Abstract: A component-embedded substrate includes: a plurality of insulating layers each including a wiring pattern formed on one surface; an embedded component including a connection terminal; and a plurality of vias that electrically connect the connection terminal to the wiring patterns adjacent to each other in a lamination direction. The plurality of insulating layers is laminated on the connection terminal. Each of the plurality of vias is composed of a via hole formed in the respective insulating layer of the plurality of the insulating layers and a conductive material provided in the via hole. One of the plurality of vias is a connection via directly connected to the connection terminal. Another of the plurality of vias is a first adjacent via adjacent to the connection via in the lamination direction. The first adjacent via is connected to the wiring pattern formed on a surface of a top insulating layer.

Abstract: A recording device includes: a drive source; a driven portion having a driven gear; a drive transmission mechanism having a drive gear driven by the drive source and capable of swing between a first position where the drive gear is engaged with the driven gear and a second position where the drive gear is not engaged with the driven gear; and a regulating mechanism capable of swing between a regulating position where swing of the drive transmission mechanism is regulated and a non-regulating position where the swing of the drive transmission mechanism is not regulated. In the recording device, the regulating mechanism is capable of swing around a rotation axis of the driven gear.

Abstract: An evaluation method including steps of: acquiring profile measurement data on an entire surface in a thickness direction of a mirror-polished wafer; identifying a slice-cutting direction by performing first-order or second-order differentiation on diameter-direction profile measurement data on the wafer to acquire differential profiles at predetermined rotation angles and pitches, and comparing the acquired differential profiles; acquiring x-y grid data by performing first-order or second-order differentiation on profile measurement data at a predetermined pitch in a y-direction at a predetermined interval in an x-direction perpendicular to the y-direction, which is the identified slice-cutting direction; acquiring, from the x-y grid data, a maximum derivative value in an intermediate region including the wafer center in the y-direction and a maximum derivative value in upper-end-side and lower-end-side regions located outside the intermediate region; and judging failure incidence possibility in a device fab

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor heat exchanger. The outdoor heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. A controller performs a heating operation and a heating-defrosting operation, in which one of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger functions as an evaporator, an other one the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger functions as a condenser. When a temperature of the indoor heat exchanger by a temperature detection unit is treated as a first temperature, and a temperature of the indoor heat exchanger by the temperature detection unit is treated as a second temperature, the controller reduces a rotation speed of an indoor fan in a case where the second temperature is lower than the first temperature and where a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature is greater than or equal to a first setting value.

Abstract: A cooling control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to control a cooler. The cooler is configured to cool a battery that is configured to supply electric power to a traveling motor of the electric vehicle. The processor is configured to limit an operation of the cooler when: an outside air temperature outside the electric vehicle is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature; and the electric power of the battery is expected to be equal to or less than a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A relay dehumidifier for a vehicle includes a relay housing, a valve, and a valve processor. The relay housing houses a mechanical relay body, and communicates individually with each of a negative pressure source and an evaporator. The valve is disposed at a first communication pipe. The first communication pipe communicates the negative pressure source and the relay housing with each other. The valve processor is configured to control an opening and closing operation of the valve. The valve processor is configured to close the valve in a normal state, and open the valve when: the negative pressure source generates a negative pressure; and a humidity of an outlet of the evaporator is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

