Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus includes a carrier platform, a transport mechanism, and a controller. The carrier platform places a carrier thereon. The carrier includes a plurality of shelves arranged in an up-down direction. The shelves are each configured to place one substrate thereon in a horizontal posture. The transport mechanism is configured to transport a substrate to a carrier placed on the carrier platform. The controller controls the transport mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a hand and a hand driving unit. The hand supports a substrate. The hand driving unit moves the hand. The controller changes a height position of the hand when the hand is inserted between two of the shelves adjacent to each other in the up-down direction, depending on a shape of a substrate taken from or placed on one of the shelves by the transport mechanism.

Abstract: This spring used for a suspension device for a vehicle is provided with: a metal wire material which constitutes a spring section and which has a cover layer provided on the surface thereof; and a seat section which is subjected to a load acting on the spring section, is formed from an elastically deformable material, has a groove section into which the wire material fits, and is bonded to the wire material by an adhesive. The minimum thickness of the portion of the adhesive, which protrudes from the groove section, is greater than or equal to the thickness of an adhesion layer formed in the groove section.

Abstract: This spring used for a suspension device for a vehicle is provided with: a metal wire material which constitutes a spring section and which has a cover layer provided on the surface thereof; and a seat section which is subjected to a load acting on the spring section, is formed from an elastically deformable material, and is bonded to the cover layer by an adhesive. The difference between the hardness of the seat section and the hardness of the adhesive is greater than the difference between the hardness of the adhesive and the hardness of the cover layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spring for a suspension device for a vehicle. The spring includes: a spring section made of a coil-shaped wire; and a seat section made of an elastically deformable material, brought into contact with a seat turn section of the spring section, and bearing load acting on the spring section. When a direction orthogonal to a direction of the load acting on the spring section is set as a widthwise direction, at least a part of the seat section is provided with a movable region support section having a widthwise dimension less than or equal to predetermined times a diameter dimension of the wire.

Abstract: This spring used for a suspension device for a vehicle is provided with: a metal wire material which constitutes a spring section and which has a cover layer provided on the surface thereof; and a seat section which is subjected to a load acting on the spring section, is formed from an elastically deformable material, has a groove section into which the wire material fits, and is bonded to the wire material by an adhesive. The minimum thickness of the portion of the adhesive, which protrudes from the groove section, is greater than or equal to the thickness of an adhesion layer formed in the groove section.

Abstract: A light irradiation control system for a vehicle lamp includes a control unit configured to provide control signals for controlling light irradiation of the vehicle lamp based on detection signals detected by sensors. Actuator units are configured to control the light irradiation of the vehicle lamp based on the control signals. The control unit includes a body-side control unit and a lamp-side control unit. The body-side control unit is configured to perform signal processing on the detection signals and to provide the signal-processed signals to a common bus as common data. The lamp-side control unit, which is mounted in at least some of the actuator units, is connected to the common bus to provide the control signals based on the common data provided to the common bus.

Abstract: A motor pump for a headlamp cleaner includes a motor, a control circuit board for driving the motor, an impeller rotatable by the motor, a plurality of terminal pieces adapted to be coupled to an outside connector, and a casing. The casing includes a pump chamber having a washer fluid suction port and a discharge port and inside which the impeller is accommodated, a motor housing chamber disposed above the pump chamber and inside which the motor is accommodated, a board housing chamber inside which the control circuit board is accommodated, and a connector portion extending outwardly in a cylindrical shape and inside which the plurality of terminal pieces extends. The connector portion is provided such that one of the terminal pieces is directly coupled to the motor.

