YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160137260 | POWER UNIT AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A power unit includes: a rotation plate | 05-19-2016 |
20160128245 | COMPONENT FEEDING DEVICE, AND COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE - A component feeding device transports a tape (a component feeding tape) in which electronic components are stored with some transportation device, and exposes the components. Transportation of the component feeding tape may be performed by fitting a sprocket with a feed hole of the component feeding tape. It has been found that sprocket does not necessarily fit with the feed hole of the component feeding tape. It has been found that this phenomenon takes place in a case of driving at least two or more sprockets with a driving device. When the sprocket does not fit with the feed hole, transportation of the tape is not correctly performed, but exerts an undesirable influence such as reduction of mounting efficiency on feeding of the components and subsequent mounting of the components. One feature resides in rendering a backlash of an upstream-side sprocket larger than a backlash of a downstream-side sprocket. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124412 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND EXTENSION BOARD - A control system, includes a master control device configured to control a first controlled object based on time information output from a first clock unit, and a slave control device connected to the master control device via a network and configured to control a second controlled object different from the first controlled object based on control information transmitted from the master control device and time information output from a second clock unit. The time information of the first clock unit and the time information of the second clock unit are time-synchronized. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121958 | VEHICLE - At least portion of a detecting portion of a front wheel rotation speed detector is supported on one front telescopic element of a shock absorbing device and is positioned in, as viewed in the direction of a wheel axis, an area defined by a front imaginary line which passes a front end of the shock absorbing device and which is parallel to a steering axis and a rear imaginary line which passes a rear end of the shock absorbing device and which is parallel to the steering axis in a perpendicular or substantially perpendicular direction to the wheel axis and the steering axis, an area located inwards of an outer shape of a wheel, and an area which is located outside an area defined between the front and rear telescopic elements. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121956 | WHEELCHAIR ELECTRIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR WITH WHEELCHAIR ELECTRIC DEVICE AND DRIVE MONITORING METHOD FOR ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR - It becomes possible to monitor a driven state of each wheel in a wheelchair whose wheels are driven according to output information calculated based on input information. A left wheel controller and a right wheel controller are provided. The presence or absence of a drive abnormality of the left wheel is determined by the right wheel controller receiving first drive related information that is related to a drive of the left wheel and transmitted from the left wheel controller, and the presence or absence of a drive abnormality of the left wheel is determined by the left wheel controller receiving second drive related information that is related to a drive of the right wheel and transmitted from the right wheel controller. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121954 | VEHICLE - An inner fender includes a cover face surface, a left projecting portion, and a right projecting portion. Under a condition that a body frame is in an upright state and that a left front wheel and a right front wheel are not turned, the left projecting portion projects forward from the cover face surface behind a rear edge of the left front wheel; the right projecting portion projects forward from the cover face surface behind a rear edge of the right front wheel; and a portion of the cover face surface between the left projecting portion and the right projecting portion faces a space defined between the left front wheel and the right front wheel. | 05-05-2016 |
20160114857 | STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - Disclosed is a straddle-type vehicle including a seat cushion, a foot rest lever, and a vehicle shell. The vehicle shell includes a foot pedal and a back shell portion connected to each other. The back shell portion includes a central cover portion, a front side cover portion, a bearing cover portion, and a back side cover portion. The front side cover portion has an upper portion and a lower portion. A front end portion of the upper portion is located further forward than a back end portion of the lower portion. The bearing cover portion has a bearing face for bearing the foot rest lever. An imaginary extension line extending from the bearing face passes through the seat cushion. | 04-28-2016 |
20160114851 | SCOOTER-TYPE VEHICLE - A scooter-type vehicle including a front wheel, a steering mechanism, a vehicle frame, a saddle, a vehicle cover and a main switch unit. The vehicle frame includes a head pipe, a front frame and a rear frame. The front frame extends rearwards and downwards from a rear portion of the head pipe, and, in a front view, overlaps the front wheel when the steering mechanism is in a non-rotating state. The vehicle cover includes a flat-shaped pedal or footboard, which is further forwards than the saddle above the rear frame, and a front cover extending upwards from a front end of the flat-shaped pedal or footboard. In a side view, at least a part of the main switch unit is further forwards than an imaginary line connecting a rear end of an upper edge of the head pipe and a rear end of a lower edge of the front frame. | 04-28-2016 |
20160114671 | SCOOTER-TYPE VEHICLE - A scooter-type vehicle including a front vehicle cover covering a head pipe, a rear vehicle cover extending backwards from a foot rest and covering a space below a saddle, and a headlight unit disposed in front of the front vehicle cover. The headlight unit includes a reflector headlight, including a light source disposed at one side further right or left than the head pipe and a first reflector, and a projector headlight, including another light source disposed at the other side further right or left than the head pipe, a second reflector, and a lens disposed in front of the second light source in a convex shape toward the front. In a side view, a portion of the projector headlight overlaps with the reflector headlight. In a top view, a rear end of the reflector headlight is located further forward than a rear end of the projector headlight. | 04-28-2016 |
20160096611 | BOAT MANEUVERING SYSTEM - A boat maneuvering system, including a first power source having a first controller, a first operating device having a second controller configured to receive a first operation instruction and to output a first control signal for controlling the first power source, a second power source provided separately from the first power source, and a second operating device provided separately from the first operating device for operating the first and second power sources. The second operating device includes a third controller provided on a communication path connecting the first and second controllers, the third controller being configured to receive the first control signal, generate a second control signal, and output the second control signal to the first controller, and to receive a second operation instruction via the second operating device, generate a third control signal, and output the third control signal to the second power source. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096610 | BOAT MANEUVERING SYSTEM - A boat maneuvering system includes a power source, a first controller that controls the power source, a display device that has a touch panel function and displays an operation screen configured to operate the movement of a boat, and a second controller that is communicatively connected to the first controller and enables an operation of the boat through the operation screen when detecting a plurality of operations on the display device simultaneously. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096608 | BOAT MANEUVERING SYSTEM - A boat maneuvering system includes a power source, a first operating device configured to operate the power source, a first controller configured to control the power source, a second controller configured to accept an operation instruction input from the first operating device and to output a control signal to the first controller, a first electric power line that connects the power source to a battery to convey electric power therebetween, a second electric power line that connects the second controller to the battery to convey electric power therebetween, a communication path that connects the first controller and the second controller to convey a signal therebetween, and a signal conversion portion provided on the communication path to electrically separate the first and second controllers. | 04-07-2016 |
20160090166 | ELECTRIC PROPULSION DEVICE - An electric propulsion device includes a duct having a cylindrical shape and that includes a stator. A rim includes a rotor rotatable relative to the duct, and a plurality of fins. A bracket supports the duct so as to allow the duct to turn about a turning axis that intersects with the rotation axis of the rim, and a turning actuator that integrally turns the duct and the rim. The turning actuator is fixed to the bracket, and the duct is turnable relative to the bracket. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090165 | MARINE PROPULSION DEVICE - A marine propulsion device includes a power source, a steering handle, and an accelerator grip that moves with respect to the steering handle. A movement region of the accelerator grip includes a forward movement rotation region, a reverse movement rotation region and an axis movement region. In the forward movement rotation region, the accelerator grip is operated to rotate so as to obtain a drive force in a forward movement direction. In the reverse movement rotation region the accelerator grip is operated to rotate so as to obtain a drive force in a reverse movement direction. The axis movement region is provided between the forward movement rotation region and the reverse movement rotation region. In the axis movement region, the accelerator grip is moved in the extensional direction of a rotation axis. | 03-31-2016 |
20160066484 | PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE, SURFACE MOUNT MACHINE AND PRESSURE CONTROL METHOD - The pressure of a gas supplied to a nozzle is stably controlled over a wide range. A first positive pressure supply pathway supplies the gas at a first positive pressure. A second positive pressure supply pathway supplies the gas at a second positive pressure that is lower than the first positive pressure. A nozzle connecting pathway is connected to the nozzle. A switch-over valve selectively switches between a first connected state in which the first positive pressure supply pathway is connected to the nozzle connecting pathway and a second connected state in which the second positive pressure supply pathway is connected to the nozzle connecting pathway. A valve controller controls the connected state of the switch-over valve and adjusts the pressure of the gas supplied to the nozzle within the range from the first positive pressure to the second positive pressure. | 03-03-2016 |
20160061132 | DRIVING FORCE CONTROL SYSTEM AND SADDLED VEHICLE - A driving force control system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an absolute bank angle detector configured to detect an absolute bank angle that is the absolute value of a vehicle's bank angle; a calculation circuit configured to calculate a relative bank angle that is the vehicle's relative angle with respect to a maximum absolute bank angle that is the maximum value of the absolute bank angle; and a controller configured to control driving force based on the relative bank angle. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059850 | TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND SADDLED VEHICLE - A traction control system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a yaw rate detector configured to detect the yaw rate of a saddled vehicle, and a controller configured to perform a traction control based on the detected yaw rate. | 03-03-2016 |
20160043462 | TWO-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE - A two-wheeled motor vehicle having a main frame on which a metal structure is mounted, and first and second antennas, disposed outside the main frame in a vehicle width direction, for road-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle communications. The first and second antennas are opposite to each other and are separated by the metal structure of the main frame. | 02-11-2016 |
20160031204 | BOARD PRINTING APPARATUS AND BOARD PRINTING METHOD - A board printing apparatus includes a board working table, a first printing table, a second printing table, and a control portion controlling printing operations. The control portion is configured to perform second printing on a board held by the board working table by a large component mask of the second printing table after a first printing performed on the board held by the board working table by a small component mask of the first printing table. | 02-04-2016 |
20150377281 | VEHICLE INCLUDING AN OPERATING MEMBER - Provided is a vehicle including a vehicle body. The vehicle includes an operating member to be pressed so that the operating member performs an operation, and a wire having a first end and a second end. The first end is closer than the second end to the operating member. The vehicle includes a wire cover slidably covering the wire and slidable relative to the wire. The vehicle includes an actuating section that supports a first portion of the wire cover and that moves the wire cover in a direction away from the first end of the wire in accordance with the operation. The vehicle includes a non-actuating section supporting the first end so that an operation amount of the first end with respect to the vehicle body is smaller than an operation amount of the actuating section with respect to the vehicle body when the operating member performs the operation. | 12-31-2015 |
20150357134 | SWITCH, SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND SWITCH SEAL STRUCTURE - Provided is a switch attached to an attachment object through a seal member. The switch includes an operating portion including an operating surface. The switch further includes a support portion supporting the operating portion to enable a push operation for the operating portion. The switch further includes a flange portion disposed in a direction of the push operation relative to the support portion. The switch further includes a seal holding portion disposed in the direction of the push operation relative to the flange portion. The seal holding portion has a circular shaped portion or an oval shaped portion in contact with the seal member to hold the seal member with the circular shaped portion or the oval shaped portion. The switch further includes a pawl portion disposed in the direction of the push operation relative to the seal holding portion and configured to be hooked to the attachment object. | 12-10-2015 |
20150345440 | INTAKE NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - An intake noise reduction device includes an air cleaner, an intake funnel and a resonator, and is connected to an engine via a throttle body. The resonator is provided inside of the air cleaner. The resonator includes a chamber portion and a pipe portion. The pipe portion is formed to extend downward from the chamber portion, and has an opening end at a lower end. The intake funnel is provided at a lower end of the air cleaner. An opening end of the resonator is inserted into the intake funnel. A cross sectional area of an intake passage between the intake funnel and the pipe portion is set to not less than an opening area of an intake passage of the throttle body opened to a maximum throttle opening. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344091 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a body frame that leans and two front wheels that prevent enlargement of a peripheral construction around a steering shaft above the two front wheels while maintaining a function of a link mechanism. An upper cross portion and a lower cross portion of the link mechanism each include a portion supported at a right end portion and a left end portion thereof and supported on a body frame at a middle portion thereof. The upper cross portion and the lower cross portion preferably have different volumes. Upper displacements that result when a rearward test force is exerted on an upper right bearing and an upper left bearing that support the upper cross portion with the lower cross portion removed, and lower displacements that result when a rearward test force is exerted on a lower right bearing and a lower left bearing that support the lower cross portion with the upper cross portion removed are equal or substantially equal. | 12-03-2015 |
20150323426 | SUCTION TIP, OBJECT OBSERVATION DEVICE USING THE SUCTION TIP, AND OBJECT OBSERVING METHOD - A suction tip, an object observation device and an object observing method using the suction tip. The suction tip is provided with an internal tubular passage serving as a suction path for sucking an object, a distal end portion disposed in a substantially vertical direction when in use and including a suction port for sucking the object, the suction port being an opening formed in one end of the tubular passage; and a trap portion formed downstream of the distal end portion in a suction direction, and configured to trap the object to be sucked through the suction port. According to the suction tip, the object observation device and the object observing method using the suction tip, it is easy to collect the object, without falling and discharging of the collected object in the gravitational direction. | 11-12-2015 |
20150308827 | ROLL ANGLE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS - Arithmetic circuitry of a roll angle estimation device estimates a roll angle, a pitch angle a pitch angular velocity of the moving body and at least one offset error of angular velocity detectors and acceleration detectors. In a current estimation operation, the arithmetic circuitry estimates the roll angle, the pitch angle, and the pitch angular velocity and the at least one offset error, based on detection values of the angular velocity detectors, detection values of the acceleration detectors, a detection value by the velocity detector, estimated values of the roll angle, pitch angle, and pitch angular velocity from a previous estimation operation, and an estimated value of the at least offset error from the previous estimation operation. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307149 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a body frame, a left front wheel and a right front wheel, a link mechanism configured to be deformed as a vehicle body leans, and vehicle components disposed directly forward of the link mechanism in relation to a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle. The vehicle components are supported on the body frame via penetrating portions that extend from the body frame toward the front of the vehicle and penetrate the link mechanism. | 10-29-2015 |
