Abstract: A screw fastening system includes: an electric motor; a holding device for holding the electric motor; a support member mounted to a drive shaft of the electric motor; a screw fastening machine supported by the support member, and capable of executing a screw fastening operation with pulsed fastening control; and a motor control unit for controlling the electric motor to reduce a fastening-torque reaction force, caused by the screw fastening operation with pulsed fastening control executed by the screw fastening machine, with respect to the holding device.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to an aspect is a flexible printed circuit board including a base film and a wiring layer disposed on at least one surface of the base film and having a plurality of wiring lines. The wiring lines have an average line width of 30 ?m or less and an average spacing of 30 ?m or less. The wiring lines have a copper-based plating layer. The copper-based plating layer has an electrical resistivity of more than 1.68×10?8 ?·m.

Abstract: A power converter includes a converter, a smoothing capacitor, an inverter, and a controller. The converter rectifies a power supply voltage applied from an alternating-current power supply. The smoothing capacitor smooths a rectified voltage output from the converter into a direct-current voltage including a ripple. The inverter converts the direct-current voltage smoothed by the smoothing capacitor into an alternating-current voltage to be applied to a motor. The controller performs control such that a first physical quantity representing an operation state of the converter is equal to a second physical quantity representing an operation state of the inverter.

Abstract: A printed wiring board includes: a base film having a main surface; a wiring disposed on the main surface; a first plating lead connected to a first position of the wiring; and a second plating lead connected to a second position of the wiring. A cross sectional area of the wiring at a third position of the wiring is 95% or more of a cross sectional area of the wiring at the first position, the third position being an intermediate position between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A printed wiring board includes: a base film having a main surface; a wiring disposed on the main surface; and at least one plating lead disposed on the main surface and connected to the wiring.

Abstract: A power converter includes a converter, a smoothing capacitor, an inverter, and a single calculator. The converter includes a switching element and rectifies a power supply voltage applied from an alternating-current power supply. The smoothing capacitor smooths a rectified voltage output from the converter into a direct-current voltage including a ripple. The inverter converts the direct-current voltage smoothed by the smoothing capacitor into an alternating-current voltage for a motor. The calculator performs control such that a first physical quantity representing an operation state of the converter is equal to a second physical quantity representing an operation state of the inverter.

Abstract: Long-term reliability of a liquid ejection head substrate and a liquid ejection head is improved by suppressing dissolution of an intermediate layer due to anodization. A liquid ejection head substrate including: a flow passage forming member having an ejection orifice and a flow passage; a heating resistance element for ejecting a liquid; an insulating layer covering the heating resistance element; a protecting layer whose surface is exposed to the flow passage; and an intermediate layer provided between the flow passage forming member and the protecting layer, in which the intermediate layer contains a material represented by a following composition formula (I): Siw1Ox1Cy1 (I), 39?w1?62 (at. %), 32?x1?55 (at. %), and 6?y1?29 (at. %), and w1+x1+y1=100 (at %).

Abstract: A diagnostic device for a secondary battery having a structure in which positive electrodes and negative electrodes are alternately arranged includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to acquire a first resistance value indicating a magnitude of electrical resistance of the secondary battery, compress at least a part of the secondary battery, acquire a second resistance value indicating a magnitude of electrical resistance of the secondary battery after the compression, determine, using the first and second resistance values, whether an amount of decrease in electrical resistance of the secondary battery by the compression is greater than a predetermined value, and determine whether an increase in resistance due to distortion of at least one of the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes occurs in the secondary battery using a result of the determination.

Abstract: A recovery method for a secondary battery having a structure in which positive electrodes and negative electrodes are laminated. The recovery method includes a first compression for compressing at least a part of the secondary battery; a second compression for compressing the secondary battery by applying a load from an outside of the secondary battery when an amount of decrease in electrical resistance of the secondary battery by the first compression is greater than a predetermined value; and a recovery for charging the secondary battery, while the load that compresses the secondary battery is applied to the secondary battery, upon determining that the increase in electrical resistance due to the distortion of at least one of the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes occurs in the secondary battery.

Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes a rectification unit that rectifies a first alternating-current power supplied from a commercial power supply; a capacitor connected to output terminals of the rectification unit; an inverter that is connected across the capacitor, converts power output from the rectification unit and the capacitor into a second alternating-current power and, outputs the second alternating-current power to a load including a motor; and a control unit that performs operation control on the inverter to cause the second alternating-current power that includes a pulsation based on a pulsation of power that flows into the capacitor from the rectification unit to be output from the inverter to the load, to restrain a current that flows into the capacitor.

Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory including a first memory cell unit and a second memory cell unit, and a controller connectable to a host. The controller is configured to store an execution time of write and erase operations with respect to the first memory cell unit, receive from the host power-on time information indicating a power-on time of the memory system when the memory system is powered on, determine a first time period from a last write or erase operation with respect to the first memory cell unit based on the stored execution time and the power-on time, determine an execution time of a refresh operation of transferring data stored in the first memory cell unit to the second memory cell unit based on the first time period, and start the refresh operation at the determined execution time.

