Abstract: A noncontact communication medium performs communication with an external device in a noncontact manner. The noncontact communication medium includes a resonance circuit, a regulator that generates operating power, a variable resistor, a switcher, and a control circuit. The processing circuit generates a response signal corresponding to a command signal. The switcher switches between an applied state in which a load of the variable resistor is applied to the resonance circuit and a non-applied state in which the load is not applied to the resonance circuit, according to the response signal. The control circuit controls the resistance value according to the bleed power dissipated from the regulator.

Abstract: A noncontact communication medium includes a resonance circuit configured to resonate using an induced current induced by the antenna coil to generate an alternating current voltage, and a control circuit. The resonance circuit includes a variable condenser connected in parallel to the antenna coil, and a variable resistor connected in parallel to the antenna coil. The control circuit adjusts capacitance of the variable condenser to cause the resonance circuit to resonate at a predetermined resonance frequency, and adjusts a resistance value of the variable resistor to adjust a Q value. The noncontact communication medium operates using power based on a direct current voltage obtained by rectifying the alternating current voltage. And the communication is communication using a signal corresponding to a waveform of the alternating current voltage.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an enhancement-mode first p-channel MISFET, an enhancement-mode second p-channel MISFET, a drain conductor electrically and commonly connected to the first p-channel MISFET and the second p-channel MISFET, a first source conductor electrically connected to a source of the first p-channel MISFET, a second source conductor electrically connected to a source of the second p-channel MISFET, and a gate conductor electrically and commonly connected to a gate of the first p-channel MISFET and a gate of the second p-channel MISFET.

Abstract: A body structure of a vehicle includes a coupling member made of fiber reinforced plastic including fibers impregnated with synthetic resin and a pair of rear fixing members that have a bending rigidity higher than the coupling member and fix both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the coupling member to a vehicle body. Boundary portions between the pair of fixing members and the coupling member are formed in both end portions in the longitudinal direction. A distance between the boundary portions on the rear side is different from that between the boundary portions on the front side that extend along neutral axes defined by the lines of intersection between the neutral plane of bending moments of the coupling member and the lateral cross sections of the coupling member when a bending load is input through the pair of rear fixing members to the coupling member.

Abstract: Provided is a frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite and where a bending strength and a vibration damping capability are compatible. The frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite includes: a compressive wall part where a compressive stress occurs in a longitudinal direction of the frame when the frame receives a bending load in a normal direction perpendicularly intersecting the longitudinal direction; a side wall part extending in the normal direction and defining one of the corners with the compressive wall part; and a tension wall part which is away from the compressive wall part and extends in the longitudinal direction, and where a tensile stress occurs in the longitudinal direction when the frame receives the bending load. The tension wall part has a loss coefficient which is larger than a loss coefficient of the compressive wall part by 0.005 or more.

Abstract: A friction clutch includes: a clutch shaft; a clutch housing; a clutch boss; a clutch sleeve; a plurality of first plates supported by a first sleeve portion of the clutch housing; a plurality of second plates supported by a second sleeve portion of the clutch sleeve; a pressure plate; a spring urging the pressure plate toward the first and second plates; and an absorber interposed between the clutch sleeve and the clutch boss. The absorber is disposed in a first direction relative to a second disk portion of the clutch boss and in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, relative to a third disk portion of the clutch sleeve.

Abstract: A noncontact communication medium includes a resonance circuit configured to resonate using an induced current induced by the antenna coil to generate an alternating current voltage, and a control circuit. The resonance circuit includes a variable condenser connected in parallel to the antenna coil, and a variable resistor connected in parallel to the antenna coil. The control circuit adjusts capacitance of the variable condenser to cause the resonance circuit to resonate at a predetermined resonance frequency, and adjusts a resistance value of the variable resistor to adjust a Q value. The noncontact communication medium operates using power based on a direct current voltage obtained by rectifying the alternating current voltage. And the communication is communication using a signal corresponding to a waveform of the alternating current voltage.

Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes a noncontact communication medium that is provided in a case and in which a through-hole penetrating a substrate in a plate thickness direction is formed, a member having one end provided in the case, a shaft portion that is capable of positioning the noncontact communication medium in the case by being inserted into the through-hole, and a restriction portion that is provided at the other end of the member and that is configured to restrict displacement of the noncontact communication medium in a direction in which the noncontact communication medium comes off the shaft portion by abutting on the noncontact communication medium.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a crankshaft; a crankcase that supports the crankshaft; an oil tank that is at least partially partitioned by the crankcase; a scavenge pump including a first intake port and a first discharge port; a feed pump including a pump shaft, a second intake port and a second discharge port, oil that has been sucked in through the second intake port as the pump shaft rotates being discharged through the second discharge port; a scavenge discharge passageway connecting the first discharge port of the scavenge pump to the oil tank; and a feed intake passageway connecting the oil tank to the second intake port of the feed pump. As viewed from the axial direction of the pump shaft, at least a portion of the feed pump and the oil tank overlap each other.

