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The present invention provides a molded article obtained from an aliphatic polyester resin composition comprising 60 to 99.9 parts by weight of at least one aliphatic polyester (A) and 0.1 to 40 parts by weight of at least one elastic polymer (B), provided that the total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight, wherein the aliphatic polyester component in the molded article has an enthalpy of crystal fusion ΔH determined using a differential scanning calorimeter of 5 J / g or more, the molded article has a continuous phase composed of the aliphatic polyester (A) and dispersed phases composed of the elastic polymer (B), and the distance T between the walls of the dispersed phases is less than 5.0 μm.

To provide a lithium / nickel / cobalt / manganese-containing composite oxide powder which has a high weight capacity density, a high packing property, an excellent cycle property, an excellent discharge rate property and an excellent safety, and which has little content of free alkalis and is free from gelation at a time of producing a slurry.A lithium / nickel / cobalt / manganese-containing composite oxide powder represented by the formula LipNixCoyMnzMqO2-aFa (wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ge, Sn, alkaline earth metal elements and transition metal elements other than Co, Mn and Ni, 0.9≦p≦1.1, 0.2≦x≦0.5, 0.2≦y≦0.5, 0.1≦z≦0.4, 0≦q≦0.05, 1.9≦2-a≦2.1, p+x+y+z+q=2, and 0≦a≦0.02), characterized in that when the powder is classified into small particle size-classified particles with an average particle size of 2 μm≦D50≦8 μm and large particle size-classified particles with an average particle size of 10 μm≦D50≦25 μm, the ratio of (% by weight of the small particle size-classified particles) / (% by weight of the large particle size-classified particles) is from 15 / 85 to 40 / 60, the molar ratio (ps) of lithium to the total of nickel, cobalt, manganese and the M element contained in the small particle size-classified particles is smaller than the molar ratio (pl) of lithium to the total of nickel, cobalt, manganese and the M element contained in the large particle size-classified particles.

A reflective Ag alloy film for reflectors, which has excellent surface flatness and shows high reflectivity even under a heating environment and a reflector. The reflective Ag alloy film for reflectors has an average surface roughness of 2.0 nm or less and contains a rare earth element (such as Nd) in a content in the range of 0.1 to 3.0 at %, or further at least one selected from Au, Pd, Cu and Pt in a content in the range of 0.5 to 5.0 at %. The reflector comprises the above reflective Ag alloy film formed on a substrate.

A stapler unit has a staple section, a cutter section, and a receiving section. A stapling device further includes a staple recovery box which is disposed at a staple discarding position and which recovers the tip ends to be discarded from the receiving section; and a staple discarding mechanism which delivers the tip ends received in the receiving section of the stapler unit to the staple recovery box. One of the plural stapling positions is identical with the staple discarding position.

A ring-shaped member is used in a chamber of a substrate processing apparatus for performing a plasma processing on a substrate by generating a plasma in the chamber. The ring-shaped member includes a plurality of circular arc-shaped members made of single crystalline material and arranged along a circumferential direction of the ring-shaped member. Each of the circular arc-shaped members includes a surface exposed to the plasma when the plasma is generated in the chamber and an easily erodible crystal plane of the single crystalline material is not exposed at the surface.

A reflective Ag alloy film for reflectors, which has excellent surface flatness and shows high reflectivity even under a heating environment and a reflector.The reflective Ag alloy film for reflectors has an average surface roughness of 2.0 nm or less and contains a rare earth element (such as Nd) in a content in the range of 0.1 to 3.0 at %, or further at least one selected from Au, Pd, Cu and Pt in a content in the range of 0.5 to 5.0 at %. The reflector comprises the above reflective Ag alloy film formed on a substrate.

There is provided a database storing reference data including a plurality of reference image data, which are obtained by imaging reference substrates, respectively, wherein each of the reference substrates lacks only one of the films of different kinds but includes remainder of the films of different kinds, and wherein in the reference substrates the lacking films are different from each other, and wherein the plurality of reference image data is classified into categories according to the kinds of the films. Difference degrees between color information of a defect area extracted from an image data of an inspection target substrate and color information of corresponding areas of the reference substrates are calculated. Based on the difference degree, the defective film is identified.

