Hitachi, Ltd.

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.

Sony Corporation

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Japan Servo Co.,ltd.

Hiroshi Nishida

Kouki Uefune

Tsuyoshi Takahashi

Kenji Tomida

Mikio Tokuyama

Jyousei Shimizu

Yukio Katou

Yasuo Kojima

Katsutoshi Nii

Shozo Saegusa

Masaru Muranishi

Kazuhiko Kawakami

Yuuichi Yanagase

Shinobu Yoshida

Atsushi Ito

Masami Suzuki

Jun Naruse

Tatsuya Ishigaki

Hisanobu Kanamaru

Noriyuki Kumasaka

Takashi Kouno

Kenji Ueda

Yuzo Yamaguchi

Takeyoshi Sekine

Takenori Oku

Takeshi Yoshida

Takashi Matsuki

Satoshi Hatanaka

Fumihiro Nagano

Mitsuyuki Tsuyuki

Yasushi Nakazato

Kenji Mori

Kazuo Nakagoshi

Yokuo Saitoh

Nobuaki Tomidokoro

Takuji Torii

Tomio Suzuki

Tetsuo Asakawa

Hideyuki Kimura

Kihachiro Tanaka

Toshio Shiono

Shohzoh Miyawaki

Yoshihiko Kinoshita

Hiroshi Katou

Yoshinobu Kudou

Kousuke Fujii

Kenjiro Kai

Tuyoshi Takahashi

Mikio Higashi

Koichi A Ono

Masaaki Hayashi

Eiji Shinohara

Kenichiro Matsubara

Takeshi Shibuya

Hideaki Amano

Ryusuke Mase

Tomoyuki Ohno

Tomoaki Inoue

Hiroyuki Fukasawa

Koji Kodama

Eiichi Katoh

Yuji Nishimura

Masaaki Nakano

Atsushi Hanai

Yusuke Shibata

Toshiyuki Haruna

Satoshi Mizuno

Takashi Kono

Katsumoto Onoyama

Tatsuto Torikai

Toshio Matsushita

Hiroshi Hosoda

Sachio Hatori

Tetsuya Miida

Sachiko Misumi

Katsumi Kawamura

Keisuke Kataoka

Fujio Yamamoto

Kazuho Satoh

Shunsuke Hayashi

Daisuke Hiroi

Munesige Maeda

Hiroaki Ohta

Kenziro Kai

Yuuji Nagamatsu

Tetsutaro Oishi

Kouji Kodama

Yayoi Katagiri

Yusuke Miyamoto

Kojiro Hayashi

Takehiro Nishiura

Takeru Sato

Kentaro Seo

Kunihiro Motoyoshi

Yasuo Akiyama

Kiyomitsu Ohtsuka

Yuuta Sano

Tatsuhiko Nakajima

Yutaka Sakakibara

Keisuke Hilltop Nagatsuda 303 Kataoka

A drive force distribution method and a drive force distribution control device is provided for a front and rear wheel drive vehicle provided with a drive force distribution device that controls a distribution of a drive force generated by a drive force source to main drive wheels and auxiliary drive wheels. A present distribution of the drive force to an auxiliary drive wheel side is increased by a first predetermined amount upon determining the rotational speed difference between the rotational speeds of the main drive wheels and the auxiliary drive wheels has been determined to not be smaller than a predetermined rotational speed difference. The present distribution of the drive force to the auxiliary drive wheel side is reduced by a second predetermined amount when the rotational speed difference has been determined to be smaller than the predetermined rotational speed difference.

Drive force distribution method and drive force distribution control device for front and rear wheel drive vehicle

A system includes a device and one or more information processing apparatuses. The device includes a device-information generator configured to generate device information on the device; and an analyzer determining unit configured to determine any one of the device and the one or more information processing apparatuses as an analyzer for the device information. The one determined as the analyzer includes an analysis unit configured to perform an analysis based on the device information; and a service determining unit configured to determine a service to the device based on a result of the analysis.

System, service determining method, and computer program product

A system includes: an apparatus information acquiring unit to acquire, from an apparatus, apparatus information regarding the apparatus; an analysis unit to make an analysis based on the acquired apparatus information; and a service determining unit to determine, on the basis of a result of the analysis, which service of a plurality of services should be provided for the apparatus, the services including a first service of additionally performing maintenance based on the result of the analysis when next other maintenance is performed for the apparatus.

System and service determination method

An information processing system includes one or more information processing apparatuses for determining lifetimes of components, to be replaced by preventive maintenance, of respective electric devices. The information processing system includes a leading variable specifying unit configured to specify, based on variables that represent use states of the electric devices and failure data of the electric devices which have been obtained from the electric devices, a plurality of leading variables relevant to the lifetimes of the components; a lifetime matrix creating unit configured to classify a plurality of values of each of the leading variables into sections to create a lifetime matrix in which the lifetimes of the components are set with respect to combinations of the sections each of which relates to a different leading variable; and a lifetime outputting unit configured to determine the lifetimes of the components with respect to the respective electric devices.

System, method, and non-transitory recording medium for determining lifetimes of components of multifunction peripherals

An information processing system includes a storage unit that stores and associates a cause of a failure that has occurred in an electronic device, state information of the electronic device at the time the failure has occurred in the electronic device due to the cause of the failure, and a measure to be implemented in response to the cause of the failure. The information processing system further includes at least one processor that performs an acquisition process for acquiring the state information of the electronic device, and a failure diagnosis process for determining the cause of the failure that has occurred in the electronic device and the measure to be implemented in response to the cause of the failure based on the acquired state information of the electronic device.

