A coil spring includes a wire rod and an elastic coat provided on the wire rod. The coil spring includes a coil section including a plurality of coil portions. The wire rod includes a round cross-sectional portion, a cross-section varying portion, and a rectangular cross-sectional portion along the longitudinal direction of the wire rod. The cross section of the rectangular cross-sectional portion is substantially square and has a first plane and a second plane. The first plane and the second plane oppose each other in the coil section. The elastic coat is provided on at least one of the first plane and the second plane. The elastic coat is continuous from the round cross-sectional portion to the cross-sectional variation portion and the rectangular cross-sectional portion.
F16F 1/02 - Springs made of steel or other material having low internal friction; Wound, torsion, leaf, cup, ring or the like springs, the material of the spring not being relevant
A coil spring includes a wire rod and an elastic coat provided on the wire rod. The coil spring includes a coil section including a plurality of coil portions. The wire rod includes a round cross-sectional portion, a cross-section varying portion, and a rectangular cross-sectional portion along the longitudinal direction of the wire rod. The cross section of the rectangular cross-sectional portion is substantially square and has a first plane and a second plane. The first plane and the second plane oppose each other in the coil section. The elastic coat is provided on at least one of the first plane and the second plane. The elastic coat is continuous from the round cross-sectional portion to the cross-sectional variation portion and the rectangular cross-sectional portion.
A marine vessel includes: an actuator having a rudder; a heading detection unit; and a heading control device including a target heading acquisition unit, a heading deviation calculation unit, a PID control unit, and a gain setting unit, the heading deviation calculation unit calculates a heading deviation, which is the difference between a target heading and a actual heading, the PID control unit calculates an instruction value for the actuator through PID control from the heading deviation calculated by the heading deviation calculation unit, the gain setting unit sets at least a derivative gain, and in a case in which the heading deviation calculated by the heading deviation calculation unit is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, the gain setting unit adds a derivative gain addition correction quantity to the current value of the derivative gain.
A headrest includes a first configuration section comprising a hard urethane and formed with an indentation in a front face, the indentation enabling entry of a supported portion, and the supported portion being a location corresponding to an occipital bone of the head of the seated occupant; and a second configuration section comprising a soft urethane having a lower rigidity than the hard urethane, the second configuration section being provided at the indentation so as to be deformed by the supported portion. Part of the first configuration section, which is a bottom face of the indentation, is configured by a left-right pair of head support faces that support the supported portion and that are connected together at a connection location having a straight line shape. An angle formed between cross-sections of the left and right head support faces when sectioned along a plane perpendicular to the connection location is a first angle that is from 37.2° to 143°. An angle formed between a direction perpendicular to the connection location and a seat front-rear direction when viewed along a seat left-right direction is a second angle that is from 12.8° to 68.7°.
A coil spring includes a wire rod and an elastic coat provided on the wire rod. The coil spring includes a coil section including a plurality of coil portions. The wire rod includes a round cross-sectional portion, a cross-section varying portion, and a rectangular cross-sectional portion along the longitudinal direction of the wire rod. The cross section of the rectangular cross-sectional portion is substantially square and has a first plane and a second plane. The first plane and the second plane oppose each other in the coil section. The elastic coat is provided on at least one of the first plane and the second plane. The elastic coat is continuous from the round cross-sectional portion to the cross-sectional variation portion and the rectangular cross-sectional portion.
A watercraft of an automatic maneuvering system includes an actuator configured to generate a propulsive force and a turning moment, an operation unit, and a watercraft control device.
B63H 21/21 - Control means for engine or transmission, specially adapted for use on marine vessels
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
B63H 25/42 - Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers
A sag bend portion is formed in a longitudinal part of the load beam and bent in a thickness direction. The load beam includes a first portion and a second portion bordering the sag bend portion. Roots of outrigger portions are secured to the load beam by weld portions. A slit portion is formed around each of the weld portions. The slit portion includes an arc-shaped slit and a pair of extension slits. An outrigger support portion is formed inside the slit portion. The outrigger support portion extends in a direction different from that of the second portion of the load beam with respect to a cross section along the longitudinal direction of the load beam in the thickness direction.
A suspension for a disk drive includes a plate member having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first penetration portion penetrating the first surface and the second surface, and a second penetration portion spaced from the first penetration portion and penetrating the first surface and the second surface, an actuator provided on the second surface and having an electrode located in the first penetration portion, and a flexure having an electrode connection portion connected to the electrode. The electrode connection portion includes a first region and a second region having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the first region, and the second region overlaps the second penetration portion.
A flexure of a suspension for a disk drive includes a metal base and a wiring portion provided along the metal base and including a base insulation layer, a conductor layer overlaid on the base insulation layer, and a cover insulation layer overlaid on the conductor layer. The flexure includes a first area on which an electronic component is mounted and a second area aligned alongside the first area, and the first area includes a thin-walled portion which overlaps the electronic component and having a thickness less than a thickness of the second area.
A joint function unit, in which a movable part is supported by a base partso as to be displaceable in an axial direction thereof, includes: a plurality of drive wireseach having a fixed partfixed to the movable parton one side in the axial direction and the a supported partsupported by the base parton the other side in the axial direction; and an elastic bodysupporting the supported partof each of the plurality of drive wireson the base part, energizing the supported partwith respect to the fixed partin the axial direction, and applying tension to the drive wires.
A contact probe includes: a first plunger; a second plunger; and a coil spring provided between the first and second plungers and configured to connect the first and second plungers to each other so as to freely advance and retreat. The first plunger is provided with a groove portion formed on a side surface of the first plunger.
The system accepts an operation to be carried out to virtually install installation objects on a water surface, acquires positional information about each point, and creates course data of a course passing through areas to be determined on the basis of installation positions of the installation objects in the order of installation. The system installs installation objects as buoys, creates a guide image to be used to indicate a buoy to be passed next and a direction from the buoy to be passed next to a buoy to be passed further next by using the course data while intending the guide image for a user of a boat configured to travel along the course on the water surface, and displays the created guide image on a display unit arranged on a hull of the boat.
A watercraft control system includes a watercraft and a communication device. The communication device includes a communication unit configured to transmit information indicating a location of the communication device to the watercraft. The watercraft includes a communication unit configured to receive the information indicating the location of the communication device and a difference calculation unit configured to calculate a difference between the location of the communication device and a location of the watercraft.
A first terminal provided on a tail pad portion includes a base portion, a bent portion and an overlapping portion. The base portion includes a first surface fixed to a base insulating layer and a second surface on an opposite side to the first sur face. The bent portion is reversed in a thickness direction of the base portion from an end of the base portion towards the second surface. The overlapping portion extends from the bent portion in a direction along the second surface. An ansotropic conductive film (ACE) is disposed between the overlapping portion and the second terminal. The overlapping portion and the second terminal are connected to each other via the ACE.
G11B 33/12 - Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules
H01R 12/62 - Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 12/65 - Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal
H01R 4/04 - Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation using electrically conductive adhesives
H05K 1/11 - Printed elements for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits
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BASE PLATE OF DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION, DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION, AND DISK DRIVE
A base plate includes a plate body and a connection portion provided at the plate body. The connection portion includes a through hole gassing through the plate body in a thickness direction of the plate body, a plurality of protrusions provided along an edge of the through hole in a circumferential direction about a central axis of the through hole and inserted into an attachment hole provided in the arm, and an inner circumferential surface formed by the plurality of protrusions and the through hole. The inner circumferential surface includes a plurality of recesses formed between the plurality of protrusions.
