Abstract: There is provided a gas analyzer apparatus including: a sample chamber which is equipped with a dielectric wall structure and into which only sample gas to be measured is introduced; a plasma generation mechanism that generates plasma inside the sample chamber, which has been depressurized, using an electric field and/or a magnetic field applied through the dielectric wall structure; and an analyzer unit that analyzes the sample gas via the generated plasma. By doing so, it is possible to provide a gas analyzer apparatus capable of accurately analyzing sample gases, even those including corrosive gas, over a long period of time.

Abstract: A switching device, for example, includes a P-type semiconductor substrate configured to be fed with a ground voltage, a switching element connected between an application terminal for a supply voltage and an application terminal for an output voltage, a driver configured to turn on and off the switching element, and an active clamp circuit configured to control the switching element so as to keep the output voltage at an off transition of the switching element equal to or higher than a lower limit voltage lower than the ground voltage by an active clamp voltage.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cell block includes memory cells and select transistors. The memory cells correspond are connected in parallel between a local source line and a local bit line. The select transistor is connected between the local bit line and a bit line. The memory cell includes a cell transistor and a resistance change element. A gate of the cell transistor is connected to a word line. The resistance change element is connected to the cell transistor in series between the local source line and the local bit line. Each cell block is configured as a columnar structure penetrating a plurality of conductive films functioning as word lines. The select transistor and the local bit line are connected at a contact portion formed of a material different from a material of the local bit line.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for an electrochemical device that can stably disperse a conductive carbon material and that can cause an electrochemical device to display excellent output characteristics and high-voltage cycle characteristics. The binder composition for an electrochemical device contains a polymer including a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit and a group 13 element and satisfies a relationship formula: 0.1?M/I?150 (in the formula, I is the iodine value [g/100 g] of the polymer and M is the concentration [ppm] of the group 13 element).

Abstract: A heat transfer suppression sheet for a battery pack, the heat transfer suppression sheet being used in a battery pack in which battery cells are connected in series or in parallel, and being interposed between the battery cells, the heat transfer suppression sheet containing a heat-insulating material containing at least one of inorganic particles or inorganic fibers, and a covering material covering at least a part of the heat-insulating material, in which a gap is formed between the heat-insulating material and the covering material.

Abstract: A drain wire correcting device 10 includes: a retention device 20 configured to retain a sheathed portion 1a of a multi-core cable 1; gripping members 41, 42 configured to grip a drain wire 2 on an axis Ax; a moving device 60 configured to move at least one of the multi-core cable 1 and the gripping members 41, 42 along the axis Ax; and a rotating device 70 configured to rotate at least one of the multi-core cable 1 and the gripping members 41, 42 around the axis Ax. The drain wire correcting device 10 executes a squeeze control of moving the gripping members 41, 42 along the axis Ax while the gripping members 41, 42 are in contact with the drain wire 2, thereby squeezing the drain wire 2 toward a distal end side, and executes, after the squeeze control, a rotation control causing the gripping members 41, 42 to grip the drain wire 2 with a gripping force increased from that in the squeeze control and rotating the gripping members 41, 42 around the axis Ax.

Abstract: A gas analyzing apparatus includes: an ionization device that generates an ion flow of a sample gas; an analyzer that analyzes the ion flow supplied from the ionization device; a first ion path that non-linearly guides the ion flow from the ionization device to an inlet of the analyzer; and a blocking device for intermittently blocking and releasing, using an electric field or a magnetic field, the ion flow on at least part of a path of the ion flow through the first ion path to a mass filter of the analyzer. It is possible to perform measurement in a state where the ion flow is blocked and measurement in a state where the ion flow is not blocked.

Abstract: A heat transfer suppression sheet for a battery pack, the heat transfer suppression sheet being used in a battery pack in which battery cells are connected in series or in parallel and being interposed between the battery cells, the heat transfer suppression sheet containing: a heat-insulating material containing at least one of inorganic particles or inorganic fibers; and a covering material covering at least a part of the heat-insulating material, in which a sealed gap is formed between the heat-insulating material and the covering material, and the covering material is configured such that a communication opening that allows the gap to communicate with the outside of the covering material is formed at a temperature of 60° C. or more.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element includes a p-type thermoelectric converter, an n-type thermoelectric converter, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. One end of the p-type converter is electrically connected to one end of the n-type converter. The other end of the p-type converter is electrically connected to the second electrode, and the other end of the n-type converter is electrically connected to the third electrode. The p-type converter includes a first phononic crystal layer having a first phononic crystal structure including regularly arranged first through holes. The n-type converter includes a second phononic crystal layer having a second phononic crystal structure including regularly arranged second through holes. The through direction of the first through holes is a direction extending between the ends of the p-type converter. The through direction of the second through holes is a direction extending between the ends of the n-type converter.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer provided over the support substrate, comb-shaped electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric layer, each of the comb-shaped electrodes including electrode fingers exciting an acoustic wave, a temperature compensation film interposed between the support substrate and the piezoelectric layer and having a temperature coefficient of an elastic constant opposite in sign to that of the piezoelectric layer, a boundary layer interposed between the support substrate and the temperature compensation film, an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating through the boundary layer being higher than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating through the temperature compensation film and being lower than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating through the support substrate, and an intermediate layer interposed between the support substrate and the boundary layer and having a Q factor less than a Q factor of the boundary layer.

Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrochemical device having reduced direct current resistance at low temperature and excellent high-temperature storage characteristics. The electrochemical device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode mixed material layer containing a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder for a positive electrode. The binder for a positive electrode includes a polymer A that includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit. The electrolyte solution contains a non-halogenated carbonate solvent and an ester solvent indicated by formula (I): R1—C(?O)—O—R2. In formula (I), R1 and R2 each represent, independently of each other, a chain alkyl group having a carbon number of 2 or more.

Abstract: In order both to accommodate instantaneous current as well as overcurrent protection in accordance with the load, an overcurrent protection circuit has: a threshold value generation unit that, in accordance with a threshold value control signal, switches between setting an overcurrent detection threshold value to a first set value (? Iref) and a second set value (? Iset) lower than the first set value; an overcurrent detection unit that compares a sense signal in accordance with the current being monitored and the overcurrent detection value and generates an overcurrent protection signal; a reference value generation unit that generates a reference value (? Iset) in accordance with the seconds set value; a comparison unit that compares the sense signal and the reference value, and generates a comparison signal; and a threshold value control unit that monitors the comparison signal, and generates a threshold value control signal.

Abstract: An overcurrent protection circuit includes a current control part configured to control conductance of a transistor so as to limit an output current flowing when the transistor is turned on to a predetermined upper limit or less, and a duty control part configured to forcibly turning on/off the transistor at a predetermined duty ratio when a temperature protection circuit detects a temperature abnormality in a state where the current control part limits the output current.

Abstract: A paste for an electrochemical device contains a conductive material, a polymer A, and a dispersion medium. The conductive material includes a fibrous conductive material and is contained in the paste in a proportion of more than 2 mass %. The polymer A includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit and has a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.) of not less than 70 and not more than 150. The paste contains the polymer A in a proportion of more than 50 parts by mass and not more than 200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the conductive material.

Abstract: A slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode comprises: a binder composition for a secondary battery, an electrode active material; and a conductive material. The binder composition for a secondary battery comprises: a polymer including a nitrile group-containing monomer unit, an aromatic vinyl monomer unit, and a linear alkylene structural unit; and a solvent. The polymer has a viscosity of not less than 10 mPa·s and not more than 400 mPa·s as an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solution of 8 mass % in concentration.

Abstract: An electrode for an electrochemical device having excellent flexibility includes an electrode mixed material layer that contains an electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder. The conductive material includes a fibrous conductive material. The proportional content of the fibrous conductive material in the electrode mixed material layer is not less than 0.3 mass % and not more than 1.5 mass %. The binder includes a polymer A that includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit and that has a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.) of not less than 70 and not more than 150. The polymer A is contained in the electrode mixed material layer in a proportion of not less than 50 parts by mass and not more than 200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the fibrous conductive material.

Abstract: A vehicle has a vehicle body provided with a pair of rockers, the rockers each being provided on one side of a floor panel in a right-left direction and on another side of the floor panel in the right-left direction. The vehicle has a battery pack that is disposed below the floor panel, and that stores electric power to be supplied to a traveling motor. The vehicle has a pair of fixing members, the fixing members each being disposed on one side of the battery pack in the right-left direction and another side of the battery pack in the right-left direction, that is configured to fix the battery pack to the rockers. The vehicle has an elastic member disposed between the battery pack and the fixing members. The elastic member is disposed in a state compressed by the battery pack and the fixing members.

Abstract: A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes a monocular distance calculator, a relaxation distance calculator, and an updated distance calculator. The monocular distance calculator calculates a monocular distance of a three-dimensional object from a luminance image generated by an imaging unit. The relaxation distance calculator calculates a relaxation distance of the three-dimensional object from two luminance images generated by two imaging units based on a degree of image matching between the two luminance images determined using a threshold more lenient than another threshold used to determine the degree of image matching to generate a stereo distance of the three-dimensional object. The updated distance calculator calculates an updated distance of the three-dimensional object by mixing the monocular distance and the relaxation distance at a predetermined ratio.

Abstract: In order both to accommodate instantaneous current as well as overcurrent protection in accordance with the load, an overcurrent protection circuit has: a threshold value generation unit that, in accordance with a threshold value control signal, switches between setting an overcurrent detection threshold value to a first set value (? Iref) and a second set value (? Iset) lower than the first set value; an overcurrent detection unit that compares a sense signal in accordance with the current being monitored and the overcurrent detection value and generates an overcurrent protection signal; a reference value generation unit that generates a reference value (? Iset) in accordance with the seconds set value; a comparison unit that compares the sense signal and the reference value, and generates a comparison signal; and a threshold value control unit that monitors the comparison signal, and generates a threshold value control signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure presents a A vehicle framework structure, which structure comprises: a front frame member that configures forms a part of a vehicle framework of at a vehicle front section of a vehicle; a rear frame member that configures forms a part of a the framework of at a vehicle rear section of the vehicle; an intermediate frame member that configures forms a part of a the framework of at a vehicle intermediate section of the vehicle, and that includes a framework member the intermediate frame member is disposed between the front frame member and the rear frame member, and having has a length direction in a vehicle front-rear direction; and a coupling section that includes a first configuration coupling member attached to the framework member of the intermediate frame member so as to be continuous with the framework member extend in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a second configuration coupling member attached to the first configuration coupling member so as to be continuous with the first