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A multi-input optical switch can include a base plate that carries at least one photo sensor and multiple LEDs which are arranged at positions separated by approximately the same angular interval. A first mask can be formed in an approximately cylindrical shape and can include multiple through holes. A second mask can be formed as an approximately flat light blocking plate, and can include a translucent area. A translucent light guiding body can include an approximately flat plate portion, a protruded portion which extends downward from a center portion of the plate portion, a rod portion which extends upward from the center portion of the plate portion, a first total reflection surface and a second total reflection surface. A third mask can be provided with a tubular cup shape that diverges downward, and has an opening at a bottom end, a step portion at an intermediate position thereof, and at least one through hole on an upper cylindrical wall above the step portion. A rod portion of the light guiding body can be operated to freely tilt, rotate, and move up and down.

A laminate-type piezoelectric element has a ceramic laminated body obtained by alternately laminating piezoelectric layers made of a piezoelectric material and inner electrode layers having electrical conductivity. Outer electrodes are joined to side surfaces of the ceramic laminated body via an electrically conductive adhesive. The electrically conductive adhesive has buried therein mesh bodies obtained by forming a mesh by using a nonmetallic material. The mesh bodies are desirably constituted by using any one of a resin, ceramic, carbon or glass.

The electric current collector of the present invention comprises a substrate composed of aluminum, a junction layer, formed on the surface of the substrate, in which aluminum and an electrically conductive material having electrical conductivity have been mixed, and an electrical conductor layer, formed on the junction layer, comprising the electrically conductive material. The electrode and the charge accumulating device of the present invention employ the electric current collector of the present invention.

A transparent conductive film has a polymer film 4 and a transparent conductive layer 5 formed on the polymer film 4. The transparent conductive layer includes indium oxide, a zinc oxide system and a tin oxide system. A covering layer 9, made of material different from that of the transparent conductive layer 5, is formed on the transparent conductive layer 5. A touch panel is provided with the transparent conductive film as its upper electrode 6A or lower electrode. The surface of the transparent conductive layer is covered with the covering layer, so that physical or chemical stresses generated during the input to the touch panel do not affect transparent conductive layer directly, thus preventing damages and delamination of the transparent conductive layer. Furthermore, the covering layer formed on the transparent conductive layer improves the strength of the transparent conductive film, thereby enhancing a resistance to wear.

A display element having high response property, wide viewing angle property, and high contrast property, and exhibiting a wide driving temperature range and excellent durability and reliability. Between two facing substrates (1, 2), a cholesteric liquid crystal layer (3) made of a liquid crystal material exhibiting a cholesteric phase whose spontaneous twist pitch is shorter than a wavelength of visible light is provided. Facing planes of the substrates (1, 2) are provided with alignment films (8, 9) for aligning liquid crystal molecules near the interface of the substrate in a specific direction. Furthermore, the planes are provided with electrodes (4, 5) for applying an electric field on the cholesteric liquid crystal layer (3) in a direction substantially parallel to a plane of each substrate. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer (3) exhibits optical isotropy in the direction parallel to the plane of each substrate when no voltage is applied. Display is performed by applying an electric field on the cholesteric liquid crystal layer (3) so as to exhibit optical anisotropy in the direction parallel to the plane of each substrate.

This invention provides a stacked piezoelectric element that has excellent durability and reliability by ensuring reliable electrical conduction between internal electrode layer and conductive adhesive, and a method of fabricating such a stacked piezoelectric element. The stacked piezoelectric element 1 comprises: a ceramic stack 10 constructed by alternately stacking piezoelectric layers 11 made of a piezoelectric material and internal electrode layers 21, 22 having electrical conductivity; and external electrodes 32 bonded to the side faces 101 and 102 of the ceramic stack 10 via an electrically conductive adhesive 31. The side faces 101 and 102 of the ceramic stack 10 are provided with electrode recesses 23 each formed by indenting a portion of the edge of each of the internal electrode layers 21, 22 in the stacking direction thereof thereby forming a gap between it and the overlying piezoelectric layer 11, and the conductive adhesive 31 is applied so as to enter the electrode recesses 23 from the side faces 101 and 102 of the ceramic stack 10.

