Abstract: An adjusting member may cause an axis line of connection end portions and an axis line of a housing side flange portion to be eccentric with respect to each other. The connection end portions and the housing side flange portions may be connected and the first attaching portion and the second attaching portion may be rotated to compress a sealing member. The position where the sealing member contacts an end face of the connection end portions may change by rotating each attaching portion and two connection targets can be directly connected.

Abstract: A temperature sensor includes: a sheath tube; a pair of thermocouple wires inserted into the sheath tube; a temperature measuring junction of the pair of thermocouple wires; an insulating support disposed in the sheath tube; and a tip protective tube covering the outer periphery of a tip end of the sheath tube to surround the temperature measuring junction. The tip protective tube includes a base-end side tube portion and a tip-end side tube portion, the tip-end side tube portion having a diameter smaller than that of the base-end side tube portion. The tip-end side tube portion has a tip-end side portion filled with a first insulating filler in which the temperature measuring junction is buried. In the remaining part on the inside of the tip-end side tube portion, an air layer is formed.

Abstract: A temperature sensor includes: a sheath tube; a pair of thermocouple wires inserted into the sheath tube; a temperature measuring junction of the pair of thermocouple wires; an insulating support disposed in the sheath tube; and a tip protective tube covering the outer periphery of a tip end of the sheath tube to surround the temperature measuring junction. The tip protective tube includes a base-end side tube portion and a tip-end side tube portion, the tip-end side tube portion having a diameter smaller than that of the base-end side tube portion. The tip-end side tube portion has a tip-end side portion filled with a first insulating filler in which the temperature measuring junction is buried. In the remaining part on the inside of the tip-end side tube portion, an air layer is formed.

Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit can reduce the load applied to the actuator for driving a reflecting member as well as can improve the durability of the actuator. The vehicle lighting unit can include a light source, a reflecting member configured to reflect light from the light source toward an illumination area, an actuator including inner piezoelectric actuators and outer piezoelectric actuators configured to cause the reflecting member to swing (turn) around X and Y axes simultaneously, to thereby scan the illumination area with the reflected light from the reflecting member horizontally and vertically, and a controller configured to control the inner piezoelectric actuators and the outer piezoelectric actuators such that a scanning frequency in the vertical direction of the reflected light is larger than a scanning frequency in the horizontal direction of the reflected light.

Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit can reduce the load applied to the actuator for driving a reflecting member as well as can improve the durability of the actuator. The vehicle lighting unit can include a light source, a reflecting member configured to reflect light from the light source toward an illumination area, an actuator including inner piezoelectric actuators and outer piezoelectric actuators configured to cause the reflecting member to swing (turn) around X and Y axes simultaneously, to thereby scan the illumination area with the reflected light from the reflecting member horizontally and vertically, and a controller configured to control the inner piezoelectric actuators and the outer piezoelectric actuators such that a scanning frequency in the vertical direction of the reflected light is larger than a scanning frequency in the horizontal direction of the reflected light.

Abstract: A valve apparatus has a valve housing, a valve element displaceable along a rectilinear path between first and second positions within the valve housing, and a C-shaped detent member. The detent member has a central portion located intermediate between two positions in the direction of the rectilinear path that the joint between the detent member and the valve element assumes when the valve element is positioned at the first and second positions. When the valve element is moved between the first and second positions, the detent member pivots about the central portion. When the valve element is in an intermediate position between the first and second positions, the detent member is deformed to a maximum to urge the valve element to move to the first or second position. The detent member has spring portions extending from the opposite ends of the central portion. Each spring portion has at least one looped portion curved 360 degrees.

Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit can reduce the load applied to the actuator for driving a reflecting member as well as can improve the durability of the actuator. The vehicle lighting unit can include a light source, a reflecting member configured to reflect light from the light source toward an illumination area, an actuator including inner piezoelectric actuators and outer piezoelectric actuators configured to cause the reflecting member to swing (turn) around X and Y axes simultaneously, to thereby scan the illumination area with the reflected light from the reflecting member horizontally and vertically, and a controller configured to control the inner piezoelectric actuators and the outer piezoelectric actuators such that a scanning frequency in the vertical direction of the reflected light is larger than a scanning frequency in the horizontal direction of the reflected light.

Abstract: A lamp assembly is provided, that utilizes a light source including an LED element without cutting part of light therefrom and capable of forming a luminance distribution where the light with a maximum peak portion can be arranged substantially at (i.e., at or near) the cutoff line, thereby improving light utilization efficiency. The lamp assembly with an illumination direction can include a light source including an LED element with an emission surface, and a projection optical system for projecting an image of the light source in the illumination direction so that a desired light distribution pattern can be formed on a virtual vertical screen. The light source can have a rectangular shape having long sides and short sides, and can be configured to provide a luminance distribution on the emission surface such that a luminance peak portion is provided at or near one of the long sides.

Abstract: A valve body for pumps has a compressed air-filled chamber in the center thereof and a compressed air supply port through which compressed air is supplied into the compressed air-filled chamber. The outer surface of the valve body is provided with an annular groove-shaped air supply chamber that communicates between the compressed air-filled chamber and a pump-side air chamber. Compressed air supplied into the compressed air-filled chamber through the compressed air supply port is supplied into the pump-side air chamber through the air supply chamber.

Abstract: A optical space communication device, including: a transmission module transmitting an optical signal to a specific opposite communication device whose position is known, a reception module receiving the optical signal transmitted from a plurality of indefinite opposite communication devices, and a central communication control device controlling the transmission module and the reception module.

