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20110113782 | POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS ASSEMBLY METHOD - A power transmitting apparatus is provided with an electric motor shaft that is connected to a rotor of an electric motor, an input shaft arranged parallel to the electric motor shaft and transmits power to and from an internal combustion engine positioned on one side in the axial direction, an input shaft rotating member provided on an end portion of the input shaft that is on the side opposite the internal combustion engine side and transmitting at least one of the power from the input shaft or the power from the electric motor shaft to a drive shaft of a vehicle, and a pump driven by the power from the internal combustion engine and pumps lubrication oil, and the electric motor is arranged on the opposite side of the input shaft rotating member from the internal combustion engine in the axial direction. The input shaft rotating member is rotatably supported by the case via a bearing, and at least part of the pump is arranged radially inward of the bearing. | 05-19-2011 |
20110319220 | DIFFERENTIAL DEVICE - A differential device has a differential case that houses a gear group, and a ring gear that is disposed fitted to the differential case. The differential case and the ring gear are supported rotatably about a drive shaft. The ring gear is made up of a helical gear. The ring gear abuts the differential case in the axial direction of the drive shaft. The ring gear and the differential case are welded at an abutting portion of the ring gear and the differential case in the axial direction of the drive shaft. | 12-29-2011 |
20120329599 | RING GEAR FASTENING STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a ring gear fastening structure in which a ring gear is fastened to the flange of a differential case configuring a differential sub-assembly. The inner circumferential surface of the ring gear is press-fitted into the outer circumferential surface of the flange, and the ring gear is swaged by means of a swage part which is disposed on at least one end of the flange in the axial direction. The inner circumferential surface of the ring gear is formed with a circumferential groove which extends in the circumferential direction of said inner circumferential surface. The circumferential groove is disposed facing the outer circumferential surface of the flange. | 12-27-2012 |
20130035196 | FASTENING STRUCTURE OF RING GEAR - Disclosed is a fastening structure of a ring gear, wherein a ring gear is fastened to a flange of a differential case constituting a differential subassembly. The ring gear has an inner peripheral surface to be press-fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the flange, and is swaged by a swaging portion provided on at least one end of the flange in the axial direction. In order to prevent the ring gear from deforming in the radial direction, an engaging means for engaging the flange with the ring gear using the relationship between a recess and a protrusion is provided. The engaging means is comprised of a recess formed at an end face of the ring gear and a protrusion formed on the flange. The protrusion is engaged in the recess by swaging. | 02-07-2013 |
20130074648 | FASTENING STRUCTURE FOR RING-GEAR AND DIFFERENTIAL CASE, AND DIFFERENTIAL DEVICE USING SAME - A fastening structure for a ring-gear and a differential case comprises a differential case which is provided with: a ring gear having a gear section formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof, and a plurality of notch portions formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof; a press-fitting surface whereon the ring gear is press-fitted; and a flange section which is forced against and caulked to the notch portions, at the end of the press-fitting surface. After the ring gear has been press-fitted to the press-fitting surface, the flange section is forced toward the notch portions, and thus the differential case is caulked and fastened to the ring gear. The notch portions have stepped surfaces, and thus rattling generated during torque transmission can be suppressed. | 03-28-2013 |
20130074649 | STRUCTURE FOR FASTENING RING GEAR TO DIFFERENTIAL CASE, AND DIFFERENTIAL DEVICE EMPLOYING SAME - Disclosed is a structure for fastening a ring gear to a differential case. The ring gear has a gear-side press-fit face annularly formed thereon, a projected portion located at an inner position relative to the gear-side press-fit face, and a notch portion located opposite to the gear-side press-fit face across the projected portion. The differential case has a case-side press-fit face which is annularly formed thereon and over which the gear-side press-fit face is press fitted, a caulk portion which is smaller than the case-side press-fit face in outer diameter and caulked to the notch portion, and a case-side smooth face which contacts the projected portion to position the ring gear with respect to the differential case. This arrangement serves to reduce the differential case in size. | 03-28-2013 |
