Abstract: The invention provides a split-type sliding bearing for a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine. The split-type bearing housing has a housing half having a higher thermal expansion coefficient, and a housing half having a lower thermal expansion coefficient. The pair of semi-cylindrical bearings includes first and second semi-cylindrical bearings. The first semi-cylindrical bearing is supported on the housing half having a higher thermal expansion coefficient, and a second semi-cylindrical bearing is supported on the housing half having a lower thermal expansion coefficient. The first and second semi-cylindrical bearings have the following dimensional relationship in a preinstalled condition: (a) the first and second semi-cylindrical bearings have an equal outer diameter, and (b) the first semi-cylindrical bearing has circumferential ends having a thickness smaller than that of the opposite circumferential ends of the second semi-cylindrical bearing.

Abstract: A split-type sliding bearing, for a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine, is comprised of a pair of semi-cylindrical bearings which are fitted between a pair of housing halves having respectively high and low thermal expansion coefficients and constituting a split-type bearing housing, one of the pair of semi-cylindrical bearings being supported on the housing half having a low thermal expansion coefficient, and the other one of the pair of semi-cylindrical bearings being supported on the housing have having a high thermal expansion coefficient. The circumferential end zones of the semi-cylindrical bearing supported on the housing half having a high thermal expansion coefficient have a thickness which is set to be greater than that of the circumferential end zones of the semi-cylindrical supported on the housing half having a low thermal expansion coefficient.

Abstract: Disclosed is a split-type sliding bearing for a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine, which is incorporated in a split-type bearing housing. The sliding bearing consists of a pair of semi-cylindrical bearing bodies (i.e. a first and a second semi-cylindrical bearing bodies) which are combined with each other to form a cylindrical body. The bearing housing has a cylindrical bearing retaining bore and consists of a pair of housing halves. One of the housing halves has a relatively lower stiffness, and the other has a relatively higher stiffness. The first bearing body is held by the housing half having a relatively lower stiffness. The second bearing body is held by the housing half having a relatively higher stiffness. The first and second bearing bodies have an equal outer diameter to each other, and both of the circumferential end parts of the first bearing body have a larger thickness than those of the second bearing body prior to incorporation into the housing halves.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus for constructing and maintaining a consistent hierarchical namespace in a wide-area distributed file system, where individual files and directories are replicated in the system. An embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus for achieving eventual data (file contents) and metadata (directory contents) consistency in a wide-area distributed file system.

Abstract: A common-mode choke coil includes a core, external electrodes, a pair of wires, and a top plate. The core includes a winding core portion and a pair of flanges at both ends of the winding core portion. The upper surface of the winding core portion and the upper surfaces of the flanges are covered with a metal film. The external electrodes are provided on lower portions of the flanges. A pair of wires are wound on the winding core portion of the core, and the ends of the wires are connected to the external electrodes. The top plate is bonded to the upper surfaces of the flanges preferably via an adhesive.

Abstract: A common mode choke coil includes a core, external electrodes, a pair of windings, and a top plate. The core includes a winding core portion and a pair of flanges disposed at respective ends thereof. The external electrodes are provided at lower portions of the flanges. The pair of the windings is wound around the winding core portion of the core, and ends thereof are connected to the external electrodes, respectively. A lower surface and a side surface of the top plate are covered with a metal film and are adhered to upper surfaces of the flanges with an adhesive. Preferably, magnetic powder is mixed in the adhesive.

Abstract: A common-mode choke coil has induction immunity characteristics that are improved by a coil structure preventing a transmitter IC and a receiver IC from malfunctioning during an induction immunity test and which controls a decrease in ESD resistance and a decrease in self-resonance frequency. The common-mode choke coil includes a core, external electrodes, a pair of coils, and a top plate. The core includes a core section and a pair of flange sections. The pair of coils are wound around the core section of the core, and the ends of the coils are connected to the external electrodes, respectively. An underside and a side surface of the top plate are plated with a metal film, and bonded to the top surfaces of the flange sections preferably by an adhesive agent. The metal film is segmented into two separate portions so as to define two separate metal sections with a gap therebetween so that the metal sections are electrically disconnected.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that performs image processing on a first image and a second image includes a dividing unit dividing the first image into a plurality of blocks; a first motion-vector calculator calculating first motion vectors representing movements from the blocks of the first image to corresponding regions of the second image; a second motion-vector calculator calculating second motion vectors representing movements of the blocks that occur when the blocks are transformed based on a first positional-relationship parameter representing positional relationship between the first image and the second image; a difference-vector calculator calculating difference vectors representing differences between the first motion vectors and the second motion vectors; and an extracting unit extracting blocks including a moving object or blocks including a non-moving object based on distribution density of end points of the difference vectors.

Abstract: A common mode choke coil includes a core, external electrodes, a pair of windings, and a top plate. The core includes a winding core portion and a pair of flanges disposed at respective ends thereof. The external electrodes are provided at lower portions of the flanges. The pair of the windings is wound around the winding core portion of the core, and ends thereof are connected to the external electrodes, respectively. A lower surface and a side surface of the top plate are covered with a metal film and are adhered to upper surfaces of the flanges with an adhesive. Preferably, magnetic powder is mixed in the adhesive.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which is useful for preventing the occurrence of a cardiovascular event, particularly a composition which is expected to show a prophylactic effect on a cardiovascular event occurring in a hypercholesterolemia patient despite providing the patient with a treatment with HMG-CoA RI or a cardiovascular event occurring in a multiple risk patient.

