Abstract: An ultrasonic hair treatment device is provided to apply ultrasonic vibrations to a user's hair for enhancing the penetration of a hair treatment composition into the hair. An ultrasonic vibration element is held on a support to which a clamp member is pivotally connected, so as to give the ultrasonic vibration to the hair clamped between the support and the clamp member. The ultrasonic vibration element is configured to have a rectangular vibration face and to have a plurality of resonant points arranged in a lattice pattern on the rectangular vibration face. Thus, the ultrasonic vibrations of maximum amplitude developed at the plural resonance points can be applied to the hair over the entire rectangular vibration face, thereby applying the uniform ultrasonic vibration effect to the hairs for expediting the penetration of a hair treatment composition into the hairs.

Abstract: A fluid coupling comprising a pump having an annular pump shell with an annular core ring mounted on a pump hub and a plurality of impellers radially arranged in the pump shell; a turbine arranged being opposed to the pump and having an annular turbine shell with an annular core ring mounted on a turbine hub capable of rotating relative to the pump hub and a plurality of runners radially arranged in the turbine shell; and an operation fluid filled in the pump and in the turbine; wherein, the turbine is so constituted as to slide on the turbine hub in the axial direction thereof, and has resilient urging means for urging the turbine in a direction to separate away from the pump side; and the core ring of the pump and the core ring of the turbine are so constituted that the gaps for flowing the operation fluid into the two core rings are increased in a state where the turbine is close to the pump and that the gaps for flowing the operation fluid into the two core rings are decreased as the turbine separates awa

Abstract: In a lens unit including a plurality of lens groups, the first, most object-side lens group includes a prism that changes the optical axis. In this lens unit, during zooming, while the first lens group is kept stationary, an image-sensing device is moved along the optical axis.

Abstract: In zooming, an optical unit moves the lens unit located at the most image side and the image sensor along the optical axis while not moving at least one lens unit, of a plurality of lens units, other than the lens unit located at the most image side.

Abstract: In the surface acoustic wave device including a lead frame made of metal in which a plurality of inner leads 9 are formed, wherein a chip 1 comprising at least one piezoelectric substrate is mounted on a resin base 3 into which a lead frame is molded integrally, are provided a wire lead section metal surface 7a that is formed by exposing a wire lead section 7, which is electrically connected with an electrode of the chip through a bonding wire 4, out of inner leads that are arranged on both sides of the chip, from the resin base, and a chip lead section metal surface 10a that is formed by exposing a chip lead section 10, which is partially covered with the chip, from the resin base.

Abstract: A parking device for vehicles in which when an engine is brought into a halt, a clutch is disconnected and the revolution of an input shaft of a transmission cannot be controlled by frictional force of the engine, the parking device comprising a parking gear provided on the input shaft, a parking lock mechanism which selectively engages with the parking gear, a change lever which instructs a gear position of the transmission and is mechanically coupled to the parking lock mechanism, a speed-change actuator for shifting the transmission to each gear position, wherein the parking device further comprises a neutral position detection means of the change lever, a parking operation detection means arranged in an operation passage from the neutral position to a parking position, of the change lever, a vehicle speed sensor, a control means; and, when the operation of the change lever is detected by the parking operation detection means, the control means sends a control signal to the speed-change actuator to bring t

Abstract: In the surface acoustic wave device including a lead frame made of metal in which a plurality of inner leads 9 are formed, wherein a chip 1 comprising at least one piezoelectric substrate is mounted on a resin base 3 into which a lead frame is molded integrally, are provided a wire lead section metal surface 7a that is formed by exposing a wire lead section 7, which is electrically connected with an electrode of the chip through a bonding wire 4, out of inner leads that are arranged on both sides of the chip, from the resin base, and a chip lead section metal surface 10a that is formed by exposing a chip lead section 10, which is partially covered with the chip, from the resin base.

Abstract: A shaft actuator for a transmission. A first electromagnetic solenoid is provided to operate a shifting mechanism of the transmission to a first shifted position. A second electromagnetic solenoid is provided to operate the shifting mechanism to a second shifted position. A neutral operation member is mounted on the shifting mechanism to bring the shifting mechanism to a neutral position lying between the first shifted position and the second shifted position. A neutral limitation member can move to a first position, where the neutral operation member is permitted to be operated to the first shifted position and to the second shifted position, and to a second position, where the neutral operation member is brought to the neutral position. An electromagnetic solenoid for neutral can bring the neutral limitation member to the second position.

