Abstract:
Provided are liquid crystalline compounds having a wide liquid crystal phase temperature range, low viscosity, a large elastic constant ratio K33/K11 and excellent solubility at low temperature, a liquid crystal composition using the same and a liquid crystal display. Preferred compounds are difluorovinyl compounds represented by Formula (1): wherein Y1, represents H or a straight chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and optional —CH2— in the above alkyl group may be replaced by —O— or —CH═CH—, but —O— is not adjacent to each other, and at least one H in Y1 may be substituted with halogen or a cyano group: A1, A2, A3 and A4 each independently represent 1,4-cyclohexylene in which optional —CH2— which is not adjacent to each other may be replaced by —O—, 1,4-phenylene in which optional H may be substituted with halogen, and a single bond, in which at least two of A1, A2, A3 and A4 have the ring structure described above, and at least one of them is 1,4-cyclohexylene in which —CH2— is replaced by —O—; Z1, Z2 and Z3 each independently represent a single bond, —(CH2)2—, —CH═CH—, —(CH2)4—, —O(CH2)3— or —(CH2)3O—; n represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 10, provided that when any of A1, A2, A3 and A4 is 1,4-phenylene, Z1, Z2 and Z3 are single bonds, and among them, when A1 is 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl and A2 is 1,4-phenylene and when A3 is 1,4-cyclohexylene and A4 is a single bond, Y1 is H, and n is not 0.
Abstract:
Optical displacement gauges 20 are respectively arranged on both sides of a thin sheet material w, and displacement of surface position of the thin sheet material w is measured by irradiating measurement light L1 to the surface of the thin sheet material w. Thickness variation of the thin sheet material w is obtained from the measurement results of displacement of the surface position of the thin sheet material w.
Abstract:
In an inertia-press-fit method in which a kinetic energy is applied to at least one of two members in a direction which causes the two members to approach each other, and the two members are press-fitted with each other, an end surface 80 of the first member 10 and a bottom surface 82 of the second member 12 are caused, for stabilizing a relative position of the two members at a time when the press-fitting ends, to butt each other to define the relative position of the two members 10, 12 at the time when the press-fitting ends and, immediately after the butting, at least one of the two members 10, 12 is caused to plastically deform and thereby absorb a remaining kinetic energy of the one of the two members. Thus, the relative position of the two members 10, 12 when the press-fitting ends is stabilized. In the case where respective plastic-deformation capabilities of the two members 10, 12 are great, a maximal value occurs to a graph whose axis of abscissa represents kinetic energy and whose axis of ordinate represents amount of deviation of relative position of the two members. If the respective plastic-deformation capabilities of the two members 10, 12 are so chosen as to decrease the maximal value, then the amount of deviation of the relative position is decreased even though the accuracy of control of the applied amount of kinetic energy may be low.
Abstract:
An air belt that is smoothly passed through an anchor and is retracted directly by a retractor is provided. A belt of an air belt includes a single layer portion having a relatively small width, which is formed by a belt, a flat tubular multiple layer portion, and an intermediate portion. The width of the belt is gradually reduced from the multiple layer portion to the single layer portion. A bag is provided only in the multiple layer portion. A distal end of the bag is connected to a tongue, together with a distal end of the belt. The single layer portion is passed through a through anchor and is connected to a retractor. The retractor retracts and extends the belt. The belt is an integral body extending continuously from the single layer portion to a hardly expanding portion of the intermediate portion and the multiple layer portion. An easily expanding portion, which is provided along each side of the intermediate portion and the associated side of the multiple layer portion, is easily expanded sideward when the bag is inflated.
Abstract:
The invention is a warp-knitted fabric for an inflatable belt cover for covering an envelope-like belt which composes an inflatable belt that is folded into the shape of a band. The warp-knitted fabric comprises knitting yarns and insert yarns inserted among the knitting yarns. At least two continuous loops are formed by chain-stitching the knitting yarn to compose a base knit structure having multiple vertical loop arrays. Each insert yarn is twined to pass through three or more vertical arrays of loops, thereby significantly improving the fabric's resistance to “run”.
Abstract:
The present invention is to provide liquid crystalline compounds which exhibit a negative dielectric anisotropy value, have an extremely high voltage holding ratio and a low threshold voltage, are remarkably small in their dependency on temperature, hardly exhibit smectic phase, and are excellent in miscibility with other liquid crystal materials; 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 are expressed by the following general formula (1) wherein Ra, Rb, Y1 to Y6, Z1 and Z2 are herein defined.
Abstract:
Liquid crystalline compounds are provided which have an extremely high voltage holding ratio, altered only slightly by change of temperature, and which have a low threshold voltage and a high &Dgr;n. Also provided are liquid crystal compositions containing the liquid crystalline compound; and liquid crystal display devices containing the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystalline compound is expressed by the general formula (1) wherein R, Y1 to Y16, X and Z1 to Z3 are defined in claim 1.
Abstract:
A method for producing a multi-layered chip inductor includes the steps of: forming coil-shaped internal conductors inside a green ceramic laminate, each of which coil-shaped internal conductors is spiralled around an axial line in the laminating direction of the green ceramic laminate; applying an external electrode paste onto at least one laminating-direction surface of the green ceramic laminate, which external electrode paste connects to an end of the coil-shaped internal conductor; cutting the green ceramic laminate along the laminating direction into chip-shaped green ceramic laminates each having the coil-shaped internal conductor inside; and firing each of the chip-shaped green ceramic laminates and baking the external electrode paste to form an external electrode.
Abstract:
A compound represented by the general formula (1) wherein R1 is an alkadienyl group having 4 to 10 carbon atoms in which a hydrogen atom may be substituted by a fluorine atom or the like; R2 is an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms in which a hydrogen atom may be substituted by a fluorine atom or the like; one or more non-adjacent methylene groups (—CH2—) in the alkadienyl group or the alkenyl group may be replaced by —O— or the like; rings A1, A2, A3 and A4 are each 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or the like in which a hydrogen atom may be substituted by a halogen atom; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are each a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —CF═CF— or the like; p and q are each 0 or 1. The above compound has a large elastic constant ratio, steep electro-optic characteristics and a little temperature dependence in a low temperature range, and so it is useful for the manufacture of a liquid crystal display device.
Abstract:
A reticle/wafer alignment system provided with a laser beam source for emitting laser beams, a first optical system portion for a reticle/wafer alignment which consists of a first optical sub-system for receiving laser beams from the laser beam source and projecting the received laser beams onto alignment marks formed on a substrate and made up of diffraction gratings and a second optical sub-system for gathering laser beams diffracted by the alignment marks to form an image thereof, a photoelectric detection portion for performing a photoelectric conversion of the gathered laser beams, a position detecting portion for measuring the position of the substrate based on a signal outputted from the photoelectric detection portion, a second optical system portion for an image processing which consists of a third optical sub-system for illuminating the alignment marks and a fourth optical sub-system having a television camera for observing the image of the alignment marks, and an image processing portion for performing an image processing of video signals outputted from the television camera. The first and second optical system portions are made in such a manner to have a common part thereof. Thereby, an entire alignment system can be made to be compact. Consequently, a position measurement accuracy can be improved.