摘要:
In a fuel cell comprising a stack having superposed a plurality of electromotive parts composed of a fuel electrode, an oxidizing electrode, and an electrolyte layer nipped by the two electrodes and using a liquid fuel as the fuel for the fuel cell, this invention contemplates forming a liquid fuel introducing path destined to be directly exposed to the liquid fuel on terminal surfaces of the component parts of the electromotive parts in a direction perpendicular to the flow of an oxidizing gas along at least one of the outer peripheral surfaces of the stack including the terminal surface of the fuel electrode and lying parallelly to the flow of the oxidizing gas and enabling the liquid fuel in the liquid fuel introducing path to be supplied to the fuel electrodes by a capillary attraction. A fuel cell provided with means for recovery of the water produced by the cell reaction in the oxidizing electrodes is also disclosed, which fuel cell effects the removal of the water produced in the oxidizing electrodes during the operation of the fuel cell by a capillary attraction generated by two porous members, i.e. a first porous member disposed in the oxidizing electrodes and a second porous member adjoined to the first porous member and possessed of a smaller average pore diameter than the first porous member.
摘要:
In a fuel cell comprising a stack having superposed a plurality of electromotive parts composed of a fuel electrode, an oxidizing electrode, and an electrolyte layer nipped by the two electrodes and using a liquid fuel as the fuel for the fuel cell, this invention contemplates forming a liquid fuel introducing path destined to be directly exposed to the liquid fuel on terminal surfaces of the component parts of the electromotive parts in a direction perpendicular to the flow of an oxidizing gas along at least one of the outer peripheral surfaces of the stack including the terminal surface of the fuel electrode and lying parallelly to the flow of the oxidizing gas and enabling the liquid fuel in the liquid fuel introducing path to be supplied to the fuel electrodes by a capillary attraction. A fuel cell provided with means for recovery of the water produced by the cell reaction in the oxidizing electrodes is also disclosed, which fuel cell effects the removal of the water produced in the oxidizing electrodes during the operation of the fuel cell by a capillary attraction generated by two porous members.
摘要:
There is provided a physical property measuring method for a TFT liquid crystal panel, includes an impedance setting step of setting the impedance between the source and drain of a TFT of the TFT liquid crystal panel to be less than or equal to a predetermined value, a voltage application step of applying a voltage that cyclically varies to a liquid crystal layer of the TFT liquid crystal panel. And the method further includes a physical property measuring step of measuring a transient current flowing through the liquid crystal layer to which the voltage that cyclically varies is applied in the voltage application step to measure physical properties of the liquid crystal layer.
摘要:
An optical apparatus includes a zoom optical system including a focus lens unit, an operation portion configured to manually and mechanically change a focal length of the zoom optical system, and a controller configured to control the focus lens unit so as to move along a track depending on an object distance in an operation of the operation portion. The controller moves the focus lens unit to a second position that is different from a first position that is a position of the focus lens unit in disconnecting a power when a first focal length that is a focal length of the zoom optical system in disconnecting the power is different from a second focal length that is a focal length of the zoom optical system in reconnecting the power.
摘要:
The optical apparatus includes an image pickup optical system including a focus lens, a controller controlling movement of the focus lens in an optical axis direction of the image pickup optical system, a shake detector detecting a shake amount of the optical apparatus in the optical axis direction, and a memory storing plural shake amounts sequentially detected by the shake detector. The controller calculates, in response to a start instruction of exposure for the image pickup and before start of the exposure, a predictive value of the shake amount for a time point of the exposure based on the plural shake amounts stored in the memory and including at least one shake amount detected after the start instruction of exposure. The controller moves the focus lens to a position corresponding to the predictive value before the start of the exposure.
摘要:
A microporous sheet suitably used as a substrate for artificial leather for its good balance in properties such as softness, abrasion resistance and the like, obtained by impregnating a non-woven fabric with an elastic polymer and then coagulating the impregnated polymer, said non-woven fabric being a blend of (a) an aromatic polyester fiber (fiber A) and (b) a polyolefin or aliphatic polyamide fiber (fiber B), which sheet is scattered with portions where the fiber A is surrounded by the elastic polymer in a bonded state and portions where the fiber B is surrounded by the elastic polymer in a not-bonded state.
摘要:
A frequency multiplier is constructed to input an input signal to a transistor through an input matching circuit and to output a multiplied output signal from the transistor through a reflecting type fundamental wave signal band suppressing circuit and an output matching circuit. A transmission line produces a standing wave and is disposed between the output terminal of the transistor and the input terminal of the reflecting type fundamental wave signal band suppressing circuit. Because the voltage acting on the output terminal of the transistor consequently increases, the transistor operates at a point at which the nonlinearity of its input-output characteristic is greater and the output power of the multiplied output signal increases.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a clock spring used for the steering system of an automobile or the like in which a flexible cable is utilized to make an electrical connection between a fixed member and a movable member. The clock spring includes a stationary housing; a rotor rotatably mounted to the stationary housing; the flexible cable wound in a cable accommodating portion defined between the stationary housing and the rotor; and a cover fixed to the stationary housing so as to cover the opened end of the cable accommodating portion. The improvement of this invention resides in a construction by which ribs are provided in the cable accommodating portion to restrict the flexible cable to a position more in the inner periphery of the rotor than in the outer periphery of the same.
摘要:
An ultrasonic transducer comprises a cylindrical housing embedded within a rear bumper of a vehicle and opening backward, a reflecting plate having a parabolic reflecting surface provided within the cylindrical housing along a closed end thereof and facing an open end thereof, and an ultrasonic vibrator provided in an upper wall of the housing at the focus of the reflecting plate for emitting and receiving ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic transducer transmits ultrasonic waves behind the vehicle and receives ultrasonic waves reflected from an obstacle. The ultrasonic transducer further comprises a projecting member provided on the inner wall of the housing along the open end thereof for dispersing and cancelling the ultrasonic waves entering the housing at angles with respect to the axis of the housing. The projecting member has a smoothly curving cross section having a radius of substantially one fourth to five times the wavelength of the ultrasonic waves emitted by the ultrasonic vibrator.
摘要:
The optical apparatus includes an image pickup optical system including a focus lens, a controller controlling movement of the focus lens in an optical axis direction of the image pickup optical system, a shake detector detecting a shake amount of the optical apparatus in the optical axis direction, and a memory storing plural shake amounts sequentially detected by the shake detector. The controller calculates, in response to a start instruction of exposure for the image pickup and before start of the exposure, a predictive value of the shake amount for a time point of the exposure based on the plural shake amounts stored in the memory and including at least one shake amount detected after the start instruction of exposure. The controller moves the focus lens to a position corresponding to the predictive value before the start of the exposure.