Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a driving shaft that is rotated by a motor; an output shaft on which a front-end tool is attachable; and a torque transmission mechanism that transmits a torque produced by the rotation of the driving shaft to the output shaft. The torque transmission mechanism includes a magnet coupling including a driving magnet member coupled to a side of the driving shaft and a driven magnet member coupled to a side of the output shaft, and the driving magnet member and the driven magnet member are provided such that respective magnetic surfaces face each other, S-poles and N-poles being alternately arranged on each of the magnetic surfaces.

Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a motor; an output shaft; and a power transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational output of the motor to the output shaft. A motor control unit controls rotation of the motor in accordance with an on operation of the user operation switch performed by a user. A detector detects physical quantity data while the motor is being rotated. A status determination unit determines whether the electric power tool is in a deteriorated status, by using the physical quantity data. A notification interface communicates that the electric power tool is in a deteriorated status while the motor is not being rotated.

Abstract: In an electric power tool, an acquisition unit acquires physical quantity data detected while a motor is being rotated. A storage unit stores the physical quantity data and time information related to time when the physical quantity data is acquired, mapping the physical quantity data and the time information to each other. A transmission unit transmits the physical quantity data and the time information to a server system. The server system includes: a server-side reception unit that receives the physical quantity data and the time information transmitted; and a status evaluation unit that evaluates a level of a status of the electric power tool by using the physical quantity data and the time information.

Abstract: An electric power tool includes: an output shaft on which a front-end tool is adapted to be mounted; and a power transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational output of a motor to the output shaft. A posture information acquisition unit acquires posture information for identifying a posture of the electric power tool. A torque information acquisition unit acquires torque information indicating a measured value of tightening torque produced by the front-end tool. A transmission unit transmits the posture information, the torque information, and time information related to a time when respective information is acquired to an external apparatus.

Abstract: A propeller fan includes a boss and a blade. The boss rotates about an axis. The blade is provided at an outer periphery of the boss. The blade has a first region in a radial direction. In the first region, a blade chord center line shifts downstream toward an outer peripheral side. In a cylindrical cross section about an axis, a cross-sectional shape of the blade at least in the first region is an airfoil shape. When a cross section taken along the blade chord center line and projected onto a plane including the axis is viewed, the blade chord center line is a curve having a convex on a downstream side in an entire region in the radial direction.

Abstract: A stationary core is in an exciting coil. A yoke covers an outer periphery and an axial end of the exciting coil to form a magnetic circuit and has an opening portion. The movable core faces the stationary core through the opening portion and is attracted toward the stationary core on energization of the exciting coil. A return spring urges the movable core against the attraction direction. A first gap is formed between the stationary core and the movable core on deenergization of the exciting coil. A second gap is formed between the yoke and the movable core on deenergization of the exciting coil. The second gap allows the yoke and the movable core to generate an attractive force therebetween on energization of the exciting coil. The return spring is made of a magnetic material to magnetically bridge the first gap or the second gap.

Abstract: A motor driving control device includes an induced voltage detecting unit configured to detect an induced voltage of a motor, a controller for generating a PWM signal, and an inverter circuit for outputting a driving signal to the motor based on the PWM signal. The controller is configured to detect a position detection signal, to measure a zero-cross point of the induced voltage of the motor based on a detected timing of an edge of the position detection signal, to stop output of the driving signal only for a predetermined period containing the zero-cross point of the induced voltage, to measure a pulse width of a regenerated voltage in the period, to calculate a zero-cross point of coil current based on the measurement result, and to adjust the energization timing based on the calculation result. The predetermined period is a period of one cycle of the PWM signal.

Abstract: An impact rotary tool includes: a driver, a spindle, an anvil disposed in front of the spindle in a rotation axis direction, a main hammer applying a rotation force to the anvil, and a sub-hammer applying, to the main hammer having applied the rotation force to the anvil, a rotation force in the same direction.

Abstract: The present application provides: a microbial material for agricultural use characterized by containing, as an active ingredient, Bacillus subtilis C-3102 strain (FERM BP-1096) that is capable of promoting the growth of crops and/or increasing the yield of crops, or a variant thereof that has an ability equivalent thereto; and a method for cultivating crops characterized by comprising cultivating the crops using a soil or medium that contains the microbial material.

Abstract: A motor drive control device causes a single phase motor including a coil of a first system and a coil of a second system to be driven. The motor drive control device has a first driving circuit configured to perform control to energize the coil of the first system, a second driving circuit configured to perform control to energize the coil of the second system, and a driving control unit configured to control an operation of the first driving circuit and an operation of the second driving circuit. The driving control unit has a driving voltage detecting unit configured to detect a driving voltage applied to the first driving circuit and a driving voltage applied to the second driving circuit, and a compensation control unit configured to cause one driving circuit between the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit to execute a maintenance operation for maintaining rotation of the single phase motor, based on a detection result of the driving voltage detecting unit.

