Abstract: A toilet system having a toilet device with a toilet seat and electricity-using equipment such as an electronic component unit; a power supplying device that is disposed behind a wall and that has a power supply coil by which power is supplied; and a power receiving device that has a power receiving coil built into the toilet seat, that has a resonance frequency with respect to the power supplying device set, and that supplies power received from the power supplying device by way of magnetic resonance to the electricity-using equipment such as the electronic component unit.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes first and second signal lines extending in directions intersecting each other on a component substrate, a pixel area including a pixel electrode disposed in correspondence with an intersection of the first and second signal lines, a signal output circuit disposed outside the pixel area and outputs a driving signal to the first signal line, and a connection wiring connecting the signal output circuit and the first signal line. An outer peripheral edge of the pixel area has a curved portion or a bent portion in a portion facing the signal output circuit, and the signal output circuit includes a plurality of circuit blocks arranged along the curved portion or the bent portion of the portion facing the signal output circuit with deviated between adjacent circuit blocks in the direction of extension of the first signal line and/or the direction of extension of the second signal line.

Abstract: This camera actuator comprises: an optical path bending member; a lens unit disposed at a subsequent stage of the optical path bending member; a first actuator that is disposed near the optical path bending member and displaces the optical path bending member; and a second actuator and a third actuator that are disposed near the lens unit so as to be apart from each other in a first direction, and that respectively displace the lens unit in a second direction and a third direction that are orthogonal to the first direction and orthogonal to each other. As a result, the present invention provides a camera actuator capable of improving the degree of freedom of design around the optical path bending member.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and liquid crystal. The first substrate includes pixel electrodes, a peripheral circuit and a dummy wiring. The peripheral circuit and the dummy wiring are provided outside a pixel area in which the pixel electrodes are arranged. The second substrate is opposed to the first substrate through the liquid crystal. The second substrate includes a translucent conductive film that is provided on an opposite side of the second substrate to a side where the liquid crystal is present. The dummy wiring is located on an outer peripheral side of the substrates than the peripheral circuit and is provided independently of the peripheral circuit in terms of circuit. The dummy wiring is grounded outside the first substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more and excellent in ductility, fatigue properties, balance between high strength and ductility, surface characteristics, and sheet passage ability that can be obtained by providing a predetermined chemical composition and a steel microstructure that contains, by area, 20-50% of ferrite, 5-25% of bainitic ferrite, and 5-20% of martensite, and that contains, by volume, 10% or more of retained austenite, in which the retained austenite has a mean grain size of 2 ?m or less, a mean Mn content in the retained austenite in mass % is at least 1.2 times the Mn content in the steel sheet in mass %, and the retained austenite has a mean free path of 1.2 ?m or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more and excellent in ductility, fatigue properties, stretch flangeability, surface characteristics, and sheet passage ability that can be obtained by providing a predetermined chemical composition and a steel microstructure that contains, by area, 20-50% of ferrite, 5-25% of bainitic ferrite, 1-10% of martensite, and 5-15% of tempered martensite, and that contains, by volume, 10% or more of retained austenite, in which the retained austenite has a mean grain size of 2 ?m or less, a mean Mn content in the retained austenite in mass % is at least 1.2 times the Mn content in the steel sheet in mass %, the retained austenite has a mean free path of 1.2 ?m or less, and the tempered martensite has a mean free path of 1.2 ?m or less.

Abstract: An electrical feed-through involves a laminate structure having alternating insulator and metal layers with electrically conductive through-holes formed therethrough, by which a lower connector pad is electrically connected with a corresponding upper connector pad, and wherein the number of through-holes is less than the number of connector pads on either side. Thus, the chain of clearances associated with the through-holes on the inner metal layer(s) is reduced, which provides more leak resistant metal material within the metal layer(s), while maintaining suitable electrical performance and avoiding disruption of existing manufacturing. Such a feed-through may be used at an interface between a hermetically-sealed internal environment, such as in a lighter-than-air gas filled data storage device, and the external environment.

Abstract: The resistance spot welding method includes performing actual welding to squeeze, by a pair of electrodes (14), a sheet combination with a sheet thickness ratio of more than 3 in which a thin sheet (11) is overlapped on at least one face of two or more overlapping thick sheets (12, 13), and passing a current while applying an electrode force to join the sheet combination, wherein in the actual welding, a pattern of the current and the electrode force is divided into two or more steps including a first step and a second step to perform welding, and an electrode force F1 in the first step and an electrode force F2 in the second step satisfy a relationship F1>F2.

Abstract: A resistance spot welding method of squeezing a predetermined sheet combination by a pair of electrodes and passing a current while applying an electrode force to join the sheet combination includes: performing test welding; and performing actual welding after the test welding, wherein in each of the test welding and the actual welding, a current pattern is divided into two or more steps including a first current passage step and a second current passage step subsequent to the first current passage step, and, in the actual welding, a current that causes no expulsion is selected to perform welding by constant current control in the first current passage step, and adaptive control welding is performed from the subsequent second current passage step onward.

Abstract: An electrical feed-through involves a laminate structure having alternating insulator and metal layers with electrically conductive through-holes formed therethrough, by which a lower connector pad is electrically connected with a corresponding upper connector pad, and wherein the number of through-holes is less than the number of connector pads on either side. Thus, the chain of clearances associated with the through-holes on the inner metal layer(s) is reduced, which provides more leak resistant metal material within the metal layer(s), while maintaining suitable electrical performance and avoiding disruption of existing manufacturing. Such a feed-through may be used at an interface between a hermetically-sealed internal environment, such as in a lighter-than-air gas filled data storage device, and the external environment.

