Abstract: An inertial sensor includes: a substrate; a fixing part arranged at one surface of the substrate; a moving element having an opening and configured to swing about a rotation axis along a first direction; a support beam supporting the moving element as the rotation axis in the opening of the moving element; and a support part supporting the support beam. The support part includes a first part fixed to the fixing part, and a second part formed only of a part not fixed to the fixing part. A length in the first direction of the second part is longer than a length in the first direction of the first part.

Abstract: A developing cartridge includes a casing having an outer surface, a developing roller, a first electrode, and a boss. The developing roller is movable together with the casing and includes a developing roller shaft extending along a first axis extending in a first direction. The developing roller is rotatable about the first axis. The first electrode is positioned at one end portion in the first direction of the developing roller shaft, and electrically connected to the developing roller shaft. The boss is positioned at one end portion in the first direction of the outer surface. The boss extends in the first direction and is engageable with the drum unit. A part of the first electrode is configured to contact with a second electrode of the drum unit as a result of pivotal movement of the developing cartridge about the boss relative to the drum unit.

Abstract: Provided is a powder container having a new structure capable of stable discharge and transport of a powder contained in a container by enabling the powder to be reliably discharged to the outside of the package while preventing the powder from spilling and flying out of the container.

Abstract: A transfer device for an image forming apparatus includes a frame, a driving roller, a backup roller, and a transfer belt to travel between the driving roller and the backup roller. The transfer device further include meandering prevention members to rotate independently of the backup roller, the meandering prevention members including a first meandering prevention member located between a first end portion of the backup roller and the frame, and a second meandering prevention member located between a second end portion of the backup roller and the frame. When the transfer belt meanders and contacts one of the first and second meandering prevention members, the one of the first and second meandering prevention members is to be rotatably driven to increase a tension of the transfer belt.

Abstract: A method and apparatuses for testing the blowout preventer (BOP) piping system on a drilling rig for leaks. The method and apparatuses can be used in conjunction with a pressure or volumetric method to more accurately test the BOP for integrity and to shorten the total time of testing.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a toner container, a toner conveyance portion, a container attachment portion, and a biasing mechanism. The toner container has a toner outflow port at a tip portion thereof. The toner conveyance portion is provided in the toner container and conveys toner in the toner container toward the toner outflow port. The container attachment portion supports the toner container. The biasing mechanism applies a biasing force to change the toner container from a horizontal attitude to an inclined attitude in accordance with a toner conveyance operation of the toner conveyance portion. When the toner container is in the inclined attitude, the toner outflow port faces diagonally downward.

Abstract: A calibration apparatus of an inertial sensor, obtains an angular velocity value from the inertial sensor, derives a distribution of a difference between temporally adjacent angular velocity values concerning a plurality of angular velocity values obtained during a given period, and determines, based on the distribution, whether the inertial sensor is in a motionless state during the given period. Then, if it is determined that the inertial sensor is in the motionless state, the calibration apparatus decides a bias value of the inertial sensor based on the plurality of angular velocity values and corrects the obtained angular velocity value based on the bias value.

Abstract: A hand tool edge tester for evaluating the sharpness and smoothness of the cutting edge of a blade for the hand tool like a knife is provided according to the invention. The knife blade is held stationary along a horizontal, longitudinal axis. A long piece of solid tape of the cuttable substrate material like Teflon moved within a reel-to-reel tape mechanism attached to a tape carriage travels simultaneously horizontally as the tape carriage moves along a longitudinal axis, and along an upwardly inclined, diagonal pathway defined by the reel-to-reel mechanism. The blade of the hand tool slices the upwardly, diagonally moving tape ribbon with the load cell measuring the cutting force exerted by the tape ribbon against the blade as it is moved along the distance of the cutting edge substantially between the hand tool handle and the blade tip.

Abstract: A printing device, including: a cartridge storing developer; a memory provided in the cartridge; and a controller configured to execute a printing process of operating the cartridge form a developer image on a sheet by use of the developer in the cartridge, a first access process of performing access to the memory when the printing process is not being executed, and a second access process of performing access to the memory in a period in which the printing process is being executed, in response to a predetermined operation of the printing device, wherein, when an access failure occurs in the first access process, the controller notifies an error, and wherein, when an access failure occurs in the second access process, the controller continues the printing process and executes the second access process again in response to a next timing of the predetermined operation of the printing device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to capacitive micromechanical accelerometers, and in particular to acceleration sensors with movable rotors which may rotate out of a substrate plane when the accelerometer undergoes movement with an acceleration component perpendicular to the substrate plane. The capacitive micromechanical accelerometer includes additional damping springs to reduce unwanted movement of the rotor in the substrate plane, thereby reducing the parasitic capacitance that results from motion of the rotor in the substrate plane. The damping springs are vertically recessed with respect to other components of the accelerometer in order to minimise the effect of the damping springs on movement of the rotor out of the substrate plane.

Abstract: A mounting direction determination device and a mounting direction determination method of an acceleration sensor which can automatically determine the direction of the acceleration sensor mounted on a vehicle. The mounting direction determination device determines a mounting direction, relative to a vehicle, of the acceleration sensor that is capable of detecting a first acceleration in a first direction and a second acceleration in a second direction. A mounting direction determination unit determines the mounting direction by comparing values actually measured by the acceleration sensor with determination reference data. The determination reference data specifies a combination of the detection results of the first acceleration and the second acceleration and the mounting directions.