This automatic ship handling system includes a ship and a communication device, the ship includes an actuator that has a function of generating a propulsion force for the ship and a function of generating a turning moment on the ship, an operation unit that receives an input operation for activating the actuator, and a ship control device that activates the actuator on the basis of at least the input operation received by the operation unit, the ship control device has a manual ship handling mode in which the actuator is activated on the basis of the input operation received by the operation unit, and an automatic ship handling mode in which the actuator is activated without a need for the operation unit to receive the input operation, and in the automatic ship handling mode, the ship control device controls a speed of the ship on the basis of a relative distance between the ship and the communication device.
A stage includes a base material including a step portion and an insulating film. The step portion includes a first surface recessed from a top surface of the base material and a second surface recessed from a side surface of the base material. The insulating film includes a plurality of first layers on the first surface and a plurality of second layers on the second surface. In the step portion, each first end portion of the plurality of first layers and each second end portion of the plurality of second layers are alternately stacked. The first surface and the second surface are connected via a corner, and each first end portion and each second end portion are alternately stacked at the corner.
A seatback frame including left and right side frames, a lower frame, and a sacrum support section. The left and right side frames extend in a seat up-down direction inside left and right side portions of a seatback of a vehicle seat. The lower frame spans between lower end portions of the left and right side frames. The sacrum support section extends from a lower end portion of the lower frame toward a seat front side and supports a sacral region of a seated occupant from a seat rear side. A weakened portion that is weakened by a load from the seat front side is provided to the sacrum support section.
B60N 2/42 - Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats
B60N 2/427 - Seats or parts thereof displaced during a crash
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SEAT CUSHION FRAME, VEHICLE SEAT FRAME, AND VEHICLE SEAT
A seat cushion frame configuring framework of a seat cushion for an occupant of a vehicle to sit on, and including left and right side frames, a cushion pan, and a reinforcement member. The left and right side frames are disposed at left and right side portions of the seat cushion. The cushion pan connects upper end portions of front portions of the left and right side frames together in a seat left-right direction. The reinforcement member includes the left and right reinforcement portions respective affixed to the seat left-right direction sides of the rear end portion of the cushion pan.
In a vehicle seat frame, a connection member that connects left and right links together in a seat left-right direction is disposed below a rear portion of a cushion pan included in a seat cushion frame. A sloped surface sloped with a downward gradient toward a seat rear side is formed at a lower surface of the rear portion of the cushion pan. The sloped surface of the cushion pan slides in a seat rearward and diagonally downward direction relative to the connection member when the cushion pan deforms in a seat downward direction under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.
B60N 2/427 - Seats or parts thereof displaced during a crash
B60N 2/42 - Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats
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SEAT CUSHION FRAME, VEHICLE SEAT FRAME, AND VEHICLE SEAT
A seat cushion frame configuring a framework of a seat cushion for an occupant of a vehicle to sit on and including left and right side frames and a cushion pan. The left and right side frames are disposed at left and right side portions of the seat cushion. The cushion pan connects upper end portions of front portions of the left and right side frames together in a seat left-right direction, and is weakened locally at a weakened portion provided at a seat left-right direction center of a rear end portion of the cushion pan.
A vehicle seat frame includes a seat cushion frame, left and right links, a connection member, left and right slide rails, and left and right risers. The seat cushion frame includes left and right side frames. The left and right links each have a one end portion connected to respective front portions of the left and right side frames. The connection member connects the left and right links together in the seat left-right direction. The left and right slide rails are disposed below the left and right side frames and are attached to a floor section of the vehicle. The left and right risers are respectively attached to the left and right slide rails, are connected to respective other end portions of the left and right links, and are configured to be impacted by the connection member under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.
B60N 2/427 - Seats or parts thereof displaced during a crash
B60N 2/42 - Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats
According to an embodiment, a disk drive suspension includes a load beam, a flexure including a tongue on which a slider is mounted and an outrigger connected to the tongue, and overlapping the load beam, and a damper material attached to the load beam and the outrigger. Further, the damper material has a single-layer structure of a viscoelastic material.
A suspension includes a load beam, a flexure and a dimple portion. The flexure includes a tongue. The dimple portion swingably supports the tongue at least over a first position and a second position. In the tongue, first pillow portions supporting a slider and an adhesive portion fixing the slider are provided. In the load beam, a second pillow portion protruding towards the slider is provided. The second pillow portion is in contact with the slider when the tongue is located at the first position, and separates from the slider when the tongue has moved to the second position.
According to an embodiment, an inspection method inspects a disk drive suspension including an electronic component having first and second side surfaces in a first direction, a first and second adhesives provided along the side surfaces. The method includes measuring a first height in a first position of the first adhesive, measuring a second height in a second position of the second adhesive, and determining whether at least one of a position of application of the first and second adhesives in the first direction and an amount of application of the first and second adhesives is appropriate based on the first and second heights.
A manufacturing method includes: conveying a target to a processing unit by using a conveying arm; conveying the target to a correction information acquiring unit provided in a position different from a position of the processing unit; acquiring position information relating to a position of the target conveyed to the correction information acquiring unit in a three-dimensional space; correcting a conveying position of the conveying arm to the processing unit based on the position information; and executing processing for the target conveyed to the corrected conveying position to manufacture a product.
In an embodiment, a helm device comprises a steering shaft extending in a first direction, a housing, a tilt base, a pair of tilt mechanisms which supports the housing to make the housing rotatable with respect to the tilt base about a tilt axis, and a lock mechanism which fixes an angle of the steering shaft. Each of the pair of tilt mechanisms comprises a shaft member projecting from a side portion of the housing, a bracket provided on the tilt base and comprising a hole portion into which the shaft member is inserted rotatably, and a bushing disposed between the shaft member and the hole portion.
A head driving device includes a head supporting portion supporting a head member, a first beam, a second beam, a first piezoelectric unit including a pair of piezoelectric elements, and a second piezoelectric unit including a pair of piezoelectric elements. When voltage is applied to the piezoelectric elements of the first piezoelectric unit, the piezoelectric elements deform, and a distal end of the first beam moves. The piezoelectric elements of the second piezoelectric unit also deform by application of voltage, and moves a distal end of the second beam in a same direction as the distal end of the first beam.
A flexure of a disk drive suspension includes a metal base, and a wiring portion provided along the metal base. The wiring portion includes a base insulating layer, a conductor layer overlapping with the base insulating layer, and a cover insulating layer overlapping with the conductor layer, and the metal base includes a pair of first portions having side surfaces opposed to each other. At least one of the base insulating layer and the cover insulating layer is in contact with the side surfaces between the pair of first portions, and the conductor layer does not overlap with the metal base in a direction of stacking the wiring portion
A probe unit includes: a plurality of first contact probes each coming into contact with an electrode to be contacted on one end side in a longitudinal direction; a second contact probe connected to an external ground; and a probe holder configured to hold the first and second contact probes, the probe holder including a first hollow portion configured to allow the first contact probes to be inserted therethrough and hold the first contact probes, a second hollow portion configured to allow the second contact probe to be inserted therethrough and hold the second contact probe, and a through-hole provided around the first hollow portion, wherein the probe holder includes a conductive portion that constitutes the through-hole and electrically connects the through-hole and the second contact probe.