Abstract: A liquid analyzer is one that performs analysis in a state of being immersed in a flowing analysis target liquid, and in order to simply make a good/bad determination and increase reliability, includes: a sensor adapted to, in a state where a responsive membrane is immersed in the flowing analysis target liquid, sense a predetermined component contained in the analysis target liquid; an analysis mechanism adapted to analyze the analysis target liquid with use of voltage generated in the sensor; and a resistance measurement mechanism adapted to, in the state where the responsive membrane is immersed in the flowing analysis target liquid, apply DC voltage to the responsive membrane to measure the resistance of the responsive membrane.

Abstract: A steering device includes: a rack shaft; a rack housing housing the rack shaft; a motor unit having a motor case of which one end is coupled to the rack housing; a moving force application mechanism that moves the rack shaft by an output of the motor unit; and a support member that is fixed to the rack housing and supports the motor case. The rack housing has a fixing projection in which a bolt hole extending in a height direction is formed. The support member has an arc-shaped support part that extends along an outer circumferential surface of the motor case, and a pair of fixing pieces that protrudes from the support part toward a rack shaft housing section. Ends of the pair of fixing pieces are fastened with a bolt to the fixing projection of the rack housing.

Abstract: A torque transmission mechanism transmits a torque produced by a rotation of a driving shaft to an output shaft. A clutch mechanism is provided between a motor and the torque transmission mechanism. The torque transmission mechanism includes a magnet coupling including a driving magnet member coupled to the driving shaft side and a driven magnet member coupled to the output shaft side. The driving magnet member and the driven magnet member are arranged such that magnetic surfaces on each of which S-pole magnets and N-pole magnets are alternately arranged face other. The clutch mechanism transmits the torque produced by the rotation of the driving shaft to the driving magnet member but does not transmit a torque the driving magnet member receives from the driven magnet member to the driving shaft.

Abstract: A boss fitted to a rotation shaft of a motor is placed on a bearing surface. An airflow producing unit includes blades protruding from the boss in a radial direction of the shaft and rotating with the boss. The boss includes a first end surface to contact the bearing surface when fitted to the shaft with a first end of the boss in a thickness direction facing the bearing surface, and a second end surface to contact the bearing surface when fitted to the shaft with a second end of the boss in the thickness direction facing the bearing surface. A degree of symmetry defined by A/B falls within a range of 1.0 to 1.3, where A is a height of the airflow producing unit from the first end surface, B is a height of the airflow producing unit from the second end surface, and A B.

Abstract: A motor retainer is provided on an inner circumferential surface of a housing and retains an outer circumference of a motor unit. A rotation detector includes a rotating body attached to a motor shaft and a position detector that outputs a rotational position signal corresponding to a rotational position of the rotating body. A sensor substrate retainer is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the housing and retains the position detector at a position facing the rotating body.

Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a motor unit including a motor; a driving block for transmitting a rotational output of the motor to a front-end tool; and a rotation detector that detects an angle of rotation of the motor. The rotation detector includes a rotating body attached to a motor shaft and a position detector that outputs a rotational position signal corresponding to a rotational position of the rotating body. The rotating body includes an opening, and the motor shaft is press fitted and fixed to the opening of the rotating body.

Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a driving shaft that is rotated by a motor; an output shaft on which a front-end tool is attachable; and a torque transmission mechanism that transmits a torque produced by the rotation of the driving shaft to the output shaft. The torque transmission mechanism includes a magnet coupling including a driving magnet member coupled to a side of the driving shaft and a driven magnet member coupled to a side of the output shaft, and the driving magnet member and the driven magnet member are provided such that respective magnetic surfaces face each other, S-poles and N-poles being alternately arranged on each of the magnetic surfaces.

Abstract: In an electromagnetic relay device, a stationary core is coaxially arranged in an exciting coil, and constitutes a magnetic circuit. A yoke is arranged to surround an outer periphery of the exciting coil and the second end of the exciting coil to constitute the magnetic circuit. The yoke has an opening that is located to be closer to the first end of the exciting coil than to the second end of the exciting coil, and that faces the stationary core. A movable core is located to face the stationary core via the opening. The movable core is pulled to the stationary core upon the exciting coil being energized. A return spring is made of a magnetic member that is volutely wound in an axial direction of the stationary core. The return spring urges the movable core to be separated from the stationary core.

Abstract: A motor drive control device causes a single phase motor including a coil of a first system and a coil of a second system to be driven. The motor drive control device has a first driving circuit configured to perform control to energize the coil of the first system, a second driving circuit configured to perform control to energize the coil of the second system, and a driving control unit configured to control an operation of the first driving circuit and an operation of the second driving circuit. The driving control unit has a driving voltage detecting unit configured to detect a driving voltage applied to the first driving circuit and a driving voltage applied to the second driving circuit, and a compensation control unit configured to cause one driving circuit between the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit to execute a maintenance operation for maintaining rotation of the single phase motor, based on a detection result of the driving voltage detecting unit.

Abstract: A propeller fan includes a boss and a blade. The boss rotates about an axis. The blade is provided at an outer periphery of the boss. The blade has a first region in a radial direction. In the first region, a blade chord center line shifts downstream toward an outer peripheral side. In a cylindrical cross section about an axis, a cross-sectional shape of the blade at least in the first region is an airfoil shape. When a cross section taken along the blade chord center line and projected onto a plane including the axis is viewed, the blade chord center line is a curve having a convex on a downstream side in an entire region in the radial direction.