Abstract: Disclosed is a communication apparatus comprising: a communication section which performs communication in an ASK modulation format with an RFID tag; and a control section which sets a modulation degree of the ASK modulation of the communication section to a large degree when polling of the RFID tag is performed by the communication section and which sets the modulation degree to a small degree when response information is received from the RFID tag through the communication section.

Abstract: A steering angle estimation section calculates a front-wheel-side estimative steering angle and a rear-wheel-side estimative steering angle through use of wheel speeds of respective wheels, and averages these steering angles to thereby obtain an accurate estimative steering angle. It also calculates an estimative steering angle difference between the steering angles. An axial force estimation section calculates a base axial force through use of the estimative steering angle and a vehicle speed, and calculates a correction axial force which applies an axial force difference (hysteresis) to the base axial force in accordance with a turning or returning operation by a driver. The axial force estimation section adds the base axial force and the correction axial force together to thereby calculate an accurate estimative axial force.

Abstract: An electric power steering device for a vehicle includes an estimation mechanism estimating if there is a possibility that a backward electric current flows in a booster circuit toward a vehicle battery device, and a boosting controller stopping the boosting operation of the booster circuit to prevent a backward electric current from flowing in the booster circuit when it is estimated that there is a possibility that a backward electric current flows by the estimation mechanism. The estimation mechanism estimates that there is a possibility that a backward electric current flows in the booster circuit when the steering condition of a steering wheel is a returning condition or a steering-held condition. Otherwise, the estimation mechanism estimates if a backward electric current flows on the basis of input and output voltages of the booster circuit and information on the switching of a first boosting switching element. Thereby, overheat of the booster circuit can be prevented.

Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal device designed to perform wireless communication with an RFID tag being held over the device by using electromagnetic waves. The device includes a plurality of antennae arranged in or in vicinity to a display area of the mobile terminal device, and a control unit configured to detect a part of the display area, which is not covered with the RFID tag, from electromagnetic wave intensities acquired by the plurality of antennae and to display information for a user in the detected part of the display area.

Abstract: An Assist Control Unit 61 detects a power generation state of an electric motor where the direction for generating torque of motor current im does not match the rotational direction of steering speed ?x (S12), and calculates an Amount E Corresponding to Power Generation Energy during a period when the power generation state is detected continuously (S15). When the Amount E Corresponding to Power Generation Energy exceeds a Criterion Value E0 (S16: Yes), the state is judged as a reverse input state that a large reverse input is acting on a steering mechanism from a tire. Consequently, a small reverse input state not affecting the steering mechanism is excluded, and a large reverse input state having a risk of affecting the steering mechanism can be detected precisely.

Abstract: A power steering system, which is disposed in the forward part of a vehicle, allows an electric motor to boost the steering torque applied by a driver, and transmits the steering torque to wheels via a steering transmission mechanism. The power steering system includes an impact detection device that detects the impact of an object on a rack housing that houses a rack bar constituting the steering transmission mechanism to detect the impact on the power steering system more accurately.

Abstract: A near-infrared absorbing film which is excellent in heat resistance and moist-heat resistance and retains optical properties including satisfactory near-infrared absorbing ability. The near-infrared absorbing film comprises a transparent base and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one side of the base from a pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a near-infrared absorbing dye and a copolymer of a constituent monomer which is a (C5-C10) cycloalkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid. This near-infrared absorbing film may be laminated to other functional film(s) to give a laminate useful as an optical filter for PDPs.

Abstract: In a center-takeoff-type steering apparatus for a vehicle, radiant heat from a heat source such as an engine is shut off reliably. The bracket is fixed to a central portion of a rack bar for unitary movement, the rack bar moving in the lateral direction in accordance with a steering operation of a steering wheel. Ball joint mechanisms are assembled to the bracket. The ball joint mechanisms rotatably support the inboard ends of the tie rods, swing tie rods in accordance with the movement of the rack bar to thereby steer the left and right front wheels. The heat insulator is integrally formed to have an upper plate portion and a lower plate portion facing each other, and fixed to the bracket so as to cover the ball joint mechanisms.

Abstract: In a connector receptacle which is mounted on a printed circuit board, a pair of protection protrusions is formed to protrude outward in a insertion direction of a plug from a rear end of a bottom board of a metal shell. A plurality of terminals held on a plug holder is arranged between the protection protrusions in a widthwise direction in a cut portion of the bottom board, so that twisting force acting of the connector receptacle is mainly received by the protection protrusions, and thus, the terminals are protected from peeling off from the printed circuit board. A pair of slits is formed along an extension line of the rear end on the bottom board, so that melted solder for fixing the connector receptacle on the printed circuit board rarely diffused to a lower face of the bottom board.

