Abstract: A revolution position of an engine is set to a revolution position suitable for a start. A control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes an engine, a motor which generates electricity, a battery, a first controller which drives the engine, a second controller which drives the motor, and a sensor. The second controller confirms a relative position relationship between a revolution position of the engine and a rotation position of the motor by acquiring information of the revolution position of the engine from the first controller during the electricity generation driving by the motor and monitors the revolution position of the engine based on the relative position relationship and a signal from the sensor, and the second controller checks the stop position of the engine through the monitoring of the revolution position of the engine when the motor finishes the electricity generation driving.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a phosphorus adsorbent that is inexpensive and can exert high phosphorus adsorption performance. The present invention relates to a phosphorus adsorbent comprising incinerator ash, cement, and lanthanum.

Abstract: A system for operating an ultrasound probe that is provided with sensor operation portions for operating the ultrasound probe that acquires ultrasound echo images of a blood vessel, and a control portion that controls operations of the sensor operation portions. The control portion may switch the arrangement of the ultrasound probe using the sensor operation portions between a first arrangement for acquiring an image of a cross section in the transverse direction of the blood vessel and a second arrangement for acquiring an image of a cross section in the longitudinal direction of the blood vessel.

Abstract: Closing timing of an intake port is changed without using a variable valve timing mechanism. An electric vehicle includes an engine for electricity generation in which closing timing of an intake port maximizes intake air charging efficiency in a specific revolution speed region, a sensor which outputs a signal related to a revolution speed of the engine, a controller which drives the engine at a revolution speed based on the signal of the sensor, a requested electricity generation amount being satisfied at the revolution speed, and a motor which applies a positive or negative torque to the engine. When the engine is driven in a revolution speed region other than the specific revolution speed region, the controller uses the motor to apply a positive or a negative torque to the engine in an intake stroke to change the closing timing of the intake port to increase intake air charging efficiency.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a first motor (traveling motor) for traveling, a battery (high-voltage battery), a second motor (generator motor) for electricity generation, an engine (rotary engine), a first controller (engine ECU), a second controller (motor ECU), and a sensor (voltage-current sensor). The second controller is configured to start the engine by causing the second motor to perform power running, cause the second motor to perform electricity generation driving such that the battery is charged, and adjust a stop position of the engine by causing the second motor to perform power running subsequently to a stop of the engine by the first controller in a case where a state of charge of the battery becomes high and the second motor finishes the electricity generation driving.

Abstract: Closing timing of an intake port is changed without using a variable valve timing mechanism. An electric vehicle includes an engine for electricity generation in which closing timing of an intake port maximizes intake air charging efficiency in a specific revolution speed region, a sensor which outputs a signal related to a revolution speed of the engine, a controller which drives the engine at a revolution speed based on the signal of the sensor, a requested electricity generation amount being satisfied at the revolution speed, and a motor which applies a positive or negative torque to the engine. When the engine is driven in a revolution speed region other than the specific revolution speed region, the controller uses the motor to apply a positive or a negative torque to the engine in an intake stroke to change the closing timing of the intake port to increase intake air charging efficiency.

Abstract: A protocol converter is configured to be connectable between a field device and a device control apparatus and includes a converter controller and a converter storage. The converter controller acquires field data from the field device, writes the field data to the converter storage as a data set formed by a plurality of pieces of data and changes the value of a first counter controlled by the converter controller when the value of the first counter and the value of a second counter controlled by the device control apparatus are equal, and stops an operation to write the field data to the converter storage when the value of the first counter and the value of the second counter are different.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; an exposing device; a developing device with a developing roller; a development current detector that detects development current between the image carrier and the developing roller; and a hardware processor. Under an image forming condition, the hardware processor causes the exposing device to draw, on the image carrier, a development current-detection pattern that includes a solid image and a halftone image that follows the solid image in an image-conveying direction of the image carrier, causes the developing device to develop the development current-detection pattern, obtains information on a chronological change of the detected development current from the development current detector, and determines whether or not a ghost image due to the solid image occurs based on a temporary drop of the detected development current during development of the halftone image.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant re-straining device, comprising an air bag inflated and deployed on both sides of a vehicle occupant; tension cloth housed so as to extend from the inside of the seat back of a seat into a seat cushion; an angle detection means for detecting the reclining angle of the seat back; and an inner pressure control means for controlling, depending on the reclining angle, pressure in the air bag at the time of inflation and deployment thereof, wherein the tension cloth is deployed on the sides of the seat when the surface material of the seat is broken open by the inflation and deployment of the air bag, thereby holding the surfaces of the air bag, which are located on the opposite sides of the vehicle occupant, and wherein the inner pressure control means reduces pressure in the air bag.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraining device, comprising: a pair of air bags; an inner bag housed in at least one of the pair of air bags, is in communication with the at least one of the air bags, and is inflated and deployed inside the at least one of the air bags, on the sides of the body of a vehicle occu-pant; and a pair of pieces of tension cloth housed so as to extend along the respective sides of a housed pair of air bags, which are located on the opposite sides of the vehicle occupant, and then through the inside of the seat back of a seat into a seat cushion, wherein the inner bag completes inflation and deployment before the at least one of the air bags does, and the pair of pieces of tension cloth is deployed on the sides of the seat.

