Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Taiho Pharmaceutical Company Limited

Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company Limited

Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Takenaka

Jiro Terada

Toshihiko Ichinose

Kazumitsu Ueda

Masami Tamura

Masaharu Ushihara

Takahiro Manabe

Mikio Nozu

Hiroshi Senda

Yasuhito Osada

Hitoshi Nishimura

Kikuo Kaino

Yoshihiro Urade

Takeshi Nishimura

Kazuto Nakamura

Naomi Eguchi

Kosuke Aritake

Hiroyuki Hoshino

Yosuke Sagayama

Sumitake Yoshida

Kazumitu Ueda

Jirou Terada

Shu Matsuda

Masatoshi Hasegawa

Sawako Hyo

Ryo Kawata

Sawako 128 Takatsuji-Omiya-Cho Hyo

Yoshihiro 503 Granshitio-Shimogamo-Shikisaikan Urade

A method is provided for diagnosis of the severity of a condition in an eosinophilic inflammatory disease such as nasal polyp and for prediction of the recurrence of the disease.

Method for diagnosis of severity and prediction of recurrence in eosinophilic inflammatory disease

An apparatus concealing member in which a film-type information input device () is placed under a film-type transparent base member (), a functional liquid crystal film () is placed under the information input device () at a position where the functional liquid crystal film () covers a portion to be concealed () of an apparatus and can be electrically changed over between being transparent and being non-transparent, and a non-metal and film-type glossy layer () is placed under the functional liquid crystal film and exhibits transparency and a gloss due to reflection.

Apparatus concealing member, apparatus using the same, and method for concealing portion to be concealed of apparatus

In a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a plurality of semiconductor devices formed on a substrate, the principal plane of the substrate is partitioned into a plurality of device regions and into a plurality of routing regions each crossing a boundary between the plural device regions. A device group including one or more semiconductor devices among the plural semiconductor devices and a local interconnect for connecting the semiconductor devices included in the device group are disposed within the plural device regions. A global routing for connecting the device groups to each other is disposed within each of the plural routing regions.

Method of exposing a semiconductor integrated circuit including device regions and global routing region

Semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a plurality of semiconductor devices formed on a substrate

Forward-scatter energy E,, deposited at the center of an electron beam focused on a resist film out of energy of a forward-scattered electron, is derived. A first exposure dose D,is also obtained as a minimum exposure dose at which one of lines of a testing resist film starts to leave the center thereof when the testing resist film is developed after the lines have been irradiated with the electron beam with the exposure dose thereof varied. In this case, the resist film for forming a pattern thereon is a negative resist, and has the same composition and thickness as the testing resist film. A line-to-line distance between adjacent ones of the lines gradually increases from a value equal to or smaller than twice the length of a backscattering radius &bgr;,to a value more than twice the length of a maximum radius r,of backscattered electron's reach. And a function D(s) of a second exposure dose is obtained using the line-to-line distance as a variable. The second exposure dose is a minimum exposure dose, at which one of spaces between the lines of the testing resist film starts to leave the center thereof. An intensity distribution of energy deposited in a region of the resist film, which is outside of the backscattered electron's reach, is obtained around the center of the focused electron beam by (D,/D(s))&times;E,, and used for proximity effect correction.

Pattern forming method

A high-performance angular velocity sensor has a tuning-fork structure in which two vibrator units consisting of piezoelectric elements are coupled to each other. The angular velocity sensor comprises two metal plates, a first vibrator including a first actuator and a first detector joined orthogonally to each other, and a second vibrator including a second actuator and a second detector joined orthogonally to each other, the two vibrators being coupled by an electrode block to each other in parallel along an axis of detection. The first actuator and the first detector include piezoelectric elements bonded to the first metal surface, and the second actuator and the second detector include piezoelectric elements bonded to the second metal surface.

Angular velocity sensor having a balanced tuning fork structure

The present invention relates to an angular velocity sensor utilized as a gyroscope and particularly, to a high-performance angular velocity sensor having a tuning-fork construction. The vibrator is formed of a metal base plate which is bent about 90 degrees along a center line defined by two opposite slits extending from their respective side edges to a central region of the metal base plate so that its two bent parts are orthogonal to each other. Two piezoelectric elements are bonded to the corresponding surfaces of the two parts of each vibrator which in turn serve as an actuator and a detector.