20150298736 | VEHICLE - A right front fender and a left front fender are displaceable relative to a vehicle body frame in accordance with an operation of a link mechanism. At least a portion of the right front fender is disposed above a center in the up-down direction between an upper end of a right front wheel and a lower edge of the link mechanism or a steering mechanism directly above the right front wheel, and is disposed below a right lower edge of a front portion of a link cover portion, as seen from a front in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body frame when the vehicle body frame is in the upright state. At least a portion of the left front fender is disposed above a center in the up-down direction between an upper end of a left front wheel and a lower edge of the link mechanism or the steering mechanism directly above the left front wheel, and is disposed below the left lower edge of the front portion of the link cover portion, as seen from the front when the vehicle body frame is in the upright state. | 10-22-2015 |
20150291241 | VEHICLE - A resisting force change mechanism includes a first portion and a second portion configured to change a resisting force against relative displacement. The first portion is supported on any one of a first side member, a second side member, a first cross member, and a second cross member of a link mechanism where at least a portion thereof is superposed on one member at all times. The first portion is aligned with the one member and a steering shaft at the front. The second portion is supported on any other one of the body frame, the first side member, the second side member, the first cross member, and the second cross member that is displaced relative to the one member on which the first portion is supported. The second portion is located at a position where at least a portion thereof is superposed on the other member at all times. | 10-15-2015 |
20150290971 | SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle riding type vehicle driven by a straddling rider, comprises a wheel including a wheel member having an annular rim, and a hub formed centrally of the rim to have a through hole formed at a center of rotation, a bearing attached to an inner circumferential surface of the through hole, and a tire attached to the rim; a wheel support for rotatably supporting the wheel with an axle inserted in the through hole; a sensor rotor mounted on the hub using the inner circumferential surface of the through hole as reference; and a wheel speed sensor for detecting rotation of the sensor rotor. | 10-15-2015 |
20150251719 | VEHICLE - In a vehicle, a size of an acute angle θL defined by a virtual plane perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly intersecting with an upper axis and a lower axis of a cross member and a up-and-down direction of a vehicle body frame is smaller than sizes of an acute angle θTR and an acute angle θTL which are defined by an expansion and contraction direction of telescopic elements and the up-and-down direction of the vehicle body frame, and an acute angle θSR and an acute angle θSL which are defined by axes of side rods and the up-and-down direction of the vehicle body frame. The sizes of the acute angle θTR and the acute angle θTL are greater than the size of the acute angle θL defined by the virtual plane perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly intersecting with the upper axis and the lower axis of the cross member and the up-and-down direction of the vehicle body frame, and are equivalent to or smaller than the sizes of the acute angle θSR and the acute angle θSL. | 09-10-2015 |
20150246704 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a stop element supported on a first support portion which is provided on any one of a link mechanism, a body frame, a right shock absorbing device, and a left shock absorbing device at a first end portion thereof so as to turn about a support axis of the first support portion, a lock caliper supported on a second support portion which is displaced relative to the first support portion and which is provided on any one of the link mechanism, the body frame, the right shock absorbing device, and the left shock absorbing device and which is configured to change a frictional force with the stop element, and a guide member which guides a middle portion or a second end portion of the extended member to the lock caliper. A turning angle of the stop element relative to the first support portion based on a turning operation of a first cross member and a second cross member relative to the body frame is smaller than a turning angle of the first cross member or a turning angle of the second cross member relative to the body frame based on the turning operation. | 09-03-2015 |
20150215510 | COMPONENT IMAGING DEVICE, AND COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH COMPONENT IMAGING DEVICE - A component imaging device has: a head unit that has a first head row and a second head row; an imaging unit that images components held by heads; a moving device for moving the head unit; and an imaging control device. The imaging unit includes an image sensor and an optical system. The optical system includes a first light-guiding portion that guides light from a component of the first head row to the image sensor, and a second light-guiding portion that guides light from a component of the second head row to the image sensor. An optical path length of the first light-guiding portion is set so as to obtain a focused image, and an optical path length of the second light-guiding portion is set so as to obtain a focused image. The imaging control device controls the positions of the heads and the exposure timing. | 07-30-2015 |
20150215503 | COMPONENT-RECOGNIZING APPARATUS, SURFACE-MOUNTING APPARATUS, AND COMPONENT-INSPECTING APPARATUS - In an apparatus adapted to scan a lower side of an electronic component being suction-held by a suction-holding nozzle, to perform image recognition of suction-held conditions of the electronic component, this invention is intended to perform a transfer operation under a condition that the suction-holding nozzle is arranged closer to an upper surface of a base, wherein the optical path directed downwardly from the suction-holding nozzle is bended in a lateral direction by a first optical path changing member and then further bended in another direction by a second optical path changing member to allow image-sensing means to capture an image of a lower surface of the suction-holding nozzle, and the electronic component being suction-held by the suction-holding nozzle is illuminated along the lateral optical path changed by the first optical path changing member. | 07-30-2015 |
20150212511 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND CORRECTION DATA GENERATION METHOD IN SAME - In-forward-rotation command information is obtained by sampling command signals during one or more rotations of a rotary shaft in a constant speed region while a motor is driven in a forward drive pattern including the constant speed region where the rotary shaft rotates in a forward direction at a constant speed. In-reverse-rotation command information is obtained by sampling the command signals during one or more rotations of the rotary shaft in a constant speed region while the motor is driven in a return drive pattern including the constant speed region where the rotary shaft rotates in a reverse direction at the constant speed. Correction data is generated using the in-forward-rotation command information and the in-reverse-rotation command information. | 07-30-2015 |
20150210338 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a center transmission plate, a first center turnable portion configured to turn about a first center turning axis extending in an up-down direction, a second center turnable portion configured to turn about a second center turning axis extending in a front-rear direction, a left transmission plate, a first left turnable portion configured to turn about a first left turning axis extending in the up-down direction, a second left turnable portion configured to turn about a second left turning axis extending in the front-rear direction, a right transmission plate, a first right turnable portion configured to turn about a first right turning axis extending in the up-down direction, and a second right turnable portion configured to turn about a second right turning axis extending in the front-rear direction. A tie rod is supported on the second center turnable portion, the second left turnable portion, and the second right turnable portion. | 07-30-2015 |
20150204801 | COMPLEX INSPECTION DEVICE FOR PRINTED-SUBSTRATE - A complex inspection device provided with an optical image pickup unit, an X-ray camera, and an X-ray irradiation unit is provided. An arrival path is defined as a route of an X-ray that arrives at the X-ray camera from the X-ray irradiation unit. The arrival path is shortened for a close-up in a close-up position. In a non-close-up position, the arrival path is longer than that in the close-up position. When the X-ray irradiation unit and/or the X-ray camera needs to move toward the close-up position, the optical pickup unit is moved out in advance so that the X-ray irradiation unit and the X-ray camera relatively move toward the close-up position. | 07-23-2015 |
20150189801 | COMPONENT SUPPLY UNIT - To provide a component supply unit capable of reliably cutting a cover tape and reliably exposing an electronic component when using a new storage tape and supplying the electronic component. A tape processing unit includes a cutter successively cutting a cover tape of a storage tape along a traveling direction following traveling of this storage tape. The cutter includes a blade portion having an angular blade portion so inclined frontwardly downward that a blade is angularly formed, and an upper C-chamfered surface (upper worked surface) which is a flat portion whose width in the horizontal direction gradually narrows from a lower end upwardly to reach the angular blade portion on an upper end formed on a forward end portion of this blade portion. | 07-02-2015 |
20150137798 | RELATIVE ROTATIONAL ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT DETECTION DEVICE, TORQUE DETECTION DEVICE, TORQUE CONTROL DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A permanent magnet includes magnetic poles that are arranged so as to alternate in polarity in the circumferential direction of the axis of rotation. The magnet is attached to one of a pair of rotatable members. The rotatable members are relatively rotatable about an axis of rotation. A magnetic flux guiding ring, including an annular ring body and a plurality of protruding portions protruding from the ring body, is attached to the other rotatable member. A plurality of magnetic sensors is arranged adjacent to the ring body. A first facing portion and a second facing portion, each for guide part of magnetic fluxes of the ring body, are provided and do not rotate with the permanent magnet and the magnetic flux guiding ring. | 05-21-2015 |
20150135691 | POWER UNIT AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A power unit includes: a crankcase | 05-21-2015 |
20150130389 | RELATIVE ROTATIONAL ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT DETECTION DEVICE, TORQUE DETECTION DEVICE, TORQUE CONTROL DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A relative rotational angular displacement detection device includes a pair of rotatable members rotatable relative to each other in a circumferential direction. A permanent magnet is attached to one of the rotatable members and includes magnetic poles magnetized in an axial direction of the axis of rotation and arranged to alternate in polarity in the circumferential direction. A magnetic flux guiding ring includes an annular ring body attached to the other of the rotatable members and is arranged coaxially with the axis of rotation, and a plurality of protruding portions each having a circumferential width smaller than the circumferential width of the magnetic pole. A magnetic detection unit is configured to detect magnetic fluxes of the ring body of the magnetic flux guiding ring. The magnetic flux guiding ring is magnetized depending on the positions of the protruding portions relative to the positions of the magnetic poles. | 05-14-2015 |
20150127242 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, VEHICLE, AND MOTOR - A control apparatus of a vehicle obtains information indicating a relationship between an instruction value to be provided to an actuator in accordance with a driving condition of a vehicle and a torque capacity of a clutch. The control apparatus includes a table holding unit that stores a correction table to be applied under a condition when an output torque from the engine is increasing and a correction table to be applied under a condition when an output torque from the engine is decreasing, a gear change condition determining unit that determines under which condition a gear change is executed, and a correction table update unit that updates the correction table to be applied under the determined condition based on the information indicating a relationship between a target value and an actual value of the torque capacity generated at the inertia phase. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127240 | SADDLE-STRADDLING TYPE MOTOR VEHICLE AND WHEEL FORCE ACQUISITION DEVICE - A saddle-straddling type motor vehicle on which an object is loadable for traveling with the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle includes a main body having a wheel, a motor that generates driving force for moving the main body, a wheel force calculator configured to calculate wheel force exerted between the wheel and a surface of a road on which the motor vehicle is traveling, and a wheel force corrector configured to correct the wheel force calculated by the wheel force calculator based on a condition of the object loaded on the motor vehicle. | 05-07-2015 |
20150122210 | ENGINE AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH ENGINE - An engine, including a crankcase, a cylinder body extending upward from the crankcase, a cylinder head coupled to an upper portion of the cylinder body, a cylinder head cover coupled to an upper portion of the cylinder head, and a gasket disposed between the cylinder head and the cylinder head cover. The gasket includes a projection that projects along directions from an inner wall of the cylinder head and from the cylinder head cover toward a camshaft. The projection is located in a cam chain chamber, which is formed in the engine along the cylinder body, the cylinder head and the cylinder head cover, and a cam chamber formed in the engine along the cylinder head and the cylinder head cover. The projection has an oil supply portion disposed in the cam chain chamber and above a cam chain guide guiding a cam chain. | 05-07-2015 |
20150122062 | ACTUATOR - An actuator includes M supports to support the rotary shaft, M being an integer equal to or more than 2; and M speed reducers. The Nth support out of the M supports is located at the opposite side of the moving body across the (N−1)th support, N being an integer which is equal to or more than 2 and equal to or less than M. The first speed reducer is connected to the moving body and the first support, receives a movement of the moving body in the axial direction as an input and drives the first support with a reduced drive force that is reduced from the input, and the Nth speed reducer is connected to the (N−1)th support and the Nth support, receives a movement of the (N−1)th support in the axial direction as an input and drives the Nth support with a reduced drive force. | 05-07-2015 |
20150114327 | ENGINE AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME | 04-30-2015 |
20150112569 | LONGITUDINAL FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS AND SADDLED VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a longitudinal force control apparatus. A lateral acceleration acquisition section acquires a lateral acceleration along a right-left direction acting on a vehicle. A bank angle acquisition circuit acquires a bank angle of the vehicle. A longitudinal force controller may decrease an absolute value of a longitudinal force at least with respect to a driving wheel of the vehicle based on the acquired lateral acceleration and the bank angle when it is determined that a calculated lateral-skid acceleration is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. The longitudinal force is a sum of forces along a front-rear direction acting on the driving wheel. | 04-23-2015 |
20150105938 | VEHICLE SPEED DETERMINATION SYSTEM, STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SADDLED VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - A vehicle speed while curving through steering maneuver is determined. A vehicle speed determination system is applicable to a vehicle having a front wheel and a rear wheel. The system includes: a wheel speed sensor configured to detect a wheel speed V | 04-16-2015 |
20150086373 | JET PROPULSION WATERCRAFT - A jet propulsion watercraft includes a vessel body, a steering nozzle, and a bucket. The steering nozzle includes a jet port from which a jet of water is ejected to propel the vessel body. The bucket is configured to move to a retracted position away from the jet of water ejected from the jet port and a jet receiving position to receive the jet of water ejected from the jet port. The bucket includes a right opening, a left opening, a first opening, and a second opening spaced apart from the first opening. The jet of water flows rightward from the right opening, leftward from the left opening, and rearward from the first opening and the second opening when the bucket is located in the jet receiving position. The first opening is located at least partially rightward of a right end of the jet port. The second opening is located at least partially leftward of a left end of the jet port. | 03-26-2015 |
20150081172 | STEERING DAMPER CONTROL APPARATUS, AND A SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - A steering damper control apparatus includes a steering damper configured to generate a damping force which acts on a steering device, a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of a front wheel suspension, a steering angle sensor configured to detect a steering angle of the steering device, and a damping force adjuster configured to adjust the damping force of the steering damper with one of a first command value which is a damping force command value according to a change rate of the pressure, and a second command value which is a damping force command value according to a steering angular speed, based on each detection result of the pressure sensor and steering angle sensor. | 03-19-2015 |
20150072405 | WELL PLATE AND SUCTION DEVICE PROVIDED WITH WELL PLATE - A well plate is formed with a well for holding a subject to be sucked by a suction nozzle on an inner bottom part and storing liquid and, a clearance forming member for forming a clearance to allow the liquid to flow in a state where a tip part of the suction nozzle is inserted into and held in contact with the well is provided in the well. According to the present invention, the clearance enabling the liquid to flow is formed even in the state where the tip part of the suction nozzle is inserted into and held in contact with the well in sucking the subject held in the well by the suction nozzle. The suction nozzle can suck the liquid around through the clearance and the subject held in the well is efficiently sucked through the suction port along the flow of the sucked liquid. | 03-12-2015 |
20150061414 | SLIDER FOR LINEAR CONVEYER AND LINEAR CONVEYER - A linear conveyer includes a stationary module and a slider. The stationary module includes a frame extending linearly, a stator including armature coils and fixed to the frame, a rail, and a magnetic sensor. The slider movable along the rail with a driving linear motor includes magnetic poles, a rail guide fitted on the rail, and a magnetic scale. The magnetic scale includes a plastic magnet having magnetic poles and extending along an extending direction in which the rail extends, and a back yoke where the plastic magnet is placed. A position of the slider is detected by the magnetic sensor and the magnetic scale. The plastic magnet has a fixed portion that is fixed with respect to the back yoke and a portion other than the fixed portion, the portion being movable relative to the back yoke along an extending direction in which the magnetic scale extends. | 03-05-2015 |