A conductive portion of a wire, composed of a plurality of core wires, is inserted and fitted into a groove in a pressing die, thereby restricting the conductive portion to a bonding width of a terminal, and in this condition with the use of a press forming machine, the conductive portion is pressed in a thickness direction thereof to be formed into a flat shape. Thereafter, the conductive portion is inserted and fitted into the terminal, and then the conductive portion, while pressed by a pressing vibration horn, is bonded to the terminal by ultrasonic vibrations applied from the pressing vibration horn.

A spark plug for internal-combustion engines equipped with a center electrode and a ground electrode is provided. In the spark plug, the ground electrode is fixed to a mount fitting, while the ground electrode has a convex portion. The convex portion is made of a part of base materials of the ground electrode where the part is facing the center electrode, and is projected toward the center electrode. The convex portion has a fusion solidification part made of precious metal materials and a part of the base materials melted together and solidified at least on part of an electric discharge surface facing the center electrode.

A fruit coring device including a handle and a tubular member having first and second ends. The tubular member defines a longitudinal axis and has an interior region. One end of the circular tubular member is integral or fast with the handle and the second end defines a member cutting edge. The fruit coring device includes a blade with a cutting edge supported within the circular interior of the circular tubular member substantially normal to the member cutting edge.

A laminate-type piezoelectric element 1 having a ceramic laminated body 10 obtained by alternately laminating piezoelectric layers 11 made of a piezoelectric material and inner electrode layers 20 having electrical conductivity, and having outer electrodes 34 joined to the side surfaces 101 and 102 of the ceramic laminated body 10 via an electrically conductive adhesive 33, wherein the electrically conductive adhesive 33 has buried therein mesh bodies 4 obtained by forming a mesh by using a nonmetallic material. The mesh bodies 4 are desirably constituted by using any one of a resin, ceramic, carbon or glass.

A multi-input optical switch can include a base plate that carries at least one photo sensor and multiple LEDs which are arranged at positions separated by approximately the same angular interval. A first mask can be formed in an approximately cylindrical shape and can include multiple through holes. A second mask can be formed as an approximately flat light blocking plate, and can include a translucent area. A translucent light guiding body can include an approximately flat plate portion, a protruded portion which extends downward from a center portion of the plate portion, a rod portion which extends upward from the center portion of the plate portion, a first total reflection surface and a second total reflection surface. A third mask can be provided with a tubular cup shape that diverges downward, and has an opening at a bottom end, a step portion at an intermediate position thereof, and at least one through hole on an upper cylindrical wall above the step portion. A rod portion of the light guiding body can be operated to freely tilt, rotate, and move up and down.

A control device for a throttle valve is provided, which, by dispensing a position sensor for the throttle valve, can reduce a cost of the sensor and which is excellent in durability and reliability and is reduced in its control delay. The control device includes an air flow sensor 1 for detecting an air flow rate flowing through an intake pipe of an internal combustion engine, a motor 33 for driving the throttle valve 2 disposed in the intake pipe and an ECU 15 for controlling the driving operation of the motor. The ECU 100 feedback-controls the output of the air flow sensor so that a difference between the output of the air flow sensor 1 and an air flow rate required for the engine reduces.

A control device for a throttle valve is provided, which, by dispensing a position sensor for the throttle valve, can reduce a cost of the sensor and which is excellent in durability and reliability and is reduced in its control delay. The control device includes an air flow sensor 1 for detecting an air flow rate flowing through an intake pipe of an internal combustion engine, a motor 33 for driving the throttle valve 2 disposed in the intake pipe and an ECU 15 for controlling the driving operation of the motor. The ECU 100 feedback-controls the output of the air flow sensor so that a difference between the output of the air flow sensor 1 and an air flow rate required for the engine reduces.

A piezoelectric ceramic comprising a perovskite composite oxide of an ABO3 composition containing Pb in the A-site and Zr and Ti in the B-site, wherein when the total amount of the element species constituting the B-site of the perovskite composite oxide in the ceramic is set to be one mol, an average valency of the element species constituting the B-site is in a range of from 4.002 to 4.009. The piezoelectric ceramic can be fired at a low temperature, has a high Curie temperature and a high piezoelectric distortion constant, as well as excellent durability and reliability against high temperatures.

