Abstract: An electronic device includes an inlet including a ground terminal having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, a first casing metal plate configured to hold the inlet and contacting the first surface of the ground terminal, and a second casing metal plate contacting the second surface of the ground terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte-containing layer capable of preventing a short circuit caused by the formation of a dendrite. A solid electrolyte-containing layer (50a) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes: an inorganic solid electrolyte; and a heat-resistant resin having ion conductivity.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte-containing layer capable of preventing a short circuit caused by the formation of a dendrite. A solid electrolyte-containing layers (30) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes (i) an inorganic solid electrolyte (31), (ii) a heat-resistant resin (32), and (iii) at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic liquid, a mixture of an ionic liquid and a lithium salt, and a polymer electrolyte.

Abstract: Provided is a laminated body in which a short circuit caused by the formation of a dendrite is prevented and which achieves stable voltage output. A laminated body (50) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes a solid electrolyte layer (20) and a layer (30) that contains a heat-resistant resin and an ion-conductive material. The solid electrolyte layer (20) and the layer (30) containing the heat-resistant resin and the ion-conductive material are adjacent to each other.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus including a fixing unit having a heat generation member; a switch unit configured to connect or disconnect a power supply path from an AC power supply to the heat generation member; a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the heat generation member; a control unit configured to perform operations to supply power to the heat generation member by controlling the switch unit according to a detection result of the temperature detection unit; a setting unit configured to set the switch unit to a state in which the switch unit cuts off the power supply path upon detecting an overheating state of the heat generation member based on a detection result of the temperature detection unit; and a first switch configured to supply or cut off a first driving voltage that drives the setting unit.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an inlet including a ground terminal having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, a first casing metal plate configured to hold the inlet and contacting the first surface of the ground terminal, and a second casing metal plate contacting the second surface of the ground terminal.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a separator including a polyolefin porous film; a porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin; and a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate for each of which the result of a scratch test in the width direction and the result of a scratch test in the flow direction are each within a predetermined range, the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin containing an ?-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin in an amount of not less than 35.0 mol %.

Abstract: A holding device that holds an object on a first surface of a first portion of a plate-shaped member includes a heater pattern formed on a ceramic green sheet and a cover layer covering the heater pattern. A second portion of the plate-shaped member and a heater electrode are manufactured by firing a layered body constituted by a plurality of ceramic green sheets. A second joining portion joins the second portion and a base member. A temperature distribution of a second surface of the second portion is measured while cooling with a cooling mechanism of the base member and supplying power to the heater electrode. Based on a result of the measurement, an electrical resistance of the heater electrode is adjusted by removing a portion of the heater electrode together with the cover layer. A first joining portion joins the second portion and the first portion of the plate-shaped member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes circuitry to receive a file including data of a plurality of pages and position information indicating individual positions of data of the plurality of pages. The circuitry further starts printing of one of the plurality of pages based on data specified by specifying information that indicates a position of data of one of the plurality of pages. The circuitry further starts the printing of one of the plurality of pages when receiving the specifying information before the position information.

Abstract: A laminated porous film includes a porous base material layer containing polyolefin as a main component; a filler layer containing inorganic particles as a main component; and a resin layer containing resin particles as a main component, the resin particles showing an endothermic curve satisfying conditions (1) and (2) below, the endothermic curve being obtained by differential scanning calorimetry. Condition (1): a temperature at which DDSC is not less than 0.10 mW/min/mg is not less than 70° C. Condition (2): endothermic amount calculated from an area of the endothermic curve in a range of not less than 50° C. and not more than 70° C. is not less than ?20.0 J/g.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus including a fixing unit having a heat generation member; a switch unit configured to connect or disconnect a power supply path from an AC power supply to the heat generation member; a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the heat generation member; a control unit configured to perform operations to supply power to the heat generation member by controlling the switch unit according to a detection result of the temperature detection unit; a setting unit configured to set the switch unit to a state in which the switch unit cuts off the power supply path upon detecting an overheating state of the heat generation member based on a detection result of the temperature detection unit; and a first switch configured to supply or cut off a first driving voltage that drives the setting unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery insulating porous layer having an excellent withstand voltage property and an excellent leakage resistance characteristic. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery insulating porous layer having a trabecular structure including voids, which trabecular structure has an anisotropy value of 1.30 to 2.10, the anisotropy value being calculated from a three-dimensional image showing a void part and a solid content part on respective two gradation levels, the three-dimensional image being prepared by analyzing images of cross sections obtained by making observation at intervals of 20 nm in a thickness direction from a surface of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery insulating porous layer with use of a FIB-SEM having a magnification of 6500 times.

