Abstract: A heater element includes: a honeycomb structure including an outer peripheral wall and partition walls disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition walls defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from a first end face to a second end face to form a flow path; a pair of electrode layers provided on the outer peripheral wall and the partition walls on the first end face and the second end face; and terminals capable of electrically connecting the electrode layers to a conducting wire. At least a part of each of the electrode layers has an extending portion extending outwardly from an outer edge of each of the first end face and the second end face. Each of the terminals is connected to the extending portion and disposed to face a side surface of the honeycomb structure.

Abstract: A motion state monitoring system, a training support system, a motion state monitoring method, and a program capable of suitably managing measurement results according to an attaching direction of a sensor are provided. A motion state monitoring system according to the present disclosure monitors a motion state of a target part of a subject's body. The motion state monitoring system includes an acquisition unit, an attaching direction detection unit, and a control processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires sensing information of a sensor attached to the target part. The attaching direction detection unit detects an attaching direction of the sensor. The control processing unit outputs information related to the sensing information in association with the attaching direction.

Abstract: This machine tool is provided with an arm for exchanging a tool between a main shaft in a machining chamber and a secondary tool standby position in a tool holding chamber, a shutter which is provided in an opening defined in a wall which partitions between the machining chamber and the tool holding chamber, a first motor for opening and closing the shutter, a shutter position detector which can detect the position of the shutter in the entire range between the fully open position and the fully closed position, a storage device which stores a prescribed position of the shutter associated with a prescribed operation of the arm and a control device which is configured to perform a prescribed operation of the arm on the basis of the position of the shutter detected by the shutter position detector and the prescribed position of the shutter stored in the storage device.

Abstract: This machine tool is provided with an arm for exchanging a tool between a main shaft in a machining chamber and a secondary tool standby position in a tool holding chamber, a shutter which is provided in an opening defined in a wall which partitions between the machining chamber and the tool holding chamber, a first motor for opening and closing the shutter, a shutter position detector which can detect the position of the shutter in the entire range between the fully open position and the fully closed position, a storage device which stores a prescribed position of the shutter associated with a prescribed operation of the arm and a control device which is configured to perform a prescribed operation of the arm on the basis of the position of the shutter detected by the shutter position detector and the prescribed position of the shutter stored in the storage device.

Abstract: A method measures a meandering amount of a strip, which is capable of reducing troubles. In the method of measuring a meandering amount of a strip during conveyance, an imaging means is arranged in one side of the strip at a state of tilting an optical axis thereof to a pass line plane of the strip and a light is arranged in the other side of the strip to irradiate light to the strip from the back of the strip viewing from the imaging means, and the strip is shot by the imaging means from an oblique side to include both edges of the strip and the edge of the strip is detected with an image shot by the imaging means and a meandering amount of the strip is calculated based on the detected edge position information of the strip from a standard position.

Abstract: A sealing structure with an annular pocket and a sealing device includes an annular pocket and a sealing device. The pocket is provided in a slinger, and the sealing device is attached to a housing of a differential device. The slinger is arranged on an output shaft of the differential device. A recessed part of the pocket is defined by an inner peripheral tubular portion, an outer peripheral tubular portion and a bottom portion of the slinger. The outer peripheral surface of the pocket is formed in the outer peripheral tubular portion of the slinger. The outer peripheral surface of the pocket increases in diameter toward the outside in an axis direction. A side lip of the sealing device extends in the outward direction, and an annular gap is formed between the side lip and the pocket.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detection apparatus easily detects characteristics of an object with respect to terahertz electromagnetic waves having different polarization directions. The apparatus includes: a first transceiver that transmits a first terahertz electromagnetic wave having a first polarization direction to a medium; a second transceiver that transmits a second terahertz electromagnetic wave having a second polarization direction different from the first polarization direction to the medium; and circuitry that detects a characteristic of the medium from portions of the first terahertz electromagnetic wave and the second terahertz electromagnetic wave that pass through the medium and are received by the first transceiver and the second transceiver respectively.

