Abstract: An electric aircraft includes a fuselage, at least one rotor, at least one coupling structure, at least one electric motor, a battery and wirings. The at least one coupling structure couples the at least one rotor to the fuselage. The at least one electric motor is for rotating the at least one rotor. The battery is attached to the fuselage. The battery is for supplying current to the at least one electric motor. The wirings electrically couples the battery to the at least one electric motor. At least a part of the wirings includes rigid conductors. At least a part of the at least one coupling structure includes the rigid conductors. At least a part of a load on the fuselage from the at least one rotor is received with the rigid conductors.

Abstract: The insulation resistance testing device of the present disclosure includes a first magnetic current sensor disposed between the control unit and the ground, and a first damping resistor disposed in series with the first magnetic current sensor between the control unit and the ground. The insulation resistance testing device of the present disclosure includes a second magnetic current sensor disposed between the positive terminal and the ground of the battery pack, and a second damping resistor disposed in series with the second magnetic current sensor between the positive terminal and the ground.

Abstract: A method for forming a pattern of metal oxide capable of selectively etching an etching object containing metal oxide relative to a non-etching object and forming a pattern of the metal oxide along a pattern of the non-etching object serving as a template. Metal oxide containing oxide of at least one of tin and indium is etched using an etching gas to form the pattern of the metal oxide. An etching gas containing halon is brought into contact with a member to be etched in the presence of plasma, and etching is performed while a bias power is applied to a lower electrode (2) supporting the member to be etched to selectively etch a metal oxide layer (22) relative to a silicon substrate (24), a template layer (21), and an underlying layer (23), and the predetermined pattern of the template layer (21) is transferred to the metal oxide layer (22).

Abstract: A light detection device detects incident light according to a detection start timing. The light detection device includes photosensors, a signal combining circuit, a detection circuit, a time measurement circuit, and a timing extraction circuit. The photosensors receive light to generate output signals indicating light reception results, respectively. The signal combining circuit sums output signals from the respective photosensors to generate a combined signal. The detection circuit detects a timing at which the combined signal reaches a first threshold or larger to generate a detection signal. The time measurement circuit measures a count period between the detection start timing and the detected timing based on the detection signal. The timing extraction circuit extracts timing information from a predetermined period defined by the detected timing as a reference, the timing information indicating a timing at which the combined signal increases.

Abstract: An injection molding machine includes a nozzle that is provided in an injection device filling a mold device with a molding material, a nozzle temperature measurement unit that measures a temperature of the nozzle, an in-mold temperature measurement unit that measures a temperature of the molding material in the mold device, and a control device that controls the temperature of the nozzle on the basis of a measured nozzle temperature measured by the nozzle temperature measurement unit and a measured in-mold temperature measured by the in-mold temperature measurement unit.

Abstract: A technique for suppressing molding defects is provided. A control device of an injection molding machine includes: a mold clamping control unit that controls, with respect to an actual value of a mold clamping force for pressing a stationary mold and a movable mold after pressurizing of the mold clamping force is completed and before a molding material reaches parting surfaces of the stationary mold and the movable mold, a range of increase in the actual value of the mold clamping force after the molding material reaches the parting surfaces to an upper limit or less.

Abstract: A technique for managing a shear heating value of a molding material is provided. A control device of an injection molding machine individually controls outputs of a plurality of heating units for a plurality of zones, respectively, into which a cylinder is divided in a flow direction of a molding material. The control device acquires the output of the heating unit provided in a predetermined zone both in a steady state in which an operation of a screw provided inside the cylinder is stopped and at a time of molding at which the operation of the screw is performed, and calculates a difference in output of the heating unit provided in the predetermined zone between at a time of molding and in the steady state.

Abstract: A distance measuring device includes a light emission portion for emitting light; a light receiving portion for receiving measurement light that is emitted by the light emission portion and reflected by a measurement object, the light receiving portion comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel having at least one light receiving portion and outputting a light reception signal that depends on the measurement light incident on the pixel; a discrimination portion for discriminating whether the pixel receives measurement light; a pixel output control portion for selectively outputting the light reception signal of each pixel individually, depending on the determination result of the discrimination portion; and an evaluation portion for receiving the light reception signals output by the pixel output control portion and outputting a distance signal that is indicative of a distance between the measuring device and the measurement object based on these light reception signals.

Abstract: The present invention offers a technique for providing assistance in setting up control for releasing gas from the interior of a mold device to the outside of the mold device. A display device for an injection molding machine display a screen. The screen includes a tab display field, in which a plurality of tabs are arranged, and a selection screen display field, in which selection screens that are selected for the respective plurality of tabs are displayed. The tab display field includes a first tab. The first selection screen, displayed in the selection screen display field when the first tab is selected, includes a plurality of input columns for use in a control of the release of gas from the inside of the mold device to the outside of the mold device.

