Abstract: The present invention enables to easily and accurately measure a joint of a robot apparatus, in particular, a lost motion of a driving system of the joint, and, to easily and accurately perform a diagnosis of a lifetime or a life expectancy of a joint mechanism of the robot apparatus based on a measured result.

Abstract: A main body portion is to be mounted to a housing by being inserted into the housing. An electrical wire insertion portion is provided in an end portion of the main body portion, defines an insertion opening into which a leading end portion of an electrical wire is to be inserted, and is configured to restrict movement of the electrical wire in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the electrical wire into the insertion opening. A conductive body connection portion is provided in the main body portion and is configured to be electrically connected to a conductive body of the electrical wire inserted into the insertion opening. A partner connection portion is provided in the main body portion and is configured to be electrically connected to a partner terminal.

Abstract: The copper alloy of the present invention contains 5% by mass to 25% by mass of Ni, 5% by mass to 10% by mass of Sn, 0.005% by mass to 0.5% by mass of element A (element A being at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb, Zr and Ti), and 0.005% by mass or more of carbon. In the copper alloy, the mole ratio of the carbon to the element A is 10.0 or less. The copper alloy may further contain 0.01% by mass to 1% by mass of Mn. In this copper alloy, the element A may be present as carbide.

Abstract: A high-pass notch filter includes an input port, an output port, a third SAW resonator, a first inductor element, and a second inductor element. The first SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a first frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The second SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a second frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The third SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a third frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The first inductor element has one end and another end. The one end is connected between the first SAW resonator and the third SAW resonator, and the other end is grounded. The second inductor element has one end and another end. The one end is connected between the second SAW resonator and the third SAW resonator, and the other end is grounded.

Abstract: A zoom lens comprises a first lens group (G1), a second lens group (G2), a third lens group (G3), a fourth lens group (G4), and a fifth lens group (G5) having positive refractive power. Upon zooming, the first lens group (G1), the second lens group (G2), the third lens group (G3), the fourth lens group (G4), and the fifth lens group (G5) are moved along an optical axis to change a distance between the first lens group (G1) and the second lens group (G2), a distance between the second lens group (G2) and the third lens group (G3), a distance between the third lens group (G3) and the fourth lens group (G4), and a distance between the fourth lens group (G4) and the fifth lens group (G5), in such a manner that the following conditional expression is satisfied. 2.30<f5/d4w<3.

Abstract: Feedback control is carried out on respective servomotors so that detection angles detected by respective input-side encoders become target angles to be obtained when a leading end of a robot has moved to a positioning completion position of a first motion. Subsequently, the position of the leading end of the robot is obtained on the basis of the detection angles detected by the respective output-side encoders. The time from a time point at which the detection angles detected by the input-side encoders are brought to the target angles through the feedback control to a time point at which a vibration width of the calculated position of the leading end of the robot relative to the positioning completion position converges within a convergence range is obtained. The obtained time is set in the stopping duration of the robot.

Abstract: Semi-closed control or fully closed control is selected as a control system for a joint using a motor configured to drive a joint of a robot arm via a reduction gear, an input-side encoder, and an output-side encoder, the semi-closed control being control in which an output of the input-side encoder is used, the fully closed control being control in which an output of the output-side encoder is used. A test run is performed plural times in which the robot arm is caused to perform a specific operation while semi-closed control is being performed on the joint, and semi-closed control or fully closed control is selected using outputs of the output-side encoder obtained in the test runs or in accordance with the content of a task that the robot arm is to be caused to perform.

Abstract: A chip type fuse excellent in resistance to climate conditions, where the fuse is able to operate stably under high temperature and high humidity environments. The fuse includes an insulative substrate; an under-glass layer formed on the insulative substrate; a fuse element formed on the under-glass layer; a pair of electrodes formed at both end sides of the fuse element; and an over-glass layer covering at least a fusing section of the fuse element; wherein the fuse element includes a layer where a first metal layer and a second metal layer are piled up, and a barrier layer consisting of a third metal layer, which covers the first metal layer and the second metal layer with a width that is wider than the width of the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The third metal layer overwraps the second metal layer and the first metal layer.

Abstract: A high-pass notch filter includes an input port, an output port, a third SAW resonator, a first inductor element, and a second inductor element. The first SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a first frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The second SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a second frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The third SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a third frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The first inductor element has one end and another end. The one end is connected between the first SAW resonator and the third SAW resonator, and the other end is grounded. The second inductor element has one end and another end. The one end is connected between the second SAW resonator and the third SAW resonator, and the other end is grounded.

Abstract: Feedback control is carried out on respective servomotors so that detection angles detected by respective input-side encoders become target angles to be obtained when a leading end of a robot has moved to a positioning completion position of a first motion. Subsequently, the position of the leading end of the robot is obtained on the basis of the detection angles detected by the respective output-side encoders. The time from a time point at which the detection angles detected by the input-side encoders are brought to the target angles through the feedback control to a time point at which a vibration width of the calculated position of the leading end of the robot relative to the positioning completion position converges within a convergence range is obtained. The obtained time is set in the stopping duration of the robot.

Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens having, in order from an object, a first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power, a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group (G4) having positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group (G1), the second lens group (G2) and the third lens group (G3) move along the optical axis for zooming, and the conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied. 8.000<?2T/?2W<12.000??(1) 2.000<?3T/?3W<5.000??(2) where ?2T denotes the lateral magnification of the second lens group (G2) in the telephoto end state, ?2W denotes the lateral magnification of the second lens group (G2) in the wide-angle end state, ?3T denotes the lateral magnification of the third lens group (G3) in the telephoto end state, and ?3W denotes the lateral magnification of the third lens group (G3) in the wide-angle end state.

Abstract: The present invention enables to easily and accurately measure a joint of a robot apparatus, in particular, a lost motion of a driving system of the joint, and, to easily and accurately perform a diagnosis of a lifetime or a life expectancy of a joint mechanism of the robot apparatus based on a measured result.

Abstract: The copper alloy of the present invention contains 5% by mass to 25% by mass of Ni, 5% by mass to 10% by mass of Sn, 0.005% by mass to 0.5% by mass of element. A (element A being at least one selected from the group consisting of Mb, Zr and Ti), and 0.005% by mass or more of carbon. In the copper alloy, the mole ratio of the carbon to the element A is 10.0 or less. The copper alloy may further contain 0.01% by mass to 1% by mass of Mn. In this copper alloy, the element A may be present as carbide.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel sterilization method capable of killing not only microorganisms in water, but also microorganisms in a gas. Specifically, the present invention provide a method for sterilizing a gas or liquid, comprising contacting a microorganism in a gas or liquid with a material containing an amorphous carbon having a sulfo group introduced therein.

Abstract: A robot apparatus includes a multi-joint robot including, in at least one portion, a joint including a motor, a speed reducer connected to the motor, an input angle detecting unit configured to detect a rotational angle of a rotating shaft of the motor, and an output angle detecting unit configured to detect an output rotational angle of the speed reducer, and a controller configured to diagnose a state of the speed reducer from an angle difference between the input rotational angle detected by the input angle detecting unit and the output rotational angle detected by the output angle detecting unit.

Abstract: Rotations of respective motors are controlled so that rotational angles of the respective motors become target angles in an operation completion position of a first operation (S1: robot operation step). After the robot operation step, a leading edge position of a robot is obtained based on joint angles detected by respective output side encoders (S5: leading edge position calculation step). A convergence time until an amplitude at the leading edge of the robot with respect to the operation completion position converges within an allowable range is estimated based on a time change of the calculated leading edge position (S6: estimation step). Rotational operations of the respective motors are paused from a time point at which the rotational angles of the respective motors are controlled to be the target angles to a time point at which an elapsed time reaches the estimated convergence time (S3 and S7: pause step).

Abstract: A casing for housing an occupant protection device unit is composed of a metallic base with its plate surfaces facing upward and downward, respectively, and a main body that is put on and mounted on the surface of the base. A bracket formed integrally with the base is composed of a plate-like leg extending laterally from the edge in the base and a fastening member that is integrally formed at an end of the leg and is bolted to the vehicle body. The leg is composed of a through-hole vertically passing therethrough and the two weak portions. The two weak portions are composed of two branching portions separated by the through-hole in the leg. If an excessive collision load is exerted on the bracket from the vehicle body, the two weak portions are torn off, thereby allowing the occupant protection control unit to be protected.

Abstract: Semi-closed control or fully closed control is selected as a control system for a joint using a motor configured to drive a joint of a robot arm via a reduction gear, an input-side encoder, and an output-side encoder, the semi-closed control being control in which an output of the input-side encoder is used, the fully closed control being control in which an output of the output-side encoder is used. A test run is performed plural times in which the robot arm is caused to perform a specific operation while semi-closed control is being performed on the joint, and semi-closed control or fully closed control is selected using outputs of the output-side encoder obtained in the test runs or in accordance with the content of a task that the robot arm is to be caused to perform.

Abstract: Provided is a chip type fuse excellent in resistance to climatic condition, where the fuse is able to operate stably under high temperature and high humidity environments. The fuse includes an insulative substrate; an under-glass layer formed on the insulative substrate; a fuse element formed on the under-glass layer; a pair of electrodes formed at both end sides of the fuse element; and an over-glass layer covering at least a fusing section of the fuse element; wherein the fuse element includes a layer where a first metal layer and a second metal layer are piled up, and a barrier layer consisting of a third metal layer, which covers the first metal layer and the second metal layer with width that is wider than the width of the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The third metal layer overwraps the second metal layer intervening and the first metal layer.

Abstract: Feedback control is carried out on respective servomotors so that detection angles detected by respective input-side encoders become target angles to be obtained when a leading end of a robot has moved to a positioning completion position of a first motion. Subsequently, the position of the leading end of the robot is obtained on the basis of the detection angles detected by the respective output-side encoders. The time from a time point at which the detection angles detected by the input-side encoders are brought to the target angles through the feedback control to a time point at which a vibration width of the calculated position of the leading end of the robot relative to the positioning completion position converges within a convergence range is obtained. The obtained time is set in the stopping duration of the robot.