Abstract: The continuous annealing furnace has two or more treatment chambers sequentially connected with each other and respectively filled with a gas atmosphere differing in carburizing property, which includes a carburizing chamber wherein roller members to be treated are carburized at 750° C. to 820° C., a slow cooling chamber wherein the roller members are cooled at said temperature or less of the carburizing chamber, an intermediate chamber including atmosphere gas blocking doors that can open/close an exit of the carburizing chamber and an entrance of the slow cooling chamber independently, and transferring means, and each chambers is filled to satisfy a relationship of K1−K2≧2 where K1 represents a partial pressure ratio between CO and CO2 in an atmosphere within the carburizing chamber and K2 represents a partial pressure ratio between CO and CO2 in an atmosphere within the slow cooling chamber.

Abstract: The invention is to offer a ball screw apparatus which can suppress retaining pieces from contacting a wall of a ball rolling path or ball circulating path, and suppress the retaining pieces between the balls from falling down, so that such a ball screw apparatus can be offered which enables to more improve low noises, operationability and endurance. The holding piece is rounded at an edge portion opposite to the ball, such that a radius of curvature of the edge portion is defined to be 1 mm or less, and the outer diameter of the retaining piece is determined to range 0.60 times or more to 0.85 times or less of the diameter of the ball.

Abstract: A rolling bearing intended for longer life by improving seizure resistance and wear resistance in the circumstance with slip contact or in the circumstance where lubricant tends to be exhausted, which is manufactured by applying carburization or carbonitridation to an Si-added material to disperse and precipitate carbides or carbonitrides containing Si or Si—X (X=one or more of Mn, Mo, and Cr) thereby improving the seizure resistance and the wear resistance by the self-lubrication effect thereof, the size of the carbides or carbonitrides being preferably 10 &mgr;m or less for preventing flaking, and the area ratio for the carbides or carbonitrides being preferably 1.0-30% for obtaining sufficient self-lubrication effect.

Abstract: The invention provides a ball screw apparatus which suppresses abrasion and damage by competition of balls, controls spaces between retaining pieces and balls, and prevents retaining pieces from falling, thereby enabling to more improve operating ability. The retaining pieces are positioned between the balls running in a ball rolling path, such that a sum total of the spaces between the retaining pieces and the balls is 50% or less of an outer diameter size of the retaining piece, and at the same time a contact angle between the retaining piece and the ball is 25° or above to 40° or below.

Abstract: A Reed-Solomon encoding device is provided that can handle multiple RS (Reed-Solomon) codes using different field generation polynomials. The encoding device uses a first Galois field transformation that transforms source data into a specified Galois field on the basis of a first Galois field transformation parameter. The transformed source data is received by an encoder that performs encoding processing using a selected multiplication coefficient set. A second Galois field transformation is used for performing an inverse transform of the encoded data on the basis of a second Galois field transformation parameter. A parameter output is used for outputting the first Galois field transformation parameter, the second Galois field transformation parameter, and the selected multiplication coefficient set. The parameter output generator is operable to be loaded with transformation parameters and multiplication coefficients selected from a plurality of transformation parameters and multiplication coefficients.

Abstract: A toroidal continuously variable transmission system of the present invention is provided with an input disk, an output disk and power rollers. The input and output disks have traction surfaces defined between a small-diameter portion and a large-diameter portion and having an arc-shaped concave section. The input and output disks are coaxially arranged in such a manner that the traction surfaces face each other. The power roller are frictionally engagement with the traction surfaces of the input and output disks and transmit a driving force. At least one of the input disk, the output disk and the power rollers is formed of an alloy steel which contains 0.15 to 2.0% by weight of Mo. The alloy steel is subjected first to carburization or carbonitriding processing executed at a temperature not lower than 1,000° C., and then to hardening and tempering. The alloy steel has a surface carbon content of 0.8 to 1.4%.