A disk drive suspension according to an embodiment comprises a load beam comprising a dimple, and a flexure overlaid on the load beam. The load beam and the flexure are fixed by a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion closer to a distal end of the load beam than the first fixing portion. The flexure comprises a tongue opposed to the dimple, and an outrigger connected to the tongue. The outrigger is bent in a thickness direction of the load beam at a bent portion located between the dimple and the first fixing portion in a length direction of the load beam.
According to an embodiment, a manufacturing method of a disk drive suspension comprises determining a first position on the outrigger at which a bent portion is to be formed by irradiating a first laser beam, calculating predicted values of pitch and roll angles of a tongue in a case where the bent portion is formed at the first position, determining a second position on the outrigger to which a second laser beam is to be irradiated to make the predicted values approximate to predetermined target values, and irradiating the first laser beam to the first position to form the bent portion, and the second laser beam to the second position.
A car sickness inhibition device includes: a memory and a processor connected to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire an acceleration a in a front-rear direction of a vehicle or angles of inclination θ of the head and upper body of an occupant sitting in a seat of the vehicle; and by using expression θ>tan−1(a/g)·(1), where g denotes gravitational acceleration, obtain from the acquired acceleration a an angle of inclination θ0 with which car sickness is inhibited, or obtain an acceleration a0 with which car sickness is inhibited.
A disk drive suspension of the embodiments includes a load beam, and a flexure including a mounting portion on which a slider is mounted and overlapping with the load beam. The load beam includes a tab further extending than the mounting portion longitudinal direction of the load beam. The tab is shaped in an arc such that a central portion in a lateral direction protrudes with respect to both end portions in the lateral direction, in the load beam. Each of the both end portions includes a flat surface parallel to the lateral direction.
A probe card includes: a plurality of conductive contact probes; a probe head configured to accommodate ends of the plurality of contact probes; a laminated member laminated on the probe head on a side opposite to a side of the probe head; and a fastening member including a screw and a nut configured to fasten the probe head and the laminated member to each other, the screw including a head provided on the side of the probe head in which the contact probes extend outwardly, and a shaft inserted through the probe head and the laminated member, the shaft extending and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the head. The shaft is fixed to the probe head, is threadedly connected to the nut on an end side opposite to the head side, and is configured to fasten the probe head and the laminated member to each other.
A steering handle device includes a housing to be mounted on a hull, a tube member and a steering shaft. The tube member is rotatable in a forward/backward direction around the tilt shaft relative to the housing. The steering shaft is inserted to the tube member. A steering arm is attached to the steering shaft. The steering arm includes an extending portion extending to an outer side of the housing. A joint member is provided on the extending portion. The joint member includes a connection portion to connect to the steering cable and a support portion to support the connection portion. When the steering shaft is in the neutral position in the rotation direction, the connection portion is located in a position corresponding to the tilt shaft as viewing the housing from the lateral direction.
An application method for applying an adhesive to an object includes applying, prior to applying the adhesive to a specified part of the object, the adhesive to a part different from the specified part, calculating an application quantity of the adhesive applied to the part different from the specified part, making a first correction configured to correct an application condition of the adhesive based on basis of a result of the calculation, and applying the adhesive to the specified part using the application condition corrected in the first correction.
B05C 11/10 - Storage, supply or control of liquid or other fluent material; Recovery of excess liquid or other fluent material
B05D 5/10 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain an adhesive surface
B05C 5/02 - Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work from an outlet device in contact, or almost in contact, with the work
A coil spring device includes: a main body spring and an insulator, the insulator is provided with a support groove which extends around a coil axis and into which a lower end portion of the main body spring is fitted, the lower end portion of the main body spring adheres to an inner surface of the support groove, the inner surface of the support groove is provided with a plurality of spacer protrusions which support an outer peripheral surface of a wire rod, a plurality of adjacent spacer protrusions adjacent to an open end edge of the support groove of the plurality of spacer protrusions each includes a pair of side wall surfaces extending toward the open end edge and are provided at intervals therebetween in an extension direction of the open end edge in a plan view of a part including the open end edge in the inner surface of the support groove, and inclination angles of the side wall surfaces adjacent to each other in the extension direction with the interval therebetween with respect to an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the open end edge are different from each other in the plan view.
F16F 15/067 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systems; Suppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using elastic means with metal springs using only wound springs
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LAMINATE, BONDING METHOD, AND INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT FOR CIRCUIT BOARD
A laminate includes: a base material; a circuit; an insulating layer provided between the base material and the circuit, the insulating layer including a thermally conductive filler; and an adhesive configured to bond at least the base material and the insulating layer. The base material and the insulating layer are bonded by the adhesive in part and in contact with each other in other parts. A plurality of spaces are formed in the insulating layer, and the adhesive fills at least a portion of the plurality of spaces.
A coil spring includes a main body spring and an insulator, the insulator is provided with a support groove which extends around a coil axis and into which a lower end portion of the main body spring is fitted, a lower end portion of the main body spring adheres to an inner surface of the support groove, the inner surface of the support groove is provided with a plurality of spacer protrusions which support an outer peripheral surface of a wire rod, the support groove extends in an angle range of 180° or more and 360° or less around the coil axis, and a ratio of a volume of the spacer protrusions occupying a gap between the inner surface of the support groove and the outer peripheral surface of the wire rod at a center portion in the gap in a circumferential direction around the coil axis is larger than that at the other portions in the gap in the circumferential direction.
F16F 3/12 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of a material having high internal friction, e.g. rubber combined with springs made of steel or other material having low internal friction the steel spring being in contact with the rubber spring, e.g. being embedded in it
Provided is a bending structure and a joint function part, capable of ensuring sufficient flexibility and rigidity in an axial direction. The bending structure is provided with an outer coiled part formed of a wire wound in a coiled shape and an inner coiled part formed of a wire wound in a coiled shape and arranged in the outer coiled part, wherein the outer coiled part has a plurality of gaps to distance adjacent coils, and coils of the inner coiled part are provided so as to correspond to the gaps of the outer coiled part and fit between the adjacent coils while being in contact with the adjacent coils of the outer coiled part.
A leaf spring device includes a plurality of leaf springs, in which a restricting protrusion is provided on one leaf spring, a recessed part is formed on the other leaf spring, a first side surface of the restricting protrusion and a third side surface of the recessed part face each other in a plate width direction, a second side surface of the restricting protrusion and a fourth side surface of the recessed part face each other in the plate width direction, a first inclined surface is formed on one of the first and third side surfaces to be further away from the other thereof from a central portion toward a first direction, and a second inclined surface is formed on one of the second and fourth side surfaces to be further away from the other thereof from the central portion toward a second direction.
F16F 3/02 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of steel or of other material having low internal friction
43.
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPONENTS AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPONENTS
In production management systems, management devices includes a management device of a pre-process which adds a hash value of a production condition information received from a preceding process and a hash value calculated from the production condition information of the pre-process to calculate a first hash value and transmit the production condition information of the pre-process and the first hash value to a management device of a current process, and the management devices includes a management device of a current process which calculates a second hash value from production condition information received, calculates a third hash value obtained by subtracting the second hash value from the first hash value.