20150060236 | COVER FOR SLIDER OF LINEAR CONVEYER, LINEAR CONVEYER, SLIDER ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF DETACHING COVER FROM SLIDER OF LINEAR CONVEYER - A cover for a linear conveyer. The linear conveyer including a stationary module having a rail extending linearly and a stator including armature coils that is fixed to the rail, and a slider including a mover component having magnetic poles arranged linearly and a rail guide that is fitted on the rail. The slider sliding from an end surface of the rail along an elongated direction of the rail to be arranged on the rail and moving on the rail by a linear motor. The cover is attached to the slider to cover a magnetic pole face of the mover component of the slider. The cover has a thickness so as to come in contact with an end portion of the stationary module when the slider is mounted on the rail. The cover is detached from the slider by the contact with the end portion of the stationary module. | 03-05-2015 |
20150060159 | STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A snowmobile includes a transmission unit that transmits a driving force generated by an engine to the ground surface, in which ground touching portions of the transmission unit that are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction receive reaction forces mutually different in magnitude from the ground surface; a suspension that supports the transmission unit so as to swing in the up-down direction; and a vehicle body vibration control damper extending between a first portion and a second portion that are spaced apart from each other of the vehicle body frame and a member fixed to the vehicle body frame, the vehicle body vibration control damper generating a damping force against variations that change the distance between the first portion and the second portion. | 03-05-2015 |
20150051802 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A transmission apparatus mounted on a vehicle has a front-wheel speed sensor for sensing a rotation speed of a front wheel. A control unit has a ratio-change correction part that determines a correction in transmission control of the transmission apparatus using the rotation speed of the front wheel sensed by a front-wheel speed sensor. The control unit limits execution of the correction under a condition that an external device is connected to a connector. Thereby, the execution of the correction based on the rotation speed of the front wheel without a worker's intention during driving on a chassis dynamo may be suppressed. | 02-19-2015 |
20150050848 | VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS - A vessel propulsion apparatus includes an engine main body including a crankshaft that is rotatable about a rotation axis extending in the up-down direction, auxiliary machinery mounted on the engine main body, a bracket that couples the auxiliary machinery to the engine main body, and an engine cowling that houses the engine main body, the auxiliary machinery, and the bracket. The bracket includes a first mounting portion mounted on the engine main body, a second mounting portion mounted on the auxiliary machinery, a coupling portion coupling the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion, and a holding portion provided in the coupling portion. The holding portion of the bracket holds piping. | 02-19-2015 |
20150041557 | COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE - A component mounting device is provided with a head unit having a first nozzle array including a plurality of nozzle members aligned in a first direction, a second nozzle array that includes a plurality of nozzle members aligned in the first direction and that is aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A first linear motor vertically drives the nozzle members of the first nozzle array. A second linear motor drives the nozzle members of the second nozzle array. Each linear motor includes a linear motor main body that includes a stationary element and a mobile element that faces the stationary element in the second direction. The mobile element of the first linear motor and the mobile element of the second linear motor are in close proximity with each other in the second direction and each stationary element is located outside the mobile element. | 02-12-2015 |
20150040847 | SIX-STROKE CYCLE ENGINE HAVING SCAVENGING STROKE - A six-stroke cycle engine includes an intake passage including a downstream end connected to a combustion chamber and no throttle valve therein, and an exhaust passage including a catalyst and an upstream end connected to the combustion chamber. The six-stroke cycle engine includes a first valve configured to open and close the intake passage, a second valve configured to open and close the exhaust passage, a valve gear configured to operate the first valve and the second valve so that an intake stroke, a compression stroke, an expansion stroke, and an exhaust stroke are executed, in this order, and to operate only the first valve so that a scavenging intake stroke and a scavenging exhaust stroke are executed, in this order, following the exhaust stroke. The valve gear includes a variable valve mechanism configured to continuously change an opening and closing timing and a lift amount of the first valve. | 02-12-2015 |
20150040713 | WIRING STRUCTURE FOR ROBOT ARM - A wiring structure for a robot arm includes a pair of arm members that each have a hollow shaft shape including a first end section and a second end section, and that are arranged to be parallel to each other. A wire-shaped body is introduced into the arm member from the first end section and led out of the arm member through the second end section so as to penetrate at least one of the pair of arm members in an axis direction of the arm member. A regulating member is provided at least in an intermediate region of the arm member in the longitudinal direction to regulate a displacement of the wire-shaped body within the arm member in a radial direction of the arm member. | 02-12-2015 |
20150027830 | SUSPENSION DEVICE - A suspension device includes a main body, and a stroke locking mechanism that locks expansion/contraction of the main body. The stroke locking mechanism includes: a tube member coupled to one of a vehicle body and a vehicle wheel; a partition wall body fixed inside the tube member so as to divide an interior of the tube member into a first chamber and a second chamber; a flow passage that connects the first chamber to the second chamber; a valve that cuts off the flow passage during stroke locking; and a shaft member coupled to the other of the vehicle body and the vehicle wheel and inserted into the first chamber to be capable of advancing and retreating. The first chamber is filled with a working fluid, and the working fluid is stored in the second chamber so as to form a reservoir portion. | 01-29-2015 |
20150009524 | SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS - A screen printing apparatus is provided with a control unit for obtaining a residual quantity of a consumable consumed by a cleaning unit prior to starting printing on a plurality of print substrates. The control unit predicts a print executable number based on an obtained residual quantity a display/operation unit provides a prediction-result of a processable quantity. The screen printing apparatus enables preferred consumption prediction of consumable supplies such as a cleaning sheet of a cleaning unit and a cleaning agent at a required timing, thereby contributing to improvement of an operating ratio. | 01-08-2015 |
20140370589 | SUBJECT SELECTION DEVICE AND SUBJECT SELECTION METHOD - A suction tip includes a tip opening, a tubular passage provided with a first selector configured to permit the passage of non-selection subjects included in a collection of subjects sucked through the tip opening, and a capture portion provided on a side of the tubular passage downstream of the first selector in a suction direction of the collection of subjects and configured to capture the non-selection subjects. The capture portion includes a passage hole configured to permit the passage of the non-selection subjects and a storage portion configured to store the non-selection subjects having passed through. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368835 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS - A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus includes a light source, a digital mirror device applying stripe pattern light alternately including a light portion and a dark portion with which information about the height of an inspection target portion can be acquired by reflecting light emitted from the light source, and an imaging portion imaging the inspection target portion to which the stripe pattern light is applied. The digital mirror device includes a plurality of mirrors arranged in a diamond pattern. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368026 | SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - An interlocking brake system structure provides braking force in response to a force caused by operation of brake levers even when disk brakes are used for both front and rear wheel brakes. A saddle riding type vehicle includes an interlocking brake lever on a second handle from among the left handle and the right handle to interlock a front wheel brake device and a rear wheel brake device. An operation force distributor distributes operation force, caused by an operation of the interlocking brake lever, between the front wheel brake device and the rear wheel brake device. An interlocking wire receives and transmits the operation force distributed at the operation force distributor to the front wheel brake device. | 12-18-2014 |
20140364019 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - An outboard motor control system includes a plurality of outboard motors, a vibration detecting section, and a control section. The outboard motors are mounted on a stern of a watercraft. Each of the outboard motors includes a propeller. The outboard motors are configured to be steered independently of one another. The vibration detecting section is configured to detect a vibration of the outboard motors. The control section is configured and programmed to execute a vibration suppression control when the vibration detecting section detects a vibration of the outboard motors. With the vibration suppression control, the control section is configured and programmed to change a propeller rotational axis direction and/or a propeller position of at least one of the outboard motors. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361502 | STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A straddle-type vehicle including left and right front wheels effectively prevents deterioration of a travel feeling caused by vibrations occurring in the left and right front wheels. The straddle-type vehicle includes a body frame, left and right front wheels, a link mechanism configured to connect the left and right front wheels with the body frame, a shock absorber configured to damp vibrations in the same phase occurring in the left and right front wheels, and a damper configured to damp vibrations in opposite phases occurring in the left and right front wheels. The damper is configured such that its damping force increases at least in a certain frequency range as the frequency of the vibrations in the opposite phases increases. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360808 | SPARK ARRESTOR, MUFFLER, AND STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - A spark arrestor mounted on a muffler connected to an exhaust pipe of an engine includes a cylindrical portion including an opening that extends therethrough from the outside to the inside thereof, two cap members that respectively close first and second ends of the cylindrical portion, a mesh portion that covers the opening, and a tail pipe extending from the inside to the outside of the cylindrical portion through the cap member, wherein the exhaust flows outside the cylindrical portion in a first direction, and a channel where the exhaust flows in a second direction opposite to the first direction is provided inside the cylindrical portion. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360800 | STRADDLE-RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - A straddle-riding vehicle includes a vehicle body frame including an engine supporting portion that supports an engine and a front wheel supporting portion arranged in front of the engine supporting portion, wherein a wheel supporting arm that supports the front wheel and a suspension arm that supports the wheel supporting arm are mounted to the front wheel supporting portion. At least a portion of a secondary air introduction unit that introduces secondary air into an exhaust passage of the engine is positioned directly behind the front wheel supporting portion. | 12-11-2014 |
20140353108 | CLUTCH AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE WITH THE SAME - A friction clutch includes a clutch boss and a pressure member that change in a relative position in a rotation direction. The clutch boss and the pressure member respectively include cam surfaces that come into contact with each other when the relative position of the clutch boss and the pressure member changes. A first damper member configured to damp a collision between the cam surfaces is provided in the friction clutch. Generation of noise due to the collision between the cam surfaces when the relative position of the clutch boss and the pressure member rapidly changes in the rotation direction is significantly reduced or prevented. | 12-04-2014 |
20140353077 | MOTORCYCLE - A motorcycle includes a second silencer separate from a first silencer. A first exhaust pipe connects an exhaust port and the first silencer. A connecting pipe portion connects the first silencer and the second silencer. A first expansion chamber of the first silencer is located downstream from the first exhaust pipe in the exhaust flow. A second expansion chamber of the first silencer is partitioned from the first expansion chamber. The second expansion chamber is located downstream from the first expansion chamber. The connecting pipe portion includes a second exhaust pipe, an exhaust control valve, and a third exhaust pipe. The second exhaust pipe is connected to the first expansion chamber. The exhaust control valve is disposed in the second exhaust pipe. The exhaust control valve controls the flow passage area of the second exhaust pipe. The third exhaust pipe is connected to the second expansion chamber. | 12-04-2014 |
20140349795 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND MOTORCYCLE EQUIPPED WITH THE ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes a cam chain chamber accommodating a cam chain and a chain guide guiding the cam chain. The engine also includes a chain tensioner including a case main body, a plunger sliding in the case main body, a coil spring biasing the chain guide against the cam chain via the plunger, interlocking teeth located on a surface of the plunger, and an engaging portion engaged with the interlocking teeth and configured to inhibit the plunger from moving in a direction away from the chain guide. The engine also includes oil supply passages in an inner wall of the cylinder head and an inner wall of the cylinder body and configured to supply oil to the chain tensioner. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347468 | SUBSTRATE WORKING DEVICE - A substrate working device includes: a base; a first substrate working table and a second substrate working table movably supported on the base; an indicator provided to one of a base side member, which is formed on the base or a member fixed to the base, and the first and second substrate working tables; an imaging unit provided on the other one, which is different from the one, of the base side member and the first and second substrate working tables in order to image the indicator; and a control unit that, by causing the imaging unit to image the indicator and based on image data thereof, acquires position information related to each of the substrate working tables and that moreover determines whether or not the respective substrate working tables interfere with each other at the time of movement of each substrate working table based on the position information. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345962 | STRADDLE-TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A straddle-type electric vehicle includes a seat, a foot rest portion, a leg shield, and a receptacle configured to receive a gun-type plug and located in a position facing an opening portion. The opening portion located in a position within a width of the leg shield and between the leg shield and a rear wheel, the receptacle is configured so that a connecting port faces upward, the receptacle configured so that when the gun-type plug is connected with the receptacle, a grip portion of the gun-type plug is positioned farther leftward on the vehicle than a plug portion of the gun-type plug. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345558 | ENGINE AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - An engine of a straddle-type vehicle includes a seal between a surrounding wall and a pipe. A cylinder head includes a first surrounding wall portion and a second surrounding wall portion. One end of the pipe is pressed in against the first surrounding wall portion. The second surrounding wall portion is located more distant from an attachment portion than the first surrounding wall portion is, and has an inner diameter larger than that of the first surrounding wall portion. The pipe includes an annular projection. The annular projection projects from the outer periphery of the pipe, and divides a space defined by the outer periphery of the pipe and the inner periphery of the second surrounding wall portion into subspaces arranged in an axial direction of the pipe when the one end of the pipe is pressed in against the first surrounding wall portion. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345551 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND MOTORCYCLE EQUIPPED WITH THE ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, upper and lower crankcases include a crank chamber, a clutch chamber in communication with the crank chamber, and a cam chain chamber. The upper crankcase includes a second upper partition wall configured to separate the cam chain chamber and the clutch chamber from each other. The lower crankcase includes a first lower partition wall configured to separate the cam chain chamber and the crank chamber from each other, and a second lower partition wall configured to separate the cam chain chamber and the clutch chamber from each other. An oil passage allowing communication between the cam chain chamber and the crank chamber is provided in the first lower partition wall. First passages allowing communication between the cam chain chamber and the clutch chamber are provided respectively in the bottom surface of the second upper partition wall and in the top surface of the second lower partition wall. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345549 | MOTORCYCLE - A motorcycle includes a cylinder body, a cylinder head disposed above the cylinder body, and a plurality of dowel pins configured to position the cylinder body and the cylinder head. The cylinder body includes a plurality of cylinders and a plurality of bolt insertion holes. The cylinder head includes first and second passages configured to flow oil or air therethrough. The cylinder body includes a first communication port in communication with the first passage and a second communication port in communication with the second passage. The first communication port is disposed in a front left region, and the second communication port is disposed in a rear right region. The plurality of dowel pins consist of a first dowel pin fitted into the first communication port and the first passage and a second dowel pin fitted into the second communication port and the second passage. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345548 | COOLING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND MOTORCYCLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A cooling apparatus includes a cooling passage provided in an internal combustion engine, a water pump, a radiator, a first passage through which the water pump and the cooling passage are connected to each other, a second passage through which the cooling passage and the radiator are connected to each other, a third passage through which the radiator and the water pump are connected to each other, and an oil cooler passage provided with an oil cooler. An in-line type thermostat is provided at any position in a portion of a cooling water circuit which leads from a first end portion to a second end portion via the second passage, the radiator, and the third passage. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345259 | STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - An engine of a straddle-type vehicle includes first, second, and third cylinders arranged, in this order, from right to left in a front view of the vehicle; first, second, and third intake pipes in communication with the first, second, and third cylinders, respectively; and first, second, and third exhaust pipes in communication with the first, second, and third cylinders, respectively. The first, second, and third exhaust pipes have different lengths and the first, second, and third intake pipes have different lengths. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345120 | PRINTED BOARD WORKING APPARATUS - A printed board working apparatus includes a transport device which transports a printed board in a horizontal direction, and a moving member which moves in a horizontal direction above the transport device. The printed board working apparatus includes a plurality of component attaching portions which are aligned in the installation direction and move together with the moving member. The printed board working apparatus also includes at least one working head which performs work on the printed board held by the transport device. The working head is attached to at least one component attaching portion out of the plurality of component attaching portions, and can change a position relative to the moving member in the installation direction. A region where the working head cannot perform work as the number of working heads increases is reduced. | 11-27-2014 |
