A vehicle body is provided which includes a metal body, a quarter panel made of a resin, and a door. The vehicle body further includes a positioning pin provided on the quarter panel, and an insertion hole formed on the metal body and through which the positioning pin is inserted, a lateral gap between the insertion hole and the positioning pin is smaller than a width of a boundary line between the quarter panel and the door, and a vertical gap between the insertion hole and the positioning pin is larger than the lateral gap.
A vehicle side structure includes: a wheel arch portion placed at a rear side in relation to a side door opening, and having a suspension attachment portion; a side panel placed at an upper side of the wheel arch portion, that functions as a barrier separating an interior and an exterior of a vehicle; and an opening panel that covers a periphery of the side door opening from an outer side of a vehicle. The opening panel includes a first pillar which defines a rear end edge of the side door opening, and a rear end of the opening panel is positioned at a vehicle rear side in relation to the suspension attachment portion.
A vehicle rear structure includes: a first pillar defining a rear end edge of a side door opening; a second pillar defining an interface between a rear surface and a side surface of a vehicle; a lamp housing connected to a lower end of the second pillar; a wheel well disposed between and connected to the first pillar and the lamp housing; and a roof side inner portion filling, without a gap, an area enclosed by the first pillar, the second pillar, the lamp housing, and the wheel well.
A pressure detection device (20) comprises a housing (22) that is fastened to one end (12) of a valve stem (11), a seal member (37) that seals between the valve stem (11) and the housing (22), and a pressing part (30) that opens the valve core (15) by pressing the shaft end (18) of the valve core (15). The housing (22) is provided with an outer wall (24) provided so as to cover the outer circumferential surface of the valve stem (11). The pressing part (30) has a contact surface (31) that comes into contact with the shaft end (18). In a state before the housing (22) is fastened to the valve stem (11), in which the one end (12) of the valve stem (11) and the housing (22) are aligned in the axial direction of the valve stem (11), the distance (d11) from the seal member (37) to the one end (12) of the valve stem (11) is shorter than the distance (d12) from the contact surface (31) to the shaft end (18).
[Problem] To improve accuracy of detecting a magnetic flux of a rotor magnet by a magnetic sensor. [Solution] A stepping motor 12 in the present embodiment is of a claw pole type, including: a stator 30 having coils 31, 32; a cylindrical case 14 which is fitted inside the stator 30 and partially protrudes from one end surface of the stator 30; a rotor 20 which is rotatably housed in the case 14 and has a magnet; and a magnetic sensor 50 which is disposed so as to overlap the one end surface of the stator 30 and is configured to be able to detect a magnetic flux directed in a tangential direction of a circle centered on the rotor 20.
H02K 19/36 - Structural association of synchronous generators with auxiliary electric devices influencing the characteristic of the generator or controlling the generator, e.g. with impedances or switches
F16K 31/04 - Operating meansReleasing devices electricOperating meansReleasing devices magnetic using a motor
F16K 37/00 - Special means in or on valves or other cut-off apparatus for indicating or recording operation thereof, or for enabling an alarm to be given
[Problem] To provide a technology that makes it possible to stabilize fixation of a tire valve to a rim better than the prior art. [Solution] A tire valve 10A according to the present disclosure comprises: a valve stem 30A configured to accommodate a valve core 20; an elastomer press-fitted member 40A configured such that the press-fitted member covers an outer surface of the valve stem 30A, is press-fitted from the inner surface side of a rim 91 of a tire wheel 90 into a valve attachment hole 92 of the rim 91, and is attached in a state of penetrating the rim 91 from the inside to the outside; and a tilt restriction member 50A having an pull-out prevention fixing part (more specifically, a female thread part 54N) fixed to the valve stem 30A in a pull-out prevention state, and partially overlapping an inner surface of the rim 91.
[Problem] To provide technology that makes it possible to make the fixation of a tire valve to a rim more stable than before. [Solution] A tire valve according to the present disclosure comprises: a valve stem which is configured so as to accommodate a valve core; an elastomeric press fit member which covers the outer surface of the valve stem and which is configured to be press-fitted into a through hole of the rim of a tire wheel from the inner surface side of the rim and thereby be attached so as to penetrate the rim and extend across the inner side and the outer side of the rim; a rigid cover sleeve which is configured to be fitted on the outer side of the press fit member from the front end side of the press fit member and thereby butt against the outer surface of the rim; a first retaining and engaging part which is provided in a part of the valve stem that is exposed from the press fit member forward and in the cover sleeve and which causes the valve stem and the cover sleeve to engage with each other and thereby restricts the axial movement of the cover sleeve; and a second retaining and engaging part which is provided in the press fit member and in the cover sleeve and which causes the press fit member and the cover sleeve to engage with each other and thereby restricts the axial movement the cover sleeve.
A receiver (40) receives transmission data that are transmitted from transmitters (21) which are respectively mounted to two wheels (11, 12) provided to a two-wheeled vehicle (10). The transmitters (21) each comprise an acceleration sensor (24) that is configured to detect acceleration in the Z-axis direction, which is the centrifugal direction of the wheels (11, 12). The receiver (40) comprises a reception control unit (41). The reception control unit (41) determines a stop of the two-wheeled vehicle (10), acquires the acceleration, which has been detected by the acceleration sensor (24), from the transmission data received by the receiver (40) after the stop of the two-wheeled vehicle (10), and uses the acceleration to determine whether the transmitters (21) are respectively mounted to the wheels (11, 12).
[Problem] To disclose technology with which it is possible to prevent the defect of an electrolyte leaking from an injection hole. [Solution] A cell container 11A of a battery cell 10A according to the present embodiment comprises: an injection hole 22 having a check valve mechanism 20A that allows injection of an electrolyte 91 into the cell container 11A and restricts outflow; and a valve opening operation part 27 provided to the check valve mechanism 20A and applying an external force that is not a fluid pressure in order to open the check valve mechanism 20A.
[Problem] To disclose technology with which it is possible to prevent the defect of an electrolyte leaking from an injection hole. [Solution] A cell container 11A of a battery cell 10A according to the present embodiment comprises: an injection hole 22 having a check valve mechanism 20A that allows injection of an electrolyte 91 into the cell container 11A and restricts outflow; and a valve opening operation part 27 provided to the check valve mechanism 20A and applying an external force that is not a fluid pressure in order to open the check valve mechanism 20A.
A transmitter (31) is mounted on each of a plurality of wheels (11) of a vehicle (10). Each transmitter (31) transmits transmission data to a receiver (50). Each transmitter (31) comprises a power source (38), a transmitter storage unit (37) configured to store identification information of the transmitter (31), and a transmission control unit (35). The transmission control unit (35) generates pre-transmission data having the same data length as the transmission data in accordance with a predetermined frame format, and transmits, as the transmission data, data obtained by adding data not included in the frame format to a specific bit in the pre-transmission data.
[Problem] To facilitate the work of attaching a case when a case applied to a vehicle component serving as a noise source is divided into two separate components. [Solution] A case 10 according to the present disclosure is divided into a first case constituent body 11 and a second case constituent body 41, and a first connecting projecting part 15 of the first case constituent body 11 and a second connecting projecting part 45 of the second case constituent body 41 are connected by a hinge. As a result, it is not necessary to insert a hand into a lower region of the first and second case structures 11, 41, and work can be more easily performed than with a configuration in which components are fixed together by providing an engaging protuberance and a protuberance-engaging part on both an upper end part and a lower end part.
[Problem] To disclose a technique capable of making the durability of a relief valve to high-temperature gas higher than before. [Solution] A relief valve 10A according to the present disclosure is provided with: a base part 11 that is fixed to a battery pack 90 and has a valve hole 13 for discharging gas within the battery pack 90 to the outside; a first support member 21 and a second support member 25 that are included in the base part 11 and extend from an inner surface or an opening edge of the valve hole 13 into the valve hole 13 or into an extension space thereof; a valve body 40 that covers the valve hole 13 from the outside, is supported by the first support member 21 and the second support member 25, and operates so as to move away from the valve hole 13 to the outside in response to an increase in pressure within the battery pack 90; and a shielding member 23 that is included in the base part 11 and covers the first support member 21 from the battery pack 90 side.
