Abstract: The invention provides a metal working fluid composition which comprises a morpholine compound and an isothiazoline compound and a metal working method which makes use of the metal working fluid composition. The composition is excellent in antiseptic properties, and can widely be applied to metal working techniques such as cutting, grinding, form rolling, press working and plastic working techniques.

Abstract: The present invention provides high strength thin-gauge steel sheet with excellent elongation and hole expandability having a tensile strength of 500 MPa or more and a method of production of high strength thin-gauge steel sheet with excellent elongation and hole expandability enabling production of this on an industrial scale, that is, high strength thin-gauge steel sheet comprised of, by mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.25%, Si: 0.4 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.8 to 3.1%, P?0.02%, S?0.02%, Al?2.0%, N?0.01%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and having a microstructure comprised of ferrite with an area fraction of 10 to 85% and residual austenite with a volume fraction of 1 to 10%, an area fraction of 10% to 60% of tempered martensite, and a balance of bainite.

Abstract: The invention provides a metalworking oil composition which is used for a very small amount of oil-feeding type metalworking method, said composition comprising a base oil selected from the group consisting of natural fats and oils, derivatives thereof and synthetic ester oils; and an antirust agent comprising a sorbitan fatty acid ester and a phospholipid, and a metalworking method using the composition and metalwork obtained by the metalworking method. The oil composition shows excellent lubricity and antirust property and is suitably used for metalworking of metallic materials such as cast iron, steel, stainless steel, and nonferrous metal (such as Al alloy and Mg alloy) by a method in which a very small amount of oil is supplied.

Abstract: A light sensor for detecting brightness of an outside of a vehicle includes: a light shielding element on a windshield; a light guiding element in a through hole of the light shielding element; and a light receiving element that receives light from the outside of the vehicle via the light guiding element and the windshield. The light guiding element includes an entrance surface facing the windshield and an output surface facing the light receiving element. The entrance surface receives the light from the outside. The light guiding element transmits and outputs the light from the output surface toward the light receiving element. The entrance surface has a top disposed inside of the through hole.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rolling bearing which comprises a retainer that can be used without any deformation at high temperatures and fairly assembled to bearing and thus can be used under severe working conditions such as high temperature, high rotary speed and high load over an extended period of time. A novel rolling bearing is provided comprising a retainer made of a resin composition having a flexural modulus of at least 3,500 MPa at 180° C. and a heat-resistant temperature of at least 150° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water-soluble metal-processing oil composition which is excellent in putrefaction resistant properties and sparingly has any bad influence upon global environment and human body and a method for processing metals which makes use of the metal-processing oil composition. The metal-processing oil composition of the invention comprises an amine carrying a linear or branched alkyl group having not less than 4 carbon atoms (component A) in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 20% and an amine carrying a cycloalkyl ring or a benzene ring (component B) in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 20% and the method for processing metals is characterized in that it uses the metal-processing oil composition.

Abstract: A steam turbine cycle of the present invention comprises a high pressure turbine 1, a reheating turbine 24, a boiler 4, feed heaters 6 for heating a feed water to the boiler 4 by a bleed steam from the turbines 1 and 24, a feed pump 12, and a condenser 10, the steam turbine cycle being a single-stage reheating cycle where a working fluid is water and using a Rankine cycle which is a regenerative cycle. A steam temperature at an outlet of the boiler is 590° C. or more. A temperature increase ratio between: a feed-water temperature increase in a first feed heater 7 corresponding to a bleed steam (high-pressure turbine exhaust bleed steam) 22 from an exhaust steam of the high pressure turbine 1; and an average of feed-water temperature increases in second feed heaters 8 where a pressure of the feed water is lower than that of the first feed heater 7; falls within 1.9-3.5.

Abstract: An illuminance sensor for detecting brightness of outside a vehicle having a windshield includes first and second light receiving elements and a light emitting element for emitting light to the windshield. The first light receiving element outputs a first signal corresponding to outside light. The light emitted from the light emitting element is reflected at an outside surface of the windshield. The second light receiving element outputs a second signal corresponding to the reflected light. The outside light passes a first region of the windshield through which the light emitted from the light emitting element passes or a second region of the windshield through which the reflected light passes. The first signal is corrected based on the second signal to detect the brightness.

Abstract: A communication system is capable of two-way wireless data communications between a parent unit and a child unit. The child unit includes a power switch for turning power to the child unit on/off; a power control signal issuing unit operable to issue a power control signal for turning power to the parent unit on/off in response to turning the power switch on/off; and a data communication unit operable to perform two-way wireless data communications with the parent unit. The parent unit includes a power control signal receiving unit operable to receive the power control signal from the issuing unit of the child unit; a power control unit operable to turn power to the parent unit on/off in response to reception of the power control signal from the receiving unit; and a data communication unit operable to perform two-way wireless data communications with the child unit.

Abstract: A metal working oil composition which is used for a very small amount of oil-feeding type metal working methods comprising a base oil selected from the group consisting of natural fats, derivatives thereof and synthetic ester oils, and a phospholipid is disclosed. The metal working oil composition of the present invention has good lubricating properties and is suitable for processing metallic materials such as cast irons steel, stainless steel and the like by the very small amount of oil-feeding type metal working method.

Abstract: The present invention can reliably adjust the lip-sync between an video and audio at a decoder side, without making the viewer feel strangeness. In this invention, the encoded video frames to which video time-stamps VTS are attached and the encoded audio frames to which audio time-stamps ATS are attached, all received, are decoded, generating a plurality of video frames VF1 and a plurality of audio frames AF1. The video frames VF1 and audio frames AF1 are accumulated. Renderers 37 and 77 calculate the time difference resulting from a gap between the reference clock for the encoder side and the system time clock stc for the decoder side. In accordance with the time difference, the timing of outputting the plurality of video frames, one by one, on the basis of a timing of outputting the plurality of audio frames, one by one. Hence, the lip-sync can be achieved, while maintaining the continuity of the audio.