Abstract: When a controller performs a defrosting operation in which frost on an outdoor heat exchanger is caused to be melted, the controller is configured to perform a first defrosting control in which a switching state of a switching device is set to a first state, after the controller performs the first defrosting control, perform a second defrosting control in which the switching state of the switching device is set to a second state, and after the controller performs the second defrosting control, perform a third defrosting control in which the switching state of the switching device is set to the first state.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: a compressor; an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor heat exchanger including first and second outdoor heat exchangers; a bypass flow passage causing a discharge side of the compressor to communicate with the first or second outdoor heat exchanger; a flow control valve at the bypass flow passage; and a controller performing a heating operation in which the first and second outdoor heat exchangers operate as an evaporator and the indoor heat exchanger operates as a condenser and a simultaneous heating and defrosting operation in which part of refrigerant the compressor discharges is supplied to one of the first and second outdoor heat exchangers through the bypass flow passage, the other of the outdoor heat exchangers operates as an evaporator, the indoor heat exchanger operates as a condenser, and an upper limit frequency of the compressor changes to a value higher than in the heating operation.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a printing apparatus, comprising: a carriage on which a printing head is mounted and that can move reciprocally in a first direction; a motor configured to generate driving force; a driving shaft extending in the first direction and driven to rotate by the driving force; a plurality of driving units driven by the driving force transmitted through the driving shaft; a switching unit configured to switch a transmission destination of the driving force in the plurality of driving units in conjunction with the driving shaft; and a contact unit configured to rotate around a rotatably supporting unit so as to be in a contact position in which contact with the carriage is made or a non-contact position in which the contact with the carriage is not made and to move with the carriage in the contact position.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a main circuit in which a compressor, a flow switching device, an indoor heat exchanger, a pressure reducing device, and a plurality of parallel heat exchangers connected in parallel with each other are connected by pipes, a bypass pipe, a flow control device provided to the bypass pipe and configured to adjust a flow rate of refrigerant flowing through the bypass pipe, an evaporating pressure sensor configured to measure an evaporating pressure of the refrigerant, and a controller. The air-conditioning apparatus is configured to operate in a normal heating operation mode and a heating-defrosting operation mode. When an operation associated with the normal heating operation mode is switched to an operation associated with the heating-defrosting operation mode, the controller adjusts an opening degree of the flow control device using the evaporating pressure in the parallel heat exchanger and a driving frequency of the compressor.

Abstract: In an air-conditioning apparatus, a first flow passage selection device and a second flow passage selection device each are a constant-energized-type three-way valve in which a position of a main valve can be fixed in a de-energized state. When the refrigerant circuit is switched to the cooling circuit by a flow switching device, when at least one of the first flow passage selection device and the second flow passage selection device is in a de-energized state, the first flow passage selection device or the second flow passage selection device in the de-energized state is configured to output refrigerant discharged from the compressor and input therein via the flow switching device and the bypass pipe to a corresponding one of an upper-side outdoor heat exchanger and a lower-side outdoor heat exchanger.

Abstract: A component-embedded substrate includes: a plurality of insulating layers each including a wiring pattern formed on one surface; an embedded component including a connection terminal; and a plurality of vias that electrically connect the connection terminal to the wiring patterns adjacent to each other in a lamination direction. The plurality of insulating layers is laminated on the connection terminal. Each of the plurality of vias is composed of a via hole formed in the respective insulating layer of the plurality of the insulating layers and a conductive material provided in the via hole. One of the plurality of vias is a connection via directly connected to the connection terminal. Another of the plurality of vias is a first adjacent via adjacent to the connection via in the lamination direction. The first adjacent via is connected to the wiring pattern formed on a surface of a top insulating layer.

Abstract: A component-embedded substrate includes: insulating layers each including a wiring pattern; an embedded component including a connection terminal; a plurality of vias that electrically connect the connection terminal to the wiring patterns adjacent to each other in a lamination direction. Each of the vias is composed of a via hole in the insulating layer and a conductive material in the via hole. One of the vias is a connection via connected to the connection terminal, and another of the vias is an adjacent via adjacent to the connection via in the lamination direction. The connection via and adjacent via overlap in a plan view. S1/A1?0.61 and S1/A2?0.61 are satisfied, where A1 is an average cross-sectional area of the connection via, A2 is an average cross-sectional area of the adjacent via, and S1 is an overlapping area of the connection via and adjacent via in the plan view.

