Abstract: Methods and apparatus for substrate position calibration for substrate supports in substrate processing systems are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for positioning a substrate on a substrate support includes: obtaining a plurality of backside pressure values corresponding to a plurality of different substrate positions on a substrate support by repeatedly placing a substrate in a position on the substrate support, and vacuum chucking the substrate to the substrate support and measuring a backside pressure; and analyzing the plurality of backside pressure values to determine a calibrated substrate position.

Abstract: This method for producing a resin bonded body includes: forming a first resin assembly of a shape having an accommodation portion from a first fluororesin material that is capable of gelling and maintaining shape even at or above the melting point thereof; a step for accommodating a second resin assembly composed of a second fluororesin material that melts and becomes liquid at or above the melting point thereof within the accommodation portion. The method includes heating the first resin assembly having the second resin assembly disposed in the accommodation portion to or above the melting point of the first fluororesin material and the second fluororesin material before cooling the first resin assembly, changing the first resin assembly into a first resin molded body and the second resin assembly into a second resin molded body, and bonding the first and second resin molded bodies.

Abstract: A motor control device according to the present disclosure includes: a motor drive circuit that outputs a drive current to a motor; a drive current detector; a main control unit, and an auxiliary control unit, wherein the main control unit has a first control signal generator that generates a first control signal based on a detected current signal; a first drive signal generator that generates a drive signal based on the first control signal, and a first switcher that switches to an output state of the motor drive circuit of the drive signal, and the auxiliary control unit has a second control signal generator that generates a second control signal; a second drive signal generator that generates the drive signal based on the second control signal, and a second switcher that switches to an output state of the motor drive circuit of the drive signal.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a cylindrical member including an opening formed at a first end in an axial direction, and a wall portion formed at a second end in the axial direction; and a planetary gear set received within the cylindrical member; a carrier of the planetary gear set which includes a protruding portion protruding toward an outer circumference side, and the protruding portion being positioned between the wall portion and a ring gear of the planetary gear set, wherein the carrier is integrally formed with a hub portion of a clutch; the hub portion is positioned on a wall portion side of the carrier; and an outermost circumference portion of the protruding portion is positioned radially outside of an outermost circumference portion of the hub portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a support structure for a ring gear, which includes: a clutch drum coupled by spline fitting with the ring gear; and first and second snap rings mounted to a circumferential wall of the clutch drum and supporting the ring gear. The first snap ring is positioned so as not to overlap with the ring gear in a radial direction. The second snap ring is positioned so as to overlap with the ring gear in the radial direction. A length of the first snap ring in the radial direction is longer than a length of the second snap ring in the radial direction.

Abstract: A forward/reverse switching mechanism is provided with a planetary gear set, a reverse brake and a forward clutch. The planetary gear set includes a sun gear which serves as an input part, a carrier which serves as an output part, and a ring gear. The reverse brake is adapted to fix the ring gear. The forward clutch is adapted to connect the ring gear and the sun gear to each other. The ring gear, a drive plate provided on a ring gear side of the reverse brake and a driven plate provided on a ring gear side of the forward clutch are spline-fitted to a clutch drum.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a cylindrical member including an opening formed at a first end in an axial direction, and a wall portion formed at a second end in the axial direction; and a planetary gear set received within the cylindrical member; a carrier of the planetary gear set which includes a protruding portion protruding toward an outer circumference side, and the protruding portion being positioned between the wall portion and a ring gear of the planetary gear set, wherein the carrier is integrally formed with a hub portion of a clutch; the hub portion is positioned on a wall portion side of the carrier; and an outermost circumference portion of the protruding portion is positioned radially outside of an outermost circumference portion of the hub portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a support structure for a ring gear (32), which includes: a clutch drum (6) coupled by spline fitting with the ring gear (32); and first and second snap rings (38, 39) mounted to a circumferential wall (62) of the clutch drum (6) and supporting the ring gear (32). The first snap ring (38) is positioned so as not to overlap with the ring gear (32) in a radial direction. The second snap ring (39) is positioned so as to overlap with the ring gear (32) in the radial direction. A length (a1) of the first snap ring (38) in the radial direction is longer than a length (a2) of the second snap ring (39) in the radial direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a forward/reverse switching mechanism (2) with a planetary gear set (3), a reverse brake (5) and a forward clutch (4). The planetary gear set (3) includes a sun gear (31) which serves as an input part, a carrier (34) which serves as an output part, and a ring gear (32). The reverse brake (5) is adapted to fix the ring gear (32). The forward clutch (4) is adapted to connect the ring gear (32) and the sun gear (31) to each other. The ring gear (32), a drive plate (52) provided on a ring gear (32) side of the reverse brake (5) and a driven plate (41) provided on a ring gear (32) side of the forward clutch (4) are spline-fitted to a clutch drum (6).

