Abstract: A yeast including a cell wall having a low mannan content, wherein the yeast has an immunopotentiating capability, and is able to grow in a YPD liquid medium with an osmotic pressure of 300 mOsm, and wherein, when a part of a pre-culture of the yeast grown in a YPDS liquid medium is added to the YPD liquid medium so that OD660 is adjusted to 0.1, followed by incubating at 30° C. for 24 hours, the yeast grows to increase the OD660 of the YPD liquid medium to 1.0 or more.

Abstract: Problems to be Solved: To provide a process for roughening both sides of a copper plate by forming a protrusion with a fine bump shape on the both sides of the copper plate, and then to provide a process for a deterioration of an electroplating solution for plating copper to become hard to progress therein. Means for Solving the Problems: First of all, there is designed to be arranged electrodes (3, 3) as a similar pole for therebetween to be opposed to each other in an electroplating copper solution 2, and then to be arranged a copper plate 4 at therebetween. And then at first there becomes to be performed an anodic treatment for generating a copper fine particles on both surfaces of the copper plate 4, by performing an electrolytic process with the copper plate 4 as a positive electrode and the electrodes 3 as negative electrodes.

Abstract: A ball screw nut, into which a ball screw shaft is screwed, is coupled with a first cylindrical member disposed in a periphery of the ball screw shaft so as not to rotate with each other. The ball screw nut and the first cylindrical member are rotatably supported on a second cylindrical member by way of balls arranged so as to form two rows. One end portion of the ball screw nut is spline-fitted with one end portion of the first cylindrical member. Two rows of ball bearing raceways are formed on an outer peripheral face of the ball screw nut.

Abstract: An inspection method for inspecting beads provided on a tire building drum in process of production a pneumatic tire includes measuring a displacement amount in a radial direction on each of the beads lying axially on both sides of the drum with a distance sensor such as an eddy current sensor while rotating the drum, synthesizing displacement amounts so obtained on the beads on both the sides, calculating a harmonic of the displacement amounts in the radial direction of the beads by performing harmonic analysis on a resultant synthesized displacement amount, and determining whether the magnitude of the harmonic so calculated falls within a predetermined range.

Abstract: In a ball screw device, a ball screw linear-movement member is screwed with a ball screw rotary member and configured to linearly move in accordance with a relative rotation with the ball screw rotary member. A housing is holding the ball screw rotary member. A motor is disposed in a motor chamber of the housing, and configured to rotate the ball screw rotary member with a rotor coupled to the ball screw rotary member. A stopper is configured to collide with a brake when an amount of a relative linear movement between the ball screw rotary member and the ball screw linear-movement member becomes no less than a prescribed amount. The brake is configured to decelerate rotation of the rotor by the collision of the stopper with respect to the brake.

Abstract: A storage system, including a storing unit, which is configured to be connectable to an information processor, includes a communication data receiving unit, a path information extracting unit, a specifying information creating unit and an access controlling unit. The communication data receiving unit receives communication data transmitted from the information processor. The path information extracting unit extracts path information indicating a communication path between the information processor and the communication data receiving unit, from the communication data received by the communication data receiving unit. The specifying information creating unit creates specifying information indicating the information processor that is the transmission source of the communication data, based on the path information extracted by the path information extracting unit.

Abstract: An electromagnetic absorber (10) for a vehicle including (a) a threaded rod (78) which is disposed on one of a sprung portion and an unsprung portion and which has a threaded groove (76) formed in its outer circumferential portion and an axial groove (90) extending in its axis direction (b) a nut (80) which is rotatably disposed on the other of the sprung portion and the unsprung portion and which is screwed with the threaded rod and (c) a rod-rotation inhibiting member (82) which includes a fitting portion configured to be fitted in the axial groove and which is disposed on the other of the sprung portion and the unsprung portion, the rod-rotation inhibiting member being configured to inhibit the threaded rod from rotating while permitting the threaded rod to move in the axis direction.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus that is capable of communicating with an external apparatus, comprising: an image sensing unit configured to sense an object and generate image data; an identification data generation unit configured to generate, from the image data, identification data for identifying a feature of the object; a storage unit configured to store the identification data; a display unit configured to display the image data; a communication unit configured to receive identification data for identifying a feature of an object captured by another image sensing apparatus during communication with the other image sensing apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine the image capture status of each object based on the identification data received by the communication unit; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to identifiably display the image capture status of each object determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to capture an image of an object; a storing unit configured to store file path information of the image; a specifying unit configured to specify a file path for the image based on the file path information; a determination unit configured to determine whether a second image having a second file path that is the same as the file path exists on an external recording medium; a file path changing unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the second image having the second file path that is the same as the file path exists on the external recording medium, change the second file path recorded on the external recording medium; and a recording control unit configured to record the image on the external recording medium.

