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A trackball device includes a friction plate rockably supported having opening in which a top portion of the sphere is exposed, as a brake unit applying braking force (friction force) to the sphere, and an actuator capable of driving the friction plate to a lower side. When the friction plate is driven by the actuator, the circumference portion of the opening of the friction plate is pressed to be in contact with the sphere from an upper side. A supporting member rotatably holding the sphere includes a plurality of supporting small spheres contacts the sphere at a point and a base member in which the supporting small spheres is arranged to be dispersed in the circumferential direction. The base member rockably supports the friction plate.

Concave parts arranged with a predetermined pattern on the surface of a plate substrate is formed. Wettability of the concave part surface is made to differ from that of the surface of a flat part between the concave parts. Particularly, in the case of an aqueous liquid, by forming water repellency film on the flat part, liquid can be stably retained on the concave part and prevented from spilling over to the adjacent concave part.

An oil-containing solid in which liquid oil is contained in a large amount and from which oil seepage is slight; and a process for producing the same. The oil-containing solid is produced by impregnating a porous solid with a W/O emulsion. Further, use is made of the W/O emulsion having a water-soluble gellable substance incorporated in the water phase thereof. Consequently, the water-soluble gellable substance is converted to a gel in pores of the porous solid, thereby enhancing the liquid oil leakage preventing effect of the W/O emulsion.

In order to provide an athletic shoe that does not get caught even when a strong effort to hold on is made when sliding sideways, and that allows for light footwork, the present invention provides an athletic shoe that has an undersurface of a midsole 22 that is formed with a raised portion 24, along a circumferential side edge thereof affixed with an outersole 30 that forms an outsole, and an extending portion 32 that extends up to a circumferential side surface of the midsole is formed at a perimeter edge of the outersole, wherein: at a portion along a little toe of the circumferential side surface 22a of the midsole, a bulged portion 29 having a thickness equal to or more than a thickness substantially corresponding to a thickness of the raised portion 24 of the midsole in a shoe width direction is integrally fanned so as to protrude outward, and the extending portion 32 is formed extending from the perimeter edge of the outersole 30 toward a protruding surface of the bulged portion 29 and the extending portion 32 is formed in a large arcuate curve and is made to go round the protruding surface of the bulged portion.

A smoking article includes an aerosol-generating section and a filter section attached to the aerosol-generating section. The filter section contains a plurality of flavor-releasing particles each containing a water-soluble matrix containing a flavor component. The plurality of flavor-releasing particles has respective particle diameters ranging from 1 to 100 μm and has an average particle diameter of 20 μm or less.

A window covering support rack includes an elongate rod having opposite ends mounted to and supported by end brackets that are fixed to a wall and an intermediate bracket fixed to the wall between the end brackets and supporting the rod. The intermediate bracket includes an L-shaped plate having an end section fixed to the wall and a horizontal section extending from the rod section and having a free end forming a recess for partially receiving and supporting the rod therein. A retention wall is formed on the horizontal section of the intermediate bracket for stably retaining the rod in the recess. A plurality of hanger rings is fit over and movable along the rod. Each hanger ring has a side opening aligned with the horizontal section of the intermediate bracket to allow the hanger ring to pass over the intermediate bracket.

A stopper member 54 is fixed to an inner column 3a, and a second displacement preventing protruding portion 57 provided in the stopper member 54 is opposed to a bolt 42 fixed to an outer column 2b. In the case where a load not less than a predetermined value is given from the bolt 42 to the second displacement preventing protruding portion 57, the second displacement preventing protruding portion 57 is deformed and the thus deformed portion is withdrawn into an accommodating recess portion 60 provided in the stopper member 54. A plate spring made of conductive material is elastically pressed to the stopper member 54 and the outer column 2b in the circumferential direction of the outer column 2b.

Since treatment effects of conventional external preparations were not satisfactory, it is aimed to provide a novel external preparation that is excellent in drug permeability to nail, capable of fully exhibiting effects of an antifungal drug, and effective for treatments of diseases such as nail mycosis and nail candidiasis, particularly, treatments for nail tinea. The external preparation of this invention is a pharmaceutical composition for nail characterized by containing an antifungal drug, alkylpyrrolidone or a derivative thereof, and a crosslinking hydrogel.

Locking members installed in a housing of a connector each include a first piece having at one end an engaging portion to engage the anchoring portion formed in a flexible printed circuit board, a pressure receiving portion at the other end to be urged by a pivoting member, and a projection inwardly extending from the pressure receiving portion; a second piece having at one end a connection portion connected to a substrate; and a jointing fulcrum portion connecting the first and second pieces. When the engaging portions of the locking members engage the anchoring portions of the circuit board, the second pieces are void of parts facing to the engaging portions. The housing includes notches at positions corresponding to the locking members. The connector achieves further reduced overall height and stable holding force for the circuit board even with less conductors without failed connection.

The present invention provides a stabilizer for stable retention and/or immobilization of grains of flesh, etc. of foods, a thickening agent capable of imparting viscosity through addition of a small amount thereof, and a gelling agent having excellent heat resistance. The present invention provides a composition comprising a polysaccharide and a highly dispersible cellulose complex composed of a hydrophilic substance, a water-soluble polymer and a water-dispersible cellulose being fine-fibrous cellulose from plant cell walls as a raw material. Further, there are provided a stabilizer, thickening and gelling agent comprising the above composition.

The present invention relates to a human artificial chromosome (HAC) vector and a method for producing the same. The present invention further relates to a method for introducing foreign DNA using a human artificial chromosome vector and a method for producing a cell which expresses foreign DNA. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for producing a protein.

