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A polarization separation device includes a first end surface on which incident light is incident, a polarization separation surface that reflects an s-polarized light component and transmits a p-polarized light component, a second end surface that is arranged to be opposed to the first end surface, converts the p-polarized light component transmitted through the polarization separation surface to the s-polarized light component, and reflects the converted light component to an optical axis direction which is the same as the incident light, a third end surface from which the s-polarized light component reflected by the polarization separation surface without transmitting through the polarization separation surface is output, and a fourth end surface that is arranged to be opposed to the third end surface and from which the s-polarized light component reflected by the second end surface and the polarization separation surface is output.

A VTOL aircraft is disclosed comprising a plurality of autonomous lifting modules wherein each autonomous lifting module is composed of a physical structure in which are mounted one or more electric ducted fans, an electrical energy storage system to drive the electric ducted fans, a charging and energy storage monitoring system to charge and monitor the electrical energy storage system, an inertial navigation system, electronic speed controllers to control the electric ducted fans and one or more microcomputers assuring (a) module flight stability by control of the electric ducted fans given the input of the inertial navigation system, (b) flight planning and (c) inter-module communication.

A control circuit of a multi-mode buck-boost switching regulator and a method thereof are provided. The control circuit imposes ON / OFF timing sequences on switches according to the relationship between two controlling triangle waves and the load fluctuation. In each working cycle of each mode of the regulator, at most two switches perform switching operations. The control circuit is simple to design, which only includes simple digital elements, such as comparators, logic gates etc., instead of complicated analog circuits.

An antenna apparatus is constituted by first, second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements and a connection element. The sum of the lengths of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements is ¼ the wavelength corresponding to a series-resonance frequency of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements. The sum of the lengths of the second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements is ½ the wavelength corresponding to a parallel-resonance frequency of the second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements. The sum of the lengths of the first and third wire antenna elements is ¼ the wavelength corresponding to a series-resonance frequency of the first and third wire antenna elements. The parallel-resonance frequency is higher than the series-resonance frequency of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements and lower than the series-resonance frequency of the first and third wire antenna elements.

A laser illuminator comprising at least one optical diffusion means capable of modifying an optical diffusion condition (3) and at least one optical suppression means for suppressing divergence of light (100), wherein the optical diffusion means and the optical suppression means are disposed along an optical path of a laser beam (6) radiating from a laser source and the laser beam is converted into a diffused and non-divergent light beam (6-2) for illuminating or exciting an object by passing through the optical diffusion means and the optical suppression means.

Disclosed herein is an electrode terminal connecting device for electrically interconnecting two or more battery modules, including a conductive connecting member for electrically interconnecting electrode terminals of the battery modules, the conductive connecting member having two through-holes formed at positions corresponding to the distance between the electrode terminals, an insulative sheathing member for surrounding the conductive connecting member, a portion of an open rear of the insulative sheathing member being closed for easy installation of the conductive connecting member, the insulative sheathing member including a side wall protruding from the outer circumference of the conductive connecting member such that the side wall has a predetermined height, and an insulative cap connected to the top of the insulative sheathing member by a hinge structure for opening and closing an open front of the insulative sheathing member, the insulative cap having hollow buffers protruding from the inside thereof for surrounding portions of the electrode terminals protruding through the through-holes.

A steering apparatus includes: a column pipe; an outer column having an embracing main body portion that allows the column pipe to freely move in a front-rear direction and fixes the column pipe; and clamping portions that extend and contract the embracing main body portion in a diametric direction; a fixing bracket having a fixing side portion that holds widthwise opposite sides of the outer column in a sandwiching manner; a stopper bracket having an telescopic slot secured to the column pipe and an impact absorbing slot and having a collapse portion, the telescopic slot and the impact absorbing slot being contiguously formed along an axial direction; and a clamper having a bolt shaft inserted through the clamping portions, the fixing side portion, and the stopper bracket and collapsing the collapse portion.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a figure-forming composition which enables the initiation of hardening even with a small amount of water and can attain a prescribed hardness, and which is suitable particularly for the production of three-dimensional living body models for surgical training by a rapid prototype process; and provide a three dimensional figure and a three-dimensional structure which are formed by using the composition. The figure-forming composition, for example, comprises a calcium-based material such as hemihydrate gypsum and polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the content of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is 2 to 20 weight parts when the total weight of the calcium-based material and the polyvinyl alcohol resin is 100 weight parts.

