Abstract: A method for preparing a carbon microparticle from an organic raw material having lignin as a main constituent, wherein an aqueous solution with 5% total concentration of lignin and sodium hydroxide (the proportion in mass is 1:0.5) is spray-dried to prepare a complex microparticle. This complex microparticle is heat-processed under nitrogen atmosphere at 600° C. for one hour and cooled. Thereafter, this is washed with water and further dried to prepare a hollow carbon microparticle such as those shown in FIG. 2 (b). The prepared carbon microparticle is light-weight and has an equivalent specific surface area to commercially available activated charcoal.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for heating and sterilizing liquid food, which may avoid the food product damage caused by direct contact with a hot heating medium, and reduce the time required for heat exchange, and the time for which the food product is kept in the high temperature zone. The apparatus and the method may also reduce the damage to the quality of the food product due to the high temperature.

Abstract: An opening type bone conduction earphone which eliminates headband and has a compact and simple structure comprising a magnetic body, which has an aeration hole, which is able to communicate with the outside world when wearing, at the center part of the axial direction, at least one or more dampers provided at the outer circumference of the magnetic body, and a coil bobbin, which is provided at the outer circumference of the magnetic body, accommodates the damper within a trunk part, and in which a coil is wound at the outer circumference of the trunk part, is provided.

Abstract: Elastic and ultra-lightweight hollow carbon fine particles and a method for producing such hollow carbon fine particles are to be provided. In the method, fine droplets are formed from a mixed solution containing a water soluble organic substance and lithium carbonate; composite fine particles of the water soluble organic substance and the lithium carbonate are prepared by drying the fine droplets formed from the mixed solution; and the composite fine particles are decomposed at a temperature in a range of 500° C. to 900° C.

Abstract: A device for producing a skim milk starting material milk is disclosed. The device includes a first centrifugal separator that separates milk into a cream fraction and a skim milk fraction, a microfilter that separates the skim milk fraction into a permeate and a retentate, a second centrifugal separator that separates the retentate into a clean fraction and a high bacteria content sludge, and a means for returning the clean fraction to the microfilter. The permeate is provided as the skim milk starting material milk.

Abstract: A device for producing a cheese starting material milk is disclosed. The device includes a first centrifugal separator that separates milk into a cream fraction and a skim milk fraction, a microfilter that separates the skim milk fraction info a permeate and a retentate, a second centrifugal separator that separates the retentate into a clean fraction and a high bacteria content sludge, and a means for returning the clean fraction to the microfilter. The cream fraction and the permeate are combined to obtain the cheese starting material milk.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for heating and sterilizing liquid food, which may avoid the food product damage caused by direct contact with a hot heating medium, and reduce the time required for heat exchange, and the time for which the food product is kept in the high temperature zone. The apparatus and the method may also reduce the damage to the quality of the food product due to the high temperature.

Abstract: An opening type bone conduction earphone which eliminates headband and has a compact and simple structure comprising a magnetic body, which has an aeration hole, which is able to communicate with the outside world when wearing, at the center part of the axial direction, at least one or more dampers provided at the outer circumference of the magnetic body, and a coil bobbin, which is provided at the outer circumference of the magnetic body, accommodates the damper within a trunk part, and in which a coil is wound at the outer circumference of the trunk part, is provided.

Abstract: A method for preparing a carbon microparticle from an organic raw material having lignin as a main constituent, wherein an aqueous solution with 5% total concentration of lignin and sodium hydroxide (the proportion in mass is 1:0.5) is spray-dried to prepare a complex microparticle. This complex microparticle is heat-processed under nitrogen atmosphere at 600° C. for one hour and cooled. Thereafter, this is washed with water and further dried to prepare a hollow carbon microparticle such as those shown in FIG. 2(b). The prepared carbon microparticle is light-weight and has an equivalent specific surface area to commercially available activated charcoal.

Abstract: Elastic and ultra-lightweight hollow carbon fine particles and a method for producing such hollow carbon fine particles are to be provided. In the method, fine droplets are formed from a mixed solution containing a water soluble organic substance and lithium carbonate; composite fine particles of the water soluble organic substance and the lithium carbonate are prepared by drying the fine droplets formed from the mixed solution; and the composite fine particles are decomposed at a temperature in a range of 500° C. to 900° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a carbon microparticle from an organic raw material having lignin as a main constituent, and a carbon microparticle obtained thereby. An aqueous solution with 5% total concentration of lignin and sodium hydroxide (the proportion in mass is 1:0.5) is spray-dried to prepare a complex microparticle. This is heat-processed under nitrogen atmosphere at 600° C. for one hour and let to cool. Thereafter, this is washed with water and further dried to prepare a hollow carbon microparticle such as those shown in FIG. 2 (b). The prepared carbon microparticle is light-weight and has an equivalent specific surface area to commercially available activated charcoal.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, on the surface of a material to be measured for stress analysis which has a stress-induced luminescent material layer formed thereon, a distortion energy is disclosed which is transmitted from a base material of a stress-induced luminescent material to the stress-induced luminescent material with high efficiency. The material to be measured for stress analysis has, on the surface thereof, a coating film layer, which emits light upon exposure to a change in distortion energy. The coating film layer is formed of a synthetic resin layer containing stress-induced luminescent particles, and the modulus of elasticity of a base material is not less than 1.0 GPa. The thickness of the coating film layer is preferably 1 ?m to 500 ?m.

