Abstract: A hot-pressed member is disclosed including at least one surface that has a filtered centerline waviness Wca of less than or equal to 1.5 ?m.

Abstract: A connecting device for inspection includes a probe head configured to hold electric contacts and optical contacts such that tip ends of the respective contacts are exposed on a lower surface of the probe head while proximal ends of the electric contacts are exposed on an upper surface of the probe head and the optical contacts are fixed to the probe head, and a transformer including connecting wires provided therein such that tip ends on one side of the connecting wires electrically connected to the proximal ends of the electric contacts exposed on the upper surface of the probe head are arranged in a lower surface of the transformer while the optical contacts slidably penetrate the transformer. A positional relationship between the tip end of the respective electric contacts and the tip end of the respective optical contacts on the lower surface of the probe head corresponds to a positional relationship between an electrical signal terminal and an optical signal terminal of a semiconductor device.

Abstract: There is provided a starter system including: a starter motor configured to start an engine rotationally; an electronic control unit configured to control the engine; a battery that supplies a current to the starter motor; a starter switch capable of supplying the current of the battery to the starter motor in response to an operation by a user; a first circuit that supplies a starter signal indicating that the starter switch is operated to the electronic control unit; and a second circuit that supplies a current necessary for driving to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit starts a control operation of the engine when there are both of the starter signal input from the first circuit and the current input from the second circuit.

Abstract: A gear machining apparatus includes a rough working tool having a plurality of replaceable tool blades attached to a tool main body, such that the tool blades are arranged in a circumferential direction of the tool main body and blade tips of the tool blades are oriented outward in a radial direction of the tool main body, a finish working tool having a plurality of tool blades provided to a tool main body in a similar manner to the rough working tool, and machining controllers control to perform rough and finish machinings on the workpiece, such that the working tools are rotated on center lines in axial directions of the working tools, the workpiece is rotated on a center line in axial direction of the workpiece, and the working tools are relatively moved to the workpiece along the center line in the axial direction of the workpiece.

Abstract: A toilet system includes: a toilet seat; a sensor configured to measure a physical quantity which reflects blood flow conditions of a user; a health index calculator configured to calculate a plurality of health indices based on measurement results of the sensor; a health index output part configured to output the plurality of health indices which has been calculated; a timer configured to measure a seating time; and a controller configured to control an output manner of the health index output part based on measurement results of the timer. When the seating time is not shorter than a first required time but shorter than a second required time, the first health index is outputted, but the second health index is stopped to be outputted. When the seating time is not shorter than the second required time, both the first health index and the second health index are outputted.

Abstract: A toilet system includes: a toilet seat having a seat surface on which a user is to sit; a sensor provided in or on the toilet seat, configured to measure a physical quantity which reflects blood flow conditions of the user; a health index calculator configured to calculate a health index of the user based on measurement results of the sensor; a health index output part configured to output the health index of the user which has been calculated by the health index calculator; a temperature determining part configured to determine whether a temperature state of the seat surface satisfies a predetermined condition or not, and an operation change instruction part configured to change an operation of the health index calculator and/or an operation of the health index output part when the temperature determining part determines that the temperature state of the seat surface satisfies the predetermined condition.

Abstract: A connecting device for inspection includes a probe head configured to hold electric contacts and optical contacts such that tip ends of the respective contacts are exposed on a lower surface of the probe head, and a transformer including connecting wires arranged therein and optical wires penetrating therethrough. The respective proximal ends of the electric contacts and the optical contacts are exposed on an upper surface of the probe head, and tip ends on one side of the connecting wires electrically connected to the proximal ends of the electric contacts and connecting ends of the optical wires optically connected to the proximal ends of the optical contacts are arranged in a lower surface of the transformer.

Abstract: There is provided a starter system including: a starter motor configured to start an engine rotationally; an electronic control unit configured to control the engine; a battery that supplies a current to the starter motor; a starter switch capable of supplying the current of the battery to the starter motor in response to an operation by a user; a first circuit that supplies a starter signal indicating that the starter switch is operated to the electronic control unit; and a second circuit that supplies a current necessary for driving to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit starts a control operation of the engine when there are both of the starter signal input from the first circuit and the current input from the second circuit.

Abstract: An optical probe receives an optical signal output from a test subject. The optical probe includes an optical waveguide composed of a core portion and a cladding portion disposed on an outer periphery of the core portion, wherein an incident surface of the optical waveguide, which receives the optical signal, is a convex spherical surface with a constant curvature radius.

Abstract: A connecting device for inspection includes optical probes, and a probe head including a plurality of guide plates. The probe head includes a first guide plate, and a second guide plate arranged movably with respect to the first guide plate in a radial direction of the penetration holes in a state in which the optical probes are inserted to the respective penetration holes. The probe head holds the optical probes by inner wall surfaces of the penetration holes of the first guide plate and inner wall surfaces of the penetration holes of the second guide plate in a state in which the positions of the central axes of the penetration holes of the first guide plate are shifted in the radial direction from the positions of the central axes of the penetration holes of the second guide plate.

Abstract: A connector apparatus of the present invention includes a receptacle into which a plug is inserted, a moving member configured to move in conjunction with insertion of the plug, and a sensor provided below the receptacle and configured to detect presence or absence of the plug in the receptacle, in which the moving member includes a first portion extending downward, a second portion, one end of which is connected to the first portion and another end of which is located above the one end, and a third portion, one end of which is connected to the second portion and configured to move in conjunction with the insertion of the plug to thereby switch between a first state in which the plug is disposed in a predetermined region and a second state in which the plug is not disposed in the predetermined region.