G05B 19/18 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
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Disk device flexure preventing migration of adhesive from a terminal thereof
A flexure includes a metal base, a base insulation layer formed on the metal base, a terminal formed on the base insulation layer, a conductor portion electrically conductive to the terminal and an detouring extending portion formed on the conductor portion. The conductor portion includes a conductor and a cover layer covering the conductor. A conductive adhesive is supplied to the terminal. The detouring extending portion is formed in a longitudinal middle of the conductor portion and extends from the side surface of the conductor portion in a direction intersecting the length direction of the conductor portion along the base insulation layer.
A disk-drive suspension includes a load beam, a flexure laid on top of the load beam, a first terminal provided on the flexure, and a first bump arranged on a top surface of the first terminal. The first terminal includes a narrow part having a first width in a first direction and including a center of the first terminal, and a wide part having a second width in the first direction greater than the first width. The wide part and the narrow part are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The first bump has, at the center, a first height from a bottom surface of the first terminal. The first height is greater than the first width.
A stabilizer is a stabilizer including: a main body cylinder portion which is elastically deformable; and a pair of connection portions respectively connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices, wherein a fixed shaft portion which is solid and fixed to the main body cylinder portion is provided to the connection portion, wherein the fixed shaft portion includes a fitting portion fitted into the main body cylinder portion and a large diameter portion connecting the fitting portion and the connection portion and formed to have a diameter larger than that of the fitting portion.
A laser welding apparatus includes a laser medium, an excitation light source and a control unit. The control unit supplies drive power to the excitation light source to inject excitation energy to the laser medium. The control unit supplies preliminary excitation power, which is smaller than pulsed drive power, to the excitation light source over a preliminary supply time, which is longer than a pulse width of the drive power before welding the first weld to be welded. After the preliminary supply time elapses and then an interval, the pulsed drive power is supplied to the excitation light source to weld the first weld.
Provided is a golf shaft, capable of ensuring peeling resistance of a colored layer to endure a bending process and the like. The golf shaft has a metal element tube, and a colored plating layer being a colored layer formed on a surface of the element tube, wherein the colored plating layer has a first strike plating layer on the element tube side, a satin-like plating layer layered on a surface of the first strike plating layer, a second strike plating layer layered on a surface of the satin-like plating layer, and a decorative plating layer layered on a surface of the second strike plating layer and colored according to a color of the colored plating layer.
C25D 3/04 - Electroplating; Baths therefor from solutions of chromium
C25D 5/14 - Electroplating with more than one layer of the same or of different metals at least one layer being of nickel or chromium two or more layers being of nickel or chromium, e.g. duplex or triplex layers
C25D 5/00 - Electroplating characterised by the process; Pretreatment or after-treatment of workpieces
C25D 3/12 - Electroplating; Baths therefor from solutions of nickel or cobalt
A control cable connection structure includes a long, narrow casing, a casing end, a cable end and a slider. An end portion of a first conduit is anchored at one end portion, in a length direction, of the casing. An end portion of a second conduit is anchored at the casing end. The casing end is superposed and assembled with the casing in a radial direction of the second conduit. The cable end is attached to an end portion of a second inner cord. An end portion of a first inner cord is anchored at the slider. The slider is supported at the casing to be slidable in the length direction thereof. In the assembled state, the cable end is engaged with the slider at an opposite side from a side at which the second conduit is disposed, and the second inner cord is connected with the slider.
A vehicle seat structure, including: a frame member that forms a framework of the vehicle seat; a pad member that is formed of a foam material and is disposed at a front face side of the frame member; and a first rear face member that is integrated with the pad member at a rear face side of the pad member, the first rear face member including: a main body portion that is fixed to the pad member, and an extension portion that extends from the pad member and is fixed to the frame member.
A probe unit includes: a signal probe configured to receive and output a signal from and to a predetermined circuit structure; a power supply probe configured to supply power to the predetermined circuit structure; a grounding probe configured to supply a ground potential to the predetermined circuit structure; and a conductive probe holder including a plurality of hole portions in which the signal probe, the power supply probe, and the grounding probe are insertable, the plurality of hole portions having a same hole shape as one another, wherein the signal probe, the power supply probe, and the grounding probe inserted into the plurality of hole portions are interchangeable with one another to change an arrangement of the signal probe, the power supply probe, and the grounding probe.
This automatic setting device for automatically setting control devices for a plurality of ship propulsion apparatuses for generating ship propulsion forces is provided with: an input operation setting unit that sets an input operation for a ship; a target behavior acquisition unit that acquires a target behavior of the ship corresponding to the input operation set by the input operation setting unit; a ship information acquisition unit that acquires ship information about the position and/or the bearing of the ship; an actual behavior calculation unit that calculates the actual behavior of the ship on the basis of the ship information acquired by the ship information acquisition unit; and a propulsion force setting unit that sets the magnitudes and the directions of the propulsion forces generated by the respective ship propulsion apparatuses on the basis of the actual behavior of the ship acquired by the actual behavior calculation unit and the target behavior of the ship acquired by the target behavior acquisition unit.
B63H 25/42 - Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers
A ship propulsion device controller controls a plurality of ship propulsion devices disposed on a rear portion of a hull of a ship. The ship includes an operation unit configured to operate the ship propulsion devices. The operation unit is able to be positioned at a first position where the ship propulsion devices do not generate propulsion forces for the ship and a second position where the ship propulsion devices generate propulsion forces for moving the ship in a right direction, a right-forward direction, or a right-backward direction or a third position where the ship propulsion devices generate a propulsion force for moving the ship in a left direction, a left-forward direction, or a left-backward direction. When the operation unit is moved from the first position to the second position and maintained at the second position, the ship propulsion devices generate a clockwise rotating moment in the ship during a first period from a first timing when the operation unit is moved to the second position to a second timing and do not to generate the clockwise rotating moment in the ship during a second period after the second timing.
B63H 25/42 - Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers
B63H 21/21 - Control means for engine or transmission, specially adapted for use on marine vessels
55.
STABILIZER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STABILIZER
A stabilizer is a stabilizer including: a main body cylinder portion which is elastically deformable and a pair of connection plate portions respectively connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices, wherein the connection plate portion includes a pair of base material portions located on both sides in the connection plate portion in a plate thickness direction T and an alloy oxide region which is disposed between the pair of base material portions and in which alloy oxides are scattered, and wherein crystal grains constituting the pair of base material portions straddle the alloy oxide region in the plate thickness direction and the pair of base material portions are joined.
C22C 38/02 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing silicon
C22C 38/04 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing manganese
C22C 38/18 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium
C21D 9/08 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for tubular bodies or pipes
A contact probe includes: a first contact member; a second contact member; and a spring member. The first contact member includes: a first tip part configured to contact a first contact target; and a boss part configured to couple with the spring member by fitting into the spring member, and the second contact member includes: a second tip part configured to contact a second contact target; and a cylindrical part extending from the second tip part and having a cylindrical shape with an inner circumference having a uniform diameter, the cylindrical part being engaged with at least a portion of the spring member, the portion of the spring member that is engaged with the cylindrical part having a diameter larger than the other portion of the spring member, the entire spring member being configured to be housed in the cylindrical part when the spring member is contracted.