The invention provides an applicator that holds a microneedle to facilitate puncture of the skin and includes an assisting tool as a supporting base to set the microneedle and an adhesive sheet such as a tape and the like, on the side face of the assisting tool to enable close adhesion of the microneedle puncturing the skin.

An information processing apparatus receives a carrier wave modulated in accordance with information and extracts the information and power therefrom to execute a given process. A receiving circuit receives the carrier wave. A dc power generating circuit rectifies the carrier wave received by the receiving circuit to thereby generate dc power. A demodulation circuit is structurally independent of the dc power generating circuit, and retrieves the information modulated onto the carrier wave. An information processing circuit is supplied with the dc power as a power source, and processes the information retrieved by the demodulation circuit in a given manner. Since the demodulation circuit and the dc power generating circuit are structurally independent of each other, interference between elements included in these circuits can be eliminated and simple designing is enabled. In addition, power consumed in the apparatus can be reduced because of optimal designing.

Reversible and self reversing multi-value scrambling functions created by applying multi-value inverters are disclosed. The generation of possible multi-value inverters is also presented. Corresponding multi-value descrambling functions are also disclosed. The multi-value functions are used in circuits that scramble and descramble multi-value signals. The multi-value functions can also be used in signal generators. Such signal generators do not require the use of multipliers. The auto-correlation of the signals generated by the signal generators is also presented. Electronic circuits that implement the multi-value functions are also described.

The present invention relates to a system and a method for supporting robotic hardware design, and the method comprises: loading a template which has information on the mechanical structure, operating mechanism, power transmission and motion data of robot modules; modifying the information for use in a simulator for further designing the robot modules; analyzing the behavior of each robot module according to respective motion data; applying the resulting data to modify each robot module according to simulation API; and controlling the selection / combination of robot parts for simulator assembly according to API and the resulting templates, databases on which robot parts are required and databases for information on selection / combination of robot parts and assembly of each robot module. The above system and method provide an optimal way to design robot hardware and reduce the time required for robot hardware design.

A printed substrate design system designs a substrate configuration of a printed substrate on which an IC and a passive component are mounted, and a cable is connected to the printed substrate. The printed substrate design system includes: an input unit that receives input of printed substrate design information; an EMI characteristic derivation unit that derives an EMI characteristic from the input printed substrate design information received by the input unit, the EMI characteristic being a characteristic of EMI occurring from the printed substrate; a determination criteria storage unit that stores an EMI allowable condition being a condition of an allowable EMI characteristic of the printed substrate; an EMI condition determination unit that compares the EMI characteristic derived by the EMI characteristic derivation unit with the EMI allowable condition stored in the determination criteria storage unit, the EMI condition determination unit determining whether the EMI characteristic of the printed substrate satisfies the EMI allowable condition; a substrate configuration change unit that changes an internal configuration of the printed substrate in a case where the EMI condition determination unit has determined that the EMI allowable condition is not satisfied, the substrate configuration change unit setting design information of the printed substrate with the re-changed structure to design information for deriving the EMI characteristic in the EMI characteristic derivation unit; and an output unit that outputs a printed substrate configuration that satisfies the EMI allowable condition in a case where the EMI condition determination unit has determined the EMI allowable condition is satisfied.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to realize a signal transmitter which is capable of reducing power consumption and which can be easily designed. A differential transmitter block outputs differential output signals fixed to a predetermined logic signal to a differential receiver block and disconnects terminating resistors from a signal transmission path in an idle state. In the differential receiver block, a differential comparator outputs a logic determined by symbols of the differential output signal from the differential transmitter block, and an operating state detector detects the idle state upon detection that time successively outputting a predetermined logic by the differential comparator reaches a predetermined time, and controls switches so as to disconnect the terminating resistors from the signal transmitter in the receiving side upon detection of the idle state.

