Abstract: The electrochemical device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode mixture layer, the negative electrode mixture layer contains a binding agent and a negative electrode active material reversibly doped with a lithium ion. The negative electrode active material contains non-graphitizable carbon. An average particle size of the binding agent is more than or equal to 140 nm. In a discharged state, a potential of the negative electrode is less than or equal to +0.2 V with respect to a potential of a Li counter electrode.

Abstract: A manufacturing monitoring assistance device includes: a model creation unit creating a computation model when a product as a sample is normal, based on a three-dimensional form acquired from the product; a simulation unit creating a corrective computation model when the product is abnormal, by adding a sample of an abnormal portion in the product to the created computation model, and performing a simulation on each of the computation model and the corrective computation model; and a monitoring method determination unit determining a method for monitoring a manufacturing process for the product, based on an abnormality index being a difference between an output from a sensor as a result of the simulation performed on the computation model and an