Abstract: An antibacterial twisted yarn including a first fiber and a second fiber having a shorter length than the first fiber and twisted together with the first fiber, wherein at least one of the first fiber and the second fiber includes a piezoelectric fiber that generates a charge by application of external energy.

Abstract: A torque ripple and a position error caused by an offset error of the current sensor affects an electrical angle frequency of a motor. In an apparatus of the present disclosure, a computation device executes a power spectrum computing process when a three-phase alternating current motor is at a constant speed, and a value obtained by subtracting a position command value from a position detected by a position detector is fast Fourier transformed, to compute a power spectrum of a position error signal at the electrical angle frequency. Then, the computation device executes an offset correction computing process, to evaluate the power spectrum and to update an offset correction amount. By repeatedly executing these processes when the three-phase alternating current motor is driven at a constant speed, the torque ripple and position error caused by the offset error are reduced.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes: an insulating substrate having a circuit pattern; a semiconductor device provided on the circuit pattern; a case surrounding the semiconductor device on the insulating substrate; an external terminal electrically connecting inside and outside of the case; an inner wire electrically connecting the circuit pattern or the semiconductor device with an inner end portion of the external terminal; a sealing resin sealing the semiconductor device and the inner wire inside the case; and a lid covering an upper surface of the sealing resin, wherein the inner wire includes a fusion portion that fuses when excessive current flows, and the lid includes a scattering prevention part covering the fusion portion while securing a gap between the scattering prevention part and the upper surface of the sealing resin, and is fixed to the upper surface of the sealing resin in a region other than the scattering prevention part.

Abstract: A torque ripple and a position error caused by an offset error of the current sensor affects an electrical angle frequency of a motor. In an apparatus of the present disclosure, a computation device executes a power spectrum computing process when a three-phase alternating current motor is at a constant speed, and a value obtained by subtracting a position command value from a position detected by a position detector is fast Fourier transformed, to compute a power spectrum of a position error signal at the electrical angle frequency. Then, the computation device executes an offset correction computing process, to evaluate the power spectrum and to update an offset correction amount. By repeatedly executing these processes when the three-phase alternating current motor is driven at a constant speed, the torque ripple and position error caused by the offset error are reduced.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes: an insulating substrate having a circuit pattern; a semiconductor device provided on the circuit pattern; a case surrounding the semiconductor device on the insulating substrate; an external terminal electrically connecting inside and outside of the case; an inner wire electrically connecting the circuit pattern or the semiconductor device with an inner end portion of the external terminal; a sealing resin sealing the semiconductor device and the inner wire inside the case; and a lid covering an upper surface of the sealing resin, wherein the inner wire includes a fusion portion that fuses when excessive current flows, and the lid includes a scattering prevention part covering the fusion portion while securing a gap between the scattering prevention part and the upper surface of the sealing resin, and is fixed to the upper surface of the sealing resin in a region other than the scattering prevention part.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor switching element having a first gate pad, a plurality of first emitter pads, and a first collector pad, a first wire for connecting adjacent pads out of the plurality of first emitter pads, a first output wire for connecting one of the plurality of first emitter pads to an output, a first controller for applying a gate voltage to the first gate pad, a first emitter wire that is directly connected to a first extraction pad which is any one pad of the plurality of first emitter pads, and is connected to the first controller to give a ground potential of the first controller, and a second semiconductor switching element having a second gate pad, a second emitter pad and a second collector pad connected to the output.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor switching element having a first gate pad, a plurality of first emitter pads, and a first collector pad, a first wire for connecting adjacent pads out of the plurality of first emitter pads, a first output wire for connecting one of the plurality of first emitter pads to an output, a first controller for applying a gate voltage to the first gate pad, a first emitter wire that is directly connected to a first extraction pad which is any one pad of the plurality of first emitter pads, and is connected to the first controller to give a ground potential of the first controller, and a second semiconductor switching element having a second gate pad, a second emitter pad and a second collector pad connected to the output.

Abstract: A high-side switching element is provided between a main output terminal having an intermediate potential and a high-side terminal. A signal transmission circuit includes a first point, a second point, a signal switching element, and a diode. The intermediate potential is applied to the first point. A referred potential between the low-side potential and the high-side potential is applied to the second point. The signal switching element has a first end connected to the first point and a second end, and is switched in accordance with a conversion signal. The diode is provided between the second point and the second end of the signal switching element and has a direction with which a forward current can flow by a voltage between the first point and the second point in a case where the intermediate potential is the low-side potential.

Abstract: An electromagnetic rebound mechanism unit and a magnetic latch unit are fixedly installed between a switchgear and a spring drive unit by virtue of a rebound fixing member and a fixing yoke. The electromagnetic rebound mechanism unit includes a rebound coil fixedly secured to the rebound fixing member, a reinforcing plate fixedly secured to a movable shaft and a rebound ring fixedly secured to the reinforcing plate. The magnetic latch unit includes a permanent magnet fixedly secured to the rebound fixing member, a latch ring fixedly secured to the permanent magnet and a movable yoke fixedly secured to the movable shaft. The spring drive unit includes a support frame, a spring retaining plate, a circuit-opening spring, a damper unit, and first and second electromagnetic solenoids.

