Abstract: Provided is a corn wet milling-derived article having a reduced sulfur dioxide concentration. The corn wet milling-derived article is a solid filamentous fungus culture. The corn wet milling-derived article may be one or more selected from the group consisting of corn gluten meal, corn gluten feed, and corn germ. The sulfur dioxide content in the solid filamentous fungus culture may be 30 ppm or less. The filamentous fungus may be non-mycotoxin-producing microbes. The solid filamentous fungus culture may include an enzyme produced by the filamentous fungus. The solid filamentous fungus culture may include polysaccharides that constitute the fungus body of the filamentous fungus.

Abstract: A vehicle display system is provided in a vehicle and includes: a first display device configured to project a light pattern onto a road surface outside the vehicle; a second display device inside the vehicle configured to display a predetermined image to an occupant of the vehicle such that the predetermined image is superimposed on a real space outside the vehicle; and a controller configured to control the first display device and the second display device. In a case where both the predetermined image and the light pattern are displayed, the controller causes a distance from the occupant to the predetermined image to match a distance from the occupant to the light pattern.

Abstract: There is provided a method for stably dispersing a naturally occurring free ceramide (in particular, a naturally occurring human-type free ceramide) containing a long-chain fatty acid in the ceramide skeleton in an aqueous phase. More specifically, provided is a ceramide dispersion composition comprising a naturally occurring free ceramide, a nonionic surfactant, a phospholipid, and a C2-6 diol, the mass ratio of the naturally occurring free ceramide to the diol being 1:3 to 25, the naturally occurring free ceramide comprising a free ceramide that contains a fatty acid having 20 or more carbon atoms in the ceramide skeleton thereof.

Abstract: A switch device includes an operation button including an operation surface on which a push operation is performed, a guide recess portion that has an elongated shape surrounded by inclined surfaces and is provided on the operation surface to guide an operating finger, and a biometric information sensor including a reading surface for reading biometric information of the operating finger in contact therewith. The reading surface is exposed situated nearer an end surface of the guide recess portion in relation to a longitudinal center of the guide recess portion.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a bumper reinforcement having a length, wherein the bumper reinforcement is disposed in front or rear of an automobile body with the length directed in transverse direction of the automobile body. The process includes joining a central part and lateral parts of unequal thicknesses to form a planar tailored blank. The process further includes press forming the tailored blank by hot pressing to produce a bumper reinforcement having a length and an M-shaped open cross section, the bumper reinforcement being curved at end portions of the length toward the open side of the cross section relative to a central portion.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a bumper reinforcement having a length, wherein the bumper reinforcement is disposed in front or rear of an automobile body with the length directed in transverse direction of the automobile body. The process includes joining a central part and lateral parts of unequal thicknesses to form a planar tailored blank. The process further includes press forming the tailored blank by hot pressing to produce a bumper reinforcement having a length and an M-shaped open cross section, the bumper reinforcement being curved at end portions of the length toward the open side of the cross section relative to a central portion.

Abstract: An operation device for a vehicle, includes a touch operational surface configured to be movable upward and downward, and to include a sensor to output a signal representing a contact of a finger; an outer frame member configured to be disposed around a circumference of the touch operational surface, in an aspect such that the outer frame member projects upward compared to the touch operational surface, or in an aspect such that the outer frame member extends on the same plane as the touch operational surface, and to be movable upward and downward together with the touch operational surface as a whole; a down movement detection unit configured to output a signal representing a down movement of the outer frame member; and a control unit configured to respond, based on the signal output by the sensor, to a selection operation performed on selection items shown on a display unit being remotely placed with respect to the touch operational surface, and to respond, based on the signal output by the down movement de

Abstract: An operating device for a vehicle includes a display, a touch operation surface set at a first predetermined position and pushable and returnable to the first predetermined position after being pushed, a coordinate detecting unit to detect a coordinate indicating a touch position of an operating finger on the touch operation surface, a push detecting unit to detect the push of the touch operation surface, and a control unit to display a cursor in a screen displayed on the display based on the coordinate detected by the coordinate detecting unit and to perform operation details of an item in the screen selected by the cursor based on the push of the touch operation surface detected by the push detecting unit. The control unit does not update the position of the cursor within a predetermined amount of time after the push detecting unit detects the push of the touch operation surface.

Abstract: Embodiments include a bumper reinforcement having a length including a first section and a second section. The reinforcement includes a reinforcement body made of a steel sheet and having a cross section that is open on one side and uniform along the length of the bumper reinforcement, the cross section of the body in at least the first section of the reinforcement including a high-strength portion and a low-strength portion, the high-strength portion having a first tensile strength, and the low-strength portion having a second tensile strength that is less than the first tensile strength. In an embodiment, the reinforcement further includes a closure closing the open side of the body within the first section of the reinforcement and joined to the body at the low-strength portion in the first section.

Abstract: A stator having good electric characteristics is reasonably configured. The stator includes a stator core including an annular core portion centered around a rotational axis of a rotor and a plurality of teeth portions protruding radially from the core portion, a core wire wound around the teeth portions, a resin plate to be superposed on the stator core along the rotational axis, the resin plate defining a hole therethrough along the rotational axis, into which hole an end portion of the coil wire is inserted, and a resin portion in which the stator core, the coil wire and the plate are embedded. The end of the coil wire is directly connected to a bus bar for electric power supply or grounding, with the end of the coil wire being exposed from the resin portion.