Abstract: Provided are a separator capable of being used for a secondary battery such as a nonaqueous electrolyte-solution secondary battery and a secondary battery including the separator. A separator having a first layer including a porous polyethylene and an organic additive is provided. A white index of the first layer is equal to or more than 85 and equal to or less than 98, and a reduction rate of diethyl carbonate dropped on the first layer is equal to or higher than 0.048 mg/s and equal to or lower than 0.067 mg/s. The separator may further include a porous layer over the first layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing (i) a separator containing a polyolefin porous film, (ii) a porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, (iii) a positive electrode plate having a capacitance falling within a certain range, and (iv) a negative electrode plate having a capacitance falling within a certain range, the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin containing an ?-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin in an amount of not less than 35.0 mol %.

Abstract: An optical member to be arranged in an optical path of a light, includes an optical medium made of an insulator or a semiconductor; a first element provided at a first position in the optical medium and made of a first electric conductor having a width approximately same as or smaller than a wavelength of the light, the first position being a position in the optical path; and a second element provided at a second position, in the optical medium, different from the first position, and made of a second electric conductor having a width approximately same as or smaller than the wavelength of the light, the second position being a position in the optical path.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to perform: extracting, as a common object, an object commonly referred to on a plurality of pages, from a file including data of a plurality of pages and positional information indicating positions of the data of the plurality of pages; determining whether to define the common object extracted at the extracting as an object to be commonly used on the plurality of pages or to define the common object on each of the plurality of pages; reconstructing data by arranging the object based on a determination result at the determining; and transmitting the data reconstructed at the reconstructing to an image forming apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery insulating porous layer having an excellent charge resistance characteristic. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery insulating porous layer has a fractal dimension of 2.42 to 2.60, the fractal dimension being calculated from a three-dimensional image showing a void part and a porous layer part on respective two gradation levels, the three-dimensional image being prepared by analyzing images of cross sections obtained by making observation at intervals of 20 nm in a thickness direction from a surface of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery insulating porous layer by FIB-SEM measurement at a magnification of 6500 times.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide (i) a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator having excellent ion permeability and (ii) an insulating porous layer by which to achieve the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator. The insulating porous layer is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery insulating porous layer containing: a resin A; and a resin B, the resin A and the resin B having therebetween a Hansen solubility parameter distance (HSP distance) (Ra) of not more than 10 MPa1/2.

Abstract: The invention provides for a reduction in the period of time necessary for recycling a separator winding core around which a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator is wound. The separator winding core is described by the Munsell color system as (i) a lightness of not less than 3.0 but not more than 9.2 and (ii) a chroma of not less than 0.5.

Abstract: Provided is a separator capable of suppressing an increase in internal resistance and a decrease in a battery performance. A separator having a first layer consisting of a porous polyolefin and an organic antioxidant and a secondary battery including the separator are provided. The first layer has a parameter X, defined by the following equation, equal to or more than 0 and equal to or less than 20, X = 100 ? ? M ? ? D ? ? tan ? ? ? - T ? ? D ? ? tan ? ? ? ? ? M ? ? D ? ? tan ? ? ? + T ? ? D ? ? tan ? ? ? 2 where MD tan ? and TD tan ? are respectively a loss tangent in a flow direction and a loss tangent in a width direction which are obtained by a viscoelasticity measurement of the first layer at a temperature of 90° C. and a frequency of 10 Hz. A white index of the first layer is equal to or more than 85 and equal to or less than 98.