Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Jtekt Corporation

Norihiro Ochi

Hisashi Yoshimura

Hajime Horinaka

Kazuya Koyama

Takeshi Watanabe

Hiroshi Onda

Yasuyuki Nozawa

Kohji Tsurui

Atsushi Ueda

Masaharu Kimura

Yoshio Kanayama

Hirotoshi Iemura

Kei Kitahara

Shunichi Hayashiyama

Yousuke Nishimura

Hiroshi Kubota

Ryoichi Tokioka

Takahiro Horiuchi

Yoshiaki Akazawa

Hideshi Izumi

Yuhi Akagawa

Tomohisa Yoshie

Yasuharu Morinishi

Kouzou Yamaguchi

Morihiro Katsurada

Yoshinobu Umetani

Shigenori Morimoto

Yoshinobu Okumura

Michihiro Yamashita

Hirosuke Miki

Misuzu Doi

Kohtaroh Saitoh

Yumiko Kawazoe

Kouichi Fukushima

Takayuki Higashio

Hironori Kanbara

Yasuyoshi Gotoh

A steering device for steering a vehicle includes a movable member, a holding member, an impact absorbing member, a movement driving unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform first control and second control by which the movement driving unit is controlled. The first control is a control for moving the movable member along an axial direction of a shaft member within such a range that a front end of at least one of the shaft member and the movable member is located rearward of a space for movement in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. The second control is a control for moving the movable member along the axial direction within such a range that the front end portion is located inside the space for movement.

Steering device

A steering system includes: a variable mechanism that reversibly changes a configuration of an operating member between a configuration for automated driving and a configuration for manual driving, the configuration including at least one of a position, an orientation, and a shape; a variable drive source; a receiver that receives an operation of a driver; and a controller that controls the variable drive source to cause the variable mechanism to return the configuration of the operating member to the configuration for manual driving, when the receiver receives the operation of the driver in a period when the configuration of the operating member is being changed.

Steering system

A steering apparatus for use in steering a vehicle includes: a movable body to which an input device is attached, the movable body configured to move back and forth in an extend-retract direction between a first position closer to the front of the vehicle and a second position closer to the driver; an intermediate guide that guides the movable body in the extend-retract direction, and moves back and forth in the extend-retract direction; a base guide that is attached to the vehicle and guides the intermediate guide in the extend-retract direction; a first extend-retract mechanism including an extend-retract drive source that causes the intermediate guide to move back and forth relative to the base guide; and a second extend-retract mechanism that causes the movable body to move back and forth relative to the intermediate guide by using driving force of the extend-retract drive source.

Steering apparatus

A steering apparatus includes a steering wheel that rotates about a first rotation axis, a folding mechanism that folds the steering wheel along the first rotation axis, a moving mechanism that moves the steering wheel between a protruding position in which the steering wheel protrudes from a dashboard of the vehicle and a stored position closer to the dashboard than the protruding position, and an electronic control unit that drives the folding mechanism and the moving mechanism. When the folded steering wheel is moved from the protruding position to the stored position, the electronic control unit drives, in advance, a drive member mounted on the vehicle so that the steering wheel is retracted relative to a body of a driver.

Steering apparatus and method for controlling steering apparatus

A power information display device includes: a power information acquisition unit which acquires information relating to a remaining capacity of a storage battery, and information relating to power consumption of devices that use power of the storage battery; and a display unit which displays usable time of the storage battery when a plurality of devices are operating, and usable time when at least one of the plurality of devices has stopped.

Power information display device, power information display system and power information display method

There are provided a fuel cell having stable and good power generation characteristics and good safety, a fuel cell system including the fuel cell and an electronic device equipped with the fuel cell. The fuel cell includes at least an electrolyte membrane, an anode formed on one surface of the electrolyte membrane, a cathode formed on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane, a liquid fuel chamber for supplying a liquid fuel to the anode, and a separating layer formed between the anode and the liquid fuel chamber. The separating layer and/or the anode has an exhaust passage that is continuously formed in an in-plane direction to discharge exhaust gas generated at the anode. The separating layer allows the liquid fuel to pass from the liquid fuel chamber to the anode and blocks the movement of gas from the anode to the liquid fuel chamber.

Fuel cell, fuel cell system and electronic device

The serial printer includes a carriage reciprocating in a main scanning direction, a reading sensor mounted in carriage, a timing fence arranged in the main scanning direction, a mechanism preventing movement of carriage in the main scanning direction, and a controlling portion detecting a set condition for image formation in accordance with read data of timing fence from reading sensor for controlling image formation. The controlling portion detects the set condition for image formation in accordance with the read data obtained from the timing fence, so that detection of the set condition for image formation is enabled without increasing the size of an apparatus and cost, or without decreasing a processing efficiency in image formation.

