Abstract: The present invention provides a conveying device including a transfer mechanism including: a belt portion configured to support a non-pattern surface of a glass plate and transfer the glass plate in a conveying direction; and a pattern surface supporting water guide arranged at a position opposed to the belt portion and configured to apply predetermined water pressure to a pattern surface of the glass plate, wherein the transfer mechanism is configured such that: the glass plate is pressed against the belt portion by water pressure of the pattern surface supporting water guide; and the glass plate is sandwiched between the pattern surface supporting water guide and the belt portion in a state where the pattern surface of the glass plate is in a non-contact state, the conveying device being capable of stably transferring the glass plate without making scratches on the pattern surface of the glass plate.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition for clear layer formation having excellent adhesion properties on substrates, recording layers, and clear layers, as well as excellent overcoat characteristics and refinishing properties. Further disclosed are a coating method for the ink composition, and a printed article formed using the ink composition. The ink composition for clear layer formation is used for forming at least one clear layer on a substrate, or on a printed article on which a printed coating film is formed on a substrate as a recording layer. The ink composition for clear layer formation is characterised in that: the surface free energy of the substrate is 30-45 (mJ/m2); the surface free energy of the recording layer is 40-50 (mJ/m2); the contact angle of the ink composition to the substrate is 30-65 degrees, the contact angle of the ink composition to the recording layer is 40-55 degrees, and the contact angle of the ink composition to the clear layer is 45-60 degrees.

Abstract: Provided is a power-generation control device and a power-generation control method for a hybrid vehicle, which are capable of suppressing a temperature rise of an electric motor while controlling a field-weakening current to flow through the electric motor to protect the electric motor and a battery even when an induced voltage increased by an increase in rpm of the electric motor exceeds an allowable voltage of the battery. Power generation by an electric motor is stopped when a voltage of a battery is equal to or higher than a predetermined first voltage, and an in-vehicle electric load is supplied with power generated by the electric motor and a power-generation amount by the electric motor is controlled so that the voltage of the battery becomes equal to a predetermined second voltage, when the voltage of the battery is lower than the predetermined second voltage.

Abstract: An electric motor control apparatus includes a phase correction portion that generates and outputs an amount of phase correction with which to correct a phase of a signal from a position sensor detecting a position of a magnetic pole of an electric motor. The phase correction portion generates and outputs an energization stop signal in a case where a rotation speed of the electric motor is within a predetermined range and stores an amount of phase correction generated therein according to a comparison between a signal from the position sensor or a first phase and an induced voltage of the electric motor to output the amount of phase correction.

Abstract: An exhaust gas processing device (16) intermittently introduces anode off-gas from a fuel cell (12). The exhaust processing device (16) discharges the anode off-gas after diluting it with dilution gas. The exhaust gas processing device (16) includes a dilution container (25) and a partition plate (28), which divide the interior of the dilution container (25) into a first chamber (26) and a second chamber (27). The partition plate (28) has a clearance (29), which connects the first chamber (26) and the second chamber (27) to each other. The exhaust gas processing device (16) includes a discharge portion (32) provided in the first chamber (26), a dilution gas inlet portion (30) provided in the first chamber (26), and an anode off-gas inlet portion (31) provided in the second chamber (27).

Abstract: The present invention provides a plate member conveying apparatus configured such that an occupied area is small, and a plate member is unlikely to be damaged. A plate member conveying apparatus according to the present invention includes a feed device having a conveying portion and a pressurizing portion. The conveying portion includes a belt configured to contact one of surfaces of a plate member in a vertical state to feed the plate member in a conveying direction. The pressurizing portion applies pressure of a fluid to the other surface of the plate member in the vertical state in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the plate member to press the plate member toward the belt. Then, the plate member in the vertical state is conveyed while being held by sandwiching the plate member between the belt of the conveying portion and the fluid of the pressurizing portion.