A ball joint includes: a ball stud including a stud portion having one end portion connected to a structural member and another end portion, to which a ball portion is integrally joined; a housing made of metal and configured to support the ball portion to allow swinging and rotating movement of the ball portion; and a ball seat made of plastic and interposed between the housing and the ball portion. The ball seat includes a plurality of protrusions jutting out from the ball seat and inserted into a plurality of through holes formed in a bottom portion of the housing. The protrusions having pierced through the through holes are staked at their distal portions. The protrusion of the ball seat has a large diameter portion, whose diameter is larger than an inner diameter of the through hole, at its proximal portion proximal from the distal portion thereof.
A determination system includes a management server configured to determine an object and generate a determination result, a first information communication terminal configured to transmit an identification code and an object information of the object to the management server, and a second information communication terminal configured to transmit the identification code of the object to the management server and receive a determination result. The management server includes a receiving part, a processing part, a storage part, a determination part, and a transmitting part.
A carrier device includes a coupling mechanism for coupling an automatic controlled vehicle to a carriage. The coupling mechanism includes a first shaft member, a second shaft member and a third shaft member. The coupling mechanism includes a guide rail section, a lock member, and an actuator that moves the lock member. The guide rail section is provided on the automatic controlled vehicle. When the lock member moves from the first position to the second position, the lock member enters between the first shaft member and the second shaft member. The third shaft member fits with the fitting portion of the lock member.
B62B 3/04 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carried; Load handling equipment
A carrier device includes a coupling mechanism for connecting an automatic controlled vehicle to a carriage. The coupling mechanism includes a first roller assembly and a second roller assembly. The first roller assembly includes a first roller and a third roller, provided on a first common shaft. The second roller assembly includes a second roller and a fourth roller, provided on a second common shaft. The first roller and the second roller can enter a gap of the guide rail section in the automatic controlled vehicle. When the lock member moves from the first position to the second position, the lock member is sandwiched between the third roller and the fourth roller.
B62B 3/04 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carried; Load handling equipment
The suspension device according to the present invention is provided with a leaf spring extending in a belt shape, a first arm, a second arm, and a coupling member for rotatably coupling the first arm and the second arm, wherein: a first holding part for holding one end of the leaf spring and a second holding part for holding the other end of the leaf spring are provided; and the first and second arms each support the leaf spring by at least one portion that is different from the one end or the other end of the leaf spring.
B60G 11/08 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of springs having leaf springs only arranged substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle
B60G 11/10 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of springs having leaf springs only characterised by means specially adapted for attaching the spring to axle or sprung part of the vehicle
A method for manufacturing a hollow spring member having a hollow steel spring rod having terminal sealed portions at both ends thereof. Each terminal sealed portion has a rotationally symmetric shape in which an axis passing through a center of the spring rod is an axis of symmetry. Each terminal sealed portion has an end wall portion including an end face; an arc-shaped smoothly curved surface between an outer peripheral surface of the spring rod and the end face, and a hermetically closed distal-end-center closure portion on the axis passing through the center of the spring rod. The method includes forming each of the end portions of the spring rod by forming a chamfered portion on an inner or outer peripheral side of the end portion of a hollow wire, the end portion having an opening portion at a distal end, heating the end portion of the hollow wire having the chamfered portion, and spinning the heated end portion to be gathered toward the axis from the outer peripheral side by a jig. The end wall portion, which includes the distal-end-center closure portion, is formed by the distal end of the end portion being joined together on the axis.
B60G 11/14 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of springs having helical, spiral, or coil springs only
F16F 1/06 - Wound springs with turns lying in cylindrical surfaces
F16F 1/14 - Torsion springs consisting of bars or tubes
F16F 1/02 - Springs made of steel or other material having low internal friction; Wound, torsion, leaf, cup, ring or the like springs, the material of the spring not being relevant
B60G 21/045 - Interconnection systems for two or more resiliently-suspended wheels, e.g. for stabilising a vehicle body with respect to acceleration, deceleration or centrifugal forces permanently interconnected mechanically between wheels on different axles on the same side of the vehicle, i.e. the left or the right side
C21D 7/06 - Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working of the surface by shot-peening or the like
C21D 9/02 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for springs
Provided is a flexible member that can exhibit excellent load resistance and flexibility while achieving a reduction in size. This flexible member includes: a main body part which has multiple wave washers stacked in an axial direction and joined to each other, and the main body part is able to be bent with respect to the axial direction due to elastic deformation of the wave washers; and a linking member that is elastically deformable, the linking member being provided at an end part of the main body part and being linked to other member. A deformation amount of the linking member is smaller than a deformation amount of the wave washer, when the main body part is bent.
A measurement unit includes: a ground portion forming a part of a line configured to provide continuity for grounding electric potential, the ground portion including a surface forming a plane at one end of the ground portion; a signal portion forming a part of a line configured to provide continuity for a signal for measurement, the signal portion including an end portion configured to come out in a plane that is same as the plane of the ground portion; an insulative dielectric portion provided between the ground portion and the signal portion; an electrically conductive first contact probe configured to expand and contract along a longitudinal axis, the first contact probe coming into contact with the signal portion; and an electrically conductive second contact probe configured to expand and contract along a longitudinal axis, the second contact probe coming into contact with the ground portion.
A flexible member is provided which can have excellent load resistance and flexibility while being more compact. This flexible member has a main body part in which multiple wave washers having closed ring shapes is stacked in an axial direction and joined to each other by multiple joint parts, and the main body part is able to be bent with respect to the axial direction due to elastic deformation of the wave washers. Each of the joint parts includes: a pair of welded parts in linear shape, being gradually separated from each other in a circumferential direction from an inner circumferential side toward an outer circumferential side of the wave washer.
This electric resistance-welded steel tube for a hollow stabilizer is an electric resistance-welded steel tube for a hollow stabilizer including a base material portion and a weld, in which the base material portion has predetermined chemical components, a wall thickness of the base material portion is 2.0 to 6.0 mm, an outer diameter of the electric resistance-welded steel tube is 10 to 40 mm, in a C direction cross section of the electric resistance-welded steel tube, a recessed bead cut is present in a region including the weld on an inner surface side of the electric resistance-welded steel tube, when an imaginary line is drawn from one opening edge to the other opening edge of the bead cut in a shortest distance, a maximum depth from the imaginary line to a bottom of the bead cut is 300 μm or less, a maximum inclusion diameter that is included in the base material portion is 300 μm or less, in the base material portion of the electric resistance-welded steel tube, a surface roughness of the inner surface side is 300 μm or less in terms of a maximum profile valley depth Rv, and maximum hardness of the electric resistance-welded steel tube including the weld is 300 Hv or less.
C21D 9/08 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for tubular bodies or pipes
B23K 11/087 - Seam welding not restricted to one of the preceding subgroups for rectilinear seams
B23K 11/16 - Resistance welding; Severing by resistance heating taking account of the properties of the material to be welded
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seatback, a headrest, and a head support section. The seat cushion is configured so as to support the buttocks of a seated occupant from a seat lower side. The seatback is configured so as to support the back of the seated occupant from a seat rear side. The headrest is configured so as to support the head of the seated occupant from the seat rear side. The head support section is provided to the headrest and is configured so as to support a location corresponding the occipital bone of the head of the seated occupant from a seat left-right direction, and is also configured so as to support the location in a forward direction and in a seat obliquely upward direction from the seat rear side.