A piezoelectric actuator includes comb teeth-shaped piezoelectric actuators, each comprising plural piezoelectric layers. A side surface of each tooth is fired. Actuators are made by (1) preparing a plurality of piezoelectric material green sheets on which electrode films are formed and forming slits on a first green sheet using a punch and a die, (2) pulling up the first green sheet using a stripper, (3) pulling up a top portion of the punch slightly from the lowest portion of the pulled up first green sheet, (4) forming second slits in a second green sheet by the punch, (5) pulling up the second green sheet jointly with the first green sheet, and (6) pulling up the top portion of the punch slightly from the lowest portion of the pulled up second green sheet, and thereafter laminating green sheets by repeating steps (4) through (6). The layers can thereafter be fired.

An exemplary embodiment provides a manufacturing method of a display device, including: preparing a first panel and a second panel that are respectively provided with one or more pattern layers formed on a substrate; bonding the first panel and the second panel; cutting the bonded panel into division panels of a cell unit; chamfering the division panels; and chemical reinforcing the chamfered division panels.

A magnetic recording medium suppresses an anticipated decline in performance due to heating of the lubricant layer and protective layer in thermally assisted recording, and has superior durability and reliability. The magnetic recording medium comprises a layer stack comprising, in order on a nonmagnetic substrate, at least a magnetic recording layer, adiabatic layer, carbon-based protective layer, and lubricant layer.

A solid electrolyte type fuel battery in which a material for an interconnector for connecting cells of the solid electrolyte type fuel battery comprises a matrix of the general formula MTiO3, where M is an alkaline earth metal element such as Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba. This fuel battery can be produced by burning at a lower temperature of 1,300 to 1,400° C. than before, shows output performance comparable to or better than that of conventional devices, and has better durability and thermo cycle resistance characteristics than the conventional devices.

A fruit coring device including a handle and a tubular member having first and second ends. The tubular member defines a longitudinal axis and has an interior region. One end of the circular tubular member is integral or fast with the handle and the second end defines a member cutting edge. The fruit coring device includes a blade with a cutting edge supported within the circular interior of the circular tubular member substantially normal to the member cutting edge.

For a manually propelled wheelchair having a rear wheel located on either side of the wheelchair, each rear wheel including an annular or round push rim of substantially uniform, uninterrupted cross section, a grip attachment attachable to the rim used by an occupant of the wheelchair to propel the wheelchair. The grip attachment includes a gripping body having a preferably convex palm-pushing surface on a posterior side thereof and a preferably concave finger-pulling surface on an anterior side thereof. A rim-engaging member having an annular or circular-shaped attached to each rear wheel is adapted to cooperate with the gripping body to clampingly secure the gripping body to the rim in a laterally outwardly extending orientation. By this arrangement, an occupant may propel the wheelchair forwardly by exerting palm pressure against the posterior side and rearwardly by exerting finger pressure against the anterior side. Preferably, a plurality of grip attachments are installed in evenly spaced orientation around each rim.

The invention discloses a water heater overtemperature protection durability test system. The system comprises a test host and a control cabinet; test host includes bottom of the rack, rack-mounted storage tank, the middle rack mounted on top of the reservoir tank a sink, fast thermal taps set up through the sample holder above the sink, fast water heater through the sample holder to the rack, water storage tanks, sinks, taps and quick fast hot water heater through the water supply systems connection; control cabinet includes console and its internal control circuitry; console includes a display, industrial computer mainframe, buttons, keyboard, PLC control module and the input and output modules. The invention can simulate water heaters that may occur during the actual use of the over-temperature overpressure operation, and can be continued durability testing water heaters standards required to improve efficiency, increase accuracy and consistency tests sex.

A fruit coring device comprising a right circular tubular member having an interior defining a longitudinal axis and having first and second ends, the first end being fast with a handle and the second end defining a circular cutting edge, and a flat blade having a length disposed diametrically transverse of the member, a width extending along the axis, from a straight cutting edge, of the flat blade, disposed adjacent the circular cutting edge, and extending normal to the axis, diametrically across the interior of the member.

