Abstract: A method of producing plate springs for a railcar bogie, the plate springs each extending in a car longitudinal direction and elastically supporting a cross beam while being supported by an axle box in the railcar bogie, the axle box accommodating a bearing for an axle, the method includes: a molding step of molding a mother plate made of fiber-reinforced resin, the mother plate including a layer made of continuous fibers oriented in a first direction when viewed from a normal direction of a main surface of the mother plate; a cut position determining step of determining positions of a plurality of parallel cut lines for cutting the mother plate along the first direction; and a cutting step of cutting the mother plate along the plurality of cut lines to take out the plate springs made of the fiber-reinforced resin.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic device includes a magnetoresistive effect element including a first ferromagnet, a conductor, and an oxide provided between the first ferromagnet and the conductor, the oxide including a first oxide of a rare-earth element and a second oxide of an element of which a covalent radius is smaller than a covalent radius of the rare-earth element.

Abstract: A memory device includes a magnetoresistive element including first and second magnetic layers and a non-magnetic layer provided between the first and second magnetic layers. The memory device also includes a write circuit which controls a first writing setting magnetization of the first and second magnetic layers in a parallel state and a second writing setting the magnetization of the first and second magnetic layers in an antiparallel state, and applies a write current to the magnetoresistive element. A first write current in the first writing includes a first pulse and a second pulse added to the first pulse. A width of the second pulse is smaller than a width of the first pulse, and a scurrent level of the second pulse is different from a current level of the first pulse.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive element includes: a first magnetic layer having a magnetization direction that is variable; a second magnetic layer having a magnetization direction that is invariable; a first non-magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer; a third magnetic layer that fixes the magnetization direction of the second magnetic layer and that antiferromagnetically couples with the second magnetic layer; and a second non-magnetic layer provided between the second magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer. The second non-magnetic layer includes ruthenium (Ru) and a metal element.

Abstract: Provided is an amplification circuit that amplifies an input signal and outputs an amplified signal. The amplification circuit includes: an amplification element that outputs the amplified signal from an output terminal thereof; an inductor having one end to which a power supply voltage is supplied and another end that is connected to the output terminal of the amplification element; a variable resistor that is connected in parallel with the inductor; and a resistance value adjusting circuit that adjusts a resistance value of the variable resistor in accordance with the temperature.

Abstract: An air-intake device comprises a vehicle body frame including a head box; and a pair of right and left main frames, wherein the head box includes: a casing section which extends between a front opening and a rear opening of the head box and is formed with a main air passage; and a pair of right and left extending sections coupled to the pair of main frames, respectively, wherein at least one extending section is provided with a branch air passage which branches from the main air passage, and wherein a separating wall is provided between the main air passage and the branch air passage and has a communication hole, and wherein when a vehicle body is viewed from a side, at least one extending section is extended rearward to a location at which at least a front region of the communication hole is covered by the extending section.

Abstract: A controlling device includes a storage device configured to store predetermined information about durability of a component of a man-powered vehicle, and a controller configured to control an indicator based on the predetermined information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes: a magnetoresistive element including first and second magnetic layers and a non-magnetic layer provided between the first and second magnetic layers; and a write circuit which controls a first writing setting magnetization of the first and second magnetic layers in a parallel state and a second writing setting the magnetization of the first and second magnetic layers in an antiparallel state, and applies a current pulse to the magnetoresistive element. A first pulse pattern used in the first writing is different from a second pulse pattern used in the second writing.

Abstract: A window cover for an automobile integrally includes: a front sheet to cover an outer surface of an automobile windshield; and a pair of side sheets to cover outer surfaces of left and right front door glasses, respectively. The side sheets are fixed to a vehicle body by a fixing device. The device includes a plate-shaped tab fixed to a rear edge of each side sheet. The tab is fixed by being inserted into a clearance between a rear edge of each of the front door glasses and a front edge of a rear door glass of a rear door placed rearward of the rear edge. Accordingly, convenience is improved because the cover can be easily attached to the vehicle body with the front and rear doors remaining closed, and workability is not deteriorated because the cover is not twisted or entwined when the front doors are opened or closed.