Abstract: The noncontact communication medium for a recording medium cartridge includes a substrate, an IC chip that is electrically connected to one end and the other end of an antenna coil formed on the substrate and configured to induce power with application of a magnetic field from an outside, and a stress relaxing member that is provided between the IC chip and the substrate.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a crankshaft; a starter motor including a motor shaft; a starter gear fixed to the crankshaft, for receiving a driving force from the motor shaft; a one-way clutch that is interposed between the crankshaft and the starter gear, the one-way clutch being configured to transmit a driving force from the starter gear to the crankshaft, and to block a driving force from the crankshaft to the starter gear; and a balancer including a balancer drive gear fixed to the crankshaft and a balancer driven gear that is driven by the balancer drive gear to thereby rotate. The one-way clutch and the balancer drive gear are formed integrally.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a crankshaft; a starter motor including a motor shaft; a starter gear fixed to the crankshaft, for receiving a driving force from the motor shaft; a one-way clutch that is interposed between the crankshaft and the starter gear, the one-way clutch being configured to transmit a driving force from the starter gear to the crankshaft, and to block a driving force from the crankshaft to the starter gear; and a balancer including a balancer drive gear fixed to the crankshaft and a balancer driven gear that is driven by the balancer drive gear to thereby rotate. The one-way clutch and the balancer drive gear are formed integrally.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a crankshaft; a crankcase that supports the crankshaft; an oil tank that is at least partially partitioned by the crankcase; a scavenge pump including a first intake port and a first discharge port; a feed pump including a pump shaft, a second intake port and a second discharge port, oil that has been sucked in through the second intake port as the pump shaft rotates being discharged through the second discharge port; a scavenge discharge passageway connecting the first discharge port of the scavenge pump to the oil tank; and a feed intake passageway connecting the oil tank to the second intake port of the feed pump. As viewed from the axial direction of the pump shaft, at least a portion of the feed pump and the oil tank overlap each other.

Abstract: A front body structure of a vehicle includes a dash member that extends in a vehicle width direction and separates a vehicle interior from an engine room, a pair of left and right front side frames that extend from left and right end portions of the dash member, and a pair of left and right suspension towers that are fixed to the pair of front side frames and support the upper portions of dampers of a suspension device. A first coupling member couples the dash member to the suspension towers. The first coupling member has a reinforced layer portion made of fiber reinforced plastic in which fibers are impregnated with a synthetic resin material. The fibers of the reinforced layer portion are oriented so that more fibers extend in a longitudinal direction than extend in directions other than the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A friction clutch includes: a clutch shaft; a clutch housing; a clutch boss; a clutch sleeve; a plurality of first plates supported by a first sleeve portion of the clutch housing; a plurality of second plates supported by a second sleeve portion of the clutch sleeve; a pressure plate; a spring urging the pressure plate toward the first and second plates; and an absorber interposed between the clutch sleeve and the clutch boss. The absorber is disposed in a first direction relative to a second disk portion of the clutch boss and in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, relative to a third disk portion of the clutch sleeve.

Abstract: A vehicle body side part structure includes: a center pillar having a base expanding in a fan shape; an inner center pillar having filling openings formed in vicinity to front and rear inwardly-curved corners of the base; a center pillar stiffener defining a filled space to extend in a front-rear direction between the center pillar stiffener and inner center pillar; a side sill joined to lower ends of the inner center pillar and center pillar stiffener; and a partition member having front and rear cover portions and a main body integrated with the cover portions. The partition member includes a filled space partitioner to partition the filled space into a first filled space located closer to one of the inwardly-curved corners and a second filled space located closer to the other of the inwardly-curved corners so as to have a volume substantially equal to that of the first filled space.

Abstract: An outer member, an inner member, and an inside fixing member overlap each other and fastened together by a fastening member. The outer member is made of fiber reinforced resin, and fibers contained in the fiber reinforced resin-made outer member are arranged in a direction crossing the above-described overlapping direction. A bolt of the fastening member comprises a conical (truncated cone-shaped) middle portion which is poisoned between a head portion and a shaft portion. In a case where the outer member and the bolt are offset from each other in a radial direction of a through hole of the outer member, the conical middle portion partially contacts an edge portion of the through hole and compress a contacted portion of the outer member in the overlapping direction.

Abstract: The noncontact communication medium for a recording medium cartridge includes a substrate, an IC chip that is electrically connected to one end and the other end of an antenna coil formed on the substrate and configured to induce power with application of a magnetic field from an outside, and a stress relaxing member that is provided between the IC chip and the substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an enhancement-mode first p-channel MISFET, an enhancement-mode second p-channel MISFET, a drain conductor electrically and commonly connected to the first p-channel MISFET and the second p-channel MISFET, a first source conductor electrically connected to a source of the first p-channel MISFET, a second source conductor electrically connected to a source of the second p-channel MISFET, and a gate conductor electrically and commonly connected to a gate of the first p-channel MISFET and a gate of the second p-channel MISFET.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an enhancement-mode first p-channel MISFET, an enhancement-mode second p-channel MISFET, a drain conductor electrically and commonly connected to the first p-channel MISFET and the second p-channel MISFET, a first source conductor electrically connected to a source of the first p-channel MISFET, a second source conductor electrically connected to a source of the second p-channel MISFET, and a gate conductor electrically and commonly connected to a gate of the first p-channel MISFET and a gate of the second p-channel MISFET.