Abstract: There is provided a liquid supply apparatus eliminating the need for a power supply, having relatively light weight and small footprint, and ensuring a stable liquid supply. The liquid supply apparatus includes a first support member, a second support member, a balloon having one end supported by the first support member and the other end supported by the second support member, and a casing having a constant longitudinal length. The balloon is disposed in the casing and is configured so as to be able to hold a liquid therein and discharge the liquid therefrom. When the balloon holds the liquid, the one end and the other end of the balloon are positioned in the case.

Abstract: An optical laminate structure including first and second layers each having a bonding face, at least one step on at least one of the bonding faces, a retarder layer between the first and second layers, and first and second adhesive layers. The first layer may cause outgassing. The retarder layer has first and second bonding faces facing the first and second layers, respectively. The first adhesive layer bonds together the bonding face of the first layer and the first bonding face of the retarder layer and has such hardness that suppresses the outgassing at an interface between the first layer and the first adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer bonds together the bonding face of the second layer and the second bonding face of the retarder layer, is more flexible than the first adhesive layer, and has such hardness as to get distorted by the step and thereby absorb height of the step.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical component including a resin part having translucency and a phase plate. The phase plate is configured to be disposed on an emitting direction side of a display part capable of emitting linearly polarized light. The resin part is uncontrolled in terms of phase difference. The phase plate is configured to be disposed between the display part and the resin part. The phase plate has three to five times as large retardation as the resin part.

Abstract: A vehicular breaking force control system includes: a plurality of actuators capable of generating a braking force for a vehicle; a coasting state detection unit configured to detect that a coasting state has been established; a target braking force calculation unit configured to calculate a target braking force on the basis of a state of the vehicle when the coasting state detection unit detects that the coasting state has been established; and a braking force distribution control unit configured to determine a distribution braking force that is a braking force to be caused to be generated by each actuator, such that the distribution braking force is equal to or less than a braking force generable by the actuator and a sum of the distribution braking forces is equal to the target braking force, and to perform control of causing each actuator to generate the distribution braking force.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical component including a resin part having translucency and a phase plate. The phase plate is configured to be disposed on an emitting direction side of a display part capable of emitting linearly polarized light. The resin part is uncontrolled in terms of phase difference. The phase plate is configured to be disposed between the display part and the resin part. The phase plate has three to five times as large retardation as the resin part.

Abstract: An optical component including a resin part having translucency and a phase plate. The phase plate is configured to be disposed on an emitting direction side of a display part capable of emitting linearly polarized light. The resin part is uncontrolled in terms of phase difference. The phase plate is configured to be disposed between the display part and the resin part. The phase plate has three to five times as large retardation as the resin part.

Abstract: A bladder urodynamic measurement apparatus is provided, which can measure and record pressure inside a bladder continuously for a short time period to a long time period. A bladder urodynamic measurement apparatus 10 according to the present invention includes a pressure sensor 20 configured to measure a value of pressure that is applied to an inside of a urinary catheter 50 by urine in a bladder 55, and a recording device 30 configured to record a pressure value measured by the pressure sensor 20.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes, in addition to a first switching circuit with which a data system signal line between a plurality of semiconductor memory portions and a memory controller is branched, a second switching circuit with which a non-data system signal line between the plurality of semiconductor memory portions and the memory controller is branched, and the first and second switching circuits share a switching signal line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film composed of a carbon-containing silicon oxide formed by CVD using, as the raw material, an organosilicon compound having a secondary hydrocarbon group directly bonded to at least one silicon atom and having an atomic ratio of 0.5 or less oxygen atom with respect to 1 silicon atom, which is used as a sealing film for a gas barrier equipment and materials, an FPD device, a semiconductor device and the like.

