Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, an element region, and fin transistors. The substrate includes a principal surface. The semiconductor layer is formed as a surface layer or on the principal surface of the substrate, the surface layer being the principal surface of the substrate. The semiconductor layer has a crystal structure in which an angle between two of crystal orientations with equivalent relationships on a crystal plane having a correspondence with the principal surface of the substrate is 60 degrees or 120 degrees. The element region includes unit element regions formed on the principal surface of the substrate. The fin transistors are formed in the semiconductor layer, in the respective unit element regions. The fin transistors radially extend from a center toward an outer periphery of the element region. Adjacent two of the fin transistors have a spacing with a 60° angle or a 120° angle.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes: a first interconnect; a second interconnect; a first switching element provided on the first interconnect; a second switching element provided on the second interconnect; a first insulating layer provided surrounding the first switching element; a second insulating layer surrounding the second switching element and not being in contact with the first insulating layer; a first conductor provided on the first switching element and the first insulating layer; a second conductor provided on the second switching element and the second insulating layer; a first magnetoresistive effect element provided on the first conductor; and a second magnetoresistive effect element provided on the second conductor.

Abstract: A respiration information obtaining apparatus includes: a light emitter configured to emit a first light including a first wavelength and a second light including a second wavelength different from the first wavelength; a light detector that outputs a first signal and a second signal respectively corresponding to an intensity of the first light and an intensity of the second light after an interaction with a tissue of a subject, and a processor that calculates an index value based on a ratio between the first signal and the second signal, and obtains respiration information of the subject based on a change over time in the index value.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a wind turbine generator system is provided. The manufacturing method includes preparing a transaxle that includes a drive motor generator and that is intended for a hybrid electric vehicle, and assembling a blade to a rotary shaft coupled to the drive motor generator in the prepared transaxle.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided with a lubricating path including a first oil pump to pump up an oil stored in the casing by the first oil pump and to supply the oil to the power transmission mechanism for lubricating the power transmission mechanism, and a cooling path that is separated from the lubricating circuit and provided for the rotating electric machine, the cooling path including a second oil pump to pump up the oil stored in the casing by the second oil pump to supply the oil exclusively to the rotating electric machine for cooling the rotating electric machine, the second oil pump is an electric oil pump, and the cooling path is provided with an oil cooler cooling the oil to be supplied to the rotating electric machine.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided with a lubricating path including a first oil pump to pump up an oil stored in the casing by the first oil pump and to supply the oil to the power transmission mechanism for lubricating the power transmission mechanism, and a cooling path that is separated from the lubricating circuit and provided for the rotating electric machine, the cooling path including a second oil pump to pump up the oil stored in the casing by the second oil pump to supply the oil exclusively to the rotating electric machine for cooling the rotating electric machine, the second oil pump is an electric oil pump, and the cooling path is provided with an oil cooler cooling the oil to be supplied to the rotating electric machine.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a floor panel; an under cover disposed below the floor panel in the vehicle; a parking lock mechanism, disposed between the floor panel and the under cover, switching, using an actuator, a locked state for constraining rotation of a wheel and an unlocked state for not constraining rotation of the wheel; and a parking lock manual releasing mechanism, disposed between the floor panel and the parking lock mechanism, switching, when the parking lock mechanism is in the locked state, the state of the parking lock mechanism to the unlocked state on a basis of manual operation of an operation portion. Further, the under cover includes a visual recognition hole for viewing the operation portion.

Abstract: Provided is a manual release mechanism for a parking lock device including a gear, a meshing tooth capable of meshing with the gear, and an actuator that switches between a parking lock state and a non-parking lock state. The manual release mechanism includes an outer lever, an elastic member, and a retaining member. An activation state of the parking lock device is switched by the outer lever. One end of the elastic member is mounted on the outer lever. The retaining member has the other end of the elastic member mounted thereon, and retains the outer lever in a turning position through the elastic member. The elastic member is mounted between the outer lever and the retaining member so as to exert a force in the direction of a tangent to a turning locus of the outer lever when the outer lever is not being manually operated by the driver.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device comprises: a power transmission mechanism transmitting a drive power from a drive power source to a plurality of wheels; a differential gear mechanism provided in the power transmission mechanism and distributing the drive power input from the drive power source to the plurality of wheels; a casing housing the power transmission mechanism; and an oil pump sucking a lubricating oil stored in the casing, and the device drives the oil pump in conjunction with rotation of the differential gear mechanism. In the device, a catch tank storing the lubricating oil is provided in the casing, an introduction path is formed in the casing for introducing the lubricating oil scooped up by the differential gear mechanism during backward running of a vehicle into the catch tank, and a discharge oil passage connected to a discharge port of the oil pump is connected to the catch tank.

