Abstract: A bearing part is composed of a chromium molybdenum steel, and includes a raceway surface or a rolling contact surface. A precipitated compound composed of at least one of a carbide, a nitride, and a carbonitride exist in the raceway surface or the rolling contact surface. An area ratio of the precipitated compound in the raceway surface or the rolling contact surface is more than or equal to 3%. An average grain size of the precipitated compound in the raceway surface or the rolling contact surface is less than or equal to 0.3 ?m.

Abstract: A torque detection device includes an inner ring, a middle ring, an outer ring, a first beam, a second beam, a magnetic target, and a magnetic sensor. The first beam is composed of an elastic member extending in a radial direction so as to couple the inner ring and the middle ring together. The second beam is composed of an elastic member extending in a radial direction so as to couple the middle ring to the outer ring together. The magnetic target is fixed to the inner ring and the magnetic sensor is fixed to the middle ring such that the magnetic target and the magnetic sensor face each other. Torque acting on the inner ring or the outer ring is calculated according to how an amount of magnetism sensed by the magnetic sensor changes.

Abstract: A roller and cage assembly (1) includes a roller (2) and a cage (3). The cage has a plurality of annular portions (30), a plurality of pillars (31) that couple the plurality of annular portions, and a pocket (40) formed between adjacent pillars. The pillars include a protrusion (35) that protrudes from a side wall surface towards the pocket and contacts the roller, which side wall surface configures the pocket, and within the protrusion, a plane facing the roller in a circumferential direction has a first plane (36), and a second plane (37) connecting to the first plane, the first plane being a flat plane, and the second plane being a curved plane, or a flat plane inclined against the first plane.

Abstract: A working device includes: a linear motion unit having three degrees of freedom and obtained by combining three linear motion actuators; and a rotary unit having three degrees of freedom and obtained by combining a plurality of rotating mechanisms each having one or more rotational degrees of freedom. The linear motion unit is mounted on a mount such that a base portion of the linear motion unit is fixed to the mount. A base portion of the rotary unit is fixedly mounted on an output portion of the linear motion unit. End effectors are mounted on both the output portion of the linear motion unit and an output portion of the rotary unit.

Abstract: An operation command generator includes: an area division unit configured to divide a line on a flat work surface of a target workpiece W into a straight area and a corner area, using a sharp boundary surface; a straight area operation command generation unit configured to generate a command for operating only the linear motion mechanism while keeping the posture of the parallel link mechanism fixed, in the straight area; and a corner area operation command generation unit configured to generate a command so that an acting point of the end effector passes on the boundary surface at a substantially constant speed by the linear motion mechanism and the parallel link mechanism performing coordinated operations in the corner area.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted fin type antenna device 1 includes a plurality of antenna units 5a to 5d, a circuit board 4 electrically connected to the plurality of antenna units 5a to 5d, and a radome 3 accommodating the plurality of antenna units 5a to 5d and the circuit board 4 in an inside of the radome. The radome 3 is formed of a resin material that contains a crystalline resin as a base resin and has a deflection temperature under load of 100° C. or more.

Abstract: A wind power generation method capable of efficiently generating electricity while preventing a rotor from stalling. A generator (3) is connected to a vertical main shaft (5) of a rotor (2) via a clutch (9). The method comprising repeating the following steps: disconnecting the clutch when the rotor is rotating at or below a predetermined average wind speed, to idle the rotor, connecting the clutch for generating power by the generator when the rotor reaches a specific peripheral speed or rotational speed, again disconnecting the clutch when the rotor is rotating at or below the predetermined average wind speed to idle the rotor until the specific value of peripheral speed or rotational speed is reached, and again connecting the clutch for generating power by the generator once the rotor reaches the specific value.

Abstract: A bearing device for a wheel is configured such that: bolt insertion holes are provided in a vehicle body mounting flange of an outer member; knuckle bolts are inserted through the bolt insertion holes; bolt press-fitting holes are provided in a wheel mounting flange of a hub ring; and hub bolts are press-fitted in the bolt press-fitting holes. A dam section protruding radially outward is provided on an outer-side outer periphery of the outer member, and a cutout through which a tightening tool for tightening the knuckle bolts can be inserted through the bolt insertion holes is defined in the dam section.

Abstract: A link actuation device includes: a parallel link mechanism including a proximal-side link hub, a distal-side link hub, and three or more link mechanisms coupling the distal-side link hub to the proximal-side link hub such that a posture of the distal-side link hub can be changed with respect to the proximal-side link hub; actuators for changing the posture; and a teaching unit including a conversion unit configured to calculate coordinates (Wt (=Xt, Yt, Zt)) of a distal-side link center of the distal-side link hub, which are expressed in orthogonal coordinates, from rotation angles (?n; n=1, 2, . . . ) of the end link members. A normal vector is applied to equations of a plane and of a sphere, and the equations are rearranged and used in the conversion unit.

Abstract: A load sensor to be used in an electromechanical brake system includes a flange member capable of deflecting when receiving, at a load receiving portion, a load from the axially front side; a support member capable of supporting the flange member from the axially rear side, at a support portion displaced from the load receiving portion in a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction; and a displacement detecting mechanism configured to detect the amount of relative movement between the flange and support members. A variable detection sensitivity mechanism enables the relative movement amount with respect to the change of the load applied to the flange member to be larger in a low load range in which the load is equal to or lower than a predetermined load value than in a high load range in which the load is higher than the predetermined load value.