Abstract: The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit, a controller to control the refrigerant circuit, a bypass flow path, and a flow control valve. The bypass flow path communicates between the discharge side of the compressor and the first outdoor heat exchanger or between the discharge side of the compressor and the second outdoor heat exchanger. The flow control valve is provided to the bypass flow path. The refrigerant circuit is configured to be able to perform a heating defrosting simultaneous operation. The heating defrosting simultaneous operation is an operation of supplying part of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to one of the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger via the bypass flow path, causing the other of the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger to serve as an evaporator, and causing the indoor heat exchanger to serve as a condenser.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a lamp housing having an inner space and a welding surface, and a cover that covers the inner space and is joined to the lamp housing by laser welding to be disposed adjacent to another vehicle lamp. The cover includes a design surface portion and a welding leg. An end portion of the outer peripheral portion of the design surface portion on another vehicle lamp side is provided as an adjacent side end portion. The welding leg includes a facing surface portion that protrudes from the adjacent side end portion and faces the other vehicle lamp. The facing surface portion is provided at a position extending from an upper end portion to a lower end portion of the adjacent side end portion.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a four-way valve, a first three-way valve and a second three-way valve each having a closed port, a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve, a first outdoor heat exchanger, a second outdoor heat exchanger, a bypass expansion valve, a check valve, a discharge temperature sensor, an indoor pipe temperature sensor, an indoor temperature sensor, a current sensor, and a controller configured to detect switching failure at the four-way valve, the first three-way valve, and the second three-way valve. The controller is configured to detect switching failure at the four-way valve, the first three-way valve, or the second three-way valve by using the temperatures measured by the discharge temperature sensor, the indoor pipe temperature sensor, and the indoor temperature sensor and the current in consideration of an operation status.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor heat exchanger. The outdoor heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. A controller performs a heating operation and a heating-defrosting operation, in which one of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger functions as an evaporator, an other one the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger functions as a condenser. When a temperature of the indoor heat exchanger by a temperature detection unit is treated as a first temperature, and a temperature of the indoor heat exchanger by the temperature detection unit is treated as a second temperature, the controller reduces a rotation speed of an indoor fan in a case where the second temperature is lower than the first temperature and where a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature is greater than or equal to a first setting value.

Abstract: In an air-conditioning, first flow passage selection device and a second flow passage selection device each are a constant-energized-type three-way valve in which a position of a main valve can be fixed in a de-energized state. When the refrigerant circuit is switched to the cooling circuit by a flow switching device, when at least one of the first flow passage selection device and the second flow passage selection device is in a de-energized state, the first flow passage selection device or the second flow passage selection device in the de-energized state is configured to output refrigerant discharged from the compressor and input therein via the flow switching device and the bypass pipe to a corresponding one of an upper-side outdoor heat exchanger and a lower-side outdoor heat exchanger.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: a compressor; an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor heat exchanger including first and second outdoor heat exchangers; a bypass flow passage causing a discharge side of the compressor to communicate with the first or second outdoor heat exchanger; a flow control valve at the bypass flow passage; and a controller performing a heating operation in which the first and second outdoor heat exchangers operate as an evaporator and the indoor heat exchanger operates as a condenser and a simultaneous heating and defrosting operation in which part of refrigerant the compressor discharges is supplied to one of the first and second outdoor heat exchangers through the bypass flow passage, the other of the outdoor heat exchangers operates as an evaporator, the indoor heat exchanger operates as a condenser, and an upper limit frequency of the compressor changes to a value higher than in the heating operation.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a first flow switch valve including first to fourth ports, a second flow switch valve and a third flow switch valve each including fifth to seventh ports, a compressor, a discharge pipe connecting a discharge port of the compressor and the first port, a first high pressure pipe connecting between the discharge pipe and the fifth ports, a bypass expansion valve provided at a part of the first high pressure pipe, the part extending, a first outdoor heat exchanger connected to the seventh port of the second flow switch valve, a second outdoor heat exchanger connected to the seventh port of the third flow switch valve, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a differential pressure ensuring process, when switching the second flow switch valve or the third flow switch valve.