Abstract: To provide a sealing structure with an annular pocket and a sealing apparatus that can efficiently reduce exposure of a seal lip of the sealing apparatus to foreign matter entering from the outside. In a sealing structure (1) with a torsional damper and an oil seal, a hub pocket (30) has an outer circumferential surface (31) in an annular shape centered about an axis x that extends along the axis x and is formed in an outer shell part (33) that is opposed to a shaft member on an outer periphery side, a dust discharging hole (36s) or a dust discharging groove (36sa) connected to the hub pocket (30) is formed in the outer shell part (33), and the dust discharging hole (36s) or the dust discharging groove (36sa) is inclined at a predetermined angle in such a manner that a discharge opening (36sout) is directed in an opposite direction to a rotational direction of the shaft member.

Abstract: A sealing structure includes a hub, an outer-periphery-side mass body, an outer-periphery-side damper elastic body, an inner-periphery-side mass body, and an inner-periphery-side damper elastic body. The hub is attached to one end of a rotary shaft of an object to be attached. The oil seal includes a seal lip in an annular shape and a side lip in an annular shape and is oriented to the inner-periphery-side mass body, is attached in a through hole in the object to be attached, and hermetically seals a void between the hub and the object to be attached. The inner-periphery-side mass body forms at least a part of a pocket which is composed of a recessed portion in an annular shape, and the side lip forms a labyrinth seal which is composed of a gap in an annular shape between the side lip and the pocket.

Abstract: A method measures a meandering amount of a strip, which is capable of reducing troubles. In the method of measuring a meandering amount of a strip during conveyance, an imaging means is arranged in one side of the strip at a state of tilting an optical axis thereof to a pass line plane of the strip and a light is arranged in the other side of the strip to irradiate light to the strip from the back of the strip viewing from the imaging means, and the strip is shot by the imaging means from an oblique side to include both edges of the strip and the edge of the strip is detected with an image shot by the imaging means and a meandering amount of the strip is calculated based on the detected edge position information of the strip from a standard position.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, pressurized fuel is directly injected from a fuel injection valve into a cylinder, and a fuel pressure is controlled to a target fuel pressure. A target fuel pressure during early depressurization is calculated on the basis of a target amount of intake air that is a target load of an internal-combustion engine, a target fuel pressure during a normal state is set on the basis of an actual amount of intake air that is an actual load of the internal-combustion engine, and a lower one of the target fuel pressure during early depressurization and the target fuel pressure during a normal state is set as the target fuel pressure.

Abstract: A sealing structure with a torsional damper and an oil seal includes a damper pulley serving as a torsional damper and an oil seal. The damper pulley has an annular hub pocket that is recessed in the outer side direction and extends in the circumferential direction along a boss part of a hub. The oil seal includes a side lip that extends toward the outer side. An outer circumferential surface of the hub pocket increases in a diameter toward the outer side, the side lip of the oil seal does not enter inside the hub pocket, and an annular gap is formed between an outer side end of the side lip and an inner side end of the outer circumferential surface of the hub pocket.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, pressurized fuel is directly injected from a fuel injection valve into a cylinder, and a fuel pressure is controlled to a target fuel pressure. A target fuel pressure during early depressurization is calculated on the basis of a target amount of intake air that is a target load of an internal-combustion engine, a target fuel pressure during a normal state is set on the basis of an actual amount of intake air that is an actual load of the internal-combustion engine, and a lower one of the target fuel pressure during early depressurization and the target fuel pressure during a normal state is set as the target fuel pressure.

Abstract: A sealing structure allows for formation of a labyrinth structure between an oil seal and a torsional vibration damper even when the oil seal does not include a side lip. The oil seal 100 includes an oil lip 121 provided such as to be slidable on an outer circumferential surface of a tubular part 210, and a dust lip 122 provided further on an air side (A) than the oil lip 121 and slidable on the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part 210. An annular member 250 is further provided, which is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part 210 further on the air side (A) than the dust lip 122 and covering an outer circumferential surface of the dust lip 122 such that there is a gap between the annular member 250 itself and the outer circumferential surface of the dust lip 122.

