Abstract: There is provided a power-supplying device and an assembly method thereof. By causing a first-turning member, which locks with an one end of a coil spring by a first-locking section, and a first support, which locks with the other end thereof by a second-locking section, to rotate relative to each other in the direction that is opposite to the biasing direction, and causing an engaging part and an engaged part to be in an engaged state by engaging with each other, thereby, maintaining the state where the initial biasing force is being imparted to the first turning member, is enabled, and the first support and a second support member are easily assembled to each other to make a turning member be supported, and thus, assembly properties can be made enhanced.

Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a main transmission and an auxiliary transmission. The auxiliary transmission includes an auxiliary-transmission-side planetary gear mechanism, a first clutch, and a second clutch. The auxiliary-transmission-side planetary gear mechanism is provided between a pair of main-transmission-side planetary gear mechanisms, and a part of the auxiliary-transmission-side planetary gear mechanism is located within the main transmission. The first clutch fixes rotation of a sun gear of the auxiliary-transmission-side planetary gear mechanism. The second clutch connects a ring gear of the auxiliary-transmission-side planetary gear mechanism with the sun gear.

Abstract: Thermally annealed superparamagnetic core shell nanoparticles of an iron-cobalt alloy core and a silicon dioxide shell having high magnetic saturation are provided. A magnetic core of high magnetic moment obtained by compression sintering the thermally annealed superparamagnetic core shell nanoparticles is also provided. The magnetic core has little core loss due to hysteresis or eddy current flow.

Abstract: A protector includes a main body formed with an accommodation part by a bottom wall part and side wall parts, a lid body mounted on the main body to cover the accommodation part, and a flange part that extends along a longitudinal direction of the main body with a gap at an upper portion in parallel with an outer surface of at least one of the side wall parts of the main body. A plurality of engagement holes are provided at a lower portion of the flange part. A plurality of engagement claws that are provided on at least one edge part of the lid body are locked with engagement edge parts of the engagement holes when the plurality of engagement claws are inserted into the gap between the flange part and the side wall part which faces the flange part with the gap.

Abstract: Provided is a compressed powder core that can suppress a decrease in the inductance even when a high magnetic field (of greater than or equal to 40 kA/m) is applied to the compressed powder core while suppressing an iron loss and a decrease in the strength of the compressed powder core. The compressed powder core 1A has soft magnetic particles 11A and aluminum nitride layers 12A formed on the surface layers of the respective soft magnetic particles 11A. The compressed powder core 1A has a ratio of the first differential relative permeability ??L to the second differential relative permeability ??H satisfying a relationship of ??L/??H?6, and has a magnetic flux density of greater than or equal to 1.4 T when a magnetic field of 60 kA/m is applied. The soft magnetic particles of the compressed powder core 1A contain Si in the range of 1.0 to 3.

Abstract: A gear assembly wherein transmission efficiency is enhanced by a simple treatment is provided. The gear assembly includes a plurality of gears to transmit torque of a prime mover to an output member. Tooth surfaces of a first gear rotated at a highest speed are individually finished into a plateau surface, and a parameter representing a surface roughness of each of the plateau surface is smaller than those of the tooth surfaces of the other gears.

Abstract: A powder magnetic core having excellent specific resistance or strength. The powder magnetic core has soft magnetic particles, first coating layers that coat the surfaces of the soft magnetic particles and include aluminum nitride, and second coating layers that coat at least a part of the surfaces of the first coating layers and include a low-melting-point glass having a softening point lower than an annealing temperature for the soft magnetic particles. The first coating layers including aluminum nitride are excellent in the wettability to the low-melting-point glass which constitutes the second coating layers and suppress diffusion of constitutional elements between the soft magnetic particles and the low-melting-point glass of the second coating layers. The powder magnetic core can stably exhibit a higher specific resistance and higher strength than the prior art owing to such a synergistic action of the first coating layers and second coating layers.

Abstract: A dust core includes soft magnetic particles, a first coating layer, a second coating layer, and a third coating layer. The first coating layer is made of aluminum oxide with which at least a part of surfaces of the soft magnetic particles are coated. The second coating layer is made of aluminum nitride with which at least a part of a surface of the first coating layer is coated. The third coating layer is made of low-melting-point glass with which at least a part of a surface of the second coating layer is coated. The low-melting-point glass has a softening point lower than an annealing temperature of the soft magnetic particles.

Abstract: In a clip, first and second attachment portions are coupled by a coupling portion in an open state in which a seatback spring is able to pass between the first and second attachment portions in the radial direction of the seatback spring. The first and second attachment portions swing in mutually engaging directions. The first attachment portion is formed with a first placement portion, and the second attachment portion is formed with a second placement portion. The seatback spring can accordingly be placed between the coupling portion and either the first placement portion or the second placement portion. In this placed state, the seatback spring is retained in the clip by engaging an engagement claw of the first attachment portion with a peripheral edge portion of an engagement hole of the second attachment portion, enabling fixing to an attachment portion of a lower frame.

Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a main transmission and an auxiliary transmission. The auxiliary transmission includes an auxiliary-transmission-side planetary gear mechanism, a first clutch, and a second clutch. The auxiliary-transmission-side planetary gear mechanism is provided between a pair of main-transmission-side planetary gear mechanisms, and a part of the auxiliary-transmission-side planetary gear mechanism is located within the main transmission. The first clutch fixes rotation of a sun gear of the auxiliary-transmission-side planetary gear mechanism. The second clutch connects a ring gear of the auxiliary-transmission-side planetary gear mechanism with the sun gear.

