Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission including an input shaft linked to a crankshaft of an engine so that power is transmitted therebetween, and an output shaft which is able to rotate at a rotational speed lower than a rotational speed of the input shaft. The snowmobile includes a driving device linked to the output shaft so that power is transmitted therebetween to generate a driving power, a supercharger including a rotation shaft linked to the output shaft so that power is transmitted therebetween, and a centrifugal clutch located between the crankshaft and the input shaft or between the output shaft and the rotation shaft.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a ground plane, a first dielectric layer disposed on the ground plane, a conductive line having a feeding point and an open end or a short end and disposed on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, a plurality of first conductive elements disposed on the second dielectric layer so that the first conductive elements intersect with the conductive line at a plurality of first positions corresponding to nodes of a standing wave of current flowing through the conductive line, and one or more second conductive elements disposed on the second dielectric layer so that the one or more second conductive elements intersect with the conductive line at second positions corresponding to antinodes of the standing wave between the second end and the first position closest to the second end among the the first positions.

Abstract: A planar antenna includes a substrate formed of a dielectric; a distributed constant line formed on a first surface of the substrate, the distributed constant line including a first end to which power is supplied and a second end that is an open end or is grounded; and at least one first resonator arranged on the first surface of the substrate and within a range in which the at least one first resonator is allowed to be electromagnetically coupled to the distributed constant line in a vicinity of any of nodal points of a standing wave of a current that flows through the distributed constant line in response to a radio wave having a certain design wavelength radiated from the distributed constant line or received by the distributed constant line.

Abstract: An antenna includes a first loop, a second loop which encloses an outer side of the first loop and is separated from the first loop by a slit and both end of which are merged with both ends of the first loop, and IC chip connection parts provided in a portion where the first loop and the second loop are merged, wherein a loop length of the first loop and a loop length of the second loop are equal to or shorter than one third of a wavelength corresponding to a desired frequency resonant with an IC chip connected to the IC chip connection parts.

Abstract: There is provided an antenna device for transmitting a radio wave to a tag capable of receiving the radio wave includes a first layer, a second layer, and a first plate which is disposed on or above the second layer. These are electrically conductive. The second layer is disposed apart from the first layer and includes a plurality of non-electrically conductive portions to generate an electromagnetic wave travelling along a first axis above the second layer. Further, the first plate is disposed on or above the second layer to allow the tag to receive the radio wave transmitted from the antenna.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a first dielectric layer, a ground plane, a conductive line, a second dielectric layer, and a first conductive element and a second conductive element configured to be disposed on the second dielectric layer so that the first and the second conductive elements intersect the conductive line at first and second positions corresponding to first and second nodes of a standing wave of current flowing through the conductive line, respectively, wherein the first and the second conductive elements are bent or rounded toward a feeding point with respect to the first and the second positions in plan view, respectively, and wherein a first bent degree, a first rounded degree or a first length of the first conductive element is different from a second bent degree, a second rounded degree or a second length of the second conductive element.

Abstract: An RFID tag includes a substrate; first antenna elements formed on one side of the substrate; an IC chip connected between the first antenna elements; a second antenna element formed on another side of the substrate; first connection parts formed between the first antenna elements and the second antenna element, the first connection parts forming a first loop with the first antenna elements, the IC chip, and the second antenna element; and second connection parts formed between the first antenna elements and the second antenna element, the second connection parts forming a second loop, which is longer than the first loop, with the first antenna elements, the IC chip, and the second antenna element. A length of the first loop and a length of the second loop are respectively shorter than a wavelength in a usable frequency.

Abstract: A snowmobile has a structure that reduces and minimizes adverse affects of snow on a throttle motor. The snowmobile includes a snowmobile body including an engine room therein, an engine which is disposed inside the engine room, a throttle valve arranged to adjust intake air supplied to the engine, a throttle motor arranged to drive the throttle valve and disposed ahead of the engine, and an air box arranged to pass the intake air through toward the engine, disposed ahead of the engine and including a portion located ahead of the throttle motor.