A waveguide filter is provided. The waveguide filter includes a pipe and a first rib structure. The pipe includes a first inner wall. The first rib structure includes a first rib. The first rib is disposed in the pipe and formed on the first inner wall. The first rib includes a first section and a second section, wherein the first section and the second section extend on a first straight line and are perpendicular to the first inner wall, and a first gap is formed between the first section and the second section, and a first gap distance of the first gap is between 0.1 to 1.2 mm.

A flow rate measuring unit, comprising a housing, which is composed of at least two housing parts that can be connected to one another and in which a flow passage extends, which branches off into a measuring channel branch and at least one bypass channel branch, wherein a substrate comprising a sensor system is disposed in the measuring channel branch. According to the invention, the flow passage includes a channel widening chamber in which an insert plate stack composed of at least two insert plates is disposed, which each include at least one plate-longitudinal recess extending in the longitudinal direction as the measuring channel branch and / or as the bypass channel branch. The insert plates are provided as insert parts for the channel widening chamber.

There is provided an lock releasing mechanism coupled to a locking mechanism via a cable and configured to be capable of releasing a locked state of the locking mechanism by electrically towing the cable, and an lock releasing mechanism can include a main switch configured to operate manually, a motor configured to be driven by a current passing operation via the main switch, a conversion gear mechanism configured to convert the direction of output of the motor, converting means configured to convert a rotating motion to a reciprocating linear motion, a slider to which the cable is coupled and configured to perform the reciprocating linear motion, and a limit switch configured to be able to pass a current to the motor by a parallel circuit different from a current passage circuit of the main switch. The limit switch is in a current blocking state when the slider is at a neutral position. In contrast, a current passing state is retained while the slider makes one reciprocating motion, and the slider is retained at a full-stroke position for a predetermined period.

An optical modulator includes: a substrate made of a material having an electro-optical effect; an optical waveguide formed on the substrate; and a modulation electrode for modulating an optical wave propagating through the optical waveguide, wherein emitted light emitted from the optical waveguide is guided by optical fiber, and polarization of the substrate is reversed in a predetermined pattern along the optical waveguide so as to provide waveform distortion having a characteristic opposite to a wavelength dispersion characteristic of the optical fiber.

An object of the invention is to provide a contact switching device that produces minimal hitting sound at the time of return. In the contact switching device, a movable iron core (42) provided at one end portion of a movable shaft (45) is attracted to a fixed iron core (38), based on excitation and degauss of an electromagnet portion (50), by which the movable shaft (45) reciprocates in a shaft center direction, and a movable contact (48a) of a movable contact piece (48) arranged at another end portion of the movable shaft (45) contacts and departs from a fixed contact (33a). Particularly, at the time of return, an annular flange portion (45a) provided at an intermediate portion of the movable shaft (45) abuts on an annular receiving portion (35c) of the magnet holder (35) to thereby restrict a position of the movable iron core (42).

In a disengageable axial thrust bearing for a rotary machine, an outer ring has first and second outer half-rings (114A, 114B) centered in a casing (116) and clamped in the axial direction between a stationary thrust member (118) and a first pre-loading system (120) exerting a first predetermined axial force such that, so long as the axial load exerted on the axial thrust bearing via a synchronization element (106) is greater than a determined threshold value, rolling elements (110) with oblique contacts present respective single lines (130) having two points of contact (130A, 130B) with an inner ring (102) and with the first outer half-ring (114A), the second outer half-ring (114B) being spaced apart from the first by a second predetermined axial force exerted by a second pre-loading system (126) inserted in the axial direction between the first and second outer half-rings, and such that the inner ring (102) is driven in rotation by the synchronization element, whereas, when the axial load exerted on the axial thrust bearing becomes less than this determined threshold value, a second line (132) having two additional points of contact (132A, 132B) is created between each of the oblique-contact rolling elements (110) and the inner ring (102) and the second outer half-ring (103B) such that the axial thrust bearing is disengaged.

