Abstract: An isolation region separates a first circuit region and a second circuit region. A signal conveyance element is an element to convey a signal from the first circuit region to the second circuit region and includes at least one primary coil and two secondary coils. The at least one primary coil has opposite ends electrically connected to the first circuit region and is disposed in the isolation region. The two secondary coils each have opposite ends electrically connected to the second circuit region, are arranged to be magnetically coupled to the at least one primary coil, and are arranged in the isolation region.

Abstract: Provided are a plate holding device, a plate detaching apparatus, a plate attaching apparatus and a plate attaching-detaching apparatus which are capable of reliably attaching and/or detaching a plate with respect to a plate-receiving metal frame. The plate holding device comprises: a plurality of holding members for holding a plate for a sliding nozzle device; widening and narrowing mechanisms to selectively widen and narrow a distance between the holding members; a pressing unit for pressing a central region of the plate when the plate is held by the holding members; and a force sensor for detecting a force received by the holding members and/or the pressing unit from the held plate. The plate holding device is configured to be mounted to a distal end of a robot arm.

Abstract: A mounting device capable of smoothly mounting a drive unit being in a hanging state to a sliding nozzle device, using a manipulator. The mounting device is mounted to a distal end of a manipulator to mount a drive unit whose upper end is connected to a suspending device, to a holder of a sliding nozzle device. The mounting device includes: a holding part for holding an upper portion or central portion (to-be-held plate) of the drive unit; and a contact part which is contactable with a lower portion (to-be-contacted part) of the drive unit when mounting the drive unit to the holder.

Abstract: A sliding nozzle device capable of allowing a maintenance robot to reliably and accurately recognize the position thereof. The sliding nozzle device includes: a fixed metal frame; and a sliding metal frame slidably provided to the fixed metal frame. The fixed metal frame is provided with a mark block for allowing a maintenance robot to recognize the position thereof. More specifically, the mark block is provided to protrude from a side surface or bottom surface of the fixed metal frame toward the sliding metal frame, at a position free from interference with the sliding metal frame during sliding.

Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes a rear frame and a beam member. The rear frame has: a first inner bead, a first outer bead, a second inner bead, and a second outer bead. The first inner bead and the first outer bead are formed on an inner wall and an outer wall, respectively, in a region close to the beam member. The second inner bead and the second outer bead are formed on the inner wall and the outer wall, respectively, in a region that is separated to a vehicle body frontward direction from the first beads. The first outer bead is formed to have a higher fragility than the first inner bead.

Abstract: An opening-closing apparatus capable of, when using a robot arm to selectively open and close a component of a sliding nozzle device, reliably opening and closing the component to respective given positions. The apparatus comprises: a hand-like distal module engageable with an openable-closable component of a sliding nozzle device; a force sensor to detect a force received by the module; and a robot arm to which the module and the sensor are mounted. The robot arm is controllably operated to: move the module toward the component of the sliding nozzle device and engage the module with the component of the sliding nozzle device; then move the module to move the component, if the absolute value of the force detected by the sensor is equal to or less than a given threshold; and stop the movement of the module, when the absolute value of the force detected by the sensor reaches the threshold.

Abstract: A robot system includes a robot including a hand portion which grips and takes out a workpiece from an accommodation unit in which a plurality of workpieces are accommodated, and transports the workpiece to a predetermined position; a robot control unit which controls conveyance operation of the robot of taking out the workpiece from the accommodation unit and transporting the workpiece to the predetermined position; and a conveyance condition setting unit which sets a conveyance condition regarding the conveyance operation and including, in the workpiece, at least a grip prohibited region that is prohibited from being gripped by the hand portion. The robot control unit controls the robot based on the conveyance condition set by the conveyance condition setting unit.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a semiconductor chip and a receiving apparatus capable of suppressing increases in size and cost due to circuit complexity. A tuner includes an RF input terminal to which an RF signal of terrestrial broadcasting is input, a first-IF input terminal to which a first-IF signal of satellite digital broadcasting is input, a first filter that filters a signal in a frequency band lower than a predetermined frequency, a second filter that filters a signal in a frequency band equal to or higher than the predetermined frequency, and a switch that causes the RF signal to be input to the first filter or to the second filter by switching according to a frequency of the RF signal, and causes the first-IF signal to be input to the first filter or to the second filter by switching according to a frequency of the first-IF signal. The present technology may be applied to a broadcast receiving system.

