Abstract: The present invention relates to a pinch detection switch (1) that includes one tubular pressure-sensitive detection member (5) having a plurality of electrode wires spaced apart from one another, and a cover member (4) covering the pressure-sensitive detection member. When the cover member (4) is viewed in cross section, the cover member (4) includes a base portion (4-1), a hollow portion (6), and a deformation portion (4-2) provided on the base portion (4-1) so as to cover the hollow portion (6). The pressure-sensitive detection member (5) is arranged in the deformation portion (4-2), and a receiving portion (9) configured to receive the pressure-sensitive detection member (5) is arranged on the base portion (4-1). The receiving portion (9) has at least two receiving surfaces (9-1, 9-3) formed at positions facing the pressure-sensitive detection member (5), the two receiving surfaces being configured to receive the pressure-sensitive detection member.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an additively manufactured part with high temperature strength and high ductility that can be suitably used for hot forging even in the temperature range of 800° C. or more, and a manufacturing method therefor. The manufacturing method for the additively manufactured part in accordance with the present invention includes an additive manufacturing step of using composite powder containing ceramic and metal and having voids therein to form a composite material containing the ceramic and the metal by repeating steps of melting and solidifying the composite powder; and a remelting step of remelting the surface of the composite material.

Abstract: A harness member includes a cable, a housing with an insertion hole through which the cable is inserted, a heat-shrink tubing covering the housing and the cable exposed on one side from the insertion hole, and a hot melt adhesive to seal between the heat-shrink tubing and the cable and between the heat-shrink tubing and the housing. A recess is formed on the housing so as to be recessed from an outer circumferential surface covered with the heat-shrink tubing. At least a portion of the hot melt adhesive melted between the outer circumferential surface of the housing and an inner circumferential surface of the heat-shrink tubing has flowed into the recess.

Abstract: A rotation speed sensor, configured to detect a rotation speed of a rotating body, is composed of a cable composed of an electric wire including a conductor wire, and a sheath provided over the electric wire, a circuit substrate mounted with an integrated circuit thereon and connected to the conductor wire being exposed from the cable, and a housing including a first housing, which is configured to hold the circuit substrate therein, and a second housing, which is configured to hold the cable therein, with the first housing being welded to the second housing, and with the second housing being welded to a surface of the sheath of the cable.

Abstract: A silicon carbide ceramic honeycomb structure having large numbers of axially penetrating flow paths partitioned by porous silicon carbide cell walls, the cell walls comprising silicon carbide particles as aggregate and binder layers for binding the silicon carbide particles, the binder layers having at least a cordierite phase and a spinel phase, and the molar ratio M1 of the cordierite phase [=cordierite phase/(cordierite phase+spinel phase)] being 0.4-0.9.

Abstract: A coating film is provided in a cable, a medical hollow tube, a molded article and a hollow tube. The coating film is formed from a rubber composition including a rubber component and fine particles. A static friction coefficient on a surface of the coating film is 0.5 or less. When the coating film is subjected to a testing such that a long fiber non-woven fabric including cotton linters including an alcohol for disinfection with a length of 50 mm along a wiping direction is brought contiguous to the surface of the coating film at a shearing stress of 2×10?3 MPa to 4×10?3 MPa, followed by wiping off the surface of the coating film at a speed of 80 times/min to 120 times/min and 20,000 repetitions thereof for a wiping direction length of 150 mm, a difference (an absolute value of a difference) between the static friction coefficients of the coating film before and after the testing is not greater than 0.1.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coated metal mold having superior durability and adhesion resistance over a usage range from cold to warm/hot; and a method for manufacturing the coated metal mold. The coated metal mold is characterized by having a hard coating on a surface, wherein the hard coating includes an A layer formed from a nitride and having a film thickness not smaller than 5 ?m, and a B layer formed of a diamond-like carbon coating, the B layer is disposed closer to the outer surface side than the A layer, the surface of the B layer has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra?0.2 ?m, a maximum height Rz?2.0 ?m, and a skewness Rsk<0.

Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes: an insulating electric wire having a pair of conductive wires and an insulating layer covering the pair of conductive wires; a shield tape wound around an outer periphery of the insulating electric wire; a first tape wound around an outer periphery of the shield tape and having a first resin covering layer; and a second tape wound around an outer periphery of the first tape and having a second covering layer. The second covering layer is made of a high softening point material having a softening point that is higher than a softening point of the first resin covering layer.

Abstract: A nonmagnetic insulating metal oxide powder is made to adhere to a surface of a soft magnetic metal ribbon having an amorphous structure; this is wound in annular fashion and made into a wound body at which the metal oxide powder intervenes between ribbon layers; the wound body is made to undergo heat treatment in a nonoxidizing atmosphere; the wound body is thereafter subjected to treatment for formation of an oxide film in an oxidizing atmosphere adjusted to be at a temperature lower than that at the heat treatment to cause oxidation of the surface of the soft magnetic metal ribbon; and spaces between ribbon layers at the wound body are moreover impregnated with resin and curing is carried out to fuse the metal oxide powder thereto.

Abstract: A sintered ferrite magnet having a composition of metal elements of Ca, R, A, Fe and Co, which is represented by the general formula of Ca1?x?yRxAyFe2n?zCoz, wherein R is at least one of rare earth elements indispensably including La; A is Sr and/or Ba; x, y, z and n represent the atomic ratios of Ca, R, A, Fe and Co; 2n represents a molar ratio expressed by 2n=(Fe+Co)/(Ca+R+A); and x, y, z and n meet the conditions of 0.15?x?0.35, 0.05?y?0.40, (1?x?y)>y, 0<z?0.18, and 7.5?(2n?z)<11.0.

Abstract: A torque sensor to detect torque transmitted by a shaft having magnetostrictive properties is provided with a pair of cylindrical detection units arranged around the shaft and aligned side-by-side in an axial direction of the shaft, and first and second connection lines connecting the pair of detection units. Each detection unit includes first to fourth detection coils stacked in a radial direction. A series circuit formed by series connecting the first and fourth detection coils is parallel connected to a series circuit formed by series connecting the second and third detection coils. The first and second connection lines are configured to connect between corresponding connecting portions of the first and fourth detection coils and between corresponding connecting portions of the second and third detections coils, respectively. The torque transmitted by the shaft is detected based on a potential difference between the first connection line and the second connection line.

Abstract: A magnetostrictive torque sensor includes detection coils formed around a magnetostrictive material made of chrome steel or chrome molybdenum steel, a magnetic ring configured to cover around the detection coils, and a drive unit for providing alternating current excitation to the detection coils at an excitation frequency of 50 kHz or more and 333 kHz or less. A torque applied to the magnetostrictive material is detected based on a change in inductance of the detection coils. The magnetic ring is configured by wrapping around the detection coils with an amorphous tape made of amorphous soft magnetic material in a tape shape. The thickness of the magnetic ring is 1.455 times or more as thick as a skin effect thickness of the magnetostrictive material and less than 1.000 mm.

Abstract: A hot work tool steel or hot work tool contains, in mass %, 0.25 to 0.45% of C, 0.1 to 0.4% of Si, 0.5 to 0.9% of Mn, 0.2 to 0.6% of Ni, 4.9 to 5.5% of Cr, 1.9 to 2.3% of Mo or 1/2W by itself or 1.9 to 2.3% of (Mo+1/2W) in combination, 0.6 to 0.9% of V, and a balance of Fe and impurities, and value A and value B calculated by the following Formula 1 and Formula 2 satisfy that value A is 6.00 or more and value B is 1.00 or less. Value A=?0.7(% Si)+1.5(% Mn)+1.3(% Ni)+0.9(% Cr)+0.6(%(Mo+1/2W))+0.3(% V)??Formula 1: Value B=1.9(% C)+0.043(% Si)+0.12(% Mn)+0.09(% Ni)+0.042(% Cr)+0.03(%(Mo+1/2W))?0.

Abstract: A temperature sensor detects temperatures of at least two distribution lines and includes a temperature detection unit and a protection member that covers the temperature detection unit. The protection member is provided with a first abutting surface that has a concave shape corresponding to an outer shape of a first distribution line and is in contact with the first distribution line and a second abutting surface that has a concave shape corresponding to an outer shape of a second distribution line and is in contact with the second distribution line.

