Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Memory Corporation

Isao Sakai

Hideki Yoshida

Masaaki Yamamoto

Motoya Kanda

Takamichi Inaba

Koichiro Inomata

Tetsuhiko Mizoguchi

Hirotaka Hayashida

Shusuke Inada

Hiroshi Kitayama

Tatsuoki Kono

Takao Sawa

Tatsuoki Kohno

Fumiyuki Kawashima

Masashi Sahashi

Tadahiko Kobayashi

Shirou Takeno

Toru Higuchi

Tomomi Funayama

Akihiko Tsutai

Hiromi Niu

Makoto Iwai

Teruji Yamakawa

Naoyuki Sori

Shiro Takeno

Hideki Yamamiya

Kiyohisa Hinohara

Koki Kanda

A mobile storage device includes first and second memory regions in one or more semiconductor memory devices, a positioning system configured to generate positional information indicating a position of the mobile storage device, and a controller. The controller is configured to allow access to the first memory region and prohibit access to the second memory region when the positional information indicates that the position of the mobile storage device is within a first area, and prohibit access to the first memory region and allow access to the second memory region when the positional information indicates that the position of the memory storage device is within a second area, which is different from and does not overlap with the first area.

Data security management based on device locations and connection states

The present invention provides a hydrogen absorbing alloy containing as a principal phase at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a second phase having a rhombohedral crystal structure and a first phase having a crystal structure of a hexagonal system excluding a phase having a CaCutype structure, wherein a content of a phase having a crystal structure of ABtype is not higher than 10% by volume including 0% by volume and the hydrogen absorbing alloy has a composition represented by general formula (1) given below:RMgTNiM1M2Mn&#x2003;&#x2003;(1).

Hydrogen absorbing alloy and secondary battery

The present invention provides a hydrogen absorbing alloy containing as a principal phase at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a second phase having a rhombohedral crystal structure and a first phase having a crystal structure of a hexagonal system excluding a phase having a CaCutype structure, wherein a content of a phase having a crystal structure of ABtype is not higher than 10% by volume including 0% by volume and the hydrogen absorbing alloy has a composition represented by general formula (1) given below:MgTNiM1M2Mn.&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)

The present invention provides a hydrogen absorbing alloy containing as a principal phase at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a second phase having a rhombohedral crystal structure and a first phase having a crystal structure of a hexagonal system excluding a phase having a CaCutype structure, wherein a content of a phase having a crystal structure of ABtype is not higher than 10% by volume including 0% by volume and the hydrogen absorbing alloy has a composition represented by general formula (1) given below:RMgTNiM1M2Mn. &#x2003;&#x2003;(1)

Hydrogen-absorbing alloy, secondary battery, hybrid car and electromobile

Hydrogen-absorbing alloy and secondary battery

Nickel-hydrogen secondary battery

Hydrogen-absorbing alloy, electrode and secondary battery

A nickel-hydrogen secondary battery having a negative electrode comprising a hydrogen-absorbing alloy containing magnesium, a rare earth element and nickel as essential elements, which is capable of suppressing the self-discharge being occurred under the condition of high temperature storage, or the like. This secondary battery comprises a negative electrode containing a hydrogen-absorbing alloy, a positive electrode containing nickel hydroxide, a separator comprising a non-woven fabric, and an alkaline electrolyte. The hydrogen-absorbing alloy is represented by (R,Mg,)Ni,A,(wherein R is at least one element selected from rare earth elements (including yttrium), Ca, Zr and Ti, A is at least one element selected from Co, Mn, Fe, V, Cr, Nb, Al, Ga, Zn, Sn, Cu, Si, P and B), and x, y and z are atomic ratio individually defined as 0<x<1, 0&lE;z&lE;1.5, 2.5&lE;y&plus;z<4.5). The ratio between the weight of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy per unit area of the negative electrode (M,(mg/cm,)) and the weight per unit area of the separator (M,(g/m,)) meets the condition of M,/M,&lE;6.

There is provided a hydrogen-absorbing alloy which contains an alloy ingot manufactured by means of a casting or sintering method or a pulverized product of the alloy ingot, and the alloy ingot being represented by the following general formula (1),

Hydrogen-absorbing alloy

A hydrogen absorbing electrode containing a hydrogen absorbing alloy consisting mainly of AB.sub.3 type crystal-structure phase and represented by the following formula (I) is provided

Hydrogen absorbing electrode and metal oxide-hydrogen secondary battery

Provided is an underwater magnetrostrictive vibration device with reduced signal attenuation and improved in efficiency and sound quality, which has been low due to external noise disturbance. The underwater magnetrostrictive vibration device comprises a watertight vessel, a magnetic circuit constructing member for constructing a closed magnetic circuit having an end inserted watertight in the watertight vessel, a vibrator made of magnetrostrictive alloy and provided in the closed magnetic circuit, a permanent magnet provided in the closed magnetic circuit, for applying a magnetic bias to the vibrator, at least one coil provided in the periphery of the vibrator and selected from the group consisting of a magnetic field generating coil and a magnetic field detecting coil, stress applying means provided in the closed magnetic circuit, for applying compressive force in a vibration direction of the vibrator, a movable member capable of moving in a vibration direction of the vibrator and inserted watertight in an end portion of the magnetic circuit constructing member positioned on the opposite side of the watertight vessel, and a signal processing circuit board provided in the watertight vessel and connected to the at least one coil, for processing at least one signal selected from the group consisting of a vibration-generating signal and a vibration-detecting signal.

Underwater magnetrostrictive vibration device

The magnetostriction alloys of the present invention are composed basically of Tb--Dy-iron which is partially substituted by at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm, and have been grown in the direction of face index &lt;110&gt; or contain Mn and M element (at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of C, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Y, Ga and B. The magnetostrictive alloy may be formed by melting the constituent materials by high frequency induction dissolution. The molten materials are cast in a heated mold having a temperature gradient. The solidified material may be further treated by hot working.

Magnetostrictive materials and methods of making such materials

The magnetostriction alloys of the present invention are composed basically of Tb-Dy-iron which is partially substituted by at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Cs, Pr, Nd and Sm, and have been grown in the direction of face index &lt;110&gt; or contain Mn and M element (at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of C, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Y, Ga and B. The magnetostrictive alloy may be formed by melting the constituent materials by high frequency induction dissolution. The molten materials are cast in a heated mold having a temperature gradient. The solidified material may be further treated by hot working.

Magnetrostrictive materials and methods of making such materials

There is disclosed a permanent magnet comprising a sintered alloy composed of rare earth elements (R), boron and iron. This permanent magnet is substantially constituted by 2-phase systems, i.e. a ferromagnetic Fe-rich phase (Nd.sub.2 Fe.sub.14 B) and a nonmagnetic R-rich phase (Nd.sub.97 Fe.sub.3), and has BH.sub.max of more than 38.0 MGOe.

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Yokohama, Japan

Isao Sakai