Abstract: An audio data receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive audio data sampled in accordance with a first clock signal; a synchronization unit configured to generate a second clock signal that is synchronized with the first clock signal by extracting clock components contained in the audio data; a demodulator configured to demodulate the audio data in accordance with the second clock signal; an oversampling unit configured to oversample the audio data demodulated by the demodulator by using a frequency higher than a frequency of the second clock signal; a clock generator configured to generate a third clock signal having a frequency nearly equal to the first clock signal; and a data output unit configured to output the audio data oversampled by the oversampling unit in accordance with the third clock signal generated by the clock generator.

Abstract: A lithium-nickel complex oxide material for active material for positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery is provided and expressed by the general formula Lix(Ni1-yCoy)1-zMzO2 (where, 0.98?x?1.10, 0.05?y?0.4, 0.01?z?0.2, M=at least one element selected from the group of Al, Zn, Ti and Mg), wherein according to Rietveld analysis, the Li site occupancy rate for the Li site in the crystal is 98% or greater, and the average particle size of the spherical secondary particles is 5 ?m to 15 ?m, and wherein the difference in specific surface area between before and after the washing process is 1.0 m2/g or less.

Abstract: A tip linearly moved with a spot welding gun is engaged with a meshing piece and a clamping piece of a holder part, and further linear movement of the tip releases engagement of a ball plunger interposed between a base plate and a movable plate and causes the tip to be held in a sandwiched manner. Linear movement of the tip thereafter accompanied by movement in an up direction or a down direction causes the holder part to rotate the tip while holding the tip and to detach the tip from the spot welding gun. Since a long hole through which a shaft set upright in the base plate is inserted with a sufficient gap is formed in the movable plate, the movable plate and the holder part as a whole make a motion accompanied by rotation when the tip makes the linear movement accompanied by the movement in the up direction or the down direction. Consequently, the holder part can rotate the tip while holding the tip.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte solution in which an electrolyte salt is dissolved in an organic solvent includes, includes at least one or more compounds selected from the silicon compounds represented by general formula (1), (2), or (3) below: (In the formulae, each of R1, R2, and R3 independently represents a C1-8 alkyl, C2-8 alkenyl, C2-8 alkynyl, or C6-8 aryl group; R4 represents a C1-8 alkylene, C2-8 alkenylene, C2-8 alkynylene, or C6-8 arylene group; and n represents 1 or 2. When n is 1, X represents a fluorine atom, trifluoromethyl group, C1-8 alkoxy group, C2-8 alkenyloxy group, C6-8 aryloxy group, or C2-8 acyloxy group, C1-8 sulfonyloxy group, isocyanato group, isothiocyanato group, or cyano group. When n is 2, X represents a C1-8 alkylene group, C1-8 alkylenedioxy group, C2-8 alkenylene group, C2-8 alkenylenedioxy group, C2-8 alkynylene group, C2-8 alkynylenedioxy group, C6-8 arylene group, C6-8 arylenedioxy group, C2-8 diacyloxy group, oxygen atom, or direct bond.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a mounting part configured to be detachably mountable therein plural types of cartridges having different initial capacities of developing agent; a light emitting device configured to emit light into the cartridge mounted in the mounting part; a light receiving device configured to receive light emitted from the light emitting device and passed through an inside of the cartridge; a determining unit configured to determine that a replacement time of the cartridge has been reached when a ratio of time, during which an output value of the light receiving device exceeds a light reception reference value, exceeds a determination threshold value. The image forming apparatus or the cartridges are configured such that the determination of the replacement time changes according to the initial capacity of the cartridge.

Abstract: PROBLEM To provide a controller for a multiple disc clutch, and a transfer case each of which is capable of suppressing that a transmission torque of the multiple disc clutch shifts from expected one due to errors, and temperature changes in parts.

Abstract: An active material for positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a lithium-metal composite oxide that is expressed by the general formula of Lix(Ni1-yCoy)1-zMzO2 (where 0.98?x?1.10, 0.05?y?0.4, 0.01?z?0.2, and where M is at least one metal element selected from the group of Al, Mg, Mn, Ti, Fe, Cu, Zn and Ga), and where the SO4 ion content is in the range from 0.4 weight % to 2.5 weight %, and the occupancy rate of lithium found from the X-ray diffraction chart and using Rietveld analysis is 98% or greater, and the carbon amount measured by way of the high frequency heating-infrared adsorption method is 0.12 weight % or less, and that the Karl Fischer water content due to heating at 180° C. be 0.2 weight % or less.

