Abstract: A steering column device includes a steering column; and a telescopic actuator. The steering column includes a first column member, a second column member assembled to the first column member in a manner of being displaceable relative to the first column member in an axial direction, and a low-friction sliding member disposed between the first column member and the second column member. The telescopic actuator includes a telescopic motor, and displaces the second column member in the axial direction with respect to the first column member by using the telescopic motor as a drive source.

Abstract: A coil component includes a magnetic core having a core portion; an insulation frame housing the magnetic core; an electrode terminal member provided on the insulation frame; and at least one coil, which is formed of an insulatingly coated lead wire and is electrically connected to the electrode terminal member, wherein at least one coil includes a winding portion wound around the insulation frame and the core portion so as to be in contact with a second wall portion and a fifth wall portion of the insulation frame.

Abstract: A rotor is a magnet-embedded rotor incorporated in a traveling motor of a vehicle, and includes: a laminated core having steel sheets laminated to each other and a bonding layer for bonding the steel sheets adjacent to each other in a laminating direction; and a magnet embedded in the laminated core. When the rotor rotates at 11000 rpm, a maximum amount of displacement of an outer edge of the laminated core of the rotor in a radial direction is 0.1 mm or less.

Abstract: An actuator with reverse input blocking clutch has a function of switching the reverse input blocking clutch to a state in which torque can be transmitted between an input member and an output member, in a state in which reverse torque is input to the output member from an output-side mechanism, by applying torque to the input member by an actuator in an opposite direction to a direction of the reverse torque, and then by giving an instruction to the actuator to apply torque having a magnitude smaller than a magnitude of the reverse torque to the input member in the opposite direction, transmitting the reverse torque to the input member.

Abstract: An actuator with reverse input blocking clutch has a function of switching the reverse input blocking clutch to a state in which torque can be transmitted between an input member and an output member, in a state in which reverse torque is input to the output member from an output-side mechanism, by applying torque to the input member by an actuator in an opposite direction to a direction of the reverse torque, and then by giving an instruction to the actuator to apply torque having a magnitude smaller than a magnitude of the reverse torque to the input member in the opposite direction, transmitting the reverse torque to the input member.

Abstract: A pedal unit 10 in one embodiment includes a case 190, a foot lever 100, and an elastic member 155. The foot lever 100 includes a first portion 100r located inside the case 190 and a second portion 100f located outside the case 190. The foot lever 100 is rotatably arranged with respect to the case 190. A center of rotation is located between the first portion 100r and the second portion 100f. The elastic member 155 is arranged within the case 190 and provides a force against the first portion 100r.

Abstract: A pedal unit according to an embodiment includes a first foot lever, a shaft serving as a center of rotation of the first foot lever, and a bearing paired with the shaft. The shaft or the bearing includes a first member arranged on at least a portion of surfaces in contact with each other, and a second member formed of a material different from the first member and supporting the first member from a side opposite the surfaces. The surfaces are included in an inner area of a width of the first foot lever when the first foot lever is viewed perpendicular to the shaft. The first member and the second member are fixed in a sliding direction of the shaft and the bearing.

Abstract: A pedal device includes a case, a foot lever including a first portion located inside the case and a second portion located outside the case, the foot lever being arranged to be rotatable with respect to the case, a center of rotation of the foot lever being located between the first portion and the second portion, a first sensor detecting a position of the foot lever between a rest position and an end position, and a reaction force member contacting with the foot lever and applying a reaction force while the foot lever rotates from the rest position to the end position, the reaction force member being located corresponding to a portion opposite to the center of rotation of the first portion.

Abstract: A signal information distribution system includes: a storage unit configured to store therein a timing table including scheduled lighting intervals of the plurality of signal lights; a monitor unit configured to observe lighting and extinction of the plurality of signal lights; a generation unit configured to generate the signal information, based on an actual lighting interval, of a predetermined signal light among the plurality of signal lights, obtained from an observation result of the predetermined signal light, and on the scheduled lighting interval, of the predetermined signal light, included in the timing table; and a distribution unit configured to distribute, to the vehicles, the signal information generated by the generation unit.

Abstract: A steering column device includes a steering column; and a telescopic actuator. The steering column includes a first column member, a second column member assembled to the first column member in a manner of being displaceable relative to the first column member in an axial direction, and a low-friction sliding member disposed between the first column member and the second column member. The telescopic actuator includes a telescopic motor, and displaces the second column member in the axial direction with respect to the first column member by using the telescopic motor as a drive source.

Abstract: A signal information distribution system is configured to distribute, to vehicles, signal information including a lighting start time and a lighting continuation interval of each of a plurality of signal lights installed at an intersection, each signal light being configured to light in a predetermined color. The system includes: a storage unit configured to store a timing table including scheduled lighting intervals of the plurality of signal lights; a monitor unit configured to observe lighting and extinction of the plurality of signal lights; a generation unit configured to generate the signal information, based on an actual lighting interval, of a predetermined signal light, obtained from an observation result of the predetermined signal light, and on the scheduled lighting interval, of the predetermined signal light, included in the timing table; and a distribution unit configured to distribute, to the vehicles, the signal information generated by the generation unit.