F16K 17/04 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
[Problem] To disclose a technology that can improve the durability of a relief valve against high-temperature gas more than before. [Solution] A relief valve 10A of the present disclosure comprises: a base part 11 that is fixed to a battery pack 90 and has a valve hole 13 for discharging gas in the battery pack 90 to the outside; a first support member 21 and a second support member 25 that are included in the base part 11 and extend from an inner surface or an opening edge of the valve hole 13 into the valve hole 13 or into an extension space of the valve hole 13; a valve body 40 that covers the valve hole 13 from the outside, is supported by the first support member 21 and the second support member 25, and moves outward away from the valve hole 13 in response to an increase in pressure within the battery pack 90; and a shielding member 23 that is included in the base part 11 and covers the first support member 21 from the battery pack 90 side.
F16K 17/04 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
[Problem] To disclose a technology that can improve the durability of a relief valve against high-temperature gas more than before. [Solution] A relief valve 10A of the present disclosure comprises: a base part 11 that is fixed to a battery pack 90 and has a valve hole 13 for discharging gas in the battery pack 90 to the outside; a first support member 21 and a second support member 25 that are included in the base part 11 and extend from an inner surface or an opening edge of the valve hole 13 into the valve hole 13 or into an extension space of the valve hole 13; a valve body 40 that covers the valve hole 13 from the outside, is supported by the first support member 21 and the second support member 25, and moves outward away from the valve hole 13 in response to an increase in pressure within the battery pack 90; and a shielding member 23 that is included in the base part 11 and covers the first support member 21 from the battery pack 90 side.
F16K 17/04 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
[Problem] To provide a technique for allowing the output of a stepping motor to be used effectively by means of a compact configuration. [Solution] A drive control device 30 according to the present embodiment performs drive control for a stepping motor 12 that is a drive source for an electrically operated device, the drive control device 30 comprising: a storage unit that stores discrimination data for distinguishing the range within which the stepping motor 12 can rotate into a high-load rotation range determined in advance and a low-load rotation range determined in advance; and a drive switching unit 45 that switches the mode of the drive control for the stepping motor 12 on the basis of the rotation position of the stepping motor 12 and the discrimination data such that the output torque of the stepping motor 12 is higher in the high-load rotation range than in the low-load rotation range.
[Problem] To provide a technique for reducing the number of components when a plurality of stepping motors are used. [Solution] This armature device comprises: a plurality of armature packages in which an armature fitted to the outside of a rotor case of a stepping motor is covered with a resin member; a resin-made shared base to which the plurality of armature packages are fixed in common; a connector part having one hood part integrally formed with the shared base and a plurality of connector terminals that are at least partially received in the hood part; and a relay circuit that is covered with both or one of the shared base and the resin member of the armature package and connects the plurality of connector terminals and each of the armatures.
[Problem] To develop a technology for shortening the time for initialization processing in comparison to a conventional control device. [Solution] A control device of the present embodiment is configured to perform: initialization processing for setting a current position of a movable part of a flow rate control valve to an origin position, after the movable part is disposed at one end of a movable range and stoppers are pressed against each other; position control processing for acquiring information on a target position using the origin position as a reference, and performing position control so that the movable part moves from the current position to the target position; backup processing for storing the current position and the target position, which is a movement destination of the movable part from the current position, in a nonvolatile storage part; and special position control processing, which is included in the initialization processing, for performing position control so that the movable part moves using, among two storage positions consisting of the current position and the target position stored in the nonvolatile storage part, the storage position on a side far from the origin position as a starting point, and using the origin position or a virtual position farther from the storage position than the origin position as an end point.
A mobile terminal configured to move together with a cargo, to acquire position data from a GPS module, and to wirelessly transmit position information based on the position data to a communication network via a wireless base station includes a communication control apparatus configured to prohibit the wireless transmission in a case where any one of a plurality of wireless transmission prohibition conditions is satisfied. The plurality of wireless transmission prohibition conditions includes a first wireless transmission prohibition condition that a current position based on the position data is a wireless transmission prohibited area and a second wireless transmission prohibition condition that a reference signal received power (RSRP) of a signal transmitted from the wireless base station is smaller than a preset reference value. The communication control apparatus is configured to determine whether the second prohibition condition is satisfied on condition that the first prohibition condition is not satisfied.
H04M 1/72463 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions to restrict the functionality of the device
H04M 1/72454 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions according to context-related or environment-related conditions
H04M 1/72457 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions according to geographic location
H04W 4/02 - Services making use of location information
H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
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POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, CARGO MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND CARGO MONITORING SYSTEM
A position estimation device configured to update and output current position data using GPS position data sequentially input from a GPS module includes: a first data update unit configured to compare the current position data with the GPS position data newly acquired, to determine whether there is a change therebetween beyond a variation range of the GPS position data, and to update the current position data with that GPS position data upon determining that there is a change beyond predetermined variation range; and a second data update unit configured to acquire a detection result from a movement detection sensor configured to detect presence or absence of a movement including vibration of the position estimation device, to determine whether a movement of the position estimation device has been detected, and to update the current position data with the GPS position data newly acquired upon determining that the movement has been detected.
G01S 19/45 - Determining position by combining measurements of signals from the satellite radio beacon positioning system with a supplementary measurement
G01S 19/14 - Receivers specially adapted for specific applications
22.
CONTROL DEVICE, VALVE DEVICE, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD
[Problem] To develop a technique for reducing a sound that is the sound at the time of origin setting processing and has been often recognized as noise. [Solution] A control device according to the present embodiment is configured to perform: origin setting processing for setting the origin position of a motor by controlling the motor so that a movable part of an electric device using the motor as a drive source is further pressed in the state of abutting on a stopper; and position control processing for controlling the rotation position of the motor with respect to the origin position. The control device is provided with a current setting unit configured to change a drive current so that the drive current to the motor in the origin setting processing becomes smaller than the drive current to the motor in the position control processing.
H02P 23/04 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by a control method other than vector control specially adapted for damping motor oscillations, e.g. for reducing hunting
H02P 29/40 - Regulating or controlling the amount of current drawn or delivered by the motor for controlling the mechanical load
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CONTROL DEVICE, VALVE DEVICE, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM, AND DETERIORATION INSPECTION METHOD
[Problem] Development of a technology enabling easy inspection of a flow control valve deterioration state is sought. [Solution] A control device according to the present embodiment is configured so as to perform position control of a motor and thereby perform flow control by means of a flow control valve which uses the motor as a drive source. The control device comprises: an inspection preparation unit configured so as to set the motor to be in an inspection preparation state in which a rotor is stopped at a preset rotation position for inspection; and a deterioration inspection unit configured so as to inspect the deterioration of the flow control valve according to whether the rotor operates when a driving current for inspection, which is preset to be a smaller value than a driving current applied to the motor during the flow control, is applied to the motor in the inspection preparation state.
A vehicle includes a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly having different outer diameters. A wheel position identifying device includes a reception circuit and processing circuitry. The reception circuit is configured to receive a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal. The first transmission signal is transmitted from a transmitter attached to the front wheel assembly at a specific rotational position of the front wheel assembly. The second transmission signal is transmitted from a transmitter attached to the rear wheel assembly at a specific rotational position of the rear wheel assembly. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether each of the transmitters is attached to the front wheel assembly or the rear wheel assembly based on a reception interval of the first transmission signal and a reception interval of the second transmission signal.
