Abstract: A motor driver having output circuits each including upper and lower side switching elements connected in series. The motor driver includes: a current detection resistance connected in series with the output circuits in common; a phase switch circuit for turning ON a switching element on one side of one of the output circuits for a time period corresponding to a predetermined electrical angle and switching switching elements on the other side of a plurality of output circuits among the remaining ones of the output circuits; and an ON-period control section for generating a signal for controlling the switching operation so that each of periods obtained by dividing the time period includes a first period in which a plurality of switching elements are turned ON and a second period in which one of the switching elements turned ON in the first period is kept ON.

Abstract: A motor drive method for a motor driver having output circuits each including upper and lower side switching elements connected in series, and a current detection resistance connected in series with the output circuits in common. The motor drive method includes the steps of: turning ON a switching element on one side of one of the output circuits for a time period corresponding to a predetermined electrical angle; and repeatedly switching switching elements on the other side of a plurality of output circuits among the remaining ones of the output circuits. In the switching step, each of a plurality of periods obtained by dividing the time period corresponding to the predetermined electrical angle includes a first period in which one of the switching elements to be switched is turned ON and a second period in which another one of the switching elements is turned ON.

Abstract: The present invention provides a motor driving device that produces a first PWM control signal and a second PWM control signal according respectively to different torque command signals for energizing motor coils of a plurality of phases with PWM control in parallel, wherein it is possible to avoid a situation where two-phase simultaneous energization continues for a long period of time. For this purpose, a PWM control section unconditionally turns OFF the first and second PWM control signals according to a first reset pulse signal and a second reset pulse signal, respectively, produced by an oscillation section. Thus, it is possible to avoid a situation where two phases are energized simultaneously for a long period of time, and to maintain the parallelism of the two phases being energized.

Abstract: The amplitude expansion circuit as a main part of a drive circuit includes: a VM DC power supply line to which a voltage VM is applied; a VH DC power supply line to which a voltage VH roughly twice as high as the voltage VM is applied; an inverter circuit receiving a pulse signal oscillating between the ground voltage and the voltage VM; another inverter circuit receiving a pulse signal oscillating between the voltage VM and the voltage VH in correspondence with the oscillation of the voltage level of the above pulse signal; a p-channel MOSFET having a gate receiving an output from the inverter circuit; another p-channel MOSFET having a gate connected to the VM DC power supply line; an n-channel MOSFET having a gate connected to the VM DC power supply line; and another n-channel MOSFET having a gate receiving an output from the other inverter circuit. A common connection node of the p-channel MOSFET and the n-channel MOSFET works as the output terminal of the amplitude expansion circuit.

Abstract: In a PWM-controlled motor driving device, a phase current is prevented from undergoing an abrupt transition at phase current switching points, thereby reducing vibrations and noise of the motor. A PWM control section produces two independent PWM control pulse signals P1 and P2. Two energized phases, which are determined by an energization switching section, are energized with PWM control in parallel according to the PWM control pulse signals P1 and P2. A comparison section compares a current detection signal DS, which indicates the level of the current flowing through a motor coil, with various torque command signals TQ1, TQ2 and TQ3, which are produced by a torque command signal generation section. A masking section masks comparison results CR1 and CR2 as necessary. Thus, an ON period of the PWM control pulse signal P1 and that of the PWM control pulse signal P2 are determined.

Abstract: In an electric working machine, a scroll portion is provided at one of left and right sides of a machine body, and a relay member functioning as a power switch in which a power on/off key is removably inserted is provided at the other side of the machine body. The relay member is provided between a motor-driving battery and a control section so that the battery and control section can be electrically connected with each other by insertion, in the relay member, of the power on/off key and disconnected from each other by removal, from the relay member, of the power on/off key.

Abstract: A snow removing machine has a vehicle body having a body frame, a snow removing section mounted on a front portion of the body frame for removing snow, an operating handle mounted to a rear portion of the body frame and having a first handle portion and a second handle portion, and a pair of grip portions each mounted on a respective one of the first and second handle portions of the operating handle. A forward and aft drive changeover switch is directly mounted on the first handle portion of the operating handle for changing over a traveling direction of the vehicle body. A height control operation lever is directly mounted on the first handle portion of the operating handle for adjusting a height of the snow removing section. A speed control operation lever is directly mounted on the second handle portion of the operating handle for adjusting a traveling speed of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A motor driver having output circuits each including upper and lower side switching elements connected in series. The motor driver includes: a current detection resistance connected in series with the output circuits in common; a phase switch circuit for turning ON a switching element on one side of one of the output circuits for a time period corresponding to a predetermined electrical angle and switching switching elements on the other side of a plurality of output circuits among the remaining ones of the output circuits; and an ON-period control section for generating a signal for controlling the switching operation so that each of periods obtained by dividing the time period includes a first period in which a plurality of switching elements are turned ON and a second period in which one of the switching elements turned ON in the first period is kept ON.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is, in a power control device including an auxiliary circuit that is connected in parallel to an output circuit and controls an adjusting current smaller by a substantially constant ratio than an output current, to control the ratio of the output current to the adjusting current at a constant level by controlling the output circuit and the auxiliary circuit so that the potentials of the corresponding terminals agree with each other. As a means for attaining the object, the power control device comprises a bridge of four branches including an output circuit, an auxiliary circuit, a load, and either of a current detector or a current setting circuit.

