Abstract:
A medical manipulator includes a surgical tool that has an end effector at a distal end and a drive unit that is detachable from a handle of the surgical tool. In a state where the drive unit is mounted on the handle, when a manipulation lever is manipulated, a driving force of a motor is transmitted to the handle, and the end effector is operated. Even in a state where the drive unit is detached from the handle, the surgical tool can be independently used by a manual manipulation.
Abstract:
A method of making a porous sintered body includes a formation step S102 where a sintering compound which contains a binder and a sinterable powder material is into a predetermined shape; a degreasing steps S103, S104 and S105 where the binder is removed from a formed body obtained in the formation step; and a sintering step S108 where a degreased body after the degreasing step is sintered into a sintered body. The binder contains a component which drains at a temperature higher than a draining temperature of the pore formation material drains. The pore formation material is drained in the degreasing step, with part of the binder remaining un-drained. The present invention enables to manufacture porous sintered bodies which are highly porous, and highly accurate in shape and dimensions. The present invention also enables to manufacture porous sintered bodies which offer functionalities not available before.
Abstract:
A carbon-containing modified polystyrene type resin particle of the present invention includes: a carbon-containing polypropylene type resin, and a polystyrene type resin in an amount of not less than 100 parts by weight but less than 400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the carbon-containing polypropylene type resin, wherein the polystyrene type resin ratio at the central part of the particle is at least 1.2 times the polystyrene type resin ratio of the overall particle, the polystyrene type resin ratio being calculated by using the ratio (D698/D1376) of absorbances at 698 cm−1 and 1376 cm−1 which are obtained by infrared absorption spectra measured by ATR infrared spectroscopic analysis.
Abstract:
A method of making a porous sintered body includes a formation step S102 where a sintering compound which contains a binder and a sinterable powder material is into a predetermined shape; a degreasing steps S103, S104 and S105 where the binder is removed from a formed body obtained in the formation step; and a sintering step S108 where a degreased body after the degreasing step is sintered into a sintered body. The binder contains a component which drains at a temperature higher than a draining temperature of the pore formation material drains. The pore formation material is drained in the degreasing step, with part of the binder remaining un-drained. The present invention enables to manufacture porous sintered bodies which are highly porous, and highly accurate in shape and dimensions. The present invention also enables to manufacture porous sintered bodies which offer functionalities not available before.
Abstract:
A tube-joining apparatus capable of stably and reliably joining tubes where liquid is contained and sealed. In a tube joining apparatus, a first clamp (6) and second clamp (7) for pressing and holding tubes (8, 9) are arranged in a contact state. When a second moving mechanism is driven to separate the second clamp (7) from the first clamp (6), the first clamp (6) is slid on the tubes by a shaft (121) supporting the first clamp (6) in a vertically movable manner and is moved from a first position (P1) to a second position (P2). The tubes are squeezed with a pressing force being gradually increased while the tubes are slid between slants (67, 77) of an engagement portion (68) and second engagement portion (78). Residual liquid in the tubes is removed from inside the tubes by the squeezing operation of the first clamp 6. The tubes from which the residual liquid is removed are cut by a cutting plate (41), the tubes are moved by first and second moving mechanisms, and then the tubes are joined.
Abstract:
A supercharger includes a rotative member that is rotated by an electric motor eccentrically to the center of a casing. A valve is rotatably supported by a periphery of the rotative member. The valve is capable of making contact with a periphery of the rotative member so that an inner periphery of the casing and an outer periphery of the rotative member define an annular space therebetween in a full opening position. The valve is capable of making contact with the inner periphery of the casing to partition the annular space into multiple variable space in a full closing position. Opening degree of the valve is controlled in an intermediate position between the full closing position and the full opening position in accordance with an accelerator position in a low-load operation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a photomask for use in a thermal flow process in which: a photomask is prepared in which a plurality of exposure openings are formed; a resist is applied to the surface of a layer of a semiconductor integrated circuit that is to undergo processing; this resist is patterned by an exposure process through the photomask to form a plurality of openings in the resist that correspond to each of the exposure openings; and the patterned resist is then heated to cause each of the openings to shrink; wherein at least a portion of exposure openings among the plurality of exposure openings are formed in shapes that compensate for anisotropic deformation that occurs in the openings when the patterned resist is heated to cause each of the openings to shrink. Since the openings that are formed in the resist are provided in advance with shapes that compensate for the deformation that occurs when the openings shrink, these openings attain the proper shape after undergoing shrinking and deformation.
Abstract:
In an optical disc, a sector is sequentially formed with a first gap field, a first guard data recording field, a data recording field composed of synchronous signal and user data, a second guard data recording field, and a second gap field, wherein the length of the first and second gap fields, and the length of the first and second guard data recording fields is changed randomly in every recording, and the changing amount of the first and second guard data recording fields is set smaller than the changing amount of the first and second guard data recording fields, thereby suppressing optical disc medium deterioration in every sector and every mark resulting from repeated recording.
Abstract:
A photomask has a plurality of main holes which pass a prescribed light beam that is shone onto positions that make up a plurality of pattern parts, at locations that are opposite a plurality of pattern parts for said semiconductor device, this photomask also having a plurality of minute auxiliary holes, which pass a light beam of a degree that is not transferred at the time of exposure, these auxiliary holes being disposed between the main holes.
Abstract:
A gain control circuit (200) for controlling gain of a circuit (100) operative on the basis of a positive supply voltage, in accordance with strength of current pulled out by the gain control circuit from a control node (12) of the gain-controlled circuit (100), comprises: a depletion-type transistor (21) having one end (drain) connected to the control node of the gain-controlled circuit, the other end (source) connected to a voltage supply terminal (25) to which an external supply voltage is applied, and a gate terminal connected to a control signal terminal (16) to which an external positive voltage control signal is applied; and a resistance element (22) connected in parallel to both ends of the depletion-type transistor (21), for shifting a threshold voltage of the transistor in a positive direction by applying a shift voltage between both the ends of the transistor so that turn-on resistance of the transistor can be controlled on the basis of the positive voltage control signal. Here, the gain of the gain-controlled circuit (100) can be controlled by controlling strength of current pulled out from the gain-controlled circuit on the basis of the positive voltage control signal applied to the gate terminal of the transistor (21).