Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel pump capable of preventing the occurrence of cavitation near a seat member in a valve mechanism. The fuel pump includes a plunger adapted to reciprocate, a pressurizing chamber adapted to increase and decrease its volumetric capacity through the reciprocation of the plunger, and a relief valve mechanism adapted to return a fuel to the pressurizing chamber. The relief valve mechanism includes a relief valve, and a seat member having a valve contact portion for seating the relief valve thereon. The relief valve is disposed closer to the plunger than the seat member. The seat member has an annular groove portion which forms a space communicating with the pressurizing chamber, between the annular groove portion and a second chamber (a fixing portion) surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the seat member. The space is provided at a position farther from the plunger than the valve contact portion.

Abstract: A system including control devices configured to perform nth-order transmission, each control device including: a storage device storing, in relation to the control devices, a source list being a list of the control devices to be passed through from a most upstream control device to the control device and a destination list being a list of the control devices to be passed through from the control device to a most downstream control device; and a processor performing processing including: when an update request including a first source list of a first control device is received, updating the source list using the update request, generating a new update request using the updated source list, and transmitting the new update request to a second control device; and when a completion response including a second destination list of the second control device is received, updating the destination list using the completion response.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including a rotatable substrate stage, a first measuring mechanism and a second measuring mechanism. On the rotatable substrate stage, a laminated substrate used for manufacturing a semiconductor device is placed. The laminated substrate is formed by a first substrate and a second substrate to be laminated to each other. The first measuring mechanism measures an edge of the first substrate and an edge of the second substrate from a first direction. The second measuring mechanism measures the edge of the first substrate and the edge of the second substrate from a second direction. The second direction is a direction different from the first direction in an angle to a normal of the first substrate.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a stage disposed in a processing chamber for mounting a wafer, a plasma generation chamber disposed above the processing chamber for plasma generation using process gas, a plate member having multiple introduction holes, made of a dielectric material, disposed above the stage and between the processing chamber and the plasma generation chamber, and a lamp disposed around the plate member for heating the wafer. The plasma processing apparatus further includes an external IR light source, an emission fiber arranged in the stage, that outputs IR light from the external IR light source toward a wafer bottom, and a light collection fiber for collecting IR light from the wafer. Data obtained using only IR light from the lamp is subtracted from data obtained also using IR light from the external IR light source during heating of the wafer. Thus, a wafer temperature is determined.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel pump capable of discharging fuel at high pressure and suppressing sticking between a plunger and a cylinder. A high-pressure fuel supply pump includes a plunger that reciprocates, a cylinder in which a guide hole for guiding a reciprocating motion of the plunger extends in an axial direction, and a pump body including a third room (cylinder insertion hole) into which the cylinder is press-fitted, and a pressurizing chamber that communicates with the third room and has a volume increased or decreased by the reciprocating motion of the plunger. The pressure of a fixed gap generated between the cylinder and the pump body is set to be equal to or higher than pressure of a sliding gap generated between the plunger and the cylinder.

Abstract: A fuel pump includes a damper, a suction valve chamber, a pressurization chamber, a relief valve chamber, a relief valve mechanism, and a shock wave absorber. The shock wave absorber is provided in the relief valve chamber, and is disposed to face the relief valve holder on the downstream side in the direction in which the relief valve holder moves when the relief valve mechanism is released.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel pump capable of suppressing sticking of a plunger. The fuel pump of the present invention includes a plunger 2 that reciprocates, a cylinder 6 in which a guide hole 6a that guides the reciprocating motion of the plunger 2 extends in the axial direction, and a pump body 1 that holds the cylinder 6. The pump body 1 includes a cylinder insertion hole 1g into which the cylinder 6 is inserted, and a pressurizing chamber 11 that communicates with the cylinder insertion hole 1g and has a volume increased or decreased by the reciprocating motion of the plunger 2. The cylinder 6 includes a press-fitting portion 6b press-fitted into the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder insertion hole 1g, and a groove 6d formed at a position corresponding to the press-fitting portion 6b on the inner peripheral surface of the guide hole 6a.

Abstract: In a system that enables a person who possesses a portable device in which enablement data as data that permits operation of a vehicle is stored, to operate the vehicle, a relay device is provided for relaying the enablement data from a center server that issues the enablement data of the vehicle, to a portable device of a person scheduled to operate the vehicle. The relay device includes an obtaining unit that obtains the enablement data of the vehicle from the center server, a temporarily storing unit that temporarily stores the enablement data obtained by the obtaining unit, in a storage device, and a transmitting unit that sends the enablement data stored in the storage device, to a portable device used by a person in charge of operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A leading system has an output unit configured to output a predetermined signal to a first area around a vehicle, and a terminal carried by a person. The terminal has a receiving unit configured to receive the predetermined signal when the person enters the first area and a first notification unit configured to automatically perform a first notification to the person when the predetermined signal is received by the receiving unit.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prevent generation of wear at a rod collision portion in an electromagnetic intake valve of a high-pressure fuel supply pump by reducing inclinations of the intake valve and a rod. A structure of the electromagnetic intake valve of the high-pressure fuel supply pump is configured as follows. A seat portion of an intake valve and a guide portion of a rod are configured as an integral part, and further, a rod guide is made to have a sufficiently long length so that it is possible to perform guide at one portion. Further, the intake valve seat portion and a surface where the rod collides with the intake valve are formed on the same plane.