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
B60C 23/04 - Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
Electric equipment includes: a command input unit to which a switching command is input contactlessly from an outside; and a mode switcher to switch an electric circuit between a normal operation mode and a sleep mode in response to the switching command. The normal operation mode includes the normal operation mode in an unlocked state and the normal operation mode in a locked state in which switching to the sleep mode is prohibited. The switching command includes: a first switching command for switching to the sleep mode, a second switching command for switching to the normal operation mode in the unlocked state, and a third switching command for switching to the normal operation mode in the locked state, having a longer input time than the second switching command. The switching command uses magnetism, light, or a sound wave as a carrier. The command input unit includes a carrier detection sensor.
A water-drinking state identification device includes: a change rate computing unit configured to compute a temperature change rate that is a change amount per unit time of an intragastric temperature measured by a temperature sensor disposed in a stomach of an animal; a first timing identification unit configured to identify, as a first timing, a timing at which the temperature change rate exceeds a first prescribed change amount and becomes negative; a second timing identification unit configured to identify, as a second timing, a timing at which the intragastric temperature is equal to or higher than a prescribed temperature and an absolute value of the temperature change rate falls within a second prescribed change amount after the first timing; and a water-drinking value computing unit configured to compute a water-drinking value that is a substitute value for an amount of water drunk between the first timing and the second timing.
[Problem] To improve estrus sign detection accuracy. [Solution] An estrus sign detection system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached to an animal exhibiting, for approximately constant multiple days, a heightened estrous period, during which estrous signs are likely to occur, the heightened estrous period repeated at intervals separated by constant multiple days of a reduced estrous period, during which estrous signs are less likely to occur. The estrus sign detection system 100 comprises: a physical quantity detection device for detecting a physical quantity that changes when an estrus sign is exhibited; and an estrus determination unit 54 for determining the presence or absence of an estrous sign on the basis of whether the detection result of the physical quantity detection device satisfies different estrus determination conditions according to whether the animal is in the heightened estrous period.
A matching circuit (31) comprises: a first parallel resonance circuit (32); a second parallel resonance circuit (36); a first matching unit (35); and a second matching unit (39). The resonance frequency of the first parallel resonance circuit (32) is a first frequency. The resonance frequency of the second parallel resonance circuit (36) is a second frequency. The first matching unit (35) is connected in series to the first parallel resonance circuit (32). The second matching unit (39) is connected in series to the second parallel resonance circuit (36). The first parallel resonance circuit (32) and the second parallel resonance circuit (36) are connected in parallel to each other, and are connected in series to a transmission antenna (27).
H04B 1/00 - Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
A container includes: a pair of container elements to be mated to constitute the container; and a hinge connecting the pair of container elements with mating surfaces of the pair of container elements pointing unidirectionally, wherein at least a part of the hinge is pulled when the pair of container elements are mated, the hinge has a V-shaped groove including a pair of inner surfaces, and a thickness gradually decreasing toward a bottom of the V-shaped groove, the bottom of the V-shaped groove is pulled when the pair of container elements are mated, the hinge has two of the V-shaped grooves, the hinge includes a protrusion located between the two V-shaped grooves, the protrusion has a vertex located lower than the mating surfaces, and of the four inner surfaces of the two V-shaped grooves, two inner surfaces farthest from each other are partially brought into contact with each other.
B65D 75/22 - Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding the sheet or blank being recessed to accommodate contents
31.
METERING VALVE, HIGH-PRESSURE CONTAINER, AND ASTHMA TREATMENT DEVICE
A metering valve includes: a high-pressure partition wall to isolate a storage region from an atmospheric pressure space; an internal partition wall arranged inside the high-pressure partition wall and forming a metering chamber partitioned from the storage region; a stem linearly movably supported and biased to be positioned at an origin position; a first seal hole penetrating the high-pressure partition wall to extend over the atmospheric pressure space and the metering chamber with a first seal portion linearly movably supporting a first intermediate portion; a second seal hole penetrating the internal partition wall to extend over the metering chamber and the storage region with a second seal portion linearly movably supporting a second intermediate portion; and a starting-end-side stem internal flow path formed inside the stem and extending from a starting end of the stem to the second intermediate portion, the starting end being always positioned in the storage region.
An air pressure adjusting device includes a supplying device and a reception circuit configured to receive a detection signal that includes information indicating an air pressure of a tire. The supplying device includes a piston that supplies air to the tire by being moved by rotation of the tire. The air pressure adjusting device includes a switching unit and a controller. The switching unit is configured to be switched between a first state, in which the switching unit allows movement of the piston, and a second state, in which the switching unit prohibits movement of the piston. The controller is configured to control the switching unit. The controller is configured to obtain the information indicating the air pressure of the tire from the detection signal received by the reception circuit, switch the switching unit to the second state when the air pressure of the tire is greater than or equal to a threshold, and switch the switching unit to the first state when the air pressure of the tire is less than the threshold.
B60C 23/04 - Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
B60C 23/00 - Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehiclesArrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanksTyre cooling arrangements
B60C 23/12 - Arrangement of tyre-inflating pumps mounted on vehicles operated by a running wheel
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WHEEL POSITION IDENTIFYING SYSTEM, WHEEL POSITION IDENTIFYING DEVICE, AND WHEEL POSITION IDENTIFYING METHOD
A wheel position identifying system includes a receiver and transmitters, which are respectively provided in two wheel assemblies of a wheel assembly set. When each transmitter detects that it is located at a specific position, the transmitters transmit a wireless signal including an ID code. Receiver processing circuitry of the receiver obtains information indicating a rotation angle of the wheel assembly set from a rotation angle detecting unit of a vehicle, while associating the information with the ID code each time receiving the wireless signal from the transmitters. Based on a phase difference between rotation angles associated with different ID codes, the receiver processing circuitry identifies whether each of the transmitters is provided in a right wheel assembly or a left wheel assembly.
A tire valve includes: a valve stem passed through a valve mount hole of a rim and screwed with a nut, a retaining part extending sideways from a proximal end of the valve stem, an electronic device having a connection part that fits onto an outer side of the retaining part, a support ring set on the valve stem, the support ring and a portion of the connection part being sandwiched between the retaining part and an opening edge of the valve mount hole by fastening the nut, and an interference avoidance part formed by cutting off part of an outer circumferential surface of the support ring. The support ring and electronic device include guide parts which slide on each other by fastening the nut thereby causing the support ring and electronic device to approach to guide the support ring and electronic device toward the normal rotational position.
A wheel position identifying system includes a receiver and transmitters, which are respectively provided in two wheel assemblies of a wheel assembly set. When each transmitter detects that it is located at a specific position in a rotation direction of the wheel assembly, the transmitter transmits a wireless signal including an identification information. A wireless signal transmitted by the transmitter provided in the outer wheel assembly when the transmitter detects the specific position is defined as a first wireless signal. A wireless signal transmitted by the transmitter provided in the inner wheel assembly when the transmitter detects the specific position is defined as a second wireless signal. Receiver processing circuitry of the receiver identifies in which of the outer wheel assembly and the inner wheel assembly each transmitter is provided based on the reception intervals of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal.
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
G01P 15/00 - Measuring accelerationMeasuring decelerationMeasuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
A parasitic element is used in a transmitter configured to transmit data. The transmitter includes a loop antenna to which power is supplied and a housing that accommodates the loop antenna. The parasitic element is disposed to be located outside the housing. The parasitic element includes a loop portion that is a part of the parasitic element, and an extended section that is a part other than the loop portion. The loop portion is electromagnetically coupled to the loop antenna. The extended section includes a first end of the parasitic element as an open end.
H01Q 5/378 - Combination of fed elements with parasitic elements
H01Q 1/24 - SupportsMounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
H01Q 1/42 - Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
H01Q 7/00 - Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
An antenna unit is included in a transmitter configured to transmit data. The antenna unit includes a loop antenna and a helical parasitic element. The loop antenna is disposed within a housing of the transmitter and is supplied with power. The helical parasitic element is disposed outside the housing. The helical parasitic element is electromagnetically coupled to the loop antenna and includes two open ends.
