Abstract: A lead wire for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery has a conductor, and an insulating film having a plurality of layers and covering at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the conductor, wherein the insulating film has a conductor-covering layer laminated on a surface of the conductor, a first insulating layer laminated on an outermost surface of the insulating film, and a second insulating layer laminated on an inner surface of the first insulating layer; the conductor-covering layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin; and the ratio (E1/E2) of an elastic modulus E1 of the first insulating layer at any one temperature in the range of 80° C. or more and 125° C. or less to an elastic modulus E2 of the second insulating layer at the same temperature as in the first insulating layer, is 0.10 or more and 10.00 or less.

Abstract: A lead member includes a lead conductor having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The lead member includes a resin portion that covers the first main surface, the second main surface, and two side surfaces that are between both ends of the lead conductor, while exposing the both ends of the lead conductor in a first direction. The lead conductor includes a metal substrate and a surface treatment layer formed on at least a portion of a surface of the metal substrate, the surface treatment layer including chromium, oxygen, and fluorine. A moisture content of a portion of the surface treatment layer exposed from the resin portion, as measured by coulometric Karl Fischer titration at a vaporization temperature of 220° C., is 5.0 ?g/cm2 or less.

Abstract: An organic hydride producing system includes: an electrolytic bath having a cathode chamber; a catholyte supply device capable of supplying any catholyte selected from a plurality of the catholytes having different concentrations of substances to be hydrogenated to the cathode chamber; and a control device that controls the catholyte supply device so as to supply a catholyte to the cathode chamber, the catholyte having a specific concentration of a substance to be hydrogenated determined according to a magnitude of a current flowing in the electrolytic bath.

Abstract: The hydrocarbon production method includes a first production step of producing carbon monoxide using carbon dioxide contained in source gas, and a second production step of producing hydrocarbon using hydrogen contained in source gas and carbon monoxide. The source gas contains at least one of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen not derived from fossil fuel.

Abstract: A ceramic substrate includes a base body and an electrical conductor pattern embedded in the base body. The base body is a ceramic. The electrical conductor pattern has, as a main component, a solid solution having a body-centered cubic lattice structure in which cobalt and iron are solid-dissolved in tungsten, a solid solution in a body-centered cubic lattice structure in which cobalt and silicon are solid-dissolved in tungsten, a solid solution having a body-centered cubic lattice structure in which cobalt and manganese are solid-dissolved in tungsten, or a solid solution having a body-centered cubic lattice structure in which cobalt and nickel are solid-dissolved in tungsten.

Abstract: A ceramic substrate includes a base body, and an electrical conductor pattern embedded in the base body. The base body is composed of ceramics. The electrical conductor pattern has, as a main component, a solid solution having a body-centered cubic lattice structure in which copper is solid-dissolved in tungsten.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a case enclosing a region filled with a sealing material. The case is made of resin. An electrode is fixed to the case. A section, which is a part of the electrode, is provided with a cutout that allows a part of the resin making the case to be exposed to the region.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a liquid chamber that stores liquid, a first electrode pin and a second electrode pin to be inserted into the liquid chamber, applying unit for applying voltage across the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, with the first electrode pin as an anode side and the second electrode pin as a cathode side, and detecting unit for detecting electric current flowing, and detection operation of detecting amount of liquid in the liquid chamber by the detecting unit detecting the electric current when the applying unit applies voltage. Prior to the detection operation, an oxidization aging operation is performed, in which the applying unit applies voltage across the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin. An amount of an oxide layer formed on at least a portion of the first electrode pin exposed inside the liquid chamber is greater than the second.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a liquid chamber, a first electrode pin and a second electrode pin which are inserted into the liquid chamber, application unit for applying a voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, and detection unit for detecting a current which flows between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, the image recording apparatus has: a first period in which the application unit applies the voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, with the first electrode pin as an anode side and the second electrode pin as a cathode side, and the detection unit detects the current; and a second period in which the application unit applies the voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, with the first electrode pin as the cathode side and the second electrode pin as the anode side.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a brazing method and a brazing apparatus. This brazing method comprises: a brazing material supply step for supplying a brazing material to a to-be-welded part; and a laser irradiation step for irradiating the brazing material having been supplied to the to-be-welded part with a laser beam while moving the laser beam along a brazing direction to form a welding bead. In the laser irradiation step, a gas is injected toward an area to be injected with gas, which is an area encompassing the welding bead located rearward of a laser-irradiated portion of the brazing material in the brazing direction, from above said area or from a front side of said area in the brazing direction.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a liquid chamber, a first electrode pin and a second electrode pin which are inserted into the liquid chamber, application unit for applying a voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, and detection unit for detecting a current which flows between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, the image recording apparatus has: a first period in which the application unit applies the voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, with the first electrode pin as an anode side and the second electrode pin as a cathode side, and the detection unit detects the current; and a second period in which the application unit applies the voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, with the first electrode pin as the cathode side and the second electrode pin as the anode side.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a liquid chamber that stores liquid, a first electrode pin and a second electrode pin to be inserted into the liquid chamber, applying unit for applying voltage across the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, with the first electrode pin as an anode side and the second electrode pin as a cathode side, and detecting unit for detecting electric current flowing, and detection operation of detecting amount of liquid in the liquid chamber by the detecting unit detecting the electric current when the applying unit applies voltage. Prior to the detection operation, an oxidization aging operation is performed, in which the applying unit applies voltage across the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin. An amount of an oxide layer formed on at least a portion of the first electrode pin exposed inside the liquid chamber is greater than the second.