Abstract: An irradiating direction control apparatus includes a storing portion for storing a design reference value of a vehicle and storing output voltages of vehicle height sensors when the vehicle is in a reference attitude as measured reference values, an operating portion for operating a reference vehicle height based on the measured reference value and the design reference value and operating a pitch angle of the vehicle based on detected outputs of the vehicle height sensors and the reference vehicle height and the design reference value, and a deflection control portion for controlling to deflect an irradiating direction of a lamp based on the operated pitch angle. Even when the design reference value of the vehicle is stored to the storing portion at a later step of steps of assembling the vehicle, the reference vehicle height can be operated by the output voltages and the design reference value and initialization based on the reference vehicle height can be realized.

Abstract: A light irradiation control system for a vehicle lamp includes a control unit configured to provide control signals for controlling light irradiation of the vehicle lamp based on detection signals detected by sensors. Actuator units are configured to control the light irradiation of the vehicle lamp based on the control signals. The control unit includes a body-side control unit and a lamp-side control unit. The body-side control unit is configured to perform signal processing on the detection signals and to provide the signal-processed signals to a common bus as common data. The lamp-side control unit, which is mounted in at least some of the actuator units, is connected to the common bus to provide the control signals based on the common data provided to the common bus.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the irradiation direction of a lamp for a vehicle is provided with an actuator 3R for controlling the irradiation direction of a headlamp 2R and a controller (ECU) 1 for controlling the actuator 3R in accordance with a pitch angle of a vehicle. The controller 1 includes a monitor unit for monitoring the state of a control signal line CL for sending a control signal for controlling the actuator 3R and determines an abnormality of the controller, the actuator or the control signal line based on the state of the control signal line. The controller is not required to be connected to the actuator via a wire harness dedicated for the monitoring which is provided independently, so that the number of the wire harnesses can be prevented from increasing. Further, since the actuator is not required to be provided with a dedicated monitor circuit, the configuration of the actuator is prevented from being complicated.

Abstract: A motor pump for a headlamp cleaner includes a motor, a control circuit board for driving the motor, an impeller rotatable by the motor, a plurality of terminal pieces adapted to be coupled to an outside connector, and a casing. The casing includes a pump chamber having a washer fluid suction port and a discharge port and inside which the impeller is accommodated, a motor housing chamber disposed above the pump chamber and inside which the motor is accommodated, a board housing chamber inside which the control circuit board is accommodated, and a connector portion extending outwardly in a cylindrical shape and inside which the plurality of terminal pieces extends. The connector portion is provided such that one of the terminal pieces is directly coupled to the motor.

Abstract: An irradiating direction control apparatus includes a storing portion for storing a design reference value of a vehicle and storing output voltages of vehicle height sensors when the vehicle is in a reference attitude as measured reference values, an operating portion for operating a reference vehicle height based on the measured reference value and the design reference value and operating a pitch angle of the vehicle based on detected outputs of the vehicle height sensors and the reference vehicle height and the design reference value, and a deflection control portion for controlling to deflect an irradiating direction of a lamp based on the operated pitch angle. Even when the design reference value of the vehicle is stored to the storing portion at a later step of steps of assembling the vehicle, the reference vehicle height can be operated by the output voltages and the design reference value and initialization based on the reference vehicle height can be realized.

Abstract: When a trouble occurs in a machine tool (20) sold by a machine tool manufacturer to a customer, a failure analysis apparatus (11) installed in a service center (10) of the machine tool manufacturer remotely controls the machine tool (20) to obtain operation information or alarm information of the machine tool (20) and performs failure analysis based on such information. In the service center (10), a plurality of failure analysis apparatuses (11) comprising personal computers, and a server (12) which are connected to the failure analysis apparatuses (11) for communication and to which a global IP address for the exclusive use is allocated are installed. Machine tools (20) of customers are connectable to the server (12) via the Internet (30).

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an obstacle to a power regulated window, which can detect existence of an obstacle by a method of differential current at low rotating speed of a motor and reduce a force of biting an obstacle and prevent from detecting an obstacle unexpectedly at high rotating speed, includes current detecting means for detecting a value of load current flowing through the motor, reference-value generating means for generating a reference value correspondingly to rotating speed of the motor for judging when the value of load current exceeds a predetermined value of over-load current, and comparing means for judging whether or not the value of load current exceeds the reference value.

