Abstract: A magnetic field generating portion is provided to a moving unit moving together with an operating unit. Two magnets are disposed in the magnetic field generating portion with a gap between in the direction of movement. A detection unit is provided to a fixed portion. The detection unit includes a first magnetoresistive device and a second magnetoresistive device and outputs of different combinations are obtained depending which of a first detection position, a second detection position, and an intermediate detection position, the moving unit has moved to.

Abstract: Provided is a variable-capacity oil pump capable of stably securing a required pump discharge volume and discharge pressure even with a clogged oil filter and/or an electromagnetic valve failed. The oil pump is provided with a first control chamber for applying a force under oil pressure from a main oil gallery in a direction for decreasing of the eccentricity of a cam ring, a second control chamber for applying a force under oil pressure from the oil gallery in cooperation with a spring force in a direction for increasing of the cam-ring eccentricity, a first branch flow path that connects the oil gallery and the first control chamber, and a second branch flow path branched from the first branch flow path and communicating with the second control chamber via the electromagnetic valve. Two oil filters are disposed in the oil gallery and the first branch flow path, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a non-weave fabric containing a thermoplastic resin fiber and a carbon fiber as major ingredients, capable of yielding a resin molded article when molded thereinto, which is excellent in mechanical strength and in appearance, and, a multi-layered sheet having the non-weave fabric and a textile layer, which is excellent in mechanical strength and less likely to warp. The non-weave fabric includes a thermoplastic resin fiber (A), a carbon fiber (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C) having a glass transition temperature lower than that of the thermoplastic resin fiber (A), the ratio of content of the thermoplastic resin (C) being 1 to 50% by weight of the total content of the thermoplastic resin fiber (A) and the thermoplastic resin (C).

Abstract: A method for assembling a vehicle body wherein, first a floor and a side panel are positioned in the height direction thereof. Thereafter, the floor and the side panel are pressed without deforming the floor and the floor and the side panel are positioned. A roof is subsequently set on the upper section of the side panel and the front section and the rear section of the side panel and the front section and the rear section of the roof are positioned.

Abstract: Variable displacement oil pump for supplying oil to an internal combustion engine. Included is a cam ring having an inner peripheral section for accommodating the pump element thereinside, and an outer peripheral section having a swinging movement fulcrum. A control device for changeover controlling supply of a discharge pressure to first and second pressure chambers so the cam ring is swingingly movable to change an eccentricity amount of the cam ring relative to an axis of the rotor, wherein the first pressure receiving surface is set larger in pressure receiving area than the second pressure receiving surface, wherein a part of each of the first and second pressure chambers is disposed overlapping with the discharge region in a radial direction of the rotor, and wherein the first and second pressure chambers are disposed nearer to the swinging movement fulcrum than to the axis of the cam ring.

Abstract: A variable displacement pump includes a variable mechanism configured to change a volume-variation rate of each pump chamber by movement of a movable member; a biasing mechanism provided to bias the movable member in a direction that increases the volume-variation rate; at least one reduction-side control oil chamber to which oil is supplied from a discharge portion such that the reduction-side control oil chamber applies force to the movable member in a direction that reduces the volume-variation rate; at least one increase-side control oil chamber to which oil is supplied from the discharge portion such that the increase-side control oil chamber applies force to the movable member in the direction that increases the volume-variation rate; and a control mechanism configured to control a oil quantity which is supplied to each control oil chamber. The total number of the control oil chambers is three or more.

Abstract: A variable displacement pump includes: a first control oil chamber which moves a cam ring toward a direction against a biasing force of a biasing member when a discharge pressure is introduced thereinto; a second control oil chamber which acts a hydraulic pressure upon the cam ring by cooperating with the biasing force of the biasing member when hydraulic oil is introduced thereinto; a switching mechanism which switches between one state in which hydraulic oil whose pressure is decreased than a discharge pressure is introduced to the second control oil chamber from the discharge section and another state in which hydraulic oil is discharged from the second control oil chamber; and a control mechanism operated before an eccentricity of the cam ring becomes a minimum and which discharges a greater amount of hydraulic oil within the second control oil chamber as the discharge pressure becomes larger.

Abstract: Provided is a variable-capacity oil pump capable of stably securing a required pump discharge volume and discharge pressure even with a clogged oil filter and/or an electromagnetic valve failed. The oil pump is provided with a first control chamber for applying a force under oil pressure from a main oil gallery in a direction for decreasing of the eccentricity of a cam ring, a second control chamber for applying a force under oil pressure from the oil gallery in cooperation with a spring force in a direction for increasing of the cam-ring eccentricity, a first branch flow path that connects the oil gallery and the first control chamber, and a second branch flow path branched from the first branch flow path and communicating with the second control chamber via the electromagnetic valve. Two oil filters are disposed in the oil gallery and the first branch flow path, respectively.

Abstract: A vane pump in which oil is drawn from at least one side, in an axial direction, of a cam ring and is discharged from at least the one side, in the axial direction, of the cam ring, the vane pump including: a portion defined by a groove formed on an inner circumference surface of the cam ring, the groove extending along a circumferential direction of the inner circumference surface and arranged in a position including a middle of an axial direction width on the inner circumference surface in an oil suction section or an oil discharge section of the cam ring, the groove being formed so that a depth of the groove is constantly shallower from a mid-point, in the circumferential direction, of the groove to both ends of the groove.