20140341680 | OBJECT SELECTING DEVICE AND OBJECT SELECTING METHOD - An object selecting device includes a container including an inner bottom part and configured to store liquid, a plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, including a through hole at a support position for the selection object and to be immersed in the liquid, a determining device for determining whether or not the supported object is good, and a removing device for removing the object determined to be defective. Whether or not any non-object having a distorted shape is included in the objects supported by the plate is determined by the determining device. If such a non-object is present, it can be removed by the removing device. Since the supported selection object needs not be extracted such as by suction while causing forced deformation or the like, it can be gently extracted by a method such as vertical inversion of the plate. | 11-20-2014 |
20140339007 | STRADDLE-TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A straddle-type electric vehicle includes a seat disposed farther forward than a rear wheel, foot rest portions configured to support feet of an occupant seated on the seat, stands between a front wheel and the rear wheel and supported so as to swing, a leg shield including a surface which extends in a vertical direction, a receptacle facing an opening portion provided in the leg shield, and a body frame which supports the front wheel, the rear wheel, the seat, the stands, the leg shield, and the receptacle. The receptacle is disposed between a ground contact point of the front wheel and the leg shield; includes a connecting port which is opened to the top, left, or top left; and is configured so that a force received by the receptacle via the body frame when a charging plug is fitted therein is transmitted to the front wheel. | 11-20-2014 |
20140334605 | X-RAY INSPECTION DEVICE - Provided is an X-ray inspection device having a pair of conveyor frames that is disposed symmetrically with respect to a center line as an axis along a substrate conveying direction, and clamps a printed substrate in a substrate width direction. A substrate conveying mechanism conveys in an X axis direction the printed substrate supported by the conveyor frames. A distance adjustment mechanism drives the pair of conveyor frames so that the conveyor frames approach or depart from each other in the Y axis direction, thereby adjusting the width dimension of a printed substrate that can be conveyed by the substrate conveying mechanism disposed on each of the conveyor frames. | 11-13-2014 |
20140329422 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A plurality of outboard motors are mounted to a stern of a watercraft, and configured to be steered independently. A target steering angle setting section is configured to set a target steering angle for each of the outboard motors. Actuators are configured to steer the outboard motors such that the steering angle of each of the outboard motors is equal or substantially equal to a target steering angle. An actual steering angle detecting section is configured to detect an actual steering angle of each of the outboard motors. A control section is programmed and configured to control the steering operation of the outboard motors such that, when a steering angle difference defining a difference between the actual steering angles of adjacently arranged outboard motors becomes equal to or larger than a prescribed value, an increase of the steering angle difference is prevented. | 11-06-2014 |
20140322747 | OBJECT SELECTING DEVICE AND OBJECT SELECTING METHOD - An object selecting device includes a container configured to store liquid, a plate configured to support a selection object by being immersed into the liquid stored in the container, and a holder configured to hold the plate in a state where a bottom surface of the plate and an inner bottom part of the container are separated. The plate includes a through hole at a support position. The through hole includes a tapered portion configured to allow the selection object to precipitate along a direction of gravity and support the selection object in contact with the inner wall surface of the through hole. An opening area at the upper end of the tapered portion is larger than that at the lower end of the tapered portion. Only the selection object can be supported out of the collection of objects having different shapes. | 10-30-2014 |
20140320058 | LINEAR CONVEYOR, CONVEYANCE CARRIAGE, AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR LINEAR CONVEYOR - A linear conveyor includes: a linear motor stator which includes a plurality of electromagnets and in which each predetermined section can be individually controlled for conduction; a plurality of conveyance carriages each of which includes a linear motor mover; a linear scale which includes scale members secured to each of the conveyance carriages, and detectors disposed along a conveyance path; a plurality of motor controllers which individually controls conduction of electromagnets for each section based on the results of detecting the scale members by the detectors; and a data storage unit which stores position correction data for each conveyance carriage, determined based on the movement error of each conveyance carriage measured in advance using a common measurement jig. Each motor controller controls conduction of the electromagnets using the position correction data stored in the data storage. | 10-30-2014 |
20140307236 | PRINTER - A printer includes: a mask; a cleaning section configured to perform cleaning of the mask by movement relative to the mask in a predetermined direction parallel with an under surface of the mask; a mask holding section capable of turning the mask about an axis perpendicular to the under surface of the mask while holding the mask; and a control section configured to perform a control such that the cleaning is performed on the mask placed in a predetermined position about the axis. | 10-16-2014 |
20140305411 | FASTENING STRUCTURE OF FUEL DELIVERY PIPE AND CYLINDER HEAD OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fastening structure of a fuel delivery pipe and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes three or more bosses provided on each of the cylinder head and the fuel delivery pipe, and fastening portions formed by bolting the bosses on the cylinder head to the bosses on the fuel delivery pipe. The fastening portions at both end potions of the fuel delivery pipe are less rigid than one or more fastening portions in a middle between the fastening portions positioned at both end potions of the fuel delivery pipe. | 10-16-2014 |
20140303809 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE FOR VESSEL AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD FOR VESSEL PROPULSION DEVICE - A remote control device for a vessel is installed in a vessel and remotely controls a vessel propulsion device of the vessel. The remote control device includes an operation member, an operation load applying mechanism, a control section, and an actuator. The operation member is supported rotatably around a rotation axis, and is operated by an operator to switch the shift position of a forward-reverse switching mechanism in the vessel propulsion device according to the operation angle of the operation member. The operation load applying mechanism applies an operation load to the operation member. The control section controls the operation load. The operation load applying mechanism includes an actuator that adjusts the operation load. The control section is arranged to control the actuator based on a vessel speed of the vessel. | 10-09-2014 |
20140300730 | COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - This component mounting apparatus includes a head portion capable of mounting a component suctioned by a nozzle on a board, a board imaging portion provided on the head portion to be movable relative to the head portion so as to image the board, and an imaging position correction mark provided in the head portion to be capable of being imaged by the board imaging portion and is configured to correct the displacement of the board imaging portion relative to the head portion on the basis of an image of the imaging position correction mark imaged by the board imaging portion. | 10-09-2014 |
20140297079 | ANTISKID APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND MOTORCYCLE - An antiskid apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes a generator control section that adjusts a deceleration torque of a driving wheel by controlling a power generator to change from an operation of decreasing a generation amount of the power generator to an operation of assisted driving of a crankshaft when an engine rotation speed is higher than a predetermined rotation speed during rapid deceleration in which a vehicle deceleration speed is at a predetermined value or more or during deceleration associated with shift-down through a transmission. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292112 | LINEAR MOTOR AND LINEAR CONVEYANCE DEVICE - A linear motor is equipped with sensor substrates that are attached to main motor bodies in the X-direction along a conveyance path in such a manner that the sensor substrates are accommodated within the dimensions of the main motor bodies. Each sensor substrate is equipped with a sensor for outputting an A-phase position detection signal upon detecting a slider, a sensor for outputting a B-phase position detection signal, and a position detection signal summer unit. Each position detection signal summer unit adds up, for A-phase and for B-phase, position detection signals that are output from the position detections unit of the adjoining substrates provided on either side of the relevant substrate. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291958 | MOTORCYCLE - A motorcycle includes a seat located above the right and left seat frames, a first engagement portion disposed at an underside of the seat, a housing box located below the seat and supported by the right and left seat frames, a key cylinder attached to a lower surface of the housing box and provided with a downwardly-opened key insertion hole, and a seat lock disposed between the lower surface of the housing box and the seat and provided with a second engagement portion to engage with the first engagement portion. The key cylinder comes into contact with the seat lock to cause the seat lock to slide by rotation of a key inserted into the key insertion hole, thus releasing the engagement between the first engagement portion and second engagement portion. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291051 | MOTORCYCLE - A motorcycle includes a body frame, an engine supported by the body frame, a radiator disposed in front of the engine, a radiator fan disposed between the engine and the radiator, a left frame cover disposed above the radiator, and an intake air temperature sensor mounted to the left frame cover. The radiator fan rotates clockwise as viewed from the front of the vehicle, and the intake air temperature sensor is positioned above a right end of the radiator as viewed from the front of the vehicle. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290627 | FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE AND SADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - A fuel supply device is provided with a fuel pump and a filter. The fuel pump supplies fuel from a fuel tank to an engine. The filter is disposed upstream from the fuel pump in a fuel supply channel. The filter includes a first filter portion and a second filter portion. The first filter portion and the second filter portion filter the fuel. The second filter portion is disposed above the first filter portion when the filter is disposed inside the fuel tank. A density of gaps in the second filter portion is larger than a density of gaps in the first filter portion. | 10-02-2014 |
20140288805 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROLLER - A fuel injection controller includes an oxygen sensor that responds to an oxygen concentration inside an exhaust passage, and an injection amount control unit programmed to control a fuel injection amount based on the output of the oxygen sensor. The injection amount control unit includes an injection amount correction value computing unit that determines an injection amount correction value based on the output of the oxygen sensor, a short-time learning value computing unit that determines a short-time learning value based on the injection amount correction value, a long-time learning value computing unit that determines a long-time learning value based on the short-time learning value; a feedback correction amount computing unit that computes a feedback correction amount, an injection amount control value computing unit that computes a control value of the fuel injection amount, and a long-time learning value holding unit that holds the long-time learning value. | 09-25-2014 |
20140284128 | MOTORCYCLE - A motorcycle is disclosed. The motorcycle includes a link member, a coupling rod, a first lever and a second lever. The link member is rotatably connected to a second end of a rear suspension via a first shaft, and is rotatably connected to a rear arm via a second shaft. A second end portion of the coupling rod is connected to a third shaft so as to rotate together with the third shaft. The first lever is connected to the third shaft so as to rotate together with the third shaft. The second lever is rotatably connected to the second shaft, and restricts the rotation of the first lever when engaged with the first lever. The second lever is provided with a torsion spring for providing a force for rotating the second lever around the second shaft. | 09-25-2014 |
20140265229 | STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A straddle-type vehicle that possesses desirable properties associated with a front-to-rear direction with respect to the vehicle and a twisting direction includes a bracket including a first attachment portion, a second attachment portion and a coupling portion. The first attachment portion is attached to a down frame. The second attachment portion is attached to an engine and is located rearward of the first attachment portion. The coupling portion is located between the first and second attachment portions and couples the first attachment portion with the second attachment portion. The first and second attachment portions extend in the front-to-rear direction. The first attachment portion is offset relative to the second attachment portion in a vehicle width direction. In a plan view of the vehicle, the coupling portion is oriented in or substantially in a front-to-rear direction with respect to the vehicle and extends in a direction different from that of the first and second attachment portions. | 09-18-2014 |
20140262582 | STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A motorcycle includes an engine, a first main frame extending in top-to-bottom and front-to-rear directions with respect to the vehicle to support the engine, a first rear frame extending from the first main frame rearwardly with respect to the vehicle and connected with the first main frame in at least two locations, an exhaust pipe that discharges exhaust gases from the engine to the outside, and a silencer attached to a rear portion of the exhaust pipe, at least a portion of the silencer being located below the first rear frame. A rear portion of the silencer is connected with the first rear frame. At least one of a front portion of the silencer and the exhaust pipe is connected with the first main frame below the first rear frame. | 09-18-2014 |
20140262572 | STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A motorcycle includes a body frame, an engine, a lead-in duct, and an air cleaner case. An air cleaner includes a convex cleaner element protruding in a direction opposite to a direction extending toward the lead-in duct, and a convex support frame that supports the inner surface of the cleaner element. The support frame includes an outer frame that supports a periphery of the cleaner element. The cleaner element includes a convex element body and a seal provided adjacent the peripheral edge of the element body to project toward the inner surface of the element body so as to work together with the periphery of the element body to hold the outer frame. The periphery of the element body has a smaller thickness than the other portions of the element body. | 09-18-2014 |
20140262571 | STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A straddle-type vehicle has reduced wiring and a mass of the vehicle as measured in top-to-bottom and front-to-rear directions with respect to the vehicle is concentrated while minimizing the effects of heat from the engine on an engine control unit and ignition coil. An air cleaner is located rearward of a head pipe. A fuel tank is located rearward of the air cleaner. A rear portion of the air cleaner is located above the engine. A front portion of the fuel tank is located above the engine. The engine control unit and the ignition coil are located above the engine and located between the air cleaner and the fuel tank. The ignition coil overlaps the engine control unit as viewed in a side view of the vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
