Abstract: An aspect of a carrier for a planetary gear device includes two separate endplates that fit together using a snap-fit assembly. Retention protrusions extending from one of the endplates snap-fit into corresponding recesses on the other endplate to assemble the carrier. The shape of the recess is configured to reduce or eliminate any tendency for loads to force retention protrusion to disengage from the recess, which may result in loss of structural integrity of the carrier.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a planetary gear device includes a planetary gear mounted on a planetary gear shaft. The shaft is mounted in a shaft hole that allows the gear to rotate freely about the shaft. Lubricant reservoirs formed as voids or spaces on the inner surface of the shaft hole and outer surface of the shaft provide additional volume for lubricant to lubricate the shaft and shaft hole interface. These lubricant reservoirs extend the lifespan of the lubricant and reduce maintenance requirements of the planetary gear.

Abstract: Separate structural units for an inner gear and a housing of a planetary gear device include an inner gear with a first raised portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear, where the first raised portion extends towards in a direction that is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the inner gear. A housing includes a second raised portion formed on an inner peripheral surface, where the second raised portion extends in a direction that is inclined in respect to the axial direction. The housing contains the inner gear such that there is a gap formed between the inner peripheral surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear. Movement of the inner gear within the interior of the housing is limited through linear contact of the first raised portion and the second raised portion.

Abstract: A method of producing a resist film includes: a laminating step of fabricating a workpiece by laminating the resist film on an etching target film; and an infiltration step of exposing the workpiece to a gas of a precursor containing a metal having a higher EUV light absorption rate than carbon to infiltrate the metal into the resist film.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein a data update program for causing a computer to execute a process including in response to receiving a plurality of data transmitted from a data management device at a first interval, updating data in a searchable database stored in a data storage with the received plurality of data; in response to detecting specific data satisfying a specific condition among the plurality of data in the database, transmitting to the data management device a transmission request to transmit data identified by identification information of the specific data; and in response to receiving the data identified by the identification information of the specific data that is transmitted from the data management device in response to the transmission request, updating the specific data in the database with the received data.

Abstract: A method includes: determining, based on an elapsed time, a priority for each of groups obtained by clustering a plurality of pieces of response information based on similarity between the pieces of response information, each response information indicating a response to an event that has occurred, the elapsed time being measured from a time period in which the event recorded in each response information of each group occurred most often; calculating credibility for each response information, based on a number of times specifications of a system relating to the event have been changed after the response, and an elapsed time from date and time when the response recorded in the pieces of response information has been made; and controlling a presentation mode upon presenting the plurality of pieces of response information, based on the priority calculated for each group and the credibility calculated for each response information.

Abstract: A gear tooth for a gear of a planetary gear device may include a profile modification that alters a profile of the gear tooth to reduce wear and noise. Aspects of the profile modification may include a planar surface that connects a tip surface of the gear tooth with a first or second side of the gear tooth. Other aspects of the profile modification may include a curved surface connecting a tip surface of the gear tooth with a first or second side of the gear tooth. The gear tooth may also include non-constant profile width as measured between the first side and the second side in a gear thickness direction extending between the top and bottom surfaces of the gear. Aspects of gear teeth with either or both the profile modification and non-constant profile width may reduce tooth wear and gear noise during operation of the planetary gear device.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a planetary gear device includes a planetary gear mounted on a planetary gear shaft. The shaft is mounted in a shaft hole that allows the gear to rotate freely about the shaft. Lubricant reservoirs formed as voids or spaces on the inner surface of the shaft hole and outer surface of the shaft provide additional volume for lubricant to lubricate the shaft and shaft hole interface. These lubricant reservoirs extend the lifespan of the lubricant and reduce maintenance requirements of the planetary gear.

Abstract: A gripping force measurement device includes a body portion and a plurality of pressure sensors. The plurality of pressure sensors includes at least one first sensor and two or more second sensors including pressure-sensitive surfaces oriented in the same direction. A pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors are disposed such that, when a subject pressurizes the pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors, the gripping force measurement device is grippable by the subject.

Abstract: Object: To provide a pressure sensor that can provide a reduced sensation of a foreign body and that has a good sensitivity to pressure from a low load region to a high load region. Resolution means: The pressure sensor includes a variable resistor and a plurality of electrodes. The variable resistor is made of an electrically conductive foam elastomer material. The electrically conductive foam elastomer material is a material imparted with electrical conductivity by dispersing electrically conductive fillers into an elastomer material and obtained by foaming the elastomer material. The plurality of electrodes are disposed at intervals from each other on one surface in contact with the variable resistor.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a variable resistance portion, and a first electrode and a second electrode. The variable resistance portion includes a conductive foam elastomer material. When pressure is applied to the variable resistance portion, the variable resistance portion is compressed in accordance with the pressure. As the compression amount increases, the electric resistance of the variable resistance portion decreases. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to contact with the variable resistance portion at a location having an interval of 0.5 mm or greater with each other, therefore being electrically connected via the variable resistance portion.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes: a base including an outer surface partially or entirely composed of a curved surface; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the outer surface of the base with spaces therebetween and including at least one signal electrode and at least one ground electrode; and at least one variable resistor made from conductive foam elastomer material and configured to be elastically compressed upon application of pressure and such that electric resistance between the signal electrode and the ground electrode decreases as the amount of the compression increases.

