PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric power steering device capable of suppressing propagation and amplification of noise generated between a driving gear of a reduction gear mechanism and a driven gear via a steering shaft and a housing.

SOLUTION: A device for supporting the steering by driving an electric motor 5 according to the operation of a steering member 1 comprises a driving...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a travel control device capable of smoothly controlling traveling of an own vehicle according to instructions of a driver and a traffic situation around the vehicle.

SOLUTION: The travel control device executes following travel control to a preceding vehicle, which the own vehicle follows, determined from articles existing in a traveling direction of the own...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device capable of enhancing fuel economy during motor travelling only by a motor in a vehicle driving device with a differential mechanism functioning as a transmission mechanism by a differential action.

SOLUTION: A power distributing mechanism 16 configured to be selectively switchable between a differential condition and a non-differential condi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller of a vehicle capable of controlling the behavior of one's own vehicle based on the presence or absence of an obstacle around the other vehicle.

SOLUTION: The controller of the vehicle comprises a behavior controller for controlling the behavior of one's own vehicle, and an external information detection device for detecting information on the ot...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mounting device capable of simply attaching an elevator driving part to a part below a shaft ceiling.

SOLUTION: A mounting tool 2 arranged in an elevator cage 1 is provided. The elevator cage 1 can move vertically along a guide rail 5 by a hoist 3, which is suspended by a load hook 6 on the shaft ceiling 7. A supporting means 8 is connected with a load sus...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify procedures for maintenance work performed in a shaft of elevator facilities.

SOLUTION: An elevator 1 is provided with an inspection controller 7 attached to an upper face 5 of a cage 4 and allowing access through a movable controller cover 8, prevention means 15, 20, 18 for preventing travel of the cage into a safety space 24 in the shaft 2 selectively, and...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide such a joining method and joining apparatus for a laminated glass at a time of manufacturing a laminated glass as enables to realize the cutback in the energy consumption for heating an interlayer and the reduction in the processing time.

SOLUTION: The method comprises joining plate glasses 3 and an interlayer 4 by irradiating the raw material 2 for a lamina...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing an acrylic copolymer resin for an interlayer insulating film of a TFT-LCD (thin-film transister-liquid crystal display), and the interlayer insulating film of the TFT-LCD using it.

SOLUTION: The method for producing the acrylic copolymer resin for the interlayer insulating film of the TFT-LCD comprises a step for purifying a copolymer ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foam which removes contaminants and/or heavy metals from a flowable medium, for example water, stays behind a material generated with almost no muddiness compared to a loose filter material in a flowable medium, and is for the use in a flowable medium.

SOLUTION: This foam contains iron oxy-hydroxide granules as its adsorbent composition. This foam is a pol...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inexpensively form a corrosion prevention film in a short period, thus to easily apply the same to general-purpose marine steel structures.

SOLUTION: In the method for forming a corrosion prevention film, a steel caisson 1 is used as a cathode, an undersea member 3 provided in seawater so as to be confronted with the steel caisson 1 is used as an anode, direct curre...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prolong service life of a reduction gear equipped with a floating seal.

SOLUTION: A sediment intrusion preventing device equipped with a floating seal 22 for preventing intrusion of sediments thereinside from a gap between one casing 3 to be rotated and the other casing 1 to be fixed, is equipped with a first labyrinth seal 26 provided to an opposing part between on...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gear device to automatically adjust the distance between gears using thrust force in the gear device to generate thrust force accompanied by the torque transmission owing to the engagement in the axial direction.

SOLUTION: The gear device is comprised of the gears upon which force acts in the radial direction and the axial direction followed by the torque ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gear shaft support structure, providing the optimum bearing rigidity according to the transmission torque.

SOLUTION: In this gear shaft support structure, a gear shaft 11 having reduction gears 8, 9 is supported by a pair of opposite tapered roller bearings 12, 14. One end shaft part 11A of the gear shaft 11 is supported on an inner race of one tapered rol...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the manufacturing man-hour of the lubricating structure of a rotor device by performing plug working simultaneously with a process of pressing a plug in a hollow hole for introducing lubricating oil in a shaft body to block up an opening of the hollow hole.

SOLUTION: In this manufacturing method of a lubricating structure of the rotor device including a suppo...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of a drive unit for a vehicle, provided with a differential mechanism, and a stepped transmission between the differential mechanism and drive wheels, in which the input rotation direction to the stepped transmission is not inverted in backward travel to give sufficient allowance for backward torque.

SOLUTION: The output rotation direction f...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a (transparent and conductive) laminate very decreased in reactive defects and a filter for display, an electromagnetic shielding film, a heat-ray reflecting film, and a window material, etc., using the laminate.

SOLUTION: The laminate includes at least a transparent substrate (A), a transparent conductive thin-film layer (B) including silver, a protective l...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data input device having a coherent light source for projecting a coherent light beam onto a tracking surface for scattering the coherent light beam.

SOLUTION: An optical system 47A guides the projected coherent light beam 29 toward the tracking surface 31 and comprises a first boundary 55 facing the coherent light source 25 and a second boundary 55 opposi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control-valve type lead-acid storage battery with a long life in which a paste type negative electrode plate and a paste type positive electrode plate are used.

SOLUTION: Into dilute sulfuric acid and aliquots of water, barium sulfate powders, lignin powders, and cut fibers which are surface-treated by silica and alumina of the average particle diameter of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for controlling the speed changing time of a diesel hybrid vehicle in which a smooth speed change can be obtained while enhancing drivability.

SOLUTION: In the method for controlling the speed changing time of a diesel hybrid vehicle comprising a diesel engine, a speed change gear capable of automatic speed change, a clutch connecting and disconnect...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further improve acceleration performance at stall starting while preventing the overcharge of a battery and charge by excessive large power.

SOLUTION: In a hybrid automobile, an engine, a first motor, a drive shaft and a second motor are connected to a planetary gear mechanism, and the automobile comprises the battery that feeds powers to the two motors. Engine requ...