Abstract: A transfer member according to the present invention includes an elastic layer, and a compression layer, in which the elastic layer contains a thermally conductive filler having thermal conductivity of 5 [W/m·K] or more, and when a compressive elastic modulus of the elastic layer is defined as E1 [MPa], thermal conductivity of the elastic layer is defined as ?1 [W/m·K], a compressive elastic modulus of the compression layer is defined as E2 [MPa], and thermal conductivity of the compression layer is defined as ?2 [W/m·K], 1?E1?50, E2?10, 0.25??1, and ?2?0.2 are satisfied.

Abstract: A transfer member according to the present invention includes a base layer and a surface layer, wherein a swelling rate of the surface layer by 1,2-hexanediol is 5% or less, and a storage elastic modulus of the surface layer is 30 MPa or more to 250 MPa or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light emitting device includes: providing a substrate defining a mounting region having a wiring pattern on an upper face thereof; forming a plurality of bumps arranged in a plurality of columns extending parallel to each other with a distance between adjacent ones of the bumps in one of the columns arranged closest to an outer edge of the mounting region is larger than a distance between adjacent ones of the bumps arranged on an inner side in a plan view, and the bumps include first bumps and second bumps with the first bumps including first large bumps and first small bumps, with all the bumps in the one of the columns arranged closest to the outer edge are the same size; mounting the light emitting element onto the bumps in a flip-chip manner; and forming a cover member.

Abstract: A metal diaphragm valve includes a body with a valve seat provided to a valve chamber communicating a primary flow path and a secondary flow path, a metal diaphragm having a center portion disposed above the valve chamber, the center portion vertically moving to make contact with the valve seat, and a stem provided above the metal diaphragm so as to be able to freely ascend and descend to cause the center portion of the metal diaphragm to move downward. A flow-path restriction part is provided to a part of the secondary flow path. The metal diaphragm valve is quite suitable as a valve for ALD process, the valve favorably reduces fluctuations of a Cv value due to deformation of a resin-made valve seat with time even after the valve is opened and closed at a level of ten million times while a fluid at high temperatures is flowing.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light emitting device includes: providing a substrate defining a mounting region having a wiring pattern on an upper face thereof; forming a plurality of bumps arranged in a plurality of columns extending parallel to each other with a distance between adjacent ones of the bumps in one of the columns arranged closest to an outer edge of the mounting region is larger than a distance between adjacent ones of the bumps arranged on an inner side in a plan view, and the bumps include first bumps and second bumps with the first bumps including first large bumps and first small bumps, with all the bumps in the one of the columns arranged closest to the outer edge are the same size; mounting the light emitting element onto the bumps in a flip-chip manner; and forming a cover member.

Abstract: A welding device includes a lower tip and an upper tip, as welding tips, and pressuring members. The pressuring members are supported by a support member disposed in the upper tip. The pressuring members are displaced by the action of pressuring member displacement mechanisms and, together with the upper tip, come into contact with a metal plate arranged on the outermost part of a laminated body.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a case enclosing a region filled with a sealing material. The case is made of resin. An electrode is fixed to the case. A section, which is a part of the electrode, is provided with a cutout that allows a part of the resin making the case to be exposed to the region.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element, and a plurality of bumps. The light emitting element is mounted on the substrate. The bumps connect the substrate and the light emitting element. The bumps are arranged in a plurality of columns extending parallel to one side of an outer edge of the light emitting element. A distance between adjacent ones of the bumps in one of the columns arranged closest to the outer edge of the light emitting element is larger than a distance between adjacent ones of the bumps arranged on an inner side of the light emitting element in a plan view.