Abstract: A probe includes a substantially columnar probe main body configured to detect an impedance of a bearing by coming into contact with a measurement target surface of the bearing, a housing having therein a sliding hole extending in an axial direction, the housing being configured to accommodate the probe main body disposed in the sliding hole, an abutting portion provided at a distal end portion of the housing and configured to abut against the measurement target surface of the bearing, and a biasing spring disposed in the sliding hole of the housing and configured to bias the probe main body in the axial direction with respect to the housing, the abutting portion includes four protrusions protruding in the axial direction, and when viewed from the axial direction, the four protrusions are respectively positioned at vertices of a rectangle centered on a central axis of the probe main body.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a pair of electrode tabs provided on each of the battery cells; and a plurality of bus bars that form a current path that connects the plurality of battery cells, wherein the plurality of battery cells are disposed so as to be aligned, when a first direction is an arrangement direction of the plurality of battery cells, the pair of electrode tabs protrude in a second direction that intersects the first direction, and the plurality of bus bars extend in a third direction that intersects the second direction in a plane constituting the second direction, and each include a coupling part on at least one of opposite sides in the third direction.

Abstract: An example inductor comprises multiple coil parts and each formed by flatwise-winding layers of turns of a flat wire arranged in a radial direction with gaps between each of the layers, and the multiple coil parts are arranged in an axial direction with a clearance. There is provided a clearance between the multiple coil parts, through which air flows, achieving improvement in heat dissipation.

Abstract: Provided is a surveying method that enables highly accurate surveying with use of a laser scanner, and, a target marker and a surveying system applicable to the surveying method, wherein the method includes marker placement in which at least one target marker, with at least a partial region formed of a retroreflective material, is placed; surveying in which a laser scanner is placed within a measurement area of the laser scanner at a position where the target marker was placed, and a surrounding space around the target marker is surveyed to acquire point cloud data; and marker identification in which a computer device detects at least one unsurveyable area in the point cloud data acquired in the surveying to create an error map, and identifies a position of placement of the target marker referring to the created error map.

Abstract: An example inductor comprises multiple coil parts and each formed by flatwise-winding layers of turns of a flat wire arranged in a radial direction with gaps between each of the layers, and the multiple coil parts are arranged in an axial direction with a clearance. There is provided a clearance between the multiple coil parts, through which air flows, achieving improvement in heat dissipation.

Abstract: Provided is a straddle-type seat configured to prevent a cover member from being detached and to increase a crime prevention property. The cover member is configured to close a through hole formed on a seat surface. The seat is configured to support a seated occupant in a straddle state and includes a seat main body on which the occupant sits, and a cover member that covers the through hole formed in the seat main body. The cover member includes a lid portion that closes the through hole on a top surface of the seat main body, and a downward extension portion that downwardly extends from the lid portion. The downward extension portion is locked to a T-like shape protrusion formed on a bottom surface of the seat main body.

Abstract: Provided is a straddle-type seat configured to prevent a cover member from being detached and to increase a crime prevention property. The cover member is configured to close a through hole formed on a seat surface. The seat is configured to support a seated occupant in a straddle state and includes a seat main body on which the occupant sits, and a cover member that covers the through hole formed in the seat main body. The cover member includes a lid portion that closes the through hole on a top surface of the seat main body, and a downward extension portion that downwardly extends from the lid portion. The downward extension portion is locked to a T-like shape protrusion formed on a bottom surface of the seat main body.

Abstract: A two-wheeled motor vehicle seat device with a backrest provided on a seat main body so as to be movable in a fore-and-aft direction is provided in which the backrest is provided on the seat main body mounted on a vehicle body so that the backrest can move in a fore-and-aft direction thereof, a heater is incorporated into the backrest, and a harness connected to the heater is passed through an interior of the seat main body and connected to a power supply. This enables the heater to be incorporated into the backrest to heat the backrest without interfering with the fore-and-aft movement of the backrest.

