Abstract: A steering device has a rib formed on a housing. The rib includes a first rib and a second rib intersecting with the first rib. When, in the two ends of the first rib, an end close to an intersection portion is defined as one end, the first rib includes a brittle portion which has reduced strength in comparison with those of the other portions and which is provided between the intersection portion and the one end.

Abstract: A method of allocating resources to at least one wireless node in a wireless communication network, comprising: continuously receiving, at a wireless node, assignment of a number of slots, wherein the slots have a fixed slot time; obtaining (S1) information regarding physical layer parameters together with said assignment of said number of slots and said slot time; extracting (S2) a packet from a packet transmission queue maintained by said wireless node; computing (S3), based on the obtained information regarding physical layer parameters, a duration of said packet; comparing (S4A, S4B, S4C) said packet duration with said slot time; performing in real time at least one of fragmentation (S5C), aggregation (S5A) and reconfiguration (S5B) of said physical layer parameters, depending on the results of said comparison step and/or an amount of packets in said packet transmission queue; and mapping (S6) said packet to a first one of the assigned slots.

Abstract: An upper revolving structure (4) of an electric hydraulic excavator (1) includes a revolving frame (7), an operator's seat (10), an electric motor (15), a hydraulic pump (17) driven by the electric motor (15), an oil tank (18), and an exterior cover (20) disposed in the revolving frame (7) to cover electrical equipment including the electric motor (15) and hydraulic equipment including the hydraulic pump (17) and the oil tank (18). A partitioning member (25) that is disposed in the revolving frame (7) to partition an inside of the exterior cover (20) into an electrical equipment room (28) and a hydraulic equipment room (29). An electrical equipment cooling device (31) including an electrical equipment cooling fan (34) is disposed in the electrical equipment room (28), and a hydraulic equipment cooling device (35) including a hydraulic equipment cooling fan (37) is disposed in the hydraulic equipment room (29).

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an ink for ink-jet printers, the ink being able to be reduced in the content of an electroconductive agent and having low resistance. The ink for ink-jet printers of a charge control type according to the present invention, which is provided in order to overcome the problem, is characterized by comprising a resin, a pigment, an electroconductive agent, and a nonaqueous solvent, the electroconductive agent having a salt structure which generates an anion and a cation in the nonaqueous solvent, the anion having a trifluoromethylsulfonyl group and the cation being a quaternary ammonium cation or having an unsaturated heterocyclic structure.

Abstract: This cooling box for storing reagents and the like in a cold state, becomes a cantilever structure where, when a slide rail is disposed outside a cooling space, an installation part is held only by a drawer door. When a heavy article is placed, the installation part is deformed and broken. This cooing box includes a sliding member holder provided with sliding members each including a compression coil spring, which is an elastic body inside a heat insulating box body. When a reagent container is installed in the installation part and drawn out, the installation part and the sliding members slide in contact with each other. When a load exceeding the weight of an installed article is applied to the installation part, the installation part and the sliding member holder come into surface contact with each other. Thus, deformation and breakage of the installation part can be prevented.

Abstract: In an automatic analysis device, it is possible during specimen analysis to add/deposit one rack at a time without stopping the analysis, and it is easy to ascertain the analysis sequence. The analyzer has an analysis module, a rack transport module for transporting a specimen rack in which a specimen container storing a specimen is loaded, and a control device. The rack transport module includes a rack supply part for supplying a specimen rack, a rack accommodating part for accommodating a specimen rack, a rack transport line for transporting a specimen rack supplied from the rack supply part, a dispensing line for transporting a specimen rack to the analysis module, and a rack rotor for transferring a specimen rack between the rack transport line and the dispensing line. Operation of the rack supply part for supplying a specimen rack can be stopped independently of the operation of the analysis module.

Abstract: An arithmetic expression used for estimating a target item of a specimen is more easily incorporated into an optical measurement system. An optical measurement instrument includes an optical analysis unit configured to perform an optical analysis on a specimen and measure an intensity of light as a result of the optical analysis, and an arithmetic processing unit configured to download an arithmetic expression from a server device via a network, and perform a quantitative analysis on a target substance contained in the specimen by substituting the result of the optical analysis by the optical analysis unit into the arithmetic expression.

Abstract: A data processing unit required for the data processing is started and a data processing unit not required for the data processing is stopped to change a part of the data processing settings or to add a new data processing setting without stopping the multi-stage data processing, and when the multi-stage data processing is executed, a rear-stage data processing unit reads the tag assigned in a front-stage data processing unit to discriminate the data processing unit that executes the data processing.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle management system capable of securing safety of an escorted vehicle while suppressing a decrease in productivity by improving setting of an entry prohibited area of an unmanned vehicle at the time when an abnormal state of position information on the escorted vehicle has been detected. The vehicle management system is configured such that an unmanned vehicle, an escorted vehicle, an escorting vehicle, and a control station that controls the unmanned vehicle on the basis of position information on the escorting vehicle and position information on the escorted vehicle are capable of communicating with each other.

Abstract: There is provided a front structure of a handlebar vehicle that allows clutch and brake operations to be easily performed with one hand of the rider, a clutch lever that activates a clutch device and a brake lever of a brake device that activates a rear-wheel brake being arranged around a grip provided at a side-end part of a steering handlebar. The brake device is provided with a hydraulic master cylinder provided with a cylinder hole that accommodates a piston, and a brake lever that activates the piston. A clutch grip operation part of the clutch lever and a brake grip operation part of the brake lever extend along the grip and are able to rotate in the same rotation direction, and the clutch lever is disposed higher in the body of the vehicle than the brake lever.

