Abstract: A work machine includes an exhaust pipe and an outside air mixing cylinder including a guiding cylinder section and an expanding cylinder section, the guiding cylinder section including an exhaust gas guide path to guide exhaust gas from a downstream end of the exhaust pipe in a discharge direction of the exhaust pipe, the expanding cylinder section including a structure with a cross-sectional area of a flow path thereof that becomes larger in diameter to cause a Coanda effect on the exhaust gas so that the exhaust gas follows an inner surface of the expanding cylinder section.

Abstract: A seat lifter includes: an inner link for changing a height position of an inner lower arm with respect to a floor of a vehicle; an outer link for changing a height position of an outer lower arm with respect to the floor, a coupling rod that couples the inner link to the outer link; a planetary gear mechanism capable of causing the coupling rod to rotate relative to the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm; a drive unit capable of driving the planetary gear mechanism; and a power transmission rod that transmits power of the drive unit to the planetary gear mechanism. One of the planetary gear mechanism and the drive unit is disposed outside the outer lower arm in the width direction. The other of the planetary gear mechanism and the drive unit is disposed outside the inner lower arm in the width direction.

Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a carrier supply layer, a channel layer disposed over the carrier supply layer and configured to include InGaAs, and an etching stopper layer disposed over the channel layer, and configured to include a first layer disposed over the channel layer and configured to include Inx1Ga1-x1P, and a second layer disposed over the first layer and configured to include Inx2Ga1-x2P, wherein x1 is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 1, x2 is greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1, and x1 is greater than x2.

Abstract: A projection apparatus projects an image on a screen based on input data including information on absolute luminance. The projection apparatus includes: a peak luminance value acquisition unit configured to acquire a peak luminance value on the screen when the projection apparatus projects an image on the screen at a maximum output gradation value; a reference luminance value setting unit configured to set a reference luminance value to be higher than the peak luminance value; a relation information setting unit configured to set, based on the reference and peak luminance values, relation information indicating a relation between an output gradation value and a light output value for displaying an output image; an output gradation value setting unit configured to set an output gradation value based on the input data and the relation information; and an output control unit configured to output an image based on the output gradation value.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, the substrate having an opening formed from the first surface toward the second surface; a semiconductor device layer having a third surface facing the second surface; and a heat transfer member disposed in the opening, the heat transfer member being configured to transfer heat generated by the semiconductor device layer to the first surface, wherein the heat transfer member includes a diamond layer and a metal layer, the diamond layer covering a bottom surface and an inner wall surface of the opening, and the metal layer being disposed on the diamond layer.

Abstract: A tractor includes a body, a link mechanism including a link including an end on a side of the body, and a link attachment mechanism to attach the link to an end of the body in a front-back direction, the link attachment mechanism including a shaft with an axis in a left-right direction and supporting the end of the link such that the link is rotationally movable about the axis, at least one support located on the body and supporting the shaft, and a fixing tool to disable or enable movement of the shaft in the left-right direction relative to the at least one support and to allow the shaft to be pulled out of and inserted into the at least one support in the left-right direction.

Abstract: A seat rotating device includes a base plate, a rotating plate, a coupling unit, and a drive unit. The coupling unit includes a link, a guide having a linearly extending shape, and a moving body that is movable along the guide and supports the rotating plate. The drive unit can move the moving body along the guide. The link includes a fixing end and a rotating end. The guide has a shape extending linearly along a diameter of a virtual circle, the virtual circle having length twice the distance between the fixing end and the rotating end as its radius, and having the fixing end as its center. The moving body moves the rotating plate along the guide while relatively rotating the rotating plate with respect to the moving body.

Abstract: A valve unit (V) has a valve housing (50) that includes a supply oil passage (55) configured to receive operating oil from a hydraulic pump, and a pressure adjustment valve (Va) configured to adjust the pressure of the supply oil passage (55). The pressure adjustment valve (Va) includes a pressure adjustment valve body (61) configured to open and close the supply oil passage (55), a compression coil spring (62) that keeps the pressure adjustment valve body (61) at a closed position when the pressure of the supply oil passage (55) is smaller than a set value and allows the pressure adjustment valve body (61) to open when the pressure of the supply oil passage (55) is not smaller than the set value, and a restriction member (63) configured to, when the pressure adjustment valve body (61) becomes open against the urging force of the spring (62) in response to a pressure of the operating oil, abut against the pressure adjustment valve body (61) to restrict movement of the pressure adjustment valve body (61).

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with an engine, a work device provided for the vehicle body and including an actuator supplied with working fluid from a hydraulic pump drivable by the engine, an acceleration setter to set a rotational speed of the engine, and a control lever to operate a control valve for to control the working fluid from the hydraulic pump. The work vehicle also includes an acceleration adjuster that is located at such a position as to be operable with use of a thumb of a hand on a grip portion of a projecting end of the control lever and that allows the rotational speed of the engine to increase in preference to the setting by the acceleration setter.

