Abstract: An organic EL device includes an emitting region provided between a cathode and an anode, a first anode-side-organic layer, a second anode-side-organic layer, and a third anode-side-organic layer, in which the emitting region includes at least a first emitting layer, the first anode-side-organic layer is in direct contact with the second anode-side-organic layer, the second anode-side-organic layer is in direct contact with the third anode-side-organic layer, the third anode-side-organic layer has a film thickness of 20 nm or more, the second anode-side-organic layer contains at least one compound different from a compound contained in the third anode-side-organic layer, the first emitting layer is a fluorescent emitting layer, and a refractive index NM2 of a constituent material contained in the second anode-side-organic layer and a refractive index NM3 of a constituent material contained in the third anode-side-organic layer satisfy a relationship of Numerical Formula NM, NM2>NM3??(Numerical Formula NM

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes preparing a plurality of semiconductor elements, preparing a support member, attaching the plurality of semiconductor elements to the support member so that second surfaces of the plurality of semiconductor elements face the support member, encapsulating the plurality of semiconductor elements with an encapsulation material, removing the support member from an encapsulation material layer in which the plurality of semiconductor elements is encapsulated with the encapsulation material, bonding a first protective film to a second surface of the encapsulation material layer located on the second surface side of the plurality of semiconductor elements, and forming a re-distribution layer on a first surface of the encapsulation material layer located on the first surface side of the plurality of semiconductor elements after bonding the first protective film to the encapsulation material layer.

Abstract: The purpose is to prevent the irradiation beam from leaking between the beam irradiation port of the radiation therapy device and the patient affected area that is the target of the emitted irradiation beam, a radiation shielding jig comprising a tare filled with shielding material particles; the tare is made of a resin fabric and has a hollow three-dimensional shape with a radiation pathway portion, the shielding material particles comprising a mixture of sintered particles having a predetermined particle diameter with radiation shielding performance and resin particles having a predetermined particle diameter.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an emitting region between a cathode and an anode, a first anode side organic layer, and a second anode side organic layer. The emitting region includes at least a first emitting layer, the first anode side organic layer is in direct contact with the second anode side organic layer, the first anode side organic layer contains first and second organic materials, a content of the first organic material in the first anode side organic layer is less than 50 mass %, the second anode side organic layer contains a second hole transporting zone material, the first emitting layer is an emitting layer that emits fluorescence, and a refractive index NM1 of the constituent materials contained in the first anode side organic layer and a refractive index NM2 of the constituent material contained in the second anode side organic layer satisfy a relationship of NM1>NM2.

Abstract: Provided are a magnetic tunnel junction dement suppressing diffusion and penetration of constituent elements between a hard mask film, and a magnetic tunnel junction film and a protection layer, and a method for manufacturing the magnetic tunnel junction element. The magnetic tunnel junction element has a configuration in which a non-magnetic insertion layer (7) including Ta or the like is inserted beneath a hard mask layer (8).

Abstract: A method for inspecting a battery for short circuit includes: adjusting batteries, which have been subjected to initial charging and subsequent charging and discharging, to a first device voltage; measuring a pre-leaving voltage; leaving the batteries for a leaving period with terminals in an open state; measuring a post-leaving device voltage; actually measuring an actual measured voltage drop rate; determining whether or not each voltage is short-circuited; and, prior to the determining, estimating an estimating voltage drop rate according to an elapsed time and a leaving period. In the determining, it is determined whether or not each battery is short-circuited using the actual voltage drop rate and the estimated voltage drop rate.

Abstract: A method of self-discharge test for a battery including an electrode body provided with a positive electrode plate including a positive active material layer and a negative electrode plate including a negative active material layer. The method includes a process of voltage adjusting to adjust a battery voltage to a first battery voltage and a process of self-discharge testing to keep the battery in a terminal open state for a predetermined term and to inspect a state of self-discharge of the battery from variations in the battery voltage occurred during the predetermined term. The voltage adjusting is to adjust the battery voltage to the first battery voltage having magnitude, for which a variation settled time of settling a variation amount of the battery voltage varied by Li diffusion to lessen a concentration gap of an opposing-portion concentration and a non-opposing portion concentration, is set as 17 hours or less.

Abstract: A method for inspecting a battery in which an electrode body is accommodated in a case so that the electrode body is insulated from the case by an insulation film includes: adjusting the battery to a first voltage; measuring a first potential difference which is a potential difference between the case and a negative terminal that is exposed outside the case and electrically connected to a negative electrode plate to have a negative-electrode potential; measuring a second potential difference which is a potential difference between the case and the negative electrode plate after a lapse of a standby period of 24 hours or more; and determining whether or not a short circuit exists between the case and the negative electrode plate based on magnitude of the first and second potential differences and a change between the first potential difference and the second potential difference.

Abstract: A method for inspecting a power storage device for short circuit includes: adjusting a plurality of power storage devices to a first device voltage; restraining the power storage devices; measuring a pre-leaving device voltage, leaving the power storage devices, and measuring a post-leaving device voltage; obtaining a voltage drop rate; and determining whether or not a restrained device is short-circuited using a voltage drop rate. The method further includes: calculating a largest adjustment timing difference between an oldest adjustment completion time of an oldest adjusted device and a newest adjustment completion time of a newest adjusted device, after adjusting the voltage but before measuring the pre-leaving voltage; obtaining a shortest standby time from the largest adjustment timing difference; and deferring the measuring of the pre-leaving voltage until the shortest standby time elapses.

