Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an electric power supply, a plurality of modules, a startup time calculator, and a fastest startup pattern determiner. The plurality of modules include a plurality of direct current (DC) modules and at least one alternating current (AC) module, and the modules are to be driven by an electric power supplied from the electric power supply. The startup time calculator calculates a startup time of each of the modules. The fastest startup pattern determiner determines a fastest startup pattern based on the startup time of each of the modules calculated by the startup time calculator, and starts up the modules in accordance with the determined fastest startup pattern. The fastest startup pattern is determined based on a longest startup time among the startup times of the DC and AC modules.

Abstract: An SRC includes a stator; a rotator rotatably attached to the stator; and a stack-type cable accommodated in an annular accommodation space defined by the stator and the rotator. The stack-type cable includes a transmission path FC including a pair of transmission path conductors and laminate sheets covering the pair of transmission path conductors and also includes a dummy FC that is provided on a front surface of the transmission path FC and is formed of laminate sheets not including a flat rectangular conductor, the transmission path FC and the dummy FC being stacked on each other; the stack-type cable further includes a grease that causes the transmission path FC and the dummy FC stacked on each other to adhere to each other; and a width-direction interval between the pair of transmission path conductors is set to smaller than, or equivalent to, a conductor width of each transmission path conductor.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory blocks each including a bit line to which a plurality of memory cells are connected, and a dummy bit line to which a plurality of dummy cells are connected; a reference cell; and a sense amplifier including a first input terminal to which selected memory cell of the plurality of memory cells is to be electrically connected via the bit line, and a second input terminal to which the reference cell is to be electrically connected, the dummy bit line of one memory block of the plurality of memory blocks different from another memory block of the plurality of memory blocks including the selected memory cell being to be electrically connected to the second input terminal of the sense amplifier.

Abstract: To improve output and thermal efficiency of a gas engine by advancing the ignition timing to a maximum extent while knocking is suppressed, in the plurality of cylinders, by a simple and low-cost means, in a first calculation part 32, a knocking limit ignition timing Tia of a representing cylinder 14a is calculated based on an in-cylinder pressure waveform. In a second calculation part 34, a knocking limit ignition timing Tia? of the representing cylinder 14a is calculated by substituting an operation state quantity and a basic engine specification value into a formula (1). In a third calculation part 36, the knocking limit ignition timings Tia and Tia? are compared to obtain a correction factor C. In a fourth calculation part 38, based on the obtained correction factor C, the knocking limit ignition timings Tib-Tif of cylinders other than the representing cylinder 14a are calculated.

Abstract: An object is to provide a precombustion-chamber gas engine in which occurrence of knocking is restricted. The precombustion-chamber gas engine includes: a cylinder; a cylinder head; a piston delimiting a main combustion chamber with the cylinder head; a precombustion-chamber cap delimiting a precombustion chamber inside thereof and including a plurality of nozzle holes through which the precombustion chamber is in communication with the main combustion chamber; an intake valve for opening and closing an intake port that opens on the cylinder head; and an exhaust valve for opening and closing an exhaust port that opens on the cylinder head. In a planar view where the cylinder head is seen from below, there are at least one intake-side nozzle hole and at least one exhaust-side nozzle hole, and a total nozzle-hole area of the at least one intake-side nozzle hole is larger than that of the at least one exhaust-side nozzle hole.

Abstract: A vehicle seat having a tiltable unit provided in a receiving recess formed in a seatback, the vehicle seat including a stopper structure configured to keep the tiltable unit in the receiving recess, wherein the stopper structure is configured so that a protrusion piece provided to one of an inner peripheral part of the receiving recess and an outer peripheral part of the tiltable unit is pressed against the other, and wherein the protrusion piece is arranged to be sandwiched between a seat cover, which covers a general plane of the one of the inner peripheral part of the receiving recess and the outer peripheral part of the tiltable unit, and a seat pad covered with the seat cover, and the protrusion piece forms a protrusion shape protruding further than the general plane and pressed against the other.