Abstract: An amplifier according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first transistor and a second transistor that are connected between a ground point and a power supply. A control terminal of the first transistor is connected to an input terminal. A first terminal of the first transistor is connected to the ground point. A second terminal of the second transistor is connected to an output terminal. The amplifier further includes an impedance element and a variable resistance unit. The impedance element is connected between the second terminal of the second transistor and the power supply. The variable resistance unit is connected between the second terminal of the first transistor and the first terminal of the second transistor.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having a fixed magnetization direction, and a nonmagnetic layer between the first and second magnetic layers. The second magnetic layer includes a first main surface on the nonmagnetic layer side and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and includes a first region on the first main surface side and a second region on the second main surface side, and an intermediate region between the first and second regions and containing a predetermined nonmagnetic element. A concentration of the predetermined nonmagnetic element in the intermediate region is higher than that in the first and second regions. The second magnetic layer contains a magnetic element from the first to second main surfaces.

Abstract: Method for producing a lens array, which can prevent a weld from being formed in the peripheral part of a lens part and suppress increase of a work time of a transfer mold, and a molding mold. Since a master mold 10 of a molding mold has a plurality of linear groove parts 14e surrounding a plurality of cavity parts 12, resin hardly spreads to a corner part 14p where the adjacent linear groove parts 14e and 14e intersect each other and it is possible to prevent portions of the resin which have run over toward the adjacent groove parts 14e and 14e from spreading so as to come close to each other and being brought into contact with each other to create a weld trapping air bubbles.

Abstract: Provided is a method for fabricating an electronic device including a variable resistance element which includes a free layer formed over a substrate and having a changeable magnetization direction, a pinned layer having a pinned magnetization direction, a tunnel barrier layer interposed between the free layer and the pinned layer, and a magnetic correction layer suitable for reducing the influence of a stray field generated by the pinned layer. The method may include: cooling the substrate; and forming the magnetic correction layer over the cooled substrate.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, comprises an obtainment unit configured to obtain a relative position and orientation between a first object and a second object; an specifying unit configured to specify an occlusion region where the second object occludes the first object, from an image that includes the first object and the second object, based on the relative position and orientation, a first shape model that represents a shape of the first object, and a second shape model that represents a shape of the second object; and a generation unit configured to generate information for obtaining a position and orientation of the first object based on the occlusion region.

Abstract: A switch module includes a first terminal, first and second filters, and first and second switches. Impedance of the first filter for a signal in a stop band is capacitive. When the first switch is turned OFF, impedance of the first switch is capacitive, and impedance of the first filter seen from an end portion of the first switch connected to the first filter is not in a short state and impedance of the first filter seen from the first terminal is in an open state.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises an unit configured to obtain an image of an assembled object that is constituted by first and second objects that have been assembled; an unit configured to obtain a three-dimensional shape model of the assembled object that has at least one area to which an attribute that corresponds to the first object or the second object is added; an unit configured to obtain a position and orientation of the assembled object based on the image; an unit configured to obtain, from the three-dimensional shape model of the position and orientation, first and second evaluation values that are for evaluating a state of assembly in areas that correspond to the first and second objects; and an unit configured to determine whether or not the assembly was successful based on the first and second evaluation values.

Abstract: An electronic device includes semiconductor memory, the semiconductor memory including an under layer; a first magnetic layer located over the under layer and having a variable magnetization direction; a tunnel barrier layer located over the first magnetic layer; and a second magnetic layer located over the tunnel barrier layer and having a pinned magnetization direction, wherein the under layer includes a first metal nitride layer having a NaCl crystal structure and a second metal nitride layer containing a light metal.

Abstract: According to one emcodiment, a magnetic device comprising a magnetoresistive effect element, wherein the magnetoresistive effect element; includes: a first ferromagnetic body, a second ferromagnetic body, and a first rare-earth ferromagnetic oxide that is provided between the first ferromagnetic body and the second ferromagnetic body and magnetically joins the first ferromagnetic body and the second ferromagnetic body.

Abstract: A radio frequency circuit includes a switching circuit, an amplifying circuit, and a potential stabilizing circuit. The switching circuit includes a switch disposed on a path connecting a first terminal, to which a radio-frequency signal is input, to a second terminal, from which the radio-frequency signal is output, a first capacitor disposed between the first terminal and the switch, and a second capacitor disposed between the switch and the second terminal. The amplifying circuit includes an amplifier disposed between the switching circuit and the second terminal, a third capacitor disposed between the switching circuit and the amplifier, and a fourth capacitor disposed between the amplifier and the second terminal. The potential stabilizing circuit is connected to a first node which is located between the switching circuit and the amplifying circuit and which is located on a path connecting the second capacitor to the third capacitor.