Abstract: A protector includes a main body formed with an accommodation part by a bottom wall part and side wall parts, a lid body mounted on the main body to cover the accommodation part, and a flange part that extends along a longitudinal direction of the main body with a gap at an upper portion in parallel with an outer surface of at least one of the side wall parts of the main body. A plurality of engagement holes are provided at a lower portion of the flange part. A plurality of engagement claws that are provided on at least one edge part of the lid body are locked with engagement edge parts of the engagement holes when the plurality of engagement claws are inserted into the gap between the flange part and the side wall part which faces the flange part with the gap.

Abstract: Rolling bearings are stacked with their center lines extending in a vertical direction. Each of the rolling bearings has an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of balls, and an annular cage. Each of the rolling bearings has a structure that induces, upon rotation, an action that causes lubricating oil to flow upward along the outer ring in the annular space. The cage has an annular portion provided adjacently below the balls to prevent air from moving to the outer ring side from the inner ring side.

Abstract: An optical receiving circuit which suppresses a characteristic deterioration due to a wiring between a PD and a TIA and a method for manufacturing the optical receiving circuit are provided. A optical receiving circuit (300) comprises a photodiode (302), and a transimpedance amplifier (308) that supplies an electrical power source to the photodiode (302). The characteristic impedance of a wiring between the anode of the photodiode (302) and the transimpedance amplifier (308) is higher than the characteristic impedance of a wiring between the cathode of the photodiode (302) and the transimpedance amplifier (308).

Abstract: A soft magnetic member is formed such that, when a differential relative permeability in an applied magnetic field of 100 A/m is represented by a first differential relative permeability ??L, and when a differential relative permeability in an applied magnetic field of 40 kA/m is represented by a second differential relative permeability ??H, a ratio of the first differential relative permeability ??L to the second differential relative permeability ??H satisfies a relationship of ??L/??H?10, and a magnetic flux density in an applied magnetic field of 60 kA/m is 1.15 T or higher.

Abstract: A gear assembly that can prevent a reduction in power transmission efficiency and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The gear assembly comprises a first gear and a second gear. The gear assembly is designed in such a manner that first gear tooth and the second gear tooth are contacted properly to each other in a plane of action when operated in a predetermined condition. A rigidity reducing portion is formed on a first base portion to avoid improper contact in the plane of action when the gear assembly is operated in a different condition.

Abstract: Rolling bearings are stacked with their center lines extending in a vertical direction. Each of the rolling bearings has an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of balls, and an annular cage. Each of the rolling bearings has a structure that induces, upon rotation, an action that causes lubricating oil to flow upward along the outer ring in the annular space. The cage has an annular portion provided adjacently below the balls to prevent air from moving to the outer ring side from the inner ring side.

Abstract: A power supply device includes a rotation retainer including an inlet horizontally guiding the electrical wire one end of which is connected to the vehicle, and an outlet communicating with the inlet and to draw out upwardly the other end of the electrical wire, the rotation retainer being arranged horizontally pivotally in the slide door to retain the electrical wire movably, a biasing member configured to bias the rotation retainer in a predetermined rotational direction, wherein the electrical wire includes a bending portion to be bent in an L-shape between the inlet and the outlet, and a guide portion to be wired nearer the outlet than the bending portion, and wherein the guide portion is arranged in a natural state in which the guide portion is not twisted, or a twisted state in which restoring force is generated in a same direction as a biasing direction of the biasing member.

Abstract: A powder magnetic core having excellent specific resistance or strength. The powder magnetic core has soft magnetic particles, first coating layers that coat the surfaces of the soft magnetic particles and include aluminum nitride, and second coating layers that coat at least a part of the surfaces of the first coating layers and include a low-melting-point glass having a softening point lower than an annealing temperature for the soft magnetic particles. The first coating layers including aluminum nitride are excellent in the wettability to the low-melting-point glass which constitutes the second coating layers and suppress diffusion of constitutional elements between the soft magnetic particles and the low-melting-point glass of the second coating layers. The powder magnetic core can stably exhibit a higher specific resistance and higher strength than the prior art owing to such a synergistic action of the first coating layers and second coating layers.

Abstract: A double row ball bearing includes: an outer ring; an inner ring; a plurality of first balls disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring to form a first ball row; a plurality of second balls disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring to form a second ball row having a pitch circle diameter larger than that of the first ball row; an annular first cage having a plurality of first pockets in which the first balls are held; an annular second cage having a plurality of second pockets in which the second balls are held; and an annular portion that covers, together with the outer ring, a portion of each second ball held in the second pocket from the radially outside, the portion being exposed on the outside of the second pocket and oriented radially outward.

Abstract: There is employed an arm power supply device in which a first arm is rotatably and axially supported to a base member having one harness fixing portion, a second arm having the other harness fixing portion is rotatably and axially supported on a rotation tip side of the first arm, the first arm includes an enclosure portion forming a slit through which a wire harness is inserted, and the wire harness passes from the base member to the slit and is wired over the second arm. The enclosure portion includes an inclined wall to guide the wire harness derived in a bent shape from the second arm to be in contact with the inner surface.