Abstract: A linear conveyor fixed to a base member includes a transfer slider, a frame including a rail along which the transfer slider is moved in a traveling direction, a first support member that is disposed on one end side of the frame with respect to a longitudinal direction of the frame and is fixed to the base member and the frame and supports the frame, a second support member that is disposed on another end side of the frame with respect to the longitudinal direction of the frame and fixed to the base member and supports the frame such that the frame is not fixed with respect to the second support member, and a sliding mechanism with which the second support member and the frame relatively move in the longitudinal direction according to difference in thermal expansion and contraction amounts of the base member and the frame.

Abstract: In a component replenishment management system, a component supply monitoring unit estimates replenishable time, which represents time until component replenishment work becomes possible, for each of component supply devices. A work determination unit determines whether or not the component replenishment work can be actually performed at a timing at which replenishment component type information is acquired by an external input and output unit. In a case where the work determination unit determines that the component replenishment work cannot be performed, a work guidance unit generates performing process guidance information. The performing process guidance information is information for guiding a performing process based on the replenishable time of the component replenishment work.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a propeller shaft, a lower case, an upper case, and a splash guard. The lower case houses the propeller shaft. The upper case is located above the lower case. The splash guard includes an upper plate that projects forward from the upper case. The splash guard is separate from the upper case and is attached to the upper case.

Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one of an electric vent valve configured to open and close an outside-air-introduction passage of a canister or an electric suction pump configured to suck gas in a gas passage through which the gas flows. The canister and at least one of the vent valve or the suction pump are disposed such that at least one of a virtual-left-right-center plane that includes a center in a left-right direction and is perpendicular to the left-right direction, a virtual-front-rear-center plane that includes a center in a front-rear direction and is perpendicular to the front-rear direction, or a virtual-up-down-center plane that includes a center in an up-down direction and is perpendicular to the up-down direction is located between a gravity center of the canister and at least one of a gravity center of the vent valve or a gravity center of the suction pump.

Abstract: A control device of a marine propulsion device, which has an engine and a propeller and is mounted on a hull. The control device includes a processor, and a non-transitory storage medium having program instructions stored thereon. The execution of the program instructions by the processor causes the control device to acquire a rotation speed of the engine or a rotation speed of the propeller, acquire a torque of the engine, acquire a speed of the hull, and determine whether a ventilation of the engine has occurred based on at least two among the acquired rotation speed, the acquired engine torque, and the acquired hull speed.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine to rotate a propeller and an engine cover that houses the engine. The engine cover includes two divided covers disposed above the engine and that directly face the engine. The two divided covers include two connections that are connected together and that overlap the engine in a plan view.

Abstract: A straddled vehicle including a vehicle body frame having a head pipe extending downward and forward, a steering shaft supported by the head pipe to be rotatable left and right, a front fork connected to the steering shaft, a front fender supported by the front fork, a front cover of which a portion is arranged further forward than the head pipe, and a radar supported by the vehicle body frame and arranged further forward than the head pipe. The front cover includes a front end, and a lower edge extending leftward or rightward from the front end in a front view, at least a portion of the lower edge being located at or below the front end. At least a portion of the radar is arranged further downward than the front end of the front cover, further downward than the lower edge, and further upward than the front fender.

Abstract: A vertical articulated robot includes a first joint axis portion including a first motor configured to rotationally drive a tool flange, and a second joint axis portion including a second motor configured to rotationally drive the first joint axis portion. The first motor includes a portion that overlaps the second motor in a direction orthogonal to both a direction in which a first rotation axis extends and a direction in which a second rotation axis extends.

Abstract: A seat cushion includes an edge portion and a three-dimensional fiber structure including core-sheath fusible fibers and skeletal fibers thermally fused at intersections thereof. The sheaths of the core-sheath fusible fibers are made of a thermoplastic elastomer to fuse the intersections and form a bulging portion at each of the fused intersections. The skeletal fibers and the cores of the core-sheath fusible fibers are made of a non-elastomer resin. The skeletal fibers are crimp-processed bulky fibers, and a fineness of the skeletal fibers and a fineness of the core-sheath fusible fibers are in a range of 1 to 200 dtex. The seat cushion has a layered structure including a plurality of layers fused together, each of the layers has the three-dimensional fiber structure, and the seat cushion has a density distribution based on regional variations of the layered structure and a stiffness distribution that depends on the density distribution.

Abstract: A control system includes a base device to be mounted on a mobile object, an aerial vehicle, a cable including a power supply cable for supplying electric power from the mobile object to the aerial vehicle and connecting the base device with the aerial vehicle, and a control device that controls flight of the aerial vehicle. The control device controls the aerial vehicle so that a relative altitude of the aerial vehicle with respect to the mobile object matches a target relative altitude. This control system optimizes an altitude of the aerial vehicle in accordance with the mobile object.