20140257554 | LINEAR CONVEYOR - A linear conveyor is provided with a linear motor stator including electromagnets and operable to individually undergo electric current supply control with respect to each zone; a conveyor carriage provided with a linear motor rotor and a unique information storing device; motor control devices configured to perform electric current supply control for the electromagnets with respect to each zone; and a reading device configured to read position correction data of the conveyor carriage stored in the unique information storing device. Each of the motor control devices is configured to correct a target stop position of the conveyor carriage, with use of the position correction data read by the reading device for performing electric current supply control based on the corrected target stop position. | 09-11-2014 |
20140248810 | WATER JET PROPULSION WATERCRAFT - A water jet propulsion watercraft includes a hull having a sealed engine room, an engine installed in the engine room, a jet propulsion unit arranged to be driven by the engine so as to suck in water from around the hull and jet the water, a saddle type seat disposed above the engine room, a first exhaust pipe, an exhaust pipe cooling unit, and a catalyst unit. The first exhaust pipe is attached to a side of the engine inside the engine room, extends rearward from the side of the engine, and is arranged to guide exhaust gas discharged from the engine. The exhaust pipe cooling unit is arranged to cool the first exhaust pipe. The catalyst unit is connected to the first exhaust pipe, is disposed inside the engine room so as to oppose a rear surface of the engine, and is arranged to promote reaction of components contained in the exhaust gas. | 09-04-2014 |
20140242859 | OUTBOARD MOTOR AND VESSEL - An outboard motor includes a cooling water passage including at least a portion disposed at a periphery of a catalyst and that guides cooling water that cools an exhaust passage, a vent hole disposed higher than the catalyst and that connects the interior of the cooling water passage to the exterior of the cooling water passage, and a restriction valve that allows a fluid to flow from the interior of the cooling water passage to the exterior of the cooling water passage via the vent hole and that restricts the flow of the fluid from the exterior of the cooling water passage to the interior of the cooling water passage via the vent hole. | 08-28-2014 |
20140242858 | VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS AND VESSEL - A vessel propulsion apparatus includes an exhaust passage guiding an exhaust, discharged from combustion chambers into an exhaust collecting passage, to a catalyst housed in a catalyst housing passage, and a cooling water passage guiding cooling water. The cooling water passage includes an upstream water passage, guiding the cooling water taken into the interior of the vessel propulsion apparatus by a water pump, and a first and second parallel water passage connected in series to the upstream water passage and connected in parallel to each other. The cooling water passage supplies the cooling water from the upstream water passage to each of the first and second parallel water passages to cool the catalyst housing passage by the first parallel water passage disposed along the catalyst housing passage and cool the exhaust collecting passage by the second parallel water passage disposed along the exhaust collecting passage. | 08-28-2014 |
20140238339 | ENGINE AND OUTBOARD MOTOR - An engine includes a catalyst disposed inside an exhaust passage that guides exhaust discharged from a combustion chamber and a controller programmed to control a throttle valve and a fuel injector. If the engine is overheating, the controller is programmed to control the opening degree of the throttle valve or the injection amount of fuel from the fuel injector to decrease the rotational speed of the crankshaft and to control the injection amount of fuel from the fuel injector to set a target air-fuel ratio to a value richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. | 08-28-2014 |
20140237997 | V-TYPE ENGINE, OUTBOARD MOTOR, AND VESSEL - A V-type engine includes two exhaust manifolds connected to two cylinder banks. First and second exhaust ports, respectively provided in the two cylinder banks, are disposed at an inner side of V-shaped lines. Each exhaust manifold includes N branch pipes and a collecting pipe, where N is an integer not less than 2. The N branch pipes are respectively connected to N exhaust ports including at least one of the first exhaust ports and at least one of the second exhaust ports. The collecting pipe is disposed adjacent to N cylinders that are aligned in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a crank axis direction and extends from one end to the other end of the N cylinders. | 08-28-2014 |
20140215813 | SUBSTRATE FIXING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE WORKING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE FIXING METHOD - A substrate fixing apparatus includes a back-up member which is located between a pair of conveying members arranged at a distance from each other in a plan view and is below a film-like substrate conveyed along the conveyance path and supported from below by the pair of conveying members. An elevation driver moves at least one of a back-up member and a substrate pressing member upward and downward. The elevation driver elevates the back-up member and/or lowers the substrate pressing member together with the pair of conveying members, thereby separating the substrate upward from the pair of conveying members while supporting the substrate from below by the back-up member and pressing the surface of the outer peripheral part of the substrate downward by the substrate pressing member to correct warpage of the outer peripheral part of the substrate. | 08-07-2014 |
20140205455 | SHOCK ABSORBER FOR PROPELLER UNIT, PROPELLER UNIT, AND VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS - A damper is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of a bushing and an inner peripheral surface of an inner hub. The damper includes a first portion facing a rib of the bushing, a second portion facing a rib of the inner hub, and a connection portion by which the first portion and the second portion are connected to each other. In a state in which a rotational force has not been applied between the bushing and the inner hub, the damper includes a cross-sectional shape that defines a deformation-absorbing space positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The deformation-absorbing space is deformed such that the first portion approaches the second portion in a state in which the rib of the bushing and the rib of the inner hub have moved relatively by application of a rotational force between the bushing and the inner hub. | 07-24-2014 |
20140200780 | ATTITUDE CONTROLLER AND SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - An attitude controller eliminates a skid motion of a banked vehicle when travelling through a curve. The attitude controller includes a lateral acceleration sensor that obtains lateral acceleration, as rightward or leftward accelerations, acting on a vehicle of a motorcycle, a bank angle detector that detects a bank angle of the vehicle, and a longitudinal force controller that decreases, independently of each of the wheels, an absolute value of a longitudinal force as the sum of forward and backward forces acting on front and rear wheels based on the obtained lateral acceleration and the detected bank angle. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199898 | SUSPENSION DEVICE FOR OUTBOARD MOTOR, VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS, AND VESSEL - A swivel bracket is coupled via a horizontal bracket to a clamp bracket to be mounted on a vessel. A trim mechanism adjusts a trim angle of an outboard motor by rotating the swivel bracket about the horizontal shaft. The trim mechanism includes a trim cylinder coupled to the clamp bracket and a trim rod that is projectable and retractable from the trim cylinder. A thrust receiver is attached to the swivel bracket. The thrust receiver receives a load from the trim rod. The thrust receiver is grounded. The thrust receiver includes a conducting portion in contact with the trim rod. | 07-17-2014 |
20140196279 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - An electronic component mounting apparatus includes a loading unit which loads a printed circuit board. This apparatus includes a first substrate moving unit which moves the printed circuit board, loaded by the loading unit, in the Y-direction. This apparatus includes a substrate holding unit which temporarily holds the printed circuit board moved by the first substrate moving unit. This apparatus includes a component mounting unit which mounts an electronic component on the printed circuit board. This apparatus includes a second substrate moving unit which moves the printed circuit board with the electronic component mounted thereon in the Y-direction. This apparatus includes an unloading unit which moves the printed circuit board, moved by the second substrate moving unit, in the X-direction to unload it. This invention can provide an electronic component mounting apparatus which is compact in its conveyance direction for conveying a printed circuit board. | 07-17-2014 |
20140190361 | SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS - A screen printing apparatus includes print executing parts, first and second substrate loading parts and a substrate unloading part, and first and second substrate support tables for supporting a substrate. The first substrate support table moves between a first receiving position where the substrate loaded from the first substrate loading part is received, and a sending position where the substrate is unloaded from the substrate unloading part. The second substrate support table moves between a second receiving position where the substrate loaded from the second substrate loading part is received, and the sending position. The print executing parts are respectively placed at positions on the substrate support tables where printing on the substrate is enabled. | 07-10-2014 |
20140184847 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS, COMPONENT TESTING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE INSPECTION APPARATUS - The TDI sensor includes: a light receiving unit including pixel rows each having a plurality of image capturing elements arranged in a first direction and generating and holding electric charges corresponding to respective exposure amounts, and electric charge holding rows each having a plurality of electric charge holding sections having only a function of holding the electric charges and arranged in the first direction so as to correspond to respective image capturing elements of the pixel rows, one of the pixel rows and one or a plurality of the electric charge holding rows being alternately arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a transfer unit that sequentially, on a row-by-row basis, transfers electric charges held by the image capturing elements and the electric charge holding sections to adjacent rows, and outputs a signal corresponding to electric charges finally accumulated by the transfer. | 07-03-2014 |
20140175910 | MULTI-SHAFT LINEAR MOTOR AND COMPONENT TRANSFER APPARATUS - A multi-shaft linear motor formed by a plurality of linear motors each provided with a magnetic body and an armature and adapted to produce a force causing the magnetic body and the armature to be relatively displaced along a given linear moving direction by interaction of magnetic fluxes generated between the magnetic body and the armature during an operation of supplying electric power to the armature. Each of the single-shaft linear motors includes a base plate. Base plate has a base surface defining the moving direction, wherein the stator is fixed onto the base surface along the moving direction, and the mover is attached onto the base surface in a movable manner reciprocating along the moving direction and in opposed relation to the stator. Single-shaft linear motors are stacked in a stacking direction perpendicular to the base surface such that the single-shaft linear motors are individually detachable as a unit. | 06-26-2014 |
20140175004 | FUEL FILTER DEVICE - A fuel filter device is disclosed. The fuel filter device has a first member that includes a main body tubular portion and a first connection tubular portion for connecting the first member to a fuel pipe. The main body tubular portion includes a flow channel cross-section greater than that of the first connection tubular portion. The main body tubular portion includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first connection tubular portion is disposed on the first end portion. An opening is provided through the second end portion. A filter element portion is accommodated in the main body tubular portion. A second member includes a lid portion and a second connection tubular portion for connecting the second member to a fuel pipe. The lid portion covers the opening of the main body tubular portion. | 06-26-2014 |
20140170304 | BOARD PRINTING APPARATUS AND BOARD PRINTING METHOD - A board printing apparatus includes a board working table, a first printing table, a second printing table, and a control portion controlling printing operations. The control portion is configured to perform second printing on a board held by the board working table by a large component mask of the second printing table after a first printing performed on the board held by the board working table by a small component mask of the first printing table. | 06-19-2014 |
20140166386 | DRIVING UNIT AND BATTERY-ASSISTED BICYCLE - A driving unit and a battery-assisted bicycle include a stopping assist control without making a rider feel uncomfortable. The driving unit includes a crankshaft to which pedals are to be connected, a torque detector that detects a torque generated at the crankshaft, and an assist control stopping unit that stops an assist control based on an amplitude of a torque detected by the torque detector while the crankshaft rotates in a prescribed rotation angle range. | 06-19-2014 |
20140166385 | DRIVING UNIT AND BATTERY-ASSISTED BICYCLE - A battery-assisted bicycle includes a driving unit that increases an assist ratio and provides a smooth assist control that does not make a rider feel uncomfortable. The driving unit includes a crankshaft to which pedals are to be connected, a crank rotation detector that detects rotation of the crankshaft, and an assist control stopping unit programmed to stop an assist control in response to the rotation of the crankshaft detected by the crank rotation detector. | 06-19-2014 |
20140166384 | DRIVING UNIT AND ELECTRIC ASSIST BICYCLE - A driving unit for use in an electric assist bicycle includes a rotation detection device in addition to a torque detection device such that the detection resolution of the rotation detection device is increased. The driving unit includes a housing, a crankshaft, a torque detection device, a rotating member, and a rotation detection device. The rotating member includes a connecting shaft and an output shaft. The connecting shaft is located at one of the ends of the rotating member disposed along its axis, and is coupled with the crankshaft in the housing. The output shaft is located at the other one of the ends of the rotating member disposed along its axis. The rotation detection device includes a detected portion and a detector. The detected portion is provided on the rotating member, and located around the central axis of the crankshaft in the housing. | 06-19-2014 |
20140166383 | DRIVING UNIT AND BATTERY-ASSISTED BICYCLE - A battery-assisted bicycle includes a driving unit that accurately detects a failure in each of a torque detector, a crank rotation detector, and a motor rotation detector. The driving unit includes a crankshaft to which pedals are to be connected, a motor rotation detector that detects rotation of an electric motor, a torque detector that detects a torque generated at the crankshaft, a crank rotation detector that detects rotation of the crankshaft, and a sensor failure detector that detects a failure in at least one of the motor rotation detector, the torque detector, and the crank rotation detector based on detection results from the motor rotation detector, the torque detector, and the crank rotation detector. | 06-19-2014 |
20140165934 | MARINE PROPULSION DEVICE - A crankshaft includes a coupling portion, a first functional portion, and a second functional portion. The coupling portion is coupled to a connecting rod. The first functional portion is provided on an upper portion of the crankshaft protruding from a crankcase. The first functional portion drives a first functional component. The second functional portion is provided on a lower portion of the crankshaft protruding from the crankcase. The second functional portion drives a second functional component. The entire crankshaft has been processed by a first treatment to at least enhance the corrosion resistance thereof. At least a coupling portion of the crankshaft has been processed by a second treatment to at least enhance the strength thereof. Neither of the first functional portion and the second functional portion has been processed by the second treatment. | 06-19-2014 |
20140157978 | AIR SHOCK ABSORBER AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - An air shock absorber includes seal members that maintain the sealing performance and slidability of the seal members. The air shock absorber includes a cylinder and a piston. The cylinder contains gases and is divided by the piston into a high pressure gas chamber and a low pressure gas chamber. A first seal member extends in a circumferential direction of the piston along its outer periphery. A second seal member is located on the outer periphery of the piston closer to the high pressure gas chamber than the first seal member is. A surface of the first seal member includes a groove. A surface of the second seal member faces the surface of the first seal member and includes a groove. | 06-12-2014 |
20140151490 | JAM PREVENTION MECHANISM - A jam prevention mechanism includes a used tape guide with a guide surface along which a used tape fed out from a tape feeder is guided in a guide direction following a longitudinal direction of the used tape. A pressing member presses, against the guide surface, the used tape guided along the guide surface. A support member removably supports the pressing member. | 06-05-2014 |
20140150254 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD AND SURFACE MOUNTING APPARATUS - An electronic component mounting method includes a removing step, a first mounting step, a first attaching step and a second mounting step. In the removing step, a first feeder holding first electronic components is removed from an attaching portion of a component feeding device when there is a reason for removing the first feeder from the attaching portion. In the first mounting step, electronic components other than the first electronic component, out of electronic components to be mounted on a board, are mounted on the board when the first feeder is removed from the attaching portion. In the first attaching step, the first feeder is attached to another attaching portion, to which no feeder is attached, after the removing step. In the second mounting step, the first electronic component is mounted on the board from the first feeder attached to the other attaching portion after the first attaching step. | 06-05-2014 |