Abstract: A gate voltage generator which supplies first gate voltage at erase verify time to a first selected word line to which a first memory cell included in N memory cells is connected, which supplies the first gate voltage at the erase verify time to a second selected word line to which a first reference cell included in M reference cells is connected, which supplies second gate voltage at the erase verify time to a first non-selected word line connected to a memory cell array, and which supplies third gate voltage at the erase verify time to a second non-selected word line connected to a reference cell array is included. An electric current which flows through a reference cell connected to the second non-selected word line is stronger than an electric current which flows through a memory cell connected to the first non-selected word line.

Abstract: An SRC includes a stator; a rotator rotatably attached to the stator; and a stack-type cable accommodated in an annular accommodation space defined by the stator and the rotator. The stack-type cable includes a transmission path FC including a pair of transmission path conductors and laminate sheets covering the pair of transmission path conductors and also includes a dummy FC that is provided on a front surface of the transmission path FC and is formed of laminate sheets not including a flat rectangular conductor, the transmission path FC and the dummy FC being stacked on each other; the stack-type cable further includes a grease that causes the transmission path FC and the dummy FC stacked on each other to adhere to each other; and a width-direction interval between the pair of transmission path conductors is set to smaller than, or equivalent to, a conductor width of each transmission path conductor.

Abstract: To improve output and thermal efficiency of a gas engine by advancing the ignition timing to a maximum extent while knocking is suppressed, in the plurality of cylinders, by a simple and low-cost means, in a first calculation part 32, a knocking limit ignition timing Tia of a representing cylinder 14a is calculated based on an in-cylinder pressure waveform. In a second calculation part 34, a knocking limit ignition timing Tia? of the representing cylinder 14a is calculated by substituting an operation state quantity and a basic engine specification value into a formula (1). In a third calculation part 36, the knocking limit ignition timings Tia and Tia? are compared to obtain a correction factor C. In a fourth calculation part 38, based on the obtained correction factor C, the knocking limit ignition timings Tib-Tif of cylinders other than the representing cylinder 14a are calculated.

Abstract: A wire rod for inductor used for a coil of an inductor includes an electric conductor and a magnetic layer made of Fe that is provided on a surface of the electric conductor. The magnetic layer has a thickness of greater than 0 ?m and less than or equal to 3.0 ?m.

Abstract: An electromagnet includes a core and a wire wound on the core. The wire includes an electric conductor and a magnetic layer provided on a surface of the electric conductor.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory blocks each including a bit line to which a plurality of memory cells are connected, and a dummy bit line to which a plurality of dummy cells are connected; a reference cell; and a sense amplifier including a first input terminal to which selected memory cell of the plurality of memory cells is to be electrically connected via the bit line, and a second input terminal to which the reference cell is to be electrically connected, the dummy bit line of one memory block of the plurality of memory blocks different from another memory block of the plurality of memory blocks including the selected memory cell being to be electrically connected to the second input terminal of the sense amplifier.

Abstract: A gate voltage generator which supplies first gate voltage at erase verify time to a first selected word line to which a first memory cell included in N memory cells is connected, which supplies the first gate voltage at the erase verify time to a second selected word line to which a first reference cell included in M reference cells is connected, which supplies second gate voltage at the erase verify time to a first non-selected word line connected to a memory cell array, and which supplies third gate voltage at the erase verify time to a second non-selected word line connected to a reference cell array is included. An electric current which flows through a reference cell connected to the second non-selected word line is stronger than an electric current which flows through a memory cell connected to the first non-selected word line.