Abstract: An oil pump includes a relief valve. The relief valve adjusts a pump discharge pressure depending on a differential pressure between the pump discharge pressure and a back pressure chamber pressure. An electromagnetic switching valve includes a movable member moved electromagnetically. The movable member brings a ball valve element selectively into a state pressed onto a valve seat portion, to selectively close and open an oil passage. The electromagnetic switching valve selectively supplies the pump discharge pressure to a back pressure chamber of the relief valve and drains the back pressure chamber of the relief valve by selectively opening and closing the oil passage. A pilot valve is disposed downstream of the electromagnetic switching valve, and operates upon receipt of the pump discharge pressure or the back pressure chamber pressure, and controls an oil pressure supplied to the back pressure chamber of the relief valve.

Abstract: A vane pump includes a rotor including a first annular groove and a second annular groove. The rotor further includes a cylindrical portion projecting axially from a radial inner side of the first annular groove and fitting over a drive shaft, and a slide contact portion formed on a radial inner side of the second annular groove. The cylindrical portion is slidably received in a bearing hole formed in a first side wall of a housing, whereas the slide contact portion abuts slidably on an inside wall surface of a second side wall of the housing. There is further formed, in the first annular groove, a recessed portion making a pressure receiving area of one of the first and second annular grooves greater than a pressure receiving area of the other of the first and second annular grooves.

Abstract: A variable displacement pump includes: a first urging member arranged to urge the cam ring in a direction to increase the eccentric amount; a second urging member arranged to urge the cam ring in a direction to decrease the eccentric amount; a control hydraulic chamber arranged to receive a discharge pressure, and thereby to move the cam ring against the urging force of the first urging member; and a hydraulic pressure introduction section configured to introduce the discharge pressure to the control hydraulic chamber when the discharge pressure becomes greater than a predetermined pressure which is in a range where the cam ring is movable against a resultant force of the urging forces of the first and second urging members, and where the cam ring is not movable only against the urging force of the first urging member.

Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus which can more efficiently regenerate phosphoric acid which is able to be returned to etching treatment along with such etching treatment as much as possible without using a large facility, that is a substrate treatment apparatus which treats a silicon substrate W on which a nitride film is formed by a liquid etchant which contains phosphoric acid, which comprises an etching treatment unit (the spin treatment unit 30) which gives a suitable quantity of liquid, etchant to each substrate which is fed one at a time so as to etch the substrate and remove the nitride film, a phosphoric acid regenerating unit (the spin treatment unit 30) which mixes liquid etchant used for treatment of one substrate and a suitable quantity of liquid hydrofluoric acid for the amount of the used liquid etchant under a predetermined temperature environment to regenerate the phosphoric acid, and a phosphoric acid recovery unit (the pump 38, phosphoric acid recovery tank 50, and pump 52) which returns the

Abstract: Provided is an exhaust nozzle and a method for changing an exhaust flowpath, whereby noise can be reduced by using a simple and light-weight mechanism without increasing the complexity and size of the structure of the exhaust nozzle, and furthermore, the efficiency during cruising at supersonic speeds can be improved. The rear end side of main nozzle pieces 110 of an exhaust nozzle 100 are provided swingably in an inward and outward direction of an exhaust flow path 101, about an open/close bend section 111 to the rear of an engine, coupling nozzle pieces 120 are coupled bendably to adjacent main nozzle pieces 110 on either side, and when the main nozzle pieces 110 are swung inside the exhaust flow path 101, the coupling nozzle pieces 120 form projecting sections 102 inside the exhaust flow path 101.

Abstract: An intrabuccally rapidly disintegrating tablet which is manufactured by a simple method, has an enough practical hardness and is rapidly disintegrated in the buccal cavity and its production method. The intrabuccally rapidly disintegrating tablet is produced by growing a powder material into a granulated material with a fixed particle diameter, the powder material including a sugar alcohol or a saccharide as main ingredient, each of which is first particle having an average particle diameter of not more than 30 ?m, by mixing thus obtained granulated material with an active ingredient and a disintegrant, and by compressing the mixture into a predetermined shape.

Abstract: An intrabuccally rapidly disintegrating tablet which is manufactured by a simple method, has an enough practical hardness and is rapidly disintegrated in the buccal cavity and its production method. The intrabuccally rapidly disintegrating tablet is produced by growing a powder material into a granulated material with a fixed particle diameter, the powder material including a sugar alcohol or a saccharide as main ingredient, each of which is first particle having an average particle diameter of not more than 30 ?m, by mixing thus obtained granulated material with an active ingredient and a disintegrant, and by compressing the mixture into a predetermined shape.

Abstract: A variable displacement pump includes an urging mechanism to urge a cam ring in an eccentric direction and to increase the urging force when an eccentricity is decreased, a first control chamber to apply a force to the cam ring in a direction decreasing the eccentricity, and a second control chamber to apply a force, to the cam ring, in a direction increasing the eccentricity. The variable displacement pump further includes a thermosensitive mechanism to control the supply and drain of a discharge pressure supplied into the second control chamber, and a control valve to be operated by the discharge pressure and to decrease the pressure in the second control chamber when the discharge pressure increases.

Abstract: A vane pump in which oil is drawn from at least one side, in an axial direction, of a cam ring and is discharged from at least the one side, in the axial direction, of the cam ring, the vane pump including: a portion defined by a groove formed on an inner circumference surface of the cam ring, the groove extending along a circumferential direction of the inner circumference surface and arranged in a position including a middle of an axial direction width on the inner circumference surface in an oil suction section or an oil discharge section of the cam ring, the groove being formed so that a depth of the groove is constantly shallower from a mid-point, in the circumferential direction, of the groove to both ends of the groove.