PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bait log attracting interest of cuttlefishes and having good bites.

SOLUTION: In the bait log for cuttlefishes having a body 101 formed in a long and narrow state, a linear part is formed on the body surface in the vertical cross section shape of the body 101. Since the linear part is continuously formed in the longitudinal direction of the body 101, a lig...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for highly sensitively and efficiently detecting Sapovirus existing in feces or the like.

SOLUTION: This method for detecting Sapovirus comprises detecting the Sapovirus in a specimen with the whole or partial nucleic acid of complementary double base sequences corresponding to the No. 5071 to 5178 of base sequence of cDNA of the prototype (standard ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a knockout animal on TAAR1 function.

SOLUTION: This vector structure containing a genome sequence homologous to upstream and downstream regions adjacent to a single code exon of TAAR1 gene, one or more selected marker genes, and optionally a reporter gene, and its use. Additionally, a TAAR1 knockout animal and its use.

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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thread tension device of a sewing machine controlling a wide range of thread tension while dispensing with a resistor with a large allowable current value.

SOLUTION: This thread tension device is provided with: a thread tension appliance 93 generating a tensile force to a sewing thread of a sewing machine; an actuator 19 becoming a drive source of the tens...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking stick which has a simple structure by reducing the number of parts and where a plurality of stages of lengths are adjusted easily.

SOLUTION: The walking stick is composed of two pipes of a large diameter pipe 3 and a small diameter pipe 4. Both of the large diameter pipe 3 and the small diameter pipe 4 are integrally fixed to each other by engaging...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive flower vase capable of performing well-balanced and beautiful displaying and being repetitively used.

SOLUTION: The flower vase comprises: a support plate with a plurality of support holes arranged in a thickness direction, where the tube part of a test tube is inserted and a flange part at the upper end of the test tube is locked; and at leas...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a three-groove drill capable of highly accurately performing machining with a longer service life than that by machining by a reamer, without making incorrect the position of a hole made according to a pilot hole in finishing a cast hole of an aluminum alloy cast product even if the pilot hole is eccentric, and without generating chattering during machining.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller of a hybrid vehicle for efficiently achieving energy regeneration when reducing a speed.

SOLUTION: This controller is provided with the number of rotation determination means (steps S6, 7 and 8) for setting a traveling mode as a low speed mode when performing regeneration braking by functioning any electric motor as an electric generator, and fo...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a traveling controller for properly deciding the lost of a preceding vehicle.

SOLUTION: This traveling controller is configured to detect a preceding vehicle, and to measure an inter-vehicle distance, and to perform preceding vehicle follow-up control to set an inter-vehicle distance with the preceding vehicle as a target inter-vehicle distance, and to decid...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reflect acceleration request of a driver on acceleration by automatic start control.

SOLUTION: A travel control device performs preceding vehicle follow-up control so that a distance to a preceding vehicle becomes a target following distance by detecting the distance to the preceding vehicle, and performs the automatic start control for starting by following the pre...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an acceleration/deceleration controller of a hybrid vehicle for acquiring deceleration according to the intention of a driver when reducing a speed by releasing an accelerator from a traveling state, and for extending a traveling distance by inertia traveling, and for improving fuel cost.

SOLUTION: In the deceleration controller of the hybrid vehicle, a hybr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a failsafe unit for a hybrid vehicle capable of continuing traveling when power cannot be supplied due to a motor generator fault, by securing power supply to a system from the other power source.

SOLUTION: In a hybrid vehicle having an engine E, a motor generator MG and an automatic transmission T/M which constitutes a hybrid drive system, and in which only...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent deterioration in durability of a first clutch while ensuring a rotational state which enables the start of an engine and improves fuel efficiency at transition of a vehicle to a hybrid vehicle traveling mode when it is traveling in an electric vehicle traveling mode.

SOLUTION: A first clutch CL1, which can successively change a torque capacity, is mounted be...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform engine start in switching from an electric traveling(EV) mode to a hybrid(HEV) mode without generating any feeling of omission of an output torque.

SOLUTION: Control is started in a mode 2301b in an EV to HEV mode switching request time t1 accompanied with the increase of acceleration, and a first clutch transmission torque capacity tTc1 for HEV is increased...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle controller capable of preventing the omission of a driving force when shifting a fixed change gear ratio mode to a free change gear ratio mode, and also improving the durability of electronic components relating to motor control.

SOLUTION: The vehicle controller is provided with: a transmission having a first rotating element to which a power sourc...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an engine start control unit for a hybrid vehicle, enabling an engine start by restraining battery power consumption to the possible extent.

SOLUTION: In the engine start control unit of the hybrid vehicle, an engine start control means engages a motor generator clutch with an engine clutch while releasing other engaging elements, and thereby the engine is s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress rapid acceleration caused by the erroneous operation of an accelerator pedal of an operator while a vehicle travels in the neighborhood of the entrance/exit of a tunnel.

SOLUTION: The driving force controller of a vehicle is configured to set the upper limit value of acceleration based on a distance from the current location of the vehicle to the entrance/e...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drain structure suitable for an elevator clearance of a marine vessel.

SOLUTION: An airtight packing 10 to close an opening part 3 for an elevator by making contact with an elevator table 4 is provided on the side of a vessel body 1 and a drain passage 20 to collect water flowing down when the airtight packing 10 opens the opening part 3 for the elevator a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a run flat tire capable of heightening durability of a run flat while holding down increase of tire weight and deterioration of riding comfort.

SOLUTION: A cushion rubber layer is arranged between two belt plies in a run flat tire. When a point on a tire outer face isolated from a tire equatorial plane C by a distance SP of 45% of a tire maximum section widt...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a run flat tire capable of improving steering stability in a run flat traveling, and improving the durability of run flat while holding down increase of tire weight and deterioration of riding comfort.

SOLUTION: When a point on a tire outer face isolated from a tire equatorial plane C by a distance SP of 45% of a tire maximum section width SW is designated a...