Abstract: Ultrafine bubbles with a diameter of less than 1.0 ?m are generated in liquid by causing film boiling in liquid by means of a heater.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head circuit board including a substrate, a heat generating resistance element that generates heat energy used for ejection of liquid, an electric wiring layer that is electrically connected to the heat generating resistance element, and an insulating film that insulates the electric wiring layer. The insulating film includes a first insulating film and a second insulating film on the first insulating film, the first insulating film is a first SiOCN film, and the second insulating film is a second SiOCN film containing more carbon than the first SiOCN film or a low-density insulating film with a lower density than the first SiOCN film.

Abstract: A diagnostic device for a secondary battery having a structure in which positive electrodes and negative electrodes are alternately arranged includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to acquire a first resistance value indicating a magnitude of electrical resistance of the secondary battery, compress at least a part of the secondary battery, acquire a second resistance value indicating a magnitude of electrical resistance of the secondary battery after the compression, determine, using the first and second resistance values, whether an amount of decrease in electrical resistance of the secondary battery by the compression is greater than a predetermined value, and determine whether an increase in resistance due to distortion of at least one of the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes occurs in the secondary battery using a result of the determination.

Abstract: A resin composition, including: an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin as a resin component; an imidazole compound, a phenol compound, and a thioether compound as an antioxidant; and a bromine compound and an antimony compound as a flame retardant, wherein the resin composition has a content of the imidazole compound of 14 to 24 parts by mass, a content of the phenol compound of 1.0 to 2.0 parts by mass, a content of the thioether compound of 0.3 to 0.9 parts by mass, a content of the bromine compound of 15 to 30 parts by mass, and a content of the antimony compound of 5 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total content of the resin component in the resin composition.

Abstract: A resin composition, including the following components (A) and (B); and at least one kind of the following components (C) and (D): (A) a low density polyethylene resin; (B) an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin; (C) a thioether compound; and (D) fluororubber, in which: a content of the component (A) is 5 to 40 parts by mass and a content of the component (B) is 60 to 95 parts by mass in 100 parts by mass of a total content of the components (A) and (B), a total content of the components (C) and (D) is 0.05 to 1 part by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total content of the components (A) and (B), and a proportion of a vinyl acetate component in the component (B) is 40 mass % or less.

Abstract: An inverter for driving a motor that has a switchable connection of windings and drives a load element having a periodically varying load torque is provided. The inverter is controlled so that an output torque of the motor follows the periodic variation of the load torque. The inverter is controlled so that a current flowing through the motor is zero during a period including a minimum torque phase at which the load torque is at or near a minimum value. The connection is switched while the current flowing through the motor is zero. It is possible to switch the connection of the windings while the motor is rotating, and avoid an increase in apparatus size.

Abstract: A motor drive apparatus includes: a dq-axis current controller converting phase current flowing through a synchronous motor into d-axis current and q-axis current, and controlling the phase current by determining a voltage command based on the d-axis current and a d-axis current command as well as the q-axis current and a q-axis current command; a voltage amplitude calculating unit obtaining voltage amplitude; a speed controller controlling rotational speed of the motor by determining the q-axis current command based on a speed command, the rotational speed, and a speed droop amount that reduces the speed command; a flux weakening controller performing flux control to limit amplitude of voltage output to the motor by determining the d-axis current command based on the voltage amplitude and a first voltage limit value; and a speed droop controller controlling the speed droop amount based on the voltage amplitude and a second voltage limit value.

Abstract: An estimation device includes a phase current determination unit, a time difference calculation unit, and an estimation unit. The phase current determination unit performs a determination process for determining values of phase currents based on the value of the bus current detected by a bus current detection unit and states of gate pulse signals. The time difference calculation unit calculates a difference between a detection time of the bus current used in a previous determination process and a detection time of the bus current used in a present determination process. The estimation unit estimates at least one of a position and a speed of an AC motor based on the values of the phase currents determined by the phase current determination unit and the difference calculated by the time difference calculation unit.

Abstract: A drive device for an AC motor includes: an adaptive observation unit that adaptively estimates an angular velocity of a rotor of an AC motor; a speed control unit that determines a first torque command with which an angular velocity command matches an average value of an estimated angular velocity; a phase lead amount calculation unit that calculates, based on a disturbance frequency, a phase lead amount of a transfer function from a true angular velocity to a model deviation; a vibration suppression control unit that determines, based on a frequency of load torque pulsations, the model deviation, and the phase lead amount, a second torque command with which speed pulsations in the AC motor are suppressed; and a torque control unit that controls a torque of the AC motor based on the first torque command and the second torque command.