Abstract: The present invention provides high strength thin-gauge steel sheet with excellent elongation and hole expandability having a tensile strength of 500 MPa or more and a method of production of high strength thin-gauge steel sheet with excellent elongation and hole expandability enabling production of this on an industrial scale, that is, high strength thin-gauge steel sheet comprised of, by mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.25%, Si: 0.4 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.8 to 3.1%, P?0.02%, S?0.02%, Al?2.0%, N?0.01%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and having a microstructure comprised of ferrite with an area fraction of 10 to 85% and residual austenite with a volume fraction of 1 to 10%, an area fraction of 10% to 60% of tempered martensite, and a balance of bainite.

Abstract: A steam turbine plant partially utilizes a hydrocarbon fuel such as an LNG as a fuel to improve the efficiency of the plant. A steam turbine plant includes a boiler, a steam turbine, a feedwater system, and a superheating combustor. The boiler generates steam, and the steam turbine is driven by the steam generated in the boiler. The feedwater system recovers the steam exhausted from the steam turbine and supplies the steam to the boiler as a feedwater. The superheating combustor is provided between the boiler and the steam turbine, wherein fuel originated from hydrocarbon fuel and oxidizer are mixed with the steam generated in the boiler and combusted in the superheating combustor to increase the temperature of the steam.

Abstract: A communication system is capable of two-way wireless data communications between a parent unit and a child unit. The child unit includes a power switch for turning power to the child unit on/off; a power control signal issuing unit operable to issue a power control signal for turning power to the parent unit on/off in response to turning the power switch on/off; and a data communication unit operable to perform two-way wireless data communications with the parent unit. The parent unit includes a power control signal receiving unit operable to receive the power control signal from the issuing unit of the child unit; a power control unit operable to turn power to the parent unit on/off in response to reception of the power control signal from the receiving unit; and a data communication unit operable to perform two-way wireless data communications with the child unit.

Abstract: A communication system is capable of two-way wireless data communications between a parent unit and a child unit. The child unit includes a power switch for turning power to the child unit on/off; a power control signal issuing unit operable to issue a power control signal for turning power to the parent unit on/off in response to turning the power switch on/off; and a data communication unit operable to perform two-way wireless data communications with the parent unit. The parent unit includes a power control signal receiving unit operable to receive the power control signal from the issuing unit of the child unit; a power control unit operable to turn power to the parent unit on/off in response to reception of the power control signal from the receiving unit; and a data communication unit operable to perform two-way wireless data communications with the child unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous lubricant for plastic working which comprises (a) 10 to 40% by mass of a solid lubricating agent; (b) 2 to 20% by mass of an attaching agent having both lubricating and dispersing properties; (c) 2 to 20% by mass of an agent having both wetting characteristics and moisture evaporation-accelerating actions; and water. The use of this lubricant solves problems associated with conventional aqueous lubricants such that it has insufficient lubricating property and likewise permit the completion of a plurality of continuous plastic working steps, starting from a raw material and extending over a final product, without suspending a series of these plastic working steps in the middle thereof.

Abstract: This invention realizes correct adjustment of lip-syncing of video and audio on a decoder side. According to this invention, a plurality of encoded video frames given video time stamps VTS and a plurality of encoded audio frames given audio time stamps ATS are received and decoded from an encoder side, and the resultant plurality of video frames VF1 and plurality of audio frames AF1 are stored, a time difference which occurs due to a difference between the clock frequency of the reference clock of the encoder side and the clock frequency of the system time clock stc of the decoder side is calculated by a renderer 37, 67, and video frame output timing for sequentially outputting the plurality of video frames VF1 frame by frame is adjusted based on audio frame output timing for sequentially outputting the plurality of audio frames AF1 frame by frame, according to the time difference, resulting in realizing the lip-syncing with keeping sound continuousness.

Abstract: The invention is directed to provide a forming method and a forming apparatus that are, without extending a processing time compared with the conventional practice, capable of sufficiently lubricating a formed object and forming at safety without the lubricant igniting under pressure. In an extruding apparatus, a workpiece is successively transferred to a series of press stages, a conveying unit successively transferring the workpiece is provided with a nozzle for spraying the workpiece with lubricant, and the workpiece and the nozzle are located in fixed relative positions to each other in spraying the workpiece with the lubricant.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and a high-strength surface treated steel sheet 780 MPa or more in tensile strength, said steel sheets having excellent local formability and suppressed weld hardness increase and being characterized by: said steel sheets containing, in weight, C: 0.05 to 0.09%, Si: 0.4 to 1.3%, Mn: 2.5 to 3.2%, P: 0.001 to 0.05%, N: 0.0005 to 0.006%, Al: 0.005 to 0.1%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.045%, and S in the range stipulated by the following expression (A), with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities; the microstructures of said steel sheets being composed of bainite of 7% or more in terms of area percentage and the balance consisting of one or more of ferrite, martensite, tempered martensite and retained austenite; and said components in said steel sheets satisfying the following expressions (C) and (D) when Mneq. is defined by the following expression (B); S?0.08×(Ti(%)?3.43×N(%)+0.004 . . . (A), where, when a value of the member Ti(%)?3.

Abstract: A video data communication system and method are disclosed which provides for the secure transmission of video data among devices connected to a video data bus. The video data is transmitted with address information corresponding to a particular device or, alternatively, video data is encrypted and transmitted on the data bus without address information.