Abstract: A base supporting an offshore wind power generator includes a fender portion composed of a pair of cylindrically shaped first fender portion and second fender portion for cushioning an impact when a ship touches the fender portion, and rung portions extending horizontally from the fender portion toward the base and composed of first rung portions and second rung portions installed at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. A worker on board the ship can safely transfer to the adjacent rung portions when the hull of the ship kept touching the fender portion.

Abstract: A standing wave radar includes: a transmitter to set a frequency of a transmission signal to frequencies, and output the transmission signal taking the respective frequencies in a time-division manner; a receiver to receive a reflected signal taking the frequencies in a time-division manner, the reflected signal being the transmission signal reflected by an object; and a processor to obtain reflection coefficients of the frequencies by obtaining each reflection coefficient of the transmission signal and the reflected signal taking a same frequency, for the transmission signal and the reflected signal taking the frequencies, and to execute a first inverse Fourier transform process of calculating a first distance spectrum for the object by an inverse Fourier transform on the reflection coefficients, and a first distance measurement process of determining presence of the object and calculating a distance to the object, based on the first distance spectrum.

Abstract: A conveyance device has a drive route part wherein conveyance carriages travel at predetermined intervals, which is connected to a storage route part having a drive conveyer chain that supports the conveyance carriages for free travel. The drive route part has a drive conveyer chain including spaced carriage propulsion claw parts. The conveyance carriages have moved pins that horizontally extends in the left/right direction and which are freely detached/re-fitted in the up/down direction with the carriage propulsion claw parts. The conveyance device has a carriage-positioning mechanism which positions a conveyance carriage at a fixed position wherein the moved pin is positioned immediately before a guide ring for a corresponding one of the carriage propulsion claw parts, and has a carriage pushing-out mechanism which pushes out the conveyance carriage positioned at the fixed position, at a timing when the moved pin is fitted to the carriage propulsion claw part.

Abstract: A conveyance device has a drive route part wherein conveyance carriages travel at predetermined intervals, which is connected to a storage route part having a drive conveyer chain that supports the conveyance carriages for free travel. The drive route part has a drive conveyer chain including spaced carriage propulsion claw parts. The conveyance carriages have moved pins that horizontally extends in the left/right direction and which are freely detached/re-fitted in the up/down direction with the carriage propulsion claw parts. The conveyance device has a carriage-positioning mechanism which positions a conveyance carriage at a fixed position wherein the moved pin is positioned immediately before a guide ring for a corresponding one of the carriage propulsion claw parts, and has a carriage pushing-out mechanism which pushes out the conveyance carriage positioned at the fixed position, at a timing when the moved pin is fitted to the carriage propulsion claw part.

Abstract: A cart-type transporting device includes left and right auxiliary rotating bodies moving in conjunction with left and right turning-section toothed wheels that guide a first endless chain; and a turning pathway section that protrudes at a position between the auxiliary rotating bodies, and that is provided with a lower protruding cam over which a transporting cart can pass. Left and right front-side projection shafts of the transporting cart engage with an engagement section of the respective auxiliary rotating bodies. Left and right rear-side projection shafts engage with an engagement section of the first endless chain. When the projection shafts are picked up by the rotation of the turning-section toothed wheels and the auxiliary rotating bodies, the lower protruding cam supports and guides a cam-following roller at a bottom section of the transporting cart in accordance with the same rotating pathway as the engagement section.

Abstract: A cart-type transporting device has a first endless chain and a second endless chain that move in conjunction with and parallel to one another in a lifting/lowering pathway section, and the first and second endless chains have engaging parts. A transporting cart has engaged parts that engage with the engaging parts of the first endless chain in a horizontal pathway section In the first endless chain, the engaging parts are provided at regular intervals, and the engaging parts of the first endless chain and the engaged parts of the transporting cart are detachably fitted together such that the transporting cart can be attached/detached in the vertical direction in the horizontal pathway section.

