Abstract: A transaxle comprises a hydrostatic transmission (hereinafter, “HST”), an axle, a gear train transmitting power from the HST to the axle, a casing carrying the HST, the gear train and the axle and providing a fluid sump. The casing has an air space over the fluid sump of a gear chamber, a breather cap for ventilation of the air space and for an oil cap is installed on a top part of the casing, and a partition plate is installed right under the breather cap and prevents the fluid sup facing directly to the breather cap.

Abstract: A hydraulic system according to the present invention includes a rotational shaft, a hydraulic rotor supported by the rotational shaft so as to be incapable of relative rotation, an output adjuster varying a volume of the hydraulic rotor, a control shaft tilting the output adjuster, a drive motor operating the control shaft around the axis, a drive shaft disposed on a reference axis same as the axis of the control shaft and operably driven around the axis by the drive motor, a deceleration mechanism decelerating rotary power input from the drive shaft and outputs the decelerated rotary power toward the control shaft, and a housing accommodating the hydraulic rotor, the output adjuster, and the deceleration mechanism, wherein the deceleration mechanism has a hypocycloid-type deceleration mechanism disposed on the reference axis.

Abstract: A MTD unit according to a present disclosure includes a bearing member that has an inner ring, a plurality of rolling elements and an outer ring and is capable of bearing a radial load and a unidirectional axial load, a retainer that has a retaining part retaining the rolling elements such that the rolling elements are rotatable around their own axes and rotates around an axis of the inner ring in accordance with an orbital motion of the rolling elements around the inner ring, and a case that accommodates the bearing member and the retainer, wherein the case has a piston that is axially movable so as to push a movable body, which is either the inner ring or the outer ring, in a first axial direction, an oil chamber provided on an opposite side of the piston from the movable body, and an oil passage for guiding pressurized oil to the oil chamber.

Abstract: A hydraulic transaxle includes a transaxle casing including an upper transaxle housing and a lower casing, hydrostatic transmission (“HST”), and an axle. The HST has a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor that are fluidly connected to each other. The hydraulic motor has a motor shaft that is drivingly connected to the axle through a reduction gear train that is disposed between the hydraulic pump and the axle. Reduction gear train has a gear shaft supported by the upper transaxle housing via a ball bearing. At least a part of the upper transaxle housing is formed by a gear top cover made of metal and covering the reduction gear train. Ball bearing is supported by the upper transaxle housing and the gear top cover.

Abstract: A transaxle includes a braking unit disposed in the transaxle casing, the braking unit configured to brake the axle. The braking unit includes an operating shaft projecting from one side of the transaxle casing. A link mechanism of the transaxle is includes a relay arm rotatably pivoted on a shaft provided on the one side of the transaxle casing, a brake arm fixed to the operating shaft, the brake arm being configured to rotate between a braking position and an unbraking position of the braking unit together with the operating shaft, a first link configured to manipulate the relay arm, and a second link configured to join the relay arm to the brake arm. The link mechanism constrains motion of the brake arm through the second link such that an external force on the braking unit cannot cause an unexpected release from the braking state.

Abstract: A hydrostatic transaxle includes: a casing that is provided with an openable and closable filter insertion port and is filled with hydraulic oil; a hydraulic continuously variable transmission that is arranged inside the casing; a filter holding member that includes a support base that is a hollow cylindrical portion and oil-tightly partitions an inside of a cylinder and an outside of the cylinder, and a filter connection port that is a hollow cylindrical portion extending from a peripheral side surface of the support base and communicating with the inside of the cylinder, the support base communicating the inside of the cylinder to the port, and arranged between the center section and the casing facing the port; and a filter body that is freely inserted to and removed from the casing via the filter insertion port.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including: a display panel 40 including an element substrate 20 having a first resin substrate 10a over which a first underlayer film 11a and a plurality of switching elements are provided, and a counter substrate 30 having a second resin substrate 10b on which a second underlayer film 11b is provided; and a functional sheet 45 bonded to a surface, of the display panel 40, close to the counter substrate 30. The display device has a curved portion C in which the display panel 40 is able to be curved at a predetermined radius of curvature, and a pair of flat portions between which the curved portion C is interposed and a predetermined angle is formed, and in which the display panel 40 is held flatly. The functional sheet 45 is bonded such that the curved portion C is able to be maintained at the predetermined radius of curvature.

Abstract: In a power-transmitting mechanism with rolling-element bearing according to the present invention, an inner ring has plural inner ring members disposed in series in an axial direction, an outer ring has plural outer ring members respectively cooperating with the plural inner ring members. Plural rolling elements are disposed between the cooperating inner ring members and outer ring members. A retainer has plural partitions retaining the plural rolling elements at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction such that rolling elements disposed between one pair of cooperating inner ring and outer ring members and rolling elements disposed between another pair of cooperating inner ring and outer ring members orbit the corresponding inner ring members in a synchronized manner, and a connector connecting the plural partitions such that the plural partitions integrally rotate around an axis.