This invention provides a stacked piezoelectric element that has excellent durability and reliability by ensuring reliable electrical conduction between internal electrode layer and conductive adhesive, and a method of fabricating such a stacked piezoelectric element, wherein the stacked piezoelectric element 1 comprises: a ceramic stack 10 constructed by alternately stacking piezoelectric layers 11 made of a piezoelectric material and internal electrode layers 21, 22 having electrical conductivity; and external electrodes 32 bonded to the side faces 101 and 102 of the ceramic stack 10 via an electrically conductive adhesive 31. The side faces 101 and 102 of the ceramic stack 10 are provided with electrode recesses 23 each formed by indenting a portion of the edge of each of the internal electrode layers 21, 22 in the stacking direction thereof thereby forming a gap between it and the overlying piezoelectric layer 11, and the conductive adhesive 31 is applied so as to enter the electrode recesses 23 from the side faces 101 and 102 of the ceramic stack 10.

Disclosed is a fluid bearing device in which a high adhesive strength is ensured in fixing another member by adhesion to a resin housing. A bearing sleeve is secured in position inside the resin housing, and a shaft member is radially supported in a non-contact fashion by a dynamic pressure action of lubricant generated in a radial bearing clearance between the shaft member and the bearing sleeve. A metal bracket for mounting the stator coil of a motor is fixed by adhesion to the outer periphery of the housing, in which the adhesion portion of the outer periphery of the housing to be fixed to the bracket is roughened, setting the surface roughness to 0.5 μmRa to 2.0 μmRa.

A piezoelectric actuator includes comb teeth-shaped piezoelectric actuators, each comprising plural piezoelectric layers. A side surface of each tooth is fired. Actuators are made by (1) preparing a plurality of piezoelectric material green sheets on which electrode films are formed and forming slits on a first green sheet using a punch and a die, (2) pulling up the first green sheet using a stripper, (3) pulling up a top portion of the punch slightly from the lowest portion of the pulled up first green sheet, (4) forming second slits in a second green sheet by the punch, (5) pulling up the second green sheet jointly with the first green sheet, and (6) pulling up the top portion of the punch slightly from the lowest portion of the pulled up second green sheet, and thereafter laminating green sheets by repeating steps (4) through (6). The layers can thereafter be fired.

A backlight unit and a display device are provided. The display device comprises: a display panel; and a backlight unit providing light to the display panel, wherein the backlight unit includes: a light emitting unit emitting light, a holder coupled with the light emitting unit and made of a metal material having rigidity, and a light guide plate coupled with the holder and guiding light emitted from the light emitting unit, and the light emitting unit and the light guide plate are integrated with each other by the holder.

The invention discloses a sludge superficial layer curing agent solidification continuous construction method. The curing agent and the sludge are uniformly stirred, then the construction surface is compacted by using stirring equipment, the compacted construction surface is a construction unit, an iron plate is laid below an excavator, the construction unit serves as an operation platform, and the sludge in connected areas is continuously processed according to a construction mode of block-by-block construction and a well-shaped propulsion. The sludge solidification structure with relatively low water content in china is to being buried in different places after being treated, a shallow-layer sludge consolidation continuously construction method is adopted in foreign countries, but geotechnical cloth, gravel and boards need to be laid on the surface of the solidified sludge so that the continuously construction can be carried out, the construction method only has the transverse construction and no the longitudinal construction, and the plate body stabilization layer is not provided with a plate frame structure. According to the construction method, with the water content of more than 130%, the transverse and longitudinal construction method is adopted to realize the shallow-layer sludge consolidation continuous plate frame structure construction, and the construction is more flexible, simple and effective compared with the foreign countries.

A hollow laminated piezoelectric element having excellent durability and reliability and capable of obtaining a high output, and a method of manufacturing the hollow laminated piezoelectric element are provided. A hollow laminated piezoelectric element 1 comprises a ceramic laminate 10 that is formed by having alternately laminated piezoelectric layers 11 made of a piezoelectric material and internal electrode layers 21 and 22 having conductivity and by having a center through hole 14 formed to pass through the ceramic laminate 10 along a lamination direction. The ceramic laminate 10 has an internally terminated structure in the inside periphery having at least a portion of inside peripheral ends of the internal electrode layers 21 and 22 terminated within the ceramic laminate 10 so that at least a portion of the inside peripheral ends of the internal electrode layers 21 and 22 is not exposed to the inside peripheral surface 104 of the ceramic laminate 10. The inside peripheral surface 104 of the ceramic laminate 10 has inside peripheral slits 13 having trenches provided in the peripheral direction toward the inside of the piezoelectric layers 11 from the inside peripheral surface 104.