20140144271 | SPEED CHANGE CONTROLLER FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLES - A speed change controller is provided on a saddle-ride type vehicle and is suited to manipulation by a foot. The speed change controller for saddle-ride type vehicles comprises a detection mechanism that detects operation by a driver for speed change, and a speed change mechanism that performs speed change on the basis of speed change operation detected by the detection mechanism. The detection mechanism provided by the invention comprises an operation part manipulated by a foot for speed change and including a moving part, which moves relative to the vehicle on the basis of manipulation by a foot, and a detection unit that detects that the moving part moves a predetermined amount or more. | 05-29-2014 |
20140131166 | BOARD WORKING SYSTEM, BOARD CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND BOARD WORKING APPARATUS - A board working system includes a board working apparatus working on a board and a board conveying apparatus including a first board conveying portion, connected to the board working apparatus. The board conveying apparatus is provided with a shutter device closing such that the maximum interval of an opening gap leading from the first board conveying portion to the board working apparatus is not more than a prescribed value when setup for the first board conveying portion is performed. | 05-15-2014 |
20140117067 | VISCOUS MATERIAL FEEDER AND VISCOUS MATERIAL PRINTER - This viscous material feeder includes a nozzle to discharge a viscous material stored in a storage portion storing the viscous material and a feeding mechanism transferring the viscous material from the storage portion to the nozzle and discharging the viscous material from the nozzle. The nozzle has a bent feed route to guide the viscous material from the storage portion to a tip of the nozzle and is configured to be dividable along the bent feed route. | 05-01-2014 |
20140116274 | SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS - A screen printing apparatus provided with a print executing part, a substrate loading part, a substrate unloading part and a transferring and holding device. The transferring and holding device includes a clamp unit. The transferring and holding device is configured to transfer the substrate to a print executing position upon holding the substrate with the clamp unit so that the print executing part enables performing printing at a substrate standby position. A substrate recognition camera enables imaging in the course of the transfer of the substrate. | 05-01-2014 |
20140115874 | SOLDER SUPPLY METHOD AND SOLDER SUPPLY APPARATUS - Provided is a solder supply method of supplying, onto a mask sheet, solder to be printed on a printed circuit board. The method includes calculating an amount of solder supplied for a plurality of points in an X direction that is a lengthwise direction of a squeegee, and changing the amount of solder supplied at each point in the X direction based on a result of the calculation. | 05-01-2014 |
20140109779 | SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE - An inexpensive small-sized screen printing machine having low redundancy and high production efficiency and applicable to a dual conveying-type component mounting machine. A pair of substrate supporting tables juxtaposed in a specific direction is provided. Screen printing is alternately performed by a single print executing section in a common area which can be shared by the two substrate supporting tables. In doing so, when one substrate supporting table located at a print position among the pair of substrate supporting tables starts exiting the print position, the other substrate supporting table starts entry to the print position. | 04-24-2014 |
20140106632 | MARINE VESSEL STEERING SYSTEM - A marine vessel steering system includes a basic target turning angle computing unit that computes a basic target turning angle δo* common to two outboard motors based on a steering angle θ detected by a steering angle sensor. A traveling state determining unit determines whether a traveling state of a marine vessel is a straight traveling state based on the received basic target turning angle δo*. When the traveling state of the marine vessel is determined as being the straight traveling state, a target turning angle computing unit determines, based on the basic target steering angle δo* and a straight traveling toe angle φs stored in a nonvolatile memory, target turning angles δ* of the two outboard motors such that a toe angle between the two outboard motors is equal to the straight traveling toe angle φs. | 04-17-2014 |
20140106631 | METHOD OF OPERATING A MARINE VESSEL PROPULSION SYSTEM, MARINE VESSEL PROPULSION SYSTEM, AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A marine vessel includes a plurality of turning mechanisms provided respectively in correspondence to a plurality of outboard motors. Each turning mechanism includes a hydraulic pump, an electric motor to drive the hydraulic pump, a hydraulic cylinder including two cylinder chambers partitioned by a piston, and a normally-closed bypass valve to put the two cylinder chambers of the hydraulic cylinder into communication with each other. Upon judging that there is a malfunction in the turning angle control of at least one of the outboard motors, a main ECU displays on a display an operation guidance screen to urge a marine vessel operator to open the bypass valve of the turning mechanism corresponding to the malfunctioning outboard motor. Also, the main ECU keeps a power transmission between an engine and a propeller in the malfunctioning outboard motor in an interrupted state. | 04-17-2014 |
20140102075 | JET PROPELLED WATERCRAFT - A jet propelled watercraft includes a jet pump that jets water rearward from a jet port, a reverse gate, a reverse gate moving mechanism, and a withdrawal controller. The reverse gate is movable in an up/down direction between a reverse drive position at which an entirety of the jet port is covered and a forward drive position at which the entirety of the jet port is open. In a state of being positioned at the reverse drive position, the reverse gate guides forward the water that has been guided to the jet port. The reverse gate moving mechanism includes an electric motor that generates power to move the reverse gate between the reverse drive position and the forward drive position, and a transmitting mechanism that connects the electric motor and the reverse gate. The withdrawal controller monitors malfunctions of the reverse gate moving mechanism. | 04-17-2014 |
20140099845 | JET PROPULSION BOAT - A jet propulsion boat includes a boat body, a handle bar, an engine, a jet propulsion mechanism, a reverse gate, and a shift operating device. The handle bar is attached to the boat body. The handle bar extends in a width direction of the boat body. The engine is housed in the boat body. The jet propulsion mechanism is configured to generate a propulsion power from a drive power of the engine. The reverse gate is located rearward of the jet propulsion mechanism. The reverse gate is configured to move so as to change a direction of a jet flow from the jet propulsion mechanism. The shift operating device is rotatably attached to the handle bar about a shaft center parallel or substantially parallel to a center line of the handle bar. The shift operating device is configured to rotate so as to switch a position of the reverse gate. | 04-10-2014 |
20140097068 | CIRCUIT BOARD TRANSPORTATION DEVICE, CIRCUIT BOARD WORKING APPARATUS, AND CONVEYOR BELT - The circuit board transportation device has: a guide member that is provided in such a manner as to extend in the transport direction and has a guide surface that comes into abutment with a circuit board from the outside of the circuit board in a perpendicular direction that is a direction perpendicular to the transport direction; a conveyor belt that extends in the transport direction to support an end of the circuit board; and a drive unit that moves the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt has: a belt base portion that is located under the guide member and extends both ways of the perpendicular direction from the position of the guide surface; and a projection that extends upward from the belt base portion up to a position between upper and lower ends of the guide surface. The conveyor belt supports the circuit board by means of the projection. | 04-10-2014 |
20140096636 | ROTATING SHAFT AND INDUSTRIAL ROBOT EMPLOYING SAME - A rotating shaft has: a first shaft member that includes a rail member and a first connecting portion which is disposed at the rail member; and a second shaft member that includes a slider which is movably installed to the rail member, a tubular unit which is secured to the slider, and a second connecting portion which is disposed at the tubular unit. The slider includes a plurality of roller type rolling elements. The plurality of roller type rolling elements includes: first roller type rolling elements which roll along a rolling path and when torque in a first direction is inputted, transfer running torque between the slider and the rail member; and second roller type rolling elements which roll along a rolling path and when torque in a second direction, which is opposite of the first direction, is inputted, transfer running torque between the slider and the rail member. | 04-10-2014 |
20140096506 | JET PROPULSION BOAT - A jet propulsion boat includes a boat body, an engine, a jet propulsion mechanism, and a reverse gate. The reverse gate is arranged rearward of the jet propulsion mechanism and is configured to move to a forward movement position that allows a jet flow from the jet propulsion mechanism to flow backward, a reverse movement position that allows the jet flow from the jet propulsion mechanism to flow forward and downward, and a neutral position that allows the jet flow from the jet propulsion mechanism to flow in the lateral direction. The reverse gate includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a downward opening and a pair of lateral openings open to the right and left when the reverse gate is positioned in the neutral position. The second member covers at least a portion of the downward opening when the reverse gate is positioned in the neutral position. | 04-10-2014 |
20140096505 | JET PROPULSION BOAT - A deflector control portion in a jet propulsion boat causes a deflector to swing by controlling a deflector drive mechanism in response to an operation of a shift operating portion. The deflector control portion causes the deflector to move to a first trim position when the shift operating portion is switched to a forward movement shift position. The deflector control portion causes the deflector to move to a second trim position when the shift operating portion is switched to an operating shift position. | 04-10-2014 |
20140091552 | MOTORCYCLE - A motorcycle includes a seat supported on a pair of seat frames of a vehicle body frame. A rear wheel is disposed under the pair of seat frames in a side view of the motorcycle, and is swingable in an up-down direction. A damper includes a hydraulic jack to adjust the vehicle height. The pump unit includes a hydraulic pump to feed oil to the hydraulic jack and a vehicle height adjusting motor to drive the hydraulic pump. The vehicle height adjusting motor is located under the seat, and disposed between the pair of seat frames in a plan view of the motorcycle. | 04-03-2014 |
20140091539 | ELECTRIC SUSPENSION DEVICE AND MOTORCYCLE - An electric suspension device includes a cylinder, a sub-tank, a first oil passage and a second oil passage, a damping force adjusting valve, and a damping force adjusting motor. The cylinder is rotatable about a mounting axis. The first oil passage connects a first inner oil chamber and an outer oil chamber. The second oil passage connects the first inner oil chamber of the cylinder and an oil chamber of the sub-tank. The first and second oil passages are disposed outside an inner tube and an outer tube, and share a portion with each other. The first and second oil passages are entirely disposed on the same side with respect to a reference plane. | 04-03-2014 |
20140090508 | ARM COMPONENT AND INDUSTRIAL ROBOT EMPLOYING SAME - An arm member has: a first rod and a second rod each of which has a rod side joint portion which is assembled with the counterpart joint portion; and a connecting member which interconnects the two rods. The assembled state of the rod side joint portion with the counterpart joint portions is released by separating the two rods from each other for a predetermined distance or more. The connecting member includes: a first connecting piece disposed on the first rod; a second connecting piece disposed on the second rod; a spring member which is installed between the two connecting pieces and biases the two rods in directions to approach each other; and a regulating member that regulates displacement of the two rods in the departing directions, so that the distance between the two rods becomes less than the predetermined distance. | 04-03-2014 |
20140090244 | SET-UP METHOD, COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD, AND COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a setup method for deciding component feeding apparatuses to be attached to each of mounting machines in a component mounting system. The setup method includes a first step of deciding component feeding apparatuses to be attached to each of the mounting machines based on substrate data defining components to be mounted by each of the mounting machines; a second step of determining whether or not there is within the components included in the substrate data a sole mounted component to be mounted by only one mounting machine among the multiple mounting machines; and a third step of deciding, when the determination is made that the sole mounted component exists, to attach component feeding apparatuses feeding the sole mounted component or an alternative component capable of replacing the sole mounted component onto at least one mounting machine other than the only one mounting machine. | 04-03-2014 |
20140083359 | SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE - Disclosed is an inexpensive small-sized screen printing machine having low redundancy and high production efficiency and applicable to a dual conveying-type component mounting machine. The screen printing machine comprises a pair of substrate supporting tables provided to hold a respective substrate that is a print object and which is juxtaposed in a direction that is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the substrate, and a print executing section that performs a printing process alternately on the substrate held by the pair of substrate supporting tables. Due to the print executing section being driven in the direction under control of a control unit, a print position where the substrate supporting tables execute alternate printing is changed within a range in which one of the pair of substrate supporting tables and the other of the pair of substrate supporting tables oppose each other in the direction. | 03-27-2014 |
20140077666 | AXIAL GAP TYPE ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE, ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE - An axial gap type electric rotating machine is disclosed. The rotating machine includes a rotor arranged to rotate about an axis of rotation, and a stator arranged so as to face the rotor with a predetermined gap in an axial direction of the axis of rotation. The rotor includes a back yoke and an annular rare earth bonded magnet made of a circumferentially continuous member fixed to the back yoke. The magnet is magnetized so that an N-pole and an S-pole of magnetic poles are arranged alternately in a circumferential direction, and includes cutout portions formed between adjacent magnetic poles. The stator includes a plurality of tooth portions arranged along a circumferential direction so as to face the magnet and a winding wound on the tooth portions. | 03-20-2014 |
20140077581 | WHEEL FOR WHEELCHAIR AND WHEELCHAIR - A wheel includes an axle, a motor, a hub and a rotational displacement detection mechanism. The axle is supported on a body frame of a wheelchair. The motor is mounted on the axle. The hub includes a wheel hub mounted on the axle and handrim base section relatively rotatably supported on the axle and rotatable relative to the wheel hub. The rotational displacement detection mechanism detects rotational displacements of the handrim base section relative to the wheel hub and has a center of rotation coinciding with an axle center of the motor. | 03-20-2014 |
20140076656 | RELATIVE ROTATIONAL ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT DETECTION DEVICE, TORQUE DETECTION DEVICE, TORQUE CONTROL DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A permanent magnet includes magnetic poles that are arranged so as to alternate in polarity in the circumferential direction of the axis of rotation. The magnet is attached to one of a pair of rotatable members. The rotatable members are relatively rotatable about an axis of rotation. A magnetic flux inducing ring, including an annular ring body and a plurality of protrusions protruding from the ring body, is attached to the other rotatable member. A plurality of magnetic sensors is arranged adjacent to the ring body. A first facing portion and a second facing portion, each for inducing a part of a magnetic flux of the ring body, are provided and do not rotate with the permanent magnet and the magnetic flux inducing ring. | 03-20-2014 |
20140076064 | RELATIVE ROTATIONAL ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT DETECTION DEVICE, TORQUE DETECTION DEVICE, TORQUE CONTROL DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A relative rotational angular displacement detection device includes a pair of rotatable members relatively rotatable in a circumferential direction. A permanent magnet is attached to one of the rotatable members and includes magnetic poles magnetized in an axial direction of the axis of rotation and arranged to alternate in polarity in the circumferential direction. A magnetic flux inducing ring includes an annular ring body attached to the other of the rotatable members and is arranged coaxially with the axis of rotation, and a plurality of protrusions having a circumferential width smaller than a circumferential width of a magnetic pole. A magnetic detection portion is configured to detect a magnetic flux of the ring body of the magnetic flux inducing ring. The flux inducing ring is magnetized depending on a relative positions the protrusions and positions of the magnetic poles. | 03-20-2014 |
20140069285 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device includes a mask raising/lowering mechanical part for raising/lowering, in a state of holding a screen mask, the screen mask in a vertical direction and positioning the screen mask relative to a substrate, a frame part disposed in a state of being independent from a raising/lowering operation of the screen mask, and a print head unit provided movably to the frame part and performing squeegeeing of the screen mask to which a solder has been supplied. | 03-13-2014 |
20140069218 | VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS - A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a second shaft that is inserted in a first driven gear and in a second driven gear, that is connected to a dog clutch, and that is arranged to undergo a thrust. The vessel propulsion apparatus includes a first bearing disposed between the first driven gear and the second shaft, a second bearing disposed between the second driven gear and the second shaft, and a case to which a thrust applied to the second shaft is transmitted via the first bearing and the first driven gear or via the second bearing and the second driven gear. The vessel propulsion apparatus includes an adjusting member disposed between the second shaft and at least one of the first driven gear and the second driven gear and arranged to apply a preload onto the first bearing and the second bearing. | 03-13-2014 |