Abstract: Provided is a fuel pump capable of improving productivity. According to the present invention, a fuel pump includes a pump body 1, a plunger 2, an electromagnetic suction valve 3, and a relief valve 4. The plunger 2 reciprocates in a first room 1a which is a columnar space portion provided in the pump body 1. The electromagnetic suction valve 3 causes fuel to be sucked into a pressurizing chamber 11 formed by the first room 1a and the plunger 2. When the fuel pressure on the downstream side of the pressurizing chamber 11 exceeds a set value, the relief valve 4 opens, and brings the fuel back to the pressurizing chamber 11. The pump body 1 includes a second room 1b in which the relief valve 4 is disposed, and a communication hole 1e for causing the first room 1a and the second room 1b to communicate with each other. The diameter of the communication hole 1e is equal to the diameter of the first room 1a.

Abstract: A mail-order system has a server apparatus and a moving object. The server apparatus includes a purchase likelihood information acquisition unit configured to acquire at least information regarding a commodity considered to be purchased by a user and information regarding a desired delivery destination of the commodity, and a moving object management unit configured to give an instruction relating to at least movement to the moving object. The moving object is able to load commodities. The moving object includes a movement controller configured to make the moving object move in an autonomous moving mode. At least one of the server apparatus and the moving object includes a positional information acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information of the moving object, and an inventory management unit configured to manage an inventory of commodities loaded in the moving object.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle operation management system having a server device and one or more vehicles. The vehicle includes equipment configured to provide a predetermined service inside the vehicle and a running control unit configured to control autonomous running of the vehicle. The server device includes a service request information acquisition unit. At least one of the server device and the vehicle includes a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information on the autonomous vehicle and a running route setting unit configured to set a running route of the vehicle. The running control unit controls running of the vehicle such that the vehicle runs along the running route set by the running route setting unit.

Abstract: A parking assistance service management device that manages a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user includes a reception unit configured to receive user information including information indicating a position of the vehicle from a terminal of the service user, a specifying unit configured to specify a terminal of the agent providing the parking assistance for the vehicle based on the user information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the information indicating the position of the vehicle to the terminal of the agent.

Abstract: A notification system includes a notification unit configured to notify a second person of position information relating to a parking position of a vehicle and auxiliary information to help the second person to find the vehicle after the vehicle is moved and parked by a first person.

Abstract: A coil component of an electromagnetic valve is made compact to achieve both low cost and improvement in sound vibration performance. Therefore, a high-pressure fuel pump of the present invention includes: a coil 3g; a magnetic core 3e that is arranged on a side opposite to a pressurizing chamber 11 with respect to a movable core 3h and attracts the movable core 3h when the coil 3g is energized; a yoke 3q arranged on a radially outer side of the coil 3g; a cover portion 3r that covers the coil 3g from an axially outer side; and a molded portion 17 that covers a radially outer side of the yoke 3q and an axially outer side of the cover portion 3r.

Abstract: Provided is a metal diaphragm that can be easily processed and manufactured at low cost. Therefore, a metal diaphragm (91, 92) of the present invention is configured such that a curvature radius r1 of a first curved portion 911 located on the outermost side in the radial direction (outer side in the left-right direction in FIG. 5) is minimized among a flange portion (91a, 92a) and curved portions (911, 912) that are located on the radially inner side of the flange portion (91a, 92a) and curved from the flange portion (91a, 92a) to one side (upper side in FIG. 5).

Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure fuel pump that ensures oil tightness even at high fuel pressure and has a small and lightweight inexpensive discharge valve structure. Therefore, a high-pressure fuel pump according to the present invention includes: a discharge valve arranged on a discharge side of a pressurizing chamber; a discharge valve seat on which the discharge valve is seated; and a facing member configured independently as a separate member from the discharge valve seat and located on an opposite side of the discharge valve seat with the discharge valve interposed therebetween, in which a stroke direction regulating portion that regulates displacement of the discharge valve in a stroke direction is formed on a tapered surface of the facing member.

Abstract: A car sharing management device includes a communication device and an information processing device. The communication device is configured to acquire, from an information terminal owned by a user of a car sharing service, commercial facility information acquired by the information terminal at a commercial facility. The information processing device is configured to determine, based on the commercial facility information, whether the user uses the commercial facility while using the car sharing service. The information processing device is configured to provide the user with a reward in a case where the user uses the commercial facility while using the car sharing service.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including a rotatable substrate stage, a first measuring mechanism and a second measuring mechanism. On the rotatable substrate stage, a laminated substrate used for manufacturing a semiconductor device is placed. The laminated substrate is formed by a first substrate and a second substrate to be laminated to each other. The first measuring mechanism measures an edge of the first substrate and an edge of the second substrate from a first direction. The second measuring mechanism measures the edge of the first substrate and the edge of the second substrate from a second direction. The second direction is a direction different from the first direction in an angle to a normal of the first substrate.