Abstract: Provided is a pseudo visceral model having a specific texture. A model of viscera, tissues, or organs comprising a foam layer containing a hydrogel.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an electrode for solid state battery and a solid state battery, wherein the electrode using a foamed metal as a collector has excellent mechanical strength and can maintain the insulation from a counter electrode when constituting the solid state battery. In the electrode for solid state battery, which uses a collector composed of a foamed porous body that has a mesh structure, a layer that achieves reinforcement and insulation is provided in the boundary between a filled part filled with an electrode mixture and an unfilled part.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte laminated sheet having a self-supporting property and capable of realizing a solid state battery having high output characteristics. A plurality of supports are used, a solid electrolyte is filled in each support to form a self-supporting sheet, and the self-supporting sheets are superimposed to form a solid electrolyte laminated sheet. Specifically, the solid electrolyte laminated sheet is configured by setting a layer of the solid electrolyte laminated sheet in contact with a positive electrode layer being the outermost layer as a self-supporting sheet in which a solid electrolyte resistant to oxidation is filled, and a layer in contact with a negative electrode layer being the opposite outermost layer as a self-supporting sheet in which a solid electrolyte resistant to reduction is filled.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes particles of a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that contains nickel in the composition thereof and has a layered structure. The particles have an average particle size DSEM based on electron microscopic observation in a range of 1 ?m to 7 ?m in which a ratio D50/DSEM of a 50% particle size D50 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the average particle size based on electron microscopic observation is in a range of 1 to 4, and a ratio D90/D10 of a 90% particle size D90 to a 10% particle size D10 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution is 4 or less.

Abstract: This fuel includes: a first switching element disposed between a booster circuit boosting a battery power and one end of a solenoid; a second switching element disposed between a battery and one end of the solenoid; a third switching element disposed between the other end of the solenoid and a ground; a fourth switching element disposed between one end of the solenoid and a ground; and a control unit configured to control open/closed states of the first switching element, the second switching element, the third switching element, and the fourth switching element. The control unit is configured to open the fourth switching element during a valve closing detection period of detecting closing of a fuel injection valve and to detect the closing of the fuel injection valve on the basis of a change in voltage of the other end of the solenoid.

Abstract: To provide an engine test apparatus and method, which can easily enhance the test accuracy. The engine test apparatus 10 of the present invention includes: a dynamometer 14, which applies torque to an output shaft of an engine 12 via a shaft member 32; a torque meter 36, which is disposed on the shaft member 32 and measures torque; and a control device 20, which computes a torque command value using a rotational frequency feedback value in order to apply feedback control based on a rotational frequency to the dynamometer 14. The control device 20 subtracts a value measured by the torque meter 14 from the torque command value to find a correction torque command value and controls the dynamometer 14 using the correction torque command value.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an electrode for solid state battery, a solid state battery, and a manufacturing method of the electrode for solid state battery. The electrode for solid state battery uses a foamed porous body as the collector. When the electrode constitutes the solid state battery, the obtained battery has low resistance, high battery capacity per unit area, and high output. A collector composed of a foamed porous body is filled with an electrode mixture by differential pressure filling to obtain an electrode, in which the content rate of an organic polymer compound is low.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte sheet having a self-supporting property while having a small thickness and flexibility. The solid electrolyte sheet is formed using a support having a specific porosity and a specific thickness. Specifically, the solid electrolyte sheet is formed in which a solid electrolyte is filled in a support having a porosity of 60% or more and 95% or less and a thickness of 5 ?m or more and less than 20 ?m.

Abstract: A solenoid valve drive control circuit includes: a timing generator circuit that outputs a timing signal for controlling a driver circuit, in accordance with a solenoid valve opening and closing instruction signal; and a valve closing detector circuit that detects a valve closing timing after the timing generator circuit outputs the timing signal for instructing a solenoid valve to close, by monitoring a solenoid valve outflow terminal voltage in the solenoid valve as a signal voltage. The valve closing detector circuit includes a measurement circuit that (i) detects each timing signal reaching a threshold voltage sequentially outputted from a threshold voltage selector circuit, and (ii) outputs a signal indicating the valve closing timing when a change in a measurement value that is obtained through measurement of a time interval of each timing satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes particles of a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that contains nickel in the composition thereof and has a layered structure. The particles have an average particle size DSEM based on electron microscopic observation in a range of 1 ?m to 7 ?m in which a ratio D50/DSEM of a 50% particle size D50 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the average particle size based on electron microscopic observation is in a range of 1 to 4, and a ratio D90/D10 of a 90% particle size D90 to a 10% particle size D10 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution is 4 or less.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of solid-state battery capable of more effectively preventing a short circuit between electrode layers is provided. The manufacturing method of a solid-state battery 1 includes: a laminate pressing process for pressing a laminate 10a in which a positive electrode layer 11a, a negative electrode layer 13a, and a solid electrolyte layer 12a between the positive electrode layer 11a and the negative electrode layer 13a are laminated; and a shearing process for punching the laminate 10a into a prescribed shape by shearing to form a plurality of single battery components 10.

