A vehicle drive device is provided having a first source of driving force and a hydraulic transmission, into which power is input from the first source of driving force, arranged axially. A motor that transmits power by an electromagnetic action between a stator and a rotor is arranged between the first source of driving force and the hydraulic transmission. The stator is arranged to be radially d...

In synthesizing a diamond by a vapor-phase growth method, a sputtering method, or a high-pressure and high-temperature synthesis method, N, P or As as an n-type dopant, and H as a p-type dopant are simultaneously doped in a crystal to form a donor-acceptor pair in the crystal, to thereby synthesize a transparent n-type diamond having low resistance.

Shrink films having an outstanding balance of physical properties and shrink properties are manufactured from "pseudohomogeneous" linear low density polyethylene resin. The preferred pseudohomogeneous resins used in the present invention are prepared with an advanced Ziegler Natta catalyst (having a magnesium component and a titanium component), preferably in medium pressure solution polymerizatio...

A process for making a PVDF-based powder coating compositions using a co-coagulation process and compositions comprising co-coagulated PVDF, co-coagulated PVDF-based powder coating compositions and substances coated with these compositions. Vinylidene fluoride polymer latex compositions are mixed with compatible thermoplastic polymer latex, such as acrylic polymer latex, and a coagulant is added. ...

The invention herein provides a silicone polymer emulsion comprising: a) a silicone polymer; and b) a surfactant; and a liquid continuous phase comprising a diol, wherein the diol comprises from about 25 to about 100% by weight of the continuous phase. Further provided is a method of making a condensation polymer/silicone polymer blend comprising the steps of: a) preparing a silicone/polymer emuls...

This invention relates to flowable devices and methods of utilizing such flowable devices in wellbores to provide communicate between surface and downhole instruments, among downhole devices, establish a communication network in the wellbore, act as sensors, and act as power transfer devices. The flowable devices are adapted to move with a fluid flowing in the wellbore. The flowable device may be ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foamed molded body of a polypropylene resin which is improved in the strength of the boundary portion between a main body portion and a rib portion without increasing the thickness of the rib portion, in regard to the foamed molded body of the polypropylene resin having a rib of a relatively small thickness. SOLUTION: The foamed molded body is obtained by molding...

Disclosed is a process for preparing nonextruded stabilized olefin particles. The process includes the step of polymerizing an olefin monomer or olefin monomers in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst, thus obtaining olefin polymer particles having a spheroidal shape, and the step of depositing a stabilizer mixture on the polymer particles. The stabilizer mixture is a molten mixture or a mixtu...

La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'actionnement à distance d'un équipement par une variation d'écoulement d'un fluide, éventuellement i n- compressible, comportant un dés moyens de couplage (17) entre te dispositif et l'équipement à actionnér, un ensemble de deux éléments (4, 5; 10, 11; 20, 24 ) coopérants entre eux pour contrôler la valeur d'ouverture du canal de passag e du fluide. C...

"FILME AUTO-SUSTENTáVEL, CAMADA DE PAPEL, LAMINADO E EMBALAGEM". Revestimento eletricamente condutor ou dissipativo de estática, filmes ou lâminas numa montagem de laminado adequados para embalagem de componentes eletrónicos sensíveis. As propriedades condutoras elétricas ou dissipativas de estática são realizadas incluindo uma quantidade efetiva de um composto de amónio quaternário numa resina de...

A hammer tool that has a handle member with grip and head ends. The head end includes a head assembly mounted thereon at an angle to give a user sufficient clearance for his/her hand grip when using the claw assembly built-in in the face. A blade assembly is removably mounted on the head assembly opposite the face and claw assembly. A magnetic member is inserted in the face portion to facilitate t...

A method for fabricating a large single-grained ferroelectric thin film grown by selectively nucleated lateral crystallization (SNLC) using an artificial nucleation seed, a method for fabricating a ferroelectric capacitor using the same, and a method for fabricating a ferroelectric memory device using the same. The ferroelectric thin film fabrication method includes the steps of forming a first co...

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for forming a storage capacitor for a memory device, by the steps of: forming a bottom electrode of the storage capacitor over a BoroPhosphoSilicate Glass (BPSG) layer; forming a storage capacitor dielectric layer over the bottom electrode, the storage capacitor dielectric layer consisting of a nitride layer that is 50 Å or less i...

A process for fabricating a capacitor in a microcircuit, and the capacitor so fabricated. A first layer of a polycrystalline semiconductor, preferably polysilicon, is deposited. A layer of a binary metallic conductor, preferably tungsten silicide, is deposited on the first layer of polycrystalline semiconductor, and is annealed in an oxidizing atmosphere to produce an oxide layer that serves as th...

An object of the present invention is to provide a means of appropriately evaluating a skin conditioning-ameliorating agent for ameliorating bad skin conditions or preventing the skin conditions from getting worse and a composition for topical application to skin containing the above agent. The invention provides a method for evaluating a skin conditioning-ameliorating agent or a composition for t...

A method of forming an iridium-containing film on a substrate, from an iridium-containing precursor thereof which is decomposable to deposit iridium on the substrate, by decomposing the precursor and depositing iridium on the substrate in an oxidizing ambient environment which may for example contain an oxidizing gas such as oxygen, ozone, air, and nitrogen oxide. Useful precursors include Lewis b...

A stable, high-value polysilicon resistor is achieved by using a silicide layer that prevents diffusion of hydrogen into the resistor. The resistor can also be integrated into a salicide process for making FETs without increasing process complexity. A polysilicon layer with a cap oxide is patterned to form FET gate electrodes and the polysilicon resistor. The lightly doped source/drains, insulatin...

Disclosed are methods of forming resistors and diodes from semiconductive material, and static random access memory (SRAM) cells incorporating resistors, and to integrated circuitry incorporating resistors and diodes. A node to which electrical connection is to be made is provided. An electrically insulative layer is provided outwardly of the node. An opening is provided in the electrically insula...

Disclosed are methods of forming resistors and diodes from semiconductive material, and static random access memory (SRAM) cells incorporating resistors, and to integrated circuitry incorporating resistors and diodes. A node to which electrical connection is to be made is provided. An electrically insulative layer is provided outwardly of the node. An opening is provided in the electrically insula...

"PROCESSO, NA PRENSA, PARA REVESTIR SUBSTRATOS COMPóSITOS". é descrito um processo melhorado para a fabricação de substratos compósitos revestidos por polímeros. Um substrato compósito revestido é preparado na prensa pela aplicação de uma camada de uma composição de revestimento básica na superfície de uma rede compressível composta de fibras e / ou partículas e um aglutinante de resina. A composi...