Abstract: A motor monitoring sensor is continuously operable at a lower cost. The motor monitoring sensor includes an acceleration sensor attachable to a motor to be monitored to detect vibration of the motor, a processor that generates state information indicating a state of the motor based on a detection value indicating the vibration of the motor detected by the acceleration sensor, a transmitter that transmits the generated state information to a host device, and a vibration-powered generator attachable to the motor to generate power with the vibration of the motor and supply the generated power to the acceleration sensor, the processor, and the transmitter.

Abstract: There is provided a fiber body manufacturing apparatus including: an accumulating section that forms a web by accumulating a material containing fibers on a first transport belt by a dry method; a transport section that transports the web by peeling off a first surface of the web from the first transport belt, and by bringing a second surface of the web, which is a surface opposite to the first surface peeled off from the first transport belt, into contact with a second transport belt; a water-applying section that applies water toward the first surface of the web in a state where the web is in contact with the second transport belt; and a pressurizing section that pressurizes the web to which the water is applied and which is peeled off from the second transport belt.

Abstract: A battery monitoring device includes multiple A/D converters, a digital filter, an anti-alias filter, and a detection controller. The multiple A/D converters are provided in correspondence with multiple battery cells in an assemble battery. Each of the A/D converters is configured to receive an input voltage according to a voltage of corresponding one of the battery cells. The digital filter is configured to receive a digital signal output from each of the A/D converters and function as a low-pass filter. The anti-alias filter is configured to suppress aliasing by the digital filter. The detection controller is configured to control operation of the A/D converters so that the input voltage input to each of the A/D converters is A/D converted at a same timing, and detect the voltage of each of the battery cells based on an output signal of the digital filter.

Abstract: A charging system is configured to charge a charging target group including electronic devices which are stacked in a row and include their respective secondary batteries. A first receiver is configured to acquire, from the electronic devices, pieces of battery information representing remaining capacities of the secondary batteries, respectively. The second receiver is configured to obtain, from the electronic devices, pieces of position information representing positions of the electronic devices in the charging target group, respectively. The determining processor is configured to determine respective priorities of the electronic devices according to the pieces of battery information and the pieces of position information based on a judgment condition. The charge controller is configured to control charging of each of the electronic devices so that the electronic devices are charged according to the respective priorities.

Abstract: A drive device controls driving of an opening/closing metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor and a protection MOS transistor that are interposed in series in a power supply path extending from a direct current power supply to a load and are connected so that parasitic diodes of the opening/closing MOS transistor and the protection MOS transistor are directed oppositely to each other. The drive device includes: a drive portion that operates by receiving power supplied from the direct current power supply via a high potential side power supply line and a low potential side power supply line, and drives the opening/closing MOS transistor and the protection MOS transistor; and a reverse connection protection controller that executes a protection operation which cuts off a current flowing in the power supply path by turning off the protection MOS transistor.

Abstract: A charging system is configured to charge a charging target group including electronic devices which are stacked in a row and include their respective secondary batteries. A first receiver is configured to acquire, from the electronic devices, pieces of battery information representing remaining capacities of the secondary batteries, respectively. The second receiver is configured to obtain, from the electronic devices, pieces of position information representing positions of the electronic devices in the charging target group, respectively. The determining processor is configured to determine respective priorities of the electronic devices according to the pieces of battery information and the pieces of position information based on a judgment condition. The charge controller is configured to control charging of each of the electronic devices so that the electronic devices are charged according to the respective priorities.

Abstract: An airbag device for restraining an occupant even during an oblique collision and suppressing head injury values. An airbag device 100 includes: a passenger bag 112 which deploys on a front side of a passenger seat 104; a center bag 114 which deploys on an inner side in a vehicle width direction; a slit 128 which separates the passenger bag 112 and the center bag 114 from each other on a vehicle rearward side; and a tether belt 122 which which is connected to a first connecting part 124 on the center bag 114 and a second connecting part 126 on the passenger bag 112. The tether belt 122 is tensioned as the passenger bag 112 and the center bag 114 expand and deploy, and the center bag 114 restrains a side of the occupant head E1a while being supported by the tether belt 122.

Abstract: An airbag device for restraining an occupant even during an oblique collision and suppressing head injury values. An airbag device 100 includes: a passenger bag 112 which deploys on a front side of a passenger seat 104; a center bag 114 which deploys on an inner side in a vehicle width direction; a slit 128 which separates the passenger bag 112 and the center bag 114 from each other on a vehicle rearward side; and a tether belt 122 which which is connected to a first connecting part 124 on the center bag 114 and a second connecting part 126 on the passenger bag 112. The tether belt 122 is tensioned as the passenger bag 112 and the center bag 114 expand and deploy, and the center bag 114 restrains a side of the occupant head E1a while being supported by the tether belt 122.

Abstract: An analog-digital (A-D) converter for outputting a digital signal corresponding to an analog input signal includes: an upper bit A-D converting section for conducting A-D conversion of the analog input signal and outputting an upper bit portion of the digital signal; a lower bit A-D converting section for conducting A-D conversion of the analog input signal and outputting a lower bit portion of the digital signal; and a majority circuit for sampling an A-D conversion result of the lower bit A-D converting section a plurality of times and determining a value of each of the lower bits by majority operation.

