Abstract: A component supply device supplies components stored in a component storage tape to a component extracting position. The component supply device includes a component exposing unit that performs an exposing process for exposing the components in the component storage tape fed by a tape feeding unit, the component storage tape traveling on a travel path formed from a tape travel path forming unit. The component supply device further includes a cover member that covers at least a part of each component storage part of the component storage tape after the exposing process by the component exposing unit.

Abstract: A component supply device supplies components stored in a component storage tape to a component extracting position. The component supply device includes a component exposing unit that exposes the components in the component storage tape fed by a tape feeding unit, the component storage tape traveling on a travel path formed from a tape travel path forming unit. The component exposing unit includes a cover tape raising unit that performs a raising process for a cover tape. In the travel path formed from the tape travel path forming unit, a first path part on which the cover tape raising unit is disposed is inclined to one direction side in a Z-axis direction from an upstream side toward a downstream side in a tape feeding direction.

Abstract: A linear conveyor device includes a slider having a linear motor mover; a straight-line conveyance part formed of a connected body of modules each having a linear motor stator and first and second guide rails for guiding movement of the slider on an upper surface of the module; and a cover member. The cover member covers the upper surface of the module so as to cover and conceal the linear motor stator and the first and second guide rails from above. The slider has a shape which allows the slider to be fitted on the cover member in a movable manner in an extending direction of the straight-line conveyance part.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an oil cooler, an engine cooling water passage, an oil cooling water passage, and a water discharge passage. The oil cooler is disposed forward of a crankshaft. The engine cooling water passage is disposed inside an engine. The oil cooling water passage is connected to the oil cooler and branches from the engine cooling water passage. The water discharge passage is connected to the oil cooler. The water discharge passage is disposed lower than the oil cooler and forward of a center axis of the crankshaft.

Abstract: A straddled vehicle includes a straddled vehicle body, a front wheel that supports the vehicle body, a rear wheel that supports the vehicle body, a front wheel electric motor that imparts a driving force to the front wheel, a rear wheel electric motor that imparts a driving force to the rear wheel, a front wheel motor drive unit that drives the front wheel electric motor, a rear wheel motor drive unit that drives the rear wheel electric motor, and a control unit. The control unit is programmed to provide a front wheel drive command to the front wheel motor drive unit and to provide a rear wheel drive command, differing from the front wheel drive command, to the rear wheel motor drive unit so as to provide a time difference in changes of the driving forces of the front wheel electric motor and the rear wheel electric motor.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat, an engine, a fuel tank, a canister connected to the fuel tank via a gas pipe, a breather pipe, and a drainpipe. The fuel tank is located lower than a seat surface of the seat. The canister adsorbs evaporation gas generated by evaporation of fuel inside the fuel tank. The breather pipe includes an inlet connected to the canister, and an outlet located at a higher position than the seat surface of the seat and open to the atmosphere. The drainpipe includes a drain hole located lower than the outlet, and branches from the breather pipe.

Abstract: An oil channel that connects a right damper and a left damper includes a switching valve arranged between a right oil channel ER and a left oil channel EL. The switching valve includes a valve main body in which a first switching channel is formed for connecting the right oil channel ER and the left oil channel EL. The valve main body is rotatable to a first position where the first switching channel connects the right oil channel ER and the left oil channel EL to each other and to a second position different from the first position. According to this damping system, it is possible to adjust oil flow in the oil channel by performing a simple operation for the switching valve.

Abstract: A traffic control system includes at least one traffic signal, an aircraft and a ground control station. The aircraft includes a position sensor and a wireless communication device. The ground control station includes an electronic controller and a wireless communication device. The electronic controller is configured to control the at least one traffic signal based on at least one of position data of the aircraft and direction data of the aircraft.

Abstract: An aquatic jet propulsion device basically includes a portable main control module, a first submersible propulsion unit and a first sub-two-way communication device. The portable main control module includes a main controller and a main two-way communication device. The first submersible propulsion unit includes a first motor, a first battery electrically connected to the first motor and a first motor controller operatively connected to the first motor to control a speed of the first motor. The first sub-two-way communication device is configured to communicate with the main two-way communication device. The main controller is programmed to output a first control signal to control the speed of the first motor of the first submersible propulsion unit via the first motor controller based on a first feedback signal containing first propulsion unit data that is received from the first sub-two-way communication device.

