Abstract: The present invention relates to a management method for a wax fraction storage tank that stores a wax fraction produced by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis until the wax fraction is hydrocracked, the management method including maintaining the temperature inside the tank at 90° C. to 130° C. and maintaining the atmosphere inside the tank to be an inert gas atmosphere.

Abstract: There is provided a front vehicle body structure. The structure includes a front-side frame which is disposed on each side of a power unit in a vehicle width direction, and extends in a fore-and-aft direction; and a load-transfer member disposed outside in the width direction, near a front-end of the front-side frame, a rear end of the load-transfer member being fixed to a certain position of a outer lateral side of the front-side frame in the width direction, the certain position being located forwardly of a center of the power unit in the fore-and-aft direction, a front-end of the load-transfer member being disposed forwardly and outwardly of the rear end. A load to the front-end of the load-transfer member in a rearward direction of the vehicle causes a vicinity area of the fixed position to be displaced in a direction in which the vicinity area approaches the power unit.

Abstract: There is provided a front vehicle body structure. The structure includes a front-side frame which is disposed on each side of a power unit in a vehicle width direction, and extends in a fore-and-aft direction; and a load-transfer member disposed outside in the width direction, near a front-end of the front-side frame, a rear end of the load-transfer member being fixed to a certain position of a outer lateral side of the front-side frame in the width direction, the certain position being located forwardly of a center of the power unit in the fore-and-aft direction, a front-end of the load-transfer member being disposed forwardly and outwardly of the rear end. A load to the front-end of the load-transfer member in a rearward direction of the vehicle causes a vicinity area of the fixed position to be displaced in a direction in which the vicinity area approaches the power unit.

Abstract: To provide a method for hydrotreating a synthetic hydrocarbon oil, which removes olefins and oxygen-containing compounds by hydrotreatment with the gasification rate restrained and can efficiently convert the synthetic hydrocarbon oil generated by the FT process to a liquid fuel suitable as a fuel for diesel-powered vehicles. A hydrotreating method is disclosed in which a synthetic hydrocarbon oil generated by FT synthesis is hydrotreated using a catalyst in which a definite catalytic metal is allowed to be carried on a support, under definite reaction conditions, with the gasification rate restrained to a definite value or less, thereby removing the olefins and the oxygen-containing compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a management method for a wax fraction storage tank that stores a wax fraction produced by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis until the wax fraction is hydrocracked, the management method including maintaining the temperature inside the tank at 90° C. to 130° C. and maintaining the atmosphere inside the tank to be an inert gas atmosphere.

Abstract: To provide a method for hydrotreating a synthetic hydrocarbon oil, which removes olefins and oxygen-containing compounds by hydrotreatment with the gasification rate restrained and can efficiently convert the synthetic hydrocarbon oil generated by the FT process to a liquid fuel suitable as a fuel for diesel-powered vehicles. A hydrotreating method in which a synthetic hydrocarbon oil generated by FT synthesis is hydrotreated using a catalyst in which a definite catalytic metal is allowed to be carried on a support, under definite reaction conditions, with the gasification rate restrained to a definite value or less, thereby removing the olefins and the oxygen-containing compounds.

Abstract: To efficiently obtain a liquid fuel containing no sulfur and having good cold flow properties by hydrotreating heavy wax generated by the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis to perform cracking with the gasification rate restrained and also increase an isomerization reaction which occurs at the same time. A method for producing a hydrocarbon fuel oil, in which heavy wax generated by the FT synthesis is hydrotreated with a catalyst of the platinum group using zeolite or silica-alumina as a support under specific reaction conditions corresponding to the kind of the support, thereby performing cracking and an isomerization reaction.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a coating composition used for a golf ball, which is superior in not only abrasion resistance and impact resistance but also weather resistance to a conventional coating used for a golf ball. According to the present invention, there is provided a coating composition used for a golf ball, which comprises (A) a polyester- and/or polyether-containing acrylic polyol having a hydroxyl value of from 30 to 180 mg KOH/g(solid) and (B) a polyisocyanate, wherein the component (A) is composed of a main chain comprising an acrylic polymer and a side chain comprising a polyester and/or a polyether, and a molar ratio of an isocyanate group in the component (B) to a hydroxyl group in the component (A), [NCO]/[OH], is from 0.5 to 1.5.