Abstract: A touch-type input device includes a touch panel including drive electrodes and sensor electrodes. Capacitors are formed at intersections of the drive electrodes and sensor electrodes. A controller determines whether a conductive foreign matter exists on the touch panel from raw data values indicating changes in the capacitances of the capacitors from initial reference values. The controller determines touching of the touch panel from control data values indicating changes in the capacitances of the capacitors from control reference values changed when a conductive foreign matter exists. When the raw data values indicate existence of a conductive foreign matter, the controller sets the control reference value of each capacitor to a raw data reference value corresponding to the present raw data value. The controller updates the initial reference value when the touch-type input device is activated and updates the control reference value when the control reference value is erroneous.

Abstract: Embodiments include a car structural member, manufactured from a single metal sheet and having a length. The structural member include a pair of ridges with inward ends facing each other with a valley floor therebetween, and flanges at the outer ends of the ridges so that the structural member has a substantially M-shaped cross section perpendicular to the length. The structural member may be disposed on a car in such an attitude that the ridges project outward from the car. The member may be supported at its end sections of the length by the car. The ridges may include four walls of which there are two flat inner walls adjacent to the valley floor and two outer walls on the outer sides of the ridges which each have a step in the middle of the height of the ridges.

Abstract: An electric motor includes: a ring-shaped stator including a field coil; and a rotor holding a permanent magnet in a magnet holding portion on an outer circumference thereof in an exposed state and being supported to be rotatable about a rotary shaft core in an inner space of the stator, wherein the magnet holding portion is configured to have a magnet insertion portion and a pair of regulation bodies, and the permanent magnet is configured to include a cylindrical outer wall surface, a rear wall surface, a pair of side wall surfaces, and a pair of engaged surfaces.

Abstract: An operating device for a vehicle includes a display (20), a touch operation surface (10) that is set at a first predetermined position and that is configured to be pushable and to be returned to the first predetermined position after being pushed, a coordinate detecting unit (12) configured to detect a coordinate indicating a touch position of an operating finger on the touch operation surface, a push detecting unit (14) configured to detect the push of the touch operation surface, and a control unit (16) configured to display a cursor in a screen that is displayed on the display based on the coordinate detected by the coordinate detecting unit and to perform operation details of an item in the screen selected by the cursor based on the push of the touch operation surface detected by the push detecting unit. The control unit does not update the position of the cursor within a predetermined amount of time after the push detecting unit detects the push of the touch operation surface.

Abstract: An electric pump includes: a case; a shaft member fixed to the case; a cylindrical bearing inserted on the outside of the shaft member; a rotor configured as a member separate from the bearing, and configured to rotate integrally with the bearing; and an impeller fixed to one end of the rotor, wherein a discharge path is formed between the bearing and the rotor along an axial direction, and allows fluid to return to the impeller therethrough, the fluid flowing from the outer circumference of the impeller into the case, and circulating in the case.

Abstract: An operation device for a vehicle, includes a touch operational surface configured to be movable upward and downward, and to include a sensor to output a signal representing a contact of a finger; an outer frame member configured to be disposed around a circumference of the touch operational surface, in an aspect such that the outer frame member projects upward compared to the touch operational surface, or in an aspect such that the outer frame member extends on the same plane as the touch operational surface, and to be movable upward and downward together with the touch operational surface as a whole; a down movement detection unit configured to output a signal representing a down movement of the outer frame member; and a control unit configured to respond, based on the signal output by the sensor, to a selection operation performed on selection items shown on a display unit being remotely placed with respect to the touch operational surface, and to respond, based on the signal output by the down movement de

Abstract: A touch-type input device includes a touch panel including drive electrodes and sensor electrodes. Capacitors are formed at intersections of the drive electrodes and sensor electrodes. A controller determines whether a conductive foreign matter exists on the touch panel from raw data values indicating changes in the capacitances of the capacitors from initial reference values. The controller determines touching of the touch panel from control data values indicating changes in the capacitances of the capacitors from control reference values changed when a conductive foreign matter exists. When the raw data values indicate existence of a conductive foreign matter, the controller sets the control reference value of each capacitor to a raw data reference value corresponding to the present raw data value. The controller updates the initial reference value when the touch-type input device is activated and updates the control reference value when the control reference value is erroneous.

Abstract: A vehicle operation apparatus is provided for performing an operation on a screen page displayed on a display device using a touch panel. The vehicle operation apparatus includes an operation determination part configured to determine whether a cursor operation of moving a cursor in the screen page by touching the touch panel by an operation finger and sliding the operation finger on the touch panel or a flick operation of scrolling an operation target in the screen page by touching and flicking the touch panel by the operation finger is performed. The operation determination part is configured to change a threshold for determining the performed operation as the flick operation depending on a position of the cursor.

Abstract: An electric motor includes: a ring-shaped stator including a field coil; and a rotor holding a permanent magnet in a magnet holding portion on an outer circumference thereof in an exposed state and being supported to be rotatable about a rotary shaft core in an inner space of the stator, wherein the magnet holding portion is configured to have a magnet insertion portion and a pair of regulation bodies, and the permanent magnet is configured to include a cylindrical outer wall surface, a rear wall surface, a pair of side wall surfaces, and a pair of engaged surfaces.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine including a stator core formed by layering electromagnetic steel sheets, a first insulator and a second insulator facing with each other and fitted to the stator from an axial direction of the stator core, and a coil winding formed by resin molding and wound around the first and the second insulators. The first insulator includes a first end portion and a first side wall portion and the second insulator includes a second end portion and a second side wall portion. A gap is formed between the first and the second side wall portions and is positioned at a first end portion side or a second end portion side from a middle position of the length of the stator core in the axial direction and is positioned at a portion of the coil winding where a curvature thereat is larger than that at the middle position.