Abstract: A throttle device includes a throttle body, a throttle valve, a throttle shaft, a throttle gear, and a coil spring. A cylindrical spring guide disposed in the coil spring is provided on the throttle body. A full-close stopper and a full-open stopper arranged at a prescribed interval in a circumferential direction are provided on the spring guide. A fully closed opening regulation lever includes a full-close abutment configured to abut against the full-close stopper and full-open abutment configured to abut against the full-open stopper.

Abstract: A slip sensor includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a member configured to elastically deform in accordance with a force. A difference between a resistance value set between a given pair of electrodes associated with a given first resistive portion and a resistance value set between a given pair of electrodes associated with a given second resistive portion facing the given first resistive portion continuously varies in accordance with elastic deformation of the member that is caused by a shear force.

Abstract: An object is to provide a cosmetic composition that: has a high soft focus effect, a high skin beautifying effect, and a high moisture retaining effect; is safe; and enables reduction in environmental impact. Yeast cell wall particles retaining shapes of yeast cell walls and having an average particle diameter ranging from 1 to 25 ?m are prepared and blended in a cosmetic composition.

Abstract: An augmentation apparatus (10) causes a generative model that generates data from a label to learn first data and second data to which a label has been added. In addition, the augmentation apparatus (10) uses the generative model that learned the first data and the second data to generate data for augmentation from the label added to the first data. In addition, the augmentation apparatus (10) adds the label added to the first data to augmented data obtained by integrating the first data and the data for augmentation.

Abstract: A throttle device includes a throttle body, a throttle valve, a throttle shaft, a throttle gear, and a coil spring. A cylindrical spring guide disposed in the coil spring is provided on the throttle body. A full-close stopper and a full-open stopper arranged at a prescribed interval in a circumferential direction are provided on the spring guide. A fully closed opening regulation lever includes a full-close abutment configured to abut against the full-close stopper and full-open abutment configured to abut against the full-open stopper.

Abstract: A gate valve that opens or closes opening parts of a valve box with a valve plate includes a valve rod that moves upward or downward and tilt inside the valve box; a drive mechanism that moves the valve rod upward or downward by a predetermined stroke and tilts the valve rod; a stopper mechanism that includes a spring return type stopper pin, and in which, when compressed air is supplied, a pin rod of the stopper pin moves forward in a horizontal direction, and a cam plate connected to the valve rod or a load receiving roller attached to the cam plate collides with the pin rod to regulate an upward movement of the valve rod. When the supply of the compressed air is stopped, the pin rod moves backward in the horizontal direction due to a reaction force of the spring, so that the cam plate or the load receiving roller does not collide with the pin rod and the regulation on the upward movement of the valve rod is released; and a vibration reducing device that reduces vibration.

Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a support member with a curved surface, a sensor body disposed on the support member, and a buffer member with which the sensor body is coated, the buffer member being configured to, in response to contacting an object, transfer a force applied from the object to the sensor body. The sensor body includes an insulating layer, multiple first resistive portions of which a longitudinal direction is directed to a first direction of each and that are juxtaposed on one side of the insulating layer, multiple second resistive portions of which a longitudinal direction of each is directed to a second direction intersecting with the first direction and that are juxtaposed on another side of the insulating layer, and a pair of electrodes provided at both end portions of each of the first resistive portions and the second resistive portions.

Abstract: A slip sensor includes a first insulating layer of which one side is a side of receiving a force and of which another side includes multiple first resistive portions, the first resistive portions, of which a longitudinal direction of each is directed to a first direction, being juxtaposed. The slip sensor includes a second insulating layer of which one side includes multiple second resistive portions, the second resistive portions, of which a longitudinal direction of each is directed to the first direction, being juxtaposed. The slip sensor includes a member disposed between the another side of the first insulating layer and the one side of the second insulating layer, the member being configured to elastically deform in accordance with the force. Each first resistive portion is disposed facing a given second resistive portion, the member being provided between a given first resistive portion and the given second resistive portion.

Abstract: A sensor chip includes a substrate, first supporting portions, a second supporting portion around which the first support portions are disposed, the second supporting portion being disposed at a center of the substrate, first detecting beams each connecting the first supporting portions, which are mutually adjacent, second detecting beams disposed in parallel with the first detecting beams between the first detecting beams and the second supporting portion, force points disposed in the first detecting beams so as to be applied with force, and a plurality of strain detecting elements disposed a predetermined positions of the first detecting beams and the second detecting beams, wherein the plurality of strain detecting elements includes a first detecting portion having a strain detecting element capable of detecting force in a first direction, and a second detecting portion having a strain detecting element disposed at a position symmetric relative to the first detecting portion.

