Abstract: A space is formed behind a radiator grille to ensure passage of air from an air hole into a vehicle. The radiator grille includes a planar mounting portion having an opening. A lidar assembly includes a lidar and an attachment. The attachment is fastened to the mounting portion using screws and bolts, thereby mounting the lidar assembly to the mounting portion. The lidar, in its mounted state, is exposed from the opening.

Abstract: To provide a hot-dip Al alloy coated steel sheet which is excellent in post-painting corrosion resistance and post-working corrosion resistance. Disclosed is a hot-dip Al alloy coated steel sheet comprising a coating formed by a coating layer and an interfacial alloy layer present at an interface between the coating layer and a base steel sheet, in which the interfacial alloy layer contains Mn, and the coating layer contains Mg2Si having a major axis length of 5 ?m or more.

Abstract: Provided is a burner tile that has good fire resistance, good heat resistance, good erosion resistance, and good thermal shock resistance. A burner tile 1E includes a molded inorganic fiber product and has a burner main hole 3E. The burner tile 1E includes an inner layer 120 including a combination of inorganic fiber rods 121 and 122 such that the inner layer 120 defines an inner circumferential surface of the main hole 3E, and an outer layer 130 formed by surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the inner layer 120 with the molded inorganic fiber product. Part of the burner tile 1E extending along the inner circumferential surface of the main hole 3E has a high bulk density achieved by highly concentrating an inorganic binder in the inorganic fiber in part including the inner circumferential surface.

Abstract: A method of processing a gallium nitride substrate, includes providing a gallium nitride substrate, polishing a surface of the gallium nitride substrate, and cleaning the polished surface of the gallium nitride substrate. The polished surface includes a GaL?/CK? peak intensity ratio in energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX) spectrum which is not less than 2, the EDX spectrum being obtained in an EDX of the surface of the gallium nitride substrate using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) at an accelerating voltage of 3 kV.

Abstract: A document scanning apparatus includes a controller configured to control an image scanner to scan a document sheet, thereby generating scanned image data, control a communication interface to transmit, to a storage, an instruction for inquiring whether there is one or more pieces of image data stored in a folder of the storage, control the communication interface to receive data existence information representing whether there is one or more pieces of image data stored in the folder, when the data existence information represents that there is one or more pieces of image data stored in the folder, control the communication interface to transmit, to the storage, an instruction to remove the one or more pieces of image data from the folder, and control the communication interface to transmit, to the storage, an instruction to store the scanned image data generated by the image scanner, into the folder.

Abstract: A control device for an engine includes a variable valve timing mechanism. The control device performs learning a holding control amount of a hydraulic valve when actual valve timing is held at a fixed timing in each of spring and non-spring regions, and an updating. The updating includes updating the control amount for the non-spring region whenever the control amount for the spring region learned drops below the control amount for the non-spring region to satisfy a relationship with the control amount for the non-spring region being less than or equal to the control amount for the spring region, and/or updating the control amount for the spring region whenever the control amount for the non-spring region learned exceeds the control amount for the spring region to satisfy a relationship with the control amount for the spring region being greater than or equal to the control amount for the non-spring region.

Abstract: A powder classifying apparatus for classifying powder that has a granularity distribution and recovering fine powder has: a casing provided with two disc-shaped members and a surrounding wall member, a disc-shaped hollow section for classifying powder using a spinning airflow in the interior thereof being formed on the inner side of the casing; at least one powder supply opening for supplying powder into the disc-shaped hollow section; a discharge section for discharging air including fine powder discharged from the disc-shaped hollow section; a recovery unit formed in the thickness-wise center of the surrounding wall member of the casing and provided with a slit-shaped opening for recovering coarse powder discharged from the disc-shaped hollow section; and two air introduction units provided with a plurality of air introduction devices for introducing air into the disc-shaped hollow section in order to form the rotational airflow inside the disc-shaped hollow section.

Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes a controller. The controller controls the relative rotation phase of the exhaust camshaft in accordance with the relative rotation phase of the intake camshaft. When a request for locking the relative rotation phase of the intake camshaft at an intermediate phase is generated, the controller controls the relative rotation phase of the exhaust camshaft such that the relative rotation phase of the exhaust camshaft is changed to a phase corresponding to the intermediate phase independently from the relative rotation phase of the intake camshaft.

Abstract: Provided is a burner tile that has good fire resistance, good heat resistance, good erosion resistance, and good thermal shock resistance. A burner tile 1E includes a molded inorganic fiber product and has a burner main hole 3E. The burner tile 1E includes an inner layer 120 including a combination of inorganic fiber rods 121 and 122 such that the inner layer 120 defines an inner circumferential surface of the main hole 3E, and an outer layer 130 formed by surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the inner layer 120 with the molded inorganic fiber product. Part of the burner tile 1E extending along the inner circumferential surface of the main hole 3E has a high bulk density achieved by highly concentrating an inorganic binder in the inorganic fiber in part including the inner circumferential surface.

Abstract: The invention reduces generation of particles. An embodiment of the preset invention includes a target holder (6) for holding a target (4), a power source (12) for applying a power to the target holder (6), a substrate holder (7), a first shutter (14) capable of opening and closing between the target (4) and the substrate holder (7), a second shutter (19) located closer to the substrate holder (7) than to the first shutter (14), and capable of opening and closing between the target holder (6) and the substrate holder (7), and a controller (con) for controlling the power source (12) and the first and second shutters (14), (19). The controller (con) applies a first power to the target holder (6) in the state where the first shutter (14) is closed, then opens the first shutter (14), and further applies a second power higher than the first power to the target holder (6) in the state where the second shutter (19) is closed.

