Abstract: A throttle valve device includes a body, a valve, a motor, and a cover. The body defines a passage, a motor space, and a connecting portion that connects the motor space to the passage. The motor includes a motor yoke made of a magnetic material, a plurality of magnets that are arranged on an inner circumferential surface of the motor yoke. The plurality of magnets are magnetized in a state where the motor yoke is disposed in the motor space of the body. The plurality of magnets are arranged in a circumferential direction in the motor yoke with a space. The connecting portion is aligned with the space between the plurality of magnets in a radial direction of the motor yoke.

Abstract: A valve gear includes a gear portion configured to rotate by drive torque transmitted from an actuator, a boss portion provided on the gear portion and having a cylindrical outer wall, and one or more extension portions extending in an axial direction from the gear portion on a radial outer side of the boss portion. A coiled spring including a first hook provided at end portion on a gear portion side, and a second hook provided at end portion on an opposite side to the gear portion so that the first hook and the second hook are respectively locked to each other on opposite sides in a circumferential direction of the extension portion. A valve gear subassembly formed by assembling the valve gear and the spring is housed in a valve gear accommodating chamber of the body, and the second hook of the spring is locked to the body.

Abstract: A throttle valve device includes a body, a shaft, a pair of bearings, a valve, a motor, a valve gear, a coil spring, a first guide, and a second guide. At least one of the first guide and the second guide includes a circular holder that faces an end surface of the coil spring, a spring-end holding portion that outwardly protrudes from the circular holder and is configured to hold a spring end of the coil spring, a hub that is rotatably connected to the shaft, and a connecting portion that connects the hub and the circular holder. The first guide is in contact with a lever only at an end surface of the hub. The second guide is in contact with one of the pair of bearings, which is located close to the valve gear, at an end surface of the hub.

Abstract: A valve gear includes a gear portion configured to rotate by drive torque transmitted from an actuator, a boss portion provided on the gear portion and having a cylindrical outer wall, and one or more extension portions extending in an axial direction from the gear portion on a radial outer side of the boss portion. A coiled spring including a first hook provided at end portion on a gear portion side, and a second hook provided at end portion on an opposite side to the gear portion so that the first hook and the second hook are respectively locked to each other on opposite sides in a circumferential direction of the extension portion. A valve gear subassembly formed by assembling the valve gear and the spring is housed in a valve gear accommodating chamber of the body, and the second hook of the spring is locked to the body.

Abstract: A throttle valve device includes a body, a valve, a motor, a speed reducer, and a cover. The body that defines a passage and a motor space therein. The motor includes a motor yoke, a magnet, a motor shaft, a pair of motor bearings, an armature core, a commutator, a brush, and a brush holder. The motor yoke is made of a magnetic material. The brush holder holds the brush. The motor yoke has an open end that is covered by the brush holder.

Abstract: A throttle valve device includes a body, a valve, a valve gear, a motor, an intermediate gear, an intermediate shaft and a cover. A guiding hole is formed in the cover and the intermediate shaft engages the guiding hole. A positioning reference pin is formed in one of the cover and the body at a position around the motor. A positioning reference hole is formed in the other of the cover and the body at a position around the motor. The body and the cover are positioned with respect to each other by both engaging between the intermediate shaft and the guiding hole and engaging between the positioning reference pin and the positioning reference hole. The body and the cover are fixed to each other by a fixing member.

Abstract: A throttle valve device includes a body, a valve, a motor, and a cover. The body defines a passage, a motor space, and a connecting portion that connects the motor space to the passage. The motor includes a motor yoke made of a magnetic material, a plurality of magnets that are arranged on an inner circumferential surface of the motor yoke. The plurality of magnets are magnetized in a state where the motor yoke is disposed in the motor space of the body. The plurality of magnets are arranged in a circumferential direction in the motor yoke with a space. The connecting portion is aligned with the space between the plurality of magnets in a radial direction of the motor yoke.

Abstract: A throttle valve device includes a body, a valve, a motor, a speed reducer, and a cover. The body that defines a passage and a motor space therein. The motor includes a motor yoke, a magnet, a motor shaft, a pair of motor bearings, an armature core, a commutator, a brush, and a brush holder. The motor yoke is made of a magnetic material. The brush holder holds the brush. The motor yoke has an open end that is covered by the brush holder.

Abstract: A throttle valve device includes a body, a valve, a valve gear, a motor, an intermediate gear, an intermediate shaft and a cover. A guiding hole is formed in the cover and the intermediate shaft engages the guiding hole. A positioning reference pin is formed in one of the cover and the body at a position around the motor. A positioning reference hole is formed in the other of the cover and the body at a position around the motor. The body and the cover are positioned with respect to each other by both engaging between the intermediate shaft and the guiding hole and engaging between the positioning reference pin and the positioning reference hole. The body and the cover are fixed to each other by a fixing member.

