Abstract: A magnetic circuit, provided with a short magnet and short magnet that are arranged in an array, and a yoke and a yoke provided so as to sandwich the short magnet and short magnet. The short magnet and short magnet, are arranged, that have a space between them that is a predetermined gap or less in the arrangement direction of the array respectively. In addition, the short magnet and short magnet are arranged so that one magnetic pole is located on the side toward one of the pair of yokes and, and the other magnetic pole is located on the side toward the other yoke.

Abstract: An electric tool comprises a removable battery pack 2 as a power supply, a motor M as a power source, a drive unit being driven by said motor, a switch SW as an operation input unit, and a control circuit CPU controlling the driving of said motor according to the operation of said switch. The electric tool further comprises a power supply connection unit that enables a plurality of battery pack types, which have different rated output voltages, to be selectively connected, and an identification means that identifies the type of said battery pack that has been connected. Said control circuit is configured to control an output of said motor based on identification information for the type of said battery pack that has been connected, provided by said identification means.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent weather resistance, impact resistance, and fluidity and also excellent color developing properties and residence heat stability. A graft copolymer (A) prepared by graft polymerization of a certain amount of a specific monomer (a2) onto a certain amount of composite rubber (a1) composed of a conjugated diene rubber polymer and a cross-linked acrylic ester polymer. The tetrahydrofuran-soluble portion of the composite rubber (a1) has a weight-average molecular weight of 50000 or more in terms of polystyrene and a degree of swelling in toluene of 7.0 or more, or in the composite rubber contained in the graft copolymer, the number of particles having an equivalent-circle diameter of 150 nm or less is 50% or less of the total number of the composite rubber particles.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a status detection unit for detecting a status of a battery; a switch unit for interrupting a discharging path of the battery; a notification unit for notifying a user of the status of the battery; an operation unit operable by the user; and control unit for opening and closing the switch unit. The control unit is configured to have the switch unit interrupt the discharging path of the battery when the status of the battery detected by the status detection unit is abnormal. Further, the control unit is configured to have the notification unit notify the user of the availability to restart a discharging operation and close the switch unit in response to an operation signal inputted from the operation unit to make the battery pack dischargeable when the status of the battery detected by the status detection unit is recovered from the abnormal status.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor device includes a first magnet and a second magnet that are disposed on mutually opposing sides of a conveyance path, and one of poles of the first magnet faces an opposite pole of the second magnet. The first magnet and the second magnet generate a cross magnetic field whose strength in a spacing direction, which is orthogonal to a conveying direction, is within a predetermined range. An AMR element is located in a magnetic field in which the strength of the cross magnetic field in the spacing direction is within a predetermined range, and detects, as change in a resistance value, change in the cross magnetic field caused by an object to be detected. A multilayer board outputs the change in the resistance value detected by the AMR element to a processing circuit.

Abstract: A charger for an electric power tool includes a charging unit for charging a secondary battery detachably attached to the charger; a notification unit for notifying an operation state of the charging unit by using a combination of a turn-on and turn-off of the notification unit; a brightness reducing unit for reducing a light brightness of the notification unit; and a controller for controlling the notification unit and the brightness reducing unit. If an operation state of the charging unit satisfies a specific condition, the controller controls the brightness reducing unit to reduce the light brightness of the notification unit.

Abstract: A waveguide includes a waveguide body which is hollow inside and made from a shape-retentive material, and a conductive inner coating layer which is electrically conductive and provided on an inner surface of the waveguide body. The waveguide uses an inner space of the conductive inner coating layer as a transmission path to transmit electromagnetic waves as signals. Two electric wires provided along the outer surface of the waveguide body serve respectively as a power line and a ground line to transmit electric power.

Abstract: The battery pack includes: a charging terminal receiving power from a charger while connected to the charger; a battery connected to the charging terminal and recharged by power from the charger via the charging terminal; a protective circuit performing a protective operation of detecting an overcharge of the battery by using power from the battery while receiving a driving signal, and terminating the protective operation when receiving no driving signal; an activation terminal receiving an activation signal from the charger while connected to the charger; an activation circuit connected to the activation terminal and configured to output the driving signal to the protective circuit while receiving the activation signal from the charger via the activation terminal; and an auxiliary activation circuit connected to the charging terminal and configured to provide the driving signal to the protective circuit while the battery receives power from the charger via the charging terminal.

Abstract: By providing a first magnet and a second magnet on wall surfaces of a hollow section where paper money is conveyed such that different magnetic poles face each other, a gradient magnetic field is formed wherein both a magnetic field component in an opposing direction to the magnets and a magnetic field component in a conveyance direction of the paper money include a zero point. An AMR element is provided between the paper money and the first magnet. The AMR element is enclosed by a multi-layered substrate and covered with resin. The AMR element is provided in an area where the magnetic field intensity is weak, which is where the magnetic field intensity in the gradient magnetic field in the conveyance direction is near zero. The paper money passes through an area where the magnetic field intensity of the gradient magnetic field is strong.

