Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a moving object utilization system and a moving object utilization method capable of grasping whether a moving object to be used by a user is appropriately used or has appropriately been used. A moving object utilization system comprising a plurality of user terminals operated by a plurality of respective users; and a server device capable of establishing communication connection with the user terminals, the moving object utilization system providing a service for the plurality of users to use a moving object in turn, wherein the server device includes an information transmitter that transmits user information on one user who is using a moving object and/or using state information on a using state of a moving object to another user terminal operated by another user different from the one user.

Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.

Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.

Abstract: A lower structure for a hybrid automobile in which a high-voltage battery is disposed in a lower surface of a floor panel includes an engine exhaust system component which is disposed in front of the high-voltage battery in the lower surface of the floor panel and on one vehicle-width-direction side of a center in a vehicle width direction and high-voltage devices which are disposed in front of the high-voltage battery and on another vehicle-width-direction side of the center in the vehicle width direction. In-vehicle equipment is disposed between the high-voltage battery and the high-voltage devices, and the in-vehicle equipment is in an inclined state where an upper surface of the in-vehicle equipment is inclined in a front-rear direction such that the in-vehicle equipment has a shorter dimension in the front-rear direction than a dimension in a horizontal state where the upper surface becomes horizontal.

Abstract: A steering device includes a motor that assists or performs steering, and a controller that controls the motor. The controller receives a steering request for a plurality of assistance functions, selects a driving assistance function to be operated at the same time from the driving assistance functions for which the steering request was made, calculates a command value for the motor for each of the selected driving assistance function, adjusts the command value based on a combination of the selected driving assistance function, and calculates a final command value for the motor using the adjusted command value.

Abstract: A steering device includes a motor that assists or performs steering, and a controller that controls the motor. The controller receives a steering request for a plirlity of assistance functions, selects a driving assistance function to be operated at the same time from the driving assistance functions for which the steering request was made, calculates a command value for the motor for each of the selected driving assistance function, adjusts the command value based on a combination of the selected driving assistance function, and calculates a final command value for the motor using the adjusted command value.

Abstract: A gain target value is set to a usual value when battery voltage is within a usual range, and to a value below the usual value when the battery voltage is outside the usual range. When the battery voltage is recovered from outside the usual range to the usual range, it is determined whether or not a ratio obtained by dividing a time-integrated value of a gain in a period from when the battery voltage goes outside the usual range to when being recovered to the usual range by a time-integrated value of the gain when the gain in the period is the usual value is larger than a prescribed threshold. When determined to be larger than the prescribed threshold, the gain is set to immediately increase up to the gain target value, otherwise the gain is set to gradually increase up thereto.

Abstract: A gain target value is set to a usual value when battery voltage is within a usual range, and to a value below the usual value when the battery voltage is outside the usual range. When the battery voltage is recovered from outside the usual range to the usual range, it is determined whether or not a ratio obtained by dividing a time-integrated value of a gain in a period from when the battery voltage goes outside the usual range to when being recovered to the usual range by a time-integrated value of the gain when the gain in the period is the usual value is larger than a prescribed threshold. When determined to be larger than the prescribed threshold, the gain is set to immediately increase up to the gain target value, otherwise the gain is set to gradually increase up thereto.

Abstract: Provided is an electric power steering control device capable of improving steering feeling. When the voltage of a battery is within the range of usual voltage, a gain target value is set to a usual value, and when the voltage of the battery is outside the range thereof, the gain target value is set to a value below the usual value. Then, it is determined whether or not a set gain at recovery of the voltage of the battery from outside the range of the usual voltage to within the range thereof is larger than a prescribed threshold. When determined to be larger than the prescribed threshold, the gain is set to immediately increase up to the gain target value, whereas when determined to be equal to or less than the prescribed threshold, the gain is set to gradually increase up to the gain target value.

Abstract: Provided is an electric power steering control device capable of improving steering feeling. When the voltage of a battery is within the range of usual voltage, a gain target value is set to a usual value, and when the voltage of the battery is outside the range thereof, the gain target value is set to a value below the usual value. Then, it is determined whether or not a set gain at recovery of the voltage of the battery from outside the range of the usual voltage to within the range thereof is larger than a prescribed threshold. When determined to be larger than the prescribed threshold, the gain is set to immediately increase up to the gain target value, whereas when determined to be equal to or less than the prescribed threshold, the gain is set to gradually increase up to the gain target value.

Abstract: An electrode base material of the spark plug contains not less than 50 wt. % of Ni. A discharge member contains not less than 45 wt. % of Pt, and at least one of Ni and Rh. An intermediate member contains Pt and Ni. In the discharge member, a content of Pt is highest, and a total content of Pt, Rh, and Ni is not less than 92 wt. %. In the intermediate member, a content of one of Pt and Ni is not less than 50 wt. %, a content of Ni is higher than a content of Ni in the discharge member, and a total content of Pt, Rh, and Ni is not less than 85 wt. %. A thickness of the diffusion layer formed between the discharge member and the intermediate member is not less than 0.002 mm and not more than 0.065 mm.

