Abstract: An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator where a working unit 15 including an engine 37 and a power generating unit 38 is housed in an outer case 12. A plurality of lower support means 25 are included in the generator 10. The lower support means 25 includes a first vibration isolating support portion 73 disposed between the working unit 15 and the outer case 12, a second vibration isolating support portion 74 formed integrally with the first vibration isolating support portion 73, and a groove portion 75 formed between the first vibration isolating support portion 73 and the second vibration isolating support portion 74. The working unit 15 is supported with the first vibration isolating support portion 73. The outer case 12 is supported with the second vibration isolating support portion 74. A fitting portion 81 of the outer case 12 is fitted to the groove portion 75.

Abstract: A fuel-tank-equipped working machine is provided, which is capable of securing a fuel tank to be large in a state where the fuel-tank-equipped working machine is secured to be compact. A generator 10 as a working machine includes a fuel tank 25 supported at an outer case 12. The working machine 10 includes a tank opening 35 that is formed at the outer case 12, a mounting concave portion 38 that is formed on the fuel tank 25, and a cushion portion 37 that is capable of being housed in the mounting concave portion 38. The tank opening 35 is formed so as to be able to expose an upper half part 25a of the fuel tank 25 to an outside 14 of the outer case 12. Further, the cushion portion 37 has a fitting groove 63 capable of being fitted to an opening rim 36 of the tank opening 35.

Abstract: Construction is achieved that is capable of preventing the formation of radial streaks in the tip-end surfaces of teeth of hub-side face splines 21. When a swing center distance is taken to be L, a swing angle that is the inclination angle of the center axis of a roll 30 with respect to a main hub body 8 is taken to be ?, the pitch diameter of the hub-side face splines 21 is taken to be Dh, the number of teeth of the hub-side face splines 21 is taken to be Nh, and the number of teeth of a processing surface 31 of the roll 30 is taken to be Nr, the position relationship of the main hub body 8 and the roll 30, or in other words, at least one of the swing center distance L, the swing angle ?, and the pitch circle diameter Dh is regulated so that the relationship Nh/Nr=cos ?+(2L/Dh)·sin ? is satisfied.

Abstract: An exhaust gas cleaning catalyst for an internal combustion engine includes a cerium-containing oxide, palladium supported on the cerium-containing oxide, zinc supported on the cerium-containing oxide, and barium supported on the cerium-containing oxide.

Abstract: A method for adjusting the softening point of a pitch material includes heating the pitch material to form molten pitch material, and rising the softening point of the pitch material by moving a plurality of movable members so that the movable members repetitively move at least some of the molten pitch material out of a liquid level of the molten pitch material and back to the molten pitch material.

Abstract: A laminate of the present invention includes: a substrate made of a polymer material; an undercoat layer disposed on at least part of an outer surface of the substrate and made up of an inorganic material containing an inorganic substance having a functional group; and an atomic layer deposition film disposed so as to cover an outer surface of the undercoat layer and containing a precursor which is a deposition raw material such that the precursor located on the outer surface of the undercoat layer and the functional group of the inorganic substance are bound to each other.

Abstract: A cleaning unit configured to clean toner left on an image bearing unit includes a cleaning member configured to remove the toner, a coil spring conveying the toner removed by the cleaning member in a longitudinal direction of the cleaning member, and a support member being rotatable and supporting one end of the coil spring to transmit a rotational driving force to the coil spring. The support member is provided with a long hole lengthy in the longitudinal direction of the coil spring such that one end of the coil spring engages with the long hole.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing device and the like that can generate a composite image in a desired focusing condition. In a smartphone 1, an edge detecting section 107 detects an edge as a feature from a plurality of input images taken with different focusing distances, and detects the intensity of the edge as a feature value. A depth estimating section 111 then estimates the depth of a target pixel, which is information representing which of the plurality of input images is in focus at the target pixel, by using the edge intensity detected by the edge detecting section 107. A depth map generating section 113 then generates a depth map based on the estimation results by the depth estimating section 111.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing device and the like that can generate a composite image in a desired focusing condition. In a smartphone 1, an edge detecting section 107 detects an edge as a feature from a plurality of input images taken with different focusing distances, and detects the intensity of the edge as a feature value. A depth estimating section 111 then estimates the depth of a target pixel, which is information representing which of the plurality of input images is in focus at the target pixel, by using the edge intensity detected by the edge detecting section 107. A depth map generating section 113 then generates a depth map based on the estimation results by the depth estimating section 111.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a bearing ring member, whereby processing cost can be reduced and a high degree of freedom in design is obtained, by disposing a metal material of a raw material (13a), the metal material having excellent metal characteristics such as fatigue strength and wear resistance and excellent processing characteristics such as hardenability, in a portion that flows to a portion (raceway surface, etc.) where the characteristics of the metal material are required during use or forging of a bearing ring member. The present invention is configured from a first metal part (23) in which the raw material (13a) is formed in a cylindrical shape, and a second metal part (24) formed in a columnar shape by a metal material having more excellent metal characteristics or processing characteristics than the first metal part (23).