H01Q 7/00 - Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
38.
ERUCTATION DETECTION DEVICE AND ERUCTATION MONITORING SYSTEM
[Problem] To provide a technology for detecting eructation produced by animals. [Solution] This eructation detection device detects eructation produced by animals, on the condition that a pressure drop amount ΔPt per unit time of an intra-stomach pressure P1 detected by a pressure sensor 21 in a stomach 10S of an animal exceeds a prescribed reference pressure drop amount V1. The eructation detection device includes: a first data table T1 that associates an expelled gas amount M1 due to eructation with a pressure reduction amount I of the intra-stomach pressure P1; and an expelled gas amount specification unit 27D that specifies the expelled gas amount M1 due to eructation on the basis of the pressure drop amount ΔPt when the eructation is detected, and the first data table T1.
[Problem] Conventional relief valves have the problem wherein resistance increases during valve opening and a valve opening operation is not stable; thus, a countermeasure therefor is required. [Solution] A relief valve 10 in the present embodiment has: a base part 11 that comprises a valve seat 11Z surrounding a valve hole 13; a valve body 35 that has an annular abutment part 35D which abuts the valve seat 11Z; a slide support mechanism 40K that includes a shaft fitting part 31 which supports the valve body 35 to be capable of linear movement in the axial direction of a shaft 40; and a sealing member 21 that is provided to one of the valve seat 11Z or the annular abutment part 35D, where the other thereof comes into contact with the sealing member 21 as a sealing contact part. In the slide support mechanism 40K, the shaft 40 is tilted relative to the shaft fitting part 31 and clearances C1, C2 are provided that allow for a state of partial abutment in which only part of the sealing contact part in the circumferential direction abuts the sealing member 21.
F16K 17/04 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
[Problem] To disclose a technology that makes it possible to minimize any increase in installation space for a relief valve in comparison to the prior art, and to increase the flow rate of dischargeable fluid. [Solution] A relief valve 10 of the present embodiment has a base part 11 having a valve hole 13 overlapping the opening edge of a discharge hole 92 of a container 90 and facing the discharge hole 92, a fixing part provided on the base part 11 for fixing the base part 11 to the container 90, a valve seat 11Z that is provided on the base part 11 and that surrounds the valve hole 13 at a position farther from the valve hole than the fixing part, and a valve body 35 that is disposed facing the valve hole 13 and is provided with an annular contact part 35D that moves toward and away from the valve seat 11Z.
F16K 17/02 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side
[Problem] There exists a need to develop technology that can make it difficult for packing to separate from a conventional relief valve. [Solution] A relief valve 10 according to the present embodiment comprises: a base section 11 comprising a valve hole 13 and a valve seat sealing member 21 that surrounds the valve hole 13; a valve body 35 comprising, on an outer edge thereof, an annular contact section 35D that reciprocates while facing the valve hole 13 and that approaches and separates from the valve seat sealing member 21; an annular protruding section 18 provided to an inner edge of the base section 11, having an outer side to which the valve seat sealing member 21 is fitted, and having an inner side which forms the valve hole 13. The distal end surface of the annular protruding section 18 is flush with the inner edge section of the valve seat sealing member 21 or is located further forward in the protruding direction of the annular protruding section 18.
F16K 17/04 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
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DEVICE FOR DETECTING SIGNS OF DELIVERY, SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SIGNS OF DELIVERY, PROGRAM FOR DETECTING SIGNS OF DELIVERY, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SIGNS OF DELIVERY
[Problem] To provide a device for detecting signs of delivery, the device preventing false detection of signs of delivery due to the device dropping out of the mother's body during delivery. [Solution] This device for detecting signs of delivery of the present disclosure has a delivery sign detector 57 for acquiring information on stomach internal pressure P1 measured by a pressure sensor 21A disposed inside the stomach 10S of an animal and detecting signs of delivery in the animal on the basis of the relative size correlation between the stomach internal pressure P1 and predetermined pressure reference values Pa, Pb, and Pc.
A vehicle (10) is provided with a front wheel (11) and a rear wheel (12) having mutually different outer diameters. A wheel position identifying device (50) is provided with: a reception circuit (55) configured to receive a first transmission signal which is transmitted from a transmitter (31) fitted to the front wheel (11) and which is transmitted at a specific rotational position of the front wheel (11), and a second transmission signal which is transmitted from a transmitter (31) fitted to the rear wheel (12) and which is transmitted at a specific rotational position of the rear wheel (12); and a specific device control device (51). The specific device control device (51) is configured to determine, from a reception interval of the first transmission signal and a reception interval of the second transmission signal, whether each transmitter (31) is fitted to the front wheel (11) or is fitted to the rear wheel (12).
A power generator includes: a stator fixed to a wheel; and a rotor disposed coaxially with the wheel and rotatably supported by the stator. The power generator generates electric power by relative rotation between the stator and the rotor, and supplies the electric power to an electric device attached to the wheel. The power generator further includes: a blade portion fixed to the rotor; a container portion that is fixed to one of the rotor and the stator and houses the blade portion; and liquid which is contained in the container portion in an amount smaller than a volume of the container portion and in which at least a part of the blade portion is immersed.
A power supply device includes: a generator including a stator which rotates with a tire wheel, and a rotor which rotates around a rotation axis of the tire wheel; an inertial component fixed to the rotor and configured to maintain a consistent attitude by an own weight of the inertial component; a circuit board fixed to the tire wheel and arranged such that a plate thickness direction is oriented parallel to the rotation axis; a rectifier circuit mounted on the circuit board and rectifies a current output from the generator to supply the current to a load; a plurality of smoothing capacitors provided in the rectifier circuit and positioned on a common imaginary circle around the rotation axis so that the plurality of smoothing capacitors as a whole has a center of gravity located in a central area of rotation.
[Problem] To provide the technology of suppressing wasteful power consumption of a mobile terminal. [Solution] The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal configured to move together with a baggage P to acquire position data from a GPS module 11 and to wirelessly transmit position information based on the position data to a communication network via wireless base stations 400, 401, the mobile terminal comprising a communication control device 20 configured to inhibit wireless transmission when any one of a plurality of wireless transmission inhibition conditions is met, the conditions including a first wireless transmission inhibition condition in which a current position based on the position data is in a wireless transmission inhibition area, and a second wireless transmission inhibition condition in which an RSRP of a signal transmitted from each of the wireless base stations 400, 401 is smaller than a preset reference value, the communication control device 20 determining whether the second wireless transmission inhibition condition is met on condition that the first wireless transmission inhibition condition is not met.
H04M 1/72448 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
H04W 72/02 - Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
H04W 72/54 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria
[Problem] To provide electric equipment capable of suppressing the unintended switching of an operation state. [Solution] Electric equipment according to the present disclosure comprises a command input unit to which a switching command is contactlessly input from the outside, wherein an operation state of an electric circuit is switched between a normal operation mode and a sleep mode in response to the input switching command, and can also be switched to a locked normal operation mode in which switching to the sleep mode is prohibited. In addition, the input time of the switching command to the command input unit is longer when switching to the locked normal operation mode than when switching to an unlocked normal operation mode in which switching to the sleep mode is permitted.
A dividing wall mounting device includes: a main device body extending along a central axis of a through-hole; and a flexible flange protruding laterally from an intermediate position of the main device body, and when the dividing wall mounting device is inserted into the through-hole from one end side in the axial direction, the flexible flange passing through the through-hole in a first state of collapsing towards another end side in the axial direction to narrow due to contact with an opening edge of the through-hole, and when the dividing wall mounting device is pulled back in a direction opposite to the insertion, the flexible flange being press-fitted into the through-hole in a second state of collapsing towards the one end side in the axial direction to narrow due to contact with the opening edge and having an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter in the first state.
