Author: claimsbot

1. A damping valve, comprising:
a first valve element;
a first valve seat in which the first valve element is seated;
a second valve element placed in line and in contact with the first valve element;
a second valve seat that is placed between the first valve element and the second valve element, and in which the second valve element is seated;
an biasing mechanism for biasing the second valve element toward the second valve seat and biasing the first valve element toward the first valve seat via the second valve element;
a first liquid chamber provided on the opposite side of the first valve seat from the first valve element, the first liquid chamber having an inlet port;
a second liquid chamber provided between the first valve seat and the second valve seat, the second liquid chamber having an inletoutlet port; and
a third liquid chamber provided closer to the second valve element with reference to the second valve seat, the third liquid chamber having an outlet port.
2. A damping valve according to claim 1, wherein:
the first valve seat is allowed to move in an axis direction of the first valve element and biased toward the first valve element.
3. A damping valve according to claim 1, wherein:
when the biasing mechanism biases the second valve element toward the second valve seat, the first valve element is seated in the first valve seat before or at the same time when the second valve element is seated in the second valve seat.
4. A damping valve according to claims 1, further comprising:
a first hollow valve case housing the first valve seat and the first valve element therein;
a ring-shaped valve seat member placed adjacent to the first valve case and provided with the second valve seat; and
a second hollow valve case placed adjacent to the valve seat member and housing the second valve element therein.
5. A damping valve according to claim 1, wherein the biasing mechanism is a solenoid.
6. A shock absorber including a cylinder, a piston dividing the inside of the cylinder into a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, and the damping valve, wherein
the damping valve comprising:
a first valve element;
a first valve seat in which the first valve element is seated;
a second valve element placed in line and in contact with the first valve element;
a second valve seat that is placed between the first valve element and the second valve element, and in which the second valve element is seated;
an biasing mechanism for biasing the second valve element toward the second valve seat and biasing the first valve element toward the first valve seat via the second valve element;
a first liquid chamber provided on the opposite side of the first valve seat from the first valve element, the first liquid chamber having an inlet port;
a second liquid chamber provided between the first valve seat and the second valve seat, the second liquid chamber having an inletoutlet port; and
a third liquid chamber provided closer to the second valve element with reference to the second valve seat, the third liquid chamber having an outlet port,

the shock absorber comprising:
a first flow path establishing communication between the first pressure chamber and the second liquid chamber;
a second flow path establishing communication between the second pressure chamber and the first liquid chamber;
a third flow path establishing communication between the second pressure chamber and the third liquid chamber; and
a check valve provided at the midpoint of the third flow path for blocking only a flow in a direction flowing out from the second pressure chamber.
7. A shock absorber according to claim 6, further comprising:
a reservoir establishing communication with the third liquid chamber.
8. A shock absorber according to claim 6, wherein:
the cylinder, the damping valve, the first flow path, the second flow path, the third flow path, the biasing mechanism and the check valve are incorporated in a housing provided with an attachment portion provided on a barrel portion;
the biasing mechanism is placed in the vicinity of the attachment portion; and
a shaft center of the biasing mechanism is placed substantially perpendicular to a shaft center of the cylinder.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

I claim:

1. A dust-removing device for the filtering tube of a dust-collecting apparatus having a filtering means arranged with rows of hollow filtering tubes and a dust-suction hole being positioned at one side of the dust-collecting apparatus to communicate with the interior of the apparatus and the interior of the apparatus being formed with an air-outlet channel and a blower positioned in alignment with the channel, and an air discharge tube for the filtered air at the housing of the apparatus, characterized in that a dust-removing device is mounted on the dust-collecting apparatus and the housing of the apparatus is provided with a controller connected with a vacuum detector positioned at the air-outlet channel, and the apparatus is provided with a high pressure storage tank connected to an air source, and the high pressure storage tank is mounted with a control valve controlling by a controller and the control valve is connected to a series of nozzle tubes corresponding to the filtering tube, and the nozzle tubes is provided with a plurality of air holes corresponding to the interior of the filtering tubes; thereby a dust-removing device which can self-cleaning of the filtering tubes of the dust-collecting apparatus.
2. The dust-removing device for the filtering tube of claim 1, wherein the high pressurized air storage tank is locked within the interior of the dust-collecting apparatus by means of a locking plate.
3. The dust-removing device for the filtering tube of claim 1, wherein the high pressurized air storage tank is a high pressurized air source and is connected to an air compressor by an air transporting tube.
4. The dust-removing device for the filtering tube of claim 1, wherein the filtering tubes on the dust-collecting apparatus is provided with a plurality of securing rods having positioning clips for clipping nozzle tubes to support the nozzle tubes.