Abstract: A power steering system, which is disposed in the forward part of a vehicle, allows an electric motor to boost the steering torque applied by a driver, and transmits the steering torque to wheels via a steering transmission mechanism. The power steering system includes an impact detection device that detects the impact of an object on a rack housing that houses a rack bar constituting the steering transmission mechanism to detect the impact on the power steering system more accurately.

Abstract: In a connector receptacle (1) which is mounted on a printed circuit board (30), a pair of protection protrusions (21) is formed to protrude outward in an insertion direction (X) of a plug from a rear end (13a) of a bottom board (13) of a metal shell (11). A plurality of terminals (10) held on a plug holder (8) is arranged between the protection protrusions (21) in a widthwise direction (Y) in a cut portion (12) of the bottom board (13), so that twisting force acting of the connector receptacle (1) is mainly received by the protection protrusions (21), and thus, the terminals (10) are protected from peeling off from the printed circuit board (30). A pair of slits (22) is formed along an extension line of the rear end (13a) on the bottom board (13), so that melted solder for fixing the connector receptacle (1) on the printed circuit board (30) rarely diffused to a lower face of the bottom board (13).

Abstract: There is provided a connector which can downsize the peripheral device. A receptacle 1 is capable of receiving both a mini-A plug based on a USB OTG standard and a mini-B plug based on a USB 2.0 standard. Further, the receptacle 1 includes first posts 41 compliant with the USB standard and second posts 42 disposed at an opposite side to the first posts 41 with a connecting part 32 inserted into a connecting recess 20 of a plug 2 therebetween. Furthermore, the plug 2 includes second contacts 72 corresponding to the second posts 42 in addition to first contacts 71 corresponding to the first posts 41. Accordingly, it is possible to transmit data other than the data which are transmitted through the known USB connector by using the second posts 42 and the second contacts 72. In addition, it is possible to down size the peripheral device compared to the case where the size increases when a connector for transmitting the other data is installed in addition to the USB connector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microwave chemical reaction apparatus characterized by comprising a means for heating a reaction liquid, which is capable of irradiating microwaves while controlling the output power according to the temperature of the reaction liquid, together with a means for forcibly cooling the reaction liquid from the outside, and being capable of precisely controlling the reaction temperature. The microwave chemical reaction apparatus can control the reaction temperature precisely, for example, within ±1° C. of a predetermined temperature, and can be applied to fine chemical reactions. Further, since reactions proceed rapidly in such an apparatus, mass production can be achieved by a relatively small-sized reaction apparatus.

Abstract: There is provided a connector which can downsize the peripheral device. A receptacle 1 is capable of receiving both a mini-A plug based on a USB OTG standard and a mini-B plug based on a USB 2.0 standard. Further, the receptacle 1 includes first posts 41 compliant with the USB standard and second posts 42 disposed at an opposite side to the first posts 41 with a connecting part 32 inserted into a connecting recess 20 of a plug 2 therebetween. Furthermore, the plug 2 includes second contacts 72 corresponding to the second posts 42 in addition to first contacts 71 corresponding to the first posts 41. Accordingly, it is possible to transmit data other than the data which are transmitted through the known USB connector by using the second posts 42 and the second contacts 72. In addition, it is possible to down size the peripheral device compared to the case where the size increases when a connector for transmitting the other data is installed in addition to the USB connector.

Abstract: The present invention is characterized by subjecting 4,4?-diallyloxydiphenyl sulfone to a rearrangement reaction under microwave irradiation, preferably in molten state, to produce objective 3,3?-diallyl-4,4?-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone efficiently in a short time, in high yield and in high purity. Further preferably, by carrying out said reaction in substantially oxygen-free atmosphere in the presence of at least one compound selected from a group consisting of an antioxidant, an organic basic compound and a chelate compound, the above-described object can be attained in more preferable manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a bis(4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl) compounds, characterized by nitrating a bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) compound wherein two phenyl groups are bonded to each other directly or through an electron-donating bridging group, sulfoxide group, sulfone group or carbonyl group in an inert solvent using nitric acid under the condition of substantially free from any other acid. According to the process, the target compounds reduced in the content of trinitrates can be produced in high yield and further recrystallizing the compound easily gives in high yield a high-purity products suitable for use as a raw material of producing a heat-resistant polymer and so on because the content of a trinitro-substitued compound in that compound is low.