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Hiroshi Sotani, Saitama JP
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20080229854 | VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A vehicle transmission includes first and second main shafts that enable switching of power transmission from an engine; a counter shaft connected to a drive wheel; and gear trains with a plurality of shift stages provided between each of the first and second main shafts and the counter shaft. The vehicle transmission also includes shifters which switch between engagement with and disengagement from a gear constituting part of each of the gear trains so as to switch the established states of the gear trains, and to prevent, during running at the most frequently used shift stage, the occurrence of gear rattle produced by a gear train other than the gear train with such a shift stage. With this configuration, in the running state of using a particular gear train with the highest frequency of the established states among the gear trains, the gear trains, excluding the particular gear train, are in the non-established state. | 09-25-2008 |
20090025498 | Transmission assembly for power unit of a vehicle, and power unit incorporating same - A transmission assembly includes a shift drum operable to rotate in first and second directions. The shift drum includes a common speed change position, where both a fastest forward gear and a reverse gear are capable of becoming engaged, in such a manner that a reverse stopper arm fits at a first end of a reverse cam groove formed on the shift drum. When the shift drum is rotated in the second rotation direction, opposite to the first direction, from a state where the reverse gear is engaged, the reverse stopper arm surmounts the outer periphery of the shift drum from the first end of the reverse cam groove, without requiring the application of an external force thereto, so as to become detached and to move towards a second end of the reverse cam groove. | 01-29-2009 |
20110072924 | POWER UNIT FOR A VEHICLE - A power unit for a vehicle includes a buffering device provided on a final shaft parallel to a countershaft of a speed change gear which is configured to change a speed resulting from rotational power inputted from an engine stepwise. The buffering device includes a damper gear wheel supported for relative rotation on the final shaft, a lifter coupled against relative rotation but for relative movement in an axial direction on the final shaft and engaged by a cam provided on one face of the damper gear wheel, a spring retainer supported at a position on the final shaft spaced apart from the lifter, and a coil spring provided between the lifter and the spring retainer in such a manner as to exert spring force for biasing the lifter toward the damper gear wheel. The power unit carries out changeover between a state where the rotational power in a forward direction from the countershaft is transmitted to the damper gear wheel and another state wherein the rotational power in a reverse direction from the countershaft is transmitted to the damper gear wheel through a reverse gear train including idle gear wheels supported for rotation on the countershaft and an idle shaft extending in parallel to the final shaft. The buffering device is disposed on the final shaft and positioned between a pair of imaginary planes, the pair of imaginary planes extending perpendicularly to an axial line of the idle shaft and passing opposite ends of the idle shaft. | 03-31-2011 |
20110073066 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes: an engine body including: a crankcase for rotatably supporting a crankshaft; and a crankcase cover fastened to the crankcase by a plurality of bolts so as to cover one side of the crankcase; and a stay supporting an oil level gauge guide, the stay being mounted on the engine body, the stay having an opening receiving and supporting a tube or wire. | 03-31-2011 |
Hiroshi Sotani, Wako-Shi JP
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20130081584 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine can include a first ignition plug disposed on the inner side of a range surrounded by a plurality of intake valves and a plurality of exhaust valves with a cylinder head viewed in parallel to a cylinder axial line and standing uprightly along the cylinder axial line. A second ignition plug is inclined with respect to the cylinder axial line on the outer side of the range. The second ignition plug is disposed on the opposite side to a valve driving mechanism with respect to the cylinder axial line on the outer side of the range. | 04-04-2013 |
20130081595 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake port is configured such that a center position of an intake upstream side opening is offset to one side in a juxtaposition direction of intake downstream side openings with respect to a center position between the intake downstream side openings in the juxtaposition direction as viewed in plan of a cylinder head. An injector is configured such that a fuel injection center axial line is inclined to the other side in the juxtaposition direction with respect to a center axial line of the intake upstream side opening as viewed in plan of the cylinder head. | 04-04-2013 |
Hiroshi Sotani, Tsurugashima-City JP