20130109523 | HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130269462 | PRESS-FIT STRUCTURE AND PRESS-FIT METHOD - This invention addresses the problem of providing a press-fit structure and a press-fit method capable of improving the durability of a gear which press-fits into a ring part. As such, the embodiment of this invention is that, while one end side in the central axis direction of the ring gear abuts against a protrusion formed protruding on the outer side of the radial direction of the ring part from the outer circumferential surface of the ring of the ring part, and wherein the press-fit structure press-fits the inner circumferential surface of the gear into the outer circumferential surface of the ring part, when the inner circumferential surface of the gear is press-fitted into the outer circumferential surface of the ring part, there is a tensile strength reduction mechanism reducing the tensile strength generated in the lower portion of the gear teeth in at least the position of the aforementioned end side of the gear. | 10-17-2013 |
20140054114 | LUBRICATING OIL SUPPLY DEVICE OF POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A lubricating oil supply device of a power transmission device includes: a storage portion configured to store lubricating oil; a first rotary member configured to be connected to a wheel of a vehicle and rotated in conjunction with a rotation of the wheel to send the lubricating oil of the storage portion; a second rotary member configured to be disposed above the first rotary member in a vertical direction and connected to the wheel; an oil receiving portion configured to be disposed above the first rotary member and the second rotary member in the vertical direction; a first passage configured to guide the lubricating oil, which is sent by the rotation of the first rotary member, to the oil receiving portion; and a second passage configured to guide the lubricating oil, which is sent by the rotation of the first rotary member, to the second rotary member. | 02-27-2014 |
20140284169 | PARKING DEVICE - A parking device includes a drive cam disposed around an MG shaft that transmits a drive force of a second motor generator by being coupled with a parking gear, a driven cam disposed around an MG shaft so as to be able to rotate integrally with the MG shaft and capable of moving in the axial direction of the MG shaft by a relative rotation generated between the driven cam and the drive cam when the parking gear is locked by a pilot clutch, and a dog type brake that engages the parking gear with the MG shaft and a transaxle case accommodating the parking device by the movement of the driven cam. With the configuration, a shock load at the time of operation can be suppressed and the parking device can be reduced in size. | 09-25-2014 |
20150151627 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE AND HYBRID SYSTEM - A power transmission device for a hybrid vehicle includes: a transmission device that includes a carrier to which an engine rotation shaft is connected; a differential device that includes a plurality of rotation components individually connected to a drive wheel, an MG | 06-04-2015 |
20150197244 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE AND HYBRID SYSTEM - A power transmission device for a hybrid vehicle includes a transmission device that includes a carrier to which an engine rotation shaft is connected; a differential device that includes a plurality of rotation components individually connected to a ring gear of the transmission device, an MG | 07-16-2015 |
20150300474 | RING GEAR MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A ring gear mounting structure is configured such that a ring gear is fitted onto a supporting portion, and the ring gear abuts against a stopper portion that protrudes from on one end portion of the outer peripheral surface in a rotational axis direction of the ring gear. A groove is formed in a portion of the outer peripheral surface that is on the stopper portion side of the outer peripheral surface. A portion of the outer peripheral surface, which is on a side opposite the stopper portion across the groove, is a press-fitting surface that the ring gear is press-fitted onto and contacts. A predetermined gap is formed in a radial direction of the ring gear and the rotational axis direction of the ring gear. | 10-22-2015 |
20160059849 | ENGAGEMENT DEVICE AND POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - An engagement device includes: an engaged portion disposed rotatably about a rotating shaft and configured to rotate in conjunction with the rotating shaft; an engaging portion disposed coaxially with the engaged portion and configured to perform engagement with the engaged portion and release from the engagement with the engaged portion by shifting in an axial direction; a control unit configured to control rotation of the engaged portion and shifting of the engaging portion in the axial direction; and a one-way clutch disposed on a power transmission path from the rotating shaft to a coupling member coupled to the engaging portion. The control unit is configured to rotate the engaged portion in an idling direction of the one-way clutch, at a time of performing engagement or release of the engaging portion with or from the engaged portion. | 03-03-2016 |
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20100033928 | COIL ASSEMBLY, SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, AND PROJECTOR - A switching power supply includes: a coil; and a pedestal fixed to the coil, the pedestal includes a supporting member configured to support the coil in such a manner as to form a space through which air flows on a surface of the coil attached to the pedestal. | 02-11-2010 |