20140062052 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a pair of front wheels; a pair of rear wheels; a cabin frame portion; a first support frame portion extending forward from the cabin frame portion; a second support frame portion extending rearward from the cabin frame portion; a first suspension system supported by the first support frame portion and suspending the front wheels; and a second suspension system supported by the second support frame portion and suspending the rear wheels. Each of the first suspension system and the second suspension system includes a damping unit. Each damping unit includes a pair of dampers generating damping forces via oil viscosity resistance; an adjuster that adjusts the damping forces generated by the dampers; and a pair of oil paths which connect the dampers with the adjuster. | 03-06-2014 |
20140058627 | STEERING DAMPER CONTROL APPARATUS, AND A SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - In a steering damper control apparatus, when a command value output unit detects an idle spin of a rear wheel, a damper driver increases a damping force of an MR damper to be higher than a damping force thereof used when the rear wheel is not spinning idly. Therefore, skidding of the rear wheel is prevented to prevent a posture change of a motorcycle. As a result, a driving direction of the rear wheel deviating from a traveling direction is prevented to efficiently use the drive of the rear wheel during traveling. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058626 | STEERING DAMPER CONTROL APPARATUS, AND A SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - A steering damper control apparatus includes an MR damper having an adjustable steering damping force, a suspension pressure sensor that detects a pressure of a front suspension, a command value output unit that determines a damping force command value according to a pressure change rate of the front suspension based on a detection result of the suspension pressure sensor, and a damper driver that causes the MR damper to generate a damping force corresponding to the damping force command value. At a point of time when steering becomes easily shakable, the damping force corresponding to the damping force command value is generated to prevent shaking of the steering beforehand. | 02-27-2014 |
20140055598 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - A semiconductor component mounting apparatus includes an image sensing unit, electrode detection unit, and determination unit. The image sensing unit is configured to obtain image data of a plurality of electrodes arranged on a mounting surface of a semiconductor component. The electrodes are divided into a plurality of groups based upon functions of the electrodes. The electrode detection unit is configured to identify the electrodes in each of the groups, and to detect, for each of the electrodes, whether the electrode is lacking or not by using the image data. Each of the groups has a preset permissible number of lacking electrodes. The determination unit is configured to determine, based on the number of the lacking electrodes detected by the electrode detection unit and the permissible number of lacking electrodes preset to the group, whether the semiconductor component is a defective or a non-defective. | 02-27-2014 |
20140046563 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a cruise control section arranged and programmed to perform control to maintain the vehicle speed at a prescribed vehicle speed while a clutch is engaged. A clutch actuator control section performs control to disengage the clutch when the value of a parameter becomes equal to or lower than a first threshold value, in the case where the cruise control section is determined to not be performing the control to maintain the vehicle speed at a prescribed vehicle speed; and performs the control to disengage the clutch when the value of the parameter becomes equal to or lower than a second threshold value, which is lower than the first threshold value, in the case where the cruise control section is determined to be performing the control to maintain the vehicle speed at a prescribed vehicle speed. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046562 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a friction clutch located between an engine and a driving wheel; a clutch actuator arranged to disengage and engage the friction clutch; a clutch actuator control section arranged and programmed to control the clutch actuator; a slip detection section arranged to detect a slip of the driving wheel; and an engine control section arranged and programmed to decrease an output of the engine when the slip of the driving wheel is detected by the slip detection section. When the friction clutch is in a half clutch state and the slip of the driving wheel is detected at the time of starting of the vehicle, the clutch actuator control section controls the clutch actuator so as to change a pushing force of the friction clutch and thus to keep the rotation speed of the engine at a fixed level. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046561 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE APPARATUS - An automatic transmission apparatus includes a transmission mechanism, an actuator arranged to rotate a shift drum, and a control device. The control device includes a determining unit arranged to detect a state of a straddle-type vehicle and to determine whether the straddle-type vehicle is in a first state in which an engaging force between the transmission gears is estimated to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value or in a second state in which the engaging force is estimated to be less than the predetermined value; a first gear shifting control unit arranged and programmed to control the actuator so that, if in the first state, the rotational speed of the shift drum becomes a first rotational speed; and a second gear shifting control unit arranged and programmed to control the actuator so that, if in the second state, the rotational speed of the shift drum becomes a second rotational speed that is lower than the first rotational speed. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046559 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a friction clutch located between an engine and a driving wheel; a clutch actuator arranged to disengage and engage the friction clutch; a clutch actuator control section arranged and programmed to control the clutch actuator; a slip detection section arranged to detect a slip of the driving wheel; and an engine control section arranged and programmed to decrease an output of the engine when the slip of the driving wheel is detected by the slip detection section. When the friction clutch is in a half clutch state and the slip of the driving wheel is detected, the clutch actuator control section is arranged and programmed to control the clutch actuator so as to maintain a pushing force of the friction clutch at a fixed or substantially fixed level. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046554 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE APPARATUS - An automatic transmission apparatus includes a clutch including a drive side rotator to which torque of an engine is transmitted and a driven side rotator, a multi-gear transmission mechanism including a dog clutch, at least one actuator to drive the clutch and the transmission mechanism, a torque changing device to change the torque of the engine, a gear shifting command output device to output a gear shifting command, and a transmission control system to control the at least one actuator and the torque changing device. The transmission control system includes a shock reduction control unit to execute control to, upon receiving the gear shifting command from the gear shifting command output device, reduce the engine torque by controlling the torque changing device and thereafter to start to disengage the clutch by controlling the at least one actuator. | 02-13-2014 |
20140042853 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A magnetic resistance changing mechanism for changing a magnetic resistance of a stator magnetic path including a stator yoke portion and each tooth portion by mechanically changing the stator magnetic path is provided. A pair of side protruded portions are formed on circumferential sides of a rotor side end portion of each tooth portion. The rotor side end face of each tooth portion is shaped so that a gap between the rotor side end face of each tooth portion and an outer periphery of the rotor is increased continuously or stepwisely from a circumferential intermediate portion of the rotor facing end face toward circumferential end portions thereof. | 02-13-2014 |
20140041371 | ENGINE - An engine includes an engine body and an exhaust pipe. The engine body includes a combustion chamber and an oil passage in which lubricating oil flows. The exhaust pipe includes an exhaust passage and an oil jacket. The exhaust passage is linked to the combustion chamber. The oil jacket is linked to the oil passage. | 02-13-2014 |
20140035319 | SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle riding type vehicle including a wind screen elevating device that can support a wind screen in a stable manner is provided. The saddle riding type vehicle includes a meter, a wind screen provided in front of the meter, and a wind screen elevating device that elevates/lowers the wind screen. The wind screen elevating device includes a pair of rails, a pair of sliders, a pair of support members, and a coupling member. The coupling member couples the pair of support members. The coupling member supports the wind screen. The slider includes a plurality of sliding members. The plurality of sliding members is provided side by side in an extending direction of each of the rails. Each of the rails at least partly overlaps the meter in a side view of the vehicle. | 02-06-2014 |
20140032077 | STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - The opening control mechanism includes a frame, a support shaft, a first pulley, a second pulley, a first elastic member and a second elastic member. A position taken by the second pulley when no force acts on the grip is referred to as a second reference position. The second pulley can be rotated in a second direction of rotation, starting from the second reference position. A processing unit performs a specified operation when the second pulley has been rotated in the second direction of rotation, starting from the second reference position, by a predetermined amount. | 01-30-2014 |
20140031166 | VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS - A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a prime mover, a drive shaft, a pinion, a rear gear, a propeller shaft, a front bearing, a cylindrical front housing, and a cylindrical rear housing. The front housing surrounds the front bearing about a propeller axis and supports the rear gear via the front bearing in a manner rotatable about the propeller axis. The rear housing is disposed behind the front housing. The front housing surrounds the propeller shaft about the propeller axis and supports the propeller shaft at a position more rearward than the rear gear in a manner rotatable about the propeller axis. | 01-30-2014 |
20140031164 | VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS - A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a prime mover, a propeller shaft, a planetary gear train, a lower case, a cylindrical housing, and a fixing member. The planetary gear train is disposed on a propeller axis. The propeller shaft and the planetary gear train are housed in the lower case. The housing surrounds the propeller shaft about the propeller axis inside the lower case. The housing supports a sun gear such that the sun gear is not rotatable with respect to the housing. The fixing member is fixed to both the lower case and the housing. | 01-30-2014 |
20140026862 | FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE AND OUTBOARD MOTOR - A fuel supply device that supplies fuel from an external tank to an engine includes a fuel injection, an internal tank, a first pipe, a second pipe, a first pump, a fuel supply quantity detection device, and a control device. The internal tank stores fuel to be delivered to the fuel injection device. The first pipe is linked to the internal tank and delivers fuel from the external tank to the internal tank. The second pipe is linked to the fuel injection device and delivers fuel from the internal tank to the fuel injection device. The fuel supply quantity detection device is attached to the first pipe and detects a quantity of fuel supplied from the external tank via the first pipe to the internal tank. The control device implements a predetermined control when the quantity of fuel detected by the fuel supply quantity detection device is below a threshold. | 01-30-2014 |
20140020579 | SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE - A screen printing machine including: a screen mask detachably mounted to a mask mounting area set in advance; a squeegee, arranged above the screen mask mounted to the mask mounting area, that reciprocates relative to the screen mask in a Y-axis direction (a squeegee-movement direction); and scraping member ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140019024 | VEHICLE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A vehicle information management system eliminates the need for a large capacity storage and allows an abnormality and a malfunction to be easily specified. An updating unit does not store diagnostic data obtained at the time of an engine stall in a storage if it is determined that the engine stalls is because of a rider's operation of the vehicle, and stores diagnostic data obtained at the time of the engine stall in the storage if it is determined that the engine stall is not attributable to a rider's operation of the vehicle, based on detection results from an operation detector and an engine state detector. | 01-16-2014 |
20140015661 | VEHICLE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In a vehicle information management system, a storage includes a storage region arranged to store abnormality data that includes diagnostic data, type information indicating a type of an abnormality, and occurrence number information that indicates the number of occurrences of each abnormality specified by the type information. When the type of an abnormality is specified by an abnormality specifying unit and a new diagnostic data is produced and if the abnormality data of the same type as the specified type is already stored in the storage region in the storage, an updating unit changes the occurrence number information to the latest information and overwrites and saves the diagnostic data in the storage region already stored with the abnormality data of the same type as the specified type. | 01-16-2014 |
20140004999 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, AND MOTORCYCLE | 01-02-2014 |
20130344754 | WATER JET PROPULSION BOAT - A water jet propulsion boat includes a boat body, an engine, a jet propulsion mechanism, a first accelerator operation section, a second accelerator operation section, a reverse gate, and a control section. The engine is accommodated in the boat body. The jet propulsion mechanism generates a propulsion power using a drive power from the engine. The reverse gate is arranged to move to a first position and to a second position. The boat body advances when the reverse gate is in the first position. The reverse gate reduces the propulsion power which advances the boat body when the reverse gate is in the second position. The control section is programmed to set the position of the reverse gate and a throttle opening of the engine based on an operation amount of the first accelerator operation section and an operation amount of the second accelerator operation section. | 12-26-2013 |
20130326867 | PARTS FEEDING DEVICE AND SURFACE MOUNTING MACHINE - A parts feeding device which is equipped in a surface mounting machine body includes a drive unit for feeding a parts feeding tape which houses parts, and a control unit for controlling the drive unit. The control unit includes a detection unit for detecting execution of work for removing the parts feeding device from the surface mounting machine body, and a pullback execution unit for causing the drive unit to execute a process of pulling back the parts feeding tape, which has become empty as a result of feeding the parts, when the execution of work for removing the parts feeding device is detected by the detection unit. | 12-12-2013 |
20130326857 | RETAINING STRUCTURE FOR HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MARINE PROPULSION DEVICE - A retaining structure for a honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure, a retainer mat, and a housing. The honeycomb structure is a member made of a ceramic material. The retainer mat is in contact with the honeycomb structure and directly retains the honeycomb structure. The housing is in contact with the retainer mat and directly retains the retainer mat. The housing is made of aluminum. The housing includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a coolant passage. The inner wall is in contact with the retainer mat. The coolant passage is located between the inner wall and the outer wall. An inflow port of the coolant passage is located at one end of the housing. A discharge port of the coolant passage is located at the other end of the housing. | 12-12-2013 |
20130323017 | BELT TYPE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A hydraulic circuit includes a first control valve that controls a hydraulic pressure of a first oil chamber of a CVT; a lubrication circuit whose hydraulic pressure changes in accordance with an engine rotational speed so that the higher the engine rotational speed, the higher the hydraulic pressure; and a fail-safe valve including an electromagnetic four-way valve. During normal operation, the fail-safe valve is set to a first state in which the first control valve and the first oil chamber communicate with each other. At a time of failure, the fail-safe valve is switched to a second state in which at least the first oil chamber and the lubrication circuit communicate with each other. | 12-05-2013 |
20130316603 | OUTBOARD MOTOR - In an outboard motor, a first damper member is disposed between a bracket and a casing such that the first damper member supports a weight of an outboard motor body. A second damper member is disposed between the bracket and the casing. The casing or the bracket includes a left first inclined surface and a right first inclined surface. The left first inclined surface and the right first inclined surface are inclined with respect to a front-back direction of the outboard motor body in a planar view of the outboard motor body. The second damper member includes a left second inclined surface and a right second inclined surface. The left second inclined surface is arranged to oppose the left first inclined surface. The right second inclined surface is arranged to oppose the right first inclined surface. | 11-28-2013 |
20130312559 | MARINE PROPULSION DEVICE - A marine propulsion device includes a motive force transmission system, a propeller shaft, a housing section, and a clutch. The motive force transmission system includes a crank shaft and a drive shaft which transmits a motive force from the crank shaft. The propeller shaft transmits the motive force from the drive shaft. The housing section houses the motive force transmission system. The clutch is attached between the motive force transmission system and the housing section. The clutch permits relative rotation between the motive force transmission system and the housing section by opening a connection between the motive force transmission system and the housing section during normal rotation of the motive force transmission system. The clutch prevents relative rotation between the motive force transmission system and the housing section by connecting the motive force transmission system and the housing section during a reverse rotation of the motive force transmission system. | 11-28-2013 |
