Abstract: This rotating electrical machine has a rotor, stator core, field windings for multiple poles, and armature windings for the multiple poles. The rotor is rotatably supported about a shaft. Convex-shaped multiple salient pole sections are formed on the outer circumference of the rotor while arranged in the circumferential direction. The stator core is provided along the outer circumference of the rotor with an air gap from the rotor. Convex-shaped multiple teeth are formed on the inner circumference of the stator core while arranged in the circumferential direction. The field windings for the multiple poles are wound around each of the multiple teeth while insulated from the field windings.

Abstract: Magnetism generated in the cervical or waist part of a subject is measured without the neck or waist of the subject being bent forward. A sensor cylinder is arranged to have a four-sided cylindrical shape. One side at the distal end of the sensor cylinder is moderately curved. This allows the side at the distal end of the sensor cylinder to come into direct contact with the cervical or waist part of the subject when the neck or waist remains not belt forward, whereby a faint magnetism generated in the spinal cords or nerves of the subject can favorably be measured.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for concentrating and collecting small quantities of fetal nucleated red blood cells contained in the maternal blood. The method for concentrating and collecting nucleated red blood cells from the maternal blood comprises: (i) subjecting the maternal blood to a first density-gradient centrifugation and collecting a cell fraction containing nucleated red blood cells; (ii) treating the cell fraction containing nucleated red blood cells so as to selectively changes the density of the nucleated red blood cells from that of the white blood cells; and (iii) subjecting the treated cell fraction containing the nucleated red blood cells to a second density-gradient centrifugation so as to collect a fraction containing nucleated red blood cells.

Abstract: To improve the configuration of electrodes disposed in the fluid channel of EHD pumps, and to reduce of the fluid channel of EHD pumps, as well as to reduce the cost of producing EHD pumps, and to increase the pumping pressure of EHD pumps.

Abstract: A superconducting magnetism measuring apparatus is provided which is capable of favorably measuring a faint degree of magnetism generated in the cervical or waist part of a subject to be measured with no need of the neck or waist of the subject being bent forward. Its sensor cylinder (10) is arranged of a four-sided cylindrical shape having a width along the y direction of not smaller than 5 cm and not greater than 20 cm and a width along the x direction of not smaller than 5 cm and not greater than 20 cm. One side at the distal end (10c) of the sensor cylinder (10) is moderately curved to project at the center not smaller than 0.5 cm and not greater than 4 cm from both the upper and lower ends along the y direction.

Abstract: To improve the configuration of electrodes disposed in the fluid channel of EHD pumps, and to reduce of the fluid channel of EHD pumps, as well as to reduce the cost of producing EHD pumps, and to increase the pumping pressure of EHD pumps.

Abstract: In steering control for individually controlling wheel steering angles ?1, ?2, ?3, and ?4 of a vehicle in accordance with a condition equation for forming a prescribed mode, one of the condition equation variables is used as a steering command value S. In a process for changing the command value S from a value S1 to a value S2, for transitioning the steering angles ?1, ?2, ?3, ?4 from values [?1, ?2, ?3, ?4]S1 corresponding to the steering command value S1, to values [?1, ?2, ?3, ?4]S2 corresponding to the steering command value S2, the steering angles ?1, ?2, ?3, ?4 are changed toward incremental transition steering angles [?1, ?2, ?3, ?4]S1+?S corresponding to a steering command value (S1+?S), which is the steering command value S1 to which an incremental steering command value ?S has been added.

Abstract: To provide a composite for a building material capable of manufacturing a building material that is harmless to living environment and global environment and can be recycled. The composite for a building material contains diatomaceous earth, waste lumber, and inorganic hardener, or further contains field earth, and, as necessary, contains used paper and/or crushed pieces of used tatami mat and used tile, and crushed earth. The composite for a building material is prepared by homogeneously mixing the components, and then the building material is manufactured by molding and curing the composite. The manufactured building material has a high humidity conditioning property as in the case of the conventional mud wall made of coarse clay, and is easily recycled by being crushed.

Abstract: To provide a composite for a building material capable of manufacturing a building material that is harmless to living environment and global environment and can be recycled. The composite for a building material contains diatomaceous earth, waste lumber, and inorganic hardener, or further contains field earth, and, as necessary, contains used paper and/or crushed pieces of used tatami mat and used tile, and crushed earth. The composite for a building material is prepared by homogeneously mixing the components, and then the building material is manufactured by molding and curing the composite. The manufactured building material has a high humidity conditioning property as in the case of the conventional mud wall made of coarse clay, and is easily recycled by being crushed.