A receiver receives frames transmitted by transmitters respectively attached to wheel assemblies. Each transmitter transmits three or more frames successively at different transmission intervals when a rotation angle of the associated wheel assembly agrees with a specific angle. When receiving the frames, the receiver determines the transmission ordinal numbers of the received ones of the frames from a previously stored correspondence relationship between an order of transmission and transmission intervals of the frames. The receiver derives, from the determined order of transmission of the frames, a specific point in time that is within specified time from the detection of the specific angle. Based on the rotation angle of the wheel obtained by a rotation angle detecting unit at the specific point in time, the receiver identifies the wheel assembly to which each of the transmitters is attached.
This fixing member slack detection device (31) comprises: a first attachment part (33) configured so as to rotate integrally with a first fixing member (21); a second attachment part (35) configured so as to rotate integrally with a second fixing member (22); and a coupling part (37) that couples the first attachment part (33) and the second attachment part (35). The coupling part (37) deforms due to the rotation of at least one of the first attachment part (33) and the second attachment part (35). A control device (45) determines that slack is present in the fixing members (21, 22) from a detection result of an acceleration sensor (43) provided to the coupling part (37). A transmitting circuit (48) transmits information for enabling recognition of the presence of the slack, to an actuation device (51) for actuating a warning unit (57).
The transmitter is arranged in a tire attached to a wheel and configured to transmit data to a receiver. The transmitter includes an obtaining section configured to obtain a detection result of the sensor, a generating section configured to generate the data including the detection result of the sensor, a transmitting section configured to transmit the data generated by the generating section, and an organic power generation element that is a power source of the transmitter. The organic power generation element is configured to generate power through a chemical reaction with organic matter contained in a fuel solution accommodated in the tire.
A transmitter (21) is configured so as to be mounted to each of a plurality wheels (11, 12, 13, 14) provided on a vehicle (10). The transmitter (21) comprises: sensors (22, 23); a storage medium (26) configured so as to be able to rewrite information and/or switch information; a control device (24) configured so as to generate transmission data in a format corresponding to a receiver (40) mounted in the vehicle (10); and a transmission circuit (28) configured so as to transmit the transmission data. The storage medium (26) is configured so as to store wheel position information, which is information about the positions of the wheels (11, 12, 13, 14) on which the transmitters 21 are respectively mounted. The control device (24) is configured so as to generate transmission data including fixed data indicating information about the wheel positions, an ID code, and detection data indicating the detection results of the sensors (22, 23).
[Problem] To provide a position estimation device that updates current position data by suppressing the effects of variations in GPS position data. [Solution] A position estimation device according to the present disclosure updates and outputs current position data by using some of a plurality of GPS position data input sequentially from a GPS module. The position estimation device comprises a first data updating unit that compares the current position data to newly acquired GPS position data, determines whether or not there have been changes therebetween beyond the range of variation of the GPS position data, and updates the current position data by with the GPS position data if it is determined that there have been changes beyond a certain range predetermined as the range of variation.
An air supply system includes: a telescopic pump attached to a wheel and discharging compressed air into a tire by extending and contracting; a cam member rotatably supported on the wheel and having a center of gravity eccentric to the wheel and an annular cam surface eccentric to the wheel, wherein the cam member rotating relative to the wheel as the wheel rotates, with one end part of the pump following the cam surface, causing the pump to extend and contract to supply air into the tire by a rotary power of the wheel; and a pump on/off mechanism that is activated upon receiving a pressure inside the tire, allowing the pump to operate when the pressure is at or below a reference lower limit, and stopping the pump when the pressure is at or above a reference upper limit that is larger than the reference lower limit.
B60C 23/00 - Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehiclesArrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanksTyre cooling arrangements
57.
LOOSENESS DETECTION APPARATUS AND LOOSENESS DETECTION PROGRAM
A looseness detection apparatus (50) detects looseness of a fixing member (20) provided to a rotary body (14). The fixing member (20) fixes the rotary body (14) to a fixing target object (12). The looseness detection apparatus (50) comprises a control device (52, 62) and a storage device (65). The control device (52, 62) determines whether or not, from image data obtained through imaging performed by an imaging device (57), a relative position between a first marker (31) provided to the rotary body (14) and a second marker (41) provided to the fixing member (20) has changed by a threshold value or more. The control device (52, 62) stores the relative position in the storage device (65). The control device (52, 62) determines that looseness has occurred in the fixing member (20) in a case where the relative position has changed by the threshold value or more.
[Problem] To provide a drinking water state identification device which suppresses the misdetection of a water drinking behavior of an animal more than before. [Solution] A drinking water state identification device according to the present disclosure comprises: a change speed calculation unit 54A which calculates a temperature change speed ΔV that is a change amount per unit time in a temperature F in the stomach, the change amount being measured by means of a temperature sensor 21 located inside the stomach 10S of an animal; a first timing specification unit 54B which specifies, as a first timing T1, a timing at which the temperature change speed ΔV exceeds the preset first temperature change speed V1 and becomes minus; a second timing specification unit 54C which specifies, as a second timing T2, a timing at which after the first timing T1, the temperature F inside the stomach is equal to or greater than a preset specific temperature F1 and the absolute value of the temperature change speed ΔV is settled within the preset second defined level V2 of variation; and a drinking water value calculation unit 54D which calculates, on the basis of the time from the first timing T1 to the second timing T2, a drinking water value Q that is a substitute value of the amount of the drinking water between the times.
[Problem] To improve working efficiency when administering a capsule to an animal. [Solution] A capsule-administering device 10 according to the present disclosure comprises, at a leading end of a support pipe 11 inserted through the mouth of a cow 100, a capsule holding part 20 capable of holding a capsule 90. A core material 40 inside of the support pipe 11 is moved to the leading end side by means of the operation of an operation unit 50, and thereby the capsule 90 is pushed outward and the capsule 90 is administered to the cow 100. Furthermore, the support pipe 11 comprises a bending deformation section 29 that connects a main pipe 12 and the capsule holding part 20, and that can be bendingly deformed.
A slave terminal includes: a data transmission unit that wirelessly transmits status data relating to a condition of a monitoring target to a monitoring apparatus in response to a transmission trigger at every fixed period; a reply check unit that determines whether or not an ACK signal was sent back from the monitoring apparatus in response to the status data that was transmitted; an adjustment value calculation unit that determines an adjustment period of a random length when there was no reply; a timing update unit that outputs a measurement start trigger after the adjustment period has elapsed when there was no reply, the timing update unit outputting the measurement start trigger without the adjustment period when there was a reply; and a trigger generation unit that outputs the transmission trigger after counting the fixed period in response to the measurement start trigger.
A wireless terminal includes a pressure sensor, a wireless circuit, and a case accommodating the pressure sensor and the wireless circuit in a waterproof manner, and is left inside a stomach of a livestock animal to measure pressure inside the stomach and wirelessly transmit acquired pressure data. The case includes a cylindrical case body and a lid member closing an opening of the case body. The lid member has a measurement hole extending between inside and outside of the lid member and a protection wall part located outside of the case body. The measurement hole has a pressure-receiving pressure measurement part inside for measurement of the pressure and is closed. The measurement hole includes a first linear part and a second linear part intersecting in T shape with the first linear part, and has distal ends open to an outer face of the protection wall part.
[Problem] To propose a technology with which it is easy to perform the task of attaching a tire valve so that an electronic apparatus will be arranged at a regular rotational position with respect to a tire wheel. [Solution] This tire valve 10A comprises: a valve stem 11 that is passed through a valve mounting hole 92 of a rim 91 and threads through a nut 40; a locking unit 13 jutting out to the side from a proximal end part of the valve stem 11; an electronic apparatus 50 that has a coupling unit 52A that fits onto the outside of the locking unit 13; and a support ring 30A that is passed through the valve stem 11, and as a result of the tightening of the nut 40 the support ring is supported, along with a part of the coupling unit 52A, between the locking unit 13 and an opening edge of the valve mounting hole 92. Provided between the support ring 30A and the electronic apparatus 50 are guide units (a pair of guide slopes 35 and a pair of tapered guide surfaces 57) that come into sliding contact with one another due to the approach of the support ring 30A and the electronic apparatus 50 associated with tightening of the nut 40 to guide the support ring 30A and the electronic apparatus 50 to the regular rotational position.