Abstract: The lighting control device provides technology that, by means of a simple configuration, enables the disconnection of a light-emitting element to be detected with high accuracy during PWM dimming. The lighting control device for controlling lighting states of a light-emitting element, includes current supply unit for supplying a current, which is obtained by superimposing a bias current of a predetermined value on a pulse-shaped current whose size periodically fluctuates, to said light-emitting element, and a detection unit which detects a conductive state of said light-emitting element.

Abstract: A lamp assembly is provided, that utilizes a light source including an LED element without cutting part of light therefrom and capable of forming a luminance distribution where the light with a maximum peak portion can be arranged substantially at (i.e., at or near) the cutoff line, thereby improving light utilization efficiency. The lamp assembly with an illumination direction can include a light source including an LED element with an emission surface, and a projection optical system for projecting an image of the light source in the illumination direction so that a desired light distribution pattern can be formed on a virtual vertical screen. The light source can have a rectangular shape having long sides and short sides, and can be configured to provide a luminance distribution on the emission surface such that a luminance peak portion is provided at or near one of the long sides.

Abstract: A valve body for pumps has a compressed air-filled chamber in the center thereof and a compressed air supply port through which compressed air is supplied into the compressed air-filled chamber. The outer surface of the valve body is provided with an annular groove-shaped air supply chamber that communicates between the compressed air-filled chamber and a pump-side air chamber. Compressed air supplied into the compressed air-filled chamber through the compressed air supply port is supplied into the pump-side air chamber through the air supply chamber.

Abstract: An LED lighting apparatus can be configured to supply a number of LEDs connected in series with a requisite voltage and power even if an amount of forward voltage of the LEDs connected in series is larger than a supply voltage of a battery. The LED lighting apparatus can include a boosting circuit and an inverted boosting circuit. LEDs can be connected between outputs of the boosting circuit and the inverted boosting circuit. The LED lighting apparatus can also include a current detection circuit configured to detect an LED current, and can include a dual PWM control IC configured to control the boosting circuit and the inverted boosting circuit in accordance with the LED current detected by the current detection circuit so as to keep the LED current substantially constant. The LED lighting apparatus can include a shutdown circuit to stop supplying a power supply when a load that includes the LEDs is in a circuit that is either opened or shorted.

Abstract: A reciprocating fluid transfer pump in which a pilot valve assembly block can be mounted to a main body block in a simple, easy and reliable manner. In the reciprocating fluid transfer pump, a fluid, which has been suctioned into a fluid delivering chamber (19), is discharged therefrom by causing an expanding and contracting action of a barrier membrane (6) which is attached to either end of a center rod (5). The center rod is capable of reciprocating with respect to the main body block (2). A peripheral portion of the barrier membrane (6) is clamped fixedly to the main body block (2) via a main ring (30), and a pilot valve assembly block (17) having an integrated pilot valve (16) for detecting the reciprocating motion of the center rod (5) is pressed against and thus fixedly secured to the main ring (30) via a sub ring (34).

Abstract: An LED lighting apparatus can be configured to supply a number of LEDs connected in series with a requisite voltage and power even if an amount of forward voltage of the LEDs connected in series is larger than a supply voltage of a battery. The LED lighting apparatus can include a boosting circuit and an inverted boosting circuit. LEDs can be connected between outputs of the boosting circuit and the inverted boosting circuit. The LED lighting apparatus can also include a current detection circuit configured to detect an LED current, and can include a dual PWM control IC configured to control the boosting circuit and the inverted boosting circuit in accordance with the LED current detected by the current detection circuit so as to keep the LED current substantially constant. The LED lighting apparatus can include a shutdown circuit to stop supplying a power supply when a load that includes the LEDs is in a circuit that is either opened or shorted.

Abstract: In a dampening water measuring apparatus, light emitted from a semiconductor laser has its beam expanded by an objective lens, and is then reflected by a beam splitter to irradiate a non-image area on a surface of a printing plate P. The laser beam reflected from the non-image area on the surface of the printing plate passes through the beam splitter, and enters a CCD camera. The CCD camera measures speckle intensity of the incident laser diffused light, and transmits measurements to a controller through an interface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin and a polymer having, in the molecule, a structural unit represented by Formula (I): (wherein n represents an integer of 2 to 1000; R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl; and R2, R3, R4, and R5 are the same or different from one another and each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, and when each of R1s, R2s, R3s, and R4s, represent two or more in number, they may be the same or different from each other, respectively) or the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit termination method and a circuit terminating apparatus that are used for metallic circuits that offer high-speed communication. When a transmission speed is required to be changed due to a change in conditions of a circuit and the like through an opposite circuit terminating apparatus, a service suspension and resumption of a predetermined bit position common to each frame of multi frames, and a service suspension and resumption of a continuous bit string of a predetermined bit length starting from a predetermined bit position of a predetermined frame of the multi frames are performed, and an inputting speed and an outputting speed of a terminal connected to the circuit terminating apparatus is adjusted to be consistent with a transmission speed between the circuit terminating apparatus and a second circuit terminating apparatus.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a softening agent for a thermoplastic resin that gives flexibility, impact-resistance, etc. to a thermoplastic resin. The present invention provides the following (1) to (3) etc. (1) A softening agent for a thermoplastic resin comprising polyvinyl ether. (2) The softening agent according to the above (1), wherein the polyvinyl ether is polyvinyl ether having a structural unit represented by the general formula (I): (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl, and R2 is substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl). (3) The softening agent according to the above (1) or (2), wherein the weight-average molecular weight of the polyvinyl ether is 1,000 to 3,000,000.