Abstract: To provide an analysis apparatus, an analysis method, and a program that are non-destructively analyze a degree of damage of a fiber rope, an analysis apparatus includes an analysis unit that analyzes the degree of damage of the fiber rope by using an invariant model indicating a relationship between a plurality of pieces of time-series data based on measurement data of one or more sensors attached to or around the fiber rope.

Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a first CAN communication line provided between a steering input mechanism and a steering mechanism controller and configured to output a first steering operation amount signal output from a first steering operation amount signal output portion to the steering mechanism controller, and a communication line provided between the steering input mechanism and the steering mechanism controller and configured to output a second steering operation amount signal to the steering mechanism controller without intervention of a first microprocessor.

Abstract: Provided are steering device and a steering control device that are capable of continuing steering control of steered wheels when one of microprocessors on a steering control unit side operates normally at a time of occurrence of a double failure. A first steering angle sensor outputs a first operation amount signal to a first steering actuator control unit of a steering control unit, and a second steering angle sensor outputs a second operation amount signal to a second steering actuator control unit of the steering control unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main material, and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, wherein the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyester polyol (a2), and a hydroxyl group-containing epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction raw materials. The curable composition of the invention is advantageous in that a cured product having excellent fracture toughness and excellent tensile strength can be formed from the composition.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus according to the present invention includes a first control device that is capable of controlling a first actuator of a steering device, a second control device that is capable of controlling a second actuator of the steering device, and a third control device that is capable of switching connection to, and disconnection from, at least one of the first actuator and the second actuator. When a failure occurs in the first control device, the first control device is disconnected from the first actuator, and the third control device is connected to the first actuator. When a failure occurs in the second control device, the second control device is disconnected from the second actuator, and the third control device is connected to the second actuator. In this way, even when a failure occurs in one of a plurality of control devices, reduction in total output of electric motors can be prevented.

Abstract: A steering input device for steer-by-wire, according to the present invention, includes a steering shaft that is mechanically separated from a steered wheel, a reaction force motor that applies a steering load to the steering shaft, a lock mechanism that regulates rotation of the steering shaft, a steering amount sensor that detects an operation amount of the steering shaft and outputs an operation amount signal, and a controller. The controller increases the reaction torque generated by the reaction force motor after the starting switch of the vehicle is switched to an OFF state, and after the reaction torque is increased, switches the lock mechanism to a locked state. Thereby, it is possible to suppress an uncomfortable sensation of the driver in steering, while suppressing occurrence of a phase shift between the steering wheel and the steered wheel when the starting switch of the vehicle is switched to the OFF state.

Abstract: Provided is a curable composition containing an epoxy resin (A), an aliphatic amine compound and/or an alicyclic amine compound (B), core-shell particles (C), and an imidazole compound (D), wherein a ratio H/E of an amount by mole H of active hydrogen in the aliphatic amine compound and/or the alicyclic amine compound (B) to an amount by mole E of epoxy group in the epoxy resin (A) is 0.3 to 0.9. The curable composition has rapid curing properties, and forms a cured object having favorable heat resistance and toughness. Therefore, the curable composition can be suitably used for a fiber-reinforced composite material and a molded fiber-reinforced resin article, in addition to an application in which the curable composition is cured.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rotation angle detection device that detects a steering state quantity of steer-by-wire. The rotation angle detection device includes a drive gear that rotates along with the rotation of a rotating shaft part, first through third driven gears that rotate in conjunction with the drive gear and have different numbers of teeth that are indivisible by each other, sensors that detect the amounts of rotation and are provided for the respective first through third driving gears, a rotation amount generating unit that generates the amount of rotation of the drive gear by combining the amounts of rotation of different driven gears, and power supply circuits each of which is provided for a combination of sensors that detect the amounts of rotation of different driven gears. This configuration makes it possible to improve robustness against failure of sensor elements and power supply circuits.

Abstract: A microwave module includes a plurality of microwave devices and a microwave module substrate. Each of the plurality of microwave devices exchanges a signal with a corresponding one of a plurality of antenna elements. The microwave module substrate includes a mounting surface on which the plurality of microwave devices are mounted. The microwave module substrate is electrically connected to each of the plurality of antenna elements. The mounting surface is perpendicular to a plane surface on which the plurality of antenna elements are arrayed.

Abstract: In a vehicular steering control device, a steer-by-wire system, and a method for controlling a steer-by-wire system according to the present invention, if an abnormality of a rotation angle sensor of a turning motor is detected, open-loop control is performed on the turning motor based on a rotation angle of a motor shaft before the abnormality of the rotation angle sensor is detected and information concerning a reaction generation device that applies reaction torque to steering wheel. Consequently, it is possible to continue control of a turning angle even if the rotation angle sensor of the turning motor fails, while suppressing an increase in system cost.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a storage control unit that divides, into two-dimensional blocks, a feature image of a layer and stores the respective blocks in any one of a predetermined number of memories, a unit that determines a pattern for reading blocks from the memories based on information relating to an operation on the feature image, and a unit that reads blocks from the memories in accordance with the pattern. The storage control unit assigns repeatedly, for the two-dimensional blocks, the memories in a predetermined order from a head row/column along a row/column. In a second or a subsequent row/column, a memory, which the assignment is started, is shifted by a constant number from a previous row/column in the predetermined order.