Abstract: A two-wheeled motor vehicle seat device with a backrest provided on a seat main body so as to be movable in a fore-and-aft direction is provided in which the backrest is provided on the seat main body mounted on a vehicle body so that the backrest can move in a fore-and-aft direction thereof, a heater is incorporated into the backrest, and a harness connected to the heater is passed through an interior of the seat main body and connected to a power supply. This enables the heater to be incorporated into the backrest to heat the backrest without interfering with the fore-and-aft movement of the backrest.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a nanodevice, which is combined with an electronic device such as a diode, tunnel device and MOS transistor, integrated circuit and manufacturing method of the nanodevice. A nanodevice includes: a first insulating layer 2; one electrode 5A and the other electrode 5B provided to have a nanogap on the first insulating layer 2; a metal nanoparticle or a functional molecule provided between the one electrode 5A and the other electrode 5B; a second insulating layer 8 provided on the first insulating layer 2, and on the one electrode 5A and the other electrode 5B to embed the metal nanoparticle or the functional molecule. The second insulating layer works as a passivating layer.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a nanodevice, which is combined with an electronic device such as a diode, tunnel device and MOS transistor, integrated circuit and manufacturing method of the nanodevice. A nanodevice includes: a first insulating layer 2; one electrode 5A and the other electrode 5B provided to have a nanogap on the first insulating layer 2; a metal nanoparticle or a functional molecule provided between the one electrode 5A and the other electrode 5B; a second insulating layer 8 provided on the first insulating layer 2, and on the one electrode 5A and the other electrode 5B to embed the metal nanoparticle or the functional molecule. The second insulating layer works as a passivating layer.

Abstract: A rotary screen apparatus includes: a hollow cylinder having multiple holes formed therein and configured to come into contact, at its outer peripheral surface, with the surface of a sheet held on an impression cylinder; a rotary screen including a squeegee configured to extrude ink delivered to the inner peripheral surface of the hollow cylinder through the holes by coming into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the hollow cylinder; and a restricting plate, disposed on the downstream side of the squeegee in the moving direction thereof in relative movement of the hollow cylinder and the squeegee performed when the ink is extruded through the holes in the hollow cylinder, for restricting movement of the ink such that the ink is kept within a space present on a downstream side of the portion of the squeegee in contact with the hollow cylinder in the moving direction.

Abstract: A high frequency device for supplying a high frequency power to a load, the high frequency device includes: an oscillating unit that can vary an oscillation frequency; a high frequency power supplying unit that serves as a power source by amplifying an oscillation signal output from the oscillating unit for supplying the high frequency power to the load; a reflected-wave information calculating unit that calculates reflected wave information on a reflected wave power, and outputs the reflected wave information; a frequency control unit that controls the oscillation frequency of the oscillating unit so as to lower the reflected wave information; an impedance adjusting unit that is disposed at a downstream of the high frequency power supplying unit in a power supplying direction, and that has at least one variable reactance element which can be controlled; and an element control unit that controls the variable reactance element of the impedance adjusting unit so as to lower the reflected wave information.

Abstract: An impedance matching apparatus has: a storing portion 70 for previously storing, for plural positions which can be taken by a movable portion of a variable impedance element, allowable power values respectively corresponding to the plural positions of the movable portion; and an abnormality determining portion 80 for determining an allowable power value based on the present positions of the movable portion supplied from position detecting portions 41, 42 and the allowable power values stored in the storing portion 70, for comparing the allowable power value with an input power value, and for determining that it is abnormal when the input power value is larger than the allowable power value. Accordingly, the calculation load during the matching operation can be reduced.

Abstract: A high frequency device for supplying a high frequency power to a load, the high frequency device includes: an oscillating unit that can vary an oscillation frequency; a high frequency power supplying unit that serves as a power source by amplifying an oscillation signal output from the oscillating unit for supplying the high frequency power to the load; a reflected-wave information calculating unit that calculates reflected wave information on a reflected wave power, and outputs the reflected wave information; a frequency control unit that controls the oscillation frequency of the oscillating unit so as to lower the reflected wave information; an impedance adjusting unit that is disposed at a downstream of the high frequency power supplying unit in a power supplying direction, and that has at least one variable reactance element which can be controlled; and an element control unit that controls the variable reactance element of the impedance adjusting unit so as to lower the reflected wave information.

Abstract: An impedance matching apparatus has: a storing portion 70 for previously storing, for plural positions which can be taken by a movable portion of a variable impedance element, allowable power values respectively corresponding to the plural positions of the movable portion; and an abnormality determining portion 80 for determining an allowable power value based on the present positions of the movable portion supplied from position detecting portions 41, 42 and the allowable power values stored in the storing portion 70, for comparing the allowable power value with an input power value, and for determining that it is abnormal when the input power value is larger than the allowable power value. Accordingly, the calculation load during the matching operation can be reduced.