Abstract: A seat lifter includes: an inner link for changing a height position of an inner lower arm with respect to a floor of a vehicle; an outer link for changing a height position of an outer lower area with respect to the floor; a coupling rod that couples the inner link to the outer link; a planetary gear mechanism capable of causing the coupling rod to rotate relative to the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm; a drive unit capable of driving the planetary gear mechanism; and a power transmission rod that transmits power of the drive unit to the planetary gear mechanism. The planetary gear mechanism is disposed between the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm. The drive unit is disposed outside the inner lower arm in the width direction or outside the outer lower arm in the width direction.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine, a transmission to change a received rotational force to a rotational force at a gear ratio that corresponds to a desired vehicle speed and output the changed rotational force, a first operating tool to change the rotation speed of the engine and a deceleration rate of the transmission, a rotation speed controller to control the rotation speed of the engine based on an input provided to the first operating tool, and a second operating tool to receive a holding instruction to hold the rotation speed of the engine constant. In response to the holding instruction being inputted to the second operating tool, the rotation speed controller is configured or programmed to disable control of the rotation speed of the engine which control is based on the input provided to the first operating tool, and hold the rotation speed of the engine constant in accordance with the holding instruction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first layer that contains gold (Au) and is formed on one surface of a semiconductor substrate and a second layer that contains nickel (Ni) and is formed on the first layer. The semiconductor device is provided with a via hole that passes through the second layer, the first layer, and the semiconductor substrate from one surface to another surface opposite thereto, and a via wiring is formed on the inner surface of the via hole. The second layer is a mask used when the semiconductor substrate is etched to form the via hole, and the first layer is a base layer for forming the second layer on the semiconductor substrate. By using an Au-containing layer as the first layer, side etching on the first layer is prevented when the semiconductor substrate is etched, and disconnection of the via wiring is prevented.

Abstract: At a first time point, a light amount adjusting unit stores the brightness of illumination light as a first brightness, and stores the light intensity of each color component of the illumination light as a first light intensity. A gain adjusting unit sets a gain value of at least one of the individual color components to be a maximum value, and stores the gain value as a first gain value. At a second time point after the first time point, the light amount adjusting unit calculates a ratio between a second light intensity and the first light intensity. The gain adjusting unit corrects the gain values based on the ratio between the second light intensity and the first light intensity.

Abstract: A work machine includes a transmission case (5) extending in the front-back direction of a machine body, a first hydraulic unit (V) provided on one of mutually opposite wall portions (5a, 5b) of the transmission case (5), a second hydraulic unit (44) provided on a second one of the wall portions (5a, 5b), and a supply passage (43) configured to supply operating oil from the first hydraulic unit (V) to the second hydraulic unit (44). The first hydraulic unit (V) and the second hydraulic unit (44) are aligned to be overlapped with each other as viewed in a direction orthogonal to a case axis (X) extending along the front-back direction of the transmission case (5). The supply passage (43) extends inside the transmission case (5) in a straight line orthogonal to the case axis (X).

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type formed over a substrate; a plurality of semiconductor nanowires formed of a compound semiconductor of the first conductivity type extending above the semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode formed around the semiconductor nanowires in a connection portion between the semiconductor layer and the semiconductor nanowires.

Abstract: A seat lifter includes: an inner link for changing a height position of an inner lower arm with respect to a floor of a vehicle; an outer link for changing a height position of an outer lower arm with respect to the floor, a coupling rod that couples the inner link to the outer link; a planetary gear mechanism capable of causing the coupling rod to rotate relative to the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm; a drive unit capable of driving the planetary gear mechanism; and a power transmission rod that transmits power of the drive unit to the planetary gear mechanism. One of the planetary gear mechanism and the drive unit is disposed outside the outer lower arm in the width direction. The other of the planetary gear mechanism and the drive unit is disposed outside the inner lower arm in the width direction.

Abstract: A seat lifter includes: an inner link for changing a height position of an inner lower arm with respect to a floor of a vehicle; an outer link for changing a height position of an outer lower area with respect to the floor; a coupling rod that couples the inner link to the outer link; a planetary gear mechanism capable of causing the coupling rod to rotate relative to the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm; a drive unit capable of driving the planetary gear mechanism; and a power transmission rod that transmits power of the drive unit to the planetary gear mechanism. The planetary gear mechanism is disposed between the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm. The drive unit is disposed outside the inner lower arm in the width direction or outside the outer lower arm in the width direction.

Abstract: A work machine includes a transmission case (5) extending in the front-back direction of a machine body, a first hydraulic unit (V) provided on one of mutually opposite wall portions (5a, 5b) of the transmission case (5), a second hydraulic unit (44) provided on a second one of the wall portions (5a, 5b), and a supply passage (43) configured to supply operating oil from the first hydraulic unit (V) to the second hydraulic unit (44). The first hydraulic unit (V) and the second hydraulic unit (44) are aligned to be overlapped with each other as viewed in a direction orthogonal to a case axis (X) extending along the front-back direction of the transmission case (5). The supply passage (43) extends inside the transmission case (5) in a straight line orthogonal to the case axis (X).

Abstract: A valve unit (V) has a valve housing (50) that includes a supply oil passage (55) configured to receive operating oil from a hydraulic pump, and a pressure adjustment valve (Va) configured to adjust the pressure of the supply oil passage (55). The pressure adjustment valve (Va) includes a pressure adjustment valve body (61) configured to open and close the supply oil passage (55), a compression coil spring (62) that keeps the pressure adjustment valve body (61) at a closed position when the pressure of the supply oil passage (55) is smaller than a set value and allows the pressure adjustment valve body (61) to open when the pressure of the supply oil passage (55) is not smaller than the set value, and a restriction member (63) configured to, when the pressure adjustment valve body (61) becomes open against the urging force of the spring (62) in response to a pressure of the operating oil, abut against the pressure adjustment valve body (61) to restrict movement of the pressure adjustment valve body (61).

Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor laminate structure including an electron transit layer and an electron supply layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode that are formed over the electron supply layer, a first insulating layer of diamond formed between the gate electrode and the drain electrode over the compound semiconductor laminate structure, and a second insulating layer formed between the gate electrode and the source electrode over the compound semiconductor laminate structure, wherein a positive compressive stress is applied from the first insulating layer to the electron supply layer, and a compressive stress from the second insulating layer to the electron supply layer is smaller than the compressive stress from the first insulating layer to the electron supply layer.