Abstract: A sunlight receiving device includes a substrate, and a plurality of resonators arranged on a surface of the substrate at certain intervals so as to form one of a plurality of loops, the plurality of loops partially bordering with each other, each one of the plurality of resonators having a length that resonates with sunlight of a certain wavelength, wherein energy of the sunlight is obtained via a resonator that belongs to one or more of the plurality of loops, the resonator being one of the plurality of resonators.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal used in a mobile communication system providing mobile communicating service in a first frequency band is disclosed. The mobile communication terminal comprises a first signal processing circuit for processing signals for the mobile communication service; a second signal processing circuit for processing signals for radio tag communicating in a second frequency band; and an antenna commonly used by the first and second signal processing circuits. The impedance of the antenna is matched with the first signal processing circuit in the first frequency band and matched with the second signal processing circuit in the second frequency band.

Abstract: A metal sheet including: a first and second metal sections disposed at point symmetrical positions about a center point of the metal sheet, wherein each portion of the first and second metal sections is affixed to a tag so as to contact to the tag which performs non-contact communication.

Abstract: A snowmobile has a structure that reduces and minimizes adverse affects of snow on a throttle motor. The snowmobile includes a snowmobile body including an engine room therein, an engine which is disposed inside the engine room, a throttle valve arranged to adjust intake air supplied to the engine, a throttle motor arranged to drive the throttle valve and disposed ahead of the engine, and an air box arranged to pass the intake air through toward the engine, disposed ahead of the engine and including a portion located ahead of the throttle motor.

Abstract: In a planar inverted F antenna, a second radiation element is provided parallel to the GND surface and extending partially with respect to a first radiation element in a longitudinal direction, so as to substantially increase a width of the first radiation element in the vicinity of a power supply section.

Abstract: A first antenna section included in an antenna has a first conductor, supplies electric power to a plurality of tags, and transmits electromagnetic waves to and receives electromagnetic waves from the plurality of tags. One end of the first conductor is a feeding point and an other end of the first conductor is an open end. The first conductor is connected to a reader-writer device for communicating with the plurality of tags. The first conductor can output electromagnetic waves. A second antenna section included in the antenna has a second conductor one end of which is a feeding point, an other end of which is an open end, and which is opposite to the first conductor of the first antenna section with the plurality of tags therebetween.

Abstract: A near field antenna includes: a ground electrode arranged on a lower surface of a first dielectric layer; a conductor which is arranged between the first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, and forms a microstrip antenna with the ground electrode, one end of the conductor being connected to a power feeding port and the another end of the conductor being an open end; and at least one resonator arranged on an upper surface of the second dielectric layer, within a range in which the resonator is able to electromagnetically couple with the microstrip antenna for any of nodal points of a standing wave of current which flows through the microstrip antenna depending on an electric wave with a certain design wavelength, radiated from the microstrip antenna or received by the microstrip antenna.

Abstract: A metal sheet including: a first and second metal sections disposed at point symmetrical positions about a center point of the metal sheet, wherein each portion of the first and second metal sections is affixed to a tag so as to contact to the tag which performs non-contact communication.

Abstract: A tag patch antenna includes: a slit formed in the vicinity of an edge of an antenna pattern along a part of the edge; and a feeding point to which a tag LSI is connected and which is formed by cutting an intermediate portion of the part of the edge separated by the slit from a body of the antenna pattern by a width of the slit.

Abstract: A metal pipe includes a slot having a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction of the metal pipe and a wireless tag that is placed inside the metal pipe and includes a power feeding unit to feed electric power to the slot and an IC chip connected to the power feeding unit, thereby functioning as an antenna of the wireless tag. The metal pipe is thus managed by the wireless tag.

Abstract: An antenna includes a first loop, a second loop which encloses an outer side of the first loop and is separated from the first loop by a slit and both end of which are merged with both ends of the first loop, and IC chip connection parts provided in a portion where the first loop and the second loop are merged, wherein a loop length of the first loop and a loop length of the second loop are equal to or shorter than one third of a wavelength corresponding to a desired frequency resonant with an IC chip connected to the IC chip connection parts.

Abstract: A metal-resistant radio frequency tag that has a broader band pass band (frequency versus communication range) characteristic compared to conventional techniques is achieved. For this purpose, the radio frequency tag according to the present invention includes a first resonator pattern, the first resonator pattern including a chip connecting section to which a chip is to be connected, and an inductance section that is capable of adjusting an impedance matching with the chip; and a second resonator pattern that is fed through electromagnetic induction coupling via the inductance section.