Abstract: In a scanning atom probe (100), a surface topography of a specimen (3) is firstly analyzed by a surface topography analyzing unit (20). In the next place, an extraction electrode (5) is aligned to a desired area to be analyzed of a specimen surface. In case of analyzing electronic state of the area to be analyzed, negative bias voltage is impressed onto the specimen (3) from a direct current high voltage supply (2) and field emitted electrons are detected by a screen (9). In case of analyzing atomic arrangement and composition of the area to be analyzed, positive voltage is impressed onto the specimen (3) from the direct current high voltage supply (2) and a pulse generator (1) and positive ions generated by field evaporation are detected by a position sensitive ion detector (11) or a relfectron type mass analyzer (13).

Abstract: An electric vehicle steering/drive control method and apparatus having predetermined steering modes defining composite patterns of individual wheel travel paths, whereby the vehicle wheels are controlled independently. The steering modes are determined by different condition equations related to each composite pattern. A steering mode select signal is generated based on a mode selection by a vehicle driver. The steering mode select signal is received by a wheel steering angle computer and a wheel rotation speed computer. Based in part on the steering mode select signal, the wheel steering angle computer generates a signal that is received by a steering motor controller, which in turn controls motors that change the steering angle of the wheels. An actual angle sensor generates a signal based on the actual angle of the wheels and a steering angle comparator receives the actual angle sensor signal.

Abstract: In steering control for individually controlling wheel steering angles &agr;1, &agr;2, &agr;3, and &agr;4 of a vehicle in accordance with a condition equation for forming a prescribed mode, one of the condition equation variables is used as a steering command value S. In a process for changing the command value S from a value S1 to a value S2, for transitioning the steering angles &agr;1, &agr;2, &agr;3, &agr;4 from values [&agr;1, &agr;2, &agr;3, &agr;4]S1 corresponding to the steering command value S1, to values [&agr;1, &agr;2, &agr;3, &agr;4]S2 corresponding to the steering command value S2, the steering angles &agr;1, &agr;2, &agr;3, &agr;4 are changed toward incremental transition steering angles [&agr;1, &agr;2, &agr;3, &agr;4]S1+&Dgr;S corresponding to a steering command value (S1+&Dgr;S), which is the steering command value S1 to which an incremental steering command value &Dgr;S has been added.

Abstract: According to the invention, in selecting an analyzed area of a scanning atom probe (SAP), there is adopted a method of using a tip of the lead-out electrode of SAP as a scanning probe of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and drawing a surface shape of a sample to thereby select the analyzed area and with regard to the tip of the lead-out electrode of SAP, there is formed an exclusive probe in a needle-like shape by a CVD micromaching technology or a lithographic method using focused ion beam in order to promote accuracy of the scanning probe of STM. Further, a conical dome of a conductive material is formed at the tip of the conical electrode mechanically formed by using a CVD fabricating method using focused ion beam and the tip is shaped by sputter etching to thereby form the lead-out electrode near to an ideal shape.

Abstract: In a programmable digital arithmetic circuit, each input/output terminal of the necessary elemental circuit is connected via a matrix switches.in order to selectively constitute multiple types of basic digital arithmetic circuits that differ from each other. By turning on and off each switching element of the matrix switches, any one of the above-mentioned desired basic digital arithmetic circuits can be selectively constituted. Changing the functions is realized by a matrix switches and during the setting of the coefficients a purely physical coefficient value can be chosen so that a programmable digital arithmetic circuit that can be easily understand and handled by users will be constituted.

Abstract: An electric vehicle steering/drive control method and apparatus having predetermined steering modes defining composite patterns of individual wheel travel paths, whereby the vehicle wheels are controlled independently. The steering modes are determined by different condition equations related to each composite pattern. A steering mode select signal is generated based on a mode selection by a vehicle driver. The steering mode select signal is received by a wheel steering angle computer and a wheel rotation speed computer. Based in part on the steering mode select signal, the wheel steering angle computer generates a signal that is received by a steering motor controller, which in turn controls motors that change the steering angle of the wheels. An actual angle sensor generates a signal based on the actual angle of the wheels and a steering angle comparator receives the actual angle sensor signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a robot for individually removing requested books from their prescribed locations in bookracks and returning them, a hand mechanism for the robot, and an automated library book handling system incorporating the robot.

Abstract: An electric vehicle has two driving operation blocks with the same appearance that are provided at both the front and rear ends of the body of the vehicle symmetrically around a point. The vehicle employs a collapsible driver's seat. The vehicle has four driving and steering blocks. Each of the driving and steering blocks contains a wheel, a drive motor that rotates the wheel and a steering gear motor that changes the direction of the wheel. A service floor of the vehicle does not have a wall and a floor height is extremely low for easy access by a senior citizen or a person in a wheel chair.

Abstract: The present invention relates to navigation of an autonomous vehicle capable of autonomously tracking a route toward a destination.