Abstract: To suppress current fluctuations upon commencement of driving and prolong lifespan by reducing electric stress caused by current fluctuations. A glow plug 1, a glow switch 2, and a stabilizing coil 3 are series-connected, and upon commencement of the driving of the glow plug 1, a repetition frequency of PWM signals that control the opening and closing of the glow switch 2 is made into a higher frequency than a repetition frequency in a normal drive state and the opening and closing of the glow switch 2 is controlled (S104), and when a predetermined drive shift condition has been met (S106), the repetition frequency of the PWM signals is returned to the frequency during normal driving and the opening and closing of the glow switch 2 is controlled (S108), whereby the current upon commencement of driving is smoothed and the occurrence of an instantaneous large current is suppressed.

Abstract: A document data capturing device includes a sheet supply tray for carrying documents, a sheet discharge tray located below the sheet supply tray, and a document conveying mechanism including a conveying path along which documents are guided from the sheet supply tray to the sheet discharge tray. The document data capturing device includes a first data-capturing unit and a second data-capturing unit which scan respective sides of a document conveyed by the document conveying mechanism. The first data-capturing unit and the second data-capturing unit are each configured with a reduction-optics scanning mechanism. The conveying path along which a document to be scanned by the first and second scanning mechanisms is conveyed is formed to surround the second reduction-optics data-capturing unit. Thus, the device can be made compact.

Abstract: A wheel loader includes a cooling chamber, which houses a cooling fan and a cooling device, and a grill through which a cooling air obtained by the cooling fan passes. The grill includes a frame, which is provided by framing four side components, and a ventilation portion, which is made of a punching metal and which also has a plurality of air intakes. The ventilation portion is provided inside the frame, and it is a stepwise member with vertically arranged steps that are created by plastic working the punching metal. The ventilation portion has a three-dimensionally curved surface that bulges bidirectionally toward an outside of the cooling chamber.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first and second driving transistors; first and second load transistors; and first and second transmission transistors. Their respective drain diffusion layers of the transistors are isolated from one another. The semiconductor memory device also includes a bit cell in which the first and second driving transistors, the first and second load transistors, and the first and second transmission transistors are arranged; a first wiring for connecting their respective drains of the first driving transistor, the first load transistor, and the first transmission transistor; and a second wiring for connecting their respective drains of the second driving transistor, the second load transistor, and the second transmission transistor.

Abstract: A spherical body polishing apparatus capable of reducing polishing costs includes a rotating disk having a rotating disk polishing surface and a fixed disk having a fixed disk polishing surface opposed to the rotating disk polishing surface. The rotating disk polishing surface is capable of relative rotation while keeping being opposed to the fixed disk polishing surface. The rotating disk polishing surface has a groove portion formed therein and extending circumferentially along the rotation. The rotating disk having the groove portion therein includes an abrasive grain layer having a higher hardness than that of a material ball which is a spherical body and a holding layer formed on the abrasive grain layer and having a lower hardness than that of the abrasive grain layer. The groove portion is formed to penetrate the holding layer in a depth direction and to reach the abrasive grain layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual display device in which angle between the two display panels can be freely varied. A dual display device includes: a first display panel having a first display screen; a second display panel having a second display screen; and a connecting frame which connecting the first display panel and the second display panel such that the first display panel and the second display panel can be rotatable to one another so that angle between the first display screen and the second display screen can be varied.

Abstract: A navigation device includes a position detector, a controller, a display portion, an imaging portion and an image processor. The imaging portion images a forward view in front of the vehicle as a forward image from a predetermined distance before a guidance point. The image processor extracts and analyzes visual information of an on-road object from the forward image. The controller specifies a position of the on-road object based on the visual information and map information. The display portion displays and highlights an image of the on-road object at a true position in a road map image, when the position of the on-road object corresponds to the guidance point.

Abstract: An electrically conductive material for an electrically conductive gasket is to be provided, the electrically conductive material permitting easy manufacture of an electrically conductive gasket in an arbitrary shape, having a cushioning property and making it possible to greatly diminish cutting wastes in punching work and also greatly diminishing the formation of fray and fluff. According to the present invention there are provided an electrically conductive material comprising a metalized non-woven fabric of a self-bonded continuous organic fiber, as well as an electrically conductive material comprising a metalized, integrally laminated composite sheet of both a non-woven fabric of a self-bonded continuous organic fiber and an organic fiber structure sheet.