20130312503 | OUTBOARD MOTOR - A misfire detecting portion executes a misfire detection control that involves evaluating the presence or absence of a misfire in an engine on the basis of an angular speed computed by an angular speed computing portion, and outputting an alert signal to provide notification about a misfire when a misfire is present. A learning portion conducts learning of an operational parameter on the basis of a detection value of a sensor when an engine rotation speed is within a predetermined first range that is larger than a predetermined idling rotation speed. A learning completion evaluating portion evaluates whether learning by the learning portion is completed. A misfire detecting portion conducts misfire detection control under the condition that the learning is completed. The misfire detecting portion does not conduct misfire detection control when the learning is not completed. | 11-28-2013 |
20130309051 | STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device includes: a storage member having, in the vertical direction, a plurality of parallel storage sections that are capable of storing plate-like members; and a first lifting and lowering mechanism that causes the plate-like members, stored in the storage member, to move integrally in the vertical direction, while the position of the storage member in the vertical direction is maintained. | 11-21-2013 |
20130309049 | PARTS FEEDING DEVICE, PARTS MOUNTING DEVICE AND PARTS FEEDING METHOD - A parts feeding device includes a magazine for housing pallets, a parts feeding table capable of supporting a plurality of pallets in a state where a tray mounted on a topmost pallet is positioned within a movable range of a parts retrieving head and in a state where an upside of the tray is open, and a relay device which inserts and removes the pallets into and from the magazine and the parts feeding table. | 11-21-2013 |
20130298391 | WORKING APPARATUS FOR COMPONENT OR BOARD AND COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - This working apparatus for a component or a board includes a head unit and a control portion. The control portion performs control of correcting the center position of a working mechanism portion on the basis of the first amount of movement displacement of the actual position coordinates of the center position of a first imaging portion with respect to the theoretical position coordinates of the center position of the first imaging portion, the second amount of movement displacement of the actual position coordinates of the center position of a second imaging portion with respect to the theoretical position coordinates of the center position of the second imaging portion, and the positional interrelation between the first imaging portion, the second imaging portion, and the working mechanism portion when moving the head unit. | 11-14-2013 |
20130289856 | START CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - A start control system stores a map M | 10-31-2013 |
20130289839 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE WITH SAME - A vehicle of a dual clutch type includes a transmission mechanism including a plurality of gears including dog clutches and two clutches, wherein engagement of the gears by the dog clutches is smoothened to prevent shift shock. When receiving a shifting command, a control device sets an engine rotation speed corresponding to a reduction ratio of a next gear level, and a vehicle velocity as a target rotation speed, and controls the engine rotation speed toward a target rotation speed. Also, the control device prevents the engine rotation speed from arriving at the target rotation speed until two gears corresponding to the next gear level are engaged with each other by the dog clutch. The control device brings one clutch close to an engaged state, and the other clutch close to a disengaged state after the engine rotation speed arrives at the target rotation speed. | 10-31-2013 |
20130278025 | MOTORCYCLE SEAT FRAME - A motorcycle seat frame, wherein a bottom surface part extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and side surface parts standing upward at least at positions on both sides in a vehicle width direction of the bottom surface part are made of a fiber reinforced resin, thereby making an efficient improvement in the bending stiffness in a vehicle vertical direction possible using the anisotropy of the fiber reinforced resin, and also making marked weight reduction as a whole possible. The motorcycle seat frame achieves an efficient increase in bending stiffness in a desired direction in terms of material without improvement in mechanical structure, and enables marked weight reduction while required bending stiffness is ensured. | 10-24-2013 |
20130274062 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A control device for a dual clutch transmission includes a transmission control unit that determines immobility in an engaging-side clutch in a next stage side sticking and, when the engaging-side clutch in the next stage malfunctions and when a gear in a previous stage is out of engagement, engages the gear in the previous stage and thereafter controls a clutch torque capacity in the previous stage to a predetermined value, and a back torque limiter operates according to a predetermined condition to engage a release-side clutch in the previous stage. | 10-17-2013 |
20130270058 | MOTORCYCLE INCLUDING CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH - A centrifugal clutch is disclosed. The centrifugal clutch has a first plate provided in a clutch housing, a second plate provided in a clutch boss, a pressure plate capable of being moved close to and away from the first and second plates, and a centrifugal weight arranged to push the pressure plate toward the first and second plates by receiving centrifugal force. The centrifugal clutch is arranged so that torque T transmitted between the first and second plates is temporarily reduced and then increased as an engine rotational speed is increased from a time when an engine is stopped. | 10-17-2013 |
20130269644 | START CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - In a start control system for a vehicle, a memory stores a first setting value used to control a clutch to attain a start standby state and a second setting value used to control the clutch to attain a start preparation position. A clutch controller controls the clutch to attain a start standby state based on the first setting value upon determining that the vehicle has proceeded to a start standby period and controls the clutch to attain a start preparation state, in which the distance between the clutch disks is smaller than that in the start standby state, based on the second setting value upon determining the vehicle has proceeded to a start preparation period. The clutch controller controls the clutch such that the distance between the clutch disks is smaller than that in the start preparation state and carries out control such that an engine speed approaches an engine target speed. | 10-17-2013 |
20130261912 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A dual clutch transmission includes a transmission control unit that controls action of a first clutch actuator, a second clutch actuator, and a shift mechanism; determines whether or not a clutch torque capacity for an engaging-side clutch has increased to a determination value during a clutch change period; and, if the clutch torque capacity for the engaging-side clutch has increased to the determination value, changes the torque transmission path by reducing the clutch torque capacity of a release-side clutch. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255560 | WATERCRAFT - A watercraft includes a watercraft body, a watercraft propulsion device, a water protective case, a communication device, and a display device. The watercraft propulsion device propels the watercraft body. The water protective case is arranged on the watercraft body. The communication device communicates with a mobile terminal arranged inside the water protective case. The display device displays content of the mobile terminal based on data received from the mobile terminal through the communication device. | 10-03-2013 |
20130252492 | SUSPENSION DEVICE FOR OUTBOARD MOTOR AND VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS - A suspension device includes a clamp bracket, a tilting shaft, a swivel bracket, a steering shaft, a case, an electric motor, and a transmitter. The electric motor and the transmitter are held in the interior of the case. The electric motor produces power to rotate the steering shaft about a central axis of the steering shaft. The transmitter transmits power from the electric motor to the steering shaft side. The case is located on a placing portion provided on the swivel bracket, and removably attached to the swivel bracket. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252491 | SUSPENSION DEVICE FOR OUTBOARD MOTOR AND VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS - A suspension device includes a clamp bracket, a tilting shaft, a swivel bracket, and a steering shaft. An outboard motor is to be connected to the steering shaft. The steering shaft is to be driven about a central axis of the steering shaft by either one of an electric steering mechanism and a hydraulic steering mechanism. The swivel bracket includes a placing portion arranged to support the electric steering mechanism and a wall portion arranged to support the hydraulic steering mechanism at a position different from that of the electric steering mechanism, and supports either one of the electric steering mechanism and hydraulic steering mechanism. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252490 | WATERCRAFT - In a watercraft, an engine rotational speed sensor detects a rotational speed of an engine. A determining section determines if a prescribed execution condition indicating that a hull body is moving is satisfied. A filter processing section applies a filter process to the engine rotational speed detected by the engine speed sensor to acquire a filtered engine rotational speed. A control section executes a maximum speed limiting control to limit a maximum speed of the watercraft when the prescribed execution condition is satisfied and the filtered engine rotational speed is larger than a prescribed rotational speed threshold value. | 09-26-2013 |
20130245901 | DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION MECHANISM AND START CONTROL METHOD - A transmission control device includes even-numbered and odd-numbered transmission gears selected via a shift mechanism and causes the torque capacities of two clutches to be transitioned to a certain proportion until the clutch rotation speed difference of a low-speed gear-side clutch reaches 0 or approximately 0, sets the torque capacity of the clutch on the low-speed gear side to be the total torque capacity of both clutches, and sets the torque capacity of the clutch on the high-speed gear side to 0. The heat load on the clutch at the time when the vehicle starts to move is reduced and the durability thereof is improved, and the clutch can be made smaller and lighter. | 09-19-2013 |
20130245900 | TWO-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREFOR - A two-wheeled motor vehicle includes a control device and is configured such that a radius of curvature of a cross-section of a tire mounted on one of the front wheel and the rear wheel is larger than a radius of curvature of a cross-section of a tire mounted on the other wheel. The control device includes a sensor arranged to detect a rotation speed of the one wheel, a sensor arranged to detect a rotation speed of the other wheel, and a turn determining section programmed to determine that the vehicle is turning based on a condition that a value corresponding to a bank angle of the vehicle is higher than a threshold. The value corresponding to the bank angle of the vehicle is a value indicating the relative amount of the rotation speed of the one wheel relative to the rotation speed of the other wheel. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241414 | SUB HEADLIGHT UNIT AND SUB HEADLIGHT SYSTEM FOR USE IN VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS, AND VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS - A sub headlight unit for use in a vehicle that leans into turns includes a sub headlight light source that illuminates an area ahead and outward of the vehicle with respect to a width direction of the vehicle. The sub headlight light source is configured to, when the vehicle is in an upright state, produce an illumination range including an area above a horizontal plane. The sub headlight light source is turned on in accordance with a lean angle of the vehicle. At a time of parking or stopping or at a time of running straight ahead, the sub headlight light source is turned on or caused to flash with the amount of light per unit of time being reduced as compared with the amount of light per unit of time emitted when the sub headlight light source is turned on in accordance with the lean angle of the vehicle. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241413 | SUB HEADLIGHT UNIT AND SUB HEADLIGHT SYSTEM FOR USE IN VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS, AND VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS - A sub headlight unit for use in a vehicle that leans into turns includes a plurality of sub headlight light sources that illuminate, at one side with respect to a width direction of the vehicle, an area ahead and outward of the vehicle with respect to the width direction of the vehicle. The brightness of the sub headlight light source changes in accordance with a lean angle of the vehicle. When the lean angle of the vehicle reaches a reference value that is individually set for each of the sub headlight light sources, the sub headlight light source exhibits a predetermined brightness. As the reference value set for the sub headlight light source is greater, an outer edge of an illumination range of the sub headlight light source having a predetermined illuminance is located increasingly farther outward with respect to the width direction of the vehicle in a plan view. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241412 | SUB HEADLIGHT UNIT AND SUB HEADLIGHT SYSTEM FOR USE IN VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS, AND VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS - A sub headlight unit for use in a vehicle that leans into turns includes a plurality of sub headlight light sources to illuminate, at one side with respect to a width direction of the vehicle, an area ahead and outward of the vehicle with respect to the width direction of the vehicle. The brightness of the sub headlight light source changes in accordance with a lean angle of the vehicle. When the lean angle of the vehicle reaches a reference value that is individually set for each of the sub headlight light sources, the sub headlight light source exhibits a predetermined brightness. The reference values are greater than 0° and different from one another. The reference values are set to be values sequentially increasing at intervals from 0° such that the interval is smaller as the reference value is greater. | 09-19-2013 |
20130240285 | SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle riding type vehicle having a structure that supports a handle is provided. A handle cover includes first and second covers and a pulley cover. The first cover covers a front or rear part of a handle. The second cover covers the other side of the front or rear part of the handle. The pulley cover is provided in a space surrounded by the first and second covers. The first cover is provided with a pulley providing groove that covers a part of a pulley. The pulley is provided in the pulley providing groove. The pulley cover is provided on a side where the second cover is provided to the first cover. The pulley cover is attached to the first cover and covers the pulley together with the pulley providing groove. | 09-19-2013 |
20130239716 | TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A transmission includes an input shaft which rotates synchronously with a crankshaft, an output shaft, which rotates synchronously with a driving wheel, a shift drum of a rotary type which engages with a shift fork to drive at least one slide gear, and a rotary stopper mechanism including a friction spring frictionally engaged in a circumferential recessed groove provided in an outer periphery of the output shaft, a rocker arm biased by the friction spring toward the shift drum in accordance with rotation of the output shaft, and an engagement recessed portion provided in an outer periphery of the shift drum to restrict rotation of the shift drum through engagement with the rocker arm. Accordingly, cost is reduced as compared to a conventional transmission, and heat generation of the friction spring is minimized. | 09-19-2013 |
20130239556 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR EXHAUST GAS-PURIFYING CATALYST AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for producing an exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present invention includes step (a) of preparing a metal oxide support containing zirconium; step (b) of preparing a solution containing rhodium; and step (c) of adding the metal oxide support prepared in the step (a), and ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydrogencarbonate or ammonia water, to the solution prepared in the step (b) to obtain the solution having a pH adjusted to a range of 3.0 or higher and 7.5 or lower. The present invention provides a method capable of producing an exhaust gas purifying catalyst including a metal oxide support containing zirconium and rhodium of a minute particle size which is supported on the metal oxide support at a high degree of dispersion. | 09-19-2013 |
20130238177 | WATERCRAFT PROPULSION DEVICE - A watercraft propulsion device includes an engine, a drive shaft, a propeller shaft, a rotational speed detector, and a controller. The drive shaft transmits power from the engine. The propeller shaft is rotationally driven by power transmitted from the drive shaft. The rotational speed detector detects an engine rotational speed. The controller executes a suppression control to suppress the engine rotational speed when a change rate of the engine rotational speed is equal to or larger than a prescribed value. | 09-12-2013 |
20130237106 | VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS - A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a nozzle, a deflector, a reverse bucket, and a guide. In a state in which the reverse bucket is positioned at a closed position and the deflector is positioned at a straight drive position, the guide generates a right branch stream flowing in an obliquely forward right direction and a left branch stream flowing in an obliquely forward left direction. In a state in which the reverse bucket is positioned at the closed position and the deflector is positioned at a right side, the guide generates the left branch stream. In a state in which the reverse bucket is positioned at the closed position and the deflector is positioned at a left side, the guide generates the right branch stream. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233113 | COMBINATION TORSION SPRING, AND SHIFT MECHANISM PROVIDED WITH SAME - A combination torsion spring is configured such that a predetermined reaction force is generated in a coil circumferential direction without a center of a wound coil tilting even when applied with a load. A first torsion spring and a second torsion spring of the combination torsion spring are each provided with a coil. Each coil is formed by spirally winding a copper wire in a different winding direction from one another. The inner diameter of the coil of the first torsion spring is approximately the same as the outer diameter of the coil of the second torsion spring. In the combination torsion spring, the coil of the second torsion spring is inserted into the coil of the first torsion spring. | 09-12-2013 |