Abstract: A position detection device detects a position of a moving member moving backward and forward in a predetermined moving direction. The position detection device includes an exciting coil disposed along the moving member and extending in the moving direction, a detection coil that outputs a voltage corresponding to a position of a detection target portion moving with the moving member by means of a magnetic field generated by the exciting coil within a predetermined detection range in the moving direction, and a calculation unit that calculates the position of the moving member by the output voltage of the detection coil. The detection coil includes a pair of coil elements whose output voltage changes according to the position of the moving member, and phases of the output voltages of the pair of coil elements during movement of the moving member within the detection range differ from each other.

Abstract: A position detection device configured to detect a position of a moving member that moves back and forth in a predetermined moving direction is provided with an exciting coil arranged to extend in the moving direction along the moving member, a detection coil that, by a magnetic field generated by the exciting coil, outputs a voltage corresponding to a position of a detection object portion moving together with the moving member within a predetermined detection range in the moving direction, and a calculation unit that determines the position of the moving member by calculation based on an output voltage of the detection coil. The detection object portion has a predetermined length in the moving direction, and a voltage is generated in the detection coil due to a difference in magnetic field intensity between a portion corresponding to the detection object portion and a portion not corresponding to the detection object portion.

Abstract: A position detection device is configured to detect a position of a moving member moving backward and forward in a predetermined moving direction. The position detection device is provided with a conductive detection member attached to the moving member, and an exciting coil and a detection coil that are arranged extending in the moving direction of the moving member and facing the conductive detection member. The conductive detection member includes a recessed portion recessed in a direction away from the exciting coil and the detection coil. A voltage is induced in the detection coil by a current flowing in the conductive detection member due to a magnetic field generated by the exciting coil, and a magnitude of the voltage induced in the detection coil varies with a position of the recessed portion relative to the detection coil. A vehicle steering device is provided with a shaft, a housing, and the position detection device.

Abstract: A position detecting device is configured to detect a position of a moving member in which a conductive portion and a non-conductive portion having greater electrical resistance than the conductive portion are provided side by side in a predetermined moving direction. The position detection device is provided with an exciting coil and a detection coil that are arranged extending in the moving direction of the moving member. A voltage is induced in the detection coil by a current flowing in the conductive portion due to a magnetic field generated by the exciting coil. A magnitude of the voltage induced in the detection coil varies with a position in the moving direction of the moving member relative to the detection coil. A vehicle steering device is provided with a shaft, a housing, and the position detecting device.

Abstract: A position detection device configured to detect a position of a moving member that moves back and forth in a predetermined moving direction is provided with an exciting coil arranged to extend in the moving direction along the moving member, and a detection coil that, by an action of a magnetic field generated by the exciting coil, can detect a position, in the moving direction, of a detection object portion provided on the moving member within a predetermined detection range. A plurality of the detection coils are arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the exciting coil. A plurality of the detection object portions are provided at different positions in the moving direction so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of the detection coils, and the respective detection ranges of the plurality of the detection coils are offset in the moving direction of the moving member.

Abstract: A position detection device for detecting a position of a shaft moving forward and backward in an axial direction is provided with a detection object attached to the shaft, an excitation coil for generating an alternating magnetic field, a power supply for supplying an alternating current to the excitation coil, and a detection coil arranged to be extending along an axial direction of the shaft and being interlinked with a magnetic flux of the alternating magnetic field. The excitation coil is arranged to surround the detection coil, and the detection coil includes a distorted curved portion being distorted with respect to a sine wave curve in such a manner that a peak value of a voltage induced in the detection coil changes into a sine wave shape when the shaft moves along the axial direction at a constant speed.