Abstract: An electromagnetic valve drive device includes: a state detection unit configured to detect an on-state or an off-state of a first switch and a second switch forming a boosting circuit; a boosting control unit configured to control a boosting operation, by performing a synchronous rectification control on switching of the first switch and the second switch, depending on the state of the first switch or the second switch detected by the state detection unit; and a drive circuit configured to drive an electromagnetic valve by supplying a voltage boosted by the boosting operation to the electromagnetic valve.

Abstract: Provided is an organ model having a property such that each layer suitably peels off, a property such that sliding or a sense of catching is present besides a sense of elasticity that is felt when a surgical knife cuts the organ model open, and a property such that ligation can be performed without burying of a suture thread, and a property such that a knot of the thread gets caught on the organ model. An organ model being a laminated body in which plural layers each formed of a hydrogel material are laminated, and one or more of the layers is each a fiber group-containing layer in which fiber groups are approximately continuously present inside the layer and over the plane of the layer.

Abstract: An electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, which is provided with a collector and a positive electrode active material layer that is arranged on the collector and contains a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material is configured to contain compound particles which have a layered structure composed of two or more transition metals, and which have an average particle diameter DSEM of from 1 ?m to 7 ?m (inclusive), a ratio of the 50% particle diameter D50 in a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the average particle diameter DSEM, namely D50/DSEM of from 1 to 4 (inclusive), and a ratio of the 90% particle diameter D90 in the volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the 10% particle diameter D10 in the volume-based cumulative particle size distribution, namely D90/D10 of 4 or less. The positive electrode active material layer has a void fraction of 10-45%.

Abstract: An inner weather strip including: a main body part including at least an exterior lateral wall and a top wall; a seal lip provided on an outer surface of the exterior lateral wall; and a top wall lip provided on an outer surface of the top wall, wherein at least one longitudinal direction end portion of the inner weather strip is provided with an end surface wall, and wherein the end surface wall has a size equal to or larger than a size of an area surrounded by: the seal lip; the main body part; the top wall lip; and a line connecting a tip end of the seal lip and a tip end of the top wall lip, and has a joining part at which the end surface wall and at least a part of an longitudinal direction end surface of the top wall lip are integrally joined.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mirror display that has improved design aesthetics and makes it possible to sufficiently improve visibility in mirror mode in dark environments. The mirror display according to the present invention includes a half mirror plate having a half mirror layer, a display device, a case, and an auxiliary illumination unit that includes an auxiliary light source. The case supports at least the half mirror plate and the display device and includes an outer frame that covers an edge of a front surface of the half mirror plate when viewed in a plan view from a viewing side. The display device is arranged on a rear side of the half mirror plate. The auxiliary light source is arranged on the rear side of the half mirror plate, the display device, or the outer frame. The auxiliary illumination unit is controlled separately from the display device and emits light towards the viewing side when the mirror display is in mirror mode.

Abstract: To provide an engine test apparatus and method, which can easily enhance the test accuracy. The engine test apparatus 10 of the present invention includes: a dynamometer 14, which applies torque to an output shaft of an engine 12 via a shaft member 32; a torque meter 36, which is disposed on the shaft member 32 and measures torque; and a control device 20, which computes a torque command value using a rotational frequency feedback value in order to apply feedback control based on a rotational frequency to the dynamometer 14. The control device 20 subtracts a value measured by the torque meter 14 from the torque command value to find a correction torque command value and controls the dynamometer 14 using the correction torque command value.

Abstract: Provided is a pseudo visceral model having a specific texture. A model of viscera, tissues, or organs comprising a foam layer containing a hydrogel.

Abstract: A damper includes a cylinder into which magneto-rheological fluid is sealed, a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber, a throttle passage, an electromagnetic coil, and a spacer. The first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber are partitioned by a piston core in the cylinder. The throttle passage is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and an outer peripheral surface of the piston core. The throttle passage communicates between the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber. The throttle passage provides a resistance to a flow of the passing magneto-rheological fluid. The electromagnetic coil generates a magnetic field acting on the magneto-rheological fluid flowing through the throttle passage. The spacer is mounted to the piston core and is configured to adjust a length of the throttle passage.

Abstract: A suspension device includes: a spring provided between an upper member and a lower member; a motor provided in juxtaposition with the spring to generate power in accordance with a speed at which a movable shaft is operated, the movable shaft being movable in accordance with operations of the upper member and the lower member in an expansion-contraction direction of the spring; a power consumption circuit including a variable load circuit, the variable load circuit being configured to generate a damping force in the motor by consuming the power generated in the motor and to change the damping force; and an electronic control unit configured to control the variable load circuit such that consumed power by the variable load circuit is increased along with an increase in a speed of the movable shaft.