Abstract: A brake disc includes an annular disc body and fins. The fins are radially disposed on a back surface of the disc body. At least one of the fins have a bolt hole at a central portion of the fin in a radial direction of the disc body. The disc body includes an inner circumferential portion. The inner circumferential portion is positioned inward from the bolt hole in the radial direction. The inner circumferential portion decreases in thickness as the inner circumferential portion extends inward in the radial direction. The fins each include a top surface and a convex portion. The convex portion protrudes inward from an imaginary plane in the radial direction. The imaginary plane passes an end portion of the top surface and an inner circumferential edge of the back surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint method that performs a process of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold, for each of a plurality of shot regions on the substrate, the process including: dispensing the imprint material onto the substrate; moving, to below the mold, the substrate on which the imprint material is dispensed; and supplying, in a moving path of the substrate in the moving, a first gas that promotes filling of the imprint material into a pattern of the mold, wherein in a case where a target shot region to be subjected to the process meets a predetermined condition, supplying a second gas having a lower oxygen concentration than air onto the substrate is additionally executed for the target shot region after the supplying the first gas.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus that performs an imprint process of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold, the apparatus including a control unit configured to control a mold driving unit and a substrate driving unit, and the imprint process including curing the imprint material, and releasing the mold from the cured imprint material, wherein the control unit includes a compensator configured to feedback-control driving of at least one of the mold driving unit and the substrate driving unit such that a positional relationship between the mold and the substrate in the releasing is maintained at a positional relationship between the mold and the substrate in the curing, and makes a gain of the compensator in the releasing smaller than a gain of the compensator in a step of the imprint process other than the releasing.

Abstract: In order to provide an imprint device and the like that can efficiently maintain a concentration of a gas when imprinting is sequentially performed, the imprint device includes: a mold holding unit configured to a mold; a substrate holding unit configured to holding a substrate; a gas supply unit configured to supply a gas to an imprint space between the mold and the substrate; and a control unit configured to control the gas supply unit and an imprinting operation, wherein the control unit is configured to sequentially perform imprinting on a plurality of imprint regions of the substrate, and the control unit is configured to, when a moving direction of the substrate between the imprint regions is changed from a first direction to a second direction, supply a gas to the imprint space in the first direction and the second direction using the gas supply unit during the imprinting operation on the imprint region before the change in the moving direction.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus includes a mold holder for holding a mold, a substrate holder for holding a substrate, a dispenser for arranging imprint material on the substrate, and a scope for capturing an image of a mark. The substrate holder includes a reference plate having a reference mark whose image is captured by the scope, the dispenser is arranged in a first direction when viewed from the mold holder, and the reference plate is arranged between a virtual straight line which is parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction when viewed from the mold holder and passes through a center of the substrate holder, and an edge of the substrate holder located in the first direction when viewed from the virtual straight line.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint method that performs a process of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold, for each of a plurality of shot regions on the substrate, the process including: dispensing the imprint material onto the substrate; moving, to below the mold, the substrate on which the imprint material is dispensed; and supplying, in a moving path of the substrate in the moving, a first gas that promotes filling of the imprint material into a pattern of the mold, wherein in a case where a target shot region to be subjected to the process meets a predetermined condition, supplying a second gas having a lower oxygen concentration than air onto the substrate is additionally executed for the target shot region after the supplying the first gas.

Abstract: There is provided a method for use in molding an imprint material supplied onto a substrate with a mold to form a pattern on the substrate, the method comprising steps of: with respect to each of regions obtained by dividing a region of the mold based on information of a pattern of the mold, obtaining first information of a first arrangement pattern of the imprint material based on information of the pattern of the mold; obtaining second information of a second arrangement pattern of the imprint material based on information of a thickness of a residual layer of the pattern to be formed on the substrate; and obtaining third information of a third arrangement pattern of the imprint material to be arranged on the substrate based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: A DC power supply unit is provided that allows for improving efficiency and reducing harmonic currents. A DC power supply unit includes: a bridge rectification circuit having diodes and MOSFETs; a reactor that is arranged between the AC power supply and the bridge rectifier circuit; a smoothing capacitor that is connected to an output side of the bridge rectifier circuit and smoothes a voltage; and a converter control unit that executes, based on predetermined threshold values, a diode rectification control that uses diodes and parasitic diodes of the MOSFETs, a synchronous rectification control that switches the MOSFETs in synchronization with a polarity of the voltage of the AC power supply, a partial switching control that repeats partially short-circuiting the reactor multiple times in a half cycle of the AC power supply, or a fast switching control that short-circuits the reactor at a predetermined frequency over a full AC cycle.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus includes a mold holder for holding a mold, a substrate holder for holding a substrate, a dispenser for arranging imprint material on the substrate, and a scope for capturing an image of a mark. The substrate holder includes a reference plate having a reference mark whose image is captured by the scope, the dispenser is arranged in a first direction when viewed from the mold holder, and the reference plate is arranged between a virtual straight line which is parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction when viewed from the mold holder and passes through a center of the substrate holder, and an edge of the substrate holder located in the first direction when viewed from the virtual straight line.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern on a substrate by molding an imprint material on the substrate using a mold, comprising a supply unit configured to supply droplets of the imprint material onto the substrate; and a processing unit configured to acquire arrangement patterns of the droplets on the substrate, wherein based on the arrangement pattern corresponding to a first portion of the mold and the arrangement pattern corresponding to a second portion of the mold, the processing unit acquires the arrangement pattern corresponding to a boundary portion between the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: There is provided a method for use in molding an imprint material supplied onto a substrate with a mold to form a pattern on the substrate, the method comprising steps of: with respect to each of regions obtained by dividing a region of the mold based on information of a pattern of the mold, obtaining first information of a first arrangement pattern of the imprint material based on information of the pattern of the mold; obtaining second information of a second arrangement pattern of the imprint material based on information of a thickness of a residual layer of the pattern to be formed on the substrate; and obtaining third information of a third arrangement pattern of the imprint material to be arranged on the substrate based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a sheet processing apparatus includes a stacking unit that stacks a sheet conveyed thereto; a first alignment unit that aligns the sheet or a bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a sheet conveying direction; a second alignment unit that aligns the sheet or the bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction; a pressing unit that presses the bundle of sheets at an end portion thereof on a predetermined one side; and a control unit that causes at least one of the first and second alignment units to execute an alignment operation during a press operation of the sheet or the bundle of sheets performed by the pressing unit.

