Abstract: A stud bolt has a first thread portion, a second thread portion, an engagement portion and a large diameter portion. The first thread portion is screwable into a first member about a screw axis. The second thread portion is screwable into a second member about the screw axis and is provided coaxially with the first thread portion. The engagement portion is provided on a side of the second thread portion, which is opposite from the first thread portion. The large diameter portion has a circular cross-section perpendicular to the screw axis. The large diameter portion is located between the first thread portion and the second thread portion. An outer diameter of the large diameter portion is larger than an outer diameter of the first thread portion and the outer diameter of the second thread portion.

Abstract: An integrated IC provided in an SBW-ECU has plural functions such as a receiving function of receiving output signals of an encoder and a current supply function of supplying current to each phase of the motor. A microcomputer checks individually whether the signal receiving function and the current supply function are potentially abnormal and checks whether the integrated IC is abnormal based on the check results about the signal receiving function and the current supply function. For example, when it is determined that only the signal receiving function of the integrated IC is potentially abnormal, the encoder is determined to be abnormal. When it is determined that the signal receiving function and the current supply function of the integrated IC are both potentially abnormal, the integrated IC is determined to be abnormal.

Abstract: A motor control device is provided with a control circuit and a driving circuit. The control circuit switches over a current supply phase of the motor in a predetermined angular rotation of the rotor a first switching number of times in an acceleration range. The control circuit switches over the current supply phase of the motor in the predetermined angular rotation of the rotor a second switching number of times in a stationary rotation range in a specific condition that the rotation speed of the rotor is between a predetermined first threshold value and a predetermined second threshold value. The control circuit sets the second switching number to be smaller than the first switching number. In the acceleration range, the switching number is relatively large and hence a sufficient driving torque is applied to the rotor.

Abstract: A rotary actuator includes a rotation shaft rotatably driven by a motor, an internal gear provided on an outer side of the rotation shaft in a radial direction of the rotation shaft, a rotation output section provided between the rotation shaft and the internal gear in the radial direction to reduce a rotation speed outputted from the rotation shaft and to output a power in conjunction with the internal gear, a cylindrical housing portion fixed to the internal gear, and an attachment member integrated with an outer wall of the housing portion. The internal gear has a protrusion protruding from an outer wall of the internal gear, and the housing portion has a recess into which the protrusion is inserted. The attachment member has an attachment hole that is different from the recess in position in a circumferential direction of the housing portion.

Abstract: Each of gear teeth of an external gear has a tooth-bottom portion, a tooth-middle portion and a tooth-front portion. The tooth-middle portion is operatively engaged with an internal gear. A cross-sectional shape of the tooth-bottom portion is formed by a hypocycloid curved line. A cross-sectional shape of the tooth-middle portion is formed by an epicycloid curved line. A cross-sectional shape of the tooth-front portion is formed by a first predetermined curved line, which is located at a position closer to a first pitch circle of the external gear in a radial-inward direction from a reference epicycloid curved line. The reference epicycloid curved line is continuously connected to each of the curved lines of the tooth-middle portion at both circumferential sides of each gear tooth. As a result, the tooth-front portion is so formed that a part of the tooth-front portion is escaped in the radial-inward direction from the reference epicycloid curved line.

Abstract: A stud bolt has a first thread portion, a second thread portion, an engagement portion and a large diameter portion. The first thread portion is screwable into a first member about a screw axis. The second thread portion is screwable into a second member about the screw axis and is provided coaxially with the first thread portion. The engagement portion is provided on a side of the second thread portion, which is opposite from the first thread portion. The large diameter portion has a circular cross-section perpendicular to the screw axis. The large diameter portion is located between the first thread portion and the second thread portion. An outer diameter of the large diameter portion is larger than an outer diameter of the first thread portion and the outer diameter of the second thread portion.