1. A battery comprising:
a case;
an electrode group provided in the case and comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
a lid provided to an opening in the case and comprising a first through hole and a second through hole;
a positive electrode external terminal comprising a head section including a top surface for welding attachment to a first electrical bus, and an axial section extended from the head section, and the axial section being caulked and fixed into the first through hole in the lid;
a negative electrode external terminal comprising a head section including a top surface for welding attachment to a second electrical bus, and an axial section extended from the head section, and the axial section being caulked and fixed into the second through hole in the lid;
a first insulating member arranged between the lid and the positive electrode external terminal, and comprising a first external insulator comprising a side wall section thereof which surrounds a circumference of the head section of the positive electrode external terminal and which extends toward the top surface of the head section of the positive electrode external terminal, a bus bar-fixing section on a top end face of the side wall section of the first insulating member, and a first insulating gasket comprising a cylindrical section inserted into the first through hole in the lid; and
a second insulating member arranged between the lid and the negative electrode external terminal, and comprising a second external insulator comprising a side wall section thereof which surrounds a circumference of the head section of the negative electrode external terminal and which extends toward the top surface of the head section of the negative electrode external terminal, a bus bar-fixing section on a top end face of the side wall section of the second external insulator, and a second insulating gasket comprising a cylindrical section inserted into the second through hole in the lid,
wherein the first and second insulating gaskets members each comprise a tetrafluoroethyleneperfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, and
the first and second external insulators each comprise a resin having a lower melting point than the tetrafluoroethyleneperfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer.
2. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the bus bar-fixing section of the first external insulator and the bus bar-fixing section of the second external insulator each comprise a columnar shape.
3. The battery according to claim 2, wherein the bus bar-fixing section of the first external insulator and the bus bar-fixing section of the second external insulator each comprise a hook projected outward.
4. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the bus bar-fixing section of the first external insulator and the bus bar-fixing section of the second external insulator each comprise a polyangular prismatic shape.
5. The battery according to claim 4, wherein the bus bar-fixing section of the first external insulator and the bus bar-fixing section of the second external insulator each comprise a hook projected outward.
6. The battery according to claim 1, wherein a color of the first external insulator is different from a color of the second external insulator.
7. The battery according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first external insulator and the second external insulator comprises a polarity indication.
8. The battery according to claim 1, further comprising:
a positive electrode lead arranged in the case, connected electrically to the positive electrode, and the positive electrode lead being caulked and fixed to the axial section of the positive electrode external terminal;
a first internal insulator arranged between the positive electrode lead and the lid;
a negative electrode lead arranged in the case, connected electrically to the negative electrode, and the negative electrode lead being caulked and fixed to the axial section of the negative electrode external terminal; and
a second internal insulator arranged between the negative electrode lead and the lid.
9. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the resin having the lower melting point than the tetrafluoroethyleneperfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer comprises at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate and polyphenylene sulfide.
10. A battery module comprising:
a plurality of batteries, each being the battery according to claim 1;
said first electrical bus; and
said second electrical bus,
wherein said first electrical bus is fixed to the bus bar-fixing section of the first insulating member, and said second electrical bus is fixed to the bus bar-fixing section of the second insulating member.
11. A method of manufacturing the battery module according to claim 10, said method comprising:
fixing said first electrical bus to the bus bar-fixing section of the first insulating member;
fixing said second electrical bus to the bus bar-fixing section of the second insulating member;
welding said first electrical bus to the top surface of the positive electrode external terminal; and
welding said second electrical bus to the top surface of the negative electrode external terminal.
12. The method of manufacturing a battery module according to claim 11, wherein the welding is laser beam welding.
13. A battery module comprising:
a plurality of batteries, each of the plurality of batteries being the battery according to claim 1;
said first electrical bus; and
said second electrical bus;
wherein said first electrical bus comprises a hole into which the bus bar-fixing section of the first insulating member is fitted, and said second electrical bus comprises a hole into which the bus bar-fixing section of the second insulating member is fitted.
14. The method of manufacturing the battery module according to claim 13, said method comprising:
fitting the hole in said first electrical bus to the bus bar-fixing section of the first insulating member;
fitting the hole in said second electrical bus to the bus bar-fixing section of the second insulating member;
welding said first electrical bus to the top surface of the positive electrode external terminal; and
welding said second electrical bus to the top surface of the negative electrode external terminal.
15. The method of manufacturing a battery module according to claim 14, wherein the welding is laser beam welding.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

That which is claimed:

1. A synthetic peptide containing the motif E(LVS)RGDS, wherein said synthetic peptide exhibits preferential binding to RG2 glioma cells when compared to its binding to astrocytes.
2. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the synthetic peptide of claim 1.
3. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2, wherein said synthetic peptide is conjugated to a compound.
4. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 3, wherein said compound is selected from the group consisting of chemotherapeutic agents.
5. The synthetic peptide of claim 1, wherein said peptide is eight amino acids in length.
6. The synthetic peptide of claim 1, wherein said peptide comprises the amino acid sequence ELRGDSLP.
7. A nucleotide sequence encoding the synthetic peptide of claim 1.
8. A vector comprising the nucleotide sequence of claim 7.
9. A phage clone expressing the synthetic peptide of claim 1.
10. A synthetic peptide containing the motif D(TSLM)TK, wherein said synthetic peptide exhibits preferential binding to RG2 glioma cells when compared to its binding to astrocytes.
11. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the synthetic peptide of claim 10.
12. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 11, wherein said synthetic peptide is conjugated to a compound.
13. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 12, wherein said compound is selected from the group consisting of chemotherapeutic agents.
14. The synthetic peptide of claim 10, wherein said peptide is eight amino acids in length.
15. The synthetic peptide of claim 10, wherein said peptide comprises the amino acid sequence DSTKSGNM.
16. The synthetic peptide of claim 10, wherein said peptide comprises the amino acid sequence DYDMTKNT.
17. A nucleotide sequence encoding the synthetic peptide of claim 9.
18. A vector comprising the nucleotide sequence of claim 17.
19. A phage clone expressing the synthetic peptide of claim 10.
20. A synthetic peptide containing the motif V(DG)LP(ET)H, wherein said synthetic peptide exhibits binding to RG2 glioma cells.