Abstract: A fuel injection controller is applied to a fuel injector injecting fuel to be combusted in an internal combustion engine by an open-valve operation of the valve body according to an electromagnetic suction force generated by an energization of a coil. The fuel injection controller controls an injection state of the fuel injector by controlling a coil current flowing through the coil. The fuel injection controller includes an increasing control portion which increases the coil current to a first target value, a holding control portion which holds the coil current increased by the increasing control portion to the first target value, and a changing portion which changes the first target value according to the operation state of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises: an electric drive unit including an electric motor used as a drive power source, a transaxle including a differential device and coupled to a motor shaft of the electric motor in a power transmittable manner on one end side of the electric motor in a direction of a motor centerline to transmit an output of the electric motor through the differential device to a pair of drive shafts, and a case housing the electric motor and the transaxle. The case includes a first end surface portion located on the other end side of the electric motor in the motor centerline direction and rotatably supporting the motor shaft, and an accessory component of the vehicle is attached to an outside surface of the first end surface portion.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a floor panel; an under cover disposed below the floor panel in the vehicle; a parking lock mechanism, disposed between the floor panel and the under cover, switching, using an actuator, a locked state for constraining rotation of a wheel and an unlocked state for not constraining rotation of the wheel; and a parking lock manual releasing mechanism, disposed between the floor panel and the parking lock mechanism, switching, when the parking lock mechanism is in the locked state, the state of the parking lock mechanism to the unlocked state on a basis of manual operation of an operation portion. Further, the under cover includes a visual recognition hole for viewing the operation portion.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device comprises: a power transmission mechanism transmitting a drive power from a drive power source to a plurality of wheels; a differential gear mechanism provided in the power transmission mechanism and distributing the drive power input from the drive power source to the plurality of wheels; a casing housing the power transmission mechanism; and an oil pump sucking a lubricating oil stored in the casing, and the device drives the oil pump in conjunction with rotation of the differential gear mechanism. In the device, a catch tank storing the lubricating oil is provided in the casing, an introduction path is formed in the casing for introducing the lubricating oil scooped up by the differential gear mechanism during backward running of a vehicle into the catch tank, and a discharge oil passage connected to a discharge port of the oil pump is connected to the catch tank.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided with a lubricating path including a first oil pump to pump up an oil stored in the casing by the first oil pump and to supply the oil to the power transmission mechanism for lubricating the power transmission mechanism, and a cooling path that is separated from the lubricating circuit and provided for the rotating electric machine, the cooling path including a second oil pump to pump up the oil stored in the casing by the second oil pump to supply the oil exclusively to the rotating electric machine for cooling the rotating electric machine, the second oil pump is an electric oil pump, and the cooling path is provided with an oil cooler cooling the oil to be supplied to the rotating electric machine.

Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises: an electric drive unit including an electric motor used as a drive power source, a transaxle including a differential device and coupled to a motor shaft of the electric motor in a power transmittable manner on one end side of the electric motor in a direction of a motor centerline to transmit an output of the electric motor through the differential device to a pair of drive shafts, and a case housing the electric motor and the transaxle. The case includes a first end surface portion located on the other end side of the electric motor in the motor centerline direction and rotatably supporting the motor shaft, and an accessory component of the vehicle is attached to an outside surface of the first end surface portion.

Abstract: An apparatus of the present invention is a continuous extrusion forming apparatus comprising: a screw which carries a forming raw material in the horizontal direction, the screw being built in the screw part; and a mouth piece structure for extrusion forming, which is provided on the downstream side of a screw part, wherein the mouth piece structure has a horizontal channel for extruding the forming raw material flowing in from the screw part in the horizontal direction, an extrusion channel orthogonal to the horizontal channel, and an extrusion port provided at a tip end of the extrusion channel, and wherein a mouth piece structure holder which holds the mouth piece structure is provided with a turning means which freely changes the opening direction of the extrusion port between the horizontal direction and a floor facing direction.

Abstract: A vehicle understructure includes a transaxle including a plurality of enclosures and a fastening part that mutually fastens outer edge parts of the enclosures, an undercover including an interference part that is made of resin, is displaced upward when a road surface interferes with the undercover, and faces the fastening part, and a metal plate that reinforces at least a portion of the interference part.

Abstract: A fuel injection controller is applied to a fuel injector injecting fuel to be combusted in an internal combustion engine by an open-valve operation of the valve body according to an electromagnetic suction force generated by an energization of a coil. The fuel injection controller controls an injection state of the fuel injector by controlling a coil current flowing through the coil. The fuel injection controller includes an increasing control portion which increases the coil current to a first target value, a holding control portion which holds the coil current increased by the increasing control portion to the first target value, and a changing portion which changes the first target value according to the operation state of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A fuel injection controller is applied to a fuel injector injecting fuel to be combusted in an internal combustion engine by an open-valve operation of the valve body according to an electromagnetic suction force generated by an energization of a coil. The fuel injection controller controls an injection state of the fuel injector by controlling a coil current flowing through the coil. The fuel injection controller includes an increasing control portion which increases the coil current to a first target value, a holding control portion which holds the coil current increased by the increasing control portion to the first target value, and a changing portion which changes the first target value according to the operation state of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A vehicle understructure includes a transaxle including a plurality of enclosures and a fastening part that mutually fastens outer edge parts of the enclosures, an undercover including an interference part that is made of resin, is displaced upward when a road surface interferes with the undercover, and faces the fastening part, and a metal plate that reinforces at least a portion of the interference part.