Abstract: An electric tool comprises a removable battery pack 2 as a power supply, a motor M as a power source, a drive unit being driven by said motor, a switch SW as an operation input unit, and a control circuit CPU controlling the driving of said motor according to the operation of said switch. The electric tool further comprises a power supply connection unit that enables a plurality of battery pack types, which have different rated output voltages, to be selectively connected, and an identification means that identifies the type of said battery pack that has been connected. Said control circuit is configured to control an output of said motor based on identification information for the type of said battery pack that has been connected, provided by said identification means.

Abstract: An electric power tool is included in a plurality of types of electric power tools. The plurality of types of electric power tools comprise a plurality of types of battery packs having different rated output voltages and a plurality of types of tool bodies, the housings of which are equipped with an attached part on which each of the battery packs is mounted in a freely removable manner. The attached part possessed by the plurality of types of tool bodies equipped with motors having different voltage characteristics is formed so as to be able to mount an arbitrary one of the plurality of types of battery packs having different rated output voltages. This makes it possible to widen the range of available battery packs and enhance convenience.

Abstract: An electric power tool includes a three-phase bridge motor circuit including upper and lower switching units of U, V and W phases arranged in upper and lower rows; a brushless motor rotationally operated by an electric power supplied through the motor circuit; and temperature detecting units for detecting temperatures of the switching units to output detection results such that the operation of the brushless motor is restrained or stopped depending on the detection results outputted from the temperature detecting units. The motor circuit is formed by mounting the switching units at six points on a mounting surface of a circuit board, and the temperature detecting units are arranged on a surface of the circuit board opposite to the mounting surface.

Abstract: A charger for an electric power tool includes a charging unit for charging a secondary battery detachably attached to the charger; a notification unit for notifying an operation state of the charging unit by using a combination of a turn-on and turn-off of the notification unit; a brightness reducing unit for reducing a light brightness of the notification unit; and a controller for controlling the notification unit and the brightness reducing unit. If an operation state of the charging unit satisfies a specific condition, the controller controls the brightness reducing unit to reduce the light brightness of the notification unit.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a status detection unit for detecting a status of a battery; a switch unit for interrupting a discharging path of the battery; a notification unit for notifying a user of the status of the battery; an operation unit operable by the user; and control unit for opening and closing the switch unit. The control unit is configured to have the switch unit interrupt the discharging path of the battery when the status of the battery detected by the status detection unit is abnormal. Further, the control unit is configured to have the notification unit notify the user of the availability to restart a discharging operation and close the switch unit in response to an operation signal inputted from the operation unit to make the battery pack dischargeable when the status of the battery detected by the status detection unit is recovered from the abnormal status.

Abstract: A composition comprising Megasphaera elsdenii strain JCM1772 or strain iNP-001. The compositions may optionally contain live or processed bacterial products. A method for decreasing lactate production or increasing butyric acid production or for treating a disease associated with hyperlactate production in a non-ruminant using Megasphaera elsdenii.

Abstract: A radio network controller 11 for controlling a base station in a CDMA or W-CDMA mobile communication system includes a state measurement part 21, a call control processing part 31, and a frequency load distribution processing part 41. The frequency load distribution processing part 41 is provided with a frequency state change processing 42 for updating each frequency's state data 44 and next assignment management data 45 by referring a frequency state change notice notified when a state is changed by call control, and frequency assignment control processing 43 for selecting a frequency by referring to the updated next assignment management data and for returning a frequency assignment response, in response to a frequency assignment request transmitted from the call control processing part. With this constitution, load distribution of multiple frequencies is achieved by deriving a next assigned frequency on the basis of operating states of each frequency.

Abstract: Agents for promoting fattening of animals which contain as the active ingredient(s) at least one member selected from among acids originating in hexoses, non-toxic salts thereof and intramolecular esterification products thereof; and a method of promoting fattening by using these agents.

Abstract: Agents for promoting fattening of animals which contain as the active ingredient(s) at least one member selected from among acids originating in hexoses, non-toxic salts thereof and intramolecular esterification products thereof; and a method of promoting fattening by using these agents.

Abstract: In a local area network path control system, hubs are connected in a ring and classified into two groups. Each of terminals has two LAN controllers. One of LAN controllers is connected to one of the hubs belonging to one of the groups while the other is connected one of the hubs belonging to the other group. One of the LAN controller is used as an active controller and the other is used as a standby controller. Each of the terminals has a destination information table registering destination IP addresses and destination MAC addresses of the other terminals. When the terminal detects failure occurring between the active controller and the corresponding hub, it changes the active controller from one to the other of the two LAN controllers. Furthermore, the terminal notifies a newly MAC address for communicating with the terminal to the other terminals.

Abstract: Agents for promoting fattening of animals which contain as the active ingredient(s) at least one member selected from among acids originating in hexoses, non-toxic salts thereof and intramolecular esterification products thereof; and a method of promoting fattening by using these agents.