Abstract: An actuator is provided in an actuator housing. A lever is provided in the actuator housing, rotates by driving force from the actuator, contacts an arm that rotates together with the pedal, and is capable of imparting a reaction force to the pedal against a driver's depression force. A fixing member is formed so that a pedal housing and the actuator housing are fixed apart from each other, and are attachable to a vehicle. A positioning portion determines a contact position between an arm and the lever and between a rotation axis of the pedal and a rotation axis of the lever.

Abstract: A delivery system includes: a management server configured to acquire and accumulate order information of an order made from a user terminal of one user within a set time, the order information including store information, product information, delivery destination information, and delivery time information, transmit the order information to a delivery person terminal of one delivery person, transmit the product information and the delivery time information to a store terminal of a store, and allow the user to order the products in plural stores in the order each time, generate the order information for the order in each time, and when it is determined that the orders of the one user are made across plural stores, generate pickup sequence information determining a sequence in which the one delivery person is to receive the products in the stores, and further transmit the pickup sequence information to the delivery person terminal.

Abstract: The present invention has an objective to provide a dolly for handling a landing gear of an aircraft that enables, while being downsized, work of positioning the landing gear with respect to an attachment portion of an airframe of the aircraft to be performed efficiently, and a method for attaching or detaching a landing gear using the dolly. A dolly (10) for handling a landing gear (20) of an aircraft includes a base (11), an expandable boom (12) that rises from the base (11) and is expandable and contractible, a hoisting boom (13) that is interconnected to the expandable boom (12) in a raisable and lowerable manner, and a holding portion (15) that is suspended on the hoisting boom (13) and retains the landing gear (20).

Abstract: A method of quantifying an autoantibody includes the steps of reacting a biological sample containing the autoantibody as a test substance with an antigen that is specifically recognized by and bound to the autoantibody, in competition with a known amount of a competition antibody that competes with the autoantibody for binding to the antigen; reacting the autoantibody bound to the antigen with a detection antibody that recognizes and binds to the autoantibody, but does not recognize the competition antibody; measuring a signal derived from the detection antibody bound to the autoantibody; and calculating an amount of the autoantibody contained in the biological sample by utilizing, as an index therefor, an amount of the competition antibody that provides 50% reduction of the signal derived from the detection antibody which is bound to the autoantibody in absence of the competition antibody.

Abstract: A method of quantifying an autoantibody includes the steps of reacting a biological sample containing the autoantibody as a test substance with an antigen that is specifically recognized by and bound to the autoantibody, in competition with a known amount of a competition antibody that competes with the autoantibody for binding to the antigen; reacting the autoantibody bound to the antigen with a detection antibody that recognizes and binds to the autoantibody, but does not recognize the competition antibody; measuring a signal derived from the detection antibody bound to the autoantibody; and calculating an amount of the autoantibody contained in the biological sample by utilizing, as an index therefor, an amount of the competition antibody that provides 50% reduction of the signal derived from the detection antibody which is bound to the autoantibody in absence of the competition antibody.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an electron beam drawing apparatus includes an electron gun including a cathode and an anode, a current control circuit controlling a total emission current, a first detector detecting a first emission current from an outer peripheral portion of the cathode, a second detector detecting a second emission current from an central portion of the cathode, and a controller that determines a coefficient, which is a ratio of an emission current from the outer peripheral portion of the cathode to the first emission current. During a period in which a pattern is drawn on the substrate, the controller estimates a value of the second emission current by subtracting a value, which is resulted by multiplying the first emission current by the coefficient, from the total emission current, and controls the current control circuit in a manner of holding the estimated value constant.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an electron beam drawing apparatus includes an electron gun including a cathode and an anode, a current control circuit controlling a total emission current, a first detector detecting a first emission current from an outer peripheral portion of the cathode, a second detector detecting a second emission current from an central portion of the cathode, and a controller that determines a coefficient, which is a ratio of an emission current from the outer peripheral portion of the cathode to the first emission current. During a period in which a pattern is drawn on the substrate, the controller estimates a value of the second emission current by subtracting a value, which is resulted by multiplying the first emission current by the coefficient, from the total emission current, and controls the current control circuit in a manner of holding the estimated value constant.

Abstract: A current quantity measuring method of multi-beams irradiates with a charged particle beam, amplifies an electric signal corresponding to multi-beams passed through a plurality of aperture holes of an aperture member having the plurality of aperture holes to form multi-beams by irradiation with the charged particle beam, receives the electric signal amplified in the minute current measurement unit and counting the number of electrons in the multi-beams, calculates a current quantity of the multi-beams passed through the plurality of aperture holes by using a product of the calculated number of electrons in the multi-beams and elementary charge, and corrects irradiation time of the charged particle beam of each of the plurality of aperture holes on the basis of the calculated current quantity.

Abstract: The present invention has an objective to provide a dolly for handling a landing gear of an aircraft that enables, while being downsized, work of positioning the landing gear with respect to an attachment portion of an airframe of the aircraft to be performed efficiently, and a method for attaching or detaching a landing gear using the dolly. A dolly (10) for handling a landing gear (20) of an aircraft includes a base (11), an expandable boom (12) that rises from the base (11) and is expandable and contractible, a hoisting boom (13) that is interconnected to the expandable boom (12) in a raisable and lowerable manner, and a holding portion (15) that is suspended on the hoisting boom (13) and retains the landing gear (20).