[Problem] There is a demand for development of a technique to easily combine container constituents. [Solution] This container 10 is integrally foam-molded with a resin in a state in which a pair of container constituents 20 to be combined to form the container are placed with respective abutment surfaces 21M facing the same side and connected via a hinge part 30, wherein at least a portion of said hinge part 30 is pulled when the pair of container constituents 20 are combined.
This non-powered element (50) is used for a transmitter (10) that is configured to transmit data. The transmitter (10) has a powered loop antenna (25) in a casing (11). The non-powered element (50) is disposed to be exterior to the casing (11). The non-powered element (50) has a loop part (53) that is a part thereof, and the non-powered element (50) also has an extension part (61) that is a part thereof other than the loop part (53). The loop part (53) is electromagnetically coupled to the loop antenna (25). The extension part (61) has a first end (51) of the non-powered element (5) as an open end.
H01Q 9/30 - Resonant antennas with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole
H01P 5/02 - Coupling devices of the waveguide type with invariable factor of coupling
H01Q 9/16 - Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole
H01Q 19/22 - Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using a secondary device in the form of a single substantially straight conductive element
This antenna unit (20) is provided to a transmitter (10) configured so as to transmit data. The antenna unit (20) includes a loop antenna (25) and a spiral-shaped passive element (50). The loop antenna (25) is disposed in a casing (11) of the transmitter (10) and is supplied with power. The spiral-shaped passive element (50) is disposed outside of the casing (11). The spiral-shaped passive element (50) is electromagnetically coupled to the loop antenna (25) and has two open ends.
H01Q 7/00 - Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
A wheel position identification system (50) comprising a transmitter (51) and a receiver (71) provided to each of two wheel assemblies (32, 35) of a wheel assembly set (31). Each transmitter (51) transmits a wireless signal including identification information when the transmitter (51) detects that the location of said transmitter (51) is at a specific position in the rotation direction of the wheel assembly (32, 35). The wireless signal transmitted when the transmitter (51) provided to an outer wheel assembly (32) detects the specific position is a first wireless signal. The wireless signal transmitted when the transmitter (51) provided to an inner wheel assembly (35) detects the specific position is a second wireless signal. A receiver control device (72) of the receiver (71) identifies whether each of the transmitters (51) is provided on the outer wheel assembly (32) or the inner wheel assembly (35) from the reception interval between the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal.
A wheel (14) is fixed to an axle (11) by the threaded engagement between male and female threads at each of a plurality of fastening points around an axis (m1) of the axle (11). A wheel nut (20) or bolt (80) that generates an axial force to fix the wheel (14) to the axle (11) serves as a fixing member. A bracket (40) that is configured to be provided on the wheel (14) comprises a body (50) having a base (51) that is located on an extension of the axle (11) and an arm (52) that extends radially from the base (51) toward each of the fixing members located at the plurality of fastening points. The bracket (40) is equipped with sensors (61, 66) that detect changes in the behavior of the body (50).
A wheel position identification system (50) comprises: transmitters (51) respectively provided to two wheel-assemblies (32, 35) of a wheel assembly set (31); and a receiver (71). Each of the transmitters (51) transmits a wireless signal containing an ID code upon detecting that the transmitter (51) is positioned at a specific position. Each time a wireless signal is received from the transmitters (51), a receiver control device (72) of the receiver (71) acquires information indicating a rotation angle of the wheel assembly set (31) from a rotation angle detection unit (41) of a vehicle (10), such rotation angle associated with the ID code. The receiver control device (72) identifies, from a phase difference between rotation angles associated with ID codes that differ from each other, whether each of the transmitters (51) is disposed to the right wheel assembly (32) or the left wheel assembly (35).
A wheel fixing member loosening detection device (31) detects loosening of a wheel fixing member (14) which fixes a wheel (13) to an axle (11). The wheel fixing member loosening detection device (31) comprises: a reception antenna (37) which is arranged on the wheel (13) so as to be able to rotate integrally with the wheel (13); and a control device (32). The reception antenna (37) receives a wireless signal transmitted from a transmission antenna (27) mounted to the wheel fixing member (14). The control device (32) detects the loosening of the wheel fixing member (14) on the basis of a change in signal intensity of the wireless signal received by the reception antenna (37) caused by a change in the positional relationship between the transmission antenna (27) and the reception antenna (37).
B60B 3/16 - Attaching disc body to hub by bolts or the like
G01B 7/30 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring angles or tapersMeasuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for testing the alignment of axes
G01B 21/22 - Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant for measuring angles or tapersMeasuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant for testing the alignment of axes
A temperature measurement device (20) comprises a first temperature sensor (34) configured to measure an air temperature, a second temperature sensor (41) configured to measure the temperature of a ground surface (RS1), and a heat insulating layer (40) provided between the first temperature sensor (34) and the ground surface (RS1) and configured to make it so that heat from the ground surface (RS1) is less readily transmitted to the first temperature sensor (34) than to the second temperature sensor (41).
A power feeding device includes: a generator, the generator including a stator fixed to a wheel and a cylindrical rotor that rotates around a rotation axis of the wheel; an inertial member that is fixed to the cylindrical rotor and maintains a constant attitude by its own weight; a circuit board that is fixed to the stator and is mounted with a power feeding circuit to supply an output of the generator to a load; and a circuit receiving space that is provided inside the cylindrical rotor and receives a whole of the circuit board or an element that is mounted on the circuit board and protrudes from the circuit board.
H02K 21/24 - Synchronous motors having permanent magnetsSynchronous generators having permanent magnets with stationary armatures and rotating magnets with magnets axially facing the armatures, e.g. hub-type cycle dynamos
H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines
B60C 23/04 - Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
H02K 7/02 - Additional mass for increasing inertia, e.g. flywheels
H02M 1/42 - Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters
H02K 5/22 - Auxiliary parts of casings not covered by groups , e.g. shaped to form connection boxes or terminal boxes
A wheel-securing member falloff detection system (20) comprises a transmitter (21) integrally provided with a wheel-securing member (16) for securing a wheel (15) to an axle (12),and a receiver (31) installed in a vehicle (11). The transmitter (21) is provided with a transmitter storage unit (24) configured so as to store identification information, and a transmission circuit (25) configured so as to transmit a wireless signal including the identification information. The receiver (31) is provided with a receiver control device (32) that acquires the identification information included in the wireless signal. The receiver control device (32) is configured so as to determine that the wheel-securing member (16) has fallen off upon no longer acquiring the identification information.
A wheel fixing member-loosening detection device (31) is equipped with a transmitter (32) that is provided integrally with a wheel fixing member (20) for fixing a wheel (14) to an axle (11). The wheel fixing member-loosening detection device device (31) comprises: a battery (41) which is the electric power source for the transmitter (32); and contact elements (51, 61) that are provided to the wheel fixing member (20). The contact elements (51, 61) are configured so as to establish electrical connection between the transmitter (32) and the battery (41) when being brought into contact with the wheel (14). The contact elements (51, 61) are configured to make contact with the wheel (14) when the wheel fixing member (20) is in contact with the wheel (14), and to separate from the wheel (14) as a result of loosening of the wheel fixing member (20).
A wheel fixing member looseness detection device (31) comprises a transmitter (33) provided integrally with a wheel fixing member (20) for fixing a wheel (14) to an axle (11). The transmitter (33) is configured to transmit a wireless signal indicating that there is no looseness in the wheel fixing member (20). The wheel fixing member looseness detection device (31) comprises: a battery (41) which serves as a power source of the transmitter (33); and conductive members (81, 83, 85) that constitute a power supply line (L1) which connects the battery (41) to the transmitter (33). The conductive members (81, 83, 85) are configured so that the power supply line (L1) is cut due to the looseness of the wheel fixing member (20).
