Abstract: To provide a screw thread which achieves a further reduction in screwing torque while securing removability of a coating film or the like and which is capable of stabilizing conductivity. In a screw thread in which a recessed portion (7) is partially provided on a flank surface (131) of a screw thread ridge provided on a screw thread shaft main body (5), a screw thread ridge (13) in a section where the recessed portion (7) is formed is smaller than a regular screw thread ridge (3), and a ridge height (H12) in a distal end portion in a screwing direction is lower than a ridge height (H11) in a rear end portion in the screwing direction W.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a first contact, and a second contact. The fixed terminal includes a first surface. The movable contact piece includes a second surface disposed to face the first surface. The first contact is embedded in one of the fixed terminal or the movable contact piece to be flush with one of the first surface or the second surface. The second contact is disposed on the other of the fixed terminal or the movable contact piece to face the first contact. The second contact protrudes from the other of the first surface or the second surface toward the first contact and include a contact surface smaller than the first contact when viewed from a direction facing the first contact.

Abstract: A relay includes a movable contact piece having a movable contact, a fixed contact, a drive device configured to move the movable contact piece, a magnet to apply a Lorentz force to an arc in a first extension direction, a fixed terminal having an intermediate portion to apply a Lorentz force to the arc in a second extension direction, and a wall portion. The wall portion includes first and second wall surfaces. The first wall surface is disposed to face an arc-extinguishing space, and is disposed opposite to the movable contact and the fixed contact in the first extension direction. The second wall surface is disposed to face the arc-extinguishing space and is disposed downstream in the second extension direction with respect to the first wall surface. A distance from the movable contact piece to the second wall surface differs from a distance to the first wall surface.

Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet includes, as chemical composition, C, Si, Mn, and sol.Al. In the hot-rolled steel sheet, an average of pole densities in crystal orientation group consisting of {110}<110> to {110}<001> in surface region is 0.5 to 3.0, a standard deviation of the pole densities in the crystal orientation group is 0.2 to 2.0, and the tensile strength is 780 to 1370 MPa.

Abstract: A relay includes a fixed contact, a movable contact piece including a movable contact, a movable portion, a coil, a return spring, and a contact spring. The movable portion includes a drive shaft and a movable iron core. The drive shaft is fixed to the movable contact piece in a contact case and extends from an inside of the contact case to an outside of the contact case. The movable iron core is connected to the drive shaft outside the contact case. The return spring urges the movable portion in an open direction in which the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact. The contact spring urges the drive shaft in a contact direction in which the movable contact contacts the fixed contact. The contact spring is arranged outside the contact case.

Abstract: Map generation apparatus includes processor and memory. Memory stores: first/second map information of first/second map of first/second area adjacent to each other. Processor generates first/second map based on first/second traveling history of first/second vehicle in first/second area; and updates at least one of first/second map information so as to combine first/second maps. First map information includes position information of point cloud recognized based on distance information to surrounding objects acquired by first vehicle. Second map information includes position information of lane marker recognized based on image information acquired by second vehicle. Processor recognizes position of lane marker based on first map information stored in memory; and updates at least one of first/second map information stored in memory so as to combine first/second maps based on recognized position of lane marker and position information of lane marker included in second map information.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: extracting feature points from detection information detected by an in-vehicle detection unit; selecting feature points for which three-dimensional positions are to be calculated from extracted feature points; based on a plurality of detection information, calculating three-dimensional positions of same feature points in the plurality of detection information for the selected feature points using a position and posture of the in-vehicle detection unit; and generating a map including information of each of the three-dimensional positions using the calculated three-dimensional positions of the plurality of the feature points. The selecting includes selecting the feature points so as to reduce a bias in a number of feature points on objects located in a first distance range unit and a number of feature points on objects located in a second distance range farther than the first distance range.

Abstract: A map generation apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: extracting feature points from detection information detected by an in-vehicle detection unit; selecting feature points for which three-dimensional positions are to be calculated from extracted feature points; based on a plurality of the detection information, calculating the three-dimensional positions of same feature points in the plurality of the detection information for the selected feature points by using a position and posture of the in-vehicle detection unit; and generating a map including information of each of the three-dimensional positions by using the three-dimensional positions of the calculated feature points, wherein the microprocessor is configured to perform the selecting including selecting the feature points on an object with a high priority among a plurality of objects included in the detection information based on a priority information set for each of the plurality of objects in advance.

Abstract: In a mounting structure of a resin member, a collar has an outside diameter smaller than the diameter of a collar insertion hole of a resin-made fixation portion, and the collar defines a collar hole therein. A washer member defines a washer hole therein. The washer member has an outside diameter greater than the diameter of the collar insertion hole and an inside diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the collar. A holding portion throughhole of a metal-made holding portion, the collar hole, and the washer hole form a bolt insertion hole through which a bolt shaft is inserted in a state in which the collar is inserted in the collar insertion hole, the metal-made holding portion is laid on or over one surface of the resin-made fixation portion, and the washer member is laid on or over the other surface of the resin-made fixation portion.

Abstract: A rubber strip manufacturing method that includes a step of extruding a rubber from an extrusion orifice of an extruder includes: a step of forming a long rubber member by extruding the rubber from the extrusion orifice that is circular; and a step of forming a rubber strip by passing the long rubber member through a gap between a pair of rotating rollers. The gap has a shape that is the widest in a central portion in a direction parallel to rotation axes of the rollers and that narrows as a distance from the central portion increases.

