Abstract: A sintered bearing includes a cylindrical portion, one-side increased-diameter portion and another-side increased-diameter portion. A metal structure of the another-side increased-diameter portion has a higher density than a metal structure of a core portion of the sintered compact. A metal structure of the cylindrical portion has an expansion along a direction of ironing by the sizing core and a higher density than the metal structure of the another-side increased-diameter portion. A metal structure of the one-side increased-diameter portion has an expansion along a direction of ironing by the sizing core and a higher density than the metal structure of the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: An electronic pen includes a tubular casing, and a first coupling member and a second coupling member that are coupled to each other in a hollow portion of the casing in an axial direction of the casing. In the axial direction, the first coupling member and the second coupling member are coupled to each other while partially overlapping each other, and in a coupling portion between the first coupling member and the second coupling member, a welded portion that attaches the first coupling member and the second coupling member to each other is formed.

Abstract: A superconducting wire has a tape-like shape, and includes a superconducting layer. An amount of heat required to raise temperature from 77 K to 300 K, for a unit region having a length of 1 m and a width of 4 mm in the superconducting wire, is more than or equal to 200 J and less than or equal to 500 J.

Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and a controller circuit that includes a physical layer and is configured to store information defining a plurality of low power consumption modes for setting the physical layer to a low power consumption state while controlling the physical layer according to a first standard, and control input and output of signals between the physical layer and the nonvolatile semiconductor memory according to a second standard. The controller circuit selects one of the low power consumption modes based on a data transfer state of the physical layer.

Abstract: An oil cooling structure of an engine is provided that is capable of enhancing cooling performance of oil while preventing an increase in number of components or an increase in required space from being involved as much as possible. In an oil cooling structure of an engine in which a transmission case is attached to one end wall of an engine body, and a transmission mechanism for an accessory drive is provided in the transmission case, the transmission case is formed into a potlid-shaped body having a plurality of rib walls along a front-rear direction, and is attached to an engine front wall with an engine cooling fan, and case inner chamber portions partitioned by the rib walls in the transmission case are configured as a transporting passage of oil circulated by an oil pump.

Abstract: An oxide superconducting wire includes an oriented metal substrate, an intermediate layer formed on the oriented metal substrate, and an oxide superconducting layer formed on the intermediate layer. The oriented metal substrate has an in-plane orientation ?? of 7° or less. The intermediate layer is formed of a single layer.

Abstract: To provide an observation system and a light source control apparatus capable of more efficiently generating observation light to be used for special observation different from normal observation, and enabling the special observation to be more efficiently performed. An observation system includes: a plurality of light sources that emits light of different wavelength bands that can be combined to generate white light; an optical system that irradiates an observation object with first light that includes light emitted from some of the plurality of light sources; an imaging device that captures an image of the observation object irradiated with the first light; and a light source control unit that controls the quantity of the first light on the basis of the luminance of a pixel corresponding to a predetermined wavelength band in the captured image.

Abstract: A cooling structure of a water-cooled engine includes: a plurality of cylinders 2 arranged in a cylinder block 1; and a water jacket W formed around the plurality of cylinders 2. The water jacket W includes a pair of main flow paths 7, 8 formed in a state of extending in a cylinder arrangement direction outside the cylinders, and inter-bore flow paths 9, 10 formed between adjacent cylinders 2 in a state of connecting the pair of main flow paths 7, 8. Guide walls 11h, 13h, capable of guiding the cooling water flowing in the main flow paths 7, 8 to the inter-bore flow paths 9, 10, are formed in the cylinder block 1.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein, relates to a filter-less particle separation unit (FLPS) for a gas monitoring system. The filter-less particle separation unit includes, an inlet that defines an annular flow passage to facilitate an inflow of a fluid in the FLPS. In this regard, the annular flow passage between a first end and a second end of the inlet, defines an acceleration nozzle that is operable to accelerate the inflow, and eject the fluid at a defined volumetric flow rate. The FLPS further includes, a particle separating zone having a cavity of a defined form factor. The particle separation zone is operable to separate any particulate material that may be present in the fluid. Further, the FLPS includes an outlet operable to facilitate an outflow of filtered fluid to an input port of the gas monitoring system that measures a concentration of a reactive gas present in the fluid.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a transmission device configured to sequentially transmit a first packet and a second packet containing data to be stored in contiguous logical addresses of a destination device, to the transmission destination device. The first packet includes a first header, and the second packet includes a second header smaller in size than the first header.

Abstract: A superconducting wire includes a multilayer stack and a covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer). The multilayer stack includes a substrate having a main surface and a superconducting material layer formed on the main surface. The covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer) is disposed on at least the superconducting material layer. A front surface portion of the covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer) located on the superconducting material layer (front surface portion of the stabilizing layer or upper surface of the protective layer) has a concave shape.