Abstract: A shift range switcher includes a motor for switching a shift range and a controller for energizing the motor. The controller estimates temperatures of the motor and controller. The controller adds to the estimated controller temperature a value corresponding to heat generation in the controller due to energization of the motor. The controller subtracts from the estimated controller temperature a value corresponding to heat release from the controller due to de-energization of the motor. The controller adds to the estimated motor temperature a value corresponding to heat generation in the motor due to the energization. The controller subtracts from the estimated motor temperature a value corresponding to heat release from the motor due to the de-energization. The controller prohibits or restricts operations of the controller and the motor when at least one of the controller and motor estimated temperatures reaches an allowable temperature limit.

Abstract: A sun gear is supported by an eccentric portion of a rotor via a bearing and rotatable eccentrically to the rotor axis. A ring gear includes inner teeth via which the ring gear is meshed with outer teeth of the sun gear. An output shaft is located adjacent to the sun gear in the axial direction. A fitted portion of the output shaft is loosely fitted to a fitting portion of the sun gear to transfer rotation of the sun gear to the output shaft. The bearing has a center position located in a fitting overlap region between the fitting portion of the sun gear and the fitted portion of the output shaft in the axial direction and/or located in a gear overlap region between the outer teeth of the sun gear and the inner teeth of the ring gear which are meshed with the outer gear.

Abstract: A gear device includes a drive gear and a driven gear. The drive gear includes first and second toothed portions, which are coaxial with each other. A radius of a pitch circle of teeth of the first toothed portion of the drive gear is different from a radius of a pitch circle of teeth of the second toothed portion of the drive gear. The first and second toothed portions of the drive gear are displaced from each other in a circumferential direction of the drive gear. The driven gear includes a toothed portion, which is meshed with the first toothed portion of the drive gear.

Abstract: A sun gear is supported by an eccentric portion of a rotor via a bearing and rotatable eccentrically to the rotor axis. A ring gear includes inner teeth via which the ring gear is meshed with outer teeth of the sun gear. An output shaft is located adjacent to the sun gear in the axial direction. A fitted portion of the output shaft is loosely fitted to a fitting portion of the sun gear to transfer rotation of the sun gear to the output shaft. The bearing has a center position located in a fitting overlap region between the fitting portion of the sun gear and the fitted portion of the output shaft in the axial direction and/or located in a gear overlap region between the outer teeth of the sun gear and the inner teeth of the ring gear which are meshed with the outer gear.

Abstract: A plurality of concavities and convexities is provided on tips of all rotor teeth 24 of the SR motor 5. Depths of the concave portions ? are deep on an edge side where a stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 first approach and are shallow as a facing area between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 increases. Therefore, magnetic resistance between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 becomes high at an early stage of the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 facing each other and becomes low as the facing area between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 increases. As a result, torque fluctuation can be suppressed at a time of a large current and a minimum generation torque can be increased at a time of a small current.

Abstract: A polyester composition comprising 99.9 to 80 wt % of a thermoplastic polyester containing an antimony compound and 0.1 to 20 wt % of a partially aromatic polyamide, wherein a 4 mm-thick molded plate formed by molding the thermoplastic polyester at 290° C. has a haze value of 10% or lower, and wherein the phosphorus atom content in the partially aromatic polyamide (P1), the partially aromatic polyamide content in the polyester composition (A), and the antimony atom content in the thermoplastic polyester (S) satisfy a specific formula, wherein a 4 mm-thick molded plate produced by molding the polyester composition at 290° C. has a haze value of 20% or lower. The polyester composition can be molded into a hollow molded article (e.g., a bottle) at a high productivity rate, which is not deteriorated in transparency or color, and which is excellent in flavor-conserving property, thermal stability and gas-barrier property.

Abstract: An electric motor and a speed reduction device for reducing a rotational speed of the motor are contained in a housing composed of a front housing and a rear housing. The motor is positioned in the housing at its rear side, and the speed reduction device at its front side. The speed reduction device is composed of a sun gear rotatably supported on an eccentric portion formed on a rotor shaft, a ring gear having inner teeth engaging with outer teeth of the sun gear, and an output shaft loosely coupled to the sun gear for outputting the rotational torque at a reduced speed. The ring gear made of a magnetic material is positioned in contact with an axial end of a stator core of the motor to provide an additional magnetic flux path and thereby to increase an output torque of the motor.

