Kyocera Corporation

The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.

Masahiro Okumura

Tetsuji Hayasaki

Tetsuzi Hayasaki

Shinichi Yamaguchi

Naoshi Saoya

Shozi Hino

Yoshihiro Okawa

Masatoshi Ushiyama

Masakazu Yasui

Atsushi Ogasawara

Yasuhiko Mukai

Akira Kabumoto

Syunji Yamamoto

Tetsuji Kubota

Takeshi Ogawa

Tetsurou Abumita

Shinya Kato

Masao Asai

Yoshihide Ozaki

Junji Kurokawa

Kazutsugu Kobayashi

Motoaki Yoshida

Provided is a cable take-up device for a flexible flat cable routed for a slide seat slidably supported so as to be movable forward and backward along a fixed rail fixed to the vehicle cabin floor. The cable take-up device includes: a take-up housing part that takes up a housed portion in a drawable manner and houses it inside with a front end portion fixed to a rail front end portion and a rear end portion fixed to the slide seat; a take-up force generation part that generates a take-up force in a direction of take-up of the housed portion through drawing of the cable routing body; and a slit that applies the take-up force of the take-up force generation part to the housed portion.

Cable take-up device, and flat cable routing structure for slide seat

A cable winding device is provided, which is for a flexible flat cable routed to a sliding seat slidably supported allowing for forward and backward movement in a longitudinal direction of a fixed rail; a first side end portion of the cable being fixed to an end of the fixed rail corresponding to a first rail end portion; the device including a winding housing portion inside which a second side end portion of the cable is fixed; the winding portion being fixed to a movable body supporting the seat and configured to slide in a forward and backward direction relative to the fixed rail; in a case where the winding portion moves in a forward (or backward) movement direction toward (or away from) the first rail end portion, the cable is wound in the winding portion (or is fed out along the fixed rail from the winding portion).

Cable winding device and flat cable routing structure for sliding seat

A frame member is attached to an opening in an outer light-reflection plate. The frame member is composed of an inner frame part, and an outer frame part disposed around the inner frame part. A light extraction part is formed between the outer frame part and the inner frame part. The inner frame part is constituted by a separate extraction part that extracts acoustic vibrations and light. A space of the separate extraction part includes, on both ends, a sound intake port on an internal space side where a sound source is disposed, and a sound extraction port formed in the top of the inner frame part so as to open toward the outside of an LED illumination device. The sound intake port and the sound extraction port are formed separated from each other by a prescribed distance, and the space is formed continuously in the inner frame part so as to connect the sound intake port and the sound extraction port.

LED illumination device with speaker function, and method for extracting light and sound from LED illumination device with speaker function

Object: It is desirable to provide a waterproof connection structure, a connection structure body, and a partition member that can easily and reliably prevent water penetration. Resolution Means: The waterproof connecting portion (A) of a connection structure body () includes an FFC () formed by sandwiching a plurality of flat conductors () arranged in parallel in a width direction in a sheet-like insulating covering, a plurality of insulated wires () each obtained by covering a conductor () with an insulating covering (), a plurality of WF terminals () that are arranged in parallel in the width direction and connect the flat conductors () and the conductors (), a terminal holder () that partitions the WF terminals () in an insulating manner, and a butyl sheet () that integrally covers the plurality of WF terminals () partitioned by the terminal holder () and the terminal holder (), and has waterproofing properties, insulating properties, and stretching properties.

Waterproof connection structure, connection structure body, and partition member

A sapphire member containing sapphire as a main constituent has a main surface parallel to a c-plane of a sapphire crystal. The sapphire member includes a plurality of terrace structure layers in at least a part of the main surface. Each terrace structure layer includes a terrace surface parallel to the c-plane and a side surface in contact with an edge line of the terrace surface. When viewed in a plan in a direction perpendicular to the main surface, the part of the main surface includes a plurality of the edge lines that are curved and are not parallel to one another.

Sapphire member and method for manufacturing sapphire member

A power supply apparatus () for sliding door includes a flat cable (), a vehicle body side attachment () that supports the flat cable () in the vehicle body () side, and a door side attachment () that supports the flat cable () in the sliding door () side. The vehicle body side attachment () supports the flat cable () such that a longitudinal direction of the flat cable () has a predetermined first inclination angle relative to a horizontal plane. The door side attachment () supports the flat cable () such that the longitudinal direction of the flat cable () has a predetermined second inclination angle relative to the horizontal plane. The vehicle body side attachment () and the door side attachment () support the flat cable () such that a thickness direction of the flat cable () is substantially in parallel with the horizontal plane.

Electric power supply device for sliding door

There is provided a slide door constant feeding system whose crossover portion of a wire harness does not interfere with a wall portion of a door trim in opening/closing a slide door and which excels in durability. The slide door constant feeding system comprises a door-side feeding fixture having a main part attached to a door trim, a leg member whose one end is attached to the main part and a door-side anchoring section attached to other end of the leg member and anchoring a door-side end of a crossover portion of a wire harness, a body-side feeding fixture attached to a car body and anchoring a body-side end of the crossover portion and the wire harness for feeding power from the car body-side to the door-side. The door-side anchoring section moves in opening/closing the slide door.