Abstract: A gate valve that opens or closes opening parts of a valve box with a valve plate includes a valve rod that moves upward or downward and tilt inside the valve box; a drive mechanism that moves the valve rod upward or downward by a predetermined stroke and tilts the valve rod; a stopper mechanism that includes a spring return type stopper pin, and in which, when compressed air is supplied, a pin rod of the stopper pin moves forward in a horizontal direction, and a cam plate connected to the valve rod or a load receiving roller attached to the cam plate collides with the pin rod to regulate an upward movement of the valve rod. When the supply of the compressed air is stopped, the pin rod moves backward in the horizontal direction due to a reaction force of the spring, so that the cam plate or the load receiving roller does not collide with the pin rod and the regulation on the upward movement of the valve rod is released; and a vibration reducing device that reduces vibration.

Abstract: An object is to provide a cosmetic composition that: has a high soft focus effect, a high skin beautifying effect, and a high moisture retaining effect; is safe; and enables reduction in environmental impact. Yeast cell wall particles retaining shapes of yeast cell walls and having an average particle diameter ranging from 1 to 25 ?m are prepared and blended in a cosmetic composition.

Abstract: A sensor chip includes first support parts arranged at four corners and a second support part arranged at a center of a substrate, first detecting beams connecting adjacent first support parts to each other, second detecting beams provided in parallel to the first detecting beams between the first and second support parts, third detecting beams connecting the first and second connecting beams, in sets of the first and second detecting beams provided in parallel, force application points, arranged at intersections of the first and third detecting beams, and applied with the forces, and a plurality of distortion detection devices arranged at predetermined positions on the first, the second and the third detecting beams.

Abstract: A force sensor includes a sensor chip that detects displacements in multiple axial directions, and a strain body that transfers force applied thereto to the sensor chip. The strain body includes a sensor chip mount on which the sensor chip is mounted, multiple columns disposed around and apart from the sensor chip mount, and connecting beams via which the sensor chip mount is fixed to the columns.

Abstract: A drive gear and a driven gear meshing therewith are provided. The driven gear has a plurality of areas that provide driving loads variable with a rotational angle. Tooth widths of tooth portions included in the plurality of areas are set different from each other.

Abstract: The throttle device 1 includes a throttle body 10 having an intake passage 11, a throttle valve 12 arranged to rotate within the intake passage 11 for opening and closing the intake passage 11, and a throttle shaft 13 rotatably arranged with respect to the throttle body 10 which is integrally formed with and concomitantly rotatable with the throttle valve 12. A throttle gear 16 is fixed to the throttle shaft 13 and rotated by the actuator. A spring 20 biases the throttle gear 16 in a predetermined initial opening angle. A full-close stopper 15 is provided in the throttle body 10. The full-close stopper 15 restricts the throttle gear 16, which rotates in the opening and closing directions, from rotating past the fully closed angle position. A stopper member 20f is formed at the spring. An initial-open stopper 18 is provided in the throttle body 10 to restrict the stopper member 20f from rotating past the initial opening angle.

Abstract: A sensor chip includes first support parts arranged at four corners and a second support part arranged at a center of a substrate, first detecting beams connecting adjacent first support parts to each other, second detecting beams provided in parallel to the first detecting beams between the first and second support parts, third detecting beams connecting the first and second connecting beams, in sets of the first and second detecting beams provided in parallel, force application points, arranged at intersections of the first and third detecting beams, and applied with the forces, and a plurality of distortion detection devices arranged at predetermined positions on the first, the second and the third detecting beams.

Abstract: In an electric air flow control device for controlling the flow rate of air supplied to an engine, a drive unit and a throttle unit are formed separately from each other, and the drive unit and the throttle unit are integrally connected to open and close a throttle valve by a motor. An outer ring of a bearing attached to a rotating shaft of the throttle valve is used as a spigot joint to be inserted into both of a recess formed in the drive unit and a recess formed in the throttle unit, and the concentricity of the rotating shaft is obtained between the drive unit and the throttle unit.

Abstract: A force sensor includes a sensor chip that detects displacements in multiple axial directions, and a strain body that transfers force applied thereto to the sensor chip. The strain body includes a sensor chip mount on which the sensor chip is mounted, multiple columns disposed around and apart from the sensor chip mount, and connecting beams via which the sensor chip mount is fixed to the columns.

Abstract: A drive gear and a driven gear meshing therewith are provided. The driven gear has a plurality of areas that provide driving loads variable with a rotational angle. Tooth widths of tooth portions included in the plurality of areas are set different from each other.

Abstract: A gear transmission mechanism includes a second gear, a first gear forming tooth portions at an outer circumference of a sector-like gear body for meshing with the second gear, and a rotation restricting mechanism for setting a rotation limit of the first gear. The rotation restricting mechanism includes an abutment portion provided in the first gear and a stopper provided in the housing. At least one of an abutment face in which the abutment portion comes into abutment against the stopper and a stopper face in which the stopper comes into abutment against the abutment face includes an inclination portion for creating a component force from rotational force of the sector gear at the time of mutual abutment.