Abstract: A multicore cable inspection method of specifying a correspondence relationship among ends of insulated electric wires exposed from both ends of a multicore cable, the method including: inputting, by capacitance coupling, an inspection signal to the end of the insulated wire to be inspected among the ends of the insulated wires exposed at the one end of the multicore cable; inputting, by the capacitive coupling, each of first and second signals, each of which has a phase different from the inspection signal, to the ends of the two insulated wires other than the insulated wire to be inspected; measuring a voltage of an output signal outputted from the capacitive coupling from each end of the insulated wires exposed at the other end of the multicore cable; and specifying the other-side end of the insulated wire to be inspected. At this time, an amplitude of a signal obtained by adding the inspection signal and the first and second signals is smaller than that of the inspection signal.

Abstract: In a production system 100, containers have hollow main bodies 1a having openings at their top parts and caps 1b for closing the openings. The production system 100 includes a conveyor line L for conveying the containers 1, a capper 5 for attaching the caps 1b to the main bodies 1a of the containers 1 on the conveyor line L, a reading apparatus 18 configured to read first information attached to top surfaces of the caps 1b of the containers 1 for identifying the containers 1 on the conveyor line L at one or more predetermined points after the capper 5, and a memory apparatus 52 configured to store linked together the first information of the containers 1, second information attached to the main bodies 1a of the containers 1 for identifying the main bodies 1a, and times at which the containers 1 passed the one or more predetermined points.

Abstract: A position detection device for detecting a position of a shaft moving forward and backward in an axial direction is provided with a detection object attached to the shaft, an excitation coil for generating an alternating magnetic field, and a detection coil arranged along an axial direction of the shaft. A magnitude of a voltage induced in the detection coil varies in accordance with a position of the detection object.

Abstract: A stroke sensor is provided with two disk-shaped rotors configured to rotate with a stroke of a measuring object, a rotation detecting unit that detects rotations of the two rotors, respectively, and a stroke position detecting unit that detects the stroke position of the measuring object based on the rotations of the two rotors detected by the rotation detecting unit. At least one of the two rotors is in direct contact with the measuring object. The two rotors are provided side by side in an arrangement direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the measuring object and are provided so as to be adjacent to the measuring object in an arrangement perpendicular direction perpendicular to the axial direction and the arrangement direction. Each of the two rotors is provided in such a manner that its rotation axis direction is inclined with respect to the arrangement direction.

Abstract: A multi-core cable testing device is configured to specify a correspondence between ends of an insulated wire at both ends of a multi-core cable including insulated wires. The device includes a signal input unit for inputting a test signal by capacitive coupling into one end of the insulated wire as a testing object at one end of the multi-core cable, a signal output unit for outputting the test signal by capacitive coupling from each end of the insulated wires at the other end of the multicore cable, a correspondence specifying unit for measuring a voltage of the test signal from the signal output unit and for specifying an other side end of the insulated wire based on a measured voltage. At least one of the signal input unit and the signal output unit includes a signal transmission cable for transmitting the test signal and a substrate configured to be connected to the signal transmission cable.

Abstract: An assembling method for a multi-core cable having a plurality of electrical insulated wires is designed to connect one-end-portions of the electrical insulated wires to electrode patterns, respectively, of one circuit board, correspondingly connect other-end-portions of the electrical insulated wires to electrode patterns, respectively, of the other circuit board, compute intersection coefficients on one end side and the other of the cable, and iterate interchanging connecting destinations for the one-end-portions of the electrical insulated wires, correspondingly interchanging connecting destinations for the other-end-portions of the electrical insulated wires, and computing the intersection coefficients on the one end side and the other of the cable.

Abstract: A coupling capacitance estimation method includes arranging numerous input electrodes to respectively face first exposed end portions of numerous insulated wires exposed at one end of a multicore cable, arranging numerous output electrodes to respectively face second exposed end portions of the numerous insulated wires exposed at another end of the multicore cable, performing measurement of a voltage value of a measurement output signal that is output by capacitive coupling from the second exposed end portion through the output electrode when a measurement input signal is input by capacitive coupling from the input electrode to the first exposed end portion, with a plurality of predetermined different combinations of the input electrodes to input the measurement input signal and the output electrodes to output the measurement output signal, and based on the measured voltage values of a plurality of the measurement output signals, estimating respective coupling capacitances between the numerous input electrode