Abstract: An optical laminate structure including first and second layers each having a bonding face, at least one step on at least one of the bonding faces, a retarder layer between the first and second layers, and first and second adhesive layers. The first layer may cause outgassing. The retarder layer has first and second bonding faces facing the first and second layers, respectively. The first adhesive layer bonds together the bonding face of the first layer and the first bonding face of the retarder layer and has such hardness that suppresses the outgassing at an interface between the first layer and the first adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer bonds together the bonding face of the second layer and the second bonding face of the retarder layer, is more flexible than the first adhesive layer, and has such hardness as to get distorted by the step and thereby absorb height of the step.

Abstract: A purpose is to enable partial replacement of an indwelling urethral catheter. A unit for a balloon catheter according to the present invention includes a urethral catheter tube (13) provided with a first urethral catheterization passage (14), a branch tube (11) provided with a first passage (12) adapted to allow passage of a liquid used to inflate or deflate a balloon (54), and a connecting tube (30) configured to be connected at one end to the first urethral catheterization passage (14) or the first passage (12).

Abstract: There is provided a liquid supply apparatus eliminating the need for a power supply, having relatively light weight and small footprint, and ensuring a stable liquid supply. The liquid supply apparatus includes a first support member, a second support member, a balloon having one end supported by the first support member and the other end supported by the second support member, and a casing having a constant longitudinal length. The balloon is disposed in the casing and is configured so as to be able to hold a liquid therein and discharge the liquid therefrom. When the balloon holds the liquid, the one end and the other end of the balloon are positioned in the case.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes, in addition to a first switching circuit with which a data system signal line between a plurality of semiconductor memory portions and a memory controller is branched, a second switching circuit with which a non-data system signal line between the plurality of semiconductor memory portions and the memory controller is branched, and the first and second switching circuits share a switching signal line.

Abstract: A control device of an engine including an exhaust gas turbocharger having an exhaust driven turbine with a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel includes an electronic control unit configured to set a target output torque based on a required value of an output torque for the engine, regulate the output torque of the engine to the target output torque, and limit an increase of an actual output torque of the engine from a timing at which a rate of increase of the actual output torque exceeds a predetermined value, when the target output torque is larger by at least a predetermined amount than the actual output torque and the rate of increase of the actual output torque is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.

Abstract: A system/method for shift restraint control and controlling a transmission input speed or an engine output speed. An automobile may include an acceleration input, a throttle unit, an engine, a torque converter, a transmission, and an electronic control unit (ECU), and a plurality of sensors. The ECU may reduce inertia loss, engine noise, and non-linear acceleration feeling by controlling the engine speed or transmission input speed in an initial shift mode, an inertia hold mode, a return mode, and/or a second shift mode. Drive force is maintained with throttle compensation, and fuel economy is maintained or improved due to the reduction in inertia loss. The ECU may limit an initial downshift using a maximum guard value and subsequently control a rate of increase of the transmission input speed or engine output speed using increments until a target is reached or a cancel condition is met.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film composed of a carbon-containing silicon oxide formed by CVD using, as the raw material, an organosilicon compound having a secondary hydrocarbon group directly bonded to at least one silicon atom and having an atomic ratio of 0.5 or less oxygen atom with respect to 1 silicon atom, which is used as a sealing film for a gas barrier equipment and materials, an FPD device, a semiconductor device and the like.

Abstract: A current perception threshold examination apparatus capable of realizing increased efficiency and reduction in a burden on an examinee is provided. In the current perception threshold examination apparatus that controls supply of a current from a power supply to electrodes of a catheter for diagnosis of interstitial cystitis, the current perception threshold examination apparatus has a direct current generating unit for generating a direct current on the basis of an instruction of a control unit, and a direct current resistance measuring unit that measures an electric resistance value of a diagnosis site on the basis of the direct current which is supplied to the electrodes.

Abstract: A control device of an engine including an exhaust gas turbocharger having an exhaust driven turbine with a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel includes an electronic control unit configured to set a target output torque based on a required value of an output torque for the engine, regulate the output torque of the engine to the target output torque, and limit an increase of an actual output torque of the engine from a timing at which a rate of increase of the actual output torque exceeds a predetermined value, when the target output torque is larger by at least a predetermined amount than the actual output torque and the rate of increase of the actual output torque is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.