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A flexible wiring board is obtained as follows. A copper foil pattern is formed on the both surfaces of a base polymer film made of polyimide, etc. The copper foil pattern of the both sides, except for an end portion of the copper foil pattern of one surface, is covered entirely with an insulative protecting film made of polyimide, etc., for protecting the copper foil pattern, and the insulative protecting film and the copper foil pattern are bonded with each other by an insulative protecting film adhesive layer. On the exposed end portion of the copper foil pattern on one surface is formed a plated layer to be connected to an electrical component. The thickness of the insulative protecting film which is bonded with the surface on which the plated layer is formed is set to be thinner than the base polymer film. As a result, it is ensured that insulation failure of the insulative protecting film is prevented, and wire breakage of wiring when bent can easily be prevented.

A battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack includes angular-shaped battery cells stacked in a stack direction and a battery holder device. The battery holder device presses side surfaces of the battery cells with a load acting along the stack direction. The battery holder device integrally includes multiple surface pressing members each interposed between adjacent battery cells and multiple connection members each connecting adjacent surface pressing members. Rigidity of each connection member against the load acting along the stack direction is smaller than rigidity of each surface pressing member against the load acing along the stack direction.

A vibration damping unit includes a rack-mounted support body removably mounted on a rack. A mass is supported on the support body for movement along an imaginary plane. An elastic member is coupled to the support body and the mass. The support body is removable from the rack. The vibration damping unit can be mounted on an existing rack in a facilitated manner without any change in the design of the rack. Workers can be released from troublesome works, such as moving the rack, even when the vibration damping unit is applied to the rack. The means for preventing sway or vibration can be applied to the rack even when an electronic apparatus, including a disk array apparatus and the like, is in operation inside the rack.

A jaw repositioning appliance has a maxillary plate fit to a maxilla, a mandibular plate fit to a mandible, and at least one connecting wire constituted with a wire rod, which has the Young's modulus of 100 GPa or lower, which has tensile strength value of 0.01 or higher with respect to the Young's modulus, and which can deform elastically. The connecting wire has at least one curved portion. One end (34, 44) of the connecting wire is attached to the maxillary plate and the other end of the connecting wire is attached to the mandibular plate.

Disclosed is a mirror unit and a method of producing the same. In one preferred form of the present invention, the mirror unit includes (i) a mirror with a multilayered film formed on a substrate, the multilayered film having two materials periodically laminated in layers on the substrate, and (ii) a substrate deforming device for producing deformation of a shape of the substrate of the mirror, wherein, in the multilayered film, the number of laminated layers in a predetermined region of the substrate differs from that in another region of the substrate. A mirror unit producing method according to another preferred from of the present invention includes (a) forming a multilayered film on a substrate, the multilayered film having two materials periodically laminated in layers on the substrate, (b) providing substrate deforming means in association with the substrate, the deforming means having a function for producing deformation of the shape of the substrate, and (c) partially removing the multilayered film.

An inner cutter including a circular hub unit, which is coupled to a rotary drive shaft, and a ring-shaped inner cutter main unit, which is secured to the hub unit and is formed with cutter blades standing up from their lower portions with the upper parts sliding against the inside lower surface of the outer cutter; and the cutter blades being formed with reduced cross-sectional portions that have a dimension in the radial direction of circular hub unit (or of the ring-shaped inner cutter main body) made smaller than a dimension in the radial direction of blade tip ends.

There is provided a sealing structure in a convertible type vehicle in which a roof 11 is opened by folding or removing the roof 11, wherein a weather strip 15 mounted to a header 12 comprises seal portions 18, 19, which seals a gap by making a resilient contact with the hood 11 when the hood 11 is in a closed position. A roof side weather strip 22 mounted to a side edge of the hood 11 comprises a sub-seal portion 28 which seals a gap formed with the hood 11. A fin shape seal portion 1 is projecting formed at a front end of the sub-seal portion 28, where a front end of the seal portion 1 makes a resilient contact with a seal portion 19 of the weather strip 15 when the hood 11 is in a closed position, thereby sealing a contacting portion formed between the weather strip 15 and the front end of the roof side weather strip 22.