Abstract: A magnet structure is a magnet structure for a TMR element which is an MR element. The magnet structure includes a bonded magnet compact that has a first main surface facing the TMR element, and a second main surface on a side opposite to the first main surface; and a tubular member that supports the bonded magnet compact. The bonded magnet compact has a gate portion which is provided on the second main surface and includes a gate mark formed by performing injection molding. The gate portion is provided at a position overlapping a center on the second main surface when seen from the second main surface side.

Abstract: A blood pressure monitor of the present invention includes a cuff to be wrapped around a measurement site. The blood pressure monitor includes a unit including, as elements for blood pressure measurement, a pump, a valve, a pressure sensor, and an inner pipe connecting the pump, valve, and pressure sensor such that fluid can pass therethrough. The blood pressure monitor includes a connecting pipe connecting the cuff and the inner pipe in the unit such that fluid can pass therethrough. The blood pressure monitor includes a self failure diagnosis unit configured to determine whether or not there is a failure in a fluid system including the pump, the valve, the pressure sensor, the inner pipe, the connecting pipe, and the cuff, in a state in which the cuff is empty-wrapped into a cylindrical shape and the capacity of the cuff is restricted.

Abstract: A road surface detection device, which detects a road surface of a road on which a host vehicle runs, includes: a sensor configured to detect three-dimensional positional information at individual detection points by scanning a layer that includes the road surface; and an external environment recognition unit configured to calculate two-dimensional positional information in which positional information in a height direction has been removed from the positional information at the individual detection points included in the layer, to calculate, based on the two-dimensional positional information, a point sequence of the individual detection points in a two-dimensional coordinate plane, and to detect a trench existing in the road surface in accordance with a state of change of the point sequence.

Abstract: A bonding layer evaluation system includes an elastic wave generation device configured to generate an elastic wave at an evaluation object including a bonding layer; an elastic wave detection device configured to detect the elastic wave from the evaluation object; and a control device configured to evaluate a parameter related to the bonding layer of the evaluation object. The control device compares an actual value of a frequency characteristic of the elastic wave detected by the elastic wave detection device and a theoretical value of the frequency characteristic of the elastic wave calculated based on a theoretical model related to the evaluation object and evaluates the parameter related to the bonding layer based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A map generation apparatus includes: an in-vehicle detection unit configured to detect a situation around a subject vehicle in traveling; and a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: recognizing a division line on a road based on a detection data acquired by the in-vehicle detection unit; generating, while the division line is recognized in the recognizing, a first map based on the division line recognized in the recognizing; and extracting a feature point from the detection data acquired by the in-vehicle detection unit and generating a second map using the feature point extracted in the extracting. The microprocessor is configured to perform the generating the second map including deleting the second map corresponding to a position behind the subject vehicle by a predetermined distance or more from the second map generated while the division line is recognized in the recognizing.

Abstract: Vehicle position recognition apparatus includes: processor and memory. Memory is configured to store: first map information of first map of first area; and second map information of second map of second area adjacent to first area through overlapped area between first area and second area. Processor is configured to perform: recognizing first/second position of vehicle in overlapped area based on first/second map information stored in memory; generating first/second traveling locus of vehicle in overlapped area based on change with time in first/second position recognized; and updating first map information so that first traveling locus and second traveling locus are matched when first traveling locus and second traveling locus are superposed based on first traveling locus and second traveling locus generated.

Abstract: A map generation apparatus includes: an in-vehicle detection unit configured to detect a situation around a subject vehicle in traveling; and a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: extracting one or more feature points from a detection data acquired by the in-vehicle detection unit; generating a map using the feature points extracted in the extracting while the subject vehicle is traveling; collating the feature points extracted in the extracting with the map to recognize a position of the subject vehicle on the map when the subject vehicle travels in a region corresponding to the map; and deleting, from the map, a feature point whose result of collation in the recognizing is less than a predetermined degree among the feature points included in the map.

Abstract: This blood pressure/pulse wave measurement device obtains a pulse wave velocity (baPWV) that is an index representing the arterial stiffness of a subject. A lower limb/upper limb blood pressure ratio (ABI) that is an index representing the clogging of the blood vessels of a subject is obtained. When the lower limb/upper limb blood pressure ratio (ABI) of the subject surpasses a preset first threshold value, a point (Px) representing the pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is displayed on a one-dimensional graph (46). When the lower limb/upper limb blood pressure ratio (ABI) of the subject is equal to or less than the preset first threshold value, a point representing the lower limb/upper limb blood pressure ratio (ABI) is displayed on the one-dimensional graph (46) instead of the point representing the pulse wave velocity (baPWV).

Abstract: Map generation apparatus includes processor and memory. Memory stores: first/second map information of first/second map of first/second area adjacent to each other. Processor generates first/second map based on first/second traveling history of first/second vehicle in first/second area; and updates at least one of first/second map information so as to combine first/second maps. First map information includes position information of point cloud recognized based on distance information to surrounding objects acquired by first vehicle. Second map information includes position information of lane marker recognized based on image information acquired by second vehicle. Processor recognizes position of lane marker based on first map information stored in memory; and updates at least one of first/second map information stored in memory so as to combine first/second maps based on recognized position of lane marker and position information of lane marker included in second map information.

Abstract: A rubber strip manufacturing method that includes a step of extruding a rubber from an extrusion orifice of an extruder includes: a step of forming a long rubber member by extruding the rubber from the extrusion orifice that is circular; and a step of forming a rubber strip by passing the long rubber member through a gap between a pair of rotating rollers. The gap has a shape that is the widest in a central portion in a direction parallel to rotation axes of the rollers and that narrows as a distance from the central portion increases.