A wafer processing method for dividing a wafer having optical devices that are formed in a plurality of areas sectioned by dividing lines formed in a lattice pattern on the front surface, along the dividing lines, which comprises a laser beam application step of applying a laser beam to the wafer along the dividing lines from the side of the back surface thereof to form grooves having a predetermi...

In one embodiment, a perforating gun 56 may create tunnels 58 in a formation 60, the firing of the gun generating an overbalance condition by means of which treatment fluid from an applicator tool 62 is driven into the tunnels - either from a pressurised chamber 63 upon opening a port 64 using a time release mechanism 66, or from a shell 57 with chamber 59 of treatment fluid surrounding the perfor...

The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert of a cemented carbide and a coating. The cemented carbide substrate comprises WC, 7-12 wt-% Co, 5-11 wt-% cubic carbides of metals from the groups IVb, Vb and VIb with a binder phase that is highly alloyed with cobalt. The tungsten carbide phase has a mean intercept length of 0.7 - 1.4 µm. The coating comprises at least one 2-12 µm thick ±-Al ...

Comminuting machine comprises comminuting tools (3) having at least two cutting regions in a direction of rotation of a shaft (2). At least one inner cutting region with a relatively small lever arm traps and comminutes more material. At least one outer cutting region with a relatively large lever arm traps and comminutes less material. The contours of both cutting regions form a circle about the ...

A method and apparatus for tailoring the profile of an x-ray beam for radiographic imaging for a specific subject is disclosed. The invention includes a filter assembly having a pair of filters, each of which may be dynamically controlled by a motor assembly during data acquisition. The filters are positionable in the x-ray beam so as to shape the intensity profile of the x-ray beam. In one exempl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular integrated control device capable of enhancing the vehicular stability by integrally controlling each actuator of at least two of a steering system, a control system and a drive system at an optimum distribution according to the grip degree of each wheel.

SOLUTION: In a vehicle of a four-wheel independent steering system, an electronic control de...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular traveling control device, a vehicular traveling control method, and a vehicular traveling control system in which the vehicular traveling safety can be enhanced by preventing deceleration of a vehicle from being insufficient to avoid any deceleration shock when stopping the vehicle at the stopping position.

SOLUTION: The subject vehicle position ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively obtain the regenerative energy by providing a mechanism to accelerate the rotation speed on the drive wheel side at regeneration, even when a motor generator is in a region of low rotation speed, with a normally poor motor efficiency.

SOLUTION: The hybrid vehicle is provided with the motor generator (3) and a driving control means (22) for selectively de...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the longitudinal width of an engine and a transmission part on a machine frame as much as possible to inhibit the volume of a chemical tank part disposed in front of the transmission part on the machine frame from being regulated by the transmission part.

SOLUTION: In this mobile agricultural machine, an engine is mounted on a pair of right and left machine f...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control method and a control device for ABS.

SOLUTION: Wheel speed is detected (step S101) by an electromagnetic sensor or the like at the time of braking of a vehicle. Next, quasi-vehicle body speed is calculated (step S102) from the obtained wheel speed. When the wheel speed and the quasi-vehicle body speed are obtained, slip ratio is calculated (step S1...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a workability for the maintenance of a drive train in FR vehicles and four-wheel drive vehicles.

SOLUTION: The drive train 1000 comprises a reduction gear 1300 between a clutch 1200 and a torque tube 1400 (storing a propeller shaft 1410 therein). An output shaft 1330 as an output shaft from the clutch 1200 is connected to an input side drive gear 1320 in th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rollover determination device for a vehicle capable of rapidly and accurately determining the rollover of the vehicle at a proper timing simply formed and usable for general purposes.

SOLUTION: This rollover determination device for the vehicle comprises a roll angular velocity sensor 1 detecting a rotating angular velocity acting on the vehicle around the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a raw material feeding apparatus for an automatic packaging machine capable of adjusting the weight of a solid substance to be fed to a definite amount.

SOLUTION: The raw material feeding apparatus for the automatic packaging machine is a raw material feeding apparatus 6 feeding a dry solid substance 130 to the automatic packaging machine which forms a packa...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure sufficient output performance while improving exhaust emission control performance in a control device for a hybrid vehicle.

SOLUTION: In this control device for a hybrid vehicle, in a case where it is estimated or detected that an HC adsorption catalyst 29 is in an HC desorption state, an engine 11, an electric motor, and a drive force transmitting mechanism...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a planetary gear device having improved supporting accuracy of a carrier while holding a compact profile.

SOLUTION: A sun gear boss portion 72 is rotatably supported with one end supported on a fixing member boss portion 3a via a bearing b5 and the other end supported on an input shaft 12 via a bearing b20. A rear side plate 84b is supported on a front end s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a driving performance which satisfies a driver at re-acceleration after an accelerator is turned off.

SOLUTION: An ECT_ECU executes a program that includes a step (S100) for sensing the operation amount of an accelerator by the driver of a vehicle, and a step (S102) for sensing car speed. When the operation of returning the accelerator is detected (YES at S1...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transmission case construction of a work machine capable of surely supplying a lubricating oil to the upper part in the case, with a low-cost configuration.

SOLUTION: An oblong transmission case 15 in which transmission gears are housed by pivoting has a split construction, two halves, where split case parts 15f and 15r are jointed. A groove 75 is formed o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the rapid change of an oil level in a case, caused by the inclination of a car body, the acceleration and deceleration of an automobile, the change of an oil temperature and the like.

SOLUTION: A first joint surface H1 having oil passages a1-a15 is formed on a lower face of a case main body 30, a second joint surface of a valve body is joined with the first ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the downsizing/weight reduction and improve the maintenance performance of the differential gear mechanism when installing an engine on the front part of the running body where at least supporting both rear wheels on right and left and a mission case on the rear part respectively, and providing a PTO shaft to a work machine with the running work machine having the ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a long-life control valve type lead-acid storage battery in which a negative electrode active material is easily chargeable.

SOLUTION: A paste type positive electrode plate and a paste-type negative electrode plate of such a structure that a paste state active material is retained in a lattice shape current collector composed of a lead alloy, and consisting ...