B60B 7/04 - Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall built-up of several main parts
75.
RECEIVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECEPTION METHOD
A receiver (30) is disposed so as to have a uniform relative position to a transmitter (20). The receiver (30) comprises: a plurality of reception antennas (41, 42) that receive wireless signals transmitted from the transmitter (20) at prescribed transmission intervals; a reception circuit (34) that obtains wireless signals via the plurality of reception antennas (41, 42); a switching circuit (35) that selectively switches the reception antenna that connects to the reception circuit (34), among the plurality of reception antennas (41, 42); and a receiver control device (31) that is configured so as to control the switching circuit (35). The receiver control device (31) is configured so as to switch the reception antenna (41, 42) that is connected to the reception circuit (34), over time.
H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
76.
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
A temperature measurement device (20) that comprises: an installation body (21) configured so as to be installed on the ground (RS1); and a temperature sensor (34) configured so as to measure the temperature of the ground (RS1). The installation body (21) comprises: a base surface (22) that is in contact with the ground (RS1); and a demarcation surface (25) that demarcates a housing region (S1) that opens to the base surface (22). The temperature sensor (34) is housed in the housing region (S1). A thermally conductive material (51) that has a higher thermal conductivity than air is provided between the temperature sensor (34) and the ground (RS1).
A valve stem to be mounted to a valve mounting hole of a tire wheel includes a stem body that is pipe-shaped, contains a valve core inside, and has a proximal end to which an electrical circuit unit is fixed, and a cover member made of elastomer and covering an outer side of the stem body. The valve stem includes an engagement groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of a proximal end of the cover member to engage with an opening edge of the valve mounting hole, and a weight adjustment member having a higher specific gravity than the cover member and made of a material different from that of the stem body. The weight adjustment member is embedded in the cover member and positioned closer to a distal end of the cover member than the engagement groove.
[Problem] To facilitate assembly work. [Solution] Provided is tire valve 10, wherein: a protrusion 53T is provided on a coupling portion 52 of an electronic device 50, whereas an engagement groove 30M is provided in an annular plate 31 of a retainer washer 30; and when the electronic device 50 and the retainer washer 30 are assembled to a valve stem 11 in an orientation such that the protrusion 53T and the engagement groove 30M are engaged, an interference-avoiding portion 33 of the retainer washer 30 is located on the lower surface of a case portion 51 of the electronic device 50.
A tire valve includes a grommet fitted on an outside of a valve stem on a proximal end side, the tire valve being inserted into a valve attachment hole from a distal end side, the grommet having a proximal end portion engaging with the valve attachment hole, a stem step portion provided on an outer surface of the valve stem and increasing in diameter at the proximal end side and facing toward the distal end side, a ring provided on the grommet in a portion on the distal end side of the stem step portion and restricting axial movements of the ring relative to the grommet, and a pressed portion provided on the grommet between the stem step portion and the ring to be pressed between the stem step portion and the ring wherein the grommet receives a load applied toward the proximal end side of the valve stem.
Provided is an air pressure adjustment device comprising a supply device and a reception circuit configured to receive a detection signal including information indicating an air pressure of a tire. The supply device includes a piston which is moved by the rotation of the tire to thereby supply the air to the tire. This air pressure adjustment device comprises a switching unit configured to selectively switch between a first state for permitting the movement of the piston and a second state for inhibiting the movement of the piston and a control device configured to control the switching unit. The control device is configured to acquire the information indicating the air pressure of the tire from the detection signal received by the reception circuit to switch the switching unit to the second state when the air pressure of the tire is higher than or equal to a threshold, and to switch the state of the switching unit to the first state when the air pressure of the tire is lower than the threshold.
[Problem] To prevent fraud in which a pair of members are moved from an origin position while applying another detected part so as to prevent the detection of the movement of the pair of members from the origin position. [Solution] In a movement detection device 10 according to the present disclosure, a first unit 11 has five magnetic sensors 13, whereas a second unit 30 has three permanent magnets 32. As a result, when a double sliding window 100 is fully closed and the first unit 11 and the second unit 30 face each other, three magnetic sensors 13 detect the permanent magnets 32 and outputs a detection signal whereas two magnetic sensors 13 do not detect the permanent magnets 32 and do not output a detection signal. A control unit 14 determines whether or not the double sliding window 100 is fully closed on the basis of the combination of the magnetic sensors 13 that are detecting the permanent magnets 32 and the magnetic sensors 13 that are not detecting the permanent magnets 32.
A fastening bolt fixes a plurality of stacked plates on each of which a hydraulic integrated circuit for hydraulically controlling an automatic transmission or a continuously variable transmission is formed. The fastening bolt includes a communication passage that communicates between the hydraulic integrated circuits among the plurality of plates.
An in-tire electric device having a bracket and an electric circuit unit detachably held by the bracket includes: an engagement protrusion and an engagement hole provided on the electric circuit unit and the bracket to engage with each other to restrict, through a two-step operation where the electric circuit unit is moved in a first direction and then moved or rotated in a second direction intersecting the first direction, all movements and rotations except for a reverse of the second direction; a retainer mounted on the bracket from a direction intersecting the second direction and facing the electric circuit unit in the second direction to restrict the electric circuit unit from moving in the second direction; and retainer locking portions formed on the bracket and the retainer and engage with each other by elastic deformation of one of the retainer locking portions to lock the retainer to the bracket.
[Problem] To provide a technique for improving the durability of a power supply device attached to a rotating body. [Solution] The power supply device 10A according to the present embodiment comprises a power generator 30, wherein a stator 33 rotates integrally with a tire wheel 11 and a rotor 32 rotates on the rotating shaft J1 of the tire wheel 11. The rotor 32 is fixed with an inertia member 40 for maintaining a constant posture by the weight thereof and also is fixed with a circuit board 50 on which a power supply circuit 60 for providing the output of the power generator 30 to a load is mounted.
H02K 21/24 - Synchronous motors having permanent magnetsSynchronous generators having permanent magnets with stationary armatures and rotating magnets with magnets axially facing the armatures, e.g. hub-type cycle dynamos
A transmitter is configured to be attached to each of wheel assemblies in a vehicle and execute a process in accordance with a command included in a trigger signal. The transmitter includes a condition detecting section, a trigger receiving section which receives, as the trigger signal, an unmodulated wave having a received signal strength indication a transmitting section, and a controlling section. When the trigger receiving section receives the unmodulated wave, the controlling section causes the transmitting section to transmit the signal in response to the unmodulated wave. The controlling section is configured to execute an accumulation process to accumulate reception time of the unmodulated wave from a starting point in time, and shift into a restriction state to restrict a response to the unmodulated wave when the accumulated reception time reaches a predetermined time.
[Problem] To provide a technology for improving the durability of a circuit board to be attached to a rotating body and a device including the same. [Solution] A circuit board 50 according to the present embodiment is secured to a rotating body in a manner such that the thickness direction of said circuit board is parallel to the rotational axis of the rotating body. In addition, the circuit board 50 is mounted so as to have a plurality of elements dispersed around the rotational axis or so as to have a single element formed in a ring shape centered around the rotational axis in a manner such that the center of gravity of the circuit board 50 overall is positioned at the center of rotation.
[Problem] To provide a technique for improving the durability of a power supply device attached to a rotating body. [Solution] The power supply device 10A according to the present embodiment comprises a power generator 30, and is such that a stator 33 is fixed to a tire wheel 11, and a cylindrical rotor 32 rotates on an axis of rotation J1 of the tire wheel 11. An inertia member 40 is fixed to the cylindrical rotor 32, and a circuit board 50 on which a power supply circuit 60 is mounted is fixed to the stator 33. The entirety of the circuit board 50, or an element that is mounted on the circuit board 50 and that protrudes from the circuit board 50, is received in a circuit-receiving space 39 formed inside the cylindrical rotor 32.