Abstract: The compound represented by formula (1): wherein A, B, R1, and R2 are as defined in the description, provides organic electroluminescence (EL) devices having a high emission efficiency when operated at low voltage and a long lifetime and electronic devices including such organic EL devices.

Abstract: The present inventors produced a variety of bispecific antibodies that specifically bind to both F. IX/F. IXa and F. X, and functionally substitute for F. VIIIa, i.e., have a cofactor function to promote F. X activation via F. IXa. Among these antibodies, the antibody A44/B26 reduced coagulation time by 50 seconds or more as compared to that observed when the antibody was not added. The present inventors produced a commonly shared L chain antibody from this antibody using L chains of A44, and showed that A44L can be used as commonly shared L chains, although the activity of the resulting antibody is reduced compared to the original antibody (A44HL-B26HL). Further, with appropriate CDR shuffling, the present inventors successfully produced highly active multispecific antibodies that functionally substitute for coagulation factor VIII.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a tray on which a sheet is to be stacked, a container configured to store the tray such that the tray can be pulled out, a first guide unit configured to guide a slide of the tray in a pull-out direction, a second guide unit spaced apart from the first guide unit in a widthwise direction, a first regulating portion provided in the container and configured to regulate, by abutting against the tray, a tilt of the tray to one direction in the widthwise direction; and a second regulating portion provided in the container and configured to regulate, by abutting against the tray, a tilt of the tray to the other direction in the widthwise direction.

Abstract: Provided are a charged particle beam device and a charged particle beam adjustment method capable of observing or inspecting a change in observation conditions in a more appropriate beam state while preventing an increase in a time required for each measurement point. The charged particle beam device includes a condenser lens 3 and an objective lens 14 configured to focus an electron beam 4 emitted from an electron source 2, a primary beam scanning deflector 5 or a secondary electron deflector 15, an adjusting element 13 configured to adjust an axis of the electron beam 4, and a control device 9 configured to supply a signal representing a control amount to the adjusting element 13 for control.

Abstract: A three-phase current detection device is configured to be used with first to third conductors allowing respective three-phase currents to flow therethrough in a flow direction, and is configured to detect the three-phase currents. The three-phase current detection device includes a substrate, a grounding wiring provided on the substrate, first to third loop magnetic cores, first to third magnetoelectric conversion elements, and first to third grounding electrodes. The first to third loop magnetic cores are extended along first to third loop lines surrounding the first to third conductors, the first to third loop lines are on a plane perpendicular to the flow direction, the first to third loop magnetic cores have first to third magnetic gaps, respectively. The first to third magnetoelectric conversion elements are disposed in the first to third magnetic gaps, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a method for measuring interstitial oxygen concentration in a silicon wafer easily and sensitively using FT-IR. The invention provides a method for measuring an extremely low oxygen concentration of <1.0×1016 atoms/cm3 in a single-crystal silicon wafer, the method comprising: step 1 of forming a SiO2 film, nitride film or PE film on each of a measurement wafer, interstitial-oxygen-free reference wafer and standard wafer with known interstitial oxygen concentration; step 2 of measuring IR spectra of the three wafers; step 3 of determining a difference transmission spectrum from the IR spectrum of measurement wafer and that of reference wafer and determining the intensity of an absorption peak corresponding to interstitial oxygen; and step 4 of comparing the peak intensity of the interstitial oxygen and that of standard wafer and calculating the interstitial oxygen concentration in measurement wafer from ratio to the interstitial oxygen concentration of standard wafer.

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to prevent leakage of a sealant from the rear end side of a plunger in a sealant discharge operation. The sealant discharge apparatus is equipped with a piston that moves axially inside a cartridge and a contact portion, the outer peripheral surface of which has a cylindrical shape, that is provided at the tip of the piston and can contact the inner peripheral surface of a plunger provided in the cartridge housing a sealant, and the contact portion is provided to be movable radially in the piston.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a passenger restraint apparatus capable of suppressing the movement of an airbag away from a passenger without requiring a complex structure.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraining device, comprising: a pair of air bags; an inner bag housed in at least one of the pair of air bags, is in communication with the at least one of the air bags, and is inflated and deployed inside the at least one of the air bags, on the sides of the body of a vehicle occu-pant; and a pair of pieces of tension cloth housed so as to extend along the respective sides of a housed pair of air bags, which are located on the opposite sides of the vehicle occupant, and then through the inside of the seat back of a seat into a seat cushion, wherein the inner bag completes inflation and deployment before the at least one of the air bags does, and the pair of pieces of tension cloth is deployed on the sides of the seat.

Abstract: The present inventors produced a variety of bispecific antibodies that specifically bind to both F. IX/F. IXa and F. X, and functionally substitute for F. VIIIa, i.e., have a cofactor function to promote F. X activation via F. IXa. Among these antibodies, the antibody A44/B26 reduced coagulation time by 50 seconds or more as compared to that observed when the antibody was not added. The present inventors produced a commonly shared L chain antibody from this antibody using L chains of A44, and showed that A44L can be used as commonly shared L chains, although the activity of the resulting antibody is reduced compared to the original antibody (A44HL-B26HL). Further, with appropriate CDR shuffling, the present inventors successfully produced highly active multispecific antibodies that functionally substitute for coagulation factor VIII.