Abstract: Bobbin case containing a lower thread bobbin mounted in a rotary hook of a sewing machine is exchanged for a new bobbin case by the bobbin case being transferred between the rotary hook and a bobbin stock section provided apart from the rotary hook. Transfer mechanism reciprocatively transfers a bobbin grasping device, grasping a bobbin case at a distal end portion of a chuck section, between the rotary hook and the bobbin stock section. In a predetermined position of a transfer stroke of the bobbin grasping device, an orientation change mechanism changes the orientation of the chuck section, being transferred toward the rotary hook, so that the chuck section faces toward the rotary hook, and changes the orientation of the chuck section of the bobbin grasping device, being transferred toward the bobbin stock section, so that the chuck section faces toward the bobbin stock section.

Abstract: A multilayer blow molded container having a layer structure that a polyglycolic acid layer is provided as a core layer, and thermoplastic polyester resin layers are arranged as inner and outer layers, wherein the melt viscosity x of a polyglycolic acid forming the polyglycolic acid layer is 300 to 900 Pa·s as measured at a temperature of 270° C. and a shear rate of 122 sec?1, the melt viscosity y of a thermoplastic polyester resin forming the thermoplastic polyester resin layers is 250 to 600 Pa·s as measured at a temperature of 290° C. and a shear rate of 122 sec?1, and a melt viscosity ratio x/y between both melt viscosities is 0.85 to 1.80, and a production process thereof.

Abstract: To provide a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which if used as a positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the battery internal resistance can be reduced, giving a secondary battery superior in output characteristics and life property. After mixing raw material powders in specified quantities of each so as to become a lithium-metal complex oxide represented by LizNi1-wMwO2 (wherein M is at least one kind or more of metal elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Al, Mg, Mn, Ti, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Ga; and w and z respectively satisfy 0<w?0.25, and 1.0?z?1.1), baking is performed in two stages. At first the temperature is raised from room temperature to a first stage baking temperature (450 to 550° C.) at a temperature rise rate of 0.5 and 15° C./min, and held for 1 to 10 hours. Then the temperature is raised to a second stage baking temperature (650 to 800° C.), and held for 0.6 to 30 hours.

Abstract: A driving force transmission device for four-wheel-drive vehicle based on the two-wheel drive of front wheels is provided. In the case of the two-wheel drive of front wheels, a multi-disc clutch mechanism for controlling the driving force distribution to a rear wheel output shaft, and a disconnection/connection mechanism for disconnecting and connecting a rear wheel differential and a right rear wheel drive shaft are provided, and in the two-wheel drive of front wheels, the dragging torque of the multi-disc clutch mechanism is made smaller than the friction torque of a rear wheel driving force transmission section, and the front wheel differential and the right rear wheel drive shaft are disconnected by the disconnection/connection mechanism, thereby the rotation of the rear wheel driving force transmission section is stopped.

Abstract: A driving force transmission device for four-wheel-drive vehicle based on the two-wheel drive of rear wheels or front wheels is provided. In the case of the two-wheel drive of rear wheels, a multi-disc clutch mechanism for controlling the driving force distribution to a front wheel output shaft, and a disconnection/connection mechanism for disconnecting and connecting a front wheel differential and a left front wheel drive shaft are provided, and in the two-wheel drive of rear wheels, the dragging torque of the multi-disc clutch mechanism is made smaller than the friction torque of a front wheel driving force transmission section, and the front wheel differential and the left front wheel drive shaft are disconnected by the disconnection/connection mechanism, thereby the rotation of the front wheel driving force transmission section is stopped.

Abstract: An apparatus of the invention comprises an operation inputting element for designating one of a plurality of functions; a function executing element for executing the function designated by the operating inputting element; a measuring element for measuring the time during which each of the functions has been executed by the function executing element; and a chargeable amount computing element for computing a chargeable amount based on the execution time measured by the measuring element regarding each of the functions.

