Mars, Incorporated

Kyb Corporation

Yasuhiro Ota

Shinichi Hagidaira

Osamu Miyatani

Takafumi Otake

Kichihei Mori

A suspension device includes damper interposed between vehicle body and wheel in vehicle and exerted damping force for suppressing vertical movements of vehicle body and wheel, damping force adjustment mechanism adjusts damping force, control device controls damping force adjustment mechanism, lateral acceleration detection unit detects an lateral acceleration acting on vehicle body, roll angular velocity detection unit detects roll angular velocity of vehicle body, and steering angular velocity detection unit detects steering angular velocity of steering wheel. The control device sets maximum damping force out of damping force calculated from steering angular velocity, damping force calculated from lateral acceleration and damping force calculated from roll angular velocity as steering initial stage additional damping force, calculates final damping force of damper using steering initial stage additional damping force and performs steering initial stage control of controlling damper when steering angular velocity exceeds predetermined dead band.

Suspension device

A small-sized automatic vending machine for snack confectionery is provided, which is capable of being fitted to a side surface of an already installed automatic vending machine for drinks, or the like, and which enables machine size reduction, commodity protection, and a first-in first-out operation for commodities. The small-sized automatic vending machine comprises a base frame (), which is capable of being fitted to a mounting surface (), and a cabinet (). The cabinet () comprises a commodity vending opening (), which is located at an upper region, and a commodity accommodating section, which is located within the cabinet () and accommodates a plurality of commodities (CA, CB) laid-up on commodity carriers (A,B). A lower region of the cabinet () is pivotably supported on the base frame () via a hinge (), such that the cabinet () is capable of being set in a sideways fallen state, in which the commodity accommodating section is exposed. In the sideways fallen state, commodity replenishment is performed by leaving the commodities, which remain in the commodity accommodating section, at a predetermined position, and moving the commodity carriers (A,B) in a direction heading away from the commodity vending opening ().

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Yasuhiro Ota