Abstract: A powder classifying apparatus for classifying powder that has a granularity distribution and recovering fine powder has: a casing provided with two disc-shaped members and a surrounding wall member, a disc-shaped hollow section for classifying powder using a spinning airflow in the interior thereof being formed on the inner side of the casing; at least one powder supply opening for supplying powder into the disc-shaped hollow section; a discharge section for discharging air including fine powder discharged from the disc-shaped hollow section; a recovery unit formed in the thickness-wise center of the surrounding wall member of the casing and provided with a slit-shaped opening for recovering coarse powder discharged from the disc-shaped hollow section; and two air introduction units provided with a plurality of air introduction devices for introducing air into the disc-shaped hollow section in order to form the rotational airflow inside the disc-shaped hollow section.

Abstract: A control device for an engine includes a variable valve timing mechanism. The control device performs learning a holding control amount of a hydraulic valve when actual valve timing is held at a fixed timing in each of spring and non-spring regions, and an updating. The updating includes updating the control amount for the non-spring region whenever the control amount for the spring region learned drops below the control amount for the non-spring region to satisfy a relationship with the control amount for the non-spring region being less than or equal to the control amount for the spring region, and/or updating the control amount for the spring region whenever the control amount for the non-spring region learned exceeds the control amount for the spring region to satisfy a relationship with the control amount for the spring region being greater than or equal to the control amount for the non-spring region.

Abstract: A method of processing a gallium nitride substrate, includes providing a gallium nitride substrate, polishing a surface of the gallium nitride substrate, and cleaning the polished surface of the gallium nitride substrate. The polished surface includes a GaL?/CK? peak intensity ratio in energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX) spectrum which is not less than 2, the EDX spectrum being obtained in an EDX of the surface of the gallium nitride substrate using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) at an accelerating voltage of 3 kV.

Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes a controller. The controller controls the relative rotation phase of the exhaust camshaft in accordance with the relative rotation phase of the intake camshaft. When a request for locking the relative rotation phase of the intake camshaft at an intermediate phase is generated, the controller controls the relative rotation phase of the exhaust camshaft such that the relative rotation phase of the exhaust camshaft is changed to a phase corresponding to the intermediate phase independently from the relative rotation phase of the intake camshaft.

Abstract: The invention reduces generation of particles. An embodiment of the preset invention includes a target holder (6) for holding a target (4), a power source (12) for applying a power to the target holder (6), a substrate holder (7), a first shutter (14) capable of opening and closing between the target (4) and the substrate holder (7), a second shutter (19) located closer to the substrate holder (7) than to the first shutter (14), and capable of opening and closing between the target holder (6) and the substrate holder (7), and a controller (con) for controlling the power source (12) and the first and second shutters (14), (19). The controller (con) applies a first power to the target holder (6) in the state where the first shutter (14) is closed, then opens the first shutter (14), and further applies a second power higher than the first power to the target holder (6) in the state where the second shutter (19) is closed.

Abstract: In a variable valve actuation system capable of changing the angle of action of intake valves by using an actuator whose movement range is between a high end and a low end at which the movement of the actuator is mechanically stopped, it is determined that a fixation is present on condition that the actual amount of movement of the actuator in response to a command A for movement toward the low end that is issued when the present movement position of the actuator is unknown is not more than a prescribed movement criterion value a and that the actual amount of movement in response to a command B output subsequently to the command A in order to cause the actuator to operate in a direction opposite to the direction of the movement in response to the command B is not more than a prescribed movement criterion value b.

Abstract: A gallium nitride substrate includes a plurality of physical level differences in a surface thereof. All the physical level differences existing in the surface have a dimension of not more than 4 ?m. A relationship of (H?L)/H×100?80 is satisfied in all the physical level differences, where H represents a higher value of cathodoluminescence emission intensities of a wavelength corresponding to a bandgap of the gallium nitride substrate, and L represents a lower value of the cathodoluminescence emission intensities, the cathodoluminescence emission intensities being measured in an upper step and a lower step of the physical level difference.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus, including: a recording device; discharge trays; a discharge mechanism; detectors; an input device through which is inputted authentication information relating to image data; and a controller including: an image-data reception portion; an authentication-information confirming portion to make a confirmation as to whether the authentication information contains specific information; a confirmation-necessity judging portion to judge whether the confirmation by the confirming portion with respect to the image data is necessary; a selecting portion to select one discharge tray on which the recording medium is not placed, wherein, where the judging portion judges that the confirmation is necessary, the controller permits selection of the one discharge tray, controls the recording device to record the image based on the image data after the confirmation that the authentication information contains the specific information, and controls the discharge mechanism to discharge, to the select

Abstract: A gallium nitride substrate includes a plurality of physical level differences in a surface thereof. All the physical level differences existing in the surface have a dimension of not more than 4 ?m. A relationship of (H?L)/H×100?80 is satisfied in all the physical level differences, where H represents a higher value of cathodoluminescence emission intensities of a wavelength corresponding to a bandgap of the gallium nitride substrate, and L represents a lower value of the cathodoluminescence emission intensities, the cathodoluminescence emission intensities being measured in an upper step and a lower step of the physical level difference.

Abstract: In a variable valve actuation system capable of changing the angle of action of intake valves by using an actuator whose movement range is between a high end and a low end at which the movement of the actuator is mechanically stopped, it is determined that a fixation is present on condition that the actual amount of movement of the actuator in response to a command A for movement toward the low end that is issued when the present movement position of the actuator is unknown is not more than a prescribed movement criterion value a and that the actual amount of movement in response to a command B output subsequently to the command A in order to cause the actuator to operate in a direction opposite to the direction of the movement in response to the command B is not more than a prescribed movement criterion value b.