Abstract: A snow removing machine comprising a forward and aft drivechangeover switch, a height control operation lever for adjusting the height of a snow removing plate, both mounted to one of grip portions, and a speed control operation lever mounted to the other one of the grip portions. Gripping the grip portions with his respective hands, an operator can manipulate the forward and aft drive changeover switch and the height control operation lever by one of his hands and the speed control operation lever by the other one of his hands, thereby making the operator avoid single hand driving of the machine.

Abstract: A stabilized human monoclonal antibody preparation containing 1 to 20 mg of D-mannitol per 1 mg of a human monoclonal antibody. This preparation is excellent in stability in a solution state, a freeze drying state and a freezing state, particularly stability against aggregation and precipitation of the human monoclonal antibody at the time of redissolution after freeze drying.

Abstract: A four-wheeled-electromotive cart includes a single motor and a direct axle driving mechanism for driving the axle of left and right front wheels by means of the motor. The single electric motor would cause no rotation speed difference between the left and right front wheels and hence constantly permits a smooth linear movement of the electromotive cart. The direct axle driving mechanism includes a relay shaft connected to the output shaft of the electric motor, a small-diameter bevel gear mounted on a lower end of the relay shaft, and a large-diameter bevel gear engaging with the small-diameter bevel gear. The front-wheel axle is spline-connected to the large-diameter bevel gear so as to be driven by the motor via the direct axle driving mechanism. Thus, the electromotive cart is allowed to smoothly start moving without sudden jolts or shocks caused by start of the motor rotation.

Abstract: A power plant has two fluidized beds, one of the fluidized beds being used for generating main steam and the other being used for generating reheated steam. Further, the power plant includes a control apparatus for controlling the main steam by adjusting the fuel flow for the main steam generating fluidized bed and the fuel flow for the reheated steam generating fluidized bed so that each of the main steam temperature and the reheated temperature is maintained at a respective predetermined value.

Abstract: A traveling-path temporary-setting unit 21 sets a plurality of temporary traveling paths with different curvatures, and a calculation unit 22 calculates distances between the temporary traveling paths and preceding vehicles detected by a radar unit 1. In case of a properly-set temporary traveling path, the path and running loci of the preceding vehicles are on a concentric circle. In this case, the preceding vehicles are running along this temporary traveling path, and a time change amount of calculated distances is approximately "0". A traveling-path determination unit 23 determines, one temporary traveling path having the minimum time change amount in the distances, as a traveling path of the vehicle.

Abstract: A distance monitoring system of a vehicle monitors a distance to a preceding vehicle traveling directly ahead of the vehicle to determines whether the preceding vehicle is decelerating by comparing a change in the vehicle speed with a reference value which is varied according to various driving condition in relation in particular to dangers such as collisions against the preceding vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle traveling-path prediction apparatus that detects a stationary object in front of the vehicle by utilizing an obstacle detection device instead of a yaw rate sensor, and predicts a traveling path based on the detected stationary object.

Abstract: In a vehicle running mode detecting system, a relative speed of a vehicle, equipped with the vehicle running mode detecting system, to a forward object is calculated on the basis of a time elapsed from a reference time based on which the time elapsed is measured and a change in the distance between the vehicle and the forward object during the time elapsed. Whether the vehicle is running in a constant distance mode where the distance between the vehicle and the forward object is kept substantially constant or in a varying distance mode where the vehicle is accelerating or decelerating relative to the forward object and the distance between the vehicle and the forward object is varying is determined on the basis of the change in the distance between the vehicle and the forward object. The reference time is updated less frequently when the vehicle is running in the constant distance mode than when the vehicle is running in the varying distance mode.

Abstract: An obstacle detection system for vehicles detects kinetic attributes relative to a vehicle equipped with the system of an object present in a forward path of travel of the vehicle, sets a presumed zone into which the object is expected to have entered at a lapse of a specified period based on the kinetic attributes, and proves an object detected at a lapse of the specified period as the object previously detected if the object of second detection is determined as one having moved into the presumed zone and an obstacle precarious to the vehicle.

Abstract: When information of an obstacle is not outputted from a radar device, a presumption device presumes at least a present value of a distance between a vehicle and the obstacle based on information in a memory part obtained until the time, and a contact-possibility judgment device judges a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle based on the information from the presumption device. A detection device is provided for detecting conditions at the time when the information of the obstacle is not outputted from the radar device, for example, a relation of relative position of the obstacle to the vehicle. Further, a restriction device is provided for restricting the presumption by the presumption device according to the relation of relative position. Thus, a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle running forward of the vehicle is appropriately judged and mis-operations of an alarm, an automatic braking and the like are prevented, while ensuring running safety.

Abstract: A suspension control system for feedback-controlling the sprung mass acceleration signal y.sub.m and a method for introducing the unsprung mass acceleration signal y.sub.L into a tuning circuit to tune gain of an FIR filter. In this system, tuning is performed so as to cancel the road surface input y.sub.m close to a reference frequency (around 10-12 Hz). As a result, the sprung mass acts as a dynamic damper upon the road surface input y.sub.m close to the reference frequency (around 10-12 Hz), however, frequency bands other than the reference frequency band do not receive the contribution of the second term in the equation (6). That is, output from the tuning circuit to an adder becomes almost zero, and normal sky-hook control is performed. Though the sprung mass system acts as a dynamic damper, the unsprung mass system exceeds the sprung mass system in mass, and excessive resonance does not occur.