Abstract: A balancer structure for an internal combustion engine and the internal combustion engine are provided. A transmission driving gear are arranged to be rotatable integrally with a crankshaft. A transmission driven gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with a first balance shaft. The transmission driven gear meshes with the transmission driving gear. A balancer driving gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with the first balance shaft. A balancer driven gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with the second balance shaft. The balancer driven gear meshes with the balancer driving gear. The first balance shaft includes an output portion. The output portion outputs torque to an engine-driven accessory.

Abstract: A control system for a work machine includes a controller. The work machine includes work equipment, a traveling device, and a parking brake. The controller is configured to output a control command to control the parking brake based on at least an operation state of the work equipment.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a connection resistance between a positive current collecting part of an electrode body of a battery and a positive inner terminal member connected thereto includes: changing a power storage device with a first battery voltage by CCCV charging or CCCV discharging into a second battery voltage; obtaining an evaluation value for evaluating the connection resistance by use of at least two values of the following values: CC electric quantity, CV electric quantity, CCCV electric quantity, CC time, CV time, CCCV time, and CV termination current value of the power storage device; and evaluating a connection resistance of the power storage device based on the evaluation value.

Abstract: A non-aqueous rechargeable battery includes an electrode body, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, and a battery case. The electrode body includes a negative electrode plate, a positive electrode plate, and a separator arranged between the negative and positive electrode plates. The battery case accommodates the electrode body and the non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode substrate and a positive electrode mixture layer arranged on the positive electrode substrate. The positive electrode mixture layer is formed by applying a positive electrode mixture paste, containing at least a positive electrode active material and an organic solvent, to the positive electrode substrate and drying the positive electrode mixture paste so that the organic solvent remains in the positive electrode mixture layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rechargeable battery including applying an electrode mixture that includes an electrode active material to a substrate that becomes a current collector, drying the applied electrode mixture, obtaining a specific surface area of the electrode active material before the drying the applied electrode mixture, in which the obtained specific surface area of the electrode active material is referred to as an obtained specific surface area, and a specific surface area of the electrode active material in a state in which the electrode mixture applied to the substrate forms an electrode plate is referred to as an electrode plate specific surface area; and adjusting the electrode plate specific surface area after the drying the applied electrode mixture by setting a drying condition of the electrode mixture in accordance with the obtained specific surface area.

Abstract: A battery pack includes battery cells and a spacer arranged between two adjacent battery cells. Each battery cell includes an electrode body and a case. The electrode body includes an upper curved portion, a flat portion, and a lower curved portion. The spacer presses one side wall of the case of one of the adjacent battery cells toward an inner side of the case at a part where the side wall opposes a region from the upper curved portion to the lower curved portion. The spacer forms passages for cooling air between the spacer and the side wall. A first cooling efficiency of the cooling air per unit area at a first opposing portion of the side wall that opposes the upper curved portion is less than a second cooling efficiency per unit area at a second opposing portion of the side wall that opposes the flat portion.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a power source, a travel device, a power transmission device, and a control device. The power transmission device includes a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission having a relief valve capable of setting a relief pressure, and is configured to transmit power of the power source to the travel device. The control device includes a relief pressure setting unit configured to set the relief pressure of the relief valve in accordance with a target output value of the travel device.

Abstract: A battery pack includes battery cells and a spacer. Each battery cell includes an electrode body and a case accommodating the electrode body in a state sealed by a sealing portion. The battery cells are arranged in an arrangement direction. The spacer is arranged between the case of one of the battery cells and the case of an adjacent battery cell. The battery cells are bound together in a state in which a binding pressure is applied to the battery cells. The electrode body includes a flat portion. The spacer includes a base plate and projections projecting from the base plate toward the case of the adjacent battery cell. The projections include a top projection that presses the case of the adjacent battery cell at a position located upward from an upper edge of the flat portion where the sealing portion is the closest.

Abstract: To provide a rechargeable battery that limits damage to a separator, a positive connector is configured to be bent at an acute angle in a thickness-wise direction in a bending region, which is defined between a first position and a second position, on a boundary position between a flat surface region and a second position in a longitudinal direction. The first position is a position at which a second distal end of a negative plate is disposed. The second position is a position separated from a third position, at which a first distal end of a separator is disposed, by a thickness of a positive mixture layer in a second width-wise direction.

Abstract: An electrode mixture includes an electrode active material and a carbon nanotube as a conductive fibrous carbon material. The electrode mixture includes an inorganic nanoparticle disposed on a surface of the electrode active material.

Abstract: A lithium-ion rechargeable battery includes a positive electrode mixture that includes a positive electrode active material and a lithium salt. The lithium salt reacts with hydrogen fluoride generated in an electrolytic solution to produce an organic acid that is a weak acid relative to the hydrogen fluoride, an acid dissociation constant of the organic acid being 3.15 or higher.