Abstract: A high-pressure washing liquid ejecting washing apparatus comprises a bar-shaped holder; and a plurality of high-pressure washing liquid ejecting nozzles arranged at constant intervals along a longitudinal direction of the bar-shaped holder, the holder being supported at both sides in a longitudinal direction thereof such that the holder is rotatable around its longitudinal axis, the holder being reciprocatingly rotated around the longitudinal axis within a predetermined rotational angle and the ejecting nozzles ejecting a high-pressure washing liquid to a washed surface of an object in a single straight-line shape to wash the object while the object is conveyed at a constant speed with respect to the holder, wherein the holder has a length which is not less than a length across the object and is disposed such that the holder is orthogonal to a direction in which the object is conveyed or is tilted with respect to the direction in which the object is conveyed, when viewed from a normal line direction of the w

Abstract: A fuel cell stack casing for housing a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack casing may include a resin and an electromagnetic wave damping material, for example, a conductive material. In addition, the fuel cell stack may be electromagnetically shielded by the electromagnetic wave damping material. The fuel cell stack casing may include a plurality of members coupled to each other such that conductive materials contained in the members are electrically connected to each other. An inside surface of the casing may be an insulating surface. A plurality of apertures for ventilation may be formed in a wall of the casing such that the apertures are spaced from each other. The apertures may be covered with a cover.

Abstract: A high-pressure liquid jet cleaner removes particles adhered to the inside of scribe lines formed at consistent intervals in a thin film solar cell panel and prevents the surface of a thin film formed at the surface of the solar cell panel from being damaged or detached. Jet nozzles are arranged at consistent intervals in the longitudinal direction of a nozzle holder, corresponding to positions of the respective scribe lines. The nozzle holder is supported by supports provided at both ends of the nozzle holder to allow the nozzle holder to move in the longitudinal direction. While the solar cell panel is conveyed parallel to the scribe lines, a high-pressure liquid is jetted out in a straight line from the jet nozzles to the respective scribe lines for cleaning, such that the high-pressure liquid jetting direction of each jet nozzle is parallel to that of the other jet nozzles.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes an exhaust pipe through which anode purge gas is discharged into the atmosphere, a heat medium passage through which heat medium is flowed, a circulation pump for circulating the heat medium through the heat medium passage, a heat exchanger provided in the heat medium passage, a heat exchanger fan for generating airflow through the heat exchanger, and a guide by which the airflow is guided so as to diffuse the anode purge gas. The circulation pump and the heat exchanger fan are operated during anode purge in such a way that the heat exchanger fan is operated regardless of the heat medium temperature, and a flow rate of the heat medium flowing through the heat medium passage is zero or lower than a flow rate when output of a fuel cell is maximum.

Abstract: The control device for a hybrid vehicle including an exhaust-gas driven generator includes: a turbine (10); an exhaust-gas driven generator (11); a motor generator (16); a battery (14); and a control unit (12) for performing overall control based on a result of reading of a status signal. When the control unit determines based on the result of the reading of the status signal that an output of the internal combustion engine is required to be assisted by the motor generator, the control unit further determines whether a power generation by the exhaust-gas driven generator is in an inhibited state or an allowed state. When the control unit determines that the power generation by the exhaust-gas driven generator is in the inhibited state, the control unit stops the power generation by the exhaust-gas driven generator to drive the motor generator by the power from the battery.

Abstract: An object is to provide a vehicle control apparatus capable of enhancing fuel economy when coasting is performed by disconnecting a clutch disposed between an engine and drive wheels of the vehicle. A travel path and a travel pattern of a vehicle are predicted by a vehicle outside information collection device, such as a navigation system. Also, amounts of fuel consumption by normal traveling and coasting are predicted and compared, so that coasting control is performed in a case where an amount of fuel consumption can be reduced by performing the coasting control.