A speaker retaining mechanism for retaining a speaker at a predetermined position of a cabinet is disclosed. This speaker retaining mechanism includes: a retaining member that is fixed to the cabinet and that has a hollow space surrounded by an inner wall; and a vibration damping member attached to both ends of the speaker. The vibration damping member is disposed in the hollow space of the retaining member so that the vibration damping member contacts elastically with the inner wall of the retaining member.

A protection element and a secondary battery device employing the protection element are provided for stably retaining a flux on a soluble conductor at a predetermined position, so as to enable appropriate blowout of the soluble conductor in the event of an abnormality. The protection element has a soluble conductor which is disposed on an insulation baseboard, and which is connected to a power supply path of a device targeted to be protected, and which causes a blowout when a predetermined abnormal electric power, amount is supplied. A flux is coated on a surface of the soluble conductor, and an insulation cover member is mounted on the baseboard and covers the soluble conductor. The protection element also includes a stepped portion for retaining the flux at a predetermined position in contact with the flux, and the stepped portion is formed opposite to the soluble conductor on an interior face of the insulation cover member.

An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing (1) defining an receiving cavity (10); a plurality of conductive terminals (2) disposed in the housing and each terminal having a contact beam (21) with a contact portion exposed to the receiving cavity; a pressing member (3) having a pair of latching arms (31) and associated with the housing by the latching arms, the pressing member movable between an opened position and a closed position; and a pair of latching members (4) assembled on the housing and each latching member comprising a resilient arm (40) having a latching portion (401). When the pressing member arrives at the closed position, the latching arms urge corresponding resilient arms to move toward the receiving cavity so as to achieve an engagement between the latching portions and the sheet-like connection member.

A method of manufacturing an opto-electric hybrid board capable of optically coupling light-emitting and light-receiving elements mounted on an electrical wiring board and an optical waveguide provided in an optical wiring board to each other easily with high accuracy. An opto-electric hybrid board obtained thereby. Guide pins have end portions fitted in alignment openings of an electrical wiring board and end portions fitted in alignment openings of an optical wiring board to accomplish alignment therebetween. The electrical wiring board is configured such that a conductor layer having pads for mounting light-emitting and light-receiving elements thereon and interconnect lines is formed on a metal substrate, and the alignment openings are formed in the metal substrate. The optical wiring board is configured such that an optical waveguide is formed on a metal substrate, and optical coupling openings for the optical waveguide and the alignment openings are formed in the metal substrate.

A bracket-equipped vibration-damping device including: a vibration-damping device main body including vertically-separated, elastically-connected first and second mounting members; a bracket receiving the device main body inserted laterally thereinto; a connection-insert section provided for the second mounting member; a connection groove provided for the bracket extending in an insertion direction of the device main body; at least one up-down urging rubber fixed on an outer surface of the connection-insert section on an upper-lower first side; and a lock protrusion formed on an inner surface of the connection groove on an upper-lower second side, with a smaller protrusion dimension than an up-down thickness of the up-down urging rubber such that the connection-insert section is laterally inserted into the connection groove beyond the lock protrusion before being urged to the second side by the up-down urging rubber to be positioned to the connection groove.

A planetary gear device includes a housing having a chamber for receiving lubricating member and having an internal gear, a carrier rotatably received in the chamber of the housing and having an output shaft and having a number of openings for rotatably receiving planet pinions. The planet pinions are engaged with the internal gear of the housing, and each includes a bore for receiving an axle, and a number of rollers received between the planet pinion and the axle to act as a bearing device for smoothly attaching the planet pinions on the axles. The planet pinions each has one or two side portions each having one or more slots for filling the lubricating member into the bore of the planet pinion.

The invention relates to a wheel profile laser measurement device. An electromotor is fixed on one end of a base, and is connected with a drive screw, and an incremental photoelectric encoder is mounted on the other end of the drive screw; a guide rod which is parallel with the drive screw is arranged on the base as well, and the bottom of the base is fixed on a rail through supporting blocks; a movable slider is sleeved on the guide rod, and also cooperates with the drive screw by means of screw threads; a movable rod is fixed on the movable slider, a laser head of a laser displacement sensor is fixed on the top of the movable rod, the serial port and the USB port of the laser displacement sensor are respectively connected with the serial port and the USB port of a computer, and the signal output end of the incremental photoelectric encoder is connected with the control signal input end of the laser displacement sensor. The test device can conveniently measure the abrasion change of a wheel profile on the spot; moreover, the device is convenient to carry and easy and convenient to operate, the measurement precision is high, and the repeatability of test data is good.

The invention discloses a positioning device of an oral implanting robot vision navigation system. The positioning device comprises a tray, a marking plate, a connecting rod, an opening retainer, an endoscope support and retaining screws. A tray handle of the tray is fixed through one retaining screw after being matched with a tray inserting portion of the connecting rod in position through a connecting rod inserting hole. A retaining screw hole B in the marking plate is fixed through one retaining screw after being matched with a retaining screw hole C of a connecting portion A of the connecting rod in position. The opening retainer is meshed with the interior of an opening retainer clamping groove in the tray through a toothed opening in the lower portion of the opening retainer. The endoscope support is fixed through one retaining screw after being matched with a retaining screw hole D in the endoscope support in position through an endoscope support inserting hole. According to the scheme, the operation steps are simplified, after the appropriate tray is selected according to clinic requirements, the tray can be stably fixed to a dentition by the adoption of a silicone rubber impression film preparation method, the tedious steps needed by manufacturing a device loaded on the dentition through a membrane pressing method are omitted, and preoperative preparation time and the patient treatment frequency are reduced.