Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation

Newfrey Lcc

Mitsuba Corporation

Olympus Corporation

Subaru Corporation

Srj Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Toyonaga, Takashi

Tatsuya Kaneko

Megumi Kimura

Kenji Fujiwara

Tomofumi Ichinose

Takao Ochiai

Yoshinori Miyake

Kenichi Munenaga

Junichi Busujima

Kazunori Ishihara

Kazunari Kagawa

Yutaka Sato

Ichiro Takahashi

Katsuhisa Fukui

Hironori Yamamoto

Shinya Kurasawa

Noriaki Kojima

Ryoko Yamazaki

Yasukazu Nobumoto

Takashi Toyonaga

A cell equalization system includes: a battery including a plurality of chargeable cells connected in series and mounted on a vehicle; a battery ECU configured to control the battery; an equalization circuit configured to perform equalization of remaining capacity variation of the plurality of cells; and an equalization control unit configured to control the equalization circuit. The battery ECU is configured to calculate the remaining capacity variation at startup of ECU in which the battery ECU changes from a sleep state to a startup state. The cell equalization system is configured to execute first equalization processing for performing the equalization when the battery ECU is in the startup state, and second equalization processing for performing the equalization when the battery ECU is in the sleep state.

Cell equalization system

A vehicle heat management system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heating circuit, and a battery temperature regulation circuit. The refrigerant circuit circulates a refrigerant to regulate a temperature inside a passenger compartment through the refrigerant circuit. The heating circuit circulates a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant through the heating circuit. The heating circuit regulates the temperature inside the passenger compartment. The battery temperature regulation circuit regulates a temperature of a battery by introducing a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant to the battery.

Vehicle heat management system

A treatment device for an endoscope includes a pair of forceps pieces which has forceps surfaces in contact with a subject tissue and are opened and closed with the forceps surfaces facing each other. Concave portions are formed in the central portions of the forceps surfaces to form the forceps surfaces around the concave portions, and on the forceps surfaces, a first region on the proximal end side of the forceps pieces has a plurality of first teeth with top surfaces formed to be unsharp, and a second region on the distal end side of the forceps pieces to the first region has a plurality of second teeth with top surfaces formed to be sharp.

Treatment device for endoscope

An endoscopic instrument according to the present invention includes: a wire disposed in a flexible sheath and capable of freely projecting relative to the flexible sheath, the distal end of the wire expanding in radius to form a loop section or a basket section upon being projected from the sheath; and a fixture cylinder for fixing the inserted proximal end of the wire, wherein the fixture cylinder is provided with a wire-radius-increasing-direction-regulating section for regulating the direction in which the radius of the wire increases; and a wire-fixing section, disposed in the vicinity of the proximal end relative to the wire-radius-increasing-direction-regulating section, for fixing the wire.

Endoscopic instrument and method for manufacturing

Method for manufacturing an endoscopic instrument

A structure for attaching to a support a protective member having a rib comprises a single-piece clip with a rib-fastening section and a support-fastening section. The rib-fastening section has a pair of walls defining a space into which the rib is inserted, and the walls have respective resilient pawls that engage opposite sides of the rib to resist withdrawal of the rib from the space. The walls have reinforcing braces outside the space. The support-fastening section has a tube with a tapered lead-in member for receiving a stud projecting from the support.

Structure for attaching protective member to a support

A molding for a vehicle eliminates the need for equipment and reduces assembly time. An end cap has an end cap main unit inserted into the inner space from an opening in a molding main unit end surface, a catch portion (engaging portion) to engage and disengage from a molding main unit curved portion (engaged portion). The base end portion is rotatably installed in the end cap main unit and the rotating end portion side is inserted into the inner space from the opening in the molding main unit end surface. An end cap movable portion on which a second protrusion is formed contacts a first protrusion in the molding main unit to prevent movement in the direction removing the end cap from the opening in the molding main unit by making contact with the first protrusion when the catch portion has engaged the curved portion.

Molding

An endoscopic treatment tool is provided which includes: a grasping portion that has a first shoulder portion and second shoulder portion; a current-carrying portion that protrudes out from a distal end of each of the first and second shoulder portions; a pivot portion that is disposed in the distal end of the first shoulder portion so as to protrude in substantially the same direction as the longitudinal direction of the first shoulder portion, the distal end of the pivot portion being provided with an insulating portion; a wire that is connected to the grasping portion; a sheath which has a tubular shape, and into which the wire and grasping portion are inserted; a main body to which the sheath is fixed; and a sliding portion which is disposed to move in the longitudinal direction of the main body in a sliding manner, and to which the wire is connected.

Endoscopic treatment tool

An automatic opening and closing device including: a trunk lid; a drive unit which generates drive force for operating the opening and closing member; a hinge arm which is mounted between a rear fender and wheel house inner panel and the trunk lid; and a first link and a second link which transmit the drive force of the drive unit to the trunk lid. The drive unit is fitted to an edge portion of a trunk room aperture portion, and the first and second link are provided so as to straddle the hinge arm.

Automatic opening and closing device

Provided is a power actuator system for actuating a closure member () such as a trunk lid which is compact in size and has a minimized protrusion. A first link () is connected to an output shaft of a powered actuator (), and a free end of the first link is connected to an end of a second link (). The other end of the second link is pivotally connected to a hinge arm () which is fixedly attached to a closure member and pivotally supports the closure member to a fixed part such as a vehicle body. The first link is adapted to extend substantially from the output shaft towards the closure member as the first link swing around the output shaft, and the second link extends substantially perpendicularly with respect to the center line.

Power actuator system for actuating a closure member

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Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuya Kaneko