20120032598 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF - A projection-type display device according to an embodiment of the invention modulates light emitted from a solid-state light source array and projects the modulated light on a screen. The projection-type display device includes a power source device that generates power used for driving the solid-state light source array using power supplied from a power source, an instant interruption detecting circuit that detects an instant interruption of the power source, and a control device that, in a case where the instant interruption of the power source is detected by the instant interruption detecting circuit, performs control of extinguishing the solid-state light source array during at least a part of an instant interruption period until recovery after the detection of the instant interruption of the power source. | 02-09-2012 |
20130128235 | PROJECTOR AND COOLING CONTROL METHOD - A projector according to an embodiment of the invention can measure the temperature of an object to be cooled accurately with a simple configuration and perform accurate cooling control. The projector includes a power-supply unit, a ballast unit having a ballast control circuit and a photocoupler, and a control unit. The power-supply unit includes a temperature detection element generating temperature information indicating the temperature inside the power-supply unit. The ballast control circuit controls a constant-current control circuit and the like based on the control information transmitted from the control unit via the photocoupler and transmits temperature data based on the temperature information to the control unit via the photocoupler. The control unit includes a projector control circuit performing cooling control on the power-supply unit based on the temperature data. | 05-23-2013 |
20140375968 | PROJECTOR HAVING FLUOROSCENT BODY AND ASSOCIATED SENSOR - A projector includes a light source that emits excitation light, a fluorescent body that converts the excitation light into fluorescence, a liquid crystal optical modulation device that modulates light output from the fluorescent body, an optical sensor that detects at least one of the excitation light passing through the fluorescent body and the fluorescence converted by the fluorescent body, and a control device that controls at least one of the light source and the liquid crystal optical modulation device based on a detection result of the optical sensor. | 12-25-2014 |
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20090062803 | MEDICAL CUTTING TOOL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A medical cutting tool manufacturing apparatus, which can form cutting blades to the top face with a simple structure, and a manufacturing method for the same are provided. The medical cutting tool manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, which manufactures a medical cutting tool such as a steel bar having a plurality of cutting blades | 03-05-2009 |
20110200964 | STAINLESS STEEL BUR - A stainless steel bur, which can cut minute depressions etc. and even healthy dentin when necessary, allowing a technician to detect when cutting the healthy dentin is provided. It includes a removable handle ( | 08-18-2011 |
20130045460 | STAINLESS STEEL BUR - A stainless steel bur is provided which can cut minute depressions and even healthy dentin when necessary, allowing a technician to detect when cutting the healthy dentin. A handle connected to a hand piece on the base side, a working section to which a cutting blade for cutting teeth is attached to the tip, and the working section and the handle are connected to a tapered intermediate section. This steel bur is formed into a fiber structure by hardening austenitic stainless steel. Since the tapered part bends and generates vibrations when the working section is rotated to cut healthy dentin, it can be understood that the healthy dentin is being cut, and excessive cutting may be prevented. Alternatively, excessive cutting may be prevented by processing from the maximum diameter of the working section to the tip thereof through etching to round cutting blade edge and make a blunt edge. | 02-21-2013 |
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20080232815 | Dpsk Modulation-Demodulation Method, and Optical Communication Device and Optical Communication System Using the Same - In the optical communication device and the optical communication system using DPSK modulation whose cost is low, whose size is small and whose power consumption is low, the N:1 multiplexer | 09-25-2008 |
20100046965 | OPTICAL RECEPTION DEVICE AND OPTICAL RECEPTION METHOD - The present invention converts each of the optical differential signals from DPSK demodulator from an optical signal into an electrical signal by using optical-electrical signal converters. Thereafter, each electrical signal is subjected to amplification adjustment at an appropriate amplification factor by variable amplifier, and an appropriate delay amount is added to each electrical signal by variable delay line, and thereafter data discrimination is performed by discriminator. Since two differential signals after DPSK demodulation are subjected to amplitude and delay adjustments, the need for optical parts is obviated enabling the use of electric circuits which can be integrated. Thus, the cost of the optical reception device will be reduced. Moreover, the since electric signals whose phases and amplitudes are equalized are inputted to discriminator, erroneous determination of data at discriminator will be reduced. | 02-25-2010 |