Abstract: Operational administration system enabling reduction in expense burden on user, and permitting manufacturer to comprehend accurately and timely operational status of machine tools on user end. Operational administration system (1) includes, interconnected via Internet (5): manufacturer-end administration device (20); operational data storage/transmission devices (10) connected to numerical controllers for NC machine tools (15); and user-end terminal device (30). The operational data storage/transmission devices (10) gather from the numerical controllers data pertaining to the operational status of the NC machine tools (15), store the data and, when specified transmission conditions are met, send the stored operational status data to administration device (20) in an e-mail data format.

Abstract: Operational administration system enabling reduction in expense burden on user, and permitting manufacturer to comprehend accurately and timely operational status of machine tools on user end. Operational administration system (1) includes, interconnected via Internet (5): manufacturer-end administration device (20); operational data storage/transmission devices (10) connected to numerical controllers for NC machine tools (15); and user-end terminal device (30). The operational data storage/transmission devices (10) gather from the numerical controllers data pertaining to the operational status of the NC machine tools (15), store the data and, when specified transmission conditions are met, send the stored operational status data to administration device (20) in an e-mail data format.

Abstract: A current sensing circuit includes; a shunt resistor, on which a motor current is flown; a reference resistor which has a resistance value that is n times the shunt resistor; and a current following circuit. The current following circuit includes: a following current control circuit, which controls the following current and generates a first reference voltage; and a capacitor which generates a second reference voltage indicating an average value of the first reference voltage. A first comparator compares a third reference voltage higher than the first reference voltage with the second reference voltage, and outputs the current limitation control signal. A motor current sensing range expanding circuit expands a motor current sensing range by increasing a ratio of the current sensing circuit having the shunt resistor and the reference resistor.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the irradiation direction of a lamp for a vehicle is provided with an actuator 3R for controlling the irradiation direction of a headlamp 2R and a controller (ECU) 1 for controlling the actuator 3R in accordance with a pitch angle of a vehicle. The controller 1 includes a monitor unit for monitoring the state of a control signal line CL for sending a control signal for controlling the actuator 3R and determines an abnormality of the controller, the actuator or the control signal line based on the state of the control signal line. The controller is not required to be connected to the actuator via a wire harness dedicated for the monitoring which is provided independently, so that the number of the wire harnesses can be prevented from increasing. Further, since the actuator is not required to be provided with a dedicated monitor circuit, the configuration of the actuator is prevented from being complicated.

Abstract: A power-window jamming preventing apparatus, includes a current sensing circuit, which senses a motor current flowing through a motor; a current limiting circuit, which increases and decreases the motor current based on a current-limitation control signal outputted from the current sensing circuit when an amount of increase of the motor current exceeds a predetermined vale; and a jamming determining circuit, which determines a jamming of a foreign matter in the window glass, and a potential difference generating circuit, which monitors a power source voltage supplied to the current sensing circuit and the power window motor, and which clamps a third reference voltage so as to drop a constant voltage from the third reference when the power source is low such that a potential difference between the second reference voltage and the third reference voltage is kept greater than a predetermined voltage.

Abstract: A power-window jamming preventing apparatus, includes a current sensing circuit, which senses a motor current flowing through a motor for driving a window glass; a current limiting circuit, which increases and decreases the motor current based on a current-limitation control signal outputted from the current sensing circuit when an amount of increase of the motor current exceeds a predetermined vale; a jamming determining circuit, which determines a jamming of a foreign matter in the window glass based on increase of the motor current to reverse a rotation of the motor; and a charge/discharge controlling circuit which monitors a voltage level of a charge/discharge controlling signal, and controls a charging/discharging circuit to keep a third reference voltage constant when the charge/discharge controlling signal having one of voltage levels is continuously outputted for a predetermined time.