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20140174397 | CASING STRUCTURE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A casing structure of an automotive internal combustion engine includes an upper/lower divided crankcase structure. A crankshaft and a first transmission shaft of a pair of transmission shafts parallel to the crankshaft of a transmission are axially supported by a dividing surface of the upper crankcase and the lower crankcase. The dividing surface of the crankcase is inclined so that a second transmission shaft axially supported by the upper crankcase above the first transmission shaft is below the crankshaft. A cylinder is formed on the upper crankcase so that a cylinder axial line is orthogonal to the dividing surface. | 06-26-2014 |
Motoki Sotani, Fuchu JP
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20130262813 | STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD - In a storage control apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires first information indicating the frequency of random access to a first logical region and second information indicating the data size of random access, based on the content of access from the information processing apparatus. A controlling unit determines the size of storage areas to be allocated to a second logical region based on the second information indicating the data size of random access when the first information, indicates that the frequency of random access is equal to or greater than a threshold value. The controlling unit creates the second logical region using a plurality of storage devices. The controlling unit controls access from the information processing apparatus such that the access is made to the second logical region instead of the first logical region. | 10-03-2013 |
20140082412 | STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING RECOVERY PROGRAM, AND METHOD - A storage control system includes: storage units each including a first storage area storing information and a second storage area storing management information that contains attribute information of partition information indicating how information is stored in partitions obtained by partitioning the first storage area; an obtaining unit to obtain the management information from the plurality of storage units; a determination unit to determine whether abnormal management information is present in the obtained management information by comparing the obtained management information with itself; and a recovery unit to reconfigure, when it is determined there is the abnormal management information, for each unit of partition, information stored in the first storage area of the storage unit from which the abnormal management information has been obtained by using one of the storage units from which normal management information has been obtained, based on attribute information of the normal management information in each partition. | 03-20-2014 |
Naoto Sotani, Hyogo JP
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20110243394 | PAPER-SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PAPER-SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - A paper-sheet processing apparatus including a reading unit, a risk-level determining unit, and a check processing unit is provided. The reading unit reads, from a check, check information containing an amount of the check. The risk-level determining unit determines a risk level related to handling of the check based on a matching result between the check information read by the reading unit and a predetermined confirmation item. The check processing unit processes the check based on a processing content corresponding to the risk level determined by the risk-level determining unit. | 10-06-2011 |
Naoya Sotani, Hyogo JP
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20140370644 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A method of manufacturing a solar cell including a crystalline semiconductor substrate, includes: etching or washing at least part of a first principal surface of the substrate by treatment with an aqueous alkaline solution; and depositing a p-type semiconductor layer containing boron on at least part of a second principal surface of the substrate before the treatment with the aqueous alkaline solution. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370651 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a substrate made of a semiconductor material, an n-type semiconductor layer arranged on a portion of one principal surface of the substrate, and a p-type semiconductor layer arranged on a portion of the one principal surface of the substrate, the portion not provided with the n-type semiconductor layer. The n-type semiconductor layer includes a portion located right above the p-type semiconductor layer. | 12-18-2014 |
Naoya Sotani, Osaka JP
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20090320895 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - In a thin film solar cell module, a photovoltaic layer and a sealing layer | 12-31-2009 |
Yasushi Sotani, Kobe-Shi JP
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20120240566 | HYDRAULIC CONTROLLER - A hydraulic controller includes: an accumulator connected to a main oil passage; a pressure storage use oil passage which branches off from the main oil passage and leads to the accumulator; an inlet port; a priority port; and a bypass port. The hydraulic controller includes a priority valve configured such that, at the time of storing pressure in the accumulator, of pressure oil that flows into the inlet port, the pressure oil at a flow rate for storing of pressure in the accumulator, which is a preset flow rate, flows out of the priority port, and the pressure oil at a surplus flow rate, which is a flow rate obtained by subtracting the flow rate for storing of pressure from the flow rate of the pressure oil flowing into the input port, flows out of the bypass port. | 09-27-2012 |