Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base, a first support portion fixed to the substrate, and a first member supported by the first support portion. A gap is provided between the base and the first member. The first beam electrode and the second beam electrode satisfy at least one of a first condition, a second condition, a third condition, a fourth condition, a fifth condition, a sixth condition, a seventh condition, or an eighth condition.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base body, a support portion fixed to the base body, and a first member supported by the support portion. A gap is provided between the base body and a part of the first member. The first member includes a supported region, a first movable region, a first structure, a first support structure, a first connection structure, a first connect portion, and a first beam. The support portion is located between the base body and the supported region in a first direction from the base body to the support portion. The first beam extends along a second direction crossing the first direction. A first beam position of the first beam is located between a first movable region position of the first movable region and a support portion position of the support portion in the second direction.

Abstract: A lock mechanism that is switchable between a locking state in which a movement of an operation member of a working machine is restricted and an unlocking state includes an engagement portion to rotate together with the operation member, a lock body including an engaged portion at its intermediate portion, a lock support shaft that supports the lock body rotatably, and a driving portion that applies a driving force to the lock body. The lock body is moved by the applied driving force to a position in which the engaged portion is in engagement with the engagement portion and a position in which the engaged portion is not in engagement with the engagement portion.

Abstract: A working machine includes: a machine body; an operator's seat; an operation device to pivot on a pivot shaft that extends in a width direction; and a working device to be operated using the operation device. The operation device includes an operation lever and a control valve to be operated using the operation lever and connected to hydraulic hoses. The control valve includes a valve member to be actuated by operating the operation lever, and a block containing fluid passages through which fluid selectively flows upon actuation of the valve member. The fluid passages bend such that first ports in an upper surface of the block facing the valve member and second ports in a peripheral surface extending from a periphery of the upper surface are in communication with each other. The hydraulic hoses are connected to the second ports and extend in a direction away from the peripheral surface.

Abstract: In a lighting apparatus for a high-voltage discharge lamp, a control circuit controls a switching element of a step-down chopper circuit and that of an igniter circuit such that the switching elements are synchronously turned on/off, and controls the switching of the switching element of the step-down chopper circuit in accordance with an amount of a drop in the output voltage of the step-down chopper circuit when lighting of a high-voltage discharge lamp is started such that inrush current flowing when the high-voltage discharge lamp breaks down is suppressed. With this, when a lighting apparatus starts lighting the high-voltage discharge lamp, the inrush current flowing when the lamp breaks down can be minimized in response to variations in the load of the high-voltage discharge lamp. In addition, the lifetime of the high-voltage discharge lamp can be increased since inrush current during glow discharge can be suppressed.

Abstract: In a discharge-lamp lighting apparatus, a switching frequency of an AC voltage applied to an LC series circuit including an inductor and a capacitor is swept near a frequency having a value provided by dividing the resonant frequency of the LC series circuit by an odd number at startup of a discharge lamp and is set to a frequency near or greater than the frequency after the sweeping after the switching frequency is swept to control the on-off duty ratio of switching elements in a DC-AC inverter circuit and, after the operation at startup of the discharge lamp is repeated once or more times, the switching frequency is set to less than the frequency after the sweeping to light the discharge lamp.

Abstract: In a discharge-lamp lighting apparatus, a switching frequency of an AC voltage applied to an LC series circuit including an inductor and a capacitor is swept near a frequency having a value provided by dividing the resonant frequency of the LC series circuit by an odd number at startup of a discharge lamp and is set to a frequency near or greater than the frequency after the sweeping after the switching frequency is swept to control the on-off duty ratio of switching elements in a DC-AC inverter circuit and, after the operation at startup of the discharge lamp is repeated once or more times, the switching frequency is set to less than the frequency after the sweeping to light the discharge lamp.

Abstract: In a lighting apparatus for a high-voltage discharge lamp, a control circuit controls a switching element of a step-down chopper circuit and that of an igniter circuit such that the switching elements are synchronously turned on/off, and controls the switching of the switching element of the step-down chopper circuit in accordance with an amount of a drop in the output voltage of the step-down chopper circuit when lighting of a high-voltage discharge lamp is started such that inrush current flowing when the high-voltage discharge lamp breaks down is suppressed. With this, when a lighting apparatus starts lighting the high-voltage discharge lamp, the inrush current flowing when the lamp breaks down can be minimized in response to variations in the load of the high-voltage discharge lamp. In addition, the lifetime of the high-voltage discharge lamp can be increased since inrush current during glow discharge can be suppressed.

Abstract: In a high-voltage discharge lamp lighting apparatus for lighting a high-voltage discharge lamp, a digital control circuit synchronizes an ON/OFF state of a semiconductor switching element included in a step-down chopper circuit with an ON/OFF state of semiconductor switching elements included in an inverter circuit, and controls an ON time of the semiconductor switching element included in the step-down chopper circuit at the same or substantially the same time as a polarity reversal time in an alternating current waveform of the inverter circuit. As a result, in the high-voltage discharge lamp lighting apparatus in which rapid polarity reversal is required, the occurrence of overshoot and undershoot in the waveform of an alternating current passing through a high-voltage discharge lamp is reliably prevented.

Abstract: A self-oscillation type switching power supply comprises a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding, a feedback winding, and a control winding as necessary, a switching transistor interrupting a current in said primary winding, a control transistor controlling a positive feedback signal from said feedback winding to the switching transistor, and a time constant circuit charged by a starting voltage of said feedback winding or said control winding with a predetermined time constant and further applying a control voltage to said control transistor. The self-oscillation type switching power supply further comprises an impedance circuit which blocks a reverse bias from said feedback winding or said control winding to said control transistor, disposed between a control voltage input block to said control transistor and said time constant circuit.

Abstract: A self-oscillation switching power supply including a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a feedback winding, and further including a control winding if necessary; a switching transistor for turning on and off the current of the primary winding; a control transistor for controlling a positive feedback signal from the feedback winding or control winding to the switching transistor; and a time constant circuit which is charged by a voltage generated across the feedback winding or control winding and which supplies a control voltage to the control transistor. The self-oscillation switching power supply further comprises an electronic switch which is opened and closed in response to the positive feedback signal from the control winding or feedback winding wherein an external voltage source is connected to the time constant circuit via said electronic switch so that the charging time of the time constant circuit is varied according to an output voltage detection signal.

Abstract: A self-oscillation type switching power supply includes a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding, a feedback winding, and a control winding as required, a switching transistor to turn on and off a current flowing in the primary winding, a controlling transistor to control a positive feedback signal from the feedback winding or the control winding to said switching transistor, and a time constant circuit to charge a generated voltage across the feedback winding or the control winding with a fixed time constant and to give a controlling voltage to said controlling transistor. A delay transistor to delay the turn-on of said switching transistor is contained in a controlling signal input portion to said switching transistor, and a delay circuit is provided to delay a positive feedback signal from the control winding or the feedback winding with a fixed time constant and to give the delayed signal as a controlling signal to said delay transistor.