Abstract: An assembling method for a multi-core cable having a plurality of electrical insulated wires is designed to connect one-end-portions of the electrical insulated wires to electrode patterns, respectively, of one circuit board, correspondingly connect other-end-portions of the electrical insulated wires to electrode patterns, respectively, of the other circuit board, compute intersection coefficients on one end side and the other of the cable, and iterate interchanging connecting destinations for the one-end-portions of the electrical insulated wires, correspondingly interchanging connecting destinations for the other-end-portions of the electrical insulated wires, and computing the intersection coefficients on the one end side and the other of the cable.

Abstract: A multicore cable inspection method of specifying a correspondence relationship among ends of insulated electric wires exposed from both ends of a multicore cable, the method including: inputting, by capacitance coupling, an inspection signal to the end of the insulated wire to be inspected among the ends of the insulated wires exposed at the one end of the multicore cable; inputting, by the capacitive coupling, each of first and second signals, each of which has a phase different from the inspection signal, to the ends of the two insulated wires other than the insulated wire to be inspected; measuring a voltage of an output signal outputted from the capacitive coupling from each end of the insulated wires exposed at the other end of the multicore cable; and specifying the other-side end of the insulated wire to be inspected. At this time, an amplitude of a signal obtained by adding the inspection signal and the first and second signals is smaller than that of the inspection signal.

Abstract: A method for testing a multicore cable including a single common shield covering plural insulated wires to identify a correspondence relation between one end portion and the other end portion of the insulated wires exposed from both ends of the multicore cable. The testing method includes allowing the common shield to have a same potential as a measurement system ground, inputting a test signal, by capacitive coupling, to an end portion of the insulated wire under test among end portions of the insulated wires exposed at one end of the multicore cable, and measuring voltages of output signals output by capacitive coupling respectively from end portions of the insulated wires exposed at the other end of the multicore cable, and identifying the other end portion of the insulated wire under test based on the measured voltages.

Abstract: A solder with ground bar includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit includes a first ground bar and a first solder layer attached to one side of the first ground bar. The second unit includes a second ground bar and a second solder layer attached to one side of the second ground bar. The first unit and the second unit are arranged in such a manner that the first solder layer and the second solder layer face each other. The first solder layer and the second solder layer are partially joined together.

Abstract: A method for testing a multicore cable including not less than three insulated wires to identify a correspondence relationship between one end portion and an other end portion of the insulated wires exposed from both ends of the multicore cable. The method includes inputting a test signal, by capacitive coupling, to an end portion of the tested insulated wire among end portions of the insulated wires exposed at one end of the multicore cable, inputting a phase-inverted test signal in an opposite phase to that of the test signal, by capacitive coupling, to an end portion of the insulated wire, other than the end portion of the tested insulated wire, and measuring voltages of output signals output respectively from end portions of the insulated wires exposed at the other end of the multicore cable to identify an other end portion of the tested insulated wire based on the measured voltages.

Abstract: A method for testing a multicore cable that includes a single common shield covering plural insulated wires. The testing method includes inputting a test signal, by capacitive coupling, to an end portion of the insulated wire under test among end portions of the insulated wires exposed at one end of the multicore cable, and measuring voltages of output signals output by capacitive coupling respectively from end portions of the insulated wires exposed at the other end of the multicore cable, and identifying the other end portion of the insulated wire under test based on the measured voltages. The voltages of output signals are measured in a state that an output variation reduction capacitive element is connected in series with a coupling capacitance generated by the capacitive coupling.

Abstract: A solder with ground bar includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit includes a first ground bar and a first solder layer attached to one side of the first ground bar. The second unit includes a second ground bar and a second solder layer attached to one side of the second ground bar. The first unit and the second unit are arranged in such a manner that the first solder layer and the second solder layer face each other. The first solder layer and the second solder layer are partially joined together.