Abstract: The present invention prevents an advance of a crack in a covering layer, without exposing a support. In a region between an edge part of a moistureproof layer (12) and a display region (2), wavy recessed patterns (7a, 7b, and 7c) are continuously or discontinuously provided so to connect one end of the moistureproof layer (12) and another end of the moistureproof layer (12). Each of the wavy recessed patterns (7a, 7b, and 7c) is recessed and is configured to change a direction in which a crack having appeared in the edge part of the moistureproof layer (12) advances.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including: a display panel 40 including an element substrate 20 having a first resin substrate 10a over which a first underlayer film 11a and a plurality of switching elements are provided, and a counter substrate 30 having a second resin substrate 10b on which a second underlayer film 11b is provided; and a functional sheet 45 bonded to a surface, of the display panel 40, close to the counter substrate 30. The display device has a curved portion C in which the display panel 40 is able to be curved at a predetermined radius of curvature, and a pair of flat portions between which the curved portion C is interposed and a predetermined angle is formed, and in which the display panel 40 is held flatly. The functional sheet 45 is bonded such that the curved portion C is able to be maintained at the predetermined radius of curvature.

Abstract: A transaxle comprises a hydrostatic transmission (hereinafter, “HST”), an axle, a gear train transmitting power from the HST to the axle, a casing carrying the HST, the gear train and the axle and providing a fluid sump. The casing has an air space over the fluid sump of a gear chamber, a breather cap for ventilation of the air space and for an oil cap is installed on a top part of the casing, and a partition plate is installed right under the breather cap and prevents the fluid sup facing directly to the breather cap.

Abstract: In a power-transmitting mechanism with rolling-element bearing according to the present invention, an inner ring has plural inner ring members disposed in series in an axial direction, an outer ring has plural outer ring members respectively cooperating with the plural inner ring members. Plural rolling elements are disposed between the cooperating inner ring members and outer ring members. A retainer has plural partitions retaining the plural rolling elements at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction such that rolling elements disposed between one pair of cooperating inner ring and outer ring members and rolling elements disposed between another pair of cooperating inner ring and outer ring members orbit the corresponding inner ring members in a synchronized manner, and a connector connecting the plural partitions such that the plural partitions integrally rotate around an axis.

Abstract: A hydraulic system according to the present invention includes a rotational shaft, a hydraulic rotor supported by the rotational shaft so as to be incapable of relative rotation, an output adjuster varying a volume of the hydraulic rotor, a control shaft tilting the output adjuster, a drive motor operating the control shaft around the axis, a drive shaft disposed on a reference axis same as the axis of the control shaft and operably driven around the axis by the drive motor, a deceleration mechanism decelerating rotary power input from the drive shaft and outputs the decelerated rotary power toward the control shaft, and a housing accommodating the hydraulic rotor, the output adjuster, and the deceleration mechanism, wherein the deceleration mechanism has a hypocycloid-type deceleration mechanism disposed on the reference axis.

Abstract: A MTD unit according to a present disclosure includes a bearing member that has an inner ring, a plurality of rolling elements and an outer ring and is capable of bearing a radial load and a unidirectional axial load, a retainer that has a retaining part retaining the rolling elements such that the rolling elements are rotatable around their own axes and rotates around an axis of the inner ring in accordance with an orbital motion of the rolling elements around the inner ring, and a case that accommodates the bearing member and the retainer, wherein the case has a piston that is axially movable so as to push a movable body, which is either the inner ring or the outer ring, in a first axial direction, an oil chamber provided on an opposite side of the piston from the movable body, and an oil passage for guiding pressurized oil to the oil chamber.

Abstract: A transaxle may include a motor, an input shaft, first and second output shafts, and first and second clutches. The input shaft has first and second ends. The first end of the input shaft is structured to receive an engine power from an engine. The second end of the input shaft is structured to receive motor power from the motor. The first output shaft is driven by power outputted from the input shaft. The second output shaft is driven by the motor power. The second output shaft is extended coaxially to the input shaft. The first clutch is interposed between the motor and the input shaft. The second clutch is interposed between the motor and the second output shaft. The first clutch and the second clutch are coaxially disposed between the second end of the input shaft and an axial end of the second output shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device capable of preventing an increase in a cost of manufacturing one chip while favorably maintaining forward characteristics of the semiconductor device including (a) inspecting the characteristics of the forward conduction of body diodes as element structures; (b) classifying the body diode and the body diode as either a first group suitable for forward conduction or a second group unsuitable for forward conduction on the basis of an inspection result; and (c) manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor MOSFET that requires forward conduction using the body diode classified into the first group or manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor MOSFET that does not need forward conduction using the body diode classified into the second group.

Abstract: Biocompatible intraocular implants include a steroid and an auxiliary agent, where the auxiliary agent is present in an amount sufficient to lessen the severity of at least one side effect compared to the use of an otherwise identical implant lacking said auxiliary agent. The steroid and the auxiliary agent may be present on the same intraocular implant or on different implants. The steroid and auxiliary agent may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. Or, the steroid may be associated with a polymeric coating having one or more openings effective to permit the steroid to be released into an external environment. The implants containing the steroid and an auxiliary agent may be placed in an eye to treat one or more ocular conditions while reducing the side effects otherwise accompanying steroid use.

Abstract: Biocompatible intraocular implants include a steroid and an auxiliary agent, where the auxiliary agent is present in an amount sufficient to lessen the severity of at least one side effect compared to the use of an otherwise identical implant lacking said auxiliary agent. The steroid and the auxiliary agent may be present on the same intraocular implant or on different implants. The steroid and auxiliary agent may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. Or, the steroid may be associated with a polymeric coating having one or more openings effective to permit the steroid to be released into an external environment. The implants containing the steroid and an auxiliary agent may be placed in an eye to treat one or more ocular conditions while reducing the side effects otherwise accompanying steroid use.