Abstract: A hydrophilic coating agent for use in the formation of a coating film that can keep hydrophilicity, an anti-fogging property and an anti-fogging effect thereof and has water resistance, the coating agent including an alkoxysilyl-group-containing compound, a film which has an anti-fogging property and can be produced by shaping the hydrophilic coating agent into a film-like form; and a product which has an anti-fogging layer formed on the surface thereof, wherein the anti-fogging layer is formed from the hydrophilic coating agent.

Abstract: A semiconductor module has a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal, a third electrode terminal, a fourth electrode terminal, a fifth electrode terminal, and a sixth electrode terminal. The first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal are arranged along a first direction. The third electrode terminal, the fourth electrode terminal, the fifth electrode terminal, and the sixth electrode terminal are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first electrode terminal is arranged at a position where the first direction intersects with the second direction. The fourth electrode terminal, the fifth electrode terminal, and the sixth electrode terminal are AC output terminals or AC input terminals. The first electrode terminal is one of an anode terminal and a cathode terminal. At least one of the second electrode terminal and the third electrode terminal is the other of the anode terminal and the cathode terminal.

Abstract: An electromagnetic rebound mechanism unit and a magnetic latch unit are fixedly installed between a switchgear and a spring drive unit by virtue of a rebound fixing member and a fixing yoke. The electromagnetic rebound mechanism unit includes a rebound coil fixedly secured to the rebound fixing member, a reinforcing plate fixedly secured to a movable shaft and a rebound ring fixedly secured to the reinforcing plate. The magnetic latch unit includes a permanent magnet fixedly secured to the rebound fixing member, a latch ring fixedly secured to the permanent magnet and a movable yoke fixedly secured to the movable shaft. The spring drive unit includes a support frame, a spring retaining plate, a circuit-opening spring, a damper unit, and first and second electromagnetic solenoids.

Abstract: A switch includes: a hermetic vessel filled with an insulating medium; an insulating spacer dividing the hermetic vessel into a first heretic space and second heretic space; an electrode fixedly penetrating through the insulating spacer; and a first circuit breaker part inserted between a first conductor and the electrode in the first hermetic space and serially connecting a second conductor in the second heretic space in a closed state, and having a first contact including the electrode and a first driver driving the first contact. The first circuit breaker part is a vacuum circuit breaker having the first contact housed in a vacuum vessel and a second circuit breaker part having the second contact larger in dielectric strength than in the vacuum circuit breaker. In an interrupting operation from the closed state, the first contact and the second contact are opened, and the first contact is closed when or after the second contact is opened.

Abstract: A switch includes: a second conductor; a second movable electrode provided in a second hermetic space so as to be movable in a first direction in which it parts from the fixed electrode and in a second direction opposite the first direction; an opposed electrode slidably provided in the fixed electrode to face the second movable electrode so as to open from and be in contact with the second movable electrode in an open state and a closed state respectively; a second driver which generates a driving force and moves the second movable electrode in the first direction when performing an opening operation; and a driving force transmitting mechanism which moves the opposed electrode in the second direction by converting a direction of the driving force for moving the second direction opposite the moving direction of the second movable electrode when the second driver generates the driving force for moving the second movable electrode in the first direction.

Abstract: A hydrophilic coating agent for use in the formation of a coating film that can keep hydrophilicity, an anti-fogging property and an anti-fogging effect thereof and has water resistance, the coating agent including an alkoxysilyl-group-containing compound, a film which has an anti-fogging property and can be produced by shaping the hydrophilic coating agent into a film-like form; and a product which has an anti-fogging layer formed on the surface thereof, wherein the anti-fogging layer is formed from the hydrophilic coating agent.

Abstract: A switch includes: a second conductor; a second movable electrode provided in a second hermetic space so as to be movable in a first direction in which it parts from the fixed electrode and in a second direction opposite the first direction; an opposed electrode slidably provided in the fixed electrode to face the second movable electrode so as to open from and be in contact with the second movable electrode in an open state and a closed state respectively; a second driver which generates a driving force and moves the second movable electrode in the first direction when performing an opening operation; and a driving force transmitting mechanism which moves the opposed electrode in the second direction by converting a direction of the driving force for moving the second direction opposite the moving direction of the second movable electrode when the second driver generates the driving force for moving the second movable electrode in the first direction.

Abstract: A switch includes: a hermetic vessel filled with an insulating medium; an insulating spacer dividing the hermetic vessel into a first heretic space and second heretic space; an electrode fixedly penetrating through the insulating spacer; and a first circuit breaker part inserted between a first conductor and the electrode in the first hermetic space and serially connecting a second conductor in the second heretic space in a closed state, and having a first contact including the electrode and a first driver driving the first contact. The first circuit breaker part is a vacuum circuit breaker having the first contact housed in a vacuum vessel and a second circuit breaker part having the second contact larger in dielectric strength than in the vacuum circuit breaker. In an interrupting operation from the closed state, the first contact and the second contact are opened, and the first contact is closed when or after the second contact is opened.

Abstract: An antistatic coat of the present invention coats a surface of a base body so as to prevent accumulation of electric charges in the base body, the antistatic coat having a multi-layers structure comprising at least one antistatic layer, and the antistatic layer being disposed between the base body and an outermost surface layer of the antistatic coat. On the back surface side of a thermal transfer sheet, there is formed a heat resistant slip layer through an antistatic layer, or a heat resistant slip layer containing a conductive material. Sulfonated polyaniline, a conductive carbon black having primary particle size of up to 40 nm and specific surface of at least 130 m2/g, and a conductive carbon black having an oil absorption of at least 75 ml/100 g are favorable conductive material.