Abstract: From image data for foreign substance detection obtained by an image sensing device that converts an optical image of an object into image data, correction data is created for correcting photographed image data in a case that normal image sensing is performed, and by correcting the photographed image data using the correction data, image data is obtained in which effects due to a foreign substance have been removed. In a case where a foreign substance removal operation, which removes a foreign substance affixed to an optical member, has been executed, the correction data is updated, so that correction of subsequent photographed image data using old correction data is prevented.

Abstract: The outer diameter of a spline nut and the inner diameter of a nut body holding portion of a housing gradually decrease in the downward direction. A ball screw protection unit includes a nut body taper face that is formed in the outer peripheral face of the spline nut, a holding portion taper face that is formed in the nut body holding portion, and a disc spring that is provided at the upper end of the spline nut and that biases the spline nut in such a direction that a friction force between the nut body taper face and the holding portion taper face increases (downward direction).

Abstract: An outer peripheral cylindrical surface 13, 17, which is a non-engagement outer peripheral surface, is formed in an outer periphery of an annular portion 3 and a portion 15 of each of pillar portions 4, while an engagement portion formed of an edge 9 is formed on an outer periphery of the other annular portion 2 and another portion 14 of each of the pillar portions 4. The outer peripheral cylindrical surface 13, 17 is formed inside a circle smaller by a specified size than a circumcircle of the edges 9.

Abstract: First shoulder portions are formed on the outer periphery of the shaft such that the first spline grooves of the shaft are interposed between the first shoulder portions adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the shaft. Second shoulder portions are formed on the inner periphery of the outer tube such that the second spline grooves of the outer tube are interposed between the second shoulder portions adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the outer tube. Main passages of spline-purpose ball circulation passages are formed as a result of forming the first and second shoulder portions. Clearance are formed respectively between the first shoulder portions and the spline-purpose balls and between the second shoulder portions and the spline-purpose balls in a rotational direction of the screw shaft and the spline-purpose outer tube.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that commences a pre-shooting operation on a first stroke of a release button, executes a shooting operation on a second stroke of the release button, and stores generated image data in a connected storage medium. The image capturing apparatus includes a power supply unit adapted to supply power to the storage medium, and a controller configured to control the power supply unit so that the power supply to the storage medium is started in response to the first stroke of the release button going ON.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to capture an image of an object; a storing unit configured to store file path information of the image; a specifying unit configured to specify a file path for the image based on the file path information; a determination unit configured to determine whether a second image having a second file path that is the same as the file path exists on an external recording medium; a file path changing unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the second image having the second file path that is the same as the file path exists on the external recording medium, change the second file path recorded on the external recording medium; and a recording control unit configured to record the image on the external recording medium.

Abstract: A length of each pocket of a cage in a circumferential direction is smaller than the sum of an outer diameter of a roller and a free length of a coil spring. The cage can rotate relative to an inner ring having cam surfaces in accordance with revolution of the rollers in an overload-applied condition, and the cage can not rotate in a direction opposite to a direction of revolution of the rollers in the overload-applied condition.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes a first one-way clutch that transmits a rotational power of a pulley to a rotating shaft, and a second one-way clutch that transmits a rotational power of a rotor of a motor to the rotating shaft. The first one-way clutch is of inner cam type in which an engagement cam-surface is formed in an outer periphery of a first inner ring, while the second one-way clutch is of outer cam type in which an engagement cam-surface is formed in an inner periphery of a second outer ring. This arrangement improves engagement performance of the first one-way clutch as well as reducing heat generation of the second one-way clutch, so that the lifetime of grease is prolonged.

Abstract: From image data for foreign substance detection obtained by an image sensing device that converts an optical image of an object into image data, correction data is created for correcting photographed image data in a case that normal image sensing is performed, and by correcting the photographed image data using the correction data, image data is obtained in which effects due to a foreign substance have been removed. In a case where a foreign substance removal operation, which removes a foreign substance affixed to an optical member, has been executed, the correction data is updated, so that correction of subsequent photographed image data using old correction data is prevented.

Abstract: An outer peripheral cylindrical surface 13, 17, which is a non-engagement outer peripheral surface, is formed in an outer periphery of an annular portion 3 and a portion 15 of each of pillar portions 4, while an engagement portion formed of an edge 9 is formed on an outer periphery of the other annular portion 2 and another portion 14 of each of the pillar portions 4. The outer peripheral cylindrical surface 13, 17 is formed inside a circle smaller by a specified size than a circumcircle of the edges 9.

Abstract: There is provided an inspection method for inspecting an object built on a tire building drum to make up a pneumatic tire with respect to profile thereof in process of production of the tire includes, in which data with respect to a profile of the object for a single rotation of the tire building drum is acquired by a two-dimension laser sensor having a detection range along a lateral direction of the object while rotating the drum. Then, using the data so acquired, a radial run-out (RRO) in a circumferential direction of the tire is averaged out in a lateral direction of the object for harmonic analysis, and whether or not the magnitude of the harmonic obtained as a result of the analysis falls within a predetermined range is determined.