles, a rotation mechanism configured to make the particle source pivot about a rotation axis, and a movement mechanism configured to move the particle source such that a distance between the particle source and the conveyance surface is changed.

Abstract: A metallic structure for an optical semiconductor device, including a base body having disposed thereon at least in part metallic layers in the following order; a nickel or nickel alloy plated layer, a gold or gold alloy plated layer, and a silver or silver alloy plated layer, wherein the silver or silver alloy plated layer has a thickness in a range of 0.001 ?m or more and 0.01 ?m or less.

Abstract: A resin package defining a recess includes a first lead having an element-mounting region, a second lead having a wire-connecting region, and a resin body including first to third resin portions. The third resin portion surrounds the element-mounting region. Each of the first and second leads includes a first plating and a second plating covering at least a portion of the first plating. The wire-connecting region is located outward of the third resin portion. The element-mounting region is located on an outermost surface of the second plating. In a top view, the wire-connecting region is located laterally inward of a portion of the second plating of the second lead that has an outermost surface located higher than that of the first plating of the second lead.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing light emitting devices, the method including: providing a first structure, the providing a first structure including: providing a lead frame, the providing a lead frame including: providing a metal plate having a plurality of pairs of first and second metal parts, each of the first and second metal parts including at least one first region and at least one second region; using an electrodeposition technique, disposing a mask of a resist film on the at least one first region; disposing a first plating containing silver or silver alloy on the at least one second region; and removing the resist film; molding a resin molded body in one piece with the lead frame with parts of a lower surface of the lead frame being exposed, in which, the first structure includes an upper surface defining a plurality of recesses each having an upward-facing surface, at least parts of the first plating being located at the upward-facing surface of each of the plurality of recesses; providing a second struct

Abstract: A metallic structure for an optical semiconductor device including a conductive base body having disposed thereon metallic layers in the following order: a nickel or nickel alloy plated layer, a gold or gold alloy plated layer, and an indium or indium alloy plated layer, wherein the indium or indium alloy plated layer has a thickness in a range of 0.002 ?m or more and 0.3 ?m or less.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device, including: providing a first structure including: providing a lead frame which includes providing a metal plate including a plurality of pairs of first and second metal parts, each metal part including an upper surface, a lower surface, and an end surface, the end surface of the first metal part and the end surface of the second metal part of each pair are opposite to each other, and a first region including the end surface, and disposing a mask of a resist film on the first region using an electrodeposition technique, disposing a first plated layer containing gold or gold alloy on a second region including the upper surface other than the first region on at least one of the upper surface, the lower surface, and the end surface of each of the first and second metal parts using a plating technique, and removing the resist film, providing a resin molded body molded integrally with the lead frame with parts of a lower surface of the lead frame being exposed, in

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an element array includes a substrate hold means, a laser radiation device, and a collection mechanism. The substrate hold means holds a substrate including an adhesive layer on which elements are attached in a predetermined array while a surface of the adhesive layer is inclined relative to a horizontal surface at a predetermined angle. The laser radiation device radiates a laser to a specific element among the elements attached on the adhesive layer. The collection mechanism is disposed below the substrate and configured to receive the specific element falling by the laser radiation.

Abstract: A metallic structure for an optical semiconductor device including a conductive base body having disposed thereon metallic layers in the following order: a nickel or nickel alloy plated layer, a gold or gold alloy plated layer, and an indium or indium alloy plated layer, wherein the indium or indium alloy plated layer has a thickness in a range of 0.002 ?m or more and 0.3 ?m or less.

Abstract: The evaporative fuel processing system includes a fuel tank, a canister, a pump, a pressure detection unit, a temperature detection unit, and a leak diagnosis unit a leak diagnosis unit configured to diagnose leak in the diagnostic object based on a first pressure change which is a change in pressure detected by the pressure detection unit when the temperature in the diagnostic object changes, a second pressure change which is a change in pressure detected by the pressure detection unit when the inside of the diagnostic object is pressurized or depressurized by the pump, a detected temperature by the temperature detection unit, a first preparation information and a second preparation information.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an element array, prepared is an adhesive sheet in which elements are arranged in a predetermined array on an adhesive layer. A specific element among the arrayed elements is removed from the adhesive sheet by radiating a laser to the specific element. The arrayed elements are directly or indirectly transferred onto a mounting substrate.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to suitably control a charging state of a human body all the time. A charging amount detection device 13 is worn by a human body and measures the surface potential of the human body. A static electricity control device 12 is worn by a human body and generates and discharges ions to the human body and thereby controls the static electricity on the human body. A mobile terminal 11 sets a control pattern of the static electricity on the human body that is suitable for a condition such as temperature and humidity for the static electricity control device 12 via short-range wireless communication. The static electricity control device 12 uses the set control pattern to perform feedback control of the static electricity on the human body by using the surface potential of the human body measured by the charging amount detection device 13.

Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes a channel member having a nozzle surface formed with first nozzles, second nozzles, third nozzles and fourth nozzles. The channel member is formed with: a first distributing channel communicating with a first storage chamber and extending in a first direction, a second distributing channel communicating with a second storage chamber, extending in the first direction, and arranged side by side to the first distributing channel in a second direction, a first common channel communicating with the first nozzles, a second common channel communicating with the second nozzles, a third common channel communicating with the third nozzles, and a fourth common channel communicating with the fourth nozzles. The first to fourth common channels each extend in a third direction crossing the first and second directions, and partially overlaps with the first and second distributing channels in a fourth direction orthogonal to the nozzle surface.

Abstract: An actuator device includes: an actuator including first contacts arranged in a first direction; and a wire member including second contacts and joined to the actuator. The second contacts are arranged in the first direction and respectively connected to the first contacts. Each of particular contacts as the first contacts or the second contacts has a protruding and recessed portion including: at least two protrusions; and a recess between the at least two protrusions. The particular contacts include: at least one central-region contact disposed on a central region in the first direction; and at least one end-region contact disposed nearer to an end region than to the central region in the first direction. The protruding and recessed portion of each of the at least one central-region contact is different in shape from the protruding and recessed portion of each of the at least one end-region contact.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including: a communication plate having a plurality of descenders in respective communication with a plurality of nozzles, a pressure chamber plate being stacked on the communication plate and having a plurality of pressure chambers, a piezoelectric element arranged in a position overlapping with the pressure chambers in a stacking direction, and a discharge common channel extending in an array direction and being in communication with the plurality of pressure chambers. The discharge common channel includes: a first discharge portion formed in the communication plate; and a second discharge portion formed in the pressure chamber plate and in communication with the first discharge portion, the second discharge portion reaching as high as to a surface of the pressure chambers at the side of the piezoelectric element along the stacking direction.