1. A steering lock device of a motorcycle comprising:
a steering catch mechanism including:
a steering handlebar attached to a steering stem;
a steering locking arm extending directly and radially outwardly from the steering stem, the steering locking arm being equipped with a pin on a tip end portion of the steering locking arm for engagement, the steering locking arm pivoting on the steering stem when steering handlebar is steered; and
an engaging portion for engagement with the pin and biased in an unlocking direction, the engaging portion being disposed on a rotation track of the pin,
wherein when external force is applied to the pin such that the pin is brought into contact with the engaging portion of the steering catch mechanism, the engaging portion moves in a locking direction to be in a steering-lock stand-by state, the engaging portion being engaged with the pin in the steering-lock stand-by state.
2. The steering lock device of claim 1 wherein the steering locking arm is attached to and extends outward from the steering stem that supports the steering handlebar.
3. The steering lock device of claim 2, wherein the steering catch mechanism is equipped with an unlocking mechanism for releasing the engagement of the pin and the engaging portion, the steering lock device further including a control unit to perform an identity verification process with a portable key, and to cause the unlocking mechanism to perform an unlocking operation according to the verification result.
4. The steering lock device of claim 3, wherein the steering catch mechanism further includes a stopper, when the identity verification process is unsuccessful, the stopper rotating to block a rotating movement of the engaging portion to prevent the pin from being disengaged with the engaging portion, such that the steering catch mechanism enters from the steering-lock stand-by state into a steering locked state.
5. The steering lock device of claim 1, wherein the steering catch mechanism is equipped with an unlocking mechanism for releasing the engagement of the pin and the engaging portion, the steering lock device further including a control unit to perform an identity verification process with a portable key, and to cause the unlocking mechanism to perform an unlocking operation according to the verification result.
6. The steering lock device of claim 1, wherein the steering catch mechanism further includes a stopper, when an identity verification process is unsuccessful, the stopper rotating to block a rotating movement of the engaging portion to prevent the pin from being disengaged with the engaging portion, such that the steering catch mechanism enters from the steering-lock stand-by state into a steering locked state.
7. The steering lock device of claim 1, wherein the the engaging portion has a groove, the pin enters into the groove of the engaging portion in the steering-lock stand-by state, and the rest of steering locking arm is outside of the groove of the engaging portion in the steering-lock stand-by state.
8. The steering lock device of claim 7, wherein the pin enters into the groove of the engaging portion when the steering handlebar is steered in one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction to the steerable maximum extent.
9. The steering lock device of claim 1, wherein the pin moves along the rotation track when the steering handlebar is steered in one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction, when the pin is in contact with the engaging portion, the pin rotating the engaging portion until the steering handlebar is steered to the steerable maximum extent.
10. The steering lock device of claim 1, wherein the steering catch mechanism further includes a spring biasing the engaging portion in the unlocking direction, the spring being spaced apart from a rotation shaft to the engaging portion.
11. The steering lock device of claim 10, wherein the engaging portion has a locking claw at a first free end thereof and a lower arm at a second free end thereof, and a first end of the spring is hooked to the a lower arm at a second free end of the engaging portion.
12. The steering lock device of claim 11, wherein the steering catch mechanism further includes a rotatable stopper, a second end of the spring being hooked to the rotatable stopper, the rotatable stopper engaging with the locking claw to block a rotating movement of the engaging portion, thereby preventing the pin from being disengaged with the engaging portion in a steering locked state.
13. The steering lock device of claim 1, wherein the steering catch mechanism further includes a rotatable stopper, the rotatable stopper blocking a rotating movement of the engaging portion to prevent the pin from being disengaged with the engaging portion in a steering locked state.
14. The steering lock device of claim 1, wherein the steering locking arm is located below a head pipe on the steering stem.
15. A steering lock device of a motorcycle comprising:
a steering catch mechanism including:
a steering handlebar attached to a steering stem;
a steering locking arm directly extending radially outwardly from the steering stem, the steering locking arm being equipped with a pin, the steering locking arm pivoting on the steering stem when steering handlebar is steered; and
an engaging portion biased in a an unlocking direction,
wherein when the steering handlebar is steered to a predetermined degree, the pin is brought into contact with the engaging portion of the steering catch mechanism to move the engaging portion to a locking direction such that the steering catch mechanism enters into a steering-lock stand-by state, the engaging portion being engaged with the pin in the steering-lock stand-by state.
16. The steering lock device of claim 15, further comprising
a control unit to perform an identity verification process,
wherein the steering catch mechanism further includes a stopper, when the identity verification process is unsuccessful, the stopper rotating to block a rotating movement of the engaging portion to prevent the pin from being disengaged with the engaging portion, such that the steering catch mechanism enters from the steering-lock stand-by state into a steering locked state.