Abstract: An electrode base material of the spark plug contains not less than 50 wt. % of Ni. A discharge member contains not less than 45 wt. % of Pt, and at least one of Ni and Rh. An intermediate member contains Pt and Ni. In the discharge member, a content of Pt is highest, and a total content of Pt, Rh, and Ni is not less than 92 wt. %. In the intermediate member, a content of one of Pt and Ni is not less than 50 wt. %, a content of Ni is higher than a content of Ni in the discharge member, and a total content of Pt, Rh, and Ni is not less than 85 wt. %. A thickness of the diffusion layer formed between the discharge member and the intermediate member is not less than 0.002 mm and not more than 0.065 mm.

Abstract: A spark plug having a tip formed of an alloy containing Pt. The tip contains not less than 6 mass % of Rh, at least one element selected from an R group consisting of Rh, Re, Ir, Ru, W, Mo, and Nb, not less than 5 mass % of Ni, and at least one element selected from an N group consisting of Ni, Co, Fe, and Cu. The tip contains Rh most among the elements of the R group, and contains Ni most among the elements of the N group. The total of contents of Pt, Rh, and Ni is not less than 91 mass %, and the total of contents of Pt, the R group, and the N group is not less than 95 mass %. A value obtained by dividing the content of the R group by the content of the N group is not less than 0.7 and not greater than 8.

Abstract: A spark plug that includes a center electrode and a ground electrode. The center electrode is disposed providing a gap with the center electrode. At least one of the center electrode and the ground electrode includes a tip forming the gap. The tip includes a main body portion and a front surface layer. A composition of the main body portion is Pt as a main constituent and Rh of 5 mass % or more and Ni of 0 mass % or more to less than 8 mass %. The front surface layer is disposed at least at a surface radially outside of an axial line extending in a direction from a center of the main body portion to the gap. The front surface layer contains Ni of 8 mass % or more and has a thickness of 2 ?m or more.

Abstract: A spark plug having a center electrode and a ground electrode that form a gap therebetween. At least one of the center electrode and the ground electrode includes a portion formed of a nickel alloy containing nickel as a major component and 20% by mass or more of chromium. In the portion, formed of the nickel alloy, of the electrode, the content of silicon is 0.1% by mass or more, the total content of one or more particular elements selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements is 0.01% by mass or more, and the area percentage of voids in the total area of a cross-section parallel to a longitudinal direction is 1% or less.

Abstract: A spark plug having a center electrode and a ground electrode that form a gap therebetween. At least one of the center electrode and the ground electrode includes a portion formed of a nickel alloy containing nickel as a major component and 20% by mass or more of chromium. In the portion, formed of the nickel alloy, of the electrode, the content of silicon is 0.1% by mass or more, the total content of one or more particular elements selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements is 0.01% by mass or more, and the area percentage of voids in the total area of a cross-section parallel to a longitudinal direction is 1% or less.

Abstract: At least one of a center electrode and a ground electrode of a spark plug includes an electrode body, an electrode tip, and a welded portion formed between the electrode body and the electrode tip. The electrode tip includes a cover layer that covers at least a side surface of a tip body, and the cover layer is formed of IrAl. On a section formed by cutting the electrode tip near a boundary with the welded portion, an area of the tip body is represented by Sa. An area of a projection on the section of a non-contact portion of an opposite surface of the tip body not in contact with the welded portion is represented by Sb. In this case, Sa?Sb corresponds to 35% or more of Sa.

Abstract: At least one of a center electrode and a ground electrode of a spark plug includes an electrode body, an electrode tip, and a welded portion formed between the electrode body and the electrode tip. The electrode tip includes a cover layer that covers at least a side surface of a tip body, and the cover layer is formed of IrAl. On a section formed by cutting the electrode tip near a boundary with the welded portion, an area of the tip body is represented by Sa. An area of a projection on the section of a non-contact portion of an opposite surface of the tip body not in contact with the welded portion is represented by Sb. In this case, Sa?Sb corresponds to 35% or more of Sa.

Abstract: A spark plug includes a ceramic insulator having an axial hole formed in an axis direction of the spark plug, a center electrode inserted in a front side of the axial hole, a metal shell disposed around the ceramic insulator and a ground electrode joined to a front end portion of the metal shell, wherein the ground electrode has a cross-sectional area of 2.0 mm2 or smaller in any arbitrary cross section thereof taken in a direction perpendicular to a center line of the ground electrode; the ground electrode is made of a metal material containing 93 mass % or more of nickel; and the ground electrode has a Vickers hardness of 130 to 260 Hv.

Abstract: A spark plug comprising a center electrode, a ground electrode disposed on the center electrode across a gap, and a tip joined to an opposed surface of the ground electrode that is opposed to the center electrode, the tip has a discharge layer and a relieving layer, the relieving layer is formed from a Pt—Ni alloy and joined to the opposed surface via a diffusion layer, the discharge layer is formed from a Pt—Rh alloy and joined via a clad diffusion layer to a side of the relieving layer opposite to a side of the relieving layer at which the ground electrode is joined, and 0.81?A/B?1.21 is satisfied when an average cross-sectional area of the discharge layer is A mm2 and an average cross-sectional area of the relieving layer is B mm2, and a method for producing the spark plug.