Ebara Corporation

Amp LLC

Meiji Dairies Corporation

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Dengensha Manufacturing Company Limited

Renesas Electronics Corporation

The Whitaker Corporation

Meiji Co., Ltd.

Yoshio Sato

Kazuyuki Kasahara

Shunichi Aiyoshizawa

Keisuke Furuichi

Kakuhei Isawa

Daisuke Konno

Mizue Saito

Nobuo Yoda

Seiya Makino

Shuji Ikegami

Naoki Taketomo

Kenichi Hojo

Tomonori Kamiyama

Kazuto Hirokawa

Takashi Kamono

Yumiko Noda

Sachihiko Miwa

Ryoji Nishimura

Naoki Kumagai

Keiji Kameta

Takashi Yoshida

Yoshitaka Nakamura

Masato Hirai

Hideaki Hayashi

Takeshi Morita

Yoichi Kanemitsu

Yuji Shirao

Kazumichi Machida

Ryoichi Shinjo

Yasushi Hisabe

Ichiro Kamiya

Toshihiro Ohtani

Takashi Kataoka

Masahiko Kishi

Takio Okuda

Manabu Toshimitsu

Toshiya Kanamori

Nobuaki Iwabuchi

Junichi Taniguchi

Hideo Tsuboi

Noriyuki Osada

Tetsuya Watanabe

Tsutomu Nakamura

Tsutomi Nakamura

The controller LSI is connected to an SPI flash memory having a deep power down mode (DPM), and brings the SPI flash memory to the DPM and then brings itself to low power consumption mode (LPM) that volatilizes data in a RAM. This invention solves the problem that the controller LSI cannot release the peripheral device from the DPM upon returning from the LPM due to the volatilization of the data. The controller LSI includes a CPU, the RAM, and an SPI control unit transmitting an SPI command to the flash memory. The SPI command includes a power down command to bring the flash memory into DPM and a release command to release it from the DPM. Upon returning from the LPM, the controller LSI causes the control unit to transmit a release command to the flash memory irrespective of whether it is in DPM or normal mode.

LSI and information processing system

A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genusand collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.

Process for producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid

Liquid crystal video projector

A motor-driven resistance spot welding machine includes: a drive rod having an electrode tip on an end thereof and making a linear motion; a linear guide for guiding the linear motion of the drive rod, the linear guide including a bearing; and a reduction gear being supported by a gun arm or a gun bracket. The machine also linearly drives the drive rod in an electrode force direction by transmitting an output torque of an electric motor to the reduction gear. In the machine, a rear portion of the drive rod is connected to a swing lever through a link, the swing lever being secured either to an output shaft of the reduction gear or to a main body of the reduction gear, whereby an arcuate motion is transmitted to the swing lever by an output of the electric motor, and is then converted into a linear motion of the drive rod by the link to thereby drive the drive rod so as to apply electrode force. As a result of this construction, the reduction gear is sealed, so that the reduction gear is free from welding splashes. Such problems as the large moment of inertia (GD.sup.2) and the restricted strokes of the ball-bearing leadscrew and the nut can be overcome. Further, gun parts are grouped by function. That is, the functions are unitized into a drive unit for generating electrode force, and a welding unit including the electrode tips, the gun arm, the welding transformer, and the like, so that parts are unitized into common parts so as to be standardized. Further, a new bracket which can be used irrespective of the posture of the gun attached to the robot can be realized.

Motor-driven resistance spot welding machine

A motor-driven X-type resistance spot welding gun. A servo-controlled motor torque is converted into force to drive gun arms and into electrode force by using a reduction gear without converting rotational output of the motor into rectilinear motion. The two arms are respectively attached to an output shaft of the reduction gear or a case, and the rotational output of the motor can be converted into swing-wise movement to close and open the arms. The electrode tips on the arms nip a workpiece to apply electrode force to the workpiece, and current is passed through the workpiece to perform spot welding. A motor, a reduction gear and the like are assembled on a common base to form a driving unit so that an arm actuator for the X-type resistance spot welding gun is formed. The same driving unit can be used commonly to various X-type gun models. The independent properties of functions of a bracket for attaching the welding gun to a robot are improved. Since properties of the arm actuator and the bracket are not dependent on a welding unit of the gun (portion through which welding current flows), the production cost for a manufacturer and maintenance cost for a user are reduced.

