Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited

Konami Corporation

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Bridgestone Corporation

Yosuke Sasaki

Michinori Yanagi

Kazuhiro Kusuda

Shinichi Ishii

Fumihito Soma

Kentaro Nishi

Emiko Miyaji

Minoru Majima

Tomoaki Hirai

Takuya Oshiba

Hiroaki Miyazawa

Takamitsu Hamanaga

Makoto Ando

Kazuhiro Yoshida

Yasuhiro Tanaka

Hiroshi Tomaru

Yoshio Ogata

Tadahiro Mita

Yaku Hiranabe

Masakazu Yamamori

Makato Ando

Yaku Hiranbe

Yuzo Todani

A game apparatus includes a symbol arrangement device, a replacement symbol drawing device, a symbol replacement device, and a win determination device. The symbol arrangement device is configured to arrange a plurality of symbols in a predefined area. The replacement symbol drawing device is configured to draw at least one replacement target symbol to be replaced. The symbol replacement device is configured to replace, with at least alternative symbol, the at least one replacement target symbol that was drawn, after the symbol arrangement device arranged at least one of the plurality of symbols. The win determination device is configured to perform a win determination based at least in part on an arrangement of symbols which are in at least a part of the predefined area, after the symbol replacement device replaced, by the at least alternative symbol, the at least one replacement target symbol that was drawn.

Game apparatus, game method and game program

A method for inserting a wire into a contact pin utilizes a wire insertion tool. The wire insertion tool includes a first division block having a first wire insertion guide ditch forming plane where a first wire insertion guide ditch has been formed, a second division block having a second wire insertion guide ditch forming plane where a second wire insertion guide ditch has been formed, and a division block positioning guide. When the first and second division blocks are fitted together by fitting the first and second wire insertion guide ditch forming planes, the first and second wire insertion guide ditches form a wire insertion guide hole. The division block positioning guide guides one of the blocks linearly to the other block such that these planes approach each other or separate from each other.

Method for inserting a wire into a contact pin with a wire insertion tool

The wire insertion tool includes a first division block having a first wire insertion guide ditch forming plane where a first wire insertion guide ditch has been formed, a second division block having a second wire insertion guide ditch forming plane where a second wire insertion guide ditch has been formed, and a division block positioning guide. When the first division block and the second division block form a coupling unit by fitting the first wire insertion guide ditch forming plane and the second wire insertion guide ditch forming plane, the first wire insertion guide ditch and the second wire insertion guide ditch form a wire insertion guide hole. The division block positioning guide guides one of these blocks linearly to the other such that these planes approach to each other or separate from each other.

Wire insertion tool

An aspect of the invention provides a game machine including: a second game chance control device that generates at least one game chance that is allowed to establish a predetermined winning condition in a game within a predetermined range provided to a player in exchange for a game value; a symbol arrangement control device that determines types of symbols to be arranged on a predetermined area on a game screen with a predetermined positional relationship according to the generation of the game chance; and a first winning determining device that determines whether the winning condition is established based on the types and the arrangement of the symbols arranged on the predetermined area.

Game machine and computer program thereof

A game machine having a control unit as a first game chance control device generating a game chance achieving at least one winning combination in winning combinations whose achievement probability varies in a game within a predetermined range provided to the player in exchange for medals, a dividend value control device setting a correspondence relationship between the winning combinations and the dividend values for the player, a dividend display control device displaying an odds display section where the winning combinations are related with the dividend values on a monitor according to the correspondence relationship set by the dividend value control device, a dividend creating device generating the dividend for the player corresponding to the achieved winning combination according to the correspondence relationship set by the dividend value control device when any winning combination is achieved, and a condition determining device determining whether a predetermined dividend change condition is established within the predetermined range.

An operation method for a gaming machine sets a target payout rate, probabilities of winning, and odds on a plurality of objects. The objects are rearranged in order of the probability of winning. The odds on the object in first place are corrected to odds with a predetermined number of digits. The probability of winning of the object in the first place is corrected by the corrected odds. The difference between the uncorrected probability of winning and the corrected probability of winning is reflected in the probability of winning of the object in the subsequent place. The odds on the object in the subsequent place are predetermined based on the corrected probability of winning of the object in the subsequent place. The whole processing is repetitively performed for the objects in all places.

Gaming machine and operation method therefor

A game system comprises an the arcade game machine ( ) for playing a horse racing simulation game where each player uses a horse he or she trained by themselves, a plurality of player terminals ( ) in remote locations, and a Web server ( ) connected to the player terminals ( ) via the Internet. The Web server manages a horse racing game site on the Internet, where horse races are run in which a number of players can participate by using their own player terminals. The player, after obtaining a password including such data as the performance data of the owned-horse he or she trained in the arcade game machine, accesses the horse racing game site via the player terminal, and can enter his or her owned-horse in the horse races by inputting the password.

Game system, commercial game apparatus, network game apparatus, client device, and recording medium

A friction material for brake including reinforcing fibers, a friction modifier, a lubricant, and a binder, characterized by containing, as a part of the component of the friction modifier, 2 to 5 wt % zeolite, 0.8 to 2 wt % antimony oxide and 0.2 to 1 wt % fluorine based polymer.

Friction material

A friction material, including a fibrous reinforcement, a friction modifier, a lubricant and a binder, comprising a water-repellent fluoropolymer incorporated therein. The further incorporation of an alkaline metal salt makes it possible to render the matrix more hydrophilic and hence reduce creep noise. The foregoing fluoropolymer is one selected from the group consisting of ethylene tetrafluoride polymer, tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer and polyvinylidene fluoride or a combination thereof.

A process for producing a friction material is disclosed, which comprises integrally bonding a preform of a friction material molding compound by heat-forming to a metallic backing plate which has been formed into a given shape and has undergone degreasing and priming, said heat-forming being conducted after the backing plate has been preheated to a temperature about equal to the heat-forming temperature to be used. The process is effective in simplifying the temperature control conducted in the heat-forming step and in providing high-quality friction materials always having stable physical properties and performances.

Process for producing friction material

In a friction material composition containing a fiber base, and a binder, a novolak type phenolic resin having a mean molecular weight of from 3500 to 5000 is used as the binder.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yosuke Sasaki