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Upon recording, a clearance control unit performs preheating by an added control value (BR) of a base heater control value B and an adjustment heater control value R and switches that to value B when it reaches a target sector to perform write. Upon reproduction, preheating is performed by the value (BR) and the value (BR) is maintained when it reaches a target sector to perform read. A correction processing unit detects contact between the head and a medium surface while increasing the value R from a predetermined initial value Ro, and sets a new calculated base heater control value B, and value Ro as the adjustment heater control value R. Write assist adjustment in which the measured adjustment heater control value R is adjusted to a heater control value that improves characteristic deterioration immediately after recording is started wherein preheating is switched to write heating is performed.

A shaft seal packing exhibiting high sealing ability in initial assembly and also exhibiting, even after the packing is retightened, excellent sealing ability by an increased seal surface pressure obtained through an effect of pressing and by self-sealing ability obtained through an effect of fluid pressure. A valve element installed in a valve body is provided so as to be rotatable about or liftable along a valve shaft. The shaft seal packing is installed in a shaft seal chamber of a valve in which the valve shaft is set. The shaft seal packing is used for a shaft seal structure for the valve, and in the shaft seal packing, annular packing bodies having a generally V-shape cross- section are stacked on each other, the stack surfaces on the inner diameter side are made to be in intimate contact with each other, and a predetermined gap is formed between adjacent stack surfaces on the outer diameter side. In the shaft seal structure, force applied to the packing bodies by tightening force and fluid pressure is converted into radial force by the taper angle of the stack surface on the inner diameter side. This causes the inner peripheral surfaces of the packing bodies on the inner diameter side and the outer peripheral surface of the valve shaft on the sliding side are sealed between each other by surface contact, and also the gaps allow lip parts on the outer diameter side to be pushed and expanded, causing the lip parts and the shaft seal chamber on the fixed side to be sealed between each other by line contact.

An object is to provide a closing member for an opening, the closing member capable of more reliably maintaining a lightning-protective function. In addition to a first insulator 63, a second insulator 65 is provided between a door body 30 and a wing inner surface 11b around an opening 12. When the first insulator 63 falls off, the second insulator 65 becomes interposed between an inner peripheral planar part 64 and the wing inner surface 11b. With the first insulator 63 being tightly interposed between an outer peripheral planar part 62 and the wing inner surface 11b, the second insulator 65 faces the wing inner surface 11b with a predetermined clearance C therebetween. The outer peripheral planar part 62 is formed at a position further away from the wing inner surface 11b than an apical surface 65a of the second insulator 65 mounted on the inner peripheral planar part 64.

An automobile seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back tiltably mounted on the seat cushion, and a head rest mounted on an upper portion of the seat back. The automobile seat also includes a seat cushion frame, a pair of side frames mounted on the seat cushion frame, and a seat back frame mounted on the pair of side frames so as to be rockable within a limited range of angle. The seat further includes a seat back frame rocking mechanism for causing, when an acceleration greater than a predetermined value is inputted from behind a vehicle body, the seat back frame to undergo a rocking motion, and a rocking motion preventing member for preventing, when the acceleration greater than the predetermined value is not inputted from behind the vehicle body, the seat back frame rocking mechanism from causing the seat back frame to undergo the rocking motion.

A seat apparatus includes: a seat cushion provided in a vehicle; a seat back pivotably joined to the seat cushion, the seat back capable of being folded forward so as to be superposed on the seat cushion; a seat storage unit in which the seat cushion and the seat back are stored in a folded state; and a headrest attached to the seat back via a pivotable member, the headrest capable of being stored in a clearance defined between a back supporting surface of the seat back and a sitting surface of the seat cushion when the seat cushion and the seat back are folded.