Abstract: An abnormality detection device for a rolling bearing includes a filter that allows passage of lubricating oil, while preventing passage of metal pieces, from the bearing space between the outer ring and the inner ring of the rolling bearing to the exterior of the bearing space. The device further includes an electrical circuit including a pair of permanent magnets mounted, as a pair of electrodes, to the filter so as to be spaced apart from each other, and electrical lines extending from the respective electrodes to a power source. A state detector detects a change in electrical output from the electrical circuit when metal pieces adhere between the pair of permanent magnets, thereby detecting the state of the metal pieces contained in the lubricating oil.

Abstract: The control device (67) includes a rotational speed calculator (68), a bearing torque estimator (69), a torque difference calculator (70) and a drive source torque calculator (71). The rotational speed calculator (68) calculates rotational speeds of first and second connection members. The bearing torque estimator (69) estimates a bearing torque, from the calculated, two rotational speeds. The torque difference calculator (70) calculates a target torque difference between torques to be generated by respective drive sources, from the estimated bearing torque, a torque difference amplification factor (?), and a difference between drive wheel torque command values for respective left and right drive wheels. The drive source torque calculation module (71) calculates drive source torque command values, which are torques to be generated by the respective, left and right drive sources, using the calculated, target torque difference and the drive wheel torque command values for the respective wheels.

Abstract: Provided is a transport jig to be packed together with a double-row self-aligning roller bearing having an intermediate flange when the double-row self-aligning roller bearing is transported. The transport jig is formed in a ring shape having inner and outer diameters that allow the transport jig to be radially accommodated between an outer circumferential surface of an end portion of an inner ring and an inner circumferential surface of an end portion of an outer ring of the double-row self-aligning roller bearing, has a shape such that one side surface of the transport jig comes into contact with an end surface of each rolling element of the double-row self-aligning roller bearing and another side surface of the transport jig protrudes beyond end surfaces of the inner and outer rings, and is formed from a material softer than the rolling elements.

Abstract: A rolling bearing unit includes an outer race and an inner race between which a bearing space is defined; and a circular annular seal member covering a side opening of the bearing space. The circular annular seal member is constituted by a plurality of circumferentially divided seal member parts circumferentially adjacent to each other, and coupled together as a circular annular coupled member by coupling pieces. The seal member includes a distance adjuster capable of adjusting the circumferential distance between a pair of connection portions where the seal member parts are connected to one of the coupling pieces.

Abstract: A supplemental turning function-equipped hub unit includes: a hub unit body including a hub bearing; and a unit support member configured to be mounted through a suspension device, the unit support member supporting the hub unit body through rotation-permitting support components at two upper and lower portions of the hub unit body such that the hub unit body is rotatable about a supplemental turning axis. A supplemental turning force receiving part is provided on a side part of the hub unit body, which part is configured to receive a force that causes the hub unit body to rotate about the supplemental turning axis.

Abstract: Provided is an electric actuator (1), including: a motor part (A); and a motion conversion mechanism part (B). The motion conversion mechanism part (B) includes: a ball screw shaft (33); and a ball screw nut (32), which is rotatably fitted to an outer periphery of the ball screw shaft (33), and is provided so as to be capable of transmitting torque with a rotor (24) of the motor part (A) rotatably supported through intermediation of a rolling bearing (27, 30). The ball screw shaft (33) advances toward one side in the axial direction or retreats toward another side in the axial direction in accordance with a rotation direction of the ball screw nut (32). In the electric actuator (1), a needle roller bearing (47) serving as a thrust bearing is arranged adjacent to the ball screw nut (32) on the another side in the axial direction.

Abstract: A magnetic encoder having a plurality of rows of magnetic tracks and capable of detecting an absolute angle is easily producible with higher accuracy. The magnetic encoder includes: a core member of annular shape having a bending plate portion that bends and extends from an edge of a track formation surface; and two or more rows of magnetic tracks arranged adjacent to each other on a magnetic member provided on the track formation surface, each track having N poles and S poles alternately magnetized thereon. The magnetic tracks include a main track that has a largest number of magnetic poles and is used for calculating an angle, and a sub track used for calculating a phase difference from the main track. The main track is located on a side closer to the bending plate portion than the sub track.

Abstract: Raw material powder containing iron powder, copper powder, and tin powder is compressed to form a green compact. The green compact is sintered in a temperature range of from 750 to 900° C., to bond iron structures to each other with copper and tin.

Abstract: Provided is an electric actuator, including: a driving motor (2); a motion conversion mechanism (6) configured to convert a rotary motion of the driving motor (2) to a linear motion in an axial direction parallel with an output shaft (2a) of the driving motor (2); and a transmission gear mechanism (5) configured to transmit a driving force from the driving motor (2) to the motion conversion mechanism (6). The driving motor (2) is mounted to an actuator case (9) to which a double-row bearing (24) configured to support the motion conversion mechanism (6) and a bearing (19) configured to support the transmission gear mechanism (5) are mounted.

Abstract: Provided is a tapered roller bearing (1, 1?, 21) which is to be used for a pilot portion and an idler portion of a synchronous mesh-type transmission in which a component corresponding to a bearing outer ring (3, 23) is formed of a gear (34, 43), wherein a ratio L/Dw of a roller length (L) of a tapered roller (4) serving as a rolling element to a roller diameter (Dw) is set to 1.7 or more, wherein a rolling surface (6) of the tapered roller (4) includes a straight portion (6a) in a center portion of the rolling surface (6) in an axial direction and crowning portions (6b, 6c) extending from the straight portion (6a) to both end portions, and wherein the crowning portions (6b, 6c) are each formed of logarithmic crowning.