Abstract: A technique for providing assistance in setting the time to increase the clamping force is provided. A control device of an injection molding machine includes a clamping control part and a monitoring part. The clamping control part is configured to change, in a filling step of filling the inside of a mold device with a molding material during clamping, a set value of clamping force from a first set value to a second set value that is larger than the first set value, at a predetermined pressurizing timing in the middle of the filling step. The monitoring part is configured to monitor changes in the actual value of the clamping force due to changes in the set value of the clamping force.

Abstract: With respect to a controller of an injection molding machine, the injection molding machine includes an injection member provided inside a cylinder to heat a molding material and an injection drive source to fill the molding material into a mold device by moving the injection member forward. The controller includes a limiting part that limits a movement of the injection member forward in a pressure-holding process of controlling an injection drive source so that an actual value of a filling pressure acting on the molding material from the injection member becomes a set value, and a determining part that determines an appropriateness of a setting to be used by the limiting part based on information of a sensor provided in the mold device.

Abstract: The present invention offers a technique for providing assistance in setting at least one of the temperature of a nozzle and the temperature of a cylinder. A control device for an injection molding machine includes a monitoring part configured to monitor, during a filling step of filling the inside of a mold device with a molding material, a change in the filling pressure acting on the molding material.

Abstract: An autonomous work vehicle is adapted to be guided by a signal emitted by a wire disposed at a working area. The autonomous work vehicle includes a control unit comprising a processor, and at least one sensor detecting the signal emitted by the wire. The wire includes an area wire surrounding the working area, and a shortcut wire disposed inside the working area. When the at least one sensor detects the shortcut wire while the autonomous work vehicle is tracing the area wire at a predetermined variable distance, the control unit is configured to control the autonomous work vehicle to trace the shortcut wire at a predetermined variable distance.

Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a wing body, a duct, a rotary wing, upper-surface hinges, and upper-surface covers. The upper-surface hinges are provided at an upper-surface opening of the duct. The upper-surface covers are pivotally supported by the upper-surface hinges, and configured to cause the upper-surface opening to be open and closed. The upper-surface covers are configured to pivot, upon forward moving of the aircraft, in a closing direction by negative pressure generated on an upper surface side of the wing body, to cause the upper-surface opening to be closed. The upper-surface covers are configured to pivot, upon hovering of the aircraft, in an opening direction by pressure of an airflow flowing in the duct from the upper side to a lower side in accordance with rotation of the rotary wing, own weights of the upper-surface covers, or both, to cause the upper-surface opening to be open.

Abstract: A socket includes a pin block on which a plurality of contact probes are installed, a pin plate configured to hold the plurality of contact probes together with the pin block, and an engagement portion configured to engage the pin block and the pin plate with each other. The engagement portion is configured to detachably engage the pin block and the pin plate with each other.

Abstract: A distance measuring device includes a light emission portion configured to emit light; a light receiving portion configured to receive measurement light that is emitted by the light emission portion and reflected by the measurement object, the light receiving portion comprising a plurality of pixels configured to output light reception signals that depend on the received measurement light; a plurality of determination portions configured to receive the light reception signals and to determine characteristic values from the received light reception signals, and an evaluation portion that is connected to the plurality of determination portions, the evaluation portion being configured to calculate a distance from the characteristic values determined by the determination portions. Each of the plurality of determination portions is configured to receive the light reception signals only from a plurality of non-adjacent pixels.

Abstract: A control device for executing travel control of a self-propelled work machine, comprising a turning unit that turns the work machine such that the work machine travels inside a boundary of a work region, an evaluation unit that evaluates complexity of a shape of the boundary in the work region, and a changing unit that changes a turning mode of the work machine when the work machine is turned based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit.

Abstract: An information management apparatus that manages information on a self-propelled work machine, the apparatus comprising a registration unit that registers one or more users, a receiving unit that receives a predetermined request from the work machine, a notification unit that notifies the registered one or more users of the request, and a providing unit that provides an incentive to a user who has responded to the request, the user being among the registered one or more users.

Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a wing body, a duct, a rotary wing, upper-surface hinges, and upper-surface covers. The upper-surface hinges are provided at an upper-surface opening of the duct. The upper-surface covers are pivotally supported by the upper-surface hinges, and configured to cause the upper-surface opening to be open and closed. The upper-surface covers are configured to pivot, upon forward moving of the aircraft, in a closing direction by negative pressure generated on an upper surface side of the wing body, to cause the upper-surface opening to be closed. The upper-surface covers are configured to pivot, upon hovering of the aircraft, in an opening direction by pressure of an airflow flowing in the duct from the upper side to a lower side in accordance with rotation of the rotary wing, own weights of the upper-surface covers, or both, to cause the upper-surface opening to be open.

Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a ducted rotary wing. The ducted rotary wing includes a duct and a rotary wing. The duct runs through a body from an upper surface to a lower surface thereof. The rotary wing is provided inside the duct and includes a hub and a blade configured to rotate about the hub. The blade includes a tip inlet, a trailing-edge outlet, and a trailing-edge flow path. The tip inlet is provided on a tip surface of the blade. The trailing-edge outlet is provided at a trailing edge that is an edge on a rear side in a rotation direction of the blade. The trailing-edge flow path allows the tip inlet and the trailing-edge outlet to be in communication with each other.