A press-formed member includes a first wall with a first thickness, a second wall with a second thickness, and a first corner portion. The first corner portion is disposed between the first and second walls, with the first corner portion having an increased thickness formed by pressure-forming such that the increased thickness of the first corner portion is larger than the first and second thicknesses of the first and second walls adjacent to the first corner portion. In a manufacturing method for the press-formed member, a preliminary body structure to be deformed is provided, and the thickness of the first corner portion of the preliminary body structure is increased by applying pressure to the preliminary body structure.

The invention detects the thickness error of the transparent substrate using a general focus error signal detection system employing the fact that the reflecting light from the optical disk causes distortions in diffraction image at the detection plane or unsymmetrical expansions before and after the detection plane due to spherical aberration as a result of thickness errors of the transparent substrate. The absolute amount of the thickness error of the transparent substrate and its symbol are detected by detecting the difference between the absolute value of the positive side peak and the absolute value of the negative side peak of the focus sum signal, or the difference in focus positions between the peak point of the focus sum signals and the zero point of the focus error signals using the focus error signal detection system according to the knife-edge method. This enables it to detect the thickness error of the transparent substrate without using a special optical system.

An optical fiber includes a first core with a first refractive index located in a central portion of the optical fiber; a second core with a second refractive index located in an outer periphery of the first core; a third core with a third refractive index located in an outer periphery of the second core; and a cladding with a fourth refractive index located in an outer periphery of the third core, where among the refractive indices, the first one>the third one>the fourth one>the second one. The absolute value of dispersion at the wavelength of 1550 nm is not more than 20 ps / nm / km. The effective area at the wavelength is not more than 15 μm2. The nonlinear constant n2 / Aeff at the wavelength of 1550 nm is equal to or more than 25×10−10 / W.

A stapler unit has a staple section, a cutter section, and a receiving section. A stapling device further includes a staple recovery box which is disposed at a staple discarding position and which recovers the tip ends to be discarded from the receiving section; and a staple discarding mechanism which delivers the tip ends received in the receiving section of the stapler unit to the staple recovery box. One of the plural stapling positions is identical with the staple discarding position.

An excellent ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is provided that can form a three-dimensional image in a more spatially-correct position regardless of an ultrasonic probe to be used, without leading to deterioration of the productivity of the treatment. An ultrasonic probe includes an ultrasonic transducer, a rotation transmission mechanism, a rotary encoder, a transducer-swinging motor and an encoder correction ROM. In the encoder correction ROM, an actual swing scanning angle of the ultrasonic transducer with respect to each count value that is obtained by counting pulses from the rotary encoder is stored in advance. A three-dimensional image processing means forms a three-dimensional image of a principal cross-section scanning plane in a direction at the actual swing scanning angle, while correcting an encoder count value from an encoder counter according to contents of the encoder correction ROM that are read out by a main controlling means.

Provided is a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more and exhibiting a high yield ratio and an excellent workability. The steel sheet includes C, Si, Mn, B, at least one of Ti, Nb and V, P, S, Al and N, the content by percentage of each of which is in a specified range. The metal structure thereof includes bainite, and martensite and may include ferrite. The proportion by area of bainite in the entire metal structure is 42 to 85%, that of martensite is 15 to 50%, that of ferrite is 5% or less, and that of entire microstructure of the balance other than bainite, martensite and ferrite is 3% or less thereof. Furthermore, bainite has an average crystal grain diameter of 7 μm or less.

A press-formed member includes a first wall with a first thickness, a second wall with a second thickness, and a first corner portion. The first corner portion is disposed between the first and second walls, with the first corner portion having an increased thickness formed by pressure-forming such that the increased thickness of the first corner portion is larger than the first and second thicknesses of the first and second walls adjacent to the first corner portion. In a manufacturing method for the press-formed member, a preliminary body structure to be deformed is provided, and the thickness of the first corner portion of the preliminary body structure is increased by applying pressure to the preliminary body structure.