Abstract: A balancer is fixedly attached to a rotary input shaft of a crank mechanism that converts rotary drive of a needle bar drive source to up-and-down motion of a needle bar. The balancer is caused to rotate at substantially an opposite phase with respect to up-and-down motion of the needle bar with the rotary drive of the needle bar drive source. When the balancer is driven at substantially the opposite phase with respect to the up-and-down motion of the needle bar, inertia force in an up-and-down direction of the needle bar, generated due to the up-and-down motion of the needle bar is negated, whereby it is possible to reduce vibration generated in the up-and-down direction. Sewing heads paired with each other by being arbitrarily combined are controlled so as to be rotationally driven to cause rotational directions of the needle bar drive sources to become opposite directions to each other.

Abstract: Looper section provided under a needle plate includes: a plurality of loopers arranged in an array along a curved movement path; and a movement mechanism for moving the plurality of loopers along the curved movement path to selectively position one of the plurality of loopers in a predetermined needle drop position. Chain-stitch sewing is performed by cooperation between the one looper selectively positioned in the needle drop position and a hooked needle. The looper section projects at its one end portion including the predetermined needle drop position, and a cylindrical sewing workpiece can be taken to and from the needle drop position via the one projecting end portion. The curved movement path is, for example, a U-shaped path.

Abstract: Chain-stitch sewing machine includes: a looper provided under a needle plate and having a thread lead-in port and thread lead-out port, the looper being rotationally driven in synchronism with a sewing operation; a plurality of thread feed ports connecting to different thread supply sources; and a connecting member having a thread passage, the connecting member selectively connecting any one of the plurality of thread feed ports to the thread insertion port of the looper via the thread passage. Threading mechanism passes the sewing thread, fed via the thread feed port connected by the connecting member to the thread insertion port of the looper, into the thread insertion port and causes the sewing thread to be taken out via the inserted thread lead-out port of the looper.

Abstract: A serial data communication unit includes a parallel-serial converter for separating n-bit parallel data containing decision data into plural groups, and converting the parallel data into serial data every group to output, a serial-parallel converter for reconverting the serial data fed from the parallel-serial converter every group into the n-bit parallel data to output, and a deciding circuit into which data located in bit positions corresponding to the decision data out of the parallel data from the serial-parallel converter is input.

Abstract: Sequin strip (60), let out from a reel and then placed on the upper surface of a supporting plate (8), is fed at a predetermined pitch corresponding to a size of a sequin (S?) of the strip. After a sewing needle (31) fits into a hole (61) of a leading sequin (S?) as a needle bar (31) descends in accordance with sewing operation, a movable cutter blade cuts off the leading sequin (S?) by being driven downward by abutment against the needle bar (31) or a member (32) movable with the needle bar (31). Sequin-cutting portion (27a) of the movable cutter blade (27) has a thickness smaller than a thickness of an abutting portion (27b) that abuts against the needle bar (31) or the member (32) movable with the needle bar (31), to secure an appropriate strength.

Abstract: A friction clutch which transmits motive power of a main drive shaft to an auxiliary drive shaft, a piston which generates pressing force against the friction clutch, a cylinder chamber which houses the piston movably in the axial direction, a pressure sensor which detects the oil pressure of the cylinder chamber, an hydraulic pump which feeds pressurized oil to the cylinder chamber, a motor which drive the hydraulic pump forward/reversely, and a controller which compares a command from a vehicle with a signal from the pressure sensor and controls the forward/reverse drive of the motor are provided. An hydraulic control valve unit feeds the pressurized oil to the cylinder chamber when the hydraulic pump is rotated forward, prevents outflow of the pressurized oil from the cylinder chamber when forward rotation of the hydraulic pump is stopped, and forcibly discharges the pressurized oil from the cylinder chamber when the hydraulic pump is reversely rotated.

Abstract: The base improves manufacturing efficiency and yield and has an advantage in cost. The base includes a panel having a through-hole, a motor holder, having a cylindrical shape that protrudes from a first face of the panel in a thickness direction of the panel, integrally formed on the panel corresponding to the through-hole, the motor holder holds a motor fitted to an inner circumferential surface of the motor holder through adhesives, and the motor holder is provided with at least one depression pressure-formed on the inner circumferential surface thereof, thereby eliminating cutting processing, facilitating accuracy control, suppressing nonconformity such as corrosion because no base material is exposed, requiring no measures against burs and the like, improving production capacity and yield, and resulting in cost advantages, too.