According to an embodiment, a coil spring includes a wire rod having an end and the other end. The wire rod of the coil spring includes, with regard to a section of the wire rod, a round section portion of an effective spring part, a square section portion in which the section is substantially square, and a taper portion. The square section portion includes an end turn part. A length of each side of the section of the square section portion is less than or equal to a square root of ½ multiplied by a diameter of the wire rod of the round section portion. In the taper portion, from the round section portion to the square section portion, the section changes from a round shape to substantially a square shape, and a sectional area is decreased.
A vehicle seat includes a back frame connected to a base member so as to be able to rotate around a first rotation shaft; a rotation locking mechanism; a cushion frame connected to the back frame so as to be able to rotate around a second rotation shaft, and in which a long hole is formed; a link member connected to the base member so as to be able to rotate around a third rotation shaft; a fourth rotation shaft fixed to the link member and inserted in the long hole so as to be able to move relatively and so as to be able to rotate; and movement restricting portion provided between the fourth rotation shaft and an inner surface of the long hole, and that restricts movement of the fourth rotation shaft from one end portion of the long hole toward another end portion side.
B60N 2/30 - Non-dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats
B60N 2/14 - Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable the whole seat being movable rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access
B60N 2/20 - Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access
B60N 2/12 - Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable the whole seat being movable slidable and tiltable
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion frame that structures a frame of a seat cushion and that is configured to support buttocks of a seated vehicle occupant; a seat cushion pad mounted to the seat cushion frame; and a pelvis supporting portion having a push-up portion that is provided at a seat lower side of the seat cushion pad along a seat left-right direction and that, by being displaced toward a seat upper side, pushes a seat rear side portion of the seat cushion pad toward the seat upper side.
A temperature sensor includes a block body, a first thermocouple, and a second thermocouple. The first thermocouple includes a first strand, a second strand, a first insulator surrounding the first strand and the second strand, and a first metal sheath surrounding the first insulator. The second thermocouple includes a third strand, a fourth strand, a second insulator surrounding the third strand and the fourth strand, and a second metal sheath surrounding the second insulator. An end portion of each of the first thermocouple and the second thermocouple is buried in the block body.
G01K 7/06 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using thermoelectric elements, e.g. thermocouples the object to be measured not forming one of the thermoelectric materials the thermoelectric materials being arranged one within the other with the junction at one end exposed to the object, e.g. sheathed type
A method for manufacturing a stabilizer, the stabilizer including a main body bar that is elastically deformable, and a pair of connecting plates that are separately connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices, the method including a forging step of forming the connecting pate by forging both end portions of a material tube, in which in the forging step, both end portions of the material tube are crushed in a radial direction to be formed into the connecting plate in a state where a sealing metal plate heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point is disposed inside both end portions of the material tube heated to a temperature lower than the melting point.
B21K 1/06 - Making machine elements axles or shafts
B60G 21/02 - Interconnection systems for two or more resiliently-suspended wheels, e.g. for stabilising a vehicle body with respect to acceleration, deceleration or centrifugal forces permanently interconnected
73.
STAGE, FILM-FORMING APPARATUS OR FILM-PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE STAGE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF SUBSTRATE
Disclosed is a stage including a shaft, a first supporting plate over the shaft, a heater arranged in a trench formed in the first supporting plate, and a gas-supplying tube arranged in the shaft and configured to blow a gas to the first supporting plate. The first supporting plate may have a disk shape, and a cross section of the gas-supplying tube parallel to a surface of the first supporting plate may overlap a center of the disk shape. The first supporting plate may be configured to block the gas so that the gas is not released to a chamber in which the stage is arranged.
C23C 16/46 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition (CVD) processes characterised by the method of coating characterised by the method used for heating the substrate
C23C 16/458 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition (CVD) processes characterised by the method of coating characterised by the method used for supporting substrates in the reaction chamber
C23C 16/44 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition (CVD) processes characterised by the method of coating
H05B 3/28 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor embedded in insulating material
A heater includes a folded heater wire, a first insulator provided on the heater wire, a metal sheath provided so as to be in contact with the first insulator, a first insulating member arranged parallel to a first end part of the heater wire taken out from a first end part of the metal sheath, a second insulating member arranged parallel to the first insulating member and parallel to a second end part of the heater wire taken out from the first end part of the metal sheath, a second insulator in contact with the first and the second insulating members and the metal sheath, and a lid member covering the first insulating member, the lid member being in contact with the metal sheath, the first and the second insulating members via the second insulator, and arranged parallel to the first and the second insulating members and the metal sheath.
H05B 3/06 - Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or with holders
H05B 3/18 - Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor the conductor being embedded in an insulating material
A contact probe includes a first plunger, a second plunger, a coil spring, and a pipe; the first plunger includes a first slide portion that slides along the inner periphery of the pipe; the second plunger includes a second slide portion that slides along the inner periphery of the pipe; and the coil spring includes: a first attachment portion that is attached to the first plunger and tightly wound; a second attachment portion that is attached to the second plunger and tightly wound; a coarsely wound portion; a first contact portion including one end connected to the first attachment portion and another end connected to the coarsely wound portion and contacting the pipe; and a second contact portion including one end connected to the coarsely wound portion and another end connected to the second attachment portion and contacting to the pipe.
The present invention provides a flexible member having excellent load resistance and flexibility while achieving a reduction in size. This flexible member is provided with: a main body part which includes multiple wave washers that are stacked in an axial direction and are joined to one another by multiple joint parts, and which is capable of bending relative to the axial direction by elastic deformation of the wave washers; and easily deformable parts formed between the joint parts that are adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction in each wave washer.
F16F 3/02 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of steel or of other material having low internal friction
Provided is a golf shaft, capable of ensuring bending rigidity required for a golf club and providing good hit feeling in a composite shaft with 50 g-130 g. The golf shaft comprises an element tube made of metal, an outer layer made of a fiber reinforced plastic and covering an outer periphery of the element tube over an entire length of the element tube in an axial direction, an adhesive layer interposed between the element tube and the outer layer to bond between the element tube and the outer layer, wherein weight of a whole including the element tube, the outer layer, and the adhesive layer is 50 g-130 g, and weight of the element tube is 50%-90% of the weight of the whole.
A rotor includes a rotor core configured by laminated steel plates and a magnet insertion hole extending along an axial direction of the rotor core, with a resin interposed between a permanent magnet placed in the magnet insertion hole and an inner wall face of the magnet insertion hole. In a manufacturing method for this rotor, in a first process, the permanent magnet and the resin are integrated together to manufacture a resin-coated permanent magnet that is capable of being press-fitted into the magnet insertion hole. Next, in a second process, the resin-coated permanent magnet is press-fitted into the magnet insertion hole. Next, in a third process, the post-second-process rotor core is heated to a temperature that is at least the temperature at which the resin softens. Accordingly, the softened resin is pressed in a rotor radial direction against the inner wall face of the magnet insertion hole and deformed so as to be fitted closely against undulations of the inner wall face of the magnet insertion hole. Next, in a fourth process, the post-third process rotor core is cooled.
H02K 1/276 - Magnets embedded in the magnetic core, e.g. interior permanent magnets [IPM]
H02K 15/03 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies having permanent magnets
H02K 15/12 - Impregnating, heating or drying of windings, stators, rotors or machines
79.
Method of manufacturing disk drive suspension and manufacturing apparatus of the same
A method of manufacturing a disk drive suspension includes applying an adhesive to an actuator mounting portion, increasing viscosity of the adhesive by emitting light to the adhesive applied to the actuator mounting portion, arranging the piezoelectric element on the adhesive having the increased viscosity, detecting a height of the piezoelectric element arranged on the actuator mounting portion, and correcting an irradiation condition of the light in accordance with the detected height of the piezoelectric element.