The present invention provides a biaxially oriented polyester film for a backsheet of photovoltaics which exhibits an excellent hydrolysis resistance and a low shrinkage rate. The present invention relates to a biaxially oriented polyester film for a backsheet of photovoltaics, comprising a polyester having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.65 to 0.90 dL / g as measured in a mixed solvent comprising phenol and tetrachloroethane at a mass ratio of 50 / 50 at 23° C., a carboxyl end group content of 0 to 26 equivalents / t, and a phosphorus element content of 0 to 170 ppm, which biaxially oriented polyester film has a shrinkage rate of not more than 0.8% as measured in a longitudinal direction thereof after subjected to heat treatment at 150° C. for 30 min.

An apparatus and method for surface finishing a workpiece is disclosed as including a workpiece supporting mechanism supporting a workpiece having a target shaped periphery with a given width to be surface finished and a tool holder holding a surface finish tool in abutting contact with the target shaped periphery of the workpiece. A pressure applying mechanism is operative to apply a pressure force to the surface finish tool through the tool holder to cause the surface finish tool to be held in pressured contact with the target shaped periphery, with the pressure force exhibiting a given distribution pattern depending upon an axial direction of the workpiece. A drive mechanism rotates the workpiece to allow the surface finish tool to surface finish the target shaped periphery into a given geometrical profile, variably contoured along an axis of the workpiece depending on the given pressure distribution pattern.

An intermediate product transferring apparatus is provided for transferring an intermediate product W between a single-wafer carrying line for carrying the intermediate product W in a single-wafer manner and a manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the intermediate product W includes a transferring robot for transferring the intermediate product W between the single-wafer carrying line and the manufacturing apparatus; and a buffer for temporarily storing the intermediate product W which is transferred from the single-wafer carrying line by the transferring robot or the intermediate product W which is processed by the manufacturing apparatus.

An electromagnetic induction heating type image heating device is capable of preventing image defects caused by an increase in the temperature of a non-sheet passing portion during thin paper passage, and uses a magnetic shunt alloy having a predetermined Curie temperature. The image heating device is configured to heat a material based on heat generated by an eddy current generated in a conductive member by inducing a magnetic field in a conductive member with a magnetic flux generation unit. The conductive member includes a magnetic shunt alloy whose composition is adjusted to have a predetermined Curie temperature. The image heating device includes a cooling device configured to cool an end portion of the conductive member. Consequently, the image heating device can increase a cooling effect by the cooling device during thin paper passage, in which a fixing temperature is lower than during plain paper passage.

It is intended to improve the production yield of QFN (Quad Flat Non-leaded package) and attain a multi-pin structure. After a resin sealing member for sealing a semiconductor chip is formed by molding, a peripheral portion of the resin sealing member and a lead frame are both cut along a cutting line which is positioned inside (on a central side of the resin sealing member) of a line (molding line) extending along an outer edge of the resin sealing member, whereby the whole surface (upper and lower surfaces and both side faces) of each of leads exposed to side faces (cut faces) of the resin sealing member is covered with resin, thus preventing the occurrence of metallic burrs on the cut faces of the leads.

An oxidation process apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate holder provided in a processing chamber and having a substrate holding surface; a gas introduction unit for introducing an oxygen gas; a cylindrical member; and a substrate holder drive unit for changing relative positions of the substrate holder and the cylindrical member to allow the substrate holding surface and the cylindrical member to form an oxidation process space. The cylindrical member is provided so as to form a gap between the cylindrical member and the substrate holder during formation of the space. The oxygen gas is introduced restrictively into the space. The oxygen gas introduced from the gas introduction unit is evacuated through the gap.