Abstract: A rotation angle detector for detecting rotation angle of a rotator to be measured is provided. The detector includes a magnet which is fixed to the rotator to be measured and is rotated with the rotator to be measured and plural magnetic detection means respectively arranged at a prescribed angle, for detecting intensity of magnetic field generated by the magnet and outputting signals of electric charge based on the intensity of magnetic field. The detector further includes drive means for driving the plural magnetic detection means, where the drive means is capable of simultaneously changing magnetic sensitivities of the plural magnetic detection means in the same ratio. The detector further includes rotation angle calculation means for calculating rotation angle of the rotator to be measured based on signals output from the plural magnetic detection means.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes: a non-volatile memory cell including a floating gate and a memory transistor; a state machine that generates a normal program signal for performing a normal program operation and a verify signal for performing a verify operation and generates a soft program signal for performing a soft program operation when detecting a fail in the verify operation after the normal program operation, whether a threshold voltage of the memory transistor reaches a value being checked in the verify operation; a voltage generating circuit that generates a normal program voltage and a verify voltage based on the normal program signal and the verify signal and generates a soft program voltage based on the soft program signal; and a determination circuit that detects a pass when the threshold voltage reaches the value and detects the fail when the threshold voltage does not reach the value.

Abstract: To provide a rotation angle detector, which is characterized in that the rotation angle detector is for detecting a rotation angle of a measurable rotation body, by which it becomes able to measure the rotation angle of the measurable rotation body with an accuracy as higher even in a case where there may be happened such as an axial backlash or the like on an axis of rotation in the measurable rotation body, and then such a rotation angle detector 1 comprises: a magnetic detecting element 40, for detecting a magnetic flux density of a magnet 10 that is designed to be attached onto the measurable rotation body and then to be rotated as integral with the measurable rotation body, wherein the magnetic detecting element 40 is arranged at a position as approximately intermediate in a path from a north pole to a south pole according to a line of magnetic force due to the magnet 10, and then thereby it becomes able to measure the rotation angle of the measurable rotation body with the accuracy as higher even in the

Abstract: A rotation angle detector for detecting a rotation angle of a detectable rotation body, comprises: a primary rotation body to be attached to the detectable rotation body and to rotate as integral with the detectable rotation body; a secondary rotation body to rotate as a predetermined rotation ratio for the primary rotation body; a primary rotation detection mechanism to output a signal to be varied periodically as corresponding to a rotation of the primary rotation body; a secondary rotation detection mechanism to output a signal to be varied periodically as corresponding to a rotation of the secondary rotation body; a signal processing unit to calculate the rotation angles of the primary and the secondary rotation bodies using the signals that the primary and the secondary rotation detection mechanisms output; and an operation processing unit to calculate the rotation angle of the detectable rotation body.

Abstract: A rotation angle detection device for detecting the absolute rotation angle of a rotation body rotating multiple times and whose rotation is to be detected. The rotation angles of a first rotation body rotating at a rotation angle frequency in correspondence with rotation of the rotation object whose rotation is to be detected and the rotation angle of a second rotation body rotating at a rotation frequency that is different from the rotation angle frequency of the first rotation body are individually detected. Based on a phase difference between continuous angle signals detected, the rotation speed of a main rotation body, which is either the first or the second rotation body, and the absolute rotation angle of the rotation body rotating multiple times and whose rotation is to be detected is calculated based on the detected continuous angle signal and rotation speed of the main rotation body.

Abstract: A rotation angle detector for detecting the rotation angle of a rotator to be measured which detects the flux density, generated depending on rotation of the rotator to be measured, of a ring-like magnet fixed to the rotator by means of a magnetic detection element. Since a soft magnetic member is interposed between the ring-like magnet and the rotator, rotation angle of the rotator can be measured accurately without being affected by the material or diameter of the rotator or the fixing state of the rotation angle detector to the rotator. Consequently, a rotation angle detector for detecting the rotation angle of a rotator to be measured accurately without being affected by the material or diameter of the rotator or the fixing state of the rotation angle detector to the rotator is presented.

Abstract: A rotation angle detection device for detecting rotation angle of a rotating body to be measured includes magnetic detection elements which are fixed to a stator and detect magnetic flux density of a magnet which is rotated with the rotating body. The device can calculate rotation angle of the rotating body from outputs of the magnetic detection elements. The device also includes magnetic bodies having two edge portions in positions where the magnet is inserted and arranged along an area where a magnetic line of force of the magnet is formed.