Abstract: A fluid coupling comprising a pump having an annular pump shell with an annular core ring mounted on a pump hub and a plurality of impellers radially arranged in the pump shell, and a turbine arranged facing the pump and having an annular turbine shell with an annular core ring mounted on a turbine hub that can rotate relative to the pump hub and a plurality of runners radially arranged in the turbine shell, wherein the turbine shell is so constituted to slide on the turbine hub in the axial direction, and provision is made of a centrifugal pushing means for pushing the turbine toward the pump by the action of the centrifugal force produced by the rotation of the turbine.

Abstract: A variable magnification optical system for forming an optical image of an object on the light receiving surface of the image sensor so that the magnification is variable includes from the object side: a first lens unit GR1 having negative optical power; a second lens unit GR2 having positive optical power; a third lens unit GR3 having positive optical power; and a fourth lens unit GR4 having positive or negative optical power. In magnification variation from the wide-angle end (W) to the telephoto end (T), at least first lens unit GR1 and the second lens unit GR2 are movable, and the fourth lens unit GR4 is stationary. An optical member having a wavelength selecting property is included in the fourth lens unit GR4.

Abstract: A ladder SAW (surface acoustic wave) filter which includes a first SAW resonator disposed in a parallel arm and a second SAW resonator disposed in a series arm, has an inductor connected parallel to at least one of the first SAW resonator and the second SAW resonator. The frequency of a resonance point or an anti-resonance point of the at least one of the first SAW resonator and the second SAW resonator is adjusted by changing the inductance value of the inductor.

Abstract: An image-sensing apparatus has a zoom lens system for forming an optical image of an object with variable magnification, which zoom lens system includes a plurality of lens units and achieves zooming by varying distances between the lens units, and an image sensor for converting the optical image formed by the zoom lens system into an electrical signal. The zoom lens system has, from the object side, a first lens unit that has a positive optical power, includes a reflective member for turning the optical path, and is kept stationary relative to the image sensor during zooming, a second lens unit that is disposed on the image side of the first lens unit and has a negative optical power, an aperture stop that is disposed on the image side of the second lens unit and is kept stationary relative to the image sensor during zooming, and at least one lens unit that is disposed on the image side of the aperture stop and is moved relative to the image sensor during zooming.

Abstract: A sleep state of a subject is estimated from respiration signals that are readily detected without restraining the subject. From a voltage waveform based on respiratory movement of a person, positive peak values and the (time) interval between adjacent peaks are calculated. Also obtained is the area of a region that is enclosed by the voltage waveform and a time axis between peaks, and the average value and dispersion value of the obtained inter-peak areas are calculated. The calculated values are used to set a preliminary sleep state value for a given period, and sleep state values over plural periods are factored in to estimate a sleep state at a given time point.

Abstract: A parking device for vehicles in which the rotation of an input shaft of a transmission is not limited by the frictional force of an engine when the engine is brought into a halt, the parking device comprising a parking gear provided on the input shaft, a parking lock mechanism which selectively engages with the parking gear, a change lever mechanically coupled to the parking lock mechanism, a speed-change actuator for shifting the transmission to each gear, a parking operation detection means arranged in an operation passage of the change lever from the neutral position to a parking position, and a control means. When the operation of the change lever has been confirmed by the parking operation detection means at the time when the change lever is operated from the neutral position to the parking position, the control means operates the speed-change actuator to bring the transmission into engagement with a predetermined gear.

Abstract: A parking device for vehicles in which when an engine is brought into a halt, a clutch is disconnected and the revolution of an input shaft of a transmission cannot be controlled by frictional force of the engine, the parking device comprising a parking gear provided on the input shaft, a parking lock mechanism which selectively engages with the parking gear, a parking actuator for actuating the parking lock mechanism, a parking instruction means for instructing the parking, a speed-change actuator for shifting the transmission to each gear, and a control means. The control means operates the speed-change actuator based on a signal from the parking instruction means to bring the transmission into engagement with a predetermined gear position and, thereafter, operates the parking actuator to bring the parking lock mechanism into engagement with the parking gear.

Abstract: A pressure proportional control valve for controlling the pressure of an operation fluid, such as the air, in proportion to the output of an electromagnetic operation member.

Abstract: A fluid coupling comprising a pump having an annular pump shell with an annular core ring mounted on a pump hub and a plurality of impellers radially arranged in the pump shell, and a turbine arranged facing the pump and having an annular turbine shell with an annular core ring mounted on a turbine hub that can rotate relative to the pump hub and a plurality of runners radially arranged in the turbine shell, wherein the turbine shell is so constituted to slide on the turbine hub in the axial direction, and provision is made of a resilient urging means for pushing the turbine toward the side of the pump.