Abstract: Provided are a method for predicting a defect of an additive-manufactured product manufactured by melting and solidifying metal powder, and a method for manufacturing an additive-manufactured product. The method for predicting a defect of an additive-manufactured product has: a luminance data acquisition step for acquiring luminance data on light emitted from a melt pool formed when the metal power is melted and solidified; an evaluation data extraction step for extracting evaluation data from the luminance data; and an evaluation step for estimating the presence/absence of a defect of the additive-manufactured product by using the evaluation data, wherein the evaluation data includes a luminance average value and a luminance standard deviation.

Abstract: Making a positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries includes: weighting and mixing lithium carbonate and a compound containing respective metallic elements other than Li in a composition formula Li?NixCoyM21-x-y-zM2zO2+? so as to have a metallic constituent ratio of the formula to obtain a mixture, and firing the mixture to obtain a lithium composite compound. Performing, on the mixture, a first heat treatment at 200° C. to 400° C. for 0.5 to 5 hours to obtain a first precursor. A step of performing a heat treatment on the first precursor under an oxidizing atmosphere at 450° C. to 800° C. for 0.5 to 50 hours, and reacting 92 mass % or more of the lithium carbonate to obtain a second precursor, and a finishing step of performing a heat treatment on the second precursor under an oxidizing atmosphere at 755° C. to 900° C. for 0.5 to 50 hours to obtain the lithium composite compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotation detection apparatus configured to detect a rotation state of a gear based on a magnetic field change that occurs as the gear is rotated. The rotation detection apparatus includes: a first sensor portion and a second sensor portion each having a magnetic detection element and a covering member configured to cover the magnetic detection element; one permanent magnet arranged between the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion; and a housing portion configured to accommodate the first sensor portion, the second sensor portion and the permanent magnet.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a power distribution member includes preparing a solid wire with a circular cross-sectional shape, pressing to a portion of the solid wire in a pressing direction orthogonal to the solid wire to cause plastic deformation, thereby forming a pair of small curvature surfaces on an outer circumference of the solid wire on both sides in the pressing direction, the small curvature surfaces having a smaller curvature than an outer circumferential surface of the solid wire before the pressing and facing the pressing direction, preparing a terminal metal piece including a pair of facing walls facing each other and a coupling wall coupling between ends of the pair of facing walls, inserting the solid wire after the pressing between the pair of facing walls of the terminal metal piece in such a manner that one of the pair of small curvature surfaces faces one of the pair of facing walls and the other of the pair of small curvature surfaces faces the other of the pair of facing walls, and, afte

Abstract: A sintered MnZn ferrite comprising as main components 53.5 to 54.3% by mol of Fe calculated as Fe2O3, and 4.2 to 7.2% by mol of Zn calculated as ZnO, the balance being Mn calculated as MnO, and comprising as sub-components 0.003 to 0.018 parts by mass of Si calculated as SiO2, 0.03 to 0.21 parts by mass of Ca calculated as CaCO3, 0.40 to 0.50 parts by mass of Co calculated as Co3O4, 0 to 0.09 parts by mass of Zr calculated as ZrO2, and 0 to 0.015 parts by mass of Nb calculated as Nb2O5, per 100 parts by mass in total of the main components (calculated as the oxides), C(zn)/C(co) being 9.3 to 16.0 wherein C(zn) is the content of Zn contained as a main component (% by mol calculated as ZnO in the main components), and C(co) is the content of Co contained as a sub-component (parts by mass calculated as Co3O4 per 100 parts by mass in total of the main components).

Abstract: A nickel-coated copper foil suitable for mass production, to which YAG laser welding can be applied while reducing the electrical resistivity by forming a nickel plating layer with a thickness of 0.5 ?m or less on a surface of a copper foil by Ni plating, is provided. The nickel-coated copper foil has an overall thickness of 200 ?m or less, and includes a copper layer made of Cu or a Cu alloy, and a nickel plating layer made of Ni or a Ni alloy, covering a surface of the copper foil, having a thickness of 0.01 ?m or more and 0.5 ?m or less, and including a surface having an a* value of 0 or more and 10 or less and a b* value of 0 or more and 14 or less in an L*a*b* color system obtained by an SCI measurement method in accordance with JIS Z 8722.