Abstract: Model data of a virtual model imitating an object model is generated based on photographed data obtained by photographing the object model including a joint structure. A given applied joint structure is applied to the virtual model. The virtual model based on the model data is disposed in a given virtual space. Virtual model management data including the model data and data of the applied joint structure is stored in a predetermined storage section or is externally output as data for causing a joint of the virtual model to function.

Abstract: A stator includes an annular stator core having slots formed therein, a stator coil received in the slots, and insulating sheets each being interposed, in a corresponding one of the slots, between the stator coil and an interior wall surface of the stator core defining the corresponding slot. Each of the insulating sheets includes a sheet-like substrate and a resin layer provided on an outer surface of the substrate. The resin layer is formed of a curable and foamable resin that is foamed and cured by external stimulation. Each of the insulating sheets has an extension portion located outside the corresponding slot and extending nonparallel to an axial direction of the stator core so as to face an axial end face of the stator core. In each of the insulating sheets, the resin layer is provided, on the outer surface of the substrate, in a region including the extension portion.

Abstract: A retainer for a bearing is entirely formed into an annular shape and has a crown shape. The retainer includes pockets which are formed at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction of the retainer and are each opened on a radially outer side and a radially inner side. The pockets retain balls being rolling elements so that the balls are rollable. A grease flow-in passage is provided between an inner surface of each of the plurality of pockets and each of the balls.

Abstract: A stator includes an annular stator core having slots formed therein, a stator coil received in the slots, and insulating sheets each being interposed, in a corresponding one of the slots, between the stator coil and an interior wall surface of the stator core defining the corresponding slot. Each of the insulating sheets includes a sheet-like substrate and a resin layer provided on an outer surface of the substrate. The resin layer is formed of a curable and foamable resin that is foamed and cured by external stimulation. Each of the insulating sheets has an extension portion located outside the corresponding slot and extending nonparallel to an axial direction of the stator core so as to face an axial end face of the stator core. In each of the insulating sheets, the resin layer is provided, on the outer surface of the substrate, in a region including the extension portion.

Abstract: A pressed pulley includes an annular connecting portion connected to an end of the outer tubular portion around which a belt is wound and an end of the inner tubular portion. The connecting portion is an annular bent portion having a circular arc-shaped section and formed with an inner circular arc-shaped surface having a constant radius of curvature and connected to the radially inner surface of the outer tubular portion and the radially outer surface of the inner tubular portion through respective tangential lines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a retainer for a bearing. The retainer is entirely formed into an annular shape and has a crown shape. The retainer includes pockets (15c) which are formed at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction of the retainer and are each opened on a radially outer side and a radially inner side. The pockets (15c) retain balls (14) being rolling elements so that the balls (14) are rollable. A grease flow-in passage (22) is provided between an inner surface (18) of each of the plurality of pockets and each of the balls.

Abstract: In an outer race rotation bearing in which an outer race rotates, a mounting portion is fitted in each annular groove of the outer race. A pair of seals are provided which close the respective axial ends of an annular space defined between a fixed inner race and the outer race. Each of the seals has an elastic lip which protrudes toward the interior of the bearing, and which is kept in close contact with a groove edge portion of the annular groove from the inner peripheral side of the outer race. In this arrangement, when the seals are pressed axially outwardly by grease to which centrifugal force is applied, the grease leakage preventing lips of the respective seals function as lids to close the gaps generated between the mounting portions and the annular grooves, thereby making it possible to prevent grease from leaking through these gaps.

Abstract: A bearing assembly for a turbocharger includes a turbine wheel-side ball bearing at a first axial end of a tubular body, a compressor impeller-side ball bearing at a second axial end of the tubular body, and a bearing housing. The bearing housing includes a first opposed wall opposed to an axially outer side of an outer race of the turbine wheel-side ball bearing, and a second opposed wall opposed to an axially outer side of an outer race of the compressor impeller-side ball bearing. The outer race of the turbine wheel-side ball bearing and the outer race of the compressor impeller-side ball bearing have axially outer end surfaces which are axially outwardly displaced from respective axial end surfaces of the tubular body so that oil films are present between the respective outer races and the corresponding opposed walls.