Abstract: A device that can realize satellite communication with a popularized mobile phone in a case a large number of users communicate at a same time such as in a case where disaster strikes and the like. An external battery for charging a mobile phone includes a satellite antenna for performing satellite communication via a satellite communication channel and a satellite communication unit which causes the mobile phone to perform the satellite communication via the satellite antenna. The mobile phone and the external battery are connected with a cable and the like, and thereby a satellite communication terminal is configured.

Abstract: Disclosed is a monomer containing an N-acylcarbamoyl group and a lactone skeleton. The monomer is exemplified by Formula (1): where Ra is selected typically from hydrogen and C1-C6 alkyl; R1 is, independently in each occurrence, selected typically from halogen and optionally halogenated C1-C6 alkyl; “A” is selected from C1-C6 alkylene, oxygen, sulfur, and non-bond; m represents an integer of 0 to 8; X represents, independently in each occurrence, specific N-acylcarbamoyl; n represents an integer of 1 to 9; and Y represents a C1-C6 divalent organic group.

Abstract: A laminate includes: a base material having a top surface; an under coat layer formed on at least a part of the top surface of the base material, having a membranous shape or a film shape and containing an organic polymer having an OH group; and an atomic layer deposition film formed in a membranous shape to cover an exposed surface of the under coat layer, the atomic layer deposition film being formed by a precursor as a material thereof. At least a part of the precursor is coupled to the OH group of the organic polymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell panel mount capable of fixing inclined column members at a predetermined inclination angle simply, stably for a long term, and methods of making and using thereof.

Abstract: A method for adjusting the softening point of a pitch material includes heating the pitch material to form molten pitch material, and rising the softening point of the pitch material by moving a plurality of movable members so that the movable members repetitively move at least some of the molten pitch material out of a liquid level of the molten pitch material and back to the molten pitch material.

Abstract: When the column-shaped raw material 10 is subjected to an upsetting process, a simultaneous forward-backward extrusion process, a punching process, a rolling process and a finishing process in order, to obtain an outer ring 3 that constitutes a back-to back double-row angular ball bearing 3, in the simultaneous forward-backward extrusion process, using a floating die 31 having a bottom plate section 35 with a circular convex section 34 and a punch 33 having a punch side convex section 37 provided on an distal end thereof, the section closer to the center in the radial direction of the first intermediate material 11a is compressed in the axial direction, causing the metal material of the first intermediate material 11a to move outward in the radial direction and move approximately uniformly in both extrusion (forward and backward) direction of the punch 33, whereby the middle metal material 29 having a high degree of cleanliness of the column-shaped raw material 10 is exposed over the entire portion that will

Abstract: A device that can realize satellite communication with a popularized mobile phone in a case a large number of users communicate at a same time such as in a case where disaster strikes and the like. An external battery for charging a mobile phone includes a satellite antenna for performing satellite communication via a satellite communication channel and a satellite communication unit which causes the mobile phone to perform the satellite communication via the satellite antenna. The mobile phone and the external battery are connected with a cable and the like, and thereby a satellite communication terminal is configured.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing device and the like that can generate a composite image in a desired focusing condition. In a smartphone 1, an edge detecting section 107 detects an edge as a feature from a plurality of input images taken with different focusing distances, and detects the intensity of the edge as a feature value. A depth estimating section 111 then estimates the depth of a target pixel, which is information representing which of the plurality of input images is in focus at the target pixel, by using the edge intensity detected by the edge detecting section 107. A depth map generating section 113 then generates a depth map based on the estimation results by the depth estimating section 111.

Abstract: When the column-shaped raw material 10 is subjected to an upsetting process, a simultaneous forward-backward extrusion process, a punching process, a rolling process and a finishing process in order, to obtain an outer ring 3 that constitutes a back-to back double-row angular ball bearing 3, in the simultaneous forward-backward extrusion process, using a floating die 31 having a bottom plate section 35 with a circular convex section 34 and a punch 33 having a punch side convex section 37 provided on an distal end thereof, the section closer to the center in the radial direction of the first intermediate material 11a is compressed in the axial direction, causing the metal material of the first intermediate material 11a to move outward in the radial direction and move approximately uniformly in both extrusion (forward and backward) direction of the punch 33, whereby the middle metal material 29 having a high degree of cleanliness of the column-shaped raw material 10 is exposed over the entire portion that will

Abstract: A light reflector including a multilayer film wherein the multilayer film includes a substrate layer and an emission line preventing layer including a scale-like light reflecting section, and the reflection angle light quantity ratio is from 1.5 to 6.5. The light reflector is capable of preventing generation of emission lines when it is incorporated in a planar light source device or an illuminating device.