Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine stores priorities preset for a plurality of external loads on the internal combustion engine and actuates the plurality of external loads in order of priority at time intervals when requests for actuation of the external loads are simultaneously made during idling of the internal combustion engine. The plurality of external loads are properly actuated, thus preventing possible engine stall.

Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus for a Rankine cycle system includes: a main body that vaporizes a cooling medium that circulates in an internal combustion engine by giving waste heat to the cooling medium; a gas-liquid separator that separates the cooling medium into a gas-phase and a liquid-phase; a superheater that gives waste heat of the engine to the cooling medium; a condensate header tank that stores the liquid-phase cooling medium; a vane pump that pumps the liquid-phase cooling medium. If abnormality of a cooling medium supply portion that supplies the cooling medium to the engine is not detected, the abnormality detection apparatus determines whether a vane pump has abnormality on the basis of the amount of the liquid-phase cooling medium in the gas-liquid separator, the temperature of the gas-phase cooling medium in the superheater and the amount of the liquid-phase cooling medium in the condensate header tank.

Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus for a Rankine cycle system includes: a gas-liquid separator that separates a cooling medium that circulates in an internal combustion engine into a gas-phase and a liquid-phase; a superheater that gives waste heat of the engine to the cooling medium; a waste heat recoverer that recovers energy of waste heat of the cooling medium; a valve provided in a passageway; a liquid surface sensor that detects liquid surface level of the liquid-phase cooling medium in the gas-liquid separator; a vapor temperature sensor that detects temperature of the gas-phase cooling medium in the superheater; and an ECU that determines whether the valve is abnormal on the basis of the amount of the liquid-phase cooling medium and the temperature of the gas-phase cooling medium if abnormality of the cooling medium supply portion of the engine is not detected.

Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus for a Rankine cycle system includes: a main body that vaporizes a cooling medium that circulates in an internal combustion engine by giving waste heat to the cooling medium; a gas-liquid separator that separates the cooling medium into a gas-phase and a liquid-phase; a superheater that gives waste heat of the engine to the cooling medium; a condensate header tank that stores the liquid-phase cooling medium; a vane pump that pumps the liquid-phase cooling medium. If abnormality of a cooling medium supply portion that supplies the cooling medium to the engine is not detected, the abnormality detection apparatus determines whether a vane pump has abnormality on the basis of the amount of the liquid-phase cooling medium in the gas-liquid separator, the temperature of the gas-phase cooling medium in the superheater and the amount of the liquid-phase cooling medium in the condensate header tank.

Abstract: A folding type portable radio machine, includes a chassis part formed by a first chassis and a second chassis, the second chassis being foldably connected to the first chassis. The chassis part includes a conductive part having conductivity whose full length is an approximately half wave length (?/2) of a using frequency of the radio machine, and an electric notch.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine stores priorities preset for a plurality of external loads on the internal combustion engine and actuates the plurality of external loads in order of priority at time intervals when requests for actuation of the external loads are simultaneously made during idling of the internal combustion engine. The plurality of external loads are properly actuated, thus preventing possible engine stall.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light-diffusing member having no non-uniformity in stripes. The light-diffusing member according to the present invention is for diffusing at least a part of transmitted light by totally reflecting the same. The light-diffusing member comprises a light-diffusing part that has a diffusing-part base having a plurality of grooves tapered down toward the incident side, formed on the light-outgoing side in juxtaposition with one another, and light-absorbing parts formed, in the grooves in the diffusing-part base, by a radiation-curing resin composition. The radiation-curing resin composition includes colored particles. The colored particles have a mean particle diameter of 3.5 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light-diffusing member having no non-uniformity in stripes. The light-diffusing member according to the present invention is for diffusing at least a part of transmitted light by totally reflecting the same. The light-diffusing member comprises a light-diffusing part that has a diffusing-part base having a plurality of grooves tapered down toward the incident side, formed on the light-outgoing side in juxtaposition with one another, and light-absorbing parts formed, in the grooves in the diffusing-part base, by a radiation-curing resin composition. The radiation-curing resin composition includes colored particles. The colored particles have a mean particle diameter of 3.5 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less.

Abstract: A folding type portable radio machine, includes a chassis part formed by a first chassis and a second chassis, the second chassis being foldably connected to the first chassis. The chassis part includes a conductive part having conductivity whose full length is an approximately half wave length (?/2) of a using frequency of the radio machine, and an electric notch.

Abstract: A folding type portable radio machine, includes a chassis part formed by a first chassis and a second chassis, the second chassis being foldably connected to the first chassis. The chassis part includes a conductive part having conductivity whose full length is an approximately half wave length (?/2) of a using frequency of the radio machine, and an electric notch.

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp lighting device includes a fluorescent light bulb having an electrode filament and an electronic lighting circuit substrate for lighting the fluorescent light bulb, wherein a capacitor connected in parallel with the fluorescent light bulb, a positive characteristic thermistor connected in parallel with the capacitor, and a negative characteristic thermistor connected in parallel with the electrode filament are mounted on the electronic lighting circuit substrate, and wherein the negative characteristic thermistor, having a mounting surface, is mounted in such a manner that the mounting surface is in abutment with the electronic lighting circuit substrate. The positive characteristic thermistor and the negative characteristic thermistor are preferably mounted on mutually different mounting surfaces among the two mounting surfaces of the obverse and reverse surfaces of the electronic lighting circuit substrate.

