Abstract: A boat maneuvering control method for a boat includes setting a target boat speed, detecting an actual boat speed of the boat, and acquiring a base engine rotational speed associated with the target boat speed that is set, correcting the base engine rotational speed according to a difference between the target boat speed and the actual boat speed so as to set the base engine rotational speed that is corrected as a target engine rotational speed, and controlling an engine based on the target engine rotational speed that is set such that the actual boat speed approaches the target boat speed.

Abstract: A gas sensor is provided which has a rapid heating property and which can detect A/F ratio with high accuracy and can detect specifically a stoichiometric environment with high accuracy. The gas sensor has a limiting current type gas sensor element. The gas sensor element has a cup-shaped solid electrolyte, a reference electrode formed on an inside surface of the solid electrolyte, a measuring electrode formed on an outside surface of the solid electrolyte and a heater. The heater is disposed inside the solid electrolyte so that a tip end thereof contacts the inside surface of the solid electrolyte. The gas sensor outputs the limiting current value depending on an oxygen concentration in exhaust gases by applying a predetermined voltage between the reference electrode and the measuring electrode. The measuring electrode, which a length thereof in a direction is 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm, is housed in a range 0.5 mm to 7.5 mm from a tip end of the solid electrolyte in the direction.

Abstract: A hydraulic excavator drive system includes: a cylinder that drives a moving part that is an arm or a bucket. Hydraulic oil is supplied from a hydraulic pump to the cylinder via a control valve. A bypass line branches off from a rod-side supply/discharge line. The bypass line is blocked and opened by a restrictor. The restrictor is controlled by a controller such that, when the hydraulic oil is supplied to the cylinder through a head-side supply/discharge line, the restrictor blocks the bypass line if a pressure detected by a load detector is lower than a predetermined value, and opens the bypass line if the pressure detected by the load detector is higher than or equal to the predetermined value.

Abstract: An information code reader is provided to read an information code, such as a QR code (registered trademark). In this reader, a marker light irradiating unit is provided in a position farther away from a reading opening than a reflective mirror is, and disposed such that an optical axis of a marker light is parallel to an optical axis that is a center of an imaging area of a light receiving sensor and the marker light is close to (or in proximity to) an upper edge (outer edge) of the reflective mirror.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system includes a pump, a steering actuator, a loading/unloading apparatus actuator, a drive device, a relief valve, and an input unit. The drive device: flows hydraulic oil from the pump to the loading/unloading apparatus actuator when an operating tool is operated; flows the hydraulic oil from the pump to the steering actuator when a steering has become an operated state from a non-operated state regardless of an operation of the operating tool; and causes the hydraulic oil from the pump to be discharged to a tank via the relief valve to increase the torque of an engine when an increase instruction is inputted to the input unit and the steering is in a non-operated state.

Abstract: A lane outward deviation avoidance assist apparatus includes: a recognition device configured to recognize a travel lane of a vehicle; a deviation recognition part configured to recognize a deviation from the travel lane recognized by the recognition device or a deviation prediction from the travel lane; a control part configured to perform a deviation avoidance control for avoiding the deviation from the travel lane at least by a steering; and a deviation number count part configured to count the number of deviations from the travel lane recognized by the deviation recognition part within a predetermined duration or the number of deviation predictions from the travel lane, wherein the control part performs at least any one of the deviation avoidance control and an alarm output control when the number counted by the deviation number count part reaches n, n being a natural number more than 1.

Abstract: A boat maneuvering system includes an actuator controller that performs intermittent control of switching a shift state alternately to a shift-in state and a neutral state by a shift actuator when a throttle opening degree of a propulsion device is an idling opening degree in the shift-in state and a detected actual boat speed is larger than a target boat speed for a first period of time or more in an auto cruise mode.

Abstract: A hydraulic driving system includes first to third liquid-pressure pumps and control valves. The first boom control valve is connected to the first hydraulic pump, and the second arm control valve and the first bucket control valve are connected to the second liquid-pressure pump. Further, the turning control valve and the second bucket control valve are connected to the third hydraulic pump. When a pilot pressure XAk0 is output from a bucket operating device while a turning operation is performed, a command switching device outputs a pilot pressure XAk1 to the first bucket control valve. When the pilot pressure XAk0 is output from the bucket operating device while the turning operation is performed, the command switching device outputs a pilot pressure XAk2 to a second bucket control valve.

Abstract: A fluid pressure system includes an actuator, an operating valve, and a spool valve. The spool valve is connected to a pressure source and a tank by a pressure source line and a tank line, respectively, and connected to the actuator by a first movement line and a second movement line. The spool valve moves from a neutral position to a movement position by a moving amount corresponding to a pilot pressure outputted from the operating valve, the movement position being a position at which the spool valve allows the pressure source line to communicate with the first movement line and allows the second movement line to communicate with the tank line. A relief line branches off from the second movement line, and the relief line connects to a tank. A variable throttle valve is provided on the relief line.

Abstract: A vessel propulsion system includes two propulsion devices that are disposed on a left side and on a right side, respectively, with respect to a central line extending in a front-rear direction through a rotational center of a hull, an operating device that outputs a lateral movement command including a commanded direction, and a controller. The controller is configured and programmed to control the thrust and the steering angle of each of the two propulsion devices so that, when the operating device outputs a lateral movement command, a first propulsion device on a side existing in the commanded direction generates a backward thrust, whereas a second propulsion device generates a forward thrust, and so that an operating point of a resultant force of the thrusts of the two propulsion devices is positioned to deviate to the side in the commanded direction from the central line, and so that a direction of action of the resultant force follows the commanded direction.

