Mizuno Corporation

Hitachi Maxell, Limited

Sumitomo Metal Industries, Inc.

Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Nipro Corporation

Suntory Holdings Limited

Eidai Co., Ltd.

Takashi Kimura

Hiroshi Nagao

Tetsuya Kanayama

Kazuya Ishida

Takeshi Naruo

Yasuhiro Maehara

Hiroshi Tomono

Tsuneo Yamada

Tsutomu Sakashita

Kunio Yasumoto

Kenichi Sano

Fuminobu Sato

Yoshiyuki Shibuya

Koji Sakai

Mototaka Iwata

Kei Tsuji

Satoshi Hara

Hitoshi Niinuma

Manabu Yoshida

Yasuyuki Ohta

Yoshinobu Watanabe

Chizuru Murakami

Yasutsugu Kawasaki

Jiro Nishio

Yasushi Tani

Kanta Shimotaka

Tatsuya Shigeno

Yukari Seto

Yoichi Kakudo

Takayuki Hyoudou

Toshihiro Kanda

An air filter medium includes a resin having a plurality of first convex portions protruding from a first surface of the filter medium in an air flow direction relative to the filter medium and a plurality of second convex portions protruding from a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface of the filter medium in the air flow direction. The total projected area of the plurality of first convex portions and the plurality of second convex portions in a case where an entirety of the filter medium is projected in the air flow direction is 50% or more and 100% or less of a projected area of the entirety of the filter medium in a case where the entirety of the filter medium is projected in the air flow direction.

Air filter medium, air filter pack, and air filter unit

A mutant glycine oxidase is obtained by substituting at least one wild-type amino acid sequence derived from thermophilic bacteria belonging to the familywith another amino acid, and has the following enzyme properties. Molecular weight: 40,000&#xb1;2,000 daltons by SDS-PAGE. Optimum temperature: 45&#xb0; C. under the condition of pH 8.5 in presence of pyrophosphate. Optimum pH: pH 8.0 under the condition of 37&#xb0; C. in presence of pyrophosphate. Thermal stability: Stable up to 70&#xb0; C. under the condition of pH 8.5 while retaining for 1 hour in presence of pyrophosphate. pH Stability: Stable in the range of pH 5.5 to 10.0 under the condition of 4&#xb0; C. while retaining for 24 hours in presence of pyrophosphate. Specific activity: 1.2 units/mg or more. Kinetic constant K: 0.2 mM or less.

Mutant glycine oxidase derived from thermophilic bacterium belonging to family bacillus, and method for producing same

A calculating unit of a swing analyzer calculates, assuming that a golf club is in a uniform circular motion about a virtual center of rotation O during a swing, a virtual speed Vh at a central point R of a golf club head, based on a distance between first and second acceleration sensors, a distance between the first acceleration sensor and the central point R of a golf club head and outputs from the first and second acceleration sensors, and calculates the speed of central point R of a golf club head utilizing the virtual speed Vh.

Swing analyzer

A measuring device includes a strain gauge, a processing unit calculating an expected bending point value corresponding to a bending point position, and a display unit capable of displaying an output value from the processing unit. The processing unit calculates the expected bending point value based on a measured value of strain gauge at a first time point during a swing of the user and a measured value of strain gauge at a second time point closer to an impact time point than the first time point. The processing unit stores in advance conversion data for converting the expected bending point value to recommended kick point output value indicating kick point, and the processing unit outputs the recommended kick point output value corresponding to the calculated expected bending point value to the display unit.

Swing analyzer and golf club shaft selecting system

An iron golf club has a club length L measured in accordance with 60-degrees method of at least 36.5 inches, and it includes: a carbon shaft; a weight attached to said carbon shaft; a grip attached to one end of said carbon shaft; and a head attached to the other end of said carbon shaft. Sum total of mass of the carbon shaft, the weight, the grip and the head is at least 0.3996 kg and at most 0.4197 kg. A value r/L, where r represents a distance from an upper end of the grip to the center of gravity of the iron golf club, is at least 0.765 and at most 0.795. Thus, an iron golf club realizing improved easiness of swing can be provided.