Abstract: A charge pump circuit includes a capacitor, a first switch between the capacitor and a power supply terminal, a second switch between the capacitor and an output terminal, a third switch between the output terminal and the capacitor, a fourth switch between the capacitor and a ground terminal, and a control unit configured to generate control signals for the switches. The control signals include first signals generated during a first period that cause first and third switches to be in an ON state and second and fourth switches to be in an OFF state, second signals generated during a second period that cause first and third switches to be in an OFF state and second and fourth switches to be in an ON state, and third signals generated between the first and second periods, that cause the ON/OFF state of each of the switches to be switched at different times.

Abstract: A slat conveyor has a plurality of slat bodies supported between a pair of left and right driving endless turning bodies by concentric horizontal support shafts and has a pair of front and rear guide rollers supported to a guide rail laid on each of upper and lower horizontal path sections. A U-turn guiding mechanism at both ends includes the guide rollers, a slat body posture controlling rotating body, and a drive mechanism for the rotating body. The rotating body has the same turning radius as that of the horizontal support shaft on a U-turn path section, and includes an engaging portion for positioning and turning the guide rollers. The drive mechanism drives the rotating body such that the engaging portion is turned in the same direction and at the same speed as the turning speed of the horizontal support shaft on the U-turn path section.

Abstract: A cart-type transporting device includes left and right auxiliary rotating bodies moving in conjunction with left and right turning-section toothed wheels that guide a first endless chain; and a turning pathway section that protrudes at a position between the auxiliary rotating bodies, and that is provided with a lower protruding cam over which a transporting cart can pass. Left and right front-side projection shafts of the transporting cart engage with an engagement section of the respective auxiliary rotating bodies. Left and right rear-side projection shafts engage with an engagement section of the first endless chain. When the projection shafts are picked up by the rotation of the turning-section toothed wheels and the auxiliary rotating bodies, the lower protruding cam supports and guides a cam-following roller at a bottom section of the transporting cart in accordance with the same rotating pathway as the engagement section.

Abstract: A cart-type transporting device has a first endless chain and a second endless chain that move in conjunction with and parallel to one another in a lifting/lowering pathway section, and the first and second endless chains have engaging parts. A transporting cart has engaged parts that engage with the engaging parts of the first endless chain in a horizontal pathway section In the first endless chain, the engaging parts are provided at regular intervals, and the engaging parts of the first endless chain and the engaged parts of the transporting cart are detachably fitted together such that the transporting cart can be attached/detached in the vertical direction in the horizontal pathway section.

Abstract: A charge pump circuit includes a capacitor, a first switch between the capacitor and a power supply terminal, a second switch between the capacitor and an output terminal, a third switch between the output terminal and the capacitor, a fourth switch between the capacitor and a ground terminal, and a control unit configured to generate control signals for the switches. The control signals include first signals generated during a first period that cause first and third switches to be in an ON state and second and fourth switches to be in an OFF state, second signals generated during a second period that cause first and third switches to be in an OFF state and second and fourth switches to be in an ON state, and third signals generated between the first and second periods, that cause the ON/OFF state of each of the switches to be switched at different times.

Abstract: A slat conveyor has a plurality of slat bodies supported between a pair of left and right driving endless turning bodies by concentric horizontal support shafts and has a pair of front and rear guide rollers supported to a guide rail laid on each of upper and lower horizontal path sections. A U-turn guiding mechanism at both ends includes the guide rollers, a slat body posture controlling rotating body, and a drive mechanism for the rotating body. The rotating body has the same turning radius as that of the horizontal support shaft on a U-turn path section, and includes an engaging portion for positioning and turning the guide rollers. The drive mechanism drives the rotating body such that the engaging portion is turned in the same direction and at the same speed as the turning speed of the horizontal support shaft on the U-turn path section.