Abstract: By using a composition for preventing onset and/or recurrence of stroke which contains ethyl icosapentate as its effective component, onset and/or recurrence of stroke is prevented, or in particular, the onset and/or recurrence of stroke in a hyperlipidemia patient who has been treated with HMG-CoA RI, or in particular the recurrence of stroke in a patient who is beyond six months after the onset of stroke, is prevented.

Abstract: A stopper member forms a part of a lock mechanism in a gas spring. A rod body has a base end side inserted into a cylinder body, with the rod body movable into and out of the cylinder body and urged in an outward direction with respect to the cylinder body by the pressure of a gas sealed inside the cylinder body. A stopper member receives a head end portion of the cylinder body inside the stopper member. A projecting portion of the stopper member is located on an end face opposite an end portion of the cylinder body. The stopper member can be shifted manually between a first position that allows contraction of the rod body into the cylinder body, and a second position in which such contraction is prevented, thereby locking the gas spring in an extended state.

Abstract: A dust cover is configured for use with a gas spring inside a vehicle or the like. The dust cover includes a main body portion that surrounds a socket and a cylindrical band portion integrally provided adjacent to the main body portion. The band portion surrounds an arm portion adjacent to and integral with the socket. The main body portion has an opening for receiving a ball head portion of a ball stud. The band portion has a collar portion that covers a connection portion between a base end of the arm portion and an end of a cylinder body or a connection portion between the base end of the arm portion and a distal end of a rod body.

Abstract: A gas spring includes a rod body that has a base end side movable into and out of a cylinder body. The rod body is urged in a direction outward of the cylinder body by pressure from a gas sealed inside the cylinder body. A cylindrical cover body includes a base end portion connected to a distal end portion of the rod body that projects outside of the cylinder body. An end portion of the cover body receives a head end portion of the cylinder body inside a cylindrical cover member at an end portion of the cylinder body. The cover member covers a portion of the spring that would otherwise be exposed to the air between the end portion of the cover body and the end portion of the cylinder body when the cylinder body is contracted inside the cover body.

Abstract: Migrating a process between separate logical address spaces involves saving information on a state of a process running in a first logical address space in machine memory mapped to the first logical address space, remapping the machine memory containing the saved information to a second logical address space, and recovering the process in the second logical address space from the saved information.

Abstract: By using a composition for preventing onset and/or recurrence of stroke which contains ethyl icosapentate as its effective component, onset and/or recurrence of stroke is prevented, or in particular, the onset and/or recurrence of stroke in a hyperlipidemia patient who has been treated with HMG-CoA RI, or in particular the recurrence of stroke in a patient who is beyond six months after the onset of stroke, is prevented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to primary cultured adipocytes for gene therapy, where the adipocytes stably maintain a foreign gene encoding a protein that is secreted outside of cells. This invention provides cells suitable for gene therapy, which can replace bone marrow cells and liver cells used for conventional ex vivo gene therapy. The present invention established methods for transferring foreign genes into primary cultured adipocytes, which are suitable for ex vivo gene therapy; can be easily collected and implanted; and can be removed after implantation. Specifically, the present invention established these methods that use retroviral vectors. The present invention also established primary cultured adipocytes for gene therapy, where the adipocytes stably maintain a foreign gene encoding a protein that is secreted outside of cells.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic device includes the following steps. The first step is a step of forming a plurality of organic elements in the form of a matrix on a brittle substrate. Each of the organic elements is provided with an electrically connecting portion which electrically connects the organic element to an external circuit. The second step is a step of forming a sealing film on each organic element by a wet process with at least a part of the connecting portion covered with an adhesive masking material. The third step is a step of removing an adhesive deposit after peeling off the adhesive masking material. The fourth step is a step of forming a plurality of scribe lines on the brittle substrate. The fifth step is a step of breaking the brittle substrate along the scribe lines.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that generates an output image according to interpolation performed by using an input image includes a pixel-value calculating unit that calculates a pixel value of a pixel of the output image according to interpolation performed by using pixel values of pixels of the input image and an interpolation function, an edge determining unit that determines an edge direction, which is a direction of an edge in the pixel of the output image, using the input image, and an adjusting unit that adjusts the interpolation function such that a degree of pixels of the input image present in a direction along the edge direction contributing to the interpolation is large and a degree of pixels of the input image present in a direction orthogonal to the edge direction contributing to the interpolation is small.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that generates one output image front plural input images includes a detecting unit that detects a positional relation among the plural input images, a pixel-value calculating unit that calculates a pixel value of a pixel of the output image using pixel values of pixels of the input images and an interpolation function, a determining unit that determines whether the pixel of the output image is a motion pixel, and an adjusting unit that adjusts a high-pass characteristic of the interpolation function on the basis of a result of the determination on whether the pixel of the output, image is a motion pixel.