A flexible printed circuit board using a lead-free solder is to be fixed within a disk enclosure while ensuring a high rigidity. In one embodiment, a rotating disk storage device comprises a flexible printed circuit board (FPC), wherein there is formed a wiring pattern including a signal line for the transmission of a signal of data read by a head in an actuator head suspension assembly (AHSA) and wherein one side end portion is fixed to a base and an opposite side end portion is fixed to the AHSA. A first metallic plate and a second metallic plate are both fixed to one side end portion of the FPC. A connector is disposed in an area where the first metallic plate in the FPC is provided, and connected to the wiring pattern. A shock sensor is disposed in an area where the second metallic plate in the FPC is provided, and connected to the wiring pattern. A reinforcing plate of a synthetic resin is, in an opposed state of the first and second metallic plates fixed to one side end portion of the FPC, held between the opposed faces of both metallic plates and is fixed to the base together with both metallic plates.

It is intended to improve the production yield of QFN (Quad Flat Non-leaded package) and attain a multi-pin structure. After a resin sealing member for sealing a semiconductor chip is formed by molding, a peripheral portion of the resin sealing member and a lead frame are both cut along a cutting line which is positioned inside (on a central side of the resin sealing member) of a line (molding line) extending along an outer edge of the resin sealing member, whereby the whole surface (upper and lower surfaces and both side faces) of each of leads exposed to side faces (cut faces) of the resin sealing member is covered with resin, thus preventing the occurrence of metallic burrs on the cut faces of the leads.

The present invention provides a thermal transfer image receiving sheet having a good productivity, capable of inexpensively obtaining an image with high density and high resolution. A dye receiving layer is provided on one surface side of a base material film, and a porous layer with hollow particles bonded by a binder resin provided on the other surface side, respectively. The porous layer is attached with a base material via an adhesive layer.

In a cement-based extrusion molding composition, deterioration of productivity due to fluctuation of unburned carbon is prevented by ensuring excellent dispersibility of coal ash mainly composed of fly ash, the extrusion pressure in extrusion molding is reduced, and the strength of a molded product in the same curing condition as in single use of silica sand or silica stone powder is developed. The cement-based extrusion molding composition of the invention comprises: 100 parts by weight of a mixture comprising a hydraulic material, a silicious raw material including fly ash as an essential component and a fiber; 0.1 to 1.5 parts by weight of an extrusion aid; 15 to 45 parts by weight of water; 0.01 to 2.0 parts by weight of a nitrogenous polyoxyalkylene derivative represented by formula (1); and 0.01 to 2.0 parts by weight of a copolymer having a composition of 50 to 99 wt % of a constituting unit (a) represented by formula (2), 1 to 50 wt % of a constituting unit (b) represented by formula (3) and 0 to 30 wt % of a constituting unit (c) derived from another copolymerizable monomer.

In a conventional system in which a structured document is uploaded, and a server performs layer management by dividing the structured document into page units, the user must designate a layer management instruction or must prepare for another batch designation file after uploading. In a document processing system according to this invention, the user assigns three layer attributes “upper”, “lower”, and “equal” to arbitrary pages of a structured document as annotations in advance before uploading, and a server automatically reads layer instructions of the annotations upon uploading and performs layer management according to the contents of the instructions.

In a splitting method for an optical device wafer, the wafer having optical devices formed individually in regions partitioned by a plurality of crossing scheduled splitting lines provided on a front surface and having a reflective film formed on a reverse surface, a focal point of a laser beam is positioned to the inside of the optical device wafer and the laser beam is irradiated along the scheduled splitting lines from the reverse surface side of the wafer to form modification layers in the inside of the wafer. An external force is applied to the wafer to split the wafer along the scheduled splitting lines and form a plurality of optical device chips. The laser beam has a wavelength that produces transmittance through the reflective film equal to or higher than 80%.

A manufacturing management device includes first cell planning device connected to the manufacturing machine of first manufacturing cell, and second cell planning device connected to the manufacturing machine of second manufacturing cell. The planning part of the first cell planning device calculates quantity of operation that would be left unfinished with respect to the quantity stipulated in a manufacturing plan. The first cell planning device transmits a request for transfer including information on the quantity of operation that would be left unfinished to the second cell planning device. The second cell planning device modifies at least one of the operation period and the period of maintenance work of the manufacturing machine in the second manufacturing cell so as to increase the quantity of operation during the predetermined period.