Abstract: A hearing aid (100) comprises a body case (2) that is worn behind an ear (1), a sound conductor (3) that is linked at one end to the body case (2) and is linked at the other end to an earpiece (6), and an engaging component (8) for holding the earpiece linked to the other end of the sound conductor in the external auditory canal (7) of the ear (1). The engaging component (8) is made up of a first arc part (8a) disposed on the earpiece (6) side, a second arc part (8b) that is larger than the first arc part (8a) and is disposed opposite the first arc part (8a), a first linking part (8c) that links one end of the first arc part (8a) and one end of the second arc part (8b), and a second linking part (8d) that links the other end of the first arc part (8a) and the other end of the second arc part (8b). The second linking part (8d) has a shape such that its center part protrudes toward the first linking part (8c). This constitution allows the hearing aid (100) to be put on more easily.

Abstract: Provided is a fixing jig including: a base configured to be mounted to a load axis of a fatigue testing device and including an accommodating recess portion for accommodating a portion to be held of a test piece; a pressing member disposed so as to be supported in the accommodating recess portion and configured to come into surface contact with an end surface of the test piece; and an insert nut configured to be threadedly engaged with a male screw portion of the portion to be held of the test piece. The fixing jig further includes a fastening flange including a hole portion for loosely inserting the test piece therethrough and a flange portion configured to come into contact with the insert nut, for holding the test piece in the accommodating recess portion via the insert nut so that the end surface of the test piece is pressed against the pressing member supported by the base.

Abstract: A hearing aid (100) comprises a body case (2) that is worn behind an ear (1), a sound conductor (3) that is linked at one end to the body case (2) and is linked at the other end to an earpiece (6), and an engaging component (8) for holding the earpiece linked to the other end of the sound conductor in the external auditory canal (7) of the ear (1). The engaging component (8) is made up of a first arc part (8a) disposed on the earpiece (6) side, a second arc part (8b) that is larger than the first arc part (8a) and is disposed opposite the first arc part (8a), a first linking part (8c) that links one end of the first arc part (8a) and one end of the second arc part (8b), and a second linking part (8d) that links the other end of the first arc part (8a) and the other end of the second arc part (8b). The second linking part (8d) has a shape such that its center part protrudes toward the first linking part (8c). This constitution allows the hearing aid (100) to be put on more easily.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device (1), a package board (2) is provided in which a plurality of wiring layers are layered, a plurality of mounting pads (5) arranged in a matrix are provided to the uppermost wiring layer of the package board (2), and solder bumps (7) are connected to the mounting pads (5). A semiconductor chip (9) is mounted on the package board (2) via the solder bumps (7). The uppermost wiring layer of the package board (2) is formed from a resin material in which the Young's modulus is 1 GPa or lower when the temperature is 10 to 30° C., and the elongation at break is 50% or higher.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device, the topmost wiring layer of the package board is formed from an insulation material in which the elongation at break is 20% or higher and Young's modulus is 1 GPa or less when the temperature is 10 to 30° C. This insulation material contains a reactive elastomer that reacts with epoxy resin or an epoxy resin curing agent; an epoxy resin; an epoxy resin curing agent; and a crosslinked styrene-butadiene rubber having a double bond and a hydroxyl group, a carboxylic group, or another polar group. It is therefore possible to provide a semiconductor device that has a wiring board in which the connection reliability in relation to temperature cycles is high and the adhesiveness between the insulation layer and the electroless copper plating layer is also high.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device (1), a package board (2) is provided in which a plurality of wiring layers are layered, a plurality of mounting pads (5) arranged in a matrix are provided to the uppermost wiring layer of the package board (2), and solder bumps (7) are connected to the mounting pads (5). A semiconductor chip (9) is mounted on the package board (2) via the solder bumps (7). The uppermost wiring layer of the package board (2) is formed from a resin material in which the Young's modulus is 1 GPa or lower when the temperature is 10 to 30° C., and the elongation at break is 50% or higher.