Abstract: A current quantity measuring method of multi-beams irradiates with a charged particle beam, amplifies an electric signal corresponding to multi-beams passed through a plurality of aperture holes of an aperture member having the plurality of aperture holes to form multi-beams by irradiation with the charged particle beam, receives the electric signal amplified in the minute current measurement unit and counting the number of electrons in the multi-beams, calculates a current quantity of the multi-beams passed through the plurality of aperture holes by using a product of the calculated number of electrons in the multi-beams and elementary charge, and corrects irradiation time of the charged particle beam of each of the plurality of aperture holes on the basis of the calculated current quantity.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for the efficient phosphorylation of glycerol. The problem is solved by reacting glycerol with either a kinase that includes the active center expressed by sequence (1) and exhibits a catalytic activity with respect to the phosphorylation of glycerol, or a kinase that includes the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 and exhibits a catalytic activity with respect to the phosphorylation of glycerol, in the presence of a phosphate group donor.

Abstract: A stocker apparatus and method have openers for receiving FOUPs acting as containers each for storing a plurality of substrates, to feed and collect the substrates to/from a substrate treating apparatus main body, a transport mechanism for holding and transporting the FOUPs, and racks arranged above the openers for receiving the FOUPs. The racks include an incoming rack for receiving the FOUPs from an external transport device, an outgoing rack for delivering the FOUPs to the external transport device, and a mid-treatment storage rack for keeping an empty FOUP after the substrates are fed therefrom. The openers include a feed-only opener for feeding the substrates, and a collect-only opener for collecting the substrates.

Abstract: A stocker apparatus and method have openers for receiving FOUPs acting as containers each for storing a plurality of substrates, to feed and collect the substrates to/from a substrate treating apparatus main body, a transport mechanism for holding and transporting the FOUPs, and racks arranged above the openers for receiving the FOUPs. The racks include an incoming rack for receiving the FOUPs from an external transport device, an outgoing rack for delivering the FOUPs to the external transport device, and a mid-treatment storage rack for keeping an empty FOUP after the substrates are fed therefrom. The openers include a feed-only opener for feeding the substrates, and a collect-only opener for collecting the substrates.

Abstract: A stocker apparatus includes openers for receiving FOUPs acting as containers each for storing a plurality of substrates, to feed and collect the substrates to/from a substrate treating apparatus main body, a transport mechanism for holding and transporting the FOUPs, and racks arranged above the openers for receiving the FOUPs. The racks include an incoming rack for receiving the FOUPs from an external transport device, an outgoing rack for delivering the FOUPs to the external transport device, and a mid-treatment storage rack for keeping an empty FOUP after the substrates are fed therefrom. The openers include a feed-only opener for feeding the substrates, and a collect-only opener for collecting the substrates.

Abstract: An optical cable has a plurality of one-groove spacers 3 which are twisted in one direction around a central member 1. Anti-tensile elements 2 are arranged in the central portion of the central member 1. Each one-groove spacer having a single groove which is linear lengthwise and substantially square in cross section and holding a stack of a plurality of optical fiber ribbons 4. The inner width and the height of the side walls of the groove of the one-groove spacer are set greater than the diagonal length of the stack. Therefore, the transmission loss becomes reducible because the contact portions of the optical fiber ribbons with respect to the side walls of the grooves vary in the longitudinal direction, thus preventing a specific number of optical fibers from being continuously subjected to edgewise pressure.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable produced at low cost is provided, in which an optical fiber core covered with an outer covering is suppressed from moving inside the outer covering in the lengthwise direction thereof and which does not cause the transmission characteristics to be deteriorated even when the cable is bent. In the optical fiber cable, buffer members composed of a long fiber are longitudinally disposed or stranded around at least one optical fiber core, the buffer members and the optical fiber core are adhered together intermittently in the lengthwise direction, and an outer covering is provided to surround the buffer members.

Abstract: A cable and a cable stripping method which facilities the stripping of an intermediate part of a cable having a cable core covered by a plastic sheath provided around the outer periphery without damaging the cable core. In a cable having a plastic sheath 2 on a cable core 1, either a groove 2a is provided in the inner surface of the plastic sheath 2 extending in the longitudinal direction of the cable. A ripcord 3 is either fitted in the groove 2a or adhered to the inner surface of the plastic sheath. In either case, the position-indicating means 2b showing the position of the ripcord is provided on the outer surface of the plastic sheath 2 at the point where the ripcord 3 is fitted.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable enabling a reduction of diameter of the cable, without increasing the manufacturing cost, and improved in work efficiency when pulling out cores in the middle of the cable for cable connection work etc., provided with a tape core stack comprised of a stack of a plurality of tape cores each comprised of an integral assembly of a plurality of optical fibers arranged in parallel and embedded in a resin, at least one fiber cord member wound around an outer circumference of the tape core stack along its longitudinal direction, and a sheath formed outside of the tape core stack and the fiber cord member wound around the outer circumference of the tape core stack.

Abstract: The invention is to provide an optical fiber cable in which an end of an optical fiber core is prevented from being dragged inside the main cable body part upon the application of a tension on the optical fiber cable, and which prevents the increase in transmission loss and breakage of the optical fiber core caused by the movement of the optical fiber core near the connection point. The invention can be characterized in that an optical fiber cable is formed in such a manner that yarns are stranded in a periphery of the stack of the optical fiber ribbons, and an outer sheath of the main cable body part is formed with a tension member united thereto on the periphery of the yarns.

Abstract: A cable and a cable stripping method which facilitates the stripping of an intermediate part of a cable comprising a cable core covered by a plastic sheath provided around the outer periphery without damaging the cable core. In a cable having a plastic sheath 2 on a cable core 1, either a groove 2a is provided in the inner surface of the plastic sheath 2 extending in the longitudinal direction of the cable and a ripcord 3 is fitted in the groove 2a or a ripcord 3 is adhered to the inner surface of the plastic sheath, and in either case the position-indicating means 2b showing the position of the ripcord is provided on the outer surface of the plastic sheath 2 at the point where the ripcord 3 is fitted.