Abstract: A bicycle seatpost assembly comprises an electric actuator and a seatpost controller. The electric actuator is to change a state of the bicycle seatpost assembly between a lock state where a total length of the bicycle seatpost assembly is invariable, and an adjustable state where the total length of the bicycle seatpost assembly is variable. The seatpost controller is configured to control the electric actuator to maintain the adjustable state during an adjustment period selectable from a plurality of predetermined adjustment periods.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric film having a first surface in contact with a vibrating film and a second surface on the opposite side to the first surface, first and second electrodes that are provided on the second surface of the piezoelectric film and that are disposed at positions away from each other and are short-circuited to each other at a position away from the piezoelectric film, and a third electrode that is provided between the first and second electrodes on the second surface of the piezoelectric film and is disposed at a position away from the first and second electrodes. At least parts of the contours of end portions of the first and second electrodes are defined in parallel to side portions of the third electrode.

Abstract: An ultrasonic measurement apparatus has an ultrasonic transducer device including an ultrasonic element array, a first through n-th first end-side terminal XA1 to XAn provided to a first end side, and a first through n-th second end-side terminal XB1 to XBn provided to a second end side opposing the first end side; a first transmission circuit outputting first drive signals VTA1 to VTAn to the first through n-th first end-side terminals XA1 to XAn; and a second transmission circuit outputting second drive signals VTB1 to VTBn to the first through n-th second end-side terminals XB1 to XBn.

Abstract: A flexible type electrical feed-through involves a flexible printed circuit (FPC) part constructed as a laminate structure of a base insulating layer, a conductor layer, and a cover insulating layer, where the FPC part is wrapped around a metal part, forming a connector assembly. Such a feed-through may be used at an interface between a hermetically-sealed internal environment, such as in a lighter-than-air gas filled data storage device, and the external environment. Multiple connector parts may be coupled to an inner side of the feed-through, to each mate with a respective flexible cable assembly electrically connected to a respective actuator of a multi-actuator hard disk drive. A floating board-to-board connector part may be coupled to the outer side of the feed-through, which in turn is electrically connected to a printed circuit board assembly of a hard disk drive, and which is able to tolerate connector mating misalignment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, satisfying the condition that Mn content divided by B content equals 2100 or less, and a steel microstructure that contains, by area, 25-80% of ferrite and bainitic ferrite in total, 3-20% of martensite, and that contains, by volume, 10% or more of retained austenite, in which the retained austenite has a mean grain size of 2 ?m or less, a mean Mn content in the retained austenite in mass % is at least 1.2 times the Mn content in the steel sheet in mass %, and an aggregate of retained austenite formed by seven or more identically-oriented retained austenite grains accounts for 60% or more by area of the entire retained austenite.

Abstract: A bicycle controller includes an electronic control unit that controls a transmission unit and a motor in accordance with a shift request that changes the transmission ratio. If the transmission ratio is changed in multiple steps in accordance with the shift request, then the electronic control unit selectively executes one of first and second shifting operations. In the first shifting operation, the output of the motor is limited and the transmission unit is operated to reach a requested transmission ratio that corresponds to the shift request. In the second shifting operation, the output of the motor is limited and the transmission unit is operated to reach an intermediate transmission ratio of the requested transmission ratio, and after the electronic control unit temporarily reduces the limitation on the output of the motor, the electronic control unit again limits the output of the motor and operates the transmission unit.

Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet with excellent formability and high yield ratio that has TS of 980 MPa or more and YR of 68% or more is obtained by providing a predetermined chemical composition and a steel microstructure that contains, in area ratio, 15 to 55% of polygonal ferrite, 8% or more of non-recrystallized ferrite, and 15 to 30% of martensite, and that contains, in volume fraction, 12% or more of retained austenite, in which the polygonal ferrite has a mean grain size of 4 ?m or less, the martensite has a mean grain size of 2 ?m or less, the retained austenite has a mean grain size of 2 ?m or less, and a value obtained by dividing an Mn content in the retained austenite (in mass %) by an Mn content in the polygonal ferrite (in mass %) equals 2.0 or more.

Abstract: A bicycle controller controls a motor in accordance with the riding environment of a bicycle. The bicycle controller includes an electronic control unit that is configured to control a motor that assists in propulsion of a bicycle in accordance with operation of an operation unit provided on the bicycle. The electronic control unit is further configured to change an increasing speed of an output torque of the motor in accordance with at least one of an inclination angle of the bicycle and a change amount of the inclination angle of the bicycle.

Abstract: A bicycle controller controls a motor in accordance with the riding environment of a bicycle. The bicycle controller includes an electronic control unit that is configured to control a motor that assists in propulsion of a bicycle in accordance with a manual driving force. The electronic control unit is further configured to control an output torque of the motor to be less than or equal to a predetermined torque. The predetermined torque is changed in accordance with an inclination angle of the bicycle.

Abstract: A bicycle controller controls a motor in accordance with the riding environment of a bicycle. The bicycle controller includes an electronic control unit that is configured to control a motor that assists in propulsion of a bicycle in accordance with a manual driving force. The electronic control unit is further configured to set a response speed of the motor with respect to a change in the manual driving force input to the bicycle for a case within a predetermined period from a time at which the bicycle starts to travel to be different from the response speed for a case in which the predetermined period has elapsed.