Abstract: A lenticular lens sheet having (1) a light-transmitting lens sheet body with a lenticular lens group formed of multiple lenticular lenses placed on a surface of the body and a silver salt emulsion light-shielding layer laminated to the other surface of the light-transmitting lens sheet body. Light-transmitting areas in the light-shielding layer correspond to light-converging parts of the lenticular lenses on the body. The positions of the light-shielding areas correspond to non-light-converging parts of the lenticular lenses. The light-shielding characteristics result from the darkened silver dispersed in the silver salt emulsion. A method for making the lenticular lens sheet is disclosed also.

Abstract: When implementing a customer portal sit in a CRM system, fine service meeting respective customers can be provided, and labor required for creation and operation of the portal site is saved. Contents are managed in three classes: common contents for unspecific customers, default contents serving as defaults, and personal contents for specific customers. When creating default contents from the common contents, the default contents are created on the basis of a customer profile, a profile of a sales task member, and related information of other customers. The default contents are further processed with due regard to data of an individual customer to obtain personal contents. And the personal contents are used as data for display in the portal site of the customer.

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp lighting device includes a fluorescent light bulb having an electrode filament and an electronic lighting circuit substrate for lighting the fluorescent light bulb, wherein a capacitor connected in parallel with the fluorescent light bulb, a positive characteristic thermistor connected in parallel with the capacitor, and a negative characteristic thermistor connected in parallel with the electrode filament are mounted on the electronic lighting circuit substrate, and wherein the negative characteristic thermistor, having a mounting surface, is mounted in such a manner that the mounting surface is in abutment with the electronic lighting circuit substrate. The positive characteristic thermistor and the negative characteristic thermistor are preferably mounted on mutually different mounting surfaces among the two mounting surfaces of the obverse and reverse surfaces of the electronic lighting circuit substrate.

Abstract: A lens sheet body 2 is prepared by laminating, to a transparent film 6, a lenticular lens layer 7 having a plurality of lenticular lenses arranged, and a silver salt emulsion layer 10 is laminated to this lens sheet body 2 on its light-emerging surface side. For example, lamination of the silver salt emulsion layer 10 to the lens sheet body 2 is conducted by backing a silver salt emulsion layer 10 with a transparent film 8 to obtain a silver salt photosensitive film 5 and adhering this silver salt photosensitive film 5 to the lens sheet body 2 with the use of an adhesive agent layer 9, with the transparent film 8 of the silver salt photosensitive film 5 facing the lens sheet body 2. Next, parallel rays 40 are applied to the lens sheet body 2 from the lenticular lens layer 7 side to expose those parts of the silver salt emulsion layer 10 that correspond to the light-converging parts of the lenticular lenses 3a. Thereafter, the silver salt emulsion layer 10 exposed is developed.

Abstract: A folding type portable radio machine, includes a chassis part formed by a first chassis and a second chassis, the second chassis being foldably connected to the first chassis. The chassis part includes a conductive part having conductivity whose full length is an approximately half wave length (&lgr;/2) of a using frequency of the radio machine, and an electric notch.

Abstract: An engine performs a combustion mode selected from a plurality of combustion modes. The combustion modes include stratified-charge combustion and homogeneous-charge combustion. A electronic control unit switches the combustion mode in accordance with the current running conditions of the engine. The electronic control unit limits a running area in which stratified-charge combustion is performed in accordance with the frequency of engine knocking occurrences. This properly executes knocking control without adversely affecting the execution of is stratified-charge combustion.

Abstract: A semiconductive ceramic is produced by sintering a semiconductive ceramic material containing a mixed powder of a lanthanum compound and a cobalt compound. The mixed powder has a specific surface area of about 3 m2/g or more, an average primary particle size of about 2.0 &mgr;m or less, and an average secondary particle size of about 10 &mgr;m or less.

Abstract: A lenticular lens sheet for use as a rear projection screen, comprises a base lenticular lens sheet having a surface provided with a plurality of lenticular elements, and a surface diffusing part having minute diffusing elements. The surface diffusing part is combined with the base lenticular lens sheet by laminating a plastic film having one surface provided with the minute diffusing elements to the base lenticular lens sheet so that the minute diffusing elements lie on the surfaces of the lenticular elements or by embossing the minute diffusing elements in the surfaces of the lenticular elements of the base lenticular lens sheet with an embossing plastic film having a surface of a shape complementary to the minute diffusing elements.

Abstract: A lenticular lens sheet for use as a rear projection screen, includes a base lenticular lens sheet having a surface provided with a plurality of lenticular elements, and a surface diffusing part having minute diffusing elements. The surface diffusing part is combined with the base lenticular lens sheet by laminating a plastic film having one surface provided with the minute diffusing elements to the base lenticular lens sheet so that the minute diffusing elements lie on the surfaces of the lenticular elements or by embossing the minute diffusing elements in the surfaces of the lenticular elements of the base lenticular lens sheet with an embossing plastic film having a surface of a shape complementary to the minute diffusing elements.