Abstract: Provided are sulfide-based solid electrolyte with good ionic conductivity and an all-solid lithium ion battery using the same. A sulfide-based solid electrolyte having an argyrodite-type structure, wherein a composition of the sulfide-based solid electrolyte is represented by the formula: Li8GeS5-xTe1+x in which: ?0.5?x<0, 0<x?0.375.

Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main material, and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, wherein the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyester polyol (a2), and a hydroxyl group-containing epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction raw materials. The curable composition of the invention is advantageous in that a cured product having excellent fracture toughness and excellent tensile strength can be formed from the composition.

Abstract: A high-efficiency amplifier is configured so that short stubs are provided in a line between a first substrate end and a second substrate end of a substrate, and among the short stubs, short stubs provided at locations other than both ends of the line include two short stubs and which are adjacent to each other, and which are provided at locations at which the two short stubs are to be electromagnetically coupled to each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rotation angle detection device that detects a steering state quantity of steer-by-wire. The rotation angle detection device includes a drive gear that rotates along with the rotation of a rotating shaft part, first through third driven gears that rotate in conjunction with the drive gear and have different numbers of teeth that are indivisible by each other, sensors that detect the amounts of rotation and are provided for the respective first through third driving gears, a rotation amount generating unit that generates the amount of rotation of the drive gear by combining the amounts of rotation of different driven gears, and power supply circuits each of which is provided for a combination of sensors that detect the amounts of rotation of different driven gears. This configuration makes it possible to improve robustness against failure of sensor elements and power supply circuits.

Abstract: A steering input device for steer-by-wire, according to the present invention, includes a steering shaft that is mechanically separated from a steered wheel, a reaction force motor that applies a steering load to the steering shaft, a lock mechanism that regulates rotation of the steering shaft, a steering amount sensor that detects an operation amount of the steering shaft and outputs an operation amount signal, and a controller. The controller increases the reaction torque generated by the reaction force motor after the starting switch of the vehicle is switched to an OFF state, and after the reaction torque is increased, switches the lock mechanism to a locked state. Thereby, it is possible to suppress an uncomfortable sensation of the driver in steering, while suppressing occurrence of a phase shift between the steering wheel and the steered wheel when the starting switch of the vehicle is switched to the OFF state.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a multi-layer board which a wiring pattern and a grounding pattern are formed. A plurality of semiconductor elements are mounted on the multi-layer board. An insulating sealing member is provided on the multi-layer board and is covering the plurality of semiconductor elements. A metal film is provided on the insulating sealing member. An in-groove metal is provided in contact with a plurality of grooves extending from a side-surface upper end of the insulating sealing member to a side-surface lower end of the multi-layer board. An in-hole metal is provided in an inner wall of a hole penetrating through the insulating sealing member and is extending to the multi-layer board. The in-hole metal is contacting with the metal film and the grounding pattern.

Abstract: Provided are a curable composition which is rapidly curable and which gives cured products with good heat resistance, a cured product thereof, a fiber-reinforced composite material, a fiber-reinforced resin-molded article, and a method for manufacturing the fiber-reinforced resin-molded article. Provided are a curable composition containing an epoxy resin (A), an aliphatic and/or alicyclic amine compound (B), and an imidazole compound (C), wherein the ratio H/E of the number of moles H of active hydrogen in the aliphatic and/or alicyclic amine compound (B) to the number of moles E of an epoxy group in the epoxy resin (A) is in the range of 0.2 to 0.9; a cured product thereof; a fiber-reinforced composite material; a fiber-reinforced resin-molded article; and a method for manufacturing the fiber-reinforced resin-molded article.

Abstract: Provided is a hollow fiber membrane module that exhibits excellent durability even when a chemical such as a radical polymerizable compound is used for a separation or mixing process. Also provided is a method for producing the hollow fiber membrane module in a highly productive manner. More specifically, there is provided a hollow fiber membrane module at least including a tubular body, a cap, a hollow fiber membrane, and an end seal portion, wherein at least a liquid contacting portion of the end seal portion is sealed with a cured product of a curable resin composition including an epoxy resin, and wherein the epoxy resin includes a polyglycidyl ether of a polycondensate of an aromatic compound containing a phenolic hydroxyl group and an aromatic compound containing a formyl group and a phenolic hydroxyl group, and there is provided a method for producing the module.

Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition containing a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main agent and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) being a reaction product obtained by using a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyether polyol (a2), and a hydroxy group-containing epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction materials; a cured product thereof; a fiber-reinforced composite material; a fiber-reinforced resin molded article; and a method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin molded article. The curable composition can form a cured product having excellent fracture toughness and tensile strength in the cured product.