Abstract: A controller controls a shift operation of a propulsion device between forward, neutral, and reverse, and steering of the propulsion device in accordance with a tilt operation of a joystick. The controller stores a control state of the propulsion device according to the tilt operation of the joystick when a switch is operated. The controller maintains the propulsion device in the control state even when the joystick is returned to the neutral position.

Abstract: This leaning vehicle that turns in a leaning posture and has a leaning frame structure made of a material containing fiber-reinforced resin can achieve weight reduction and help reduce changes in ride quality. The vehicle includes a rear structure that leans to the left during a left turn and leans to the right during a right turn with respect to the left-right direction of the vehicle, and is made of a material containing carbon-fiber-reinforced resin, and a leaning frame structure damage notification unit that, when the rear structure receives an impact caused by a fall of the vehicle in the left direction or the right direction, and the impact damages a non-visible part of the rear structure, makes a notification of the damage.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, a seat, a storage box, an engine body at least partially overlapping with the seat when seen from above, an intake system component, a fuel system component, an evaporative emission system, a pressure sensor, and at least one of an electric vent valve or an electric suction pump. At least one of the pressure sensor, the vent valve, or the suction pump is supported by at least one of a frame, a storage box, an engine body, an intake system component, or a fuel system component.

Abstract: A straddled vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a steering shaft supported by the vehicle body frame, a handlebar that includes a left grip and a right grip and is connected to the steering shaft, a steering wheel, and a steering assist device that applies assist force in a same direction as that of a steering torque that has been input to the handlebar by a rider to the steering shaft. The steering assist device causes the assist force to decrease as speed of the vehicle increases in a first vehicle speed zone and causes the assist force to increase as the speed of the vehicle increases in a second vehicle speed zone that is higher than the first vehicle speed zone.

Abstract: A plurality of control maps respectively corresponding to a plurality of lever operation amounts are stored in a storage device. Each control map defines a driving force to be output from an electric motor such that the driving force corresponds to an accelerator operation amount and a vehicle speed. A control device uses a control map corresponding to an actual lever operation amount among the plurality of control maps and thereby calculates the driving force to be output from the electric motor based on an actual accelerator operation amount and an actual vehicle speed from the control map. This vehicle can alleviate discomfort caused when a driver accustomed to an engine vehicle operates an electric vehicle.

Abstract: Whether to permit or prohibit drive of at least one object, out of a slider and a movable linear module, is determined based on position related information on position of the slider or the movable linear module before the drive of the object is started. In this way, in a linear conveyor system for transferring the slider between a plurality of fixed linear modules using the movable linear modules, the occurrence of interference between the linear modules and the slider can be suppressed.

Abstract: A conveyance device includes a slider, and a conveyor including a linear motor and a plurality of guide rails over which the slider is transferable, and being configured to convey the slider. The conveyance device further includes a controller configured or programmed to acquire, based on a vibration in a connecting portion between the plurality of guide rails or driving electric power of the linear motor in the connecting portion between the plurality of guide rails, a transfer state of the slider between the guide rails.

Abstract: A distance recognition system for use in a marine vessel includes at least one memory, and a first imaging unit and a second imaging unit both positioned on a hull so that their imaging areas include a water surface. The second imaging unit is higher than the first imaging unit. The distance recognition system further includes at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured or programmed to acquire a first image and a second image captured by the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit, and perform a matching process between the first image and the second image to acquire distance information about any position in the first image.

Abstract: A control system for a marine propulsion device includes a propeller driven by either an engine or a motor. The control system includes a first memory to store first information to identify whether the control system has shut down normally or abnormally even during a reset period of the control system, a second memory to store second information indicating control states of the engine and the motor even during the reset period of the control system, and a controller configured or programmed to start controlling the engine and the motor, based on the second information stored in the second memory, when the first information stored in the first memory indicates an abnormal shutdown of the control system at a startup of the control system.

Abstract: An electric snowmobile that can reduce a load locally applied to a body frame is provided. The electric snowmobile includes a body frame, a right ski and a left ski, a track mechanism, a steering shaft, an electric motor, and a battery. The body frame includes a shaft support frame that rotatably supports the steering shaft, a front frame that extends forwardly and downwardly from the shaft support frame, and a rear frame that extends rearwardly and downwardly from the shaft support frame. The battery is supported by the front frame and the rear frame such that at least a portion of the battery is disposed in a region formed by a line connecting the front frame, the rear frame, a lower end of the front frame, and a lower end of the rear frame in a side view.