Abstract: A sealing structure with an annular pocket and a sealing device includes an annular pocket and a sealing device. The pocket is provided in a slinger, and the sealing device is attached to a housing of a differential device. The slinger is arranged on an output shaft of the differential device. A recessed part of the pocket is defined by an inner peripheral tubular portion, an outer peripheral tubular portion and a bottom portion of the slinger. The outer peripheral surface of the pocket is formed in the outer peripheral tubular portion of the slinger. The outer peripheral surface of the pocket increases in diameter toward the outside in an axis direction. A side lip of the sealing device extends in the outward direction, and an annular gap is formed between the side lip and the pocket.

Abstract: A chain-type tool magazine for detachably holding a plurality of pots on a chain and circulating the pots, provided with: U-shaped link members having openings for detachably holding pots, the link members having first rollers protruding on the side of the openings and second rollers on the side opposite from the opening; link members which do not have a roller; a chain assembly in which the plurality of link members are alternately joined by pins in an endless manner; guides for guiding the first rollers and the second rollers so that the chain assembly bends in the forward and reverse directions and circulates in a meandering manner; and driving means for circularly driving the chain assembly.

Abstract: A sealing structure includes a hub, an outer-periphery-side mass body, an outer-periphery-side damper elastic body, an inner-periphery-side mass body, and an inner-periphery-side damper elastic body. The hub is attached to one end of a rotary shaft of an object to be attached. The oil seal includes a seal lip in an annular shape and a side lip in an annular shape and is oriented to the inner-periphery-side mass body, is attached in a through hole in the object to be attached, and hermetically seals a void between the hub and the object to be attached. The inner-periphery-side mass body forms at least a part of a pocket which is composed of a recessed portion in an annular shape, and the side lip forms a labyrinth seal which is composed of a gap in an annular shape between the side lip and the pocket.

Abstract: To provide a sealing structure with an annular pocket and a sealing apparatus that can efficiently reduce exposure of a seal lip of the sealing apparatus to foreign matter entering from the outside. In a sealing structure (1) with a torsional damper and an oil seal, a hub pocket (30) has an outer circumferential surface (31) in an annular shape centered about an axis x that extends along the axis x and is formed in an outer shell part (33) that is opposed to a shaft member on an outer periphery side, a dust discharging hole (36s) or a dust discharging groove (36sa) connected to the hub pocket (30) is formed in the outer shell part (33), and the dust discharging hole (36s) or the dust discharging groove (36sa) is inclined at a predetermined angle in such a manner that a discharge opening (36sout) is directed in an opposite direction to a rotational direction of the shaft member.

Abstract: A sealing structure allows for formation of a labyrinth structure between an oil seal and a torsional vibration damper even when the oil seal does not include a side lip. The oil seal 100 includes an oil lip 121 provided such as to be slidable on an outer circumferential surface of a tubular part 210, and a dust lip 122 provided further on an air side (A) than the oil lip 121 and slidable on the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part 210. An annular member 250 is further provided, which is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part 210 further on the air side (A) than the dust lip 122 and covering an outer circumferential surface of the dust lip 122 such that there is a gap between the annular member 250 itself and the outer circumferential surface of the dust lip 122.

Abstract: A sealing structure allows for formation of a side lip, as well as a labyrinth structure between an oil seal and a torsional vibration damper, even when a reinforcing ring has a short inward flange part. The sealing body 120 includes a side lip 124 extending from near a distal end of an inward flange part 112 radially inward and further toward an air side (A) than a dust lip 122 to a position not as far as the outer circumferential surface of a tubular part 210. An annular member 250 is further provided, which is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part 210 further on the air side (A) than the side lip 124 and covering an outer circumferential surface of the side lip 124 such that there is a gap between the annular member 250 itself and the outer circumferential surface of the side lip 124.