Abstract: The inertial sensor includes a substrate, stationary electrodes provided to the substrate, an element section including a movable body which is displaceable with respect to the stationary electrodes, and which has electrodes in a first portion and a second portion opposed to the stationary electrodes, a protrusion which limits a displacement of the movable body, and which has a detection electrode in a portion opposed to the first portion of the movable body, a drive circuit for outputting a drive signal to the element section, a contact detection circuit for outputting a detection signal due to a contact between the electrode in the first portion of the movable body and the detection electrode of the protrusion, a self-diagnostic circuit for outputting a test signal to the element section when receiving the detection signal from the contact detection circuit, and a determination circuit for determining whether or not a level of a signal output by the element section in response to the test signal is out of a

Abstract: A method for calibrating a radial acceleration sensor of a wheel of a vehicle including the following steps: acquisition, by the sensor, of signals Si, each signal Si being acquired during a predetermined time window Wi when the vehicle is in motion, the windows Wi being different from one another; detection, for each time window Wi, of local extrema of the signal Si associated respectively with phase values and detection instants; determination, for each time window Wi, of a frequency Fi of the rotation of the wheel of the vehicle as a function of the phase values and of the detection instants for the local extrema detected; low-pass filtering of the signals Si, so as to obtain, for each time window Wi, a filtered value Zi; calibration of a constant error Ec of the radial acceleration sensor as a function of the filtered values Zi and of the frequencies Fi.

Abstract: One example includes an instrument system. The system includes instrument components at least partially disposed in an evacuated chamber within an instrument housing. The system also includes a barrier that is configured to seal the evacuated chamber. The barrier includes a plurality of instrument electrodes that are electrically coupled to the instrument components and extending through the barrier. The system further includes a diffusion block formed of a non-diffusive material and coupled to the instrument housing to seal an evacuated cavity within the instrument housing between the barrier and the diffusion block.

Abstract: A physical quantity detection circuit includes a detection signal generation circuit that generates a detection signal according to a physical quantity based on an output signal of a physical quantity detection element that detects the physical quantity, an analog/digital conversion circuit that converts the detection signal into a digital signal, a reference voltage generation circuit that generates a reference voltage supplied to the analog/digital conversion circuit, and a failure diagnosis circuit that performs a failure diagnosis of the reference voltage generation circuit by monitoring the reference voltage and outputs a failure diagnosis signal indicating a result of the failure diagnosis, in which the failure diagnosis circuit performs the failure diagnosis at a predetermined timing different from a timing when the reference voltage varies temporarily according to an operation of the analog/digital conversion circuit.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a sensor that includes a transducer, a case, and a mounting flange. The transducer defines an input axis. The case is configured to house the transducer. The mounting flange is statically coupled to the case and flexibly coupled to the transducer. The mounting flange defines an opening and includes a plurality of flexure elements extending radially into the opening to contact the transducer. Each flexure element is configured to flex in a radial direction perpendicular to the input axis and remain fixed in an axial direction parallel to the input axis.

Abstract: Method and systems of determining when to replace an air data probe are provided. The method includes estimating air data probe temperatures based at least in part on available vehicle sensor data; tracking an amount of time an estimated temperature of the heating element is within at least one temperature range; and providing an air data probe replacement indication when a replacement threshold is met that is at least in part based on reaching a cumulative amount of time the heating element has an estimated temperature within the at least one temperature range.

Abstract: A developing cartridge includes a casing, a developing roller, a supply roller, a first agitator and a second agitator. The casing is configured to accommodate toner therein. The supply roller is configured to supply the toner to the developing roller. The first agitator is configured to agitate the toner in the casing. The second agitator is configured to agitate the toner in the casing. The second agitator is positioned between the first agitator and the supply roller. The second agitator includes a blade having a tip end configured to contact a peripheral surface of the supply roller.

Abstract: An electrophotographic member comprises a base member and an elastic layer on the base member. The elastic layer contains a silicone rubber, an ionic electroconductive agent, and an inorganic particle, and the inorganic particle contains a hydroxide of at least one of magnesium or aluminum, and has a silicon atom on a surface thereof in an amount of 0.50 to 2.00 atomic %. An aqueous dispersion of which 5 mg of the inorganic particle is dispersed in 10 ml of water has a turbidity of 200 NTU or more and 1,240 NTU or less.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a cutting apparatus, and a controller. The cutting apparatus includes a conveyance path, a first cutting unit configured to cut, at a cutting position with respect to a conveyance direction of the sheet on the conveyance path, the sheet in a width direction perpendicularly intersecting with the conveyance direction, and a second cutting unit configured to cut, at a cutting position with respect to the width direction, the sheet in the conveyance direction. The controller is configured to control the cutting apparatus such that, in a case where the sheet is cut neither with the first cutting unit nor with the second cutting unit, the sheet is conveyed through the conveyance path with the first cutting unit and the second cutting unit retreated not to contact with the sheet passing through the conveyance path.