Abstract: A heat storage apparatus includes: a container sealed, with a heat storage material encased in the container, the above material including a thermosensitive polymer gel including a thermosensitive polymer and a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, organic solvents, and compounds of water or organic solvents; and a heat exchanger that is housed in the container to transfer heat between the above material and a heating/cooling fluid to heat or cool the material, and store heating energy or cooling energy in the material, and that transfers heat between the material and a heat utilization fluid to receive heat from the material and to transfer heat from the material. The material makes a reversible hydrophilic-hydrophobic transition at a lower critical solution temperature, and the solvent included in the thermosensitive polymer gel is kept in a liquid state in hydrophilic-hydrophobic transition.

Abstract: A connecting device for inspection includes a probe head (30) configured to hold electric contacts (10) and optical contacts (20) such that tip ends of the respective contacts are exposed on a lower surface of the probe head (30), and a transformer (40) including connecting wires (41) arranged therein and optical wires (42) penetrating therethrough. The respective proximal ends of the electric contacts (10) and the optical contacts (20) are exposed on an upper surface of the probe head (30), and tip ends on one side of the connecting wires (41) electrically connected to the proximal ends of the electric contacts (10) and connecting ends of the optical wires (42) optically connected to the proximal ends of the optical contacts (20) are arranged in a lower surface of the transformer (40).

Abstract: A connecting device for inspection includes a probe head (30) configured to hold electric contacts (10) and optical contacts (20) such that tip ends of the respective contacts are exposed on a lower surface of the probe head (30) while proximal ends of the electric contacts (10) are exposed on an upper surface of the probe head and the optical contacts (20) are fixed to the probe head (30), and a transformer (40) including connecting wires (41) provided therein such that tip ends on one side of the connecting wires (41) electrically connected to the proximal ends of the electric contacts (10) exposed on the upper surface of the probe head (30) are arranged in a lower surface of the transformer (40) while the optical contacts (20) slidably penetrate the transformer (40).

Abstract: A machine tool that generates internal teeth or external teeth on a cylindrical workpiece includes a workpiece holder, a column which is relatively movable to the workpiece holder, a rotary main spindle which is rotatable with respect to the column, a working tool which is held by the rotary main spindle, and a phase detecting unit which detects a phase of the working tool with respect to the rotary main spindle. The working tool includes a cutter portion which has cutters, a holder portion, and a detected portion which is formed on the holder portion. The phase detecting unit includes a detecting section which detects the detected portion, and a calculating section which calculates a phase angle of the detected portion with respect to a reference position of the rotary main spindle, based on a result detected by the detecting section.

Abstract: Provided herein are a heat exchange apparatus intended to achieve compatibility between installation flexibility and durability and a method of manufacturing the heat exchange apparatus. The heat exchange apparatus is a heat exchange apparatus that exchanges heat between a heat storage material and a fluid. The heat exchange apparatus includes a first heat storage module and a second heat storage module, each having the heat storage material and a box-like shape, and a housing containing the first heat storage module and the second heat storage module. The first heat storage module is disposed in the same orientation as that of the second heat storage module.

Abstract: A connecting device for inspection includes optical probes, and a probe head including a plurality of guide plates. The probe head includes a first guide plate, and a second guide plate arranged movably with respect to the first guide plate in a radial direction of the penetration holes in a state in which the optical probes are inserted to the respective penetration holes. The probe head holds the optical probes by inner wall surfaces of the penetration holes of the first guide plate and inner wall surfaces of the penetration holes of the second guide plate in a state in which the positions of the central axes of the penetration holes of the first guide plate are shifted in the radial direction from the positions of the central axes of the penetration holes of the second guide plate.

Abstract: According to the embodiment, a toilet seat including: a bottom plate; a top plate including a sidewall part and a seating part; and a bonding member bonding the bottom plate and the sidewall part and having an exposed surface, the sidewall part including a sidewall base, a first hanging part extending downward from a lower end of the sidewall base, and a second hanging part provided to be separated from the first hanging part at the lower end of the sidewall base to provide a recess recessed upward between the first and second hanging parts, the second hanging part being disposed at a position not overlapping the bottom plate in a vertical direction, the bonding member being provided in the recess, the exposed surface being disposed between the second hanging part and the bottom plate, a width of the second hanging part decreasing downward from the sidewall base.

Abstract: A toilet seat includes: a bottom plate including an engaging part; a top plate including a sidewall part provided on the bottom plate and a seating part supported by the sidewall part; and a bonding member having an exposed surface exposed externally. The engaging part is provided at a position opposing the sidewall part and has a recessed shape recessed downward. The sidewall part includes a sidewall base, a first hanging part extending downward from the sidewall base and engaging the engaging part, and a second hanging part provided to be separated from the first hanging part at the sidewall base to provide a recess recessed upward between the first hanging part and the second hanging part, the second hanging part being disposed at a position not overlapping the bottom plate. A side surface of the engaging part faces away and also extends away from the second hanging part.

Abstract: An optical probe receives an optical signal output from a test subject. The optical probe includes an optical waveguide composed of a core portion and a cladding portion disposed on an outer periphery of the core portion, wherein an incident surface of the optical waveguide, which receives the optical signal, is a convex spherical surface with a constant curvature radius.