H02K 21/24 - Synchronous motors having permanent magnetsSynchronous generators having permanent magnets with stationary armatures and rotating magnets with magnets axially facing the armatures, e.g. hub-type cycle dynamos
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Transmitter, trigger device, ID code registration system, and ID code registration method
A transmitter is coupled to each of a plurality of wheel assemblies included in a vehicle. The transmitter is configured to function in one of a plurality of formats that are selectable by a command from a trigger device. The transmitter includes a pressure sensor configured to detect the tire pressure, a memory that stores an ID code, a transmission unit configured to transmit a signal, a controller configured to control the transmitter, and a trigger reception unit configured to receive a trigger signal including the command from the trigger device. The controller is configured so that when the trigger reception unit receives a trigger signal including a command designating a format of the transmitter, the controller has the transmitter function in the designated format and has the transmission unit transmit the signal including the ID code to register the ID code to an in-vehicle receiver.
A flow control valve in which a needle-shaped valve element is fitted into a valve hole provided in a partition wall partitioning a flow path at an intermediate portion, and the valve element moves in an axial direction of the valve element to control a flow rate of a fluid passing between an outer side surface of the valve element and an inner side surface of the valve hole, the flow control valve includes: a tapered inner side surface that is included in the inner side surface of the valve hole; and a tapered outer side surface that is included in the outer side surface of the valve element, faces the tapered inner side surface from inside, and is inclined along the tapered inner side surface.
[Problem] To suppress distortion of a case caused by friction stir joining of a lid of the case. [Solution] This case 10, in which a plate-like lid body 20 that covers an opening 32 of the case 10 is joined to an edge section of the opening 32 by a closed-loop-like friction stir joining section 40, comprises a bead processing section 60 inside the friction stir joining section 40 in the lid body 20.
B23K 20/12 - Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating the heat being generated by frictionFriction welding
[Problem] To provide an air supply system that has improved pump durability over the prior art. [Solution] An air supply system 100A of the present disclosure is provided with: a pump 10 that is mounted on a wheel 91 and expands/contracts in a direction orthogonal to an axis of rotation J1 of the wheel 91 to discharge compressed air into a tire 92; and a cam member 21 that is supported rotatably on the wheel 91 and has an eccentric center of gravity and an eccentric annular cam surface 21B with respect to the wheel 91. Rotation of the wheel 91 causes the cam member 21 to rotate relative to the wheel 91, and causes one end of the pump 10 to follow the cam surface 21B, whereby the pump 10 expands/contracts and air is supplied to the tire 92. When the pressure inside the tire 92 reaches or exceeds a reference upper limit pressure and air does not need to be supplied, the pressure actuates a pump ON/OFF mechanism to stop the pump 10.
A transmitter is configured to be attached to a tire valve and transmit a data signal to a receiver. The transmitter includes a trigger receiving unit configured to receive a trigger signal transmitted from an ID registration device, the trigger signal containing a command to the transmitter, a specification storage unit configured to store multiple types of specifications, an ID storing unit configured such that an ID code contained in the trigger signal received by the trigger receiving unit is written into the ID storing unit, a linking information storing unit configured to store linking information that links each of the specifications and ID codes to each other, and a controlling unit configured to cause, based on the linking information, the transmitter to operate in accordance with the specification, which is linked to the ID code stored in the ID storing unit.
A bracket that is pressed against and fixed to an outer peripheral surface of a rim of a tire wheel by a belt wound around the outer peripheral surface of the rim, and detachably holds an electric circuit unit includes: a pair of rim contact portions that are provided at both ends in a circumferential direction of the rim in a rim facing surface facing the outer peripheral surface of the rim, and come into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rim in such a way as to cause a portion between the both ends to be spaced apart from the outer peripheral surface of the rim.
A transmitter is configured to be integrated with a tire valve attached to a wheel. The transmitter includes a data generating unit, a transmitting unit, and a controlling unit. The data generating unit is configured to generate transmission data. The transmitting unit is configured to transmit the transmission data to a receiver that includes a setting unit that sets a threshold related to control of a vehicle in accordance with a type of the wheel. The controlling unit causes the transmitting unit to transmit the transmission data. The transmission data includes wheel identification information. The wheel identification information is required by the setting unit when setting the threshold and allows the setting unit to recognize the type of the wheel to which the tire valve is attached.
A transmitter includes a data generating unit configured to generate transmission data, a transmitting unit configured to transmit the transmission data to a receiver that includes a setting unit that sets a threshold for controlling a vehicle in accordance with the type of the tire valve, and a controlling unit that causes the transmitting unit to transmit the transmission data. The transmission data is information with which the setting unit sets the threshold. The transmission data includes valve identification information for causing the setting unit to recognize the type of the tire valve to which the transmitter is attached.
B60C 23/04 - Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
B60R 16/023 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
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RECEIVER, TRANSMITTER, AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM
This receiver receives a frame that is transmitted from a transmitter mounted on each of a plurality of wheels, and transmitted three or more times at different transmission intervals from the transmitter when the rotation angle of the wheel reaches a specific angle. The receiver determines for which time the received frame has been transmitted, when the frame is received a plurality of times, from the correspondence between the transmission order of the frame and the transmission interval, stored in advance, and derives a specific time within a predetermined time from the detection of a specific angle, from the determined transmission order of the frame. The receiver specifies on which of the plurality of wheels each of the transmitters is mounted, on the basis of the wheel rotation angle obtained at a specific time by a rotation angle detection unit.
[Problem] To prevent a grommet from being detached from a valve stem upon mounting to a tire wheel. [Solution] A tire valve 10 according to this disclosure comprises a valve stem 11 including a protruding large diameter portion 12 which protrudes sideward on an outer surface on a base end side with respect to a center portion in the axial direction. A grommet 30 covers a portion of the valve stem 11 from the center portion in the axial direction to a portion on the base end side with respect to the protruding large diameter portion 12, and a metal ring 40 is mounted on an outer surface of the grommet 30 on a distal end side of the valve stem 11 with respect to the protruding large diameter portion 12.
[Problem] To provide a technology by which interference can be avoided with less power consumption than conventional technology and without requiring time and effort. [Solution] A slave device 20 comprises: a data transmission unit 22 that receives a transmission trigger TG2 every fixed time period T4 and wirelessly transmits state data D1 pertaining to a state of a to-be-monitored object to a monitoring device; a reply discernment unit 27 that discerns the presence or absence of a reply of an ACK signal from the monitoring device in response to transmission of the state data D1; an adjustment value calculation unit 28 that determines a random length for an adjustment time period Rt if the reply discernment unit 27 has discerned that no reply was made; a timing updating unit 24 which, if the reply discernment unit 27 has discerned that no reply was made, outputs a measurement start trigger TG3 after the adjustment time period Rt has elapsed, and if the reply discernment unit 27 has discerned that a reply was made, outputs the measurement start trigger TG3 without inserting the adjustment time period Rt; and a trigger generation unit 25 that measures the fixed time period T4 when the measurement start trigger TG3 is received, and then outputs the transmission trigger TG2.
[Problem] To provide a wireless terminal capable of finding tympanites in livestock at an early stage or a sign thereof. [Solution] A wireless terminal 20 according to the present disclosure is provided with a pressure sensor 30 and is retained in the stomach 10S of livestock 10 to wirelessly transmit pressure data in the stomach 10S. The wireless terminal 20 according to the present disclosure is provided with a case 40 for storing and waterproofing the pressure sensor 30 and a wireless circuit 11. The pressure sensor 30 has a pressure receiving unit 34 for pressure measurement, the pressure receiving unit being disposed inside a measurement hole 46 formed in the case 40.
