Omron Corporation

Koyo Machine Industries Company Limited

Hideaki Ito

Mayumi Komatsu

Shinichi Kuratani

Yumi Tsutsumi

Fuminori Ozaki

Tomoya Nishibata

Yutaka Morimoto

A sensitivity identifying device has an operating object device configured to operate when an operation member is moved according to a force applied by a user, an assist force applying device for applying an assist force to movement of the operation member, an operation force parameter detecting device for detecting a value of an operation force parameter, an operation response parameter detecting device for detecting a value of an operation response parameter, a sensitivity identifying information storage section for storing sensitivity identifying information associating a sensitivity index, with a combination of the value of the operation force parameter and the operation response parameter, and a sensitivity determining unit for specifying the sensitivity index based on the combination of the value of the operation force parameter and the operation response parameter, and the sensitivity identifying information, and outputting the sensitivity index.

Sensitivity identifying device and steering assist system

A scroll thrust bearing having both-end conical rollers are rolling elements, being low in cost, high in precision, large in load capacity, and excellent in durability. A plurality of both-end conical rollers are held rotatably between a pair of bearing plates, and the relation of the scroll swirl radius (R) of both-end conical roller and the dimension (H) between opposite tracks of the both bearing plates is set in a range of 1&#x3c;H/R&#x3c;5. As compared with the preset scroll swirl radius (R) of both-end conical roller, the section curvature in the contact portion with the tracks of the both bearing plates of the conical surfaces of the both-end conical roller is kept as small as possible in a practical range, so that the surface pressure acting on the conical surfaces of the both-end conical roller is kept as small as possible.

Scroll thrust bearing

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Nara, Japan

Hideaki Ito