Abstract: A film antenna receives a wireless signal transmitted by radio, a relay unit relays the received wireless signal to a television receiver, an LED indicator emits light based on a control signal transmitted from the television receiver, a storage case stores the film antenna, the relay unit and a light emitting unit, and a connection member connects the storage case to the television receiver. In addition, in a state of being connected to the television receiver, in a normal direction to a housing surface having a display unit on a housing of the television receiver, the storage case has a protruding section which further protrudes from the housing surface and stores the film antenna in the protruding section. For example, this disclosure can be applied to a receiving device having a receiving unit which receives the wireless signal.

Abstract: A signal generation device includes a memory configured to store instructions and a processor communicatively connected to the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to function as a signal generation unit to generate a sound signal based on key operation data associated with a key operation and a decay control unit to control a decay speed of the sound signal based on pedal operation data. The decay control unit is configured to control the decay speed to a first speed in a case where the pedal operation position is in a first range, and the decay control unit is configured to control the decay speed to a second speed in a case where the pedal operation position is in a second range. A first boundary position between the first and the second ranges is determined based on control information obtained by the key operation.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a connection device that can provide a new function for an electronic device. A film antenna receives a wireless signal transmitted by radio, a relay unit relays the received wireless signal to a television receiver, an LED indicator emits light based on a control signal transmitted from the television receiver, a storage case stores the film antenna, the relay unit and a light emitting unit, and a connection member connects the storage case to the television receiver. In addition, in a state of being connected to the television receiver, in a normal direction to a housing surface having a display unit on a housing of the television receiver, the storage case has a protruding section which further protrudes from the housing surface and stores the film antenna in the protruding section. For example, this disclosure can be applied to a receiving device having a receiving unit which receives the wireless signal.

Abstract: A suspension device has an upper shell having a stepped section around an inner circumferential surface; a lower shell; a ball screw shaft rotatably supported by the upper shell; a bearing unit arranged between a part of the ball screw shaft and the upper shell, and having an outer side part in a radial direction including a side surface that comes in contact with a side surface on the other side in the axial direction of the stepped section; a ball nut screwed on the ball screw shaft; an inner tube joined to the lower shell and the ball nut; an electric motor; and a coil spring, and a circumscribed circle diameter of the ball nut and the inner tube is less than an inner diameter dimension of the stepped section.

Abstract: A suspension device has an upper shell having a stepped section around an inner circumferential surface; a lower shell; a ball screw shaft rotatably supported by the upper shell; a bearing unit arranged between a part of the ball screw shaft and the upper shell, and having an outer side part in a radial direction including a side surface that comes in contact with a side surface on the other side in the axial direction of the stepped section; a ball nut screwed on the ball screw shaft; an inner tube joined to the lower shell and the ball nut; an electric motor; and a coil spring, and a circumscribed circle diameter of the ball nut and the inner tube is less than an inner diameter dimension of the stepped section.

Abstract: An electric vehicle drive device includes: a first motor; a second motor; a transmission mechanism coupled to the first motor and the second motor; and a control unit configured to control operation of the first motor and the second motor based on a drive signal. The transmission mechanism includes: a sun gear shaft coupled to the first motor; a first planetary gear mechanism; a second planetary gear mechanism; and a one-way clutch configured to restrict a rotation direction of a first carrier to a predetermined positive rotation direction. The drive signal includes gear change information indicating a first state in which the second motor is controlled based on torque or a second state in which the second motor is controlled based on rotation speed, and throttle information indicating an acceleration of rotation speed of a wheel.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide separation recovery method includes: bringing a particulate carbon dioxide adsorbent and a treatment target gas containing carbon dioxide into contact with each other to make the carbon dioxide adsorbent adsorb the carbon dioxide contained in the treatment target gas; and bringing the carbon dioxide adsorbent which has adsorbed the carbon dioxide and superheated steam into contact with each other to desorb the carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide adsorbent and thereby regenerate the carbon dioxide adsorbent, and recovering the desorbed carbon dioxide. A saturation temperature of the superheated steam which is brought into contact with the carbon dioxide adsorbent is not more than a temperature of the carbon dioxide adsorbent which contacts the superheated steam. The regenerated carbon dioxide adsorbent is utilized for adsorption of the carbon dioxide again without being subjected to a drying step.

Abstract: A coil component includes a magnetic core having a core portion; an insulation frame housing the magnetic core; an electrode terminal member provided on the insulation frame; and at least one coil, which is formed of an insulatingly coated lead wire and is electrically connected to the electrode terminal member, wherein at least one coil includes a winding portion wound around the insulation frame and the core portion so as to be in contact with a second wall portion and a fifth wall portion of the insulation frame.

Abstract: A signal information distribution system is configured to distribute, to vehicles, signal information including a lighting start time and a lighting continuation interval of each of a plurality of signal lights installed at an intersection, each signal light being configured to light in a predetermined color. The system includes: a storage unit configured to store a timing table including scheduled lighting intervals of the plurality of signal lights; a monitor unit configured to observe lighting and extinction of the plurality of signal lights; a generation unit configured to generate the signal information, based on an actual lighting interval, of a predetermined signal light, obtained from an observation result of the predetermined signal light, and on the scheduled lighting interval, of the predetermined signal light, included in the timing table; and a distribution unit configured to distribute, to the vehicles, the signal information generated by the generation unit.