17. The steering lock device of claim 16, wherein the steering catch mechanism is equipped with an unlocking mechanism for disengaging the pin from the engaging portion, the control unit causing the unlocking mechanism to perform an unlocking operation when the identity verification process is successful.
18. The steering lock device of claim 15, wherein the engaging portion has a groove, the pin enters into the groove of the engaging portion in the steering-lock stand-by state, and the rest of steering locking arm is outside of the groove of the engaging portion in the steering-lock stand-by state.
19. The steering lock device of claim 18, wherein the pin enters into the groove of the engaging portion when the steering handlebar is steered in one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction to the steerable maximum extent.
20. The steering lock device of claim 15, wherein the pin moves along the rotation track when the steering handlebar is steered in one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction, when the pin is in contact with the engaging portion, the pin rotating the engaging portion until the steering handlebar is steered to the steerable maximum extent.
21. The steering lock device of claim 15, wherein the steering catch mechanism further includes a spring biasing the engaging portion in the unlocking direction, the spring being spaced apart from a rotation shaft to the engaging portion.
22. The steering lock device of claim 21, wherein the engaging portion has a locking claw at a first free end thereof and a lower arm at a second free end thereof, and a first end of the spring is hooked to the a lower arm at a second free end of the engaging portion.
23. The steering lock device of claim 22, wherein the steering catch mechanism further includes a rotatable stopper, a second end of the spring being hooked to the rotatable stopper, the rotatable stopper engaging with the locking claw to block a rotating movement of the engaging portion, thereby preventing the pin from being disengaged with the engaging portion in a steering locked state.
24. The steering lock device of claim 15, wherein the steering catch mechanism further includes a rotatable stopper, the rotatable stopper blocking a rotating movement of the engaging portion to prevent the pin from being disengaged with the engaging portion in a steering locked state.
25. The steering lock device of claim 15, wherein the steering locking arm is located below a head pipe on the steering stem.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A load distribution system, comprising:
a plurality of processing servers for notifying a result of processing of an event to a plurality of applications;
context-dependent distributing section for distributing events occurring in terminals to the plural processing servers; and
event processing distribution control section for individually setting processing rules to the plural processing servers and setting a distribution rule to the context-dependent distributing section, the distributing section thereby appropriately distributing events required to execute the processing rules,
the event processing distribution control section setting the processing rule of the event processing required by an application to the associated processing server,
the event processing distribution control section setting a distribution rule to context-dependent distributing section, the event being appropriately distributed to the associated processing server according to the processing rule.
2. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 1, further comprising context-independent distributing section for randomly distributing events occurring in the terminals to the context-dependent distributing section,
the context-independent distributing section distributing the events to the context-dependent distributing section without referring to context of the events.
3. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the terminals includes a distribution rule set by the event processing distribution control section, the terminal distributing events occurring therein to the processing servers according to the distribution rule.
4. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 1, comprising a plurality of units of the context-independent distributing section of which at least one context-independent distributing section conducting event distribution to distribute events,
the context-independent distributing section mutually confirming failure of each other,
the context-independent distributing section conducting the event distribution being replaced, if failure is detected therein, by another context-independent distributing section.
5. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 1, comprising a plurality of units of the context-dependent distributing section,
the context-dependent distributing section mutually confirming failure of each other.
6. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 5, wherein by notifying confirmation of failure to context-independent distributing section, the context-independent distributing section do not distribute an event to the context-dependent distributing section in which failure has occurred.
7. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the event processing distribution control section includes processing rule distribution recording section for recording, for each of the processing servers, an event condition contained at least in the processing rule among those distributed as above,
the event processing distribution control section referring to the processing rule distribution recording section at reception of a new processing rule, and assigning the new processing rule to one of the processing servers which is assigned with processing rules and of which the number of processing rules is within a predetermined range relative to a minimum value of the numbers of the processing rules respectively assigned to the processing servers, the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule.
8. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 7, wherein in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers matches the event condition of the new processing rule, the new processing rule is assigned to the particular processing server.
9. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 7, wherein in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of the event condition of the new processing rule matches an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers, the new processing rule is assigned to the particular processing server.
10. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 1, further comprising weight coefficients for each of the processing rules, wherein the event processing distribution control section includes processing rule distribution recording section for recording, for each of the processing servers, an event condition contained at least in the processing rule among those distributed above,
the event processing distribution control section referring to the processing rule distribution recording section at reception of a new processing rule, and assigning the new processing rule to one of the processing servers which is assigned with processing rules and of which a sum of the weight coefficient is within a predetermined range relative to a minimum value of the sums of the weight coefficients of the numbers of the processing rules respectively assigned to the processing servers, the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule.
11. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 10, wherein in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers matches the event condition of the new processing rule, the new processing rule is assigned to the particular processing server.
12. The load distribution system in accordance with claim 11, wherein in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of the event condition of the new processing rule matches an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers, the new processing rule is assigned to the particular processing server.
13. An event processing distribution control apparatus for use in a load distribution system comprising a plurality of processing servers for notifying a result of processing of an event to a plurality of applications and context-dependent distributing section for distributing events occurring in terminals to the plural processing servers, the control apparatus distributing a processing rule received from an application to a processing server, comprising
processing rule distribution recording section for recording, for each of the processing servers, an event condition contained at least in the processing rule among those distributed as above, wherein
the event processing distribution control section referring to the processing rule distribution recording section at reception of a new processing rule, and assigning the new processing rule to one of the processing servers which is assigned with processing rules and of which the number of processing rules is within a predetermined range relative to a minimum value of the numbers of the processing rules respectively assigned to the processing servers, the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule.
14. The event processing distribution control apparatus in accordance with claim 13, wherein in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers matches the event condition of the new processing rule, the new processing rule is assigned to the particular processing server.
15. The event processing distribution control apparatus in accordance with claim 13, wherein in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of the event condition of the new processing rule matches an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers, the new processing rule is assigned to the particular processing server.
16. An event processing distribution control apparatus for use in a load distribution system comprising a plurality of processing servers for notifying a result of processing of an event to a plurality of applications and context-dependent distributing section for distributing events occurring in terminals to the plural processing servers, the control apparatus distributing a processing rule received from an application to a processing server, comprising:
weight coefficients for each of the processing rules; and
processing rule distribution recording section for recording, for each of the processing servers, an event condition contained at least in the processing rule among those distributed above,
the control apparatus referring to the processing rule distribution recording section at reception of a new processing rule, and assigning the new processing rule to one of the processing servers which is assigned with processing rules and of which a sum of the weight coefficient is within a predetermined range relative to a minimum value of the sums of the weight coefficients of the numbers of the processing rules respectively assigned to the processing servers, the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule.
17. The event processing distribution control apparatus in accordance with claim 16, wherein in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers matches the event condition of the new processing rule, the new processing rule is assigned to the particular processing server.
18. The event processing distribution control apparatus in accordance with claim 16, wherein in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of the event condition of the new processing rule matches an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers, the new processing rule is assigned to the particular processing server.
19. An event processing distribution control program for use in a load distribution system comprising a plurality of processing servers for notifying a result of processing of an event to a plurality of applications and context-dependent distributing section for distributing events occurring in terminals to the plural processing servers, the control program distributing a processing rule received from an application to a processing server, comprising the steps of:
recording by processing rule distribution recording section, for each of the processing servers, an event condition contained at least in the processing rule among those distributed as above; and
referring by the event processing distribution control section to the processing rule distribution recording section at reception of a new processing rule, and assigning the new processing rule to one of the processing servers which is assigned with processing rules and of which the number of processing rules is within a predetermined range relative to a minimum value of the numbers of the processing rules respectively assigned to the processing servers, the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule.
20. The event processing distribution control program in accordance with claim 19, further comprising the step of, in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers matches the event condition of the new processing rule, assigning the new processing rule to the particular processing server.
21. The event processing distribution control program in accordance with claim 19, further comprising the step of, in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of the event condition of the new processing rule matches an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers, assigning the new processing rule to the particular processing server.
22. An event processing distribution control program for use in a load distribution system comprising a plurality of processing servers for notifying a result of processing of an event to a plurality of applications and context-dependent distributing section for distributing events occurring in terminals to the plural processing servers, the control program distributing a processing rule received from an application to a processing server, comprising the steps of:
disposing weight coefficients for each of the processing rules;
recording by processing rule distribution recording section, for each of the processing servers, an event condition contained at least in the processing rule among those distributed above; and
referring by the control apparatus to the processing rule distribution recording section at reception of a new processing rule, and assigning the new processing rule to one of the processing servers which is assigned with processing rules and of which a sum of the weight coefficient is within a predetermined range relative to a minimum value of the sums of the weight coefficients of the numbers of the processing rules respectively assigned to the processing servers, the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule.
23. The event processing distribution control program in accordance with claim 22, further comprising the step of, in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers matches the event condition of the new processing rule, assigning the new processing rule to the particular processing server.
24. The event processing distribution control program in accordance with claim 22, further comprising the step of, in the absence of the processing server having an event condition substantially equal to an event condition of the new processing rule, if part of the event condition of the new processing rule matches an event condition beforehand assigned to a particular one of the processing servers, assigning the new processing rule to the particular processing server.