In a dust cover structure of a hydraulic shock absorber 10 covering a piston rod 12 of the hydraulic shock absorber 10 with a bellows-like dust cover 30, the dust cover 30 is divided into upper, intermediate and lower regions A, B, and C extending in a longitudinal direction. Thicknesses Ta and Tc of bellows portions 33A and 33C in the upper region A and the lower region C are made thin, and a thickness Tb of a bellows portion 33B in the intermediate region B is made thick.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle end structure capable of more reliably receiving a load upon a collision in a vehicle body of the frame construction. The vehicle end structure of the present invention is one constructed near a front end (or rear end) of a framework of a vehicle and is characterized by comprising a pair of body frame members 1 extending in an anteroposterior direction of the vehicle body; a bumper reinforce 3 hung at ends of the pair of frame members 1; a pair of brackets 4 located on the center side of the vehicle with respect to the ends of the pair of frame members 1 and projecting outwardly and laterally from the respective frame members; a pair of outer pillar members 5 extending downward from the respective brackets 4; a cross member 6 hung between the pair of outer pillar members 5; and a pair of inner pillar members 7 joining an upper surface of the cross member 6 to the respective frame members 1.

A compressor includes a closed container housing a compression element driven by the shaft of a motor. The compression element includes a first and second bearings supporting first and second shaft portions, and at least one cylinder having at least one cylinder chamber disposed between the first and second bearings. At least one roller is fitted to the shaft in the at least one cylinder chamber. The first bearing is disposed closer to the motor than the second bearing. The first and second bearings have first and second annular grooves opened to the at least one cylinder chamber and first and second elastic portions provided in first and second opposing surfaces, respectively. A diameter of the second shaft portion is smaller than a diameter of the first shaft portion. A rigidity of the second elastic portion is smaller than a rigidity of the first elastic portion.

The present invention relates to a soft stopper penetrating dispensing device and a soft stopper penetrating dispensing method. A purpose of the present invention is to suction and discharge liquid with respect to a soft stopper sealed container sealed with a soft stopper such as a rubber stopper without removing the soft stopper.The soft stopper penetrating dispensing device includes a dispensation available punching head which is provided to be relatively movable relative to a stage where the soft stopper sealed container sealed with the soft stopper is able to be placed, a punching tip which has a through-hole along the vertical direction and is made of a hard material and formed in a tapered shape, a dispensing needle tip which is movably provided relative to the head by the dispensing moving mechanism provided in the dispensation available punching head and is able to suction and discharge the liquid.

A measuring system for analyzing a knee joint motion trajectory when a rider is riding a bike (cycling) and a measuring method thereof are disclosed. The measuring system includes a pedal-able device, a light emitting component fixed at a tibial plateau of the rider, an image capturing device, and a knee joint motion trajectory analysis device. When the rider continuously pedals the pedal-able device, the image capturing device captures an image of a central position of the rider's lower limb and a light spot trajectory image of the light emitting component. The motion trajectory analysis device generates an ellipse motion trajectory diagram. After comparing and analyzing a body central line with a trajectory long axis line, a foot force distribution and a shifting data of the knee joint motion trajectory is acquired, and a proper insole is determined.

A sealed transmission device for a helium space of a high temperature gas cooled reactor and a drive device thereof are disclosed. The helium space (1) is enclosed by a chamber body (2), a pressure-bearing casing (3), a fastener (4) and a sealing element (5). A transmission member (8) is connected with an executing member (6) inside the helium space (1) and a motive member (7) outside the helium space (1) and transmits movements between them. The transmission member (8) is a magnetic shaft coupling which includes the pressure-bearing casing (3), a driving magnetic component (9) arranged outside the pressure-bearing casing (3) and a driven magnetic component (10) arranged inside the pressure-bearing casing (3). The motive member (7) and the driving magnetic component (9) are connected to each other to form a driving member, and the executing member (6) and the driven magnetic component (10) are connected to each other to form a driven member. The present invention can seal the thermal state radioactive helium space fully, and satisfy controllability and reliability requirements for the operations, such as big torque, long time and continuity, reciprocating rotation and frequent start and stop, etc.

A small drill includes one chip-discharging flute which is helically formed in the exterior surface of a cutting portion of the small drill. The small drill also includes a flute-shaped portion which is formed in the front region of the chip-discharging flute in the rotating direction, which is connected to the chip-discharging flute, and which is open at the exterior surface of the cutting portion. The core diameter ratio d / D, in percent, of the small drill is set to 60% or more, and a margin angle θ thereof is set to 120° or more.