Abstract: The invention integrally arranges a lens, an optical filter, a semiconductor imaging device, on-chip components, and a printed circuit board on a three-dimensional circuit board and contrives the lens attachment structure, bonding method, color of an adhesive, masking of the lens, etc. in order to implement a structure that allows high performance, compact, lightweight and rigid design, and mass production, as well as a high-quality picture.

Abstract: A stress-luminescent material emits luminescence when external mechanical energy is applied thereto. The fine particles of the material have an anisotropic aspect ratio, preferably, from 2 to 1000, more preferably, from 5 to 100. Raw materials are mixed together in an aqueous solvent, and aqueous ammonia is added thereto to change the pH value, thereby controlling the aspect ratio of the stress-luminescent material particles. Also provided are compositions containing the stress-luminescent material, such as a coating material, an ink, and an adhesive.

Abstract: The invention integrally arranges a lens, an optical filter, a semiconductor imaging device, on-chip components, and a printed circuit board on a three-dimensional circuit board and contrives the lens attachment structure, bonding method, color of an adhesive, masking of the lens, etc. in order to implement a structure that allows high performance, compact, lightweight and rigid design, and mass production, as well as a high-quality picture.

Abstract: There is provided an extremely miniaturized solid image pickup apparatus having a bare-chip-on-bare-chip structure in which a bare chip of a solid image pickup device is directly mounted on an LSI bare chip including a driving circuit, and the bare chips are electrically connected to each other without via a printed wiring board. An active surface of the LSI bare chip is protected by providing a resin layer for absorbing a stress on the active layer of the LSI bare chip existing at a lower side.

Abstract: There is provided an extremely miniaturized solid image pickup apparatus having a bare-chip-on-bare-chip structure in which a bare chip of a solid image pickup device is directly mounted on an LSI bare chip including a driving circuit, and the bare chips are electrically connected to each other without via a printed wiring board. An active surface of the LSI bare chip is protected by providing a resin layer for absorbing a stress on the active layer of the LSI bare chip existing at a lower side.

Abstract: A battery holder which allows the battery to be installed or removed easily and accurately has a fulcrum that is convex upward formed near the center portion of the bottom surface of the battery holder base. A battery mounting frame has a retainer to immobilize one side of the battery and a frame that secures an electrode and the battery has a retainer and a removing flange to immobilize the other side of the battery. To install the battery, one side of the battery is forced against the spring force of the negative contact while the other side of the battery is inserted between the bottom surface and the retainer. The battery rotates around the fulcrum and is installed in the battery container by a single touch of a finger. As the removing flange is pressed, the installed battery rotates around the fulcrum to allow one side of the battery to escape from the battery container, and ride over the retainer toward the upper side, to allow the battery to be lifted out.

Abstract: A method of assembling a shielded circuit of electronic components and loading them directly into a shell without arranging electronic components on a board. A hybridized electronic circuit, for example a rectifier circuit is made with a bottom shell formed from a transparent plastic, into which is loaded an electronic part. The bottom shell has a connector section as well as a slot which joins the terminals of the electronic components to a top shell also formed from the same plastic, and the various electronic components; the slots in the bottom shell is such that after the electronic component terminals are intersected they can be positioned; then after the electronic components are loaded, the top shell is placed as a cover, and the intersecting terminals as well as the electronic components are ultrasonically sealed at the same time.

Abstract: A new and improved electronic circuit and a method of producing the same is provided in which at least one electronic element is ultrasonically welded to a printed circuit board to create the electronic circuit. Proper alignment between terminals of a conductive circuit pattern on the circuit board and terminal units on the connecting surface of the electronic element is ensured by a variety of techniques: (i) small protuberances on the terminal units, (ii) raised sections on the bottom surface of the terminal units placed to engage indented portions of the board, and (iii) corresponding posts (on the electronic elements) and holes (formed on the circuit board). The ultrasonic welding of the element to the printed circuit board is typically conducted at a frequency range between 25-30 megahertz which produces a vibration which grinds the terminal units of the electronic element to the terminals of the circuit pattern while also welding the element and circuit board together.