Abstract: An electric inertia control device 5A simulates the behavior of an inertial body having a predetermined set moment of inertia Jset by means of a dynamometer, and is provided with: an inertia compensator 51A which generates a torque signal by multiplying a signal obtained by subtracting a shaft torque detection signal T12 from a higher-level command torque signal T* by the ratio of a moment of inertia J1 of the dynamometer to the set moment of inertia Jset, and generates an inertia compensation torque signal Tref by summing the torque signal and the shaft torque detection signal J1; and a resonance suppression control circuit 53A which uses the inertia compensation torque signal Tref and the shaft torque detection signal T12 to generate a torque current command signal T1 in such a way as to suppress resonance in a mechanical system including a test piece and the dynamometer.

Abstract: A superconducting wire includes: a first wire including a first superconducting material layer having a first main surface; a second wire including a second superconducting material layer having a second main surface; a third wire including a third superconducting material layer having a third main surface; a first superconducting material joining layer that joins the first main surface to the second main surface; and a second superconducting material joining layer that joins the second main surface to the third main surface. The first wire has a first end surface. The third wire has a second end surface. The second end surface faces the first end surface with a space being interposed between the second end surface and the first end surface. The space is more than or equal to 10 nm and less than 1 mm.

Abstract: An ACM-ECU executes a first switching control for switching from a phase fixed control to a phase variable control, or a second switching control for switching from the phase variable control to the phase fixed control, simultaneously with detecting or after having detected switching of a gear position by a gear position detecting function. A current waveform map is used at a time of execution of the phase variable control, and a correction map is used at a time of execution of the phase fixed control.

Abstract: A neutron capture therapy system includes a therapy table on which an irradiation target is placed, a neutron beam irradiation unit which irradiates the irradiation target placed on the therapy table with a neutron beam, a position measurement unit which measures a position of the irradiation target placed on the therapy table, and a radiation dose distribution output unit which outputs a radiation dose distribution of a neutron beam used for irradiating the irradiation target, based on an amount of positional misalignment of the position of the irradiation target measured by the position measurement unit.

Abstract: A superconducting wire according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a superconducting layer having a third surface and a fourth surface; and respective coating layers. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The fourth surface is opposite to the third surface. The superconducting layer is disposed on the substrate such that the third surface faces the second surface. The respective coating layers are disposed on the first surface and the fourth surface. Adhesion strength between the substrate and the coating layer disposed on the first surface is lower than adhesion strength between the superconducting layer and the coating layer disposed on the fourth surface.

Abstract: A shaft torque control device executes highly responsive shaft-torque control even when spring rigidity of a connection shaft connecting an engine and dynamometer varies, and has a feedback control system including a nominal plant imitating input-output characteristics of a test system, generalized plant having nominal plant; controller providing an input with use of outputs and variation term causing variation in the nominal plant on the basis of a variation transfer function. In the controller, setting is made to satisfy a design condition. Nominal plant is structured with a two-inertia system configured by connecting two inertia bodies via a shaft having spring rigidity equal to a predetermined nominal value set to be a lower limit value in an assumed variation range of spring rigidity of the connection shaft. The variation transfer function is a positive real function. Spring rigidity in the nominal plant Na increases from the nominal value.

Abstract: A computer of an active vibration damping device calculates operation command values for an actuator from rotation information of a drive source, and corrects the operation command values in accordance with an internal temperature of the actuator. The computer applies a drive voltage to the actuator using a voltage duty ratio based on the corrected operation command values. The computer also estimates the internal temperature on the basis of an average duty ratio as an average of the voltage duty ratios in a predetermined interval.

Abstract: In a reflection mirror having a concave curved reflection surface, when a surface of the reflection mirror on the side where the reflection surface is formed is a front surface, a surface thereof opposite to the front surface is a rear surface, a direction parallel to an optical axis of the reflection mirror is a first direction, and a direction from the front surface toward the rear surface which is oriented to one side in the first direction is a second direction, the rear surface of the reflection mirror has a flat surface orthogonal to the first direction and a wall surface that rises from at least a part of a region around the flat surface toward the second direction.

Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for detecting gas using a wide band light source, and at least two narrow band light sensors, wherein each sensor may be operable to detect light at a different range of wavelengths. Additionally, the gas detector device may comprise a color changing indicator operable to react with gas in the air to change color, wherein different gases may react to create different colors, and wherein the sensors detect light reflected by the color changing indicator from the wide band light source. The gas detector device may comprise a processor in communication with the at least two light sensors operable to receive detected reflected wavelength information from the light sensors, and determine the type of gas that reacted with the color changing indicator based on the color detected by the sensors, wherein each color may be associated with a different type of gas.