Abstract: A printing apparatus in which the movement of a moving body moving inside the housing can be known from outside the housing is provided. The printing apparatus includes a housing, a pair of rotary blades that are disposed inside the housing and move in a scanning direction, a discharge opening that is disposed at the housing so as to pass therethrough and discharges, from within the housing, a medium on which printing is performed inside the housing, and a light source that is disposed inside the housing so as to be elongated in the scanning direction. In the printing apparatus, the pair of rotary blades and the light source are disposed such that reflected light, which is the light emitted by the light source and reflected by the pair of rotary blades, exits the housing through the discharge opening.

Abstract: To provide a brushless motor in which a coil winding can be wound uniformly even when there is a difference in the distance between tooth tips of a plurality of pole teeth disposed in the circumferential direction of an annular part of a stator core so as to project in the radial direction. A guide core in which the distance between adjacent tooth tips of pole teeth is uniform and the tooth tips are symmetric with respect to the shaft lines in the radial direction is laminated integrally with a stator core in which a plurality of pole teeth is disposed in the circumferential direction of an annular part so as to project in the radial direction, and the distance in the circumferential direction between adjacent tooth tips is not uniform.

Abstract: At times of a travel-solo state of the machine body, the outputting of unnecessary electric lever operating device signals caused by machine body oscillation due to the traveling is inhibited. At times of traveling work, the output limitation of electric lever operating device signals necessary for work is inhibited. A control system for a construction machine includes an electric lever operating device that outputs a command to a hydraulic actuator, a travel control lever device that outputs a command to a travel device, and a controller that outputs a drive command to a solenoid proportional valve that decompresses hydraulic fluid supplied from a pilot hydraulic source.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a stage disposed in a processing chamber for mounting a wafer, a plasma generation chamber disposed above the processing chamber for plasma generation using process gas, a plate member having multiple introduction holes, made of a dielectric material, disposed above the stage and between the processing chamber and the plasma generation chamber, and a lamp disposed around the plate member for heating the wafer. The plasma processing apparatus further includes an external IR light source, an emission fiber arranged in the stage, that outputs IR light from the external IR light source toward a wafer bottom, and a light collection fiber for collecting IR light from the wafer. Data obtained using only IR light from the lamp is subtracted from data obtained also using IR light from the external IR light source during heating of the wafer. Thus, a wafer temperature is determined.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy element wire has a chemical composition including in mass percent: Mg: 0.3% or more and 0.9% or less, Si: 0.1% or more and 0.7% or less, Fe: 0.1% or more and 0.4% or less, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Cr, Ni, and Zr: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less in total, and the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy element wire has a surface roughness Ra in the range of 0.15 ?m or more and 2 ?m or less as measured with a non-contact surface roughness measuring machine. An aluminum alloy stranded wire includes a plurality of the aluminum alloy element wires twisted together. An automotive electric wire includes the aluminum alloy stranded wire. A wire harness includes the automotive electric wire, and a terminal crimped to the aluminum alloy stranded wire of the automotive electric wire.

Abstract: In a tire 2, a band 16 has a jointless structure. A reinforcing layer 18 is layered over the band 16 from a radially outer side of the band 16. In the reinforcing layer 18, a reinforcing cord 40 is extended alternately on and between one end 32 portion of the band 16 and the other end 32 portion of the band 16, so as to extend in the circumferential direction. A direction in which the reinforcing cord 40 extends is tilted relative to the circumferential direction between one of ends 32 of the band 16 and the other of the ends 32 of the band 16. An absolute value of an angle of the reinforcing cord 40 relative to the circumferential direction is greater than or equal to 70°.

Abstract: A copper alloy wire, a copper alloy twisted wire, a covered electric wire, and a wiring harness that have high strength and excellent impact resistance. A copper alloy wire for use as a conductor has a ratio of 0.2% proof stress to tensile strength that is 0.87 or less. A copper alloy twisted wire includes a plurality of the twisted copper alloy wires. A covered electric wire includes a conductor including the copper alloy wire and an insulation cover that covers an outer periphery of the conductor. A wiring harness includes the covered electric wire, and a terminal metal fitting that is attached to the conductor of the covered electric wire.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a storage cell system, cell lines each formed by connecting a prescribed number of storage cells in series are connected in parallel to form a storage cell module. Each unit is formed by connecting a prescribed number of storage cell modules in parallel. Outputs of a number of units corresponding to load capacity are linked in parallel and supplied to a load. At this time, current is limited to an extent that the storage cells are not damaged by interposing a current-limiting resistor in an output line of the storage cell module.

Abstract: The image inspection device includes: a first extraction unit configured to repeatedly execute processing for moving a predetermined region by a predetermined distance on an inspection target image to extract an image of the predetermined region after movement as a first determination image until a predetermined first ratio of the inspection target image is included in a plurality of first determination images, and a second extraction unit configured to repeatedly execute processing for moving a predetermined region by a distance smaller than the predetermined distance on an image in the inspection target image including a first determination image where a determined degree satisfies a predetermined condition to extract an image of the predetermined region after movement as a second determination image until a predetermined second ratio of the image in the inspection target image including a first determination image is included in a plurality of second determination images.

