Abstract: An air intake system for an internal combustion engine has a valve body that can open/close a passage cross section of a part of an air intake passage; a rotation shaft that extends to both sides of the valve body and supports rotation of the valve body; a valve accommodating recess that is formed on an inner wall surface of the air intake passage and accommodates therein the valve body; and a protruding line that is formed on an outer peripheral side surface of the valve body, which faces the valve accommodating recess, and extends along a shaft direction of the rotation shaft. The air intake system further has a communication passage that directly connects the valve accommodating recess and an intake port of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus and printing control method are provided in which when a moving speed of a printing object is changed, a difference in writing start position is reduced and printing quality is improved. The apparatus includes an ink container, a nozzle connected to the container for ejecting ink, a charging electrode to charge the ejected ink, a deflecting electrode to deflect the charged ink, a gutter to collect ink not used for printing, a writing start timing control circuit to generate a first line clock signal, a printing width control circuit to generate a second line clock signal, and a control part. The control part controls print start timing based on the first clock signal, and when the printing object reaches the printing start timing, the control part performs a width adjustment of a character string of printing content based on the second clock signal.

Abstract: A Si-containing high-strength cold rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition comprising C: 0.0˜20.3 mass %, Si: 0.8˜2.0 mass %, Mn: 1.0˜5.0 mass % and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities with a ratio of Si content to Mn content (Si/Mn) exceeding 0.4, and has a tensile strength TS of not less than 780 MPa, wherein a metallic structure of the steel sheet surface contains polygonal ferrite and/or bainitic ferrite having a Si concentration of not more than 3.0 mass % and a grain size of not more than 10 ?m and does not have a Si-containing oxide layer on the steel sheet surface.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet produces reduced noise when worked into a transformer, by setting length d of each plastic strain region in the widthwise direction of the steel sheet to 0.05 mm or more and 0.4 mm or less, and a ratio (?d/?w) of a total ?d of the length d to a total ?w of application interval w of each of the above plastic strain regions to 0.2 or more and 0.6 or less.

Abstract: An iron powder for dust cores is provided which can be formed into a dust core having a high resistivity and having a low iron loss without degrading the mechanical strength. The iron powder for dust cores includes an iron powder and an oxide film on the surface thereof, wherein the oxide film is composed of a Si-based oxide in which the ratio of Si to Fe satisfies Si/Fe?0.8 on an atomic number basis.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a surface-treated steel sheet which contains no Cr, which is excellent in wet resin adhesion, and which can be used as an alternative to a conventional tin-free steel sheet and to provide a resin-coated steel sheet produced by coating the surface-treated steel sheet with resin. A surface-treated steel sheet including an adhesive layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the steel sheet and which contains Ti and at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn, the ratio of the total amount of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn to the amount of Ti contained therein being 0.01 to ten on a mass basis, and a method for producing the surface-treated steel sheet.

Abstract: An air intake system for an internal combustion engine has a valve body that can open/close a passage cross section of a part of an air intake passage; a rotation shaft that extends to both sides of the valve body and supports rotation of the valve body; a valve accommodating recess that is formed on an inner wall surface of the air intake passage and accommodates therein the valve body; and a protruding line that is formed on an outer peripheral side surface of the valve body, which faces the valve accommodating recess, and extends along a shaft direction of the rotation shaft. The air intake system further has a communication passage that directly connects the valve accommodating recess and an intake port of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: The invention provides a hot dip galvanized steel sheet which has: a hot dip galvanizing layer having a flat part on a surface thereof; and a film formed on the flat part. The film is composed of a compound containing Zn, Fe, and O, having an average film thickness A in a range from 10 to 100 nm determined by an element analysis of the film, and has {[Fe]/([Zn]+[Fe])} in the film in a range from 0.002 to 0.25, where [Zn] and [Fe] designate the content (% by atom) of Zn and Fe in the film, respectively. Since the hot dip galvanized steel sheet of the invention has excellent press-formability, bondability, and phosphatability, it is suitable for automobiles and electrical appliances.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink particle generation unit that makes a pressurized ink injected from a nozzle into particles, a charging unit that electrically charges the ink particle of those subjected to particulation, which corresponds to a dot to be printed, a polarizing unit that polarizes the electrically charged ink particle in a polarizing electric field, a collection unit that allows a gutter to collect the ink particle corresponding to the dot that is not printed, and a character forming unit that forms a character as a dot matrix on a printing object. A phase detection charging signal is applied to the ink particle that is not used for printing when forming the dot matrix character so as to detect an optimum charging timing in a process of forming the dot matrix character.

Abstract: Flowability-improving particles are adhered to surfaces of iron powder through a binder to provide an iron-based powder for powder metallurgy which has excellent flowability and which is capable of uniformly filling a thin-walled cavity and compaction with high performance of ejection force.