Abstract: A throttle valve device includes a body, a shaft, a pair of bearings, a valve, a motor, a valve gear, a coil spring, a first guide, and a second guide. At least one of the first guide and the second guide includes a circular holder that faces an end surface of the coil spring, a spring-end holding portion that outwardly protrudes from the circular holder and is configured to hold a spring end of the coil spring, a hub that is rotatably connected to the shaft, and a connecting portion that connects the hub and the circular holder. The first guide is in contact with a lever only at an end surface of the hub. The second guide is in contact with one of the pair of bearings, which is located close to the valve gear, at an end surface of the hub.

Abstract: A computer lock system comprising a computer body and a wireless receiver connected thereto is provided. The wireless receiver includes: a wireless signal receiving unit that receives a wireless signal that may include noise or be in a no-signal state; and a received signal outputting unit that outputs the received wireless signal to the computer body.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head which discharges liquid onto a recording material, thereby performing recording; and a waste liquid recovery device which recovers waste liquid which has not been attached to the recording material, of liquid discharged from the recording head, wherein the waste liquid recovery device includes a movable sheet-like member which is provided on a side facing the recording head and receives the waste liquid which has not been attached to the recording material.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head with a plurality of nozzles that eject a liquid to a medium; the liquid ejecting head has actuators (piezoelectric devices), each of which causes an ejection operation for ejecting the liquid from one of the nozzles and a protrusion operation for keeping the liquid protruded from a nozzle plane in which the nozzles are disposed. The liquid ejecting apparatus also includes a controller that identifies non-used nozzles from which not to eject the liquid to the medium to have the protrusion operation performed for the nozzles and also identifies nozzles from which to eject the liquid to have the ejection operation performed for the nozzles.

Abstract: To suppress nozzle clogging without reducing printing speed, a printing device of the invention includes a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink while moving in a movement direction; a conveying unit for conveying a medium in a conveying direction; and a controller for repeating a dot-forming action for discharging ink from the nozzles moving in the movement direction and forming dots on the medium, and a conveying action for conveying the medium in the conveying direction. The controller places an additional image in a different position in the movement direction from an area where a main image to be printed is formed, discharges ink from all of the nozzles in each of the dot-forming actions, and prints the additional image on the medium.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head which discharges liquid onto a recording material, thereby performing recording; and a waste liquid recovery device which recovers waste liquid which has not been attached to the recording material, of liquid discharged from the recording head, wherein the waste liquid recovery device includes a movable sheet-like member which is provided on a side facing the recording head and receives the waste liquid which has not been attached to the recording material.

Abstract: To suppress nozzle clogging without reducing printing speed, a printing device of the invention includes a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink while moving in a movement direction; a conveying unit for conveying a medium in a conveying direction; and a controller for repeating a dot-forming action for discharging ink from the nozzles moving in the movement direction and forming dots on the medium, and a conveying action for conveying the medium in the conveying direction. The controller places an additional image in a different position in the movement direction from an area where a main image to be printed is formed, discharges ink from all of the nozzles in each of the dot-forming actions, and prints the additional image on the medium.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head with a plurality of nozzles that eject a liquid to a medium; the liquid ejecting head has actuators (piezoelectric devices), each of which causes an ejection operation for ejecting the liquid from one of the nozzles and a protrusion operation for keeping the liquid protruded from a nozzle plane in which the nozzles are disposed. The liquid ejecting apparatus also includes a controller that identifies non-used nozzles from which not to eject the liquid to the medium to have the protrusion operation performed for the nozzles and also identifies nozzles from which to eject the liquid to have the ejection operation performed for the nozzles.

Abstract: A polyester having a good color tone (a high L value and a low b value) and a low acetaldehyde content is obtained by using a catalyst containing a reaction product of (A) a titanium compound (1) represented by the general formula (I) and/or a titanium compound (2) obtained by reacting the titanium compound (1) of the general formula (I) with an aromatic polyhydric carboxylic acid represented by the general formula (II) or an anhydride thereof, with (B) a phosphorus compound (3) represented by the general formula (III). [wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5=a C2-C10 alkyl group, k=1 to 3, m=2 to 4, and R6=a substituted or non-substituted C6-C20 aryl group or a C6-C20 alkyl group].

Abstract: A dummy substrate is obtained by covering a silicon substrate with a resin coating. This increases the strength of the dummy substrate, prevents pieces and particles of the silicon substrate from scattering, and even when the dummy substrate is damaged during processing, prevents them from contaminating a processing apparatus. The use of a chemical-resistant resin for the resin coating restrains the dummy substrate from being etched by a cleaning process using a chemical solution and increases the number of times that the dummy substrate can repeatedly be used.

Abstract: A dummy substrate is obtained by covering a silicon substrate with a resin coating. This increases the strength of the dummy substrate, prevents pieces and particles of the silicon substrate from scattering, and even when the dummy substrate is damaged during processing, prevents them from contaminating a processing apparatus. The use of a chemical-resistant resin for the resin coating restrains the dummy substrate from being etched by a cleaning process using a chemical solution and increases the number of times that the dummy substrate can repeatedly be used.