A vibration isolating device includes an insulator for isolating the transmission of an inputted vibration by an elastic deformation. A principal vibration input portion is provided in a central area of a concave curved wall portion formed in the insulator. A thin wall portion and a thick wall portion are formed by relatively varying a thickness of the insulator around the vibration input portion, wherein the concave curved wall portion of the insulator is formed in a substantially circular shape when viewed in a principal vibration inputted direction. The thick wall portion is formed substantially in the shape of a belt of a predetermined width and extends across the concave curved wall portion in the diametrical direction thereof while passing the vibration input portion. A rigid body covering portion for covering a surface of a metallic member of the vibration input portion is provided in the central area of the thick wall portion. A thickness of the rigid body covering portion is at least 1.7 mm.

An air conditioning device has an electric blower, an air conditioning case, a cooling heat exchanger, and a partition wall. The electric blower has an electric motor, a fan, and a blowing case. Air from the blowing case flows toward the vehicle interior through the air conditioning case. The cooling heat exchanger is disposed in the air conditioning case. The partition wall is disposed on an upstream side of the cooling heat exchanger in the air conditioning case and partitions an inside of the air conditioning case into a first ventilation path and a second ventilation path. The blowing case is connected to a portion of the air conditioning case located on the upstream side of the cooling heat exchanger. The portion of the air conditioning case supports the partition wall formed along a flow direction of a main flow of the air blowing from the blowing case.

A microphone unit including a substrate, a microphone, a fixing member, and a film. The substrate includes a first face, a second face opposite to the first face, and a through-hole extending from the first face to the second face through the substrate. The microphone is mounted on or fixed onto the second face of the substrate and has a sound hole in communication with the through-hole of the substrate. The fixing member is fixed onto the first face of the substrate such as to be located around the through-hole. The film provides at least one of dustproofness and waterproofness and is fixed onto the fixing member such as to cover the through-hole.

A recording apparatus includes a recording head that performs recording on a recording medium, a medium support member that is disposed at a position where the medium support member can face the recording head and supports the recording medium, and a reinforcing member that is attached below the medium support member and has a greater rigidity than the medium support member. The medium support member includes a rigidity reduction unit that reduces the rigidity of the medium support member in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the recording medium.

Intervals are provided between rolling elements in a load area to avoid jostling of rolling elements in a rolling device. A portion of a transfer groove has such a sectional shape as to form a contact point changing path for coming in contact with smaller diameter portions of the rolling elements than outer diameters of the rolling elements to thereby reduce revolution quantities of the rolling elements to bring rolling elements in contact with or close to each other at this portion. Then, when the rolling elements come out of the contact point changing path, the outer diameter portions of the rolling elements come in contact with the transfer groove to thereby increase the revolution quantities of the rolling elements to create intervals between the rolling elements entering the load area.

A vibration-damping device including: a first mounting member configured to be mounted to one of components of a vibration transmission system; a second mounting member configured to be mounted to an other of the components of the vibration transmission system; a main rubber elastic body connecting the first mounting member and the second mounting member elastically to each other; a bracket attached to the second mounting member, the bracket having a mounting part configured to be mounted to the other of the components of the vibration transmission system; a tubular outer member secured press-fit to the second mounting member; a mass member disposed within the tubular outer member; and a support rubber fixed at an outer peripheral part of the mass member, the support rubber elastically connecting the tubular outer member and the mass member to constitute a dynamic damper.

Disclosed are a mirror unit and a method of producing the same. In one preferred embodiment, the mirror unit includes a mirror with a multilayered film formed on a substrate, the multilayered film having two materials periodically laminated in layers on the substrate, and a substrate deforming device for producing deformation of a shape of the substrate of the mirror, wherein, in the multilayered film, the number of laminated layers in a predetermined region of the substrate differs from that in another region of the substrate. A mirror unit producing method according to another preferred embodiment includes forming a multilayered film on a substrate, the multilayered film having two materials periodically laminated in layers on the substrate, providing substrate deforming means in association with the substrate, the deforming means having a function for producing deformation of the shape of the substrate, and partially removing the multilayered film.

A cross joint comprises yokes each formed with a bearing hole and a spider shaft rotatably fitted into the bearing hole through a rolling bearing. The spider shaft is formed with a contact portion with the rolling bearing, the contact portion having its outside diameter larger than an outside diameter of the spider shaft.