Angular velocity sensor having a tuning fork construction and its method

An angular velocity sensor having a tuning-fork structure comprising a first vibrator including a first actuator and a first detector each attached to a metal plate and joined orthogonally to each other, and a second vibrator including a second actuator and a second detector each attached to another metal plate and joined orthogonally to each other, the two vibrators being coupled by an electrode block to each other in a generally parallel relationship along the axis of detection of the sensor. The first and second detectors have a rectangular plate shape each holding a piezoelectric element. The rectangular plate shape has a lengthwise edge and a widthwise edge where the lengthwise edge parallel to the axis of detection of the sensor and is longer than the width wise edge. At least one of the lengthwise edges of the detectors has a beveled surface formed by removing metal at an angle from the lengthwise edge of the detector to balance the sensor.

Angular velocity sensor having a balanced tuning fork structure and the

An angular rate sensor detects an angular rate which is produced when a mobile body such as a motor vehicle moves. The angular rate detecting device comprises at least two angular rate sensors housed in a case perpendicularly to each other. The angular rate sensor comprising a pair of vibratory units which are interconnected by a connector in a tuning-fork configuration. The vibratory units of the angular rate sensors are vibrated at different frequencies. The angular rate sensors may be accommodated in a damper block, which may be housed in the case. Since the angular rate sensors are housed in the single case, the angular rate detecting device is compact in structure and small in size. With the angular rate sensors accommodated in the damper block, they are protected from resonance, crosstalk interferences, and noise, and hence can produce reliable detected output signals.

Angular rate detecting device

A driving piezoelectric bimorph element for tuning fork vibration and a detecting piezoelectric bimorph element for angular rate detection are aligned and put together, end to end, with their vibration directions positioned perpendicular to each other. Two of the above structure are made into a tuning fork like angular rate sensor. The polarization directions of the piezoelectric elements, that make up the piezoelectric bimorph element by bonding them together are made the same and also the two outer electrodes of the bimorph element are connected electrically with each other, with a resultant angular rate sensor capable of detecting angular rates in a stable manner against changing ambient temperatures. Particularly, the use of a conductive film electrode for making a connection between two outer electrodes and the almost equal surface areas between two outer electrodes made it possible for the angular rate sensor to detect angular rates with much stability and less temperature drifts.

Angular rate sensor

An angular rate sensor of the type, using oscillation of piezoelectric elements, which includes a pair of sensor elements each including a vibratory piezoelectric detecting element and a vibratory piezoelectric drive element joined together by a joint member in longitudinal alignment and oriented substantially at right angles relative to each other, and a resilient joint member joining the pair of sensor elements at respective free ends of the drive elements so as to form, jointly with the sensor elements, a tuning-fork structure. The turning-fork structure has an improved joint structure between each of the driving elements and the resilient joint member, which has a thickness to width ratio of approximately 3:10 to 7:10 to enable the angular rate sensor to have a low resonance impedance and stable performance characteristics.

Angular rate sensor having a tuning-fork structure

An angular rate sensor detects an angular rate which is produced when a mobile body such as a motor vehicle moves. The angular rate detecting device comprises at least two angular rate sensors housed in a case perpendicularly to each other. Each angular rate sensor comprises a pair of vibratory units which are interconnected by a connector in a tuning-fork configuration. The vibratory units of different angular rate sensors are vibrated at different frequencies. The angular rate sensors may be accommodated in a damper block, which may be housed in the case. Since the angular rate sensors are housed in the single case, the angular rate detecting device is compact in structure and small in size. With the angular rate sensors accommodated in the damper block, they are protected from resonance, crosstalk interferences, and noise, and hence can produce reliable detected output signals.

An angular rate sensor has a tuning fork structure composed of vibratory components. The vibratory components include piezoelectric drive and detection elements which are joined together into a tuning fork configuration, the drive and detection elements lying in respective orthogonal planes. Leads are electrically connected to the drive and detection elements, and lead terminals are electrically connected to the leads, respectively. The vibratory components are covered with a coating which is of a material having a lower elasticity than the elasticities of the vibratory components. The coating on the vibratory components effectively reduces the propagation of unwanted vibrations, thereby reducing output signal drifts.

Injections containing anhydrous sodium indomethacin and methods for producing injections containing an hydrous sodium indomethacin which comprise converting a solution of indomethacin to a solution of sodium indomethacin by adding dropwise an aqueous solution of a carbonate of sodium, followed by freeze-drying and heating. The injections of the present invention are practically useful indomethacin injections in which sodium indomethacin anhydride has high safety and chemically high purity and stability, and the lyophilized pharmaceutical preparations are excellent also in that redissolution thereof is facilitated. By the methods for the production of the present invention, it is possible to produce said anhydrous sodium indomethacin efficiently.

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