Abstract: A removable unit that is attachable to and detachable from a body of an apparatus includes a positioning projection and an upstream projection. The positioning projection projects downward to position a unit or a member located below the removable unit when the removable unit is attached to the body. The upstream projection projects more downward than the positioning projection at an upstream end of the removable unit in an attachment direction of the removable unit to the apparatus. A lower end of the positioning projection is located higher than a line connecting a lower end of the upstream projection and a lower portion of a downstream end of the removable unit in the attachment direction when viewed in a direction orthogonal to both an up and down direction and the attachment direction.

Abstract: A traffic amount estimation system is a traffic amount estimation system that estimates a traffic amount of people in a predetermined time frame in an area that is an estimation target set in advance, the traffic amount estimation system including: a population information acquiring unit configured to acquire population information representing a population at a predetermined timing in the area that is the estimation target; a movement state information acquiring unit configured to acquire movement state information representing a movement state of each of a plurality of people in the area that is the estimation target; and an estimation unit configured to group the movement state information in accordance with moving directions represented by the movement state information and estimate the traffic amount on the basis of the grouped movement state information and the population information.

Abstract: A control device in one embodiment includes a first transmission unit, a first receiving unit, and a first generation unit. The first transmission unit is configured to transmit first performance data including contents of playing a keyboard instrument at a first communication base to a second communication base. The first receiving unit is configured to receive second performance data from the second communication base. The first generation unit is configured to generate a drive signal to produce a sound in accordance with the second performance data and output the drive signal to a sound generation device at the first communication base. At least one of the first performance data and the second performance data includes a key position signal indicating a key press amount on the keyboard instrument.

Abstract: A coil component includes an element body including a pair of end surfaces opposing each other, and a coil disposed in the element body. The coil includes at least one coil conductor. The element body includes a pair of first element body portions each including a corresponding end surface of the pair of end surfaces, and a second element body portion between the pair of first element body portions. The second element body portion includes a first region and a second region disposed at positions different from each other in the direction. The second region has relative permeability smaller than relative permeability of the first region and relative permittivity smaller than relative permittivity of the first region. The at least one coil conductor includes a coil conductor disposed in the second element body portion.

Abstract: A catheter includes a shaft, a first wire wound in a spiral shape around an axis of the shaft, and a second wire wound around the shaft in a direction opposite to that of the first wire in a first portion, and wound around the shaft in a direction identical to that of the first wire in a second portion. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a braided structure and the like having flexibility that differs depending on the area in an axial direction.

Abstract: A floor structure for a vehicle is capable of suppressing vibration of a floor panel with a simple structure. The floor structure for the vehicle includes: side sills, which are disposed on opposite outer sides of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction; a floor tunnel, which is disposed on an inner side in the vehicle width direction in parallel with the side sills; and a floor panel, which is disposed between the side sill and the floor tunnel, and includes a floor frame extending along a vehicle front-rear direction and multiple transverse beads extending along the vehicle width direction. At least a part of the transverse beads extends to a position overlapping with the floor frame and intersects with the floor frame.

Abstract: A floor structure for a vehicle includes: side sills, extending along a vehicle front-rear direction on outer sides in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle; a floor panel, disposed on inner sides of the side sills in the vehicle width direction, and including a panel section disposed below a cabin and a flange section joined to the side sill; and a floor cross member, disposed at a rear end of the floor panel in the vehicle front-rear direction. The panel section includes: a front panel section; and a rear panel section. The flange section is formed with a joggle section, and a rear end of the joggle section corresponds to the front panel section in the vehicle width direction. The floor cross member is sandwiched and joined by the side sill and the flange section at the joggle section and a first joint section is formed.

Abstract: A cleaning ball with a naturally derived material bonded to a surface of the cleaning ball for a condenser in a power plant is capable of performing efficient cleaning, and even if the material bonded to the surface of the ball is discharged to the ocean, the material does not cause damages to a marine environment. The cleaning ball includes a sponge rubber ball configured to deform and clean a heat transfer tube of the condenser; and a skin layer including crushed sand bonded to a surface of the sponge rubber ball. The crushed sand comprises sandstone containing granite particles, and the crushed sand has a particle size between 0.05 mm and 2.00 mm, and the skin layer is formed in concave and convex shapes on a non-deformed shape of the sponge rubber ball, and is configured to deform corresponding to deformation of the sponge rubber ball.

Abstract: A vehicle body rear section includes a rear floor pan (11), a floor pan reinforcement member (20), and a towing load receiving section. The rear floor pan (11) has an upper surface to which the spare tire (16) is fixed. The floor pan reinforcement member (20) is fixed to a lower surface of the rear floor pan (11). The towing load receiving section protrudes downward from a rear section of the rear floor pan (11). The floor pan reinforcement member (20) extends at least partially from a support position of the towing load receiving section toward a front side of a fixed position of the spare tire (16). An easy-deformable portion (22) with lower bending strength than that of front and rear regions is provided in front of the fixed position of the spare tire (16) in a reinforcement region of the rear floor pan (11).

Abstract: In a shift device, a shift position of a knob is altered as a result of a knob being rotated. Furthermore, a Hall IC on a wiring substrate detects a rotation position of a magnet in the knob, thereby enabling the shift position of the knob to be detected. Here, the Hall IC is placed on an outer side in a rotation radial direction of the magnet. Because of this, it is possible to enlarge the change in the relative position between the magnet and the Hall IC that is generated by the rotation of the magnet, thereby enabling the detection accuracy when detecting the shift position of the knob to be improved.

Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes a spare tire bracket which has a longer rear section than a front section thereof in the vehicle with respect to a spare tire fixing portion, a spare tire fixed to the spare tire fixing portion, and reinforcement member having a second inclination reinforcing portion extending upward from a rear section of a rear floor pan towards the front of the vehicle. The spare tire bracket has a first easy bending section provided behind the spare tire fixing portion in the vehicle. The reinforcement member has a second easy bending section provided behind the spare tire fixing portion in the vehicle.

Abstract: This vehicle body rear structure includes a tire pan provided to protrude downward from a floor of a vehicle rear section and including a spare tire fixing portion configured to fix a center portion of a spare tire, and a jack base provided on the tire pan, and the jack base extends downward from the tire pan on a rear side with respect to a vehicle body, and has a front end portion continuously extending from the spare tire fixing portion to a front side of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A cleaning ball with a naturally derived material bonded to a surface of the cleaning ball for a condenser in a power plant is capable of performing efficient cleaning, and even if the material bonded to the surface of the ball is discharged to the ocean, the material does not cause damages to a marine environment. The cleaning ball includes a sponge rubber ball configured to deform and clean a heat transfer tube of the condenser; and a skin layer including crushed sand bonded to a surface of the sponge rubber ball. The crushed sand comprises sandstone containing granite particles, and the crushed sand has a particle size between 0.05 mm and 2.00 mm, and the skin layer is formed in concave and convex shapes on a non-deformed shape of the sponge rubber ball, and is configured to deform corresponding to deformation of the sponge rubber ball.

Abstract: An intracardiac defibrillation catheter has improved operability when a distal end portion of the catheter having a first DC electrode group is inserted into a coronary sinus. The defibrillation catheter includes an insulating tube member having a distal end side tube and a proximal end side tube, a handle connected to a proximal end of the tube member, a first DC electrode group having a plurality of electrodes mounted at the distal end side tube, and a second DC electrode group having a plurality electrodes spaced apart toward a proximal end side from the first DC electrode group and mounted at the distal end side tube. The catheter performs defibrillation in a cardiac cavity by applying voltages having polarities that differ from each other to the first DC electrode group and the second DC electrode group. Bending rigidities of a catheter shaft increases stepwise from the distal end to the proximal end.

Abstract: A catheter has excellent in torque transmission properties to easily process a distal end portion of a catheter shaft to form a side hole, thereby protecting a lead wire that is inserted in a side hole. The catheter includes a shaft, ring-shaped electrodes that are mounted at an outer peripheral surface of a distal end portion of the shaft, and electrode lead wires. The shaft is made up of a braid that is embedded in a tube wall over an entire length of the shaft, side holes are formed in a tube wall of the distal end portion of the shaft, a distal end portion of each lead wire is joined to an inner peripheral surface of each electrode, the lead wires are inserted into the side holes and thus pass through meshes of the braid and enter a lumen of the shaft, and the side holes in which the lead wires are inserted are filled with a resin material.

Abstract: In a shift device, a shift position of a knob is altered as a result of a knob being rotated. Furthermore, a Hall IC on a wiring substrate detects a rotation position of a magnet in the knob, thereby enabling the shift position of the knob to be detected. Here, the Hall IC is placed on an outer side in a rotation radial direction of the magnet. Because of this, it is possible to enlarge the change in the relative position between the magnet and the Hall IC that is generated by the rotation of the magnet, thereby enabling the detection accuracy when detecting the shift position of the knob to be improved.

Abstract: An illumination switch device includes a push button, a plurality of indicator lenses, a holder, a detector, a plurality of light emitters, and a base. The push button has an internal space and an opening. Each indicator lens has a columnar shape. The indicator lenses are juxtaposed in the internal space of the push button. The holder holds the push button such that the push button is movable in a longitudinal direction of each indicator lens. The detector detects a displacement of the push button in the longitudinal direction. The light emitters are respectively disposed opposite one ends of the indicator lenses in the longitudinal direction. The base is made of an opaque resin, and covers side faces of the indicator lenses while being in tight contact with the side faces. The base is integrated with the indicator lenses.

Abstract: To provide information that serves as a criterion for determining which person in a group consisting of a plurality of persons should be solicited in order to achieve sales more easily. An information processing apparatus (10) includes a data receiving unit (11) that receives group information, the group information being data about a group consisting of, as members, a plurality of persons, an influence information generation unit (12) that analyzes the group information received by the data reception unit (11) and generates influence information, the influence information being data indicating a degree of influence of a member belonging to the group on another member belonging to the group, and data transmission unit (13) that transmits the influence information generated by the influence information generation unit (12) to another apparatus.

Abstract: A method for conditioning a polishing pad, which is configured to polish a wafer and attached to a rotatable discoid turntable, by using a conditioning head, the method being characterized by: moving the conditioning head in a radial direction of the turntable to perform the conditioning while rotating the polishing pad attached to the turntable by rotation of the turntable; and controlling a rotational speed of the turntable and a moving speed of the conditioning head in the radial direction of the turntable in correspondence with a distance of the conditioning head from a center of the turntable. Consequently, the method for conditioning a polishing pad which enables appropriately conditioning an entire polishing surface of the polishing pad can be provided.

Abstract: A rotary input device includes: a rotary operating unit which has an operating tubular portion formed from a first material and rotationally operated, and a gripper formed from a second material which has more elasticity than the operating tubular portion, the gripper covering an outer surface of a one-end side of the operating tubular portion; a casing which has the rotary operating unit disposed therein rotatably about an axis of the rotary operating unit, and which has a locking portion for restricting a rotational range of the rotary operating unit; and an input unit which transmits a predetermined signal with the rotation of the rotary operating unit. The operating tubular portion further includes, on the other-end side thereof, a portion to be locked that has a rotational range restricted to a predetermined rotational angle by the locking portion.