PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-performance thermoelectric conversion module, a high-performance thermoelectric power generation device, and a method of producing a half Heusler alloy for constituting them.

SOLUTION: A half Heusler alloy is represented by a formula A3-xBXC (wherein A and B are respectively at least one member selected from transition metals consist...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrated motor apparatus in which the characteristics are optimized through the improvement in the treatment of heat transfer and dissipation.

SOLUTION: In an apparatus comprising a motor and a connected driver, at least one heat-generating electric elements (typically control parts) for supplying electric currents to the motor are arranged coming effec...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a cone beam artifact in reconstructing a three-dimensional image using a cone beam CT apparatus.

SOLUTION: In obtaining projection data from a two-dimensional detector 130 of the cone beam CT apparatus to form a recomposed image, computer processing is performed as follows: (1) Weighting different according to a rotation angle is created, and each projection ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antibiotic coating of transplant and its manufacturing method.

SOLUTION: The coating is formed of at least one kind of saturated organic hydrophobic low molecule matrix forming agent having a melting point in a temperature range of 45-100°C. A low molecule hydrophobic additive is dissolved in the forming agent, and one or more kinds of antibiotics are sus...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid carbon decomposition type ceramic chemical reaction device.

SOLUTION: This chemical reaction device has an ion conductive ceramic material and a chemical reaction mechanism comprising a catalyst electrode capable of removing by direct oxidation a solid carbon (PM) electrochemically formed on the ceramic material. The chemical reaction device comprise...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reduction reverser for a ship with a self-completion type locking device, dispensing with the introduction of oil pressure from a circuit of lubricating oil of an internal combustion engine.

SOLUTION: This reduction reverser for ships with a locking device includes: an input shaft driven by the internal combustion engine; an output shaft connected to a pro...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving device of a hybrid vehicle, capable of avoiding power circulation when the change gear ratio of a power distributer is small.

SOLUTION: This driving device of a hybrid vehicle includes the power distributer 4 having first rotational element 14 to fourth rotational element 13, wherein an engine 1, a first motor generator 2, a second motor generator ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cope with abnormality of both a power distribution integrated mechanism and a reduction gear.

SOLUTION: The abnormality of a power distribution integrated mechanism 30 is detected according to whether or not the rate of the number of rotation of an engine 22 and the number of rotation of a motor MG1 to a speed is matched with the gear rate of a power distribution in...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle behavior controller capable of performing zero point calibration of the yaw rate even during the travel.

SOLUTION: The vehicle behavior controller controls the vehicle behavior according to the behavioral information of the vehicle detected by a yaw rate sensor or the like. The controller comprises a rectilinear movement determining means for deter...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a junction supporting device and a junction supporting method for enabling a driver at an acceleration lane side to more safely make his or her own vehicle merge into a main lane than a conventional manner.

SOLUTION: This junction supporting device measures an acceleration lane reaching distance La from the current location of a vehicle P to the start point ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize mass transportation by using a dual-mode vehicle capable of travelling on a road and along a railway.

SOLUTION: Coupled vehicles 10 are structured by connecting a plurality of dual-mode vehicles 1 provided with front rubber tires 3 and rear rubber tires 4 in a front part and a rear part of a car body 2 to travel on the road, front guide wheels 5 and rear gui...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hands-free telephone device for an automobile allowing a driver to safely drive, while being free from paying attention to the arrival of a mobile telephone call.

SOLUTION: With a mobile telephone call in the condition wherein the mobile phone 10 is set in a telephone holder 11 of an automobile, display is performed to inform about the telephone call to th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control a torque converter attached to a transmission of a vehicle having an engine and a motor as driving force sources so that the merit of the motor can be exhibited when the motor is used as the driving force source.

SOLUTION: In a vehicle having the engine operated by burning fuel and the motor as the driving force sources, and having a torque transmission mean...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thymosin β10 expression promoting agent useful as a medicine.

SOLUTION: The thymosin β10 expression promoting agent comprises as an effective ingredient a plant selected from among a flower of Datura metel L., a seed or a fruit of Datura metel L., Lycium chinense Mill., Ficus carica L., Ricunus communis L., Polygala japonica Houtt., Imperata cylindrical (L...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a non-peptide-based inexpensive FGF-5 inhibitor.

SOLUTION: This fibroblast growth factor 5 inhibitor is provided by containing ≥1 kind of an extract of a plant selected from a group consisting of the genus Euphorbia of Euphorbiaceae, the genus Crassocephalum of Comppositae, the genus Ipomoea of Convolvulus, the genus Toddaria of Rutaceae and the genus Galaxa...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low water absorbable polyimide resin excellent in flexibility, heat resistance, transparency and dimensional stability, and suitable for a base plate material such as a flat panel display and a mobile phone, and optical uses such as an optical fiber, a light guide and an optical adhesive.

SOLUTION: The polyimide resin is obtained by a reaction of a compoun...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a grout sealing cover and an injection method of the grout using this in which the cover is easily fitted, excellent in workability, and is capable of injecting the grout without processing a manufacturing body, and of preventing outflow of the injected grout.

SOLUTION: A sheet-like base body 2 is wound around an outer periphery astride an existing pile 11 a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten the wheelbase between a crankshaft and a main shaft, while reducing the number of parts and the assembling man-hour in an engine for a motorcycle, in which the main shaft is rotatably supported in first and second support walls of a lower case forming the part of a crankcase.

SOLUTION: A first bearing port 198 is installed in the first support wall 187 to fi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control unit of an automatic transmission which can realize comfortable start even when a sufficient amount of oil cannot be ensured due to time degradation of oil or the like at the time of re-starting an engine after idling stop.

SOLUTION: An engagement pressure control means issues to an engine control unit a command to reduce torque of an engine so tha...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the starting and traveling performance of a vehicle by changing driving force on a cycle set based on the natural frequency or resonance frequency of the vehicle when starting and traveling the vehicle.

SOLUTION: This driving force control device for the vehicle, changing driving force, is provided with a control start determining means (S2) for determining ...