Nhk Spring Co., Ltd.

Nhk Teleflex Morse Co., Ltd.

Masumi Yoda

Hidekazu Hoshino

Itsuo Takeuchi

Minoru Komiya

Tatsuya Kurihara

Tsugutaka Sugahara

Tadanori Hisamoto

Yoshikazu Hoshina

Shinji Uehara

Azuma Sasabuchi

Tsunekazu Kanno

A favorable appearance can be achieved using a simple configuration, even when the configuration is provided with a back shell that moves up and down relative to a back frame. In a vehicle seat, the back of a seated person is adapted to be supported by a movable back shellthat is supported so as to be capable of moving in an up-down direction relative to a back frame. A non-movable back shellthat is attached so as to be incapable of displacement relative to the back frameis disposed on a back face side of the movable back shell, and the back frameis covered by the non-movable back shell

Vehicle seat

A shift operation apparatus for an outboard motor of the present invention comprises a case fixed to an outboard motor, a motor provide at the case, a worm gear which is rotated by the motor, a worm wheel engages with the worm gear, an output shaft provided so as to freely rotate, a gear mechanism which transmits rotation of the worm wheel to the output shaft, an output arm which is attached to the output shaft, and which moves a range from a shift forward position to a shift reverse position with a neutral position being a boundary, a sensor which outputs a signal relating to a shift position of the output arm to a control circuit, and a force transmitting member whose one end is connected to the output arm, and whose other end is connected to a portion to be operated of a shift mechanism.

Shift operation apparatus for outboard motor, electronic remote control apparatus for medium-sized boat, and engine control apparatus

A large number of magnetic polymer elements are distributed at random in a base material of a object to be checked. Each magnetic polymer element includes an element main body formed of a high-molecular material, such as an acrylic resin, and magnetic metal powder contained therein. The base material is formed mainly of paper, and the magnetic polymer elements are incorporated together with wood pulp fibers in the base material. The elements and the fibers are tangled with one another in three dimensions. Indication data including figures, symbols, etc., such as post position numbers and bet numbers on betting tickets for publicly-managed gambling, are printed on the object. The indication data, along with a proper output signal obtained in accordance with the state of distribution of the magnetic polymer elements, are enciphered according to specific rules for enciphering, and are recorded in a code indicator section by means of a recording medium, such as a magnetic stripe which is magnetically readable or a bar code which is optically readable.

Object to be checked for authenticity and a method for manufacturing the

A large number of magnetic pieces are distributed at random in a scanning region of an object to be checked. A magnetic sensor of a processing apparatus for checking the object for authenticity comprises first and second detecting element pairs. Each of these detecting element pairs include a pair of MR elements arranged in a scanning direction. The MR elements of the second detecting element pair are deviated from those of the first detecting element pair in parallel relation. The apparatus registers data associated with the detection signal obtained by means of the first detecting element pair in a code indicator section of the object when the object is manufactured or issued. The apparatus is provided with a circuit which collates all the detection signals obtained by means of the detecting element pairs with the data registered in the code indicator section, in checking the object for authenticity, and concludes that the object is real if any of the detection signals corresponds to the data in the code indicator section.

Apparatus and a method for checking an object to be checked for

An object to be checked contains a large number of magnetic polymer elements scattered at random. Each of magnetic polymer elements is made up of an element main body formed of a high molecular material, and magnetic metal powder contained in the element main body. The magnetic polymer elements are integrally incorporated in paper and tangled with the wood pulp fibers of the paper three-dimensionally. In the manufacturing process of the object, a processing apparatus magnetically scans the magnetic polymer elements incorporated in the scanning region of the object while moving the scanning region at a predetermined speed, converts a detection signal obtained by the magnetic scan into a cipher code, and records the cipher code in a code indicator section. In the authenticity checking process, the processing apparatus magnetically scans the magnetic polymer elements once again, and a detection signal obtained thereby is collated with the cipher code recorded in the code indicator section. When the detection signal and the cipher code agree with each other, the object is determined as being authentic.

Objects to be checked for authenticity, and method and apparatus for

A number of high-permeability magnetic elements are dispersed in a scanning region of a checking object. A core of a processing apparatus is provided with an exciting coil and a sensor coil. When a bias magnetic field is applied to the core, and the scanning region is passed in the vicinity of a gap, the permeability of the gap varies depending on the density of the magnetic elements, so that a magnetic flux passing through the core changes. A detection signal corresponding to the change of the magnetic flux is detected by means of the sensor coil. This detection signal is converted into a cipher code and then recorded in a code indicator section of the checking object. In checking the authenticity of the object, a detection signal obtained by scanning the scanning region by means of the processing apparatus and a code for collation obtained by decoding the cipher code recorded in the code indicator section are compared, and it is concluded that the checking object is real when the detection signal and the collation code correspond to each other.

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Yokohama, Japan

Masumi Yoda