Abstract: A motor includes an electrical discharging device including a conductive member in contact with a region of the outer surface of a shaft extending in the axial direction along the rotation axis parallel to the horizontal direction. When viewed from the axial direction, the electrical discharging device is disposed on one side and the other side in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction and parallel to the horizontal direction with respect to a contact portion between the shaft and the conductive member, or is disposed on a vertically obliquely upper side with respect to the contact portion. The electrical discharging device is further disposed on one side and the other side in the above-described parallel direction with respect to the rotation axis or is disposed on the vertically obliquely upper side with respect to the rotation axis when viewed from the axial direction.

Abstract: An elastomer composition contains a solvent in a proportion of not less than 1 part by mass and less than 60 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of an elastomer. The solvent includes an organic solvent A having high affinity with carbon nanotubes and having a boiling point of 200° C. or lower and an organic solvent B having high affinity with the elastomer and having a boiling point of 200° C. or lower. The solvent results in the elastomer having a volume swelling degree of 150% or more and has a relative energy difference (REDCNT) of 1.5 or less.

Abstract: An electrical discharging device electrically connects a shaft of a motor and a housing. A plate portion of the housing has an opening through which the shaft is inserted and expands in a radial direction. A cover member is disposed on the plate portion and covers the electrical discharging device. A seal member is disposed between the shaft and the plate portion in the opening. The through hole is disposed in the plate portion and/or the cover member. The electrical discharging device is accommodated in an accommodation space surrounded by the plate portion and the cover member. The accommodation space is connected to the outside through the through hole.

Abstract: A motor includes an electrical discharging device including a conductive member in contact with a region of the outer surface of a shaft extending in the axial direction along the rotation axis parallel to the horizontal direction. When viewed from the axial direction, the electrical discharging device is disposed on one side and the other side in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction and parallel to the horizontal direction with respect to a contact portion between the shaft and the conductive member, or is disposed on a vertically obliquely upper side with respect to the contact portion. The electrical discharging device is further disposed on one side and the other side in the above-described parallel direction with respect to the rotation axis or is disposed on the vertically obliquely upper side with respect to the rotation axis when viewed from the axial direction.

Abstract: An electrical discharging device electrically connects a shaft of a motor and a housing. A plate portion of the housing has an opening through which the shaft is inserted and expands in a radial direction. A cover member is disposed on the plate portion and covers the electrical discharging device. A seal member is disposed between the shaft and the plate portion in the opening. The through hole is disposed in the plate portion and/or the cover member. The electrical discharging device is accommodated in an accommodation space surrounded by the plate portion and the cover member. The accommodation space is connected to the outside through the through hole.

Abstract: In order to control the occurrence of fault with respect to each of the models belonging to different simulation environments, a simulation device includes: a simulation unit that performs a simulation on a virtual device model of a first device; a simulation unit that performs a simulation on a virtual device model of a second device that performs a process using the first device; and a fault injection control unit that injects faults into the respective virtual device models, based on a scenario list including a scenario that shows the contents and occurrence conditions of the fault with respect to the first device as well as a scenario that shows the contents and occurrence conditions of the fault with respect to the second device.

Abstract: Provided are an arithmetic operation device and a virtual development environment apparatus making it possible to give desirable control including desirable fault injection from a test program to a virtual device model at a desirable timing.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a protein having peptide-synthesizing activity, a DNA encoding the protein, a recombinant DNA containing the DNA, a transformant obtained via transformation with the recombinant DNA, a process for producing a protein having peptide-synthesizing activity using the transformant and the like, a process for producing a peptide using a protein having peptide-synthesizing activity, and a process for producing a peptide using as an enzyme source a culture or the like of a transformant or a microorganism producing a protein having peptide-synthesizing activity are provided.

Abstract: A method for forming dense ceramics, particularly a ceramic coating by a low temperature treatment is provided. The method for forming ceramics according to the invention is characterized in that a polysilazane having a number-average molecular weight of 100 to 50,000 or a modified polysilazane thereof is subjected to a heat treatment, then exposed to an atmosphere containing water vapor or immersed in distilled water containing a catalyst, or both, or is brought into contact with Pd.sup.2+ ions and water, the polysilazane having a skeleton comprising the unit represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a group other than the above and having a carbon atom directly attached to the silicon atom, an alkylsilyl group, an alkylamino group and an alkoxy group; with the proviso that at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom.

Abstract: A method for forming dense ceramics, particularly a ceramic coating by a low temperature treatment is provided. The method for forming ceramics according to the invention is characterized in that a polysilazane having a number-average molecular weight of 100 to 50,000 or a modified polysilazane thereof is subjected to a heat treatment, then exposed to an atmosphere containing water vapor or immersed in distilled water containing a catalyst, or both, or is brought into contact with Pd.sup.2+ ions and water, the polysilazane having a skeleton comprising the unit represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a group other than the above and having a carbon atom directly attached to the silicon atom, an alkylsilyl group, an alkylamino group and an alkoxy group; with the proviso that at least one of R.sub.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom.

Abstract: 1-Butene and isobutene are effectively separated without isomerization of 1-butene by contacting an isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixture with a solid acid catalyst having a solid acid quantity of 0.05 to 0.25 mmol/g of solid acid catalyst, represented by the adsorption quantity of pyridine, thus low-polymerizing selectively isobutene and then separating the low polymers of isobutene from 1-butene.

Abstract: 1-Butane and isobutene are effectively separated without isomerization of 1-butene by contacting an isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixture with a solid acid catalyst having a solid acid quantity of 0.05 to 0.25 mmol/g of solid acid catalyst, represented by the adsorption quantity of pyridine, thus low-polymerizing selectively isobutene and then separating the low polymers of isobutene from 1-butene.