Abstract: More reality is given to weather phenomena reflected on an image displayed on a screen of a display unit and an operability of an operatable object. A global weather deciding part 901 decides weather in each global area obtained by dividing the whole map of a virtual world into a plurality of global areas. The weather in the global a area in question is decided at intervals of a first time, in accordance with a preset behavior model and considering area information of each global area in advance. A local weather deciding part 902 decides weather in each local area obtained by dividing each global area into a plurality of local areas. The weather in the local area in question is decided at intervals of a second time, which is shorter than the first time, in accordance with the weather of the global area concerned decided by the global weather deciding part 901, and considering area information of each local area.

Abstract: An inner ring and an outer ring are composed as follows. These members are fabricated with a steel for bearing containing carbon 0.6 wt % or higher. A carbonitrided layer is formed in a raceway surface. The amount of residual austenite at a position of 2% Da depth in the raceway surface is determined to be 1.0 vol % or lower. Hardness at the position of 2% Da depth is set to be HRC58 or more. Nitrogen content (Np) at the position of 2% Da depth is 0.05 wt % or more. A multiple Gd of an impression resistance expressed with the following formula (1) is 1.6 or more, Gd=(H0.2/500)+2·Np  (1), wherein in the formula, H0.2 is meant by Vickers hardness at the position of 2% Da depth.

Abstract: More reality is given to weather phenomena reflected on an image displayed on a screen of a display unit and on operability of an operatable object. A global weather deciding part 901 decides weather in each global area obtained by dividing the whole map of a virtual world into a plurality of global areas. The weather in the global area in question is decided at intervals of a first time, in accordance with a preset behavior model and considering area information of each global area in advance. A local weather deciding part 902 decides weather in each local area obtained by dividing each global area into a plurality of local areas. The weather in the local area in question is decided at intervals of a second time, which is shorter than the first time, in accordance with the weather of the global area concerned decided by the global weather deciding part 901, and considering area information of each local area.

Abstract: In a rolling bearing having a fixed race, a rotary race and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between said fixed race and said rotary race, at least said fixed race is made of a steel having 0.35 to 0.55% by weight of C, 11.0 to 17.0% by weight of Cr, 0.05 to less than 0.2% by weight of N and the rest of Fe and unavoidable components. Further, the sum of the content of C and N is from 0.45 to 0.65% by weight or less, and exhibits a surface hardness HRC of 57 or more after heat treatment and the diameter of eutectic carbide produced on said bearing races is 10 &mgr;m or less.

Abstract: To provide a type of Reed-Solomon coding device that allows a reduction of the size and price of the device. When the coding of the Galois field GFb(2m) is performed, in the input-side transformation circuit 116b, the Galois field of the input data is transformed from GFb(2m) into GFa(2m). In RS coding/decoding core unit 112, an operation is then performed on Galois field GFa(2m) to generate the coding data. In output-side transformation circuit 119b, the coding data are transformed from GFa(2m) into GFb(2m). In RS coding/decoding core unit 112, a multiplier corresponding to Galois field GFa(2m) is set.

Abstract: More reality is given to weather phenomena reflected on an image displayed on a screen of a display unit and on operability of an operatable object. A global weather deciding part 901 decides weather in each global area obtained by dividing the whole map of a virtual world into a plurality of global areas. The weather in the global area in question is decided at intervals of a first time, in accordance with a preset behavior model and considering area information of each global area in advance. A local weather deciding part 902 decides weather in each local area obtained by dividing each global area into a plurality of local areas. The weather in the local area in question is decided at intervals of a second time, which is shorter than the first time, in accordance with the weather of the global area concerned decided by the global weather deciding part 901, and considering area information of each local area.

Abstract: As a steel material for an inner race, an outer race and a rolling element constituting a rolling bearing, there is used one containing carbon (C) and chromium (Cr) in an amount of 0.65 wt % to 1.10 wt % and 2.0 wt % to 6.0 wt %, respectively. At least one of the inner race, the outer race and the rolling element is formed from the steel material. The inner race, outer race and the rolling element thus formed is then subjected to hardening, tempering and polishing. Further, a chromium oxide layer (Cr2O3) having a thickness of 5 nm to 300 nm is formed on a race track surface of at least one of the inner race, the outer race and the rolling element. If the rolling bearing is used in operation under the lubrication at a high traction coefficient with water mixed therein, finely particulate molybdenum carbide and/or vanadium carbide having a particle diameter of 50 nm to 300 nm is distributed in the matrix.