Abstract: A walking assistance moving vehicle includes a walking assistance moving vehicle main body with wheels, a distance sensor, an inclination sensor, and a controller. The distance sensor senses distance between the walking assistance moving vehicle main body and an object ahead of the walking assistance moving vehicle main body. The inclination sensor senses inclination of the walking assistance moving vehicle main body. The controller distinguishes between a first state in which the walking assistance moving vehicle moves on a sloped ground and a second state in which at least one of the wheels is off a ground based on the distance sensed by the distance sensor and the inclination sensed by the inclination sensor. The controller further controls the walking assistance moving vehicle main body according to a result of distinguishing between the first state and the second state.

Abstract: A mobile object includes a vehicle body, a grip attached to the vehicle body, a detector that detects a value of pressure applied to the grip by a user of the mobile object, a wheel for moving the vehicle body, a wheel driver that drives the wheel, and a controller that controls the wheel driver as the user walks while holding onto the grip and that performs braking to decelerate a rotation speed of the wheel when the detected value of the detector satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A hand cart includes a handlebar, a handlebar holder, a handlebar sensor, and a drive mechanism. The handlebar has a right grip and a left grip at ends of the handlebar in a lengthwise direction. The handlebar holder supports the handlebar while permitting displacement of the handlebar relative to the handlebar holder within a specific range. The handle sensor is configured and arranged to sense the displacement of the handlebar. The drive mechanism is configured to perform power assist according to sensing result of the handle sensor.

Abstract: In a storage apparatus, when a received backup instruction is a backup start instruction, a control unit performs a backup process from a position indicated by an available area start pointer. When the received backup instruction is a backup end instruction, the control unit releases an allocated backup area. In addition, the control unit determines whether the released backup area is adjacent to a position indicated by an available area end pointer. If determining that the released backup are is adjacent to the position indicated by the available area end pointer, the control unit moves the available area end pointer indicating the end of an available area to the end of the released backup area.

Abstract: Provided is a wired communication apparatus which communicates using a cable. The wired communication apparatus includes: a signal output unit and a bi-directional low-speed communication unit which transmit data to the cable; and a cable characteristic determining unit which measures the capacitance of the cable, and determines whether the cable is normal or abnormal according to the measured capacitance.

Abstract: A power supply device for a vehicle has connection changeover means for alternatively changing a connection of a capacitor and a battery over to any one of a parallel connection of the capacitor and the battery, a series connection of the capacitor and the battery and an independent connection of the capacitor and the battery. Electrical power is selectively supplied to a electric supercharger by any one of a parallel connection circuit of the capacitor and the battery, a series connection circuit of the capacitor and the battery and an independent connection circuit of the capacitor and the battery whose connection of the capacitor and the battery are alternatively changed over to by the connection changeover means.

Abstract: A holding device to hold a side portion of a conveyed workpiece; a running device to convey the holding device in a feeding direction along a rail; and a support mechanism to support the holding device at front portion and rear portions of the mechanism. Eccentric shafts are with the holding device at respective positions, at one position, one of front and rear portions is eccentric in the feeding direction by a predetermined amount relative to one drive shaft's axis included in the running device. At the other position, one of front and rear portions is eccentric crossing the workpiece feeding direction by a predetermined amount relative to one drive shaft's axis in the running device. The yawing occurring while the workpiece is conveyed, is corrected by rotating the axes of eccentric shafts axes such the holding device moves relative to the running device's position.

Abstract: The antifouling coating composition according to the present invention includes a silylacrylic copolymer including a structural unit (1) derived from triisopropylsilyl methacrylate (i), a structural unit (2) derived from triisopropylsilyl acrylate (ii) and a structural unit (3) derived from a polymerizable monomer having a polymerizable double bond (iii), which excludes the above (i) and (ii), the silylacrylic copolymer satisfies specific requirements. Thus, an antifouling coating composition that is excellent in long-term storage stability and gives a coating film excellent in long-term antifouling properties and long-term water resistance can be provided.