An antenna device includes an antenna board in which a conductor pattern is provided on each of both surfaces of a dielectric substrate. A linear element is provided on a first surface of the dielectric substrate. A slit antenna is provided on a second surface of the dielectric substrate opposite to the first surface. When the first surface and the second surface are superimposed on each other, the linear element and a slit of the slit antenna overlap with each other.

For an easy and efficient designing of landscape architecture, disclosed is a system for designing landscape architecture based on real images, which includes: a user interface supporting an exchange of information between the user and the system; a database storing real images obtained by processing photographs of landscape architectural elements; an input processing unit that processes data to display a plan view according to a set-up environment of a landscape site entered through the user interface, and processing data to arrange on the plan view real images of landscape architectural elements, which are selected through a library window provided based on the database; and a display processing unit loading real images from the database based on information about the landscape architectural elements arranged on the plan view according to the user's selected locations entered through the user interface, and displaying the real images.

A cover plate is provided for closing a crankcase of an internal-combustion engine on its underside. The cover plate has a suction point for collecting lubricant from the crankcase. With respect to the crankcase, the suction point is closed off by a screen plate. This screen plate comprises a first area with passage openings for the lubricant and a second area which is impervious to the lubricant. The screen plate has the effect that a reliable lubricant intake from the suction point is ensured even in the event of a tilt of the internal-combustion engine.

The present invention relates to a reverse type of HGA and an HGA assembling process for producing the reverse type of HGA. The reverse type of HGA comprises a slider 40, some traces 31 with related bound pads 32 on an FPC 30 used as signal lines, and some bump pads 41 on said slider 40 used as slider MR element terminals; wherein the bonding area of the slider 40 of the reverse type of HGA is provided on opposite side of the flexure to that of the conventional HGA. The HGA assembling process comprises steps: forming a reverse type of FPC 30; mounting a slider 40 to a FPC sheet 300 by epoxy, bound pads being in alignment with bump pads; finishing slider bounding by an SBB machine; cutting the FPC 30 with the slider 40 from the FPC sheet 300; and mounting the FPC 30 with slider 40 to suspension 10 by epoxy.

A production process of a polymerization catalyst component includes contacting compound (a) such as diethyl zinc represented by the defined formula [1], a compound (b) such as pentafluorophenol, represented by the defined formula [2], a compound (c) such as water, represented by the defined formula [3], and particles (d), such as silica, with one another in a hydrocarbon solvent under an agitator power of 0.05 kW / m3 or greater.

A battery cell assembly according to the present invention may comprise: a battery cell array including a plurality of battery cells; a pair of holder plates which are made of an electric insulation material, are arranged at both ends of the battery cell array to face each other, and include position fixing grids which are provided on the inner surfaces thereof, respectively, are spaced apart from each other, and fix respective positions of the plurality of battery cells; and a plurality of contact bolts made of an electroconductive material are arranged at positions corresponding to electrode terminals of the plurality of battery cells, respectively, wherein one-side ends of the contact bolts are in electric contact with the electrode terminals of the battery cells and the other-side ends thereof are disposed to protrude from the outer surfaces of the holder plates, respectively.

A belt buckle device (1) for a seat belt including a belt buckle, a drive device (2) coupled or coupleable to the belt buckle, threaded sleeve (5) coupled or coupleable to the belt buckle, a guide part (12) attachable fixed with respect to the vehicle for guiding the threaded sleeve (5) and for supporting the threaded spindle (10), wherein a support plate (9) is provided on the threaded spindle (10) in the axial direction of the threaded spindle (10), which support plate (9) is not displaceable by a tensile force exerted by the belt buckle, via which support plate (9) the threaded spindle (10) is supported in the axial direction on a first thrust support (6) of the guide part (12) to take up tensile forces exerted by the belt buckle.

The first and second materials of the diffraction element are selected such that the first material's refraction indexes n1(λ1), n1(λ2) and n1(λ3) for the first, second and third wavelengths λ1, λ2 and λ3 and the second material's refraction indexes n2(λ1), n2(λ2) and n2(λ3) for the first, second and third wavelengths λ1, λ2 and λ3 satisfy one of the conditions (1) or (2).