Abstract: A rolling bearing contains no more than 0.3 wt % of nitrogen in a grinding allowance portion after carbonitriding and hardening heat treatments, contains from 0.9 wt % (inclusive) up to 1.6 wt % (inclusive) of carbon and from 0.05 wt % (inclusive) up to 0.3 wt % (inclusive) of nitrogen in the surface layer of the finished part and has a nitrogen gradient of no more than 0.5 wt %/mm in the surface layer of the finished part. The rolling bearings are improved in grinding efficiency and which have their rolling life extended significantly.

Abstract: An inner ring and an outer ring are composed as follows. These members are fabricated with a steel for bearing containing carbon 0.6 wt % or higher. A carbonitrided layer is formed in a raceway surface. The amount of residual austenite at a position of 2% Da depth in the raceway surface is determined to be 1.0 vol % or lower. Hardness at the position of 2% Da depth is set to be HRC58 or more. Nitrogen content (Np) at the position of 2% Da depth is 0.05 wt % or more. A multiple Gd of an impression resistance expressed with the following formula (1) is 1.

Abstract: A weldable resin composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of nylon resin as component (A), 0.1-50 parts by weight of polyolefin resin as component (B), 10-150 parts by weight of glass fiber as component (C), 0-3 parts by weight of copper compound as component (D), and 0-5 parts by weight of silicone compound as component (E). A molded product produced from the weldable resin composition by welding (such as vibration welding).

Abstract: To offer a Reed-Solomon decoding device that can effectively prevent erroneous correction. A Reed-Solomon decoding method that conducts error correction and decodes by using erasure positions showing the position of units of errors for a Reed-Solomon encoded string having parity data of 2t (positive integer) units, which finds the number n for the unit of the error from the above-mentioned erasure position (S13), in the event 0 ≦m1≦n≦m2≦2t (m1, m2, and n are positive integers) (S14, S15, S18), finds the error value by conducting decoding calculations for the erasure error correction of n units (S19), and conducts the error operation by using the above-mentioned error value and the above-mentioned erasure position (S17).

Abstract: A Reed Solomon decoder which can perform high-speed decoding operation without significantly increasing the circuit scale. The Reed Solomon decoder includes the following: input parameter operator 309 which generates syndrome and erasure data for a data sequence, decoding operation processing unit 304 which performs the decoding operation using the aforementioned syndrome and erasure data based on the command code indicating the prescribed decoding operation, and which generates the error data and error position data, and correction operation executor 312 which performs the correction operation using the aforementioned error data and error position data. The decoding operation processing unit 304 has an multiplier and an adder which execute the product and sum operation of the Galois field in one step.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rolling bearing comprising an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements, at least one of the inner race and the outer race being formed of an alloy steel which comprises: 0.7≦C≦0.9% by weight; 0.1≦Si≦0.5% by weight; 0.5≦Mn≦1.1% by weight; and 0.1≦Cr≦0.6% by weight; and including, in its surface layer, at least one of 0.8≦C≦1.4% by weight and 0.01≦N≦0.3% by weight. The rolling bearing can be obtained at an extremely low cost and has a long life in a severe environment particularly under contaminated lubrication.

Abstract: For producing a polyamide having an unreacted caprolactam content of from 0 to 0.5% by weight and an oligomer content of from 0 to 1.25% by weight and having a relative viscosity in a 0.01 g/ml solution of sulfuric acid at 25° C. of from 2.2 to 8.0, combined is a first step of polymerizing a starting material comprising caprolactam, under atmospheric pressure to prepare a polymerization product having an unreacted caprolactam content of not larger than 25% by weight and an oligomer content falling between 0 and 1.8% by weight, and a second step of heating the polymerization product prepared in the first step, at a temperature T satisfying the following formula (1) and under reduced pressure to thereby remove the unreacted caprolactam and the oligomer from it: Glass transition point of polyamide<T<melting point of polyamide+150° C.