B32B 41/00 - Arrangements for controlling or monitoring lamination processes; Safety arrangements
G11B 5/48 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers
B32B 37/12 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by using adhesives
H01L 41/313 - Applying piezo-electric or electrostrictive parts or bodies onto an electrical element or another base by laminating or bonding of piezo-electric or electrostrictive bodies by metal fusing or with adhesives
80.
MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISK-DRIVE SUSPENSION AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF DISK-DRIVE SUSPENSION
An adhesive reactive to ultraviolet rays is applied to an actuator mounting portion of a suspension. An electrical conducting material is applied to a conductor and the like of the actuator mounting portion. When the adhesive is irradiated with ultraviolet rays, the viscosity of the adhesive is increased. A piezoelectric element is placed on the adhesive the viscosity of which is increased. Thereafter, the adhesive and the electrical conducting material are heated, whereby the adhesive and the electrical conducting material are cured.
G11B 5/48 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers
H01L 41/313 - Applying piezo-electric or electrostrictive parts or bodies onto an electrical element or another base by laminating or bonding of piezo-electric or electrostrictive bodies by metal fusing or with adhesives
81.
CONTROL DEVICE FOR OUTBOARD MOTOR, CONTROL METHOD FOR OUTBOARD MOTOR, AND PROGRAM
A control device for an outboard motor controls a plurality of outboard motors included in a ship. Each outboard motor includes a propulsion unit and a steering actuator. The ship includes an operation unit that operates the steering actuator and the propulsion unit. The operation unit can be positioned at a first position at which the outboard motors do not generate a propulsion force for the ship, a second position at which the outboard motors generate a propulsion force for moving the ship in a leftward-rightward direction, and a third position at which the outboard motors generate a propulsion force for moving the ship in an oblique direction that forms an acute angle with the leftward-rightward direction. A forward-backward direction component of a propulsion force in the oblique direction which is generated by the outboard motors in a case in which the operation unit is moved from the first position to the third position via the second position is larger than that in a case in which the operation unit is moved directly from the first position to the third position, or a leftward-rightward direction component of a propulsion force in the oblique direction which is generated by the outboard motors in the former case is smaller than that in the latter case.
B63H 25/42 - Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers
B63H 21/21 - Control means for engine or transmission, specially adapted for use on marine vessels
This outboard motor control device controls a plurality of outboard motors disposed on a rear portion of a hull of a boat. Each of the outboard motors includes a propulsion unit and a steering actuator. A boat includes an operation unit configured to operate the steering actuator and the propulsion unit. The operation unit is able to be positioned at a first position where the outboard motors do not generate a propulsion force of the boat and a second position where the outboard motors generate a propulsion force for moving the boat in a left-right direction. When the operation unit is moved from the first position to the second position and maintained at the second position, the outboard motors generate a first propulsion force during a first period from a first timing when the operation unit is moved to the second position to a second timing and subsequently generate a second propulsion force greater than the first propulsion force during a second period after the second timing.
B63H 25/42 - Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers
A stress detection device includes: a first detector including a first magnetostrictive member configured to be deformed by tensile stress or compression stress in accordance with a load from outside, and a first wound portion made of a conductive material and configured to be wound around the first magnetostrictive member; and a second detector including a second magnetostrictive member having a magnetostrictive constant different from a magnetostrictive constant of the first magnetostrictive member, the second magnetostrictive member being configured to be deformed by tensile stress or compression stress in accordance with a load from outside, and a second wound portion made of a conductive material and configured to be wound around the second magnetostrictive member, wherein the first detector and the second detector are configured to electrically detect strength of magnetic permeability due to compression stress or tensile stress, and output detection signals having opposite signals.
G01L 1/12 - Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in the magnetic properties of materials resulting from the application of stress
G01L 5/00 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes
G01L 5/04 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring tension in flexible members, e.g. ropes, cables, wires, threads, belts or bands
84.
Hollow coil spring and suspension device for vehicle
A method of manufacturing a hollow coil spring which is made of a hollow wire in which a terminal sealed portion is formed on an end portion of the wire. The terminal sealed portion has a rotationally symmetric shape in which an axis passing through the center of the wire is the symmetric axis. The hollow coil spring includes an end wall portion, and an end face arc-shaped curved surface. The end wall portion includes an end face perpendicular to the axis. A distal-end-center closure portion is formed on the axis at the center of the end wall portion. A spring seat includes a base member and a sheet member. An end turn portion of the hollow coil spring is in contact with the sheet member. The end face of the end turn portion is opposed to a stopper wall of the spring seat.
F16F 1/06 - Wound springs with turns lying in cylindrical surfaces
B60G 11/16 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of springs having helical, spiral, or coil springs only characterised by means specially adapted for attaching the spring to axle or sprung part of the vehicle
B21F 35/02 - Bending or deforming ends of coil springs to special shape
F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details
B21K 21/14 - Shaping end portions of hollow articles closed or substantially-closed ends, e.g. cartridge bottoms
A method of welding a first metal plate and a second metal plate that is thicker than the first plate, by a laser beam. The first plate and the second plate are disposed to overlap one another in a thickness direction. In a first laser irradiation step, the laser beam is emitted at the first plate, to form an initial nugget including a front-side nugget portion in the first plate, a back-side nugget portion in the second plate and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the front-side nugget portion, and an annular flat surface portion existing between the front-side nugget portion and the back-side nugget portion. In a subsequent laser irradiation step, the laser beam is emitted again at the initial nugget after the initial nugget is solidified, thereby increasing the diameter of the back-side nugget portion.
B23K 26/06 - Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
B23K 37/04 - Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted to a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass for holding or positioning work
According to one embodiment, a stabilizer manufacturing device includes a first forming unit and a second forming unit. The first forming unit includes a first forming mandrel, a holding member and a first bending roller. The first forming mandrel includes a first forming portion having an arc shape when viewed from above, and a support portion which supports a workpiece. The first bending roller moves along the first forming portion. The second forming unit includes a second forming mandrel, a holding member and a second bending roller. The second forming mandrel includes a second forming portion having an arc shape when viewed from above, and a support portion which supports the workpiece. The second bending roller moves along the second forming portion.
A plate includes: a main body; a flow channel provided in the main body and configured to flow inert gas therein; a cover configured to cover a surface of the main body where the flow channel is formed; a buried member buried in an opening of the flow channel, the buried member including a buried portion fixed to the flow channel and made of dense ceramic, and a flow portion held by the buried portion and configured to let the inert gas flow from an inside to an outside of the main body, at least a part of the flow portion being made of porous ceramic; and a plurality of through holes provided in the flow portion. A ratio of a diameter of an outer circumference of the buried portion to a diameter of a smallest circle among circles including all of the through holes is 1.2 or higher.