Abstract: A brake control unit (50) is provided to drive a brake actuator. The brake control unit comprises a primary control branch (510) with a primary inverter (512) and a primary EMI-filter (517) and a secondary control branch (520) with a secondary inverter (522) and a secondary EMI-filter (527). The primary control branch is configured to provide drive signals (D10) to the brake actuator in a normal operational mode. The secondary control branch (510) is configured to provide drive signals to the brake actuator in the at least a second operational mode. During the first, normal operational mode, both the primary EMI-filter and the secondary EMI-filter are coupled with their input to the power source. Therewith an improved reduction of conducted electromagnetic interference is achieved.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a power grid, comprising a converting stage comprising a plurality of DC/DC converters. At least one of the DC/DC converters is a single-stage isolated DC/DC converter comprising a voltage control configured to control a voltage of the respective DC/DC converter. The DC/DC converters are connected in series and at least one of the plurality of converters of the converting stage is configured to provide a respective predetermined output voltage to a load.

Abstract: The state monitoring system includes: a 3D camera configured to acquire an image in a work area; and information processing apparatus connected to the 3D camera and including a processing unit and a storage unit. The processing unit calculates a camera setting parameter that determines an imaging condition of the 3D camera with respect to a monitoring target as a target to be monitored in the work area and stores the camera setting parameter in the storage unit, determines the imaging condition of the 3D camera by applying the camera setting parameter corresponding to the monitoring target with reference to the camera setting parameter stored in the storage unit, acquires an image of the monitoring target from the 3D camera configured to image the monitoring target in the determined imaging condition, and determines a state of the monitoring target based on the acquired image of the monitoring target.

Abstract: The cylinder device includes a first piston fitted in a first cylinder to be slidable, a piston rod connected to the first piston, and a stopper mechanism which operates when the first piston reaches a predetermined position on a first end portion side of one axial end of the first cylinder during an extension stroke or a compression stroke, in which the stopper mechanism includes a second cylinder provided on the first end portion side of the first cylinder and a second piston provided to be movable according to movement of the piston rod and able to fit into the second cylinder, and one end of the second piston on the first end portion side comes into contact with a rod flange part between a rod first outer diameter part of the piston rod and a rod second outer diameter part.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a program for more appropriately determining a condition for appropriately recognizing a semiconductor pattern are provided. A method for determining a condition related to a captured image of a charged particle beam apparatus including: acquiring, by a processor, a plurality of captured images, each of the captured images being an image generated by irradiating a pattern formed on a wafer with a charged particle beam, and detecting electrons emitted from the pattern, each of the captured images being an image captured according to one or more imaging conditions, the method further including: acquiring teaching information for each of the captured images; acquiring, by the processor, one or more feature determination conditions; calculating, by the processor, a feature for each of the captured images based on each of the feature determination conditions, at least one of the imaging condition and the feature determination condition being plural.

Abstract: A front fork includes a first tube body having an oil flowing therein, a second tube body provided inside the first tube body, the second tube body having the oil flowing therein, and having the oil flowing in an oil passage formed between the first tube body and the second tube body, a partition member provided in the second tube body and partitioning one end of an oil chamber, a rod extending along an axis of the second tube body through the partition member and being configured to move relative to the partition member, an outer periphery of the rod having a dimple portion recessed toward a center of the rod, and a piston provided at a distal end of the rod and allowing the oil to pass, wherein a boundary between an outer peripheral surface of the rod and the dimple portion is formed by a curved surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a work machine capable of providing operation assistance matching an operator's intent in consideration of a rotating motion. A control device includes a storage device and a central processing device. The storage device has stored therein construction target information for a work device and determination criteria information for the work content of the work device based on the amount of operation of a rotating device. The central processing device, based on the position and attitude of the work device detected by a sensor, the amount of operation of the rotating device detected by an operation amount detection device, and the determination criteria information stored in the storage device, determines the work content of the work device, calculates a correction value for the construction target information based on the determined work content, and controls a drive device based on the construction target information and the correction value.

Abstract: A system for adjusting a length of an insulating rod of a high voltage circuit breaker includes a clutch and a fitting. The clutch includes a thread with a given thread pitch, and the fitting includes a thread with a given thread pitch formed in coordination with the thread of the clutch. The fitting is adjustably coupled with the clutch by means of the threads and the fitting is configured to be fixedly coupled with the insulating rod such that with respect to an assembled state of the system with insulating rod and with respect to a longitudinal axis the length of the insulating rod is adjustable due to rotation of the clutch relative to the fitting.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus acquires a first collision risk based on a relative distance and a relative speed between an obstacle ahead of a vehicle and the vehicle, outputs a first control instruction for autonomously applying a braking force to the vehicle based on the first collision risk, acquires a second collision risk into which the first collision risk is updated after the braking force is autonomously applied to the vehicle, outputs a second control instruction for autonomously applying a force regarding steering to the vehicle based on the second collision risk, and outputs a third control instruction for controlling the braking force to be generated on a wheel portion of the vehicle based on the second collision risk after the force regarding the steering is autonomously applied to the vehicle.

Abstract: A signal transmission circuit includes: a circuit board stored in a housing; a connector which is mounted on the circuit board and includes a first signal terminal and a first ground terminal; and an integrated circuit which is mounted on the circuit board and includes a second signal terminal and a second ground terminal. The first signal terminal and the second signal terminal are connected to each other by a signal wiring arranged on the circuit board. The first around terminal and the second ground terminal are connected to each other by a ground wiring arranged in a predetermined range including a portion immediately above or immediately below the signal wiring in the circuit board. At least a part of the ground wiring immediately above or immediately below the signal wiring has a high impedance structure formed to be wider than the signal wiring and narrower than a combined width of the first signal terminal and the first ground terminal.