Abstract:
A tennis racket frame (10), including a sleeve composed of a fiber reinforced resin, having a weight not less than 180 g nor more than 270 g, when strings are not mounted in a ball-hitting face thereof surrounded with a head part thereof. Supposing that the strings are not mounted in the ball-hitting face, a secondary natural frequency (F1) of the racket frame in an in-plane direction thereof is set to not less than 200 Hz nor more than 320 Hz, a secondary natural frequency (F2) thereof in an out-of-plane direction thereof is set to not less than 480 Hz nor more than 650 Hz, and F1/F2 is set to not less than 0.3 nor more than 0.6.
Abstract:
Liquid crystalline compounds having a large negative &Dgr;∈ low viscosity, a large K33/K11 value, a small &Dgr;∈/&Dgr;⊥ and mutually excellent solubility even at low temperature, compositions containing at least one of the compounds and liquid crystal display devices containing such a liquid crystal compositions are disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention provides liquid crystalline compounds having a high voltage holding ratio and a low threshold voltage, little variation of these properties with temperature change, high &Dgr;n, and good compatibility with other liquid crystal materials particularly under a low temperature; liquid crystal compositions containing these crystalline compounds; and liquid crystal display devices made using these liquid crystal compositions. The liquid crystalline compounds are terphenyl derivatives represented by general formula (1): wherein R represents a straight or branched alkyl group of 1-20 carbon atoms, and any methylene groups (—CH2—) not adjacent each other in each alkyl group may be replaced by oxygen atoms; X is a halogen atom, —OCF3, —OCF2H, —CF3, —CF2H or —CFH2; Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 independently represents H or F, but at least two of Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 represent F; and any atom constituting these compounds may be substituted by its isotope.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a liquid crystalline compound having a difluoropropyleneoxy group as a bonding group, which is represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent hydrogen, halogen, a cyano group or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; rings A1 to A5 each independently represent a 1,4-cyclohexylene group, a 1,4-cyclohexenylene group or a 1,4-phenylene group; Z1 to Z4 each independently represent a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH═CH—, —C≡C—, —CF2O— or —OCF2—; Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 each independently represent hydrogen or fluorine; and k, l, m and n each independently represent 0 or 1. This liquid crystalline compound has a large absolute value (|&Dgr;&egr;|) of a dielectric anisotropy and shows a relatively small refractive anisotropy. The present invention further provides a liquid crystal composition comprising this compound which makes it possible to drive display elements of various modes at a low voltage, and a liquid crystal display element containing this liquid crystal composition.
Abstract:
A method is provided for manufacturing a multilayer-type chip inductor having a small DC resistance without decreasing the inductance or the impedance. The method of manufacturing a multilayer-type chip inductor includes the steps of: preparing a ceramic green sheet; forming an electrode film on one surface of the green sheet; multilayering a plurality of the green sheets in such a way that the surfaces on which electrode films are formed face each other for pairs of the green sheets; contact-bonding the green sheets; and sintering the green sheets.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide novel liquid crystalline compounds having a negative and extremely large dielectric anisotropy value and a small optical anisotropy value together, to provide liquid crystal compositions comprising the liquid crystalline compound, and to provide liquid crystal display devices fabricated by using the liquid crystal composition; the liquid crystalline compounds have 2,3-difluorophenyl moiety and are expressed by the general formula (1) wherein Ra and Rb each independently represent a straight chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in which group any methylene group may be replaced by —O—, —CH═CH—, or —C≡C—, but there is not a case wherein —O— continues; ring A1 represents cyclohexane-1,4-diyl not adjacent any methylene group may be replaced by —O—; ring A2 represents 2,3-difluoro-1,4-phenylene in which phenylene hydrogen atoms at 5-position and 6-position may each independently be replaced by fluorine atoms; Z1 and Z2 each independently represent single bond or —CH2CH2—; Xa, Xb, Xc, and Xd each independently represent hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, or chlorine atom, but at least one of Xa, Xb, Xc, and Xd is fluorine atom or chlorine atom and any atom which constitutes the compound may be replaced by its isotope.
Abstract:
A method is provided for manufacturing a multilayer-type chip inductor having a small DC resistance without decreasing the inductance or the impedance. The method of manufacturing a multilayer-type chip inductor includes the steps of: preparing a ceramic green sheet; forming an electrode film on one surface of the green sheet; multilayering a plurality of the green sheets in such a way that the surfaces on which electrode films are formed face each other for pairs of the green sheets; contact-bonding the green sheets; and sintering the green sheets.
Abstract:
A disk drive is provided which uses a disk cartridge having an inner case for holding an optical disk; an outer case for accommodating the inner case, having an opening allowing the inner case to come in and out; a locking mechanism for locking the inner case in the outer case, provided in a vicinity of the opening; and a coupling mechanism for coupling the disk cartridge with another disk cartridge. The disk drive includes a mechanism for pulling out the inner case to a pulled-out position from the outer case by more than a half of the inner case but not by entirety thereof; a mechanism for holding the inner case at the pulled-out position and rotating the optical disk; and a mechanism for reading/writing data on the optical disk.
Abstract:
There are herein disclosed a fluorovinyl derivative compound represented by the general formula (1) and having characteristics of a liquid crystal, a liquid crystal composition, and a liquid crystal display device formed by using this composition: wherein R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and a methylene group in the alkyl group may be substituted by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, —CH═CH— or —C≡C— and a hydrogen atom in the alkyl group may be substituted a halogen atom or a cyano group; rings A, B and C are each 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or the like in which a hydrogen atom in the ring may be substituted by a halogen atom; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are each a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —CH═CH—, —C≡C—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —(CH2)4—, —(CH2)3—O—, —O—(CH2)3—, —(CH2)2—CH═CH—, —CH═CH—(CH2)2—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —CR2═CH—, —CH═CR2— or —CF═CF—, and R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; X is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; p and q are each 0 or 1; and m is an integer of 0 to 5.
Abstract:
A tetracyclic compound expressed by the following general formula (1) wherein H1 to H12 represent hydrogen atom at least one of which is replaced by a halogen atom, when either H6 or H8 is replaced by a halogen atom, at least one of the remaining hydrogen atoms is replaced by a halogen atom; R1 and Y1 independently represent an alkyl group, alkoxy group, or alkoxyalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, one or more methylene group in R1 and Y1 may be replaced by oxygen atom, sulfur atom, dihydrosilylene group, dimethylsilylene group, —CH═CH—, or —C≡C—; and X1, X2, and X3 independently represent a covalent bond, 1,2-ethylene group, or 1,4-butylene group; and a novel liquid crystal composition comprising the tetracyclic compound and having, at the same time, a wide temperature range of a nematic phase, high optical anisotropy, and high chemical stability.