PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the energy consumption of a whole rank.

SOLUTION: A rank traveling system includes: a current location detection part for detecting a self-vehicle location; a vehicle information detection part 47 for detecting vehicle information showing the traveling state of a self-vehicle 10; a peripheral vehicle information acquisition processing means for acquiring peri...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the energy consumption of a whole rank.

SOLUTION: A rank traveling system includes: a self-vehicle information acquisition processing means for acquiring self-vehicle information; a peripheral vehicle information acquisition processing means for acquiring peripheral vehicle information about a peripheral vehicle 11; a rank traveling decision processing means ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate constant bandgap reference voltage by performing stable circuit operation regardless of an erroneous operation of a start-up circuit or a change in an element due to process mismatch in switching a standby mode over to an operation mode of a bandgap reference voltage generating circuit.

SOLUTION: The bandgap reference voltage generating circuit includes a b...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control accurately gap between a converging optical system and an information recording medium with comparatively simple device constitution when recording and reproduction are performed by irradiating an information recording medium with proximity field light.

SOLUTION: The device has a light source 1, a converging optical system 10 in which the information recordi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems that real-time property in recording cannot be ensured in reproduction when reproducing recorded data and the utilization efficiency of capacity decreases when a recording medium has a minimum recording unit in a fixed size.

SOLUTION: A data signal recording device comprises: a reception means for receiving a transport stream packet where a data s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooker for previously informing a user of an available heating output level of the cooker.

SOLUTION: A use allowable electricity amount in a house with the cooker 1 installed and/or a used electricity amount of the entire house are set in the cooker 1 by an electricity information setting means 17. A display means 15 displays the use allowable electricity ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lead-acid battery enhancing life performance and high-rate discharge performance.

SOLUTION: The lead-acid battery includes a positive plate obtained by forming a grid filled with positive active material paste. In the positive plate of the lead-acid battery, the sum of the pore volume of a positive active material is 0.10-0.13 cm3/g; the sum of th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell device equipped with a heat insulating structure in which a fuel cell stack is arranged in an inner space of a heat insulating case and the fuel cell stack can be operated in a suitable environmental temperature.

SOLUTION: The fuel cell device 1 equipped with a heat insulating structure is provided with a case 10, a fuel cell stack 20, a fan 40, ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input device capable of enhancing bending resistance of a wiring member extending from the side of an input device to the outside, and to provide a display device using the input device and an electronic apparatus using the display device.

SOLUTION: A placing part 8 and a lower substrate 3 are integrally formed in a side end 3b of which a flexible printed...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of producing a module with built-in components for forming a hollow cavity which houses circuit components without being contacted with a resin layer while reducing the thickness of the resin layer.

SOLUTION: This production method includes: laminating an uncured first resin layer 10 having a penetrating opening part 11 on a cured second resin layer...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a super capacitor having high electrical capacity and high power density.

SOLUTION: The super capacitor 10 includes a first electrode 101, a second electrode 102; an electrolyte 106, and a separator. The first electrode and the second electrode are separated and are set up in the electrolyte. The separator 105 is arranged between the first and second electro...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communications terminal having an image shooting function which allows a user to attach video data generated by photographing to mail and transmit the mail more easily and conveniently than in a conventional manner.

SOLUTION: Before set into an image shooting mode, the communication terminal having an image shooting function first receives the mail address...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle control unit capable of calculating a yaw moment M acting on a vehicle, with no use of slip rate s and slip angle β of a tire.

SOLUTION: The speed of each wheel in lateral direction is calculated based on the speed of a vehicle body in to and fro direction as well as lateral direction. The speed of each wheel in to and fro direction is multiplied w...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To freely expand or contract a game ball entrance, and to dispose both a symbol variation start winning hole and a jackpot winning hole in a saved space without being affected by the enlargement of a symbol variable display device, and without narrowing the openings.

SOLUTION: The game ball guiding device includes a pair of a left guiding member 31 and a right guiding ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine rich in variety of game contents, excellent in the idea and allowing a game player to keep excitement in a game for a long time.

SOLUTION: In a Pachinko game machine 1a, when a "hit" occurs, an opening state of a specified winning pocket 15 is selected from a plurality of "opening patterns" stored in a memory means. Based on the "opening patte...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of cleaning glass for removing glass cullets stuck to glass without imparting a force which may break the glass.

SOLUTION: The glass cleaning method uses water that contains air bubbles having a particle size of 0.5-2.0 μm.

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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bent piece being capable of forming a fine air discharge passage with a simple configuration and allowing easy cleaning.

SOLUTION: The bent piece 15 to be attached to a mold for vulcanization molding of tires consists of a cylindrical support 15a with one end opened to the inside surface of the cavity and the other end communicating with an air discharge h...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle control device for miniaturizing a steering actuator.

SOLUTION: When a turning angle is maximized and a driver tries to further rotate a steering wheel 10 to further apply a turning force, a steering wheel torque to be applied from a torque sensor 40 to an ECU 120 becomes larger than a prescribed value. In this case, the ECU 120 controls a differen...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To propose a shift-down control device for eliminating an interruption of deceleration in shift-down during auxiliary brake operation.

SOLUTION: After operating an auxiliary brake in automatic cruise control (S3), when a shift-down condition is established (S7-S8), a main brake is operated in the shift time until a mechanical automatic transmission starts and finishes ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a speed control device for an internal combustion engine capable of stably maintaining a target speed by reducing variations in the speed of the internal combustion engine due to the change of the opening of a throttle valve or the drive phase of a valve.

SOLUTION: This electronic control device 8 for an internal combustion engine includes a throttle valve c...