Abstract: Disclosed is an upper connecting structure of a side rail and a center pillar. The side rail has a closed cross section constituted by a side rail outer member and a side rail inner member disposed inside of the side rail outer member. A ridge line extending in a lengthwise direction of a vehicle is formed by an upper surface and a side surface of the side rail outer member. Further, a plurality of bead sections are formed over the upper and side surfaces of the side rail outer member across the ridge line. More specifically, a pair of bead sections are formed with a connection portion of the side rail outer member and the center pillar between so as to securely prevent the upper connecting structure from being collapsed.

Abstract: A metal gasket for a high performance of an engine includes two sheets of elastic metal substrates providing a bead on peripheral portion of a cylinder opening and an annular thin metal plate that is thinner than the elastic metal substrates and surrounds the cylinder opening and is arranged between the substrates. The annular thin metal plate is fixed on the substrate by inserting an engaging portion solidly projected from the outside periphery into a slit formed on the substrate and folding the plate. Due to the thin metal plate, the cylinder opening peripheral portion has a high seal contact pressure in contrast to other locations. Moreover, the contact pressure of the cylinder opening peripheral portion becomes uniform.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a coating composition used for a golf ball, which is superior in not only abrasion resistance and impact resistance but also weather resistance to a conventional coating used for a golf ball.

Abstract: An annular thrust bearing is composed of an annular backing plate made of steel and an annular bearing layer joined to one side of the backing plate during a sintering operation. The bearing layer is made of an alloy composed of copper, tin and silver. The bearing layer is roll-formed in a spiral fashion after the sintering operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is an upper connecting structure of a side rail and a center pillar. The side rail has a closed cross section constituted by a side rail outer and a side rail inner disposed inside of the side rail outer. A ridge line extending in a lengthwise direction of a vehicle is formed by an upper surface and a side surface of the side rail outer. Further, a plurality of bead sections are formed over the upper and side surfaces of the side rail outer across the ridge line. More specifically, a pair of bead sections are formed with a connecting portion of the side rail outer and the center pillar between so as to securely prevent the upper connecting structure from being collapsed.

Abstract: The metal gasket, which can cope with high performance of an engine, is constituted by two sheets of elastic metal substrates providing a bead on the peripheral portion of a cylinder opening and an annular metal thin plate, which is thinner than the elastic metal substrate and surrounds the cylinder opening and is arranged between the substrates. The annular metal thin plate is fixed on the substrate by inserting an engaging portion solidly projected from the outside periphery into a slit formed on the substrate and folding it.

Abstract: An annular thrust bearing is composed of an annular backing plate made of steel and an annular bearing layer joined to one side of the backing plate during a sintering operation. The bearing layer is made of an alloy composed of copper, tin and silver. The bearing layer is roll-formed in a spiral fashion after the sintering operation.

Abstract: A method for forming a polycrystalline semiconductor thin film according to the present invention includes the steps of: forming a semiconductor thin film partially containing microcrystals serving as crystal nuclei for polycrystallization on an insulating substrate; and polycrystallizing the semiconductor thin film by laser annealing.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first substrate and a second substrate interposing the liquid crystal layer therebetween; a pixel electrode and a counter electrode respectively provided on opposing faces of the first substrate and the second substrate for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer; and a thin-film transistor provided on the first substrate and electrically connected to the pixel electrode, the thin-film transistor including a semiconductor layer having a source region and a drain region, wherein the pixel electrode is divided into a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode; parts of the first and second sub-pixel electrodes are overlapped via an insulating layer with each other; and at least one of the first and second sub-pixel electrodes is made of the same transparent material as a material for the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an active matrix substrate for forming constituent elements such as a semiconductor layer, a passivation layer, an electrode material and other elements, uses a photoresist exposed from the reverse side of the substrate, using the gate electrode pattern made of opaque material on a transparent substrate as the mask. This method contributes to lowering the cost and improving the performance of semiconductor devices.

Abstract: A laser annealing method for a semiconductor thin film for irradiating the semiconductor thin film with a laser beam having a section whose outline includes a straight-line portion, so as to change the crystallinity of the semiconductor thin film is provided, wherein the semiconductor thin film is overlap-irradiated with the laser beam while the laser beam is shifted in a direction different from a direction along the straight-line portion. A thin film semiconductor device fabricated by use of the laser annealing method is also provided.

Abstract: A thin film on a substrate is patterned so as to include an area in which a thin film transistor is to be formed and an area of another patterned thin film or a semiconductor device, and so as to have a size larger than the total size of the areas. Next, the patterned thin film is annealed. After the annealing, a part of the inside area of the patterned thin film is patterned. The part of the thin film is used for forming a thin film transistor.