Abstract: A vacuum processing apparatus includes a processing chamber inside a vacuum vessel, a plasma forming chamber above, a dielectric plate member having multiple through-holes for introducing particles of plasma to the processing chamber between the processing chamber and the plasma forming chamber above a sample stage upper surface in the processing chamber, heating lamp arranged around an outer periphery of the plate member to irradiate an electromagnetic wave to the wafer to heat, and a ring-shaped window member for transmitting the electromagnetic wave from the lamp. The apparatus performs, from the through-holes to the wafer, supplying particles of plasma formed in the plasma forming chamber to form a reaction product, extinguishing the plasma and heating the wafer to desorb the product, and supplying particles, formed in the plasma forming chamber, of the plasma of cleaning gas to the plasma forming chamber, the processing chamber, and the window member.

Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a connector cover attached to a communication connector of a power supply device which includes a secondary battery and a manager. The connector cover includes a plurality of cover side terminals which are each connected to a plurality of connector side terminals, the connector side terminals are connection terminals included in the communication connector and provided on a supply circuit supplying power of the secondary battery to the manager and a cover base portion which has a first side on which the plurality of cover side terminals electrically connected by a conductive portion are positioned and a second side, and electrically connects between the plurality of connector side terminals on the supply circuit when the plurality of cover side terminals are connected to the connector side terminals and a protector which is positioned on the second side of the cover based portion.

Abstract: A method for etching a titanium nitride film includes a first process of supplying reactive species, which include hydrogen and fluorine, to a base material including a titanium nitride film on at least a part of a surface, and a second process of vacuum-heating the base material to remove the surface reaction layer that is generated on the surface of the titanium nitride film in the first process.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first circuit unit, comprising a first buffer, a second buffer, and a first processing unit, connected to a first power supply system, and a second circuit unit, comprising a third buffer, connected to a second power supply system different from the first power supply system. The semiconductor device includes a first oscillation signal generating circuit connected to the first power supply system, and a second oscillation signal generating circuit connected to the second power supply system. A first oscillation signal generated by the first oscillation signal generating circuit is input to the first buffer. A second oscillation signal generated by the second oscillation signal generating circuit is input to the second buffer through the third buffer. The first buffer selectively outputs the input first oscillation signal and the second buffer selectively outputs the input second oscillation signal based on a value of a control signal.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a container holder on which a first liquid container and a second liquid container are detachably mounted, an nozzles for ejecting the liquid supplied from each of the liquid containers, and an adjuster that is disposed at a position covered by the first liquid container and not covered by the second liquid container, the method including: ejecting liquid by the nozzles in a state in which the second liquid container is mounted without the first liquid container being mounted; and adjusting the liquid ejecting apparatus by the adjuster based on an ejection result in the ejecting of the liquid.

Abstract: A stator core has first, second, and third pole teeth disposed circumferentially and projecting radially outward, the first pole teeth face rotor magnets and have symmetric tooth tips, the second and third pole teeth are circumferentially disposed adjacent to the first pole teeth and have asymmetric tooth tips, and a distance between the tooth tips of the second and third pole teeth is smaller than a distance between the tooth tips of the first and second pole teeth and the distance between the tooth tips of the first and third pole teeth. This apparently reduces the facing ratio between the stator pole teeth and the rotor magnetic poles and increases the cogging torque while preventing increase in cost and reduction in workability.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, and a method of controlling it. The apparatus performs, in a case where at least one function out of a plurality of functions of the apparatus ceases to be usable, degeneracy control for operating to provide functions other than the at least one function, and stores information indicating a degeneracy control state is entered. The apparatus controls so as to activate without initialization operation of an image forming mechanism in a case where it is determined that the activation is due to the return from a power saving mode and the information is stored and so as to activate with the initialization operation when the activation is due to a power of the apparatus being turned on.

Abstract: A cooling mechanism includes a bottom wall (22) in contact with a combustion chamber, an upper wall (30), and a cooling passage (40) arranged between the bottom wall (22) and the upper wall (30). The cooling passage (40) includes a first passage (50) extending to a first direction, a second passage (60) extending to the first direction, and a connection section (70) connected with the first passage (50) and the second passage (60). The second passage (60) is arranged to have an offset to the first passage (50) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and along the bottom wall (22).

Abstract: A printing apparatus (liquid droplet ejecting apparatus) includes a detector configured to output a first signal which denotes that a medium is not supported on a support face of a medium support unit, and a second signal which denotes that a medium is supported on the support face; and a controller that limits executing of a printing operation when the first signal in received and allows executing of a printing operation when the second signal is received. The controller is configured to ignore the first signal or interpret the first signal as the second signal under a specified condition.

Abstract: In the case where a virtual vehicle speed selection means selects one of a first virtual vehicle speed and a second virtual vehicle speed so as to perform switching from the other one to said one of the first virtual vehicle speed and the second virtual vehicle speed, the rotation speed of an electric motor is decelerated to a threshold value with which travel of the vehicle stabilizes and the deceleration of the electric motor is stopped when the rotation speed of the electric motor becomes lower than the threshold value, and then traction of the vehicle is controlled based on the selected virtual vehicle speed.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an imaging area including a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, each of the plurality of pixels converting incident light into a pixel signal; a column signal line provided for each of the columns, for reading out the pixel signal; and a current source connected to the column signal line, in which the current source includes: three transistors connected in series and provided between the column signal line and a GND line; and a transistor having a drain and a source each of which is connected to a different one of connection points connecting adjacent ones of the three transistors.