Abstract: Object: To provide a pressure sensor that can provide a reduced sensation of a foreign body and that has a good sensitivity to pressure from a low load region to a high load region. Resolution means: The pressure sensor includes a variable resistor and a plurality of electrodes. The variable resistor is made of an electrically conductive foam elastomer material. The electrically conductive foam elastomer material is a material imparted with electrical conductivity by dispersing electrically conductive fillers into an elastomer material and obtained by foaming the elastomer material. The plurality of electrodes are disposed at intervals from each other on one surface in contact with the variable resistor.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an evaluation program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including receiving designation of a software, obtaining an execution condition used for an execution request for the designated software based on information stored in a memory, the execution request having been issued by the specified software, the information associating the designated software with the execution condition, executing the execution request for the designated software, by using the acquired execution condition, acquiring log information regarding an execution of the designated software when the designated software is executed in response to the execution request, performing an evaluation related to the specified software, based on the acquired log information, and outputting an evaluation result.

Abstract: A measurement information output system comprises an input unit and an output unit. The input unit is configured to input, to an arithmetic unit, a detected force value indicating the magnitude of force detected by one or more force sensors arranged so as to receive impact by motion of a measurement target and a detected acceleration value indicating the acceleration of the measurement target detected by an acceleration sensor arranged so as to detect the acceleration of the measurement target. The arithmetic unit is configured to compute the weight of the measurement target on the basis of the detected force value and the detected acceleration value. The output unit is configured to output, as a measured weight value, the weight of the measurement target computed by the arithmetic unit.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a variable resistance portion, and a first electrode and a second electrode. The variable resistance portion includes a conductive foam elastomer material. When pressure is applied to the variable resistance portion, the variable resistance portion is compressed in accordance with the pressure. As the compression amount increases, the electric resistance of the variable resistance portion decreases. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to contact with the variable resistance portion at a location having an interval of 0.5 mm or greater with each other, therefore being electrically connected via the variable resistance portion.

Abstract: A pattern forming method includes forming a first organic film by coating an etching target film with a composition including a polymer including a cross-linkable component, infiltrating an inorganic substance into the first organic film, cross-linking the polymer, forming a second organic film on the first organic film, forming a second organic film pattern by patterning the second organic film, forming a first organic film pattern having a pitch reduced to one-half of a pitch of the second organic film pattern by patterning the first organic film by a self-aligned patterning method that uses the second organic film pattern as a core pattern, forming an etching target film pattern having a pitch reduced to one-half of a pitch of the first organic film pattern by patterning the etching target film by a self-aligned patterning method that uses the first organic film pattern as a core pattern.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes: a base including an outer surface partially or entirely composed of a curved surface; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the outer surface of the base with spaces therebetween and including at least one signal electrode and at least one ground electrode; and at least one variable resistor made from conductive foam elastomer material and configured to be elastically compressed upon application of pressure and such that electric resistance between the signal electrode and the ground electrode decreases as the amount of the compression increases.

Abstract: A lithium battery (1) has a battery module (2), a battery package (5) for holding the battery module (2) therein, and leads (4) extending from the battery module (2) and projecting outside from the battery package (5). The battery package (5) is formed from a laminated sheet (10), and a peripheral part (9) of the battery package (5) is heat-sealed. Lead-insulating films (6) are interposed between the peripheral part (9) of the package (5) and the leads (4). Each of the lead-insulating films includes a heat-resistant base film (22), a polyolefin resin layer (21) formed on one of the surfaces of the base film (22) on the side of the laminated sheet (10), and an acid-modified polyolefin resin layer (23) formed on the other surface of the base film (22) on the side of the lead (4).

Abstract: A pattern forming method includes forming a first organic film by coating an etching target film with a composition including a polymer including a cross-linkable component, infiltrating an inorganic substance into the first organic film, cross-linking the polymer, forming a second organic film on the first organic film, forming a second organic film pattern by patterning the second organic film, forming a first organic film pattern having a pitch reduced to one-half of a pitch of the second organic film pattern by patterning the first organic film by a self-aligned patterning method that uses the second organic film pattern as a core pattern, forming an etching target film pattern having a pitch reduced to one-half of a pitch of the first organic film pattern by patterning the etching target film by a self-aligned patterning method that uses the first organic film pattern as a core pattern.