Iron golf club

A golf club having a value of L not less than 45.5 inches, with L representing a club length measured with a 60-degree method, includes a shaft, a grip attached to one end of the shaft, and a head attached to the other end of the shaft. A value of r/L is equal to or not smaller than 0.658 and equal to or not greater than 0.732, where r represents a distance from an upper end of the grip to the center of gravity of the golf club. Thus, a long-length golf club achieving an increased head speed can be obtained.

Golf club

To provide a malt fermented beverage having refreshing finish, namely clear taste while ensuring robust feel by making use proportion of malt in starting materials high. Provided is a malt fermented beverage which includes an alcohol-containing material obtained by fermentation using wheat or barley as a part of starting material, serving as a component A; and an alcohol-containing distillate obtained by distilling an alcohol-containing material at least partly made of wheat/barley, serving as a component B; and is produced by adding the component B to the component A. Preferably, the component A is beer, and the component B is mugi shochu.

Fermented malt beverage

A flat-shaped battery according to the present invention includes: an outer can having an opening at its upper end; a gasket disposed at an inner edge of the opening; and a sealing plate that seals the opening together with the gasket. In this flat-shaped battery, the outer can houses a power generation element, the sealing plate is fixed to the inner edge of the opening of the outer can via the gasket by caulking, a nickel or nickel-containing plating layer having a thickness in a range from 1 to 10 &#x3bc;m is formed on an outer surface of a base composing the outer can, and a gold or gold-containing plating layer is formed on an outer surface of the nickel or nickel-containing plating layer.

Flat-shaped battery

A golf club head ( ) has an ellipsoid of inertia ( ) with its center at a center of gravity G. When the ellipsoid of inertia ( ) is virtually cut with a plane passing through the center of gravity of the golf club head ( ) and being parallel to a face surface ( ), a major axis of a plane ellipse ( ) appearing on its cut surface forms an angle of &thgr; with an intersecting line ( ) of the cut surface and a ground surface ( ). The major axis extends upward and away from the ground surface ( ) as it approaches a toe part ( ). The angle &thgr; is not smaller than 0.5&deg; and not larger than 9.5&deg;. An aspect ratio a/b defined by a ratio of the length a of the major axis ( ) to the length b of a minor axis ( ) of the plane ellipse ( ) is not smaller than 1 and not larger than 4.

Golf club head, iron golf club head, wood golf club head, and golf club set

A flat-shaped nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a sealing plate, a metal container, a gasket interposed between the sealing plate and the metal container, and a negative electrode, a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte that are sealed by pressing inward an edge portion of an opening of the metal container, the sealing plate also serves as a positive electrode terminal, the metal container also serves as a negative electrode terminal, and a peripheral portion of the negative electrode is arranged between an inner bottom surface of the metal container and the gasket is disclosed. It is preferable that a lithium alloy or an oxide of an element that can be alloyed with lithium is used for the negative electrode, and it is preferable that a ratio of a capacity of the negative electrode with respect to that of the positive electrode is at least 1.2.

Flat-shaped nonaqueous electrolyte battery

A method for dimensional stabilization treatment is disclosed which enables externally supplied high pressure steam to permeate well into interior of wood or wood composite, and which is thereby capable of constantly imparting high dimensional stability to the wood or wood composite. In the method, wood or wood composite W to be treated is held in a sealed space between two press platens 1a, 1b, and the sealed space is evacuated to establish reduced pressure therein, and thereupon, high pressure steam is supplied to the sealed space. The evacuation may be continued in parallel with the high pressure steam supply.

Method for dimensional stabilizing treatment of wood and wood composite

A method and apparatus of processing a continuously cast slab to prevent the formation of surface cracks by applying plastic strains to the surface layer of the slab in which a process of solidification is taking place. The method comprises pressing a projection against the slab surface under specified conditions prior to introducing the slab to a leveling stage.

Apparatus of processing continuously cast slabs

A continuously cast slab is processed to prevent the formation of surface cracks by applying plastic strains to the surface layer of the slab in which a process of solidification is taking place. The method comprises pressing a projection against the slab surface under specified conditions prior to introducing the slab to a leveling stage.

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Osaka, Japan

Takashi Kimura