To provide a TAB tape carrier that can provide improved adhesion of a conductive pattern to an insulating base layer, while strengthening a connection between gold terminals of a semiconductor device and connection terminals covered with a tin plating layer, and can prevent the conductive pattern from sinking into the insulating base layer. In the TAB tape carrier 1, an insulating base layer 2 is formed by laminating a thermoplastic polyimide resin layer 2b of 4µm thick or less on a thermosetting polyimide resin layer 2a, and a conductive pattern 7 having inner leads 9 covered with a tin plating layer 13 is formed on a surface of the thermoplastic polyimide resin layer 2b. In this TAB tape carrier 1, even when the gold terminals 22 of the semiconductor device 21 are press-bonded to the inner leads 9 covered with the tin plating layer 13 at high temperatures and pressures, the conductive pattern 7 can be prevented from sinking into the insulating base layer 2.

A parking brake control device performs a releasing control with good precision by more precisely maintaining clearance between a friction-applying member and a friction-applied member. During a releasing control, a timing at which a braking force generated by an electric parking brake 2 drops to zero is detected based on a change in a motor current, and a second releasing operation time is set according to the magnitude of the motor current at the time the braking force drops to zero. This makes it possible for the second releasing operation time to be set in accordance with fluctuations in a motor load due to temperature changes or the like. Therefore, a clearance between a brake pad and a brake disc can be kept constant according to the motor load.

An optical ribbon (20) includes at least one optical fiber and a conformal coating at least substantially encapsulating said at least one optical fiber. The optical ribbon is flat and has a generally curved section (42) which can be routed around components (40) on a printed wiring board (22) or can be used as a built-in ferrule retermination loop.

A clamping device supports or structurally replaces a weld joint between connected pipes. The clamping device includes an upper clamp body and a lower clamp body securable on opposite sides of the connected pipes in facing relation, and at least one clamp bolt connecting the upper and lower clamp bodies and extendable through the connected pipes. One of the upper and lower clamp bodies has at least one shaped depression, which receives a complementary shaped clamp bolt nut engageable with the clamp bolt. The shaped depression prevents rotation of the clamp bolt nut.

The present invention relates to an illuminated dental prop for holding a patient's mouth open during dental procedures. The illuminated dental prop is completely disposed within the patient's mouth during use and includes a body portion and a lighting assembly that is selectively detachable from the body to allow for intense sterilization of the components after use. Under certain embodiments of the invention, the body portion and / or the lighting assembly will be disposable after a single use.

First and second lead portions of an a-phase winding, a b-phase winding and a c-phase winding are each led out from a rear-end coil end group, and subsequently led around circumferentially along an apex portion of the rear-end coil end group so as to be separated from the apex portion. In addition, the first lead portions and the second lead portions are bent axially so as to contact each other closely and are joined together. The first lead portions are fastened by ties in a vicinity of the bent portion extending to the joined portion of the first lead portion, and the second lead portions are fastened by ties in a vicinity of a portion at which the first lead portion is led out from the rear-end coil end group.

A lockup device 5 includes a damper mechanism 7, a plate 56, a plate 57, a piston 51, and a plate 59. The damper mechanism 7 has a plate 52 rotating together with the turbine 10, and plates 53 and 54 rotatable with respect to the plate 52. The plate 56 is unrotatable and axially movable with respect to the plates 53 and 54. The plate 57 is unrotatable and axially movable with respect to the front cover 2, and is arranged on the turbine side of the plate 52. The piston 51 is arranged on the turbine side of the plate 56, and is elastically and unrotatably coupled in an axial direction to the plates 53 and 54 through the plate 59.

A method for manufacturing a female terminal (1) with a tubular portion (11) formed by bending a metal plate into a tubular shape and resilient contact pieces (12) extending from the tubular portion (11) in an axial direction of the tubular portion (11), folded inwardly of the tubular portion (11) and configured to resiliently contact a mating terminal inside the tubular portion (11) includes a joining step of joining metal members thinner than the metal plate to the metal plate, and a forming step of bending the metal members joined to the metal plate and forming the metal members as the resilient contact pieces.