Abstract: A printed wiring board has a heat transfer pattern facing a heat sink of an electronic component, on a first surface layer on which the electronic component having the heat sink is mounted. The printed wiring board has a through hole conductor formed in a through hole penetrating the printed wiring board corresponding to the heat transfer pattern, and thermally connected to the heat transfer pattern. The heat transfer pattern has a plurality of connecting lands exposed so as to be connectable to the heat sink of the electronic component by solder while being divided by a solder resist. The plurality of the connecting lands include lands adjacent to the through holes, and lands not adjacent to the through holes. The heat dissipation of the electronic component is enhanced while enhancing the connectability of the heat transfer pattern with the heat sink of the electronic component, at being mounted.

Abstract: To provide a transformation method for producing a stramenopile organism having an improved unsaturated fatty acid production capability by disrupting a gene of the stramenopile organism or inhibiting the expression of the gene in a genetically engineering manner. [Solution] A method for transforming a stramenopile organism, which comprises disrupting a gene of the stramenopile organism or inhibiting the expression of the gene in a genetically engineering manner, and which is characterized in that the stramenopile organism is selected from Thraustochytrium aureum, Parietichytrium sarkarianum, Thraustochytrium roseum and Parietichytrium sp. and the gene to be disrupted or of which the expression is to be inhibited is a gene associated with the biosynthesis of a fatty acid.

Abstract: An acceleration control system for a marine vessel includes an actual propulsion power detector, a setting controller configured or programmed to set final target propulsion power of the marine vessel, and a controller. The controller is configured or programmed to set target propulsion power of the marine vessel at an initial time to an initial target propulsion power, to change the target propulsion power of the marine vessel based on an actual propulsion power of the marine vessel and the initial target propulsion power, and to control a propulsion device such that the actual propulsion power of the marine vessel gets closer to the final target propulsion power.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system of a construction machine includes: a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump, whose respective tilting angles are adjustable independently of each other; a turning control valve for controlling supply of hydraulic oil to a turning motor; and a boom main control valve and a boom auxiliary control valve each for controlling supply of the hydraulic oil to a boom cylinder. The turning control valve and the boom auxiliary control valve are disposed on a first bleed line, and the boom main control valve is disposed on a second bleed line. A turning operation valve outputs a pilot pressure to the turning control valve, and a boom operation valve outputs a pilot pressure to the boom main control valve. A boom-side regulating valve outputs no pilot pressure to the boom auxiliary control valve when a turning operation and a boom raising operation are performed concurrently.

Abstract: A hydraulic excavator drive system includes: a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump, whose respective tilting angles are controllable independently of each other; an arm main control valve and an arm auxiliary control valve each for controlling supply of hydraulic oil to an arm cylinder; and a boom main control valve and a boom auxiliary control valve each for controlling supply of the hydraulic oil to a boom cylinder. An arm operation valve outputs a pilot pressure to the arm main control valve. A boom operation valve outputs a pilot pressure to the boom main control valve. A pair of arm-side regulating valves outputs no pilot pressure to the arm auxiliary control valve and a boom-side regulating valve outputs no pilot pressure to the boom auxiliary control valve when an arm crowding operation and a boom raising operation are performed concurrently.

Abstract: In order to derive, from operation data obtained from an air conditioner, the correct cause of malfunction of the air conditioner and the suitable repair information, a diagnostic system is connected to an outdoor unit and the indoor units of the air conditioner, which is provided with communication units. A mobile communication terminal requests that the communication units of the air conditioner transmit the operation data and the model data to the mobile communication terminal, which then communicates with a maintenance server system storing a diagnostic program corresponding to each model of air conditioner. Then, either the maintenance server system or the mobile communication terminal uses the diagnostic program corresponding to the model data to make a diagnosis of the air conditioner on the basis of the received model data and operation data. The diagnostic result is displayed on a display unit of the mobile communication terminal.

Abstract: A mobile station includes a public land mobile network registration unit that registers public land mobile networks including a public land mobile network input by a manual operation, wherein the public land mobile network input by the manual operation is not detected, and a public land mobile network selecting unit that selects a public land mobile network specified by the manual operation, among the public land mobile networks registered in the public land mobile network registration unit, wherein the public land mobile networks registered in the public land mobile network registration unit include the public land mobile network which is not detected.

Abstract: A method for transforming a stramenopile includes transferring a foreign gene into the stramenopile which is a microorganism belonging to the class Labyrinthula, more specifically, to a genus Labyrinthula, Altornia, Aplanochytrium, Schizochytrium, Aurantiochytrium, Thraustochytrium, Ulkenia, etc. The foreign gene, which is a gene relating to tolerance against an antibiotic, a colorimetric protein and/or a fatty acid desaturase (?5 desaturase gene, ?12 desaturase gene and/or ?3 desaturase gene), is transferred by using the electroporation or gene-gun technique.

Abstract: A lane outward deviation avoidance assist apparatus includes: a recognition device configured to recognize a travel lane of a vehicle; a deviation recognition part configured to recognize a deviation from the travel lane recognized by the recognition device or a deviation prediction from the travel lane; a control part configured to perform a deviation avoidance control for avoiding the deviation from the travel lane at least by a steering; and a deviation number count part configured to count the number of deviations from the travel lane recognized by the deviation recognition part within a predetermined duration or the number of deviation predictions from the travel lane, wherein the control part performs at least any one of the deviation avoidance control and an alarm output control when the number counted by the deviation number count part reaches n, n being a natural number more than 1.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicular lamp including a light source unit equipped with a plurality of LEDs having different optical axes; and a reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the plurality of LEDs. The light source unit includes a base including a plurality of board mounting surfaces, in which the base is formed to be foldable around an axis formed between each two adjacent board mounting surfaces as a boundary; and a plurality of printed circuit boards attached to the plurality of board mounting surfaces, respectively, in which each printed circuit board has a light source mounted on a surface opposite to the board mounting surface thereof.