Motor-driven X-type resistance spot welding gun

An edge connector (1) having metal latching devices (5) to latch and unlatch a circuit board (4) is disclosed. More particularly the latching devices (5) include a latching section (53) for latching the board (4) and an unlatching section (54) for releasing the board (4).

Edge connector and board latching device for a connector

A spindle motor has a rotor supported by a stator through a thrust bearing and a radial bearing. At least the thrust bearing is a hydrodynamic bearing. The spindle motor is provided with a device for adjusting the thrust laod that is applied to the thrust bearing. The load adjusting device has an electromagnet that is provided on the stator and a permanent magnet that is provided on the rotor in opposing relation to the electromagnet. Either the repelling force or the attraction force, which acts between the electromagnet and the permanent magnet, is controlled by changing the current supplied to the electromagnet.

Spindle motor

A ceramic hydrodynamic bearing used as a radial or a thrust bearing in a spindle motor for a hard disk driver. The bearing includes a ceramic bearing base having hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves. A sliding surface of the bearing base is irradiated with an energy beam with a high energy density to remove said material, thereby forming hydrodynamic pressure generating groove, and at the same time the grooves are coated with a modification layer that is formed by melting the ceramic material that constitutes said ceramic bearing base with the energy beam and by solidifying said ceramic bearing base.

Method of cutting grooves in hydrodynamic bearing made of ceramic

A bearing structure suitable for a spindle motor or the like, which enables such a motor to rotate with minimal vibrations. The bearing structure comprises a stator including a support shaft which is disposed on a base, and a rotor which is rotatably disposed around the support shaft. A radial hydrodynamic bearing and a thrust hydrodynamic bearing are disposed between the stator and the rotor. The stator has the support shaft, a thrust plate and a radial cylindrical member which is concentric with the support shaft. The thrust plate is secured to an end surface of the radial cylindrical member. The support shaft extends through the centers of the radial cylindrical member and the thrust plate. The rotor has a radial sleeve. The radial hydrodynamic bearing is formed from the inner peripheral surface of the radial sleeve and the outer peripheral surface of the radial cylindrical member, which face each other and either of which is formed with herringbone-shaped grooves for generating dynamic pressure. The thrust hydrodynamic bearing is formed from an end surface of the radial sleeve and a sliding surface of the thrust plate, which face each other and either of which is formed with spiral grooves for generating dynamic pressure. A rolling bearing may be added in order to minimize the starting torque in the bearing structure.

Bearing structure

A spindle motor which is designed to rotate with minimal vibrations and hence is suitable for a hard disk driver. The spindle motor employs hydrodynamic bearings as radial and thrust bearings. A support shaft is formed in a cylindrical configuration with a center hole, and a rotor has a columnar portion which is inserted into the center hole in the support shaft. A thrust bearing collar is attached to the lower end of the rotor, and a thrust bearing member is secured to a base in opposing relation to the thrust bearing collar. A group of stator coils and a radial bearing member are disposed on either the inner peripheral surface of the center hole in the support shaft or the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft, and a group of rotor magnets and a radial bearing sleeve are disposed on either the outer peripheral surface of the columnar portion or the inner peripheral surface of the rotor in opposing relation to the stator coil group and the radial bearing member.

A spindle motor comprising a stator including a support shaft positioned on a base, a cap-shaped rotor rotatably and concentrically disposed around the support shaft, thrust and radial bearings disposed between the stator and the rotor, a stator coil secured to the stator, and a rotor magnet member secured to the rotor opposing the stator coil. The thrust and radial bearings are hydrodynamic bearings. A movable piece that constitutes a part of the thrust bearing is secured to the lower end of a cylindrical portion of the rotor and extended outwardly or inwardly from the cylindrical portion, or is disposed above the rotor. The stator coil is secured to the outer peripheral portion of the support shaft above or below the radial bearing. The rotor magnet member is securd to the inner peripheral surface or inner top surface of the rotor. Either a radial or axial gap is provided between the stator coil and the rotor magnet member.

Gas dynamic bearing for spindle motor

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshio Sato