Abstract: A verification value is calculated for an estimation result. The estimation result is corrected on the basis of the calculated verification value. This allows for output of a highly reliable estimation result. If it is determined that the class to which the state of a driver belongs has transitioned continuously, the estimation result is outputted. If it cannot be determined that the class to which the state of the driver belongs has transitioned continuously, a previous estimation result is outputted instead of the latest estimation result. This allows for output of a highly reliable estimation result.

Abstract: In an iron-based powder, 0.01% to 5.0% by mass of a flaky powder having an average particle size of longitudinal size of 100 or less, a thickness of 10 ?m or less, and an aspect ratio (longitudinal size-to-thickness ratio) of 5 or more with respect to the iron-based mixed powder is contained, whereby the flowability of an iron-based mixed powder is increased, the density of a green compact is increased, and ejection force is greatly reduced after compaction, thereby accomplishing an increase in product quality and a reduction in production cost.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-soluble deodorant composition that is highly safe, efficienctly eliminates odors of ammonia, amines and the like and is free of an irritant odor and the like. The present invention relates to an oil-soluble deodorant composition containing at least one of a dimer acids and a trimer acids as an active ingredient.

Abstract: In an iron powder for coating a seed, the mass percentage of an iron powder with a particle size of 63 ?m or less is 0% to 75%, the mass percentage of an iron powder with a particle size of more than 63 gm to 150 ?m is 25% to 100%, and the mass percentage of an iron powder with a particle size of more than 150 ?m is 0% to 50%. This allows the iron powder to form a coating from which the iron powder is unlikely to drop during not only seeding but also transportation and also allows an iron powder-coated seed coated with the iron powder to be obtained. The following iron powder and rice seed can be obtained: an iron powder, unlikely to damage rice seeds and easy to handle, for coating a rice seed and an iron powder-coated rice seed coated with the iron powder.

Abstract: A game system comprises a first game control portion which makes a user of a game machine play a first game and a second game control portion which makes a user of a user terminal machine different from the game machine play a second game. The game control portion, where game play contents of the second game and identification information of the user are stored in a state of being correlated with each other, updates game data based on game play contents in the second game by the user each time the user plays the second game. The first game control portion obtains as reference data at least one portion of the game data when the user plays the first game, and generate effect in the first game depending on the reference data obtained.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus and printing control method are provided in which when a moving speed of a printing object is changed, a difference in writing start position is reduced and printing quality is improved. The apparatus includes an ink container, a nozzle connected to the container for ejecting ink, a charging electrode to charge the ejected ink, a deflecting electrode to deflect the charged ink, a gutter to collect ink not used for printing, a writing start timing control circuit to generate a first line clock signal, a printing width control circuit to generate a second line clock signal, and a control part. The control part controls print start timing based on the first clock signal, and when the printing object reaches the printing start timing, the control part performs a width adjustment of a character string of printing content based on the second clock signal.

Abstract: A seed-covering agent, which covers a seed surface and contains an iron powder and a binder, is specified such that, in the above-described iron powder, the mass ratio of an iron powder having a particle size of 63 ?m or less to a total mass of the iron powder is 0% or more and 75% or less, the mass ratio of an iron powder having a particle size of more than 63 ?m and 150 ?m or less to the total mass of the iron powder is 25% or more and 100% or less, and the mass ratio of an iron powder having a particle size of more than 150 ?m to a total mass of the iron powder is 0% or more and 50% or less, and the average particle size of the above-described binder is 1 to 150 ?m.

Abstract: A broadcast receiving apparatus includes a first tuner configured to receive a broadcast wave from a specified broadcasting station, a second tuner configured to perform a frequency search for receivable broadcasting stations, a power supply unit configured to supply power to the first tuner and the second tuner, a traveling state detection unit configured to determine if a vehicle is moving or is stopped, a reception state detection unit configured to detect a reception state of a currently-received broadcast wave, and a control unit configured to control the first tuner, the second tuner, the power supply unit, the traveling state detection unit, and the reception state detection unit.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink particle generation unit that makes a pressurized ink injected from a nozzle into particles, a charging unit that electrically charges the ink particle of those subjected to particulation, which corresponds to a dot to be printed, a polarizing unit that polarizes the electrically charged ink particle in a polarizing electric field, a collection unit that allows a gutter to collect the ink particle corresponding to the dot that is not printed, and a character forming unit that forms a character as a dot matrix on a printing object. A phase detection charging signal is applied to the ink particle that is not used for printing when forming the dot matrix character so as to detect an optimum charging timing in a process of forming the dot matrix character.

Abstract: A reference value for detecting the initial state before a predetermined time elapses is set immediately after the vehicle begins to operate. The reference value functions as a relatively accurate indicator for indicating that the driver is highly alert. Thus, it is possible to accurately determine whether or not a driver is highly alert by comparing the aforementioned reference value with the blink frequency, which functions as an indicator for reflecting the current state of the driver.