Abstract: There are provided a platen on which an original is mounted, a line sensor that performs photoelectric conversion on light from the original on the platen, a first carriage that moves along the platen and guides the light from the original to the line sensor, a first housing that stores and supports the first carriage to be movable along the platen, first driving means for moving the first carriage, a second carriage provided with a plurality of rod-shaped light-source lamps that applies light to the original, a second housing that stores and supports the second carriage to be movable along the platen and covers the platen, second driving means for moving the second carriage, and control means for controlling the first driving means, the second driving means and lighting of the plurality of light-source lamps.

Abstract: In the case where a battery is reversely connected, unnecessary current-carrying to a glow plug is avoided. Power MOS type field effect transistors 1-1 to 1-n are provided according to a number of glow plugs 5-1 to 5-n to be connected in series between a vehicle battery and the glow plugs 5-1 to 5-n and can be controlled in conduction or non-conduction by a glow-plug control part 51, while a MOS type field effect transistor 2 for protection against reverse connection is provided in series connection between a battery-power joining terminal 3, to which a positive voltage of a vehicle battery is applied, and the ground to cause a reverse current to flow to a fuse 4 through the MOS type field effect transistor 2 at the time of reverse connection of a battery to melt the fuse 4 early whereby current-carrying to the glow plugs 5-1 to 5-n can be avoided.

Abstract: Thermal-type infrared imaging device comprises an infrared ray detection unit in which pixels, each of which includes a bolometer, are arranged two-dimensionally; and a signal processing unit that sequentially reads signal of each bolometer in synchronization with switching operation of a horizontal shift register and a vertical shift register, integrates the read signal using an integration circuit, and outputs the integrated signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first and second driving transistors; first and second load transistors; and first and second transmission transistors. Their respective drain diffusion layers of the transistors are isolated from one another. The semiconductor memory device also includes a bit cell in which the first and second driving transistors, the first and second load transistors, and the first and second transmission transistors are arranged; a first wiring for connecting their respective drains of the first driving transistor, the first load transistor, and the first transmission transistor; and a second wiring for connecting their respective drains of the second driving transistor, the second load transistor, and the second transmission transistor.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a sealed vacuum chamber which contains a processing portion; a pressure controlling system which keeps the internal pressure of the sealed vacuum chamber constant at a predetermined level by exhausting the ambient gas in the sealed vacuum chamber; and an ambient gas recirculating system which recirculates the ambient gas exhausted from the sealed vacuum chamber back into the sealed vacuum chamber; wherein the ambient as recirculated by the ambient gas recirculating system is blown into the sealed vacuum chamber so that a gas flow is generated in a predetermined direction along the processing portion.

Abstract: A document data capturing device includes a sheet supply tray for carrying documents, a sheet discharge tray located below the sheet supply tray, and a document conveying mechanism including a conveying path along which documents are guided from the sheet supply tray to the sheet discharge tray. The document data capturing device includes a first data-capturing unit and a second data-capturing unit which scan respective sides of a document conveyed by the document conveying mechanism. The first data-capturing unit and the second data-capturing unit are each configured with a reduction-optics scanning mechanism. The conveying path along which a document to be scanned by the first and second scanning mechanisms is conveyed is formed to surround the second reduction-optics data-capturing unit. Thus, the device can be made compact.

Abstract: A movable trailing edge is composed of a main body including a structural frame member in which a spar and a rib intersect with each other, and a first outer plate that covers the main body. The first outer plate is placed on and cover the structural frame member, a rotating probe is pressed against the first outer plate from the obverse side thereof to friction stir weld the first outer plate and the side end face of the structural frame member. Joint parts are arranged in a dotted pattern.

Abstract: A medical sheet base includes a polyurethane nonwoven fabric and a polyurethane film combined with each other, and is improved in stretchability, air permeability, moisture permeability, water resistance and flexibility over prior-art medical sheet bases as required of the medical sheet base. The polyurethane nonwoven fabric includes continuous filaments each having an average filament diameter of not greater than 50 ?m, the filaments being deposited in a substantially unbound state and partly bonded to each other. The polyurethane film has minute pores present in opposite surfaces thereof and each having a diameter of not greater than 10 ?m, and minute pores communicating with each other along the thickness thereof.

Abstract: A fuse-data reading circuit is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device. In the fused-data reading circuit, a differential latch circuit compares a current depending on the resistance across a first fuse element, i.e., target element, with a current depending on the resistance of a series circuit including a second fuse element used as a reference fuse element and a resistor element. The differential latch circuit determines whether the first fuse element has been cut or not.

Abstract: Thermal-type infrared imaging device comprises an infrared ray detection unit in which pixels, each of which includes a bolometer, are arranged two-dimensionally; and a signal processing unit that sequentially reads signal of each bolometer in synchronization with switching operation of a horizontal shift register and a vertical shift register, integrates the read signal using an integration circuit, and outputs the integrated signal.