Thk Co., Ltd.

Mamoru Mitsuishi

Other

Hitachi, Ltd.

The University of Tokyo

Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd.

Mitsuishi, Mamoru

Shinichi Warisawa

Toji Nakazawa

Naoki Yoshimoto

Nobuhiko Sugano

Kouichi Kuramoto

Takayuki Inoue

Kazuo Yonenobu

Tatsuya Ishizuka

Jumpei Arata

Munemasa Sugimoto

Yen Po Wang

Yasunori Akashi

Jongyeon Lim

Shohei Miyata

Toji c/o Thk Co Ltd Nakazawa

A power transfer device including an AC power source unit and a single power transfer element, and a power reception device including a single power reception element electrically coupled to the power transfer element and a power reception circuit outputting power are included. The power reception circuit includes a different potential field disposed at a position that is an electric field formed by the power transfer element and at which intensity of the electric field is different from intensity of an electric field formed at a position of the power reception element.

Power transfer system, power transfer device, power reception device, and wireless power transfer method

An energy management system is configured to calculate a percentage of satisfied based on the report data for each of the plurality of buildings; create, for each of the plurality of buildings, a plan for operating each of the air-conditioning facilities based on the percentage of satisfied and a predetermined target percentage of satisfied; calculate a first energy consumption amount based on the first piece of data; calculate a second energy consumption amount based on the second piece of data, the third piece of data, and the fourth piece of data, the second energy consumption amount being obtained when the each of the air-conditioning facilities is operated after a lapse of a predetermined time period; and control, when the first energy consumption amount is larger than the second energy consumption amount, the operation of the each of the air-conditioning facilities so as to achieve the second energy consumption amount.

Energy management system and energy management method

Tow forces can be measured only by providing one force sensor in a device structure, and a drive system is driven so as to assist an external force by detecting it. A value at a force sensor () at the moment when a foot switch () is set as the original point (detection reference) of a force to be assisted. Variations of the force after the original point setting is measured by the force sensor () the difference between the measured value and the assist original point is obtained, and a force to be assisted is detected. Depending on the magnitude of the force to be assisted, assist operation is performed by causing a drive force to act on a foot such that the force to be assisted is reduced. When the force is assisted reaches zero, the assist operation is completed. Then, two forces, or 'a force acting on a patient's foot' and 'a force applied to the foot' from the outside, are detected by the one force sensor ().

Power assistance controlling apparatus, power assistance controlling method, and physiotherapy apparatus

A bending forcepshas at least three degrees of freedom including relative opening/closing of a pair of gripping members, rotation of both the gripping members around a first axisand rotation of both the gripping members around a second axisexisting on an imaginary plane substantially perpendicular to the first axis. A drive power from an actuator is converted to each motion of the opening/closing of the gripping members, rotation thereof around the first axis and rotation thereof around the second axis by first to third link mechanismsand. The present invention enables the durability and control accuracy to be raised by employing a link mechanism as a drive power transmitting means. Further, the present invention facilitates sterilization, cleaning and attachment/detachment to/from a driving means.

Manipulator with multiple degrees of freedom

A curved surface machining method that performs finishing of the surface of a workpiece into a curved surface. The method includes the steps of: setting a workpiece in a rotating or stationary state in a water tank filled with an abrasive-containing solution into which an abrasive with a grain size of less than 1 &#x3bc;m has been admixed; and spraying a high-speed fluid in the abrasive-containing solution while a position, direction, and angle thereof is controlled relative to the workpiece, thus grinding and finishing the surface of the workpiece to an intended surface roughness and profile accuracy.

Curved surface machining method and an apparatus thereof

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Shinichi Warisawa