Serial printer detecting set condition for image formation and method of controlling the same

A method of fabricating a recording head is disclosed in which a needle-type control electrode is formed integrally with the substrate. The method includes steps of forming on a substrate a first member layer having a pattern such that the substrate is partially exposed. Forming a second member layer spanning a portion of the exposed substrate and a portion of the first member layer. Then, a needle-type member is formed from the second member layer. Finally, the basic portion of the recording head is completed just by joining the substrate and an overhead plate. Thus, there is no need to join the needle-like control electrode with the substrate. There is no need to position members having critical dimensions with each other.

Method of fabricating a recording head of electrostatic attraction type image recording apparatus

In a method of adjusting record displacement of a serial printer including a recording head which records a plurality of lines at a time in the main scanning direction, a first test pattern which is formed of a plurality of line patterns spaced apart by a prescribed distance is recorded in the main scanning direction, the record sheet is fed by a prescribed amount, and a second test pattern which is formed of prescribed recording patterns is recorded. Based on the positional relations between the first and second test patterns, the feeding amount of the record sheet is adjusted. Since the feeding amount of the record sheet is adjusted based on the positional relations between the first and second test patterns, record displacement in the feeding direction of the record sheet can be adjusted easily, and the cost increase of the serial printer can be suppressed.

Serial printer adjusting record displacement caused by transport of record sheet, and adjustment method thereof

A serial printer includes a carriage reciprocating in a main scanning direction, a reading sensor mounted in carriage, a timing fence arranged in the main scanning direction, a mechanism preventing movement of carriage in the main scanning direction, and a controlling portion detecting a set condition for image formation in accordance with read data of timing fence from reading sensor for controlling image formation. Controlling portion detects the set condition for image formation only in accordance with the read data of timing fence, so that detection of the set condition for image formation is enabled without increasing the size of an apparatus and cost, or without decreasing a processing efficiency in image formation.

Various ink heads with holes different in diameter can be attached to a carriage of an inkjet printing apparatus. A CPU detects the type of an ink head attached, by states of signals on signal lines. The CPU executes a printing operation in a resolution corresponding to an amount of ink discharge based on a result of detection. When one of various ink heads having a plurality of holes and having the same pitch between the holes as that of one another ink head is attached, the printing operation is carried out such that the amount of ink discharge is substantially the same for the respective ink heads, in particular, that a relation of recording paper feed amount X&equals;(C/(P,/P&minus;1)&times;P,&plus;P,is satisfied, further in particularly, C/(P,/P,)&equals;a positive number. Ink heads provided with a plurality of holes arranged with the same interval may also be attached. Thus, various ink heads can be attached to the carriage to provide a plurality of resolutions and high quality prints.

Inkjet printing apparatus

A sheet with an image formed thereon by an ink jet mechanism is held over the second sheet output tray. Then the sheet being held on the second sheet output tray is pushed out in the direction of discharge of the sheet by means of a rotating sheet discharge arm so that the sheet drops onto the first sheet output tray.

Sheet discharge mechanism for an ink jet printer

A recording apparatus capable of printing with high resolution and high precision at high speed while preventing drying of the ink jet head includes an ink jet head for emitting a plurality of types of inks one by one while performing reciprocating operation, an ink receiving equipment provided outside a recording area for receiving the inks emitted from the ink jet head, an ink emission amount setting unit for each ink, for setting the amount of emission of the ink emitted to the ink receiving equipment, and a control unit for controlling the ink jet head such that the ink of the emission amount is periodically emitted to the ink receiving equipment.

Recording apparatus for periodically emitting recording materials by material specific emission amount

In a container, an ink exhausting detecting liquid permeable sponge and an ink permeable sponge are disposed with an isolation film therebetween. The ink exhaustion detecting liquid is oil based, and has a resistance value higher than that of ink, and a specific gravity smaller than that of ink. In usage, the isolation film is drawn out of the container, whereby the ink exhaustion detecting liquid permeable sponge is brought into contact with the ink permeable sponge.

Ink cartridge of an ink jet printer and an ink jet printer including an ink cartridge

A particle surface improving method for forming a film of a surface improving agent that improves the property of a particle surface by exposing particles to a supersaturation atmosphere of the surface improving agent to let the surface improving agent condense on the particle surface. This method can improve the particle surface by a simpler manipulation in a shorter time without charging the particles.

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Norihiro Ochi