Information processing system and failure diagnosis method

A light-emitting device reliably supplying electric power to a light-emitting element on a supporting base and securing heat dissipation, and a method of manufacturing the light-emitting device are provided. A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element arranged on a first supporting base; a package covering the first supporting base and the light-emitting element therewith, and supporting the first supporting base; and a thermal conductive member having ends which are bonded to the light-emitting element and the package, respectively, so as to also have a wiring function.

Light-emitting device having a thermal conductive member with wiring function and method of manufacturing the same

A magnetic-head supporting mechanism includes a slider having a chamfered bleed portion, a mounting portion on which the slider is mounted, a flexible finger portion extending in a longitudinal direction and supporting the mounting portion, a load beam extending in the longitudinal direction that connects at an end to a positioning mechanism, and that applies a load to the slider, and a regulating member extending from the load beam in the longitudinal direction for preventing change of an attitude of the slider when an angular attitude of the slider exceeds a predetermined angle. The regulating member extends over and above the flexible finger portion and over and above the slider and has an end in the longitudinal direction at a position approximately equal to an end of the flexible finger portion in the longitudinal direction.

Magnetic head supporting mechanism with regulating member which prevents over angulation of the slider support

An image forming device management system includes a plurality of image forming devices, a central service station which provides a maintenance service for the image forming devices, and a communication control unit which is connected to each of the image forming devices by a signal line, the communication control unit connecting one of the image forming devices to the central service station via a communication network. In the system, each of the image forming devices includes a message unit which outputs a signal line separation message when the image forming device has no signal from the central service station or the communication control unit over a predetermined period.

Image forming device management system

A magnetic disc apparatus having a magnetic disc on which information is recorded, a magnetic head and a magnetic head supporting mechanism. The magnetic head supporting mechanism includes a slider having the magnetic head mounted thereon, a load beam having an arm mounting portion and a pivot, and a gimbal having a mounting portion on which the slider is mounted, two flexible finger portions spaced from the load beam and supporting the mounting portion so that the slider is rotatable with respect to the pivot, and a base end portion which is joined to the load beam. The load beam has two openings formed therein in proximity to the pivot which enable viewing of a back surface of the mounting portion which is opposite to a surface of the mounting portion of the gimbal on which the slider is mounted.

Magnetic head supporting mechanism with two openings proximate to pivot of load beam

A transmission device sends status information representing status of a copier to a center through a PSTN. In the center, the status information of each copier is analyzed, and suggestion information selected based on a result of the analysis is provided to a terminal of the user of the copier concerned. In this case, the user is informed by an e-mail or through a Web page with using the terminal. The information includes: a suggestion to multiply the copier, replace the currently-used copier with a new copier, performance information regarding a model of the currently-used copier, information regarding a timing for replenishing/replacing an expendable supply (such as a toner unit, etc.), a suggestion to purchase the expendable supply, and the like.

System, method, apparatus and program for collecting and providing information

A magnetic disc apparatus having a magnetic head supporting mechanism which includes a slider, a load beam having a spring portion and a pivot, and a gimbal having a mounting portion on which the slider is mounted. The gimbal has flexible finger portions spaced from the load beam which support the mounting portion so that the slider is rotatable with respect to the pivot, and a base end portion which is joined to the load beam. The load beam has elongation portions extending with respect to both sides of the pivot and being connected together in a proximity of a tip end portion of the flexible finger portions so as to be spaced from the pivot of the gimbal and for delimiting a window. The pivot is provided on a projection portion of the load beam which projects in the window from a spring portion side of the window.

Magnetic head supporting mechanism utilizing elongated portions of a load beam to define an opening in the load beam

A magnetic-disc apparatus includes a magnetic disc, a magnetic head, and a magnetic-head supporting mechanism having a suspension which includes a load beam having a spring portion and an end portion with a pivot and a gimbal having a mounting portion for a slider loaded with the magnetic head. The gimbal has two flexible finger portions that are extended along both sides of the mounting portion. One surface of the end portion which is directed toward a surface of the magnetic disc and one surface of the flexible finger portions which opposes the one surface of the end portion are spaced so as to be out of contact with each other in a region of a tip portion of the gimbal except when the mounting portion undergoes rotational movement.

Magnetic-head supporting mechanism

A spindle motor for magnetic disc device includes a hub having an inside and an outer peripheral side on which a magnetic disc is mounted, a rotary shaft having an axial direction and coupled with the hub so as to be integrally rotated therewith, with the motor being arranged on the inside of the hub. The hub, the rotary shaft and a part of the motor constitute a rotary body. A radial bearing having a length in the axial direction of the rotary shaft, for supporting the rotary body in a direction crossing the rotary shaft, and a thrust bearing for supporting the rotary body in the axial direction of the rotary shaft are provided. The thrust bearing has an outer diameter greater than the length of the radial bearing, and is arranged at a position which is inside of the motor and diametrically inward of the hub.

Spindle motor and magnetic disc device using thereof having radial and thrust bearings

Shock-absorbing material made from a mixture of solid particles and viscous elastic material is arranged at the periphery of an information storage and retrieval device. When an external shock is applied to the device, the shock-absorbing material is greatly deformed and dissipates the shock energy by inner friction sufficiently to prevent damage to the inner mechanism of the device. The deformed shock-absorbing material can be restored to the original shape so that it is repeatedly usable. Furthermore, by comparing the deformed shape and the quick reference table provided with the device, the amount shock acceleration can be roughly determined. The device conforms to one of a series of dimensional standards for information storage and retrieval devices.

Information storage and retrieval device

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Kanagawa-ken, Japan

Hiroshi Nishida