Abstract: A rotary actuator of the present invention is advantageously used as an actuator in a shift-by-wire system in an automatic transmission. An electric motor and a speed reduction device for reducing a rotational speed of the motor are contained in a housing composed of a front housing and a rear housing. The motor is positioned in the housing at its rear side, and the speed reduction device at its front side. The speed reduction device is composed of a sun gear rotatably supported on an eccentric portion formed on a rotor shaft, a ring gear having inner teeth engaging with outer teeth of the sun gear, and an output shaft loosely coupled to the sun gear for outputting the rotational torque at a reduced speed. The sun gear made of a magnetic material is positioned in contact with an axial end of a stator core of the motor to provide an additional magnetic flux path and thereby to increase an output torque of the motor.

Abstract: A plurality of concavities and convexities is provided on tips of all rotor teeth 24 of the SR motor 5. Depths of the concave portions ? are deep on an edge side where a stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 first approach and are shallow as a facing area between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 increases. Therefore, magnetic resistance between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 becomes high at an early stage of the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 facing each other and becomes low as the facing area between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 increases. As a result, torque fluctuation can be suppressed at a time of a large current and a minimum generation torque can be increased at a time of a small current.

Abstract: A shift range change mechanism changes a shift range of an automatic transmission of a vehicle. A parking change mechanism disables rotation of a drive axle of the vehicle by engaging a park pole supported by a stationary member against a parking gear, which is rotated synchronously with the drive axle of the vehicle, at time of setting the shift range to parking. The parking change mechanism enables the rotation of the drive axle by disengaging the park pole from the parking gear at time of parking release of the shift range. An electric rotatable actuator drives the shift range change mechanism and the parking change mechanism. An SBW ECU controls power supply to an electric motor of the rotatable actuator. The SBW ECU increases an output torque of the electric motor only at the time of the parking release.

Abstract: In an image input apparatus for detecting an image of a fingertip by irradiating the light rays emitted from a light emitting device and transmitting the light rays from the fingertip through an image guide guiding the light rays, the lighting efficiency is improved, power consumption is reduced, and the assembly is facilitated. An image input apparatus according to the present invention includes a main substrate; a lighting module, mounted on the main substrate, including a sub substrate having a light emitting device covered with resin; and an imaging unit, mounted on the main substrate, forming an image based on light rays from an object to be imaged, irradiated by light rays emitted from the light emitting device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester composition excellent in transparency, thermal stability, and flavor retention or excellent in transparency, thermal stability, flavor retention and gas barrier properties, which is obtained by blending a partially aromatic polyamide to a thermoplastic polyester, and also relates to a packaging material comprising the same. The polyester composition of the invention preferably contains an alkali metal atom in an amount of 0.1 to 300 ppm and phosphorus atom in an amount of 5 to 200 ppm. Further, it is preferable that the Color-L value of the molded article obtained by injection molding of the polyester composition of the invention at a molding temperature of 290° C. is 80.0 or more and the haze thereof is 20% or less. As the partially aromatic polyamide, an m-xylylene group-containing polyamide is preferable.

Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester elastomer having a crystalline melting point which satisfies the relationship: y≧200+0.5x, a Vicat softening point which satisfies the relationship: z≧50+1.5x, and a tensile elongation of at least 100% which is measured according to JIS K 6251, in which x is a weight percentage of polymeric units which substantially constitute hard segments of the elastomer; y is a crystalline melting point (°C.); and z is a Vicat softening point (°C.), which elastomer has a high melting point, while it has good heat resistance, water resistance and weather resistance.

Abstract: A disc drive is constructed from a main body which includes a mechanism unit having a disc rotating mechanism for rotating a disc and a play back mechanism for playing back information recorded on the disc, disc tray movably provided with respect to the main body for supporting a disc and a casing for housing the main body. The disc drive is provided with vibration absorbing members for suppressing transmission of vibration caused by high speed rotation of the disc from the main body to the casing. The vibration absorbing members are formed of elastical members and they are arranged between the side portions of the main body and the inside of the casing, thereby the main body is supported by the casing through the vibration absorbing members to prevent vibrations caused in the main body from being transmitted to the casing.