F28D 1/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or mo with the heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
F28D 1/053 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or mo with the heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
F28F 1/04 - Tubular elements of cross-section which is non-circular polygonal, e.g. rectangular
F28F 1/02 - Tubular elements of cross-section which is non-circular
A probe unit includes: a first contact probe configured to come in contact with a signal electrode; a second contact probe configured to come in contact with a ground electrode; a probe holder including a first holder hole through which the first contact probe passes, and a second holder hole through which the second contact probe passes; and a conductive floating member including a first through hole to which the first contact probe is inserted and the signal electrode is inserted, and a second through hole to which the second contact probe is inserted and the ground electrode is inserted. The probe holder is configured such that at least an inner circumferential surface of the first holder hole has an insulating property, and the probe unit has a coaxial structure in which central axes of the first contact probe and the first through hole are aligned with each other.
A probe unit includes: first contact probes each coming into contact with a target electrode on one end side in a longitudinal direction; a second contact probe connected to an external ground; a signal pipe disposed around each first contact probes; a ground member provided around each signal pipe and configured to form an air layer with the signal pipe; a probe holder including a plate-shaped first and second members; a first wiring part provided at least on a front surface of the first member and electrically connected to the second contact probe; a second wiring part provided at least on a front surface of the second member and electrically connected to the second contact probe; a first conductive unit configured to electrically connect the first wiring part and the ground member; and a second conductive unit configured to electrically connect the second wiring part and the ground member.
A joining method of joins a main body and a cover, the main body being a flat plate and made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and including a passage through which a medium for promoting heat exchange is circulated, and the cover being a flat plate and made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and configured to cover the passage of the main body. The method includes: a covering step of covering the main body with the cover; and a diffusion bonding step of joining the main body and the cover by diffusion bonding under a condition in which a joining temperature is 500° C. or higher and 640° C. or lower, and a joining surface pressure is 0.7 MPa or higher. Each of a joining surface of the main body and a joining surface of the cover has a flatness of 0.2 or less.
B23K 20/02 - Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating by means of a press
B23K 20/00 - Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating
B23K 20/233 - Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating taking account of the properties of the materials to be welded without ferrous layer
A suspension includes a load beam with first and second openings, a flexure including first and second outriggers, and first and second damper members. The first damper member is attached to the load beam and part of the first outrigger that overlaps the first opening of the load beam. The second damper member is attached to the load beam and part of the second outrigger that overlaps the second opening of the load beam. The first opening includes a region which is not covered by the first damper member, and the second opening includes a region which is not covered by the second damper member.
According to an embodiment, a thermosetting epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin, an aromatic amine compound, a boron-phosphorus complex, and a phosphorus compound is provided. The aromatic amine compound is represented by the following general formula (1) (where R1 represents an alkyl group, m represents an integer of 2 or more, n represents an integer of 0 or more, and m and n satisfy m+n≤6, and when n is an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R1 may be the same as or different from each other).
According to an embodiment, a thermosetting epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin, an aromatic amine compound, a boron-phosphorus complex, and a phosphorus compound is provided. The aromatic amine compound is represented by the following general formula (1) (where R1 represents an alkyl group, m represents an integer of 2 or more, n represents an integer of 0 or more, and m and n satisfy m+n≤6, and when n is an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R1 may be the same as or different from each other).
A disc spring which is used by arranging a plurality of the disc springs in an axial direction along a central axis includes an annular body plate portion that has an inner peripheral surface and aa outer peripheral surface which gradually extend toward one side in the axial direction from an outside toward an inside in a radial direction, and a stopper portion that protrudes from the body plate portion in a direction intersecting the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface of the body plate portion, in which in a case where an axial compression load is applied to a spring member in which a plurality of the disc springs are arranged in the axial direction, the stopper portion abuts another disc spring adjacent in the axial direction or a support member supporting an axial end portion of the spring member, the body plate portion and the stopper portion are integrally formed, and both axial end edges of the stopper portion are positioned inside both axial end edges of the body plate portion in the axial direction.
F16F 3/02 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of steel or of other material having low internal friction
A stage includes a base material having a first surface and a second surface adjacent to the first surface, and an insulating film including a plurality of particles, each of the plurality of particles having a flat surface. The flat surface included in the insulating film is provided along the first surface and the second surface. The base material includes a third surface in a direction 180 degrees opposite to the first surface, and a part of the flat surface included in the insulating film is provided along the third surface, and a surface obtained by extending the first surface and a surface obtained by extending the second surface intersect at 90 degrees. The base material includes a third surface in a direction 180 degrees opposite to the first surface, and a part of the flat surface included in the insulating film is provided along the third surface.
H01L 21/683 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for supporting or gripping
C23C 4/12 - Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge characterised by the method of spraying
A headrest sleeve for assembly to a bracket fixed to a stay for supporting a main body of a headrest. The headrest sleeve includes a sleeve body formed in a tubular shape, a collar-shaped flange extending from one end portion of the sleeve body and disposed so as to be capable of contacting the bracket, a bracket-fitting section extending from the flange toward an opposite side from the sleeve body and configured to be capable of being fitted into a fitting hole formed in the lower bracket, and an anchor clip provided at the bracket-fitting section and configured to undergo elastic deformation and elastic recovery during the fitting of the bracket-fitting section into the fitting hole so as to engage with the bracket from an opposite side from the flange.
A load beam includes a pair of flange bending parts including first bending parts, and a second bending part extending in a width direction. A first cross-section part extends in the width direction of the load beam passing through welding parts. The first cross-section part is warped up toward the flange parts. A second cross-section part extends in the width direction passing through a different position from that of the welding parts. The second cross-section part has a lesser height difference as compared to the first cross-section part. A die is used when bending the second bending part. The die includes a first relief part including a first inclined surface and a second relief part including a second inclined surface in both sides of the supporting surface.
A coiling machine includes a laser heating machine configured to irradiate a wire formed into a helical shape with laser light to thereby heat a part of the wire, and cutting components configured to cut a portion of the wire after the irradiation of the laser light is stopped, a temperature of the portion being higher than before irradiated with the laser light.
A suspension coil spring device may include a compression coil spring (10) that has a coating film, a rubber vibration isolator, and an adhesive layer that joins the compression coil spring and the rubber vibration isolator to each other. The adhesive layer is a cured product of a hot melt adhesive that melts at 80° C. to 100° C. A softening point of the hot melt adhesive is lower than a heat-resistant temperature of the coating film. The softening point of the hot melt adhesive is lower than a heat-resistant temperature of the rubber vibration isolator.
B60G 11/52 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of springs having springs of different kinds not including leaf springs having helical, spiral, or coil springs, and also rubber springs
A joined body includes: a main body section including a wall section forming a passage along which a medium for accelerating heat exchange flows; and a cover configured to cover a surface of the main body section, the cover including: a covering section provided on a side facing the main body section and configured to cover the surface; a groove section provided on the side facing the main body section and configured to accommodate an end portion of the wall section; and a stirred joint section provided on a side opposite to a side where the covering section and the groove section are provided, the stirred joint section being at least partly frictionally stirred by a depth reaching a bottom of the groove section from a surface on a side opposite to the side facing the main body section and bonded to the end portion of the wall section.
A coiling machine includes feed rollers for moving a wire, a wire guide, a first forming roller, a second forming roller, a pitch tool, a cutting mechanism, and a support mechanism for supporting the wire. The cutting mechanism includes a cutting rotor. The wire coming out of the wire guide is formed into a helical shape by the first forming roller, the second forming roller and the pitch tool. After one coil spring of a predetermined length is formed, the wire is cut by moving the cutting rotor in the radial direction of the wire. The cutting rotor cuts the wire supported by the support mechanism in the radial direction of the wire between the second forming roller and the pitch tool.
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