Slide door constant feeding system

A power supply apparatus for sliding door includes a flat cable for electrically connecting devices on a side of vehicle body to the devices on a side of a sliding door mounted on the vehicle body so as to be able to be slid, a vehicle body side fixing portion for fixing the flat cable on the vehicle body; and a door side fixing portion for fixing the flat cable on the sliding door, wherein the flat cable is extracted from the vehicle body side fixing portion and the door side fixing portion in the substantially same direction which is substantially parallel to the sliding directions of the sliding door, and the width direction of the flat cable is maintained to be substantially vertical.

Power supply apparatus for sliding door

A support for capillaries comprises a ceramic member having a flat surface area on which the capillaries are to be aligned. The flat surface area has a flatness of not more than 0.02 mm and has a mean spacing of waviness motifs (AW) of not more than 100 &#x3bc;m.

Support for capillaries, case for constraining capillaries including the same

A composite ceramic body and a method thereof are provided. The composite ceramic body comprising a first bonding body comprising a ceramic containing Si ingredient, and a second bonding body bonded to the first bonding body through a bonding material containing, as main ingredient, a Si compound which includes the element common to the Si ingredient contained in the first bonding body. The first and second bonding bodies can be bonded strongly and uniformly without any adhesive. Since the composite ceramic body has high bonding strength, it is applicable to microchemical chips and reformers.

Composite ceramic body

A member of supporting magnetic disc substrates is provided, comprising a ceramic sinter containing a ceramic component and at least one conductive component selected from a group consisting of iron, niobium, tin zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, and chromium, wherein the ceramic sinter has conductive aggregates on its peripheral surface. In the member, the ceramic component may be forsterite and the conductive component is iron oxide, wherein the ceramic sinter comprises a main phase of 2MgO.SiOand a secondary phase of at least one of MgFeO, FeO, and FeO. The ceramic sinter can be produced by a process including: sintering a ceramic sinter from a ceramic component and at least one conductive component selected from a group consisting of iron, niobium, tin zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt and chromium; machining the sinter into a desired shape of a member of supporting a magnetic disc substrate, and annealing the sinter such that the ceramic sinter has conductive aggregation deposited on its peripheral surface, wherein in the annealing step, the member is heated at a temperature in between a glass transition temperature of the sinter minus 500&#xb0; C. and a softening temperature of the sinter plus 600&#xb0; C.

Member for supporting magnetic disc substrates, process of producing the same, and magnetic disc device using the same

A member of supporting magnetic disc substrates is provided, comprising a ceramic sinter containing a ceramic component and at least one conductive component selected from a group consisting of iron, niobium, tin zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, and chromium, wherein the ceramic sinter has conductive aggregates on its peripheral surface. In the member, the ceramic component may be forsterite and the conductive component is iron oxide, wherein the ceramic sinter comprises a main phase of 2MgO.SiOand a secondary phase of at least one of MgFeO, FeOand FeO. The ceramic sinter can be produced by a process including: sintering a ceramic sinter from a ceramic component and at least one conductive component selected from a group consisting of iron, niobium, tin zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt and chromium; machining the sinter into a desired shape of a member of supporting a magnetic disc substrate, and annealing the sinter such that the ceramic sinter has conductive aggregation deposited on its peripheral surface, wherein in the annealing step, the member is heated at a temperature in between a glass transition temperature of the sinter minus 500&#xb0; C. and a softening temperature of the sinter plus 600&#xb0; C.

A semiconductive ceramic contains a compound of MgO and SiO as a main component, and an iron oxide such as FeO, Fe O , and Fe O as an electric conductivity provider. According to necessity, the semiconductive ceramic further contains at least one of zinc oxide, niobium oxide, and chromium oxide as an electric conductivity provider. The semiconductive ceramic has a desired electric conductivity and a mechanical strength required for structural material, thus being usable in various applications.

Semiconductive ceramics and supporting member made of the same for supporting magnetic disk substrate

A magnetic disk substrate support member of glass or ceramic for supporting at least one magnetic disk substrate. The support member defines a contact surface which is flat to within 3 &mgr;m or less. The support member and the magnetic disk substrate mutually define a contact area in which the support member and the magnetic disk substrate define a ratio of between 50% and 95%. The support member may be a spacer or a shim. The magnetic disk substrate may be arranged on a substantially cylindrical hub and fixed to a rotary shaft via the spacer or shim and supported by a clamp.

Support member for magnetic disk substrate

A semiconductive ceramic contains a compound of MgO and SiO.sub.2 as a main component, and an iron oxide such as FeO, Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, and Fe.sub.3 O.sub.4 as an electric conductivity provider. According to necessity, the semiconductive ceramic further contains at least one of zinc oxide, niobium oxide, and chromium oxide as an electric conductivity provider. The semiconductive ceramic has a desired electric conductivity and a mechanical strength required for structural material, thus being usable in various applications.

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Shiga, Japan

Masahiro Okumura