PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of constructing an underground continuous wall capable of resisting an earth pressure which can construct the continuous wall even in a narrow ground or a site where the height is limited by regulation.

SOLUTION: The portion of a ground coming into contact with an underground structure is excavated to form an excavated hole 30. A plurality of main r...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a groundwater fluidization inhibition preventing method, achieving construction inexpensively and safely without any influence on the environment.

SOLUTION: A rounded steel pipe 9 is erected in a predetermined position of a soil cement column wall 1 with the lower end of the rounded steel pipe 9 reaching rather closer to the depth of the upper end of a sound...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drive device which enables to inspect only one of either the motor or the gear transmission device mounted to a support member, or to exchange only one of them for other member.

SOLUTION: The drive device 1 has the motor 3, the gear transmission device 41 where the power output from the motor 3 is transmitted, and the support member 7 where the motor 3 and...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving force control device of a vehicle capable of making control of an AYC (right and left wheel driving force distribution means) and a TCL (driving force control means) proper and improving the traveling stability during straight traveling in a vehicle equipped with the AYC and the TCL.

SOLUTION: A driving force transferring amount operation section 4...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat diffuser having improved heat transfer performance.

SOLUTION: The heat diffuser having heat pipes comprises a heat transfer bottom part 1, a first heat pipe 2 and a second heat pipe 3. The heat transfer bottom part has a storage gutter 11. After the first heat pipe is stored in the storage gutter, it is deformed to be terminated on the inner wall face...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic analyzer capable of changing a reagent bottle automatically and easily.

SOLUTION: This automatic analyzer is equipped with a mechanism for determining the height of a bottle position by means of a balance, a spring pressure or an air pressure corresponding to a bottle weight, and a mechanism for using successively a solution from a bottle having...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To indicate an analysis order before an analysis, provide a fact whether analysis results of important items required for a diagnosis can be obtained by indicating the items to be analyzed before the analysis, and confirm an analysis abnormality occurring if a plurality of the items are continuously analyzed by designating the analysis order of the items.

SOLUTION: An ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for preventing a stop within an intersection that does not rely on a car-to-car communication function.

SOLUTION: A vehicle navigation device 1 wirelessly obtains an exit-side captured image 25 captured by an exit-side camera 7 and an entry-side captured camera 26 captured by an entry-side camera 5. Based on the layout of a group of vehicles with...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure desired responsiveness while reducing a position detection error of an object.

SOLUTION: This object detection device 10 for a vehicle has: a radar device 15 transmitting an electromagnetic wave over a prescribed angle on the periphery of one'own vehicle at prescribed time intervals, and receiving a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave from the object p...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processor and an image processing program for intuitively setting image correction.

SOLUTION: A plurality of types of sample images are input (S101, S105), and general first feature values as first feature values showing the general features of a plurality of types of input sample images are specified (S102 to S104, S106, S107). Also, an original to...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for inputting edited translation words/phrases for solving the problem that it is impossible to continuously perform the edition of translation words/phrases and the input of the edited translation words/phrases.

SOLUTION: The system and method includes a function of segmenting input words/phrases input from a user to an input region, of ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coded pattern to be attached to an object, the coded pattern being precisely identified when the object is placed on the surface of an interactive display device.

SOLUTION: A two-dimensional identifier 130 attached to an object so as to encode a value determinable by a surface-sensing system includes a contiguous area 132 of a detectable material detected ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nonaqueous secondary battery being highly safe even when aiming at high capacity.

SOLUTION: In the lithium-ion secondary battery which houses an electrode body of a winding structure for winding a positive electrode where at least a part of a positive electrode collector forms a positive electrode active material containing coated film on both sides and a ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce collision sounds between components when depressing a keytop to a lower end position in a key-switching device capable of performing a key striking operation.

SOLUTION: The key switching device 10 comprises the keytop 14 arranged on a base 12, a pair of link members 16, 18 for guiding and supporting the keytop 14 in the rise and fall direction by inter connec...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a quantum well structure capable of improving performance of characteristics to obtain the quantum well structure having a crystal with a large In composition thicker than conventional ones as a quantum well layer, an optical confinement type quantum well structure, semiconductor laser, distributed feedback semiconductor laser, a spectrograph and a manufacturing...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the amount of light entering a channel region of a photoelectric conversion semiconductor thin film even if a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed of a light shielding metal.

SOLUTION: At least the photoelectric conversion semiconductor thin film is provided under a channel protective film 42. On a top surface of the channel protective film 42,...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a substrate table of an immersion lithographic apparatus, which is so configured as to prevent contamination with immersion liquid.

SOLUTION: A substrate table WT is provided with a drainage ditch, namely, a barrier 40 surrounding an outer peripheral edge of a substrate W, and a barrier 100 surrounding another object 20 like a sensor existing on practically ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an extremely easily takable beverage which is improved in the bitter taste of chitosan, which is conventionally considered to be a problem.

SOLUTION: The beverage comprises chitosan and chondroitin sulfate or its salt. The beverage having a pH of 2.0 to 7.0, is preferable.

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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shaft that is used for golf clubs, fishing rods, tennis rackets, etc. with a small directionality of the degree of flexure.

SOLUTION: The shaft is composed of fiber-reinforced plastic laminates provided with at least one laminated layer of tubular layer provided with a structure with an axial string composed of a fiber bundle arranged along the axis of the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cyclone dust-collecting device for surely and effectively removing dust from a filter for further filtering air from which dust has been centrifuged in a dust collecting container, and to provide a vacuum cleaner with the cyclone dust-collecting device.

SOLUTION: The cyclone dust-collecting device Y includes a dust-removing member 132 rotating for intermit...