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a manufacturing-process visualizing program that causes a computer to execute a process including acquiring manufacture data including identification information for a manufacture product, identification information for a manufacturing process, and time information indicating a time captured at a time when the manufacture product has undergone the manufacturing process; determining all manufacturing processes which a specific manufacture product has undergone, and determining an order of each of manufacturing processes based on time information associated with each of the manufacturing processes; and arranging, in the determined order, identification information or symbol information, and generating a graph in which a time when the specific manufacture product undergoes each of the manufacturing processes is, along a predetermined time axis direction, associated with the identification information for each of the manufacturing processes or the

Abstract: An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus configured to calculate a number of in-process products existing between a first process executed by a first device and a second process executed by a second device in a production line, the method includes acquiring, from the first device, an end log of the first process; adding a value to the number of in-process products according to the acquired end log; acquiring, from the second device, a start log of the second process; subtracting a value from the number of in-process products according to the acquired start log; and adjusting the number of in-process products to 0 when it is determined that no start log of the second process has occurred over a period longer than or equal to a threshold value in a state where the number of in-process products is greater than or equal to 1.

Abstract: A frame extracting method including specifying, for each of a plurality of first groups acquired by dividing a plurality of frames included in a moving image with a predetermined time interval, one frame for which an index related to clearness of a frame indicates highest clearness among frames included in each of the plurality of first groups, grouping the plurality of specified frames into a plurality of second groups, an amount of change between temporally adjacent frames in each of the plurality of second groups being less than or equal to a predetermined reference, and extracting, for each of the plurality of second groups, a representative frame from the plurality of specified frames included in each of the plurality of second groups, the index of the representative frame indicating the highest clearness among the plurality of specified frames included in each of the plurality of second groups.

Abstract: A header pipe joint for fluid transportation includes at least one branch portion provided on a side wall of a tubular main pipe portion, an insertion port provided on one end side of the main pipe portion, a receiving port which is provided on the other end side of the main pipe portion and which is configured so that an insertion port can be joined to the receiving port, and an angle adjustment mechanism for the branch portion. The angle adjustment mechanism is provided at the receiving port and the insertion port. The angle adjustment mechanism includes at least one cutout portion and at least one projecting portion.

Abstract: A polyamide compound containing: from 25 to 50 mol % of a diamine unit, which contains an aromatic diamine unit represented by the following formula (I), in an amount of 50 mol % or more; from 25 to 50 mol % of a dicarboxylic acid unit, which contains a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the following formula (II-1) and/or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the following formula (II-2), in an amount in total of 50 mol % or more; and from 0.1 to 50 mol % of a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (III): wherein n represents an integer of from 2 to 18, Ar represents an arylene group, and R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group.

Abstract: A conventional rotary valve in which is provided with a locking mechanism for fixing the degree of aperture so as to prevent misoperation and reduce accidents caused thereby, and even a previously installed valve can be converted to a valve having a locking mechanism, simply by replacing the handle alone. In a rotary valve wherein a valve element that is engaged with a stem is turned by turning the stem, which is connected to a handle, so as to open and close the valve, and having a top flange that is provided on a neck of a valve body that supports the stem, a notch is formed at the peripheral edge of the top flange, and a locking member, having a protrusion that can be latched in the notch in the top flange by way of a torsion spring, is pivotably supported at the center of the handle or on a grip portion thereof.

Abstract: A polyamide compound containing: from 25 to 50 mol % of a diamine unit, which contains an aromatic diamine unit represented by the following formula (I), in an amount of 50 mol % or more; from 25 to 50 mol % of a dicarboxylic acid unit, which contains a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the following formula (II-1) and/or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the following formula (II-2), in an amount in total of 50 mol % or more; and from 0.1 to 50 mol % of a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (III): wherein n represents an integer of from 2 to 18, Ar represents an arylene group, and R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group.

Abstract: A sanitary cleansing apparatus includes: a main body incorporating a water discharge nozzle that squirts water from a water discharge port; a toilet seat rotatably and pivotally supported at a relatively anterior position of the main body; a toilet lid rotatably and pivotally supported at a relatively posterior position of the main body and generally entirely covering an upper face of the toilet seat and the main body in a closed state; a transmissive window provided at a rear of the toilet lid and formed from a material different from that of the toilet lid; and a human body detection sensor provided in the upper face of the main body and being capable of detecting a human body through the transmissive window in the closed state of the toilet lid.

Abstract: A conventional rotary valve in which is provided with a locking mechanism for fixing the degree of aperture so as to prevent misoperation and reduce accidents caused thereby, and even a previously installed valve can be converted to a valve having a locking mechanism, simply by replacing the handle alone. In a rotary valve wherein a valve element that is engaged with a stem is turned by turning the stem, which is connected to a handle, so as to open and close the valve, and having a top flange that is provided on a neck of a valve body that supports the stem, a notch is formed at the peripheral edge of the top flange, and a locking member, having a protrusion that can be latched in the notch in the top flange by way of a torsion spring, is pivotably supported at the center of the handle or on a grip portion thereof.

Abstract: A sanitary cleansing apparatus includes: a main body incorporating a water discharge nozzle that squirts water from a water discharge port; a toilet seat rotatably and pivotally supported at a relatively anterior position of the main body; a toilet lid rotatably and pivotally supported at a relatively posterior position of the main body and generally entirely covering an upper face of the toilet seat and the main body in a closed state; a transmissive window provided at a rear of the toilet lid and formed from a material different from that of the toilet lid; and a human body detection sensor provided in the upper face of the main body and being capable of detecting a human body through the transmissive window in the closed state of the toilet lid.