Abstract: A remote control device for an unmanned helicopter includes an orientation sensor that detects a flight orientation of the unmanned helicopter, a GPS antenna and a GPS receiver that detect speed information of the unmanned helicopter, and a CPU that detects a flight distance of the unmanned helicopter by integrating the speed information. A memory stores information concerning a base point of the unmanned helicopter. Based on a flight orientation of the unmanned helicopter and a flight distance of the unmanned helicopter, which is obtained by integration of the speed information, the CPU determines a relative position, which indicates a position of the unmanned helicopter with respect to the base point, and controls the flight of unmanned helicopter based on the relative position.

Abstract: A vessel power supply system for a vessel including a propulsion device that includes an engine and a generator driven by the engine to generate electricity, includes a first battery that supplies power to the propulsion device, a second battery that supplies power to accessories of the vessel, a first open circuit voltage sensor that detects an open circuit voltage of the first battery, a second open circuit voltage sensor that detects an open circuit voltage of the second battery, and a switch that is turned on/off to open and close a current path between the first battery and the second battery.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine 5 includes an intake valve spring 60 including a closely-wound section 62 and a sparsely-wound section 63. The closely-wound section 62 is provided so that elemental wire portions thereof are closely in contact with each other in the direction of the coil axial line L1 while an intake valve closes an intake port. The sparsely-wound section 63 is provided so that elemental wire portions thereof are spaced apart from each other in the direction of the coil axial line L1 while the intake valve closes the intake port. The coil outer diameter D62 of at least a part of the closely-wound section 62 is smaller than the coil outer diameter D63 of at least a part of the sparsely-wound section 63.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine including a crankshaft that extends in a horizontal or substantially horizontal direction and perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a direction of a thrust force, a cylinder, a first gear provided on a balance shaft disposed in a direction that intersects with a direction in which the cylinder extends, a second gear, a drive shaft, and a propeller.

Abstract: In an outboard motor, a feed passage, through which a lubricating oil that flows upward from a gear mechanism due to rotation of the gear mechanism, extends upward from a gear chamber and includes a first feed passage that extends from the gear chamber to a connection passage via a first upstream passage, a spiral passage, and an interior of an upper bearing, in that order. The feed passage further includes a second feed passage that extends from the gear chamber to the return passage while bypassing the spiral passage via a bypass passage. The bypass passage includes two ends spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the driveshaft and is disposed around the spiral passage.

Abstract: An electrically power assisted bicycle includes a driving system including an electric motor that generates an assist force to assist human power of a rider and a first controller configured or programmed to control an operation of the electric motor; and an operation panel including buttons and a second controller. The buttons include a power button that turns on or off a power of the driving system, and an assist force setting button that sets an assist force of the electric motor. The second controller detects a press on each of the buttons to execute a predefined process. When the second controller detects a specific operation different from a normal operation on at least one button among the buttons while electric power is supplied to the driving system and the second controller is operated in a normal operation mode, the second controller prohibits the power from being turned off.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a shift rod including a first rod, a second rod, and a joint. The first rod extends in a vertical direction. The second rod extends in the vertical direction and is located below the first rod. The second rod is disposed eccentrically with respect to the first rod. When viewed in a plan view, the second rod overlaps with at least a portion of the first rod or is in contact with the first rod. The joint connects the first rod to the second rod.

Abstract: An outboard motor performs assist control of assisting rotation of a crankshaft and performs power running rotation speed range expansion control of expanding a power running rotation speed range of a rotary electric machine in a state in which the crankshaft is rotated at a rotation speed within a cranking rotation speed range due to rotation of a rope reel.

Abstract: A boat maneuvering control method for a boat provided with a propulsion device includes acquiring a target orientation, acquiring an actual orientation of the boat, setting a target yaw rate value based on orientation information of at least one of the target orientation and the actual orientation, detecting an actual yaw rate value of the boat, and controlling a direction of a thrust force of the propulsion device based on the target yaw rate value and the actual yaw rate value.