Abstract: A DC power supply unit is provided that allows for improving efficiency and reducing harmonic currents. A DC power supply unit includes: a bridge rectification circuit having diodes and MOSFETs; a reactor that is arranged between the AC power supply and the bridge rectifier circuit; a smoothing capacitor that is connected to an output side of the bridge rectifier circuit and smoothes a voltage; and a converter control unit that executes, based on predetermined threshold values, a diode rectification control that uses diodes and parasitic diodes of the MOSFETs, a synchronous rectification control that switches the MOSFETs in synchronization with a polarity of the voltage of the AC power supply, a partial switching control that repeats partially short-circuiting the reactor multiple times in a half cycle of the AC power supply, or a fast switching control that short-circuits the reactor at a predetermined frequency over a full AC cycle.

Abstract: A sheet discharging device includes a shift tray 202 on which a sheet P1 is stacked, a discharging roller 6 that discharges a sheet P2 onto the shift tray 202, a blowing device 230 that sends air to a lower surface of the sheet P2 discharged by the discharging roller 6, a blocking member 231 that blocks air sent to the lower surface of the sheet P2 from a blowing port 230-2 of the blowing device 230, and a control unit that controls the blocking amount of the blocking member 231. The blocking amount is determined based upon sheet information including sheet-type information, sheet-size information, and sheet-thickness information, for example.

Abstract: A sheet ejecting device includes: a sheet ejecting unit configured to eject a sheet; a stacking unit on which the sheet that is ejected by the ejecting unit is stacked; an aligning unit configured to align the sheet in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the sheet is ejected; and a blowing unit configured to be provided to the aligning unit and blow a wind toward the ejected sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern on a substrate by molding an imprint material on the substrate using a mold, comprising a supply unit configured to supply droplets of the imprint material onto the substrate; and a processing unit configured to acquire arrangement patterns of the droplets on the substrate, wherein based on the arrangement pattern corresponding to a first portion of the mold and the arrangement pattern corresponding to a second portion of the mold, the processing unit acquires the arrangement pattern corresponding to a boundary portion between the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: A sheet discharging device includes a shift tray 202 on which a sheet P1 is stacked, a discharging roller 6 that discharges a sheet P2 onto the shift tray 202, a blowing device 230 that sends air to a lower surface of the sheet P2 discharged by the discharging roller 6, a blocking member 231 that blocks air sent to the lower surface of the sheet P2 from a blowing port 230-2 of the blowing device 230, and a control unit that controls the blocking amount of the blocking member 231. The blocking amount is determined based upon sheet information including sheet-type information, sheet-size information, and sheet-thickness information, for example.

Abstract: A polymerizable UV-absorbing colorant monomer is provided, which is excellent in stability under alkaline conditions and which is available for a useful material polymer for an intraocular lens. A compound, which is represented by the following general formula (1), is used as a polymerizable UV-absorbing monomer available for a material polymer for an intraocular lens: (in the general formula (1), R1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a sulfonic acid group, or a benzyloxy group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R3 is represented by the following formula (2)): (in the general formula (2), R4 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R5 is a single bond or an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may have a substituent or substituents.

Abstract: A recording medium discharging device includes a discharging unit configured to discharge a recording medium from a discharge port; a tray unit on which the recording medium discharged from the discharging unit is stacked; and an air blower configured to blow air in a direction substantially parallel to a direction in which the recording medium is discharged.

Abstract: A sheet discharging device includes a shift tray 202 on which a sheet P1 is stacked, a discharging roller 6 that discharges a sheet P2 onto the shift tray 202, a blowing device 230 that sends air to a lower surface of the sheet P2 discharged by the discharging roller 6, a blocking member 231 that blocks air sent to the lower surface of the sheet P2 from a blowing port 230-2 of the blowing device 230, and a control unit that controls the blocking amount of the blocking member 231. The blocking amount is determined based upon sheet information including sheet-type information, sheet-size information, and sheet-thickness information, for example.