Abstract: A rear part structure of a vehicle body includes: a rear side frame, extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body on an outside of a floor of a rear part of the vehicle body in a vehicle width direction; and a wheelhouse, arranged outside the rear side frame in the vehicle width direction. At least a portion of an outer wall of the rear side frame in the vehicle width direction is formed by the wheelhouse. A partition member provided within a section of the rear side frame has one end in the vehicle width direction joined to the outer wall formed by the wheelhouse, extends from the outer wall to a front side of the vehicle body and inward in the vehicle width direction, and has the other end in the vehicle width direction joined to an inner wall of the rear side frame.

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: 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: A vehicle door attached to a vehicle body includes a bracket structure disposed between an interior-side panel and an exterior-side panel to support a door lock portion. The bracket structure has an interior-side extension portion disposed on an interior-side and joined to the interior-side panel, and an exterior-side extension portion disposed on an exterior-side and joined to the exterior-side panel. Extension portions extend in an upper-lower direction. As an alternative, a vehicle door includes a middle panel disposed between an inner panel and an outer panel, and a bracket structure disposed between the inner panel and the middle panel to support the door lock portion. The bracket structure has a front extension portion disposed frontward and joined to the inner panel, and a rear extension portion disposed rearward and joined to the middle panel. Extension portions are disposed in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and extend upward.

Abstract: A vehicle body includes: a vehicle body floor having a battery housing portion; a pair of left and right side sills; a front cross member disposed in front of the battery housing portion; a rear cross member disposed behind the battery housing portion; and a battery cover that covers a battery from above. A widened portion of which a height in a vertical direction increases with respect to a center region of the front cross member in a vehicle width direction and of which a front-rear width expands to a vehicle rear side with respect to a front-rear width of the center region of the front cross member in the vehicle width direction is provided on an end portion of the front cross member on an outer side in the vehicle width direction. The battery cover is made of a metal and includes an outer connecting portion connected to the widened portion on an outer side in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A vehicle body rear portion structure includes a vehicle body floor, and the vehicle body floor includes a tire storage area that is hollowed downward in a recess shape. The vehicle body floor includes a front extension wall and a raised part. The front extension wall extends to a vehicle body forward side from an upper end part of a rise wall on a front side of the tire storage area. The raised part stands upward from a front part of the front extension wall and extends substantially along a vehicle width direction. A plurality of reinforcement beads that extend along a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and have a front end portion which extends to a vicinity of a lower end of the raised part are formed on the front extension wall to be spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A vehicle body rear portion includes a vehicle body floor and a fuel tank. The vehicle body floor has a tire storage area that is hollowed downward. The fuel tank is supported by a lower surface of the vehicle body floor on a forward side of the tire storage area. A stiffener is attached to the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area. The stiffener extends along a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and reinforces an upper region of the fuel tank of the vehicle body floor.

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 signal processing device includes an interface, which includes a demodulation processing unit that executes demodulation processing, a processing unit that executes demux processing or the like, and a sync signal line, a valid signal line, a clock signal line, and a data signal line disposed between the demodulation processing unit and the processing unit, that transmits data signals as two-bit parallel transmission.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a tuner IC capable of reducing the cost of a demodulation LSI. A tuner includes an IF output terminal configured to output an IF signal of terrestrial broadcasting, a first output terminal configured to output the IF signal or one of BB signals that are output signals of satellite digital broadcasting and have orthogonal phases, and a second output terminal configured to output another of the BB signals. The present technology can be applied to a broadcast receiving system.

Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes a rear frame and a beam member. The rear frame has: a first inner bead, a first outer bead, a second inner bead, and a second outer bead. The first inner bead and the first outer bead are formed on an inner wall and an outer wall, respectively, in a region close to the beam member. The second inner bead and the second outer bead are formed on the inner wall and the outer wall, respectively, in a region that is separated to a vehicle body frontward direction from the first beads. The first outer bead is formed to have a higher fragility than the first inner bead.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a semiconductor chip and a receiving apparatus capable of suppressing increases in size and cost due to circuit complexity. A tuner includes an RF input terminal to which an RF signal of terrestrial broadcasting is input, a first-IF input terminal to which a first-IF signal of satellite digital broadcasting is input, a first filter that filters a signal in a frequency band lower than a predetermined frequency, a second filter that filters a signal in a frequency band equal to or higher than the predetermined frequency, and a switch that causes the RF signal to be input to the first filter or to the second filter by switching according to a frequency of the RF signal, and causes the first-IF signal to be input to the first filter or to the second filter by switching according to a frequency of the first-IF signal. The present technology may be applied to a broadcast receiving system.