Abstract: An rotary electric machine includes a housing, a pair of bearings that are press-fitted into and supported by the housing, a rotating shaft that is press-fitted into and supported by the pair of bearings, a rotor fixed to the rotating shaft, and a stator fixed on the housing and disposed to face the rotor in a radial direction. A first notched groove and a second notched groove are disposed on at least one of a support surface of the housing to which the bearing is press-fitted and supported, and a supported surface of the rotation shaft which is press-fitted into and supported by the bearing.

Abstract: A bearing assembly for a turbocharger includes a turbine wheel-side ball bearing disposed at one axial end of a tubular body, a compressor impeller-side ball bearing disposed at the other axial end of the tubular body, and a bearing housing. The bearing housing includes an opposed wall opposed to the axially outer side of the outer race of the turbine wheel-side ball bearing, and an opposed wall opposed to the axially outer side of the outer race of the compressor impeller-side ball bearing. The outer race of the turbine wheel-side ball bearing and the outer race of the compressor impeller-side ball bearing have axially outer end surfaces which are axially outwardly displaced from the respective axial end surfaces of the tubular body so that oil films form between the respective outer races and the corresponding opposed walls.

Abstract: A pressed pulley is provided of which the inner diameter of an inner tubular portion can be increased without changing the outer diameter of an outer tubular portion. The pulley includes an annular connecting portion (13) connected to an end of the outer tubular portion (11) around which a belt is wound and an end of the inner tubular portion (12). The connecting portion is an annular bent portion having a circular arc-shaped section and formed with an inner circular arc-shaped surface (15) having a constant radius of curvature and connected to the radially inner surface of the outer tubular portion (11) and the radially outer surface of the inner tubular portion (12) through respective tangential lines.

Abstract: In an outer race rotation bearing in which an outer race rotates, a mounting portion is fitted in each annular groove of the outer race. A pair of seals are provided which close the respective axial ends of an annular space defined between fixed inner race and the outer race. Each of the seals has an elastic lip which protrudes toward the interior of the bearing, and which is kept in close contact with a groove edge portion of the annular groove from the inner peripheral side of the outer race. In this arrangement, when the seals are pressed axially outwardly by grease to which centrifugal force is applied, the grease leakage preventing lips of the respective seals function as lids to close the gaps generated between the mounting portions and the annular grooves, thereby making it possible to prevent grease from leaking through these gaps.

Abstract: An electronic shopping system for selling vehicle devices stores, in a database, installation kit information indicating an installation kit required to install a vehicle device, for each combination of the vehicle device and a vehicle type and also stores information about installation dealers which are to install sold vehicle devices. On the basis of the location of a consumer input via a consumer terminal device, possible installation dates/times given by the consumer, and the dealer information stored in the database, a web server determines the installation dealer and the installation date/time and sends information about the determined installation dealer and installation date/time to the consumer terminal device.

Abstract: A system builder is operable on a customer terminal for creating a configuration of an electronics system through a communication network. The system builder includes a main system selection page for listing a plurality of main systems wherein a customer selects one of the main systems that matches the customer's requirements, a sub-system selection page for displaying a plurality of sub-systems within the main system wherein the customer selects one of the sub-systems that matches the customer's requirements, and a component selection page for displaying a list of recommended components appropriate for configuring the selected sub-system wherein the customer selects components configuring the sub-system that match the customer's requirements.

Abstract: An electronic shopping system for selling vehicle devices stores, in a database, installation kit information indicating an installation kit required to install a vehicle device, for each combination of the vehicle device and a vehicle type and also stores information about installation dealers which are to install sold vehicle devices. On the basis of the location of a consumer input via a consumer terminal device, possible installation dates/times given by the consumer, and the dealer information stored in the database, a web server determines the installation dealer and the installation date/time and sends information about the determined installation dealer and installation date/time to the consumer terminal device.