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20110129144 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a depth information extraction means for extracting depth information from an input 3D image; a luminance extraction means for extracting luminance components of the 3D image; a contrast extraction means for extracting contrast components of the 3D image based on the luminance components; a storage means for storing a performance function indicating relation between the contrast components and depth amounts subjectively perceived, which is determined based on visual sense characteristics of human beings; and a contrast adjustment means for calculating present depth amounts of the inputted 3D image from the contrast components based on the performance function with respect to at least one of a near side region and a deep side region of the inputted 3D image which are determined from the depth information and adjusting contrast components of the inputted 3D image based on the calculated present depth amounts and a set depth adjustment amount. | 06-02-2011 |
20130127837 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - By adjusting parameters of single-eye 3D information on the basis of the visual-sense characteristic of a human being, it is possible to present a 3D image more hardly causing the human being to have a feeling of discomfort and a feeling of displeasure. An input-value-adjustment-quantity determination section determines an adjustment quantity of an input value on the basis of an evaluation function to serve as an adjustment quantity corresponding to a determined depth adjustment quantity. An adjustment-gain computation block computes a gain value of each of spatial-frequency components of an input 3D image on the basis of the adjustment quantity of the input value. An image adjustment block adjusts the spatial-frequency components in accordance with the gain values computed for the spatial-frequency components respectively. The present application can be applied to typically an image processing apparatus for adjusting depths of the input 3D image. | 05-23-2013 |
20150201185 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus that includes a depth-adjustment-amount determination section configured to determine a depth adjustment amount of an input image, an evaluation function storage section configured to store an evaluation function, the evaluation function representing a relationship of a subjective depth amount of the image to a color-saturation component thereof, the subjective depth amount being a depth amount subjectively felt by a user, an input-value-adjustment-amount determination section configured to determine an input-value adjustment amount based on the evaluation function, the input-value adjustment amount representing a retina's response to the color-saturation component corresponding to the determined depth adjustment amount, an adjustment gain calculation section configured to calculate each spatial-frequency-component adjustment gain based on the determined input-value adjustment amount, and a gain superimposition section configured to superimpose each of the calculated spatial-frequency-component adjustment gains on the color-saturation component of the input image. | 07-16-2015 |
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20120208170 | VISUAL TRAINING DEVICE, VISUAL TRAINING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A visual training device includes a training image display unit that outputs a training image including a given first figure that appears at substantially irregular intervals of time at a particular position in a peripheral portion of a screen of a display, and an processed image output unit that superimposes the training image output from the training image display unit, on a video content received from an outside, and outputs a resulting image to the display. | 08-16-2012 |
20140126807 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a luminance extraction means to extract luminance components of an input image; a contrast extraction means to extract contrast components of the input image based on the luminance components of the input image extracted by the luminance extraction means; a storage means to store a performance function indicating relation between the contrast components of the input image and depth amounts subjectively perceived, which is determined based at least in part on visual sense characteristics of human beings; and a contrast adjustment means to calculate present depth amounts of the input image from the contrast components of the input image extracted by the contrast extraction means based at least in part on the performance function with respect to region of the input image which are determined from depth information of the input image and adjusting contrast components of the input image. | 05-08-2014 |
20150294475 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to some aspects, an image processing apparatus is provided, comprising circuitry configured to receive an input image, the input image being supplied as a stereoscopic image including a left image for a left eye and a right image for a right eye, calculate depth information for each of a plurality of sub-regions of the input image based at least in part on the right image and the left image, and determine, for each of the plurality of sub-regions of the input image, at least one luminance component based at least in part on the depth information and a function indicating a relationship between depth information and luminance value. | 10-15-2015 |