Abstract: An analog-digital (A-D) converter for outputting a digital signal corresponding to an analog input signal includes: an upper bit A-D converting section for conducting A-D conversion of the analog input signal and outputting an upper bit portion of the digital signal; a lower bit A-D converting section for conducting A-D conversion of the analog input signal and outputting a lower bit portion of the digital signal; and a majority circuit for sampling an A-D conversion result of the lower bit A-D converting section a plurality of times and determining a value of each of the lower bits by majority operation.

Abstract: A drive shaft is driven by an electric motor in a motor casing. A crankshaft integrally connected with the drive shaft is provided in a crankcase. A piston is reciprocated by the crankshaft in a cylinder. A gas is introduced from the outside into the motor casing and forwarded into the crankcase. The gas is further guided into a space on the piston through a gas-guiding groove formed in the inner circumference of the cylinder. The piston moves up to compress the gas in the space while the piston closes the upper end of the gas-guiding groove, so that the gas is discharged to the outside.

Abstract: When the output of a boosted voltage is started by a boosted voltage generation circuit, the voltage supplied to memory cells and level shift circuits side through a current mirror circuit is detected by a voltage divider circuit. Comparators compare the detected voltage with a reference voltage. Based on the result of comparison, FETs are brought into conduction as required. The rate of voltage rise provided by the current mirror circuit is thus controlled.

Abstract: When the output of a boosted voltage is started by a boosted voltage generation circuit, the voltage supplied to memory cells and level shift circuits side through a current mirror circuit is detected by a voltage divider circuit. Comparators compare the detected voltage with a reference voltage. Based on the result of comparison, FETs are brought into conduction as required. The rate of voltage rise provided by the current mirror circuit is thus controlled.

Abstract: An electrostatic painting device in which spray coating may be carried out by keeping a spray distance of the electrostatic painting machine within an optimum distance range to provide good coating efficiency and to prevent a coating worker from extending unconsciously out of the optimum distance range. The electrostatic painting device includes an electrostatic spray gun (2) provided with a high voltage generation part (201) for supplying high voltage to an atomized painting material, a detection device (107) for detecting load current I which varies depending on a change of the spray distance L between the electrostatic spray gun (2) and an article (4) to be coated, a processing device (107) adapted to output an alarm signal when the detected load current falls below a threshold value, and an alarm (108) adapted to receive the alarming signal and provide an alarm indication.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an improved electrostatic painting device wherein spray coating may be carried out by keeping a spray distance of the electrostatic painting machine within an optimum distance range which provides a good coating efficiency and to prevent the coating worker from extending unconsciously the spray distance out of the optimum distance range.

Abstract: There is provided a negative-resistance device which is easier to manufacture and can be manufactured at a lower cost as compared with the prior art, and yet has a comparatively large PV ratio, and a method for manufacturing the same. The negative-resistance device is a molecular-doped negative-resistance device which comprises a molecular-doped layer (2) made of an electron transporting lower molecular organic compound, in which the molecular-doped layer (2) is formed to be sandwiched between a pair of electrodes (2, 4), in which respective molecules of said electron transporting lower molecular organic compound are isolated from one another by an electrically insulating organic polymer, and in which said molecular-doped negative-resistance device has a negative-resistance.

Abstract: In a thermoelectric refrigeration material with thermoelectric conversion characteristic, in order to improve crystallinity of a system of bismuth-antimony (Bi-Sb) and thereby to improve the figure of merit Z, bismuth (Bi), antimony (Sb) and silicon monoxide (SiO) are deposited on a substrate at a predetermined rate in a thermally nonequilibrium state by an ICB method so that a thin film crystal having a granular structure including crystal grains of around one micron is obtained. Consequently, the figure of merit Z can be improved by selectively varying the thermal conductivity K which largely depends upon the crystallinity and which is one of elements of the figure of merit Z determining the thermal conversion coefficiency.

Abstract: An automatic ice maker includes an ice tray supplied with water, which water is made into ice. The ice tray is inverted after the ice making so that ice cubes are removed from the ice tray. An outlet is directed to the underside of the ice tray so that the chilled air from the outlet flows along the underside of the ice tray. As a result, the water at the bottom side of the ice tray is first made into ice, thereby providing opaque ice cubes. A thermistor for determining completion of the ice making senses the temperature of the upper portion of the ice tray where the water is last made into ice.

Abstract: In an automatic ice maker of a refrigerator, water is supplied into an ice tray disposed in an ice making compartment of the refrigerator. The water in the ice tray is frozen and then, the ice tray is turned with a twisting motion by a drive mechanism including a motor so that ice cubes are removed from the ice tray. Vibration is applied to the ice tray by an electromagnet excited by a pulse current during a water freezing step so that escape of air bubbles out of the water is promoted. A cover covers an upper open end of the ice tray during the water freezing step so that freezing is retarded at the water surface side as compared with the ice tray bottom side. Alternatively, a heater is employed for the cover.

Abstract: In a plastic coated with metal evaporated film comprising a primary coated layer, a golden evaporated film layer and a last coated layer constituted on the surface of a plastic substratum in the order from the bottom, golden evaporated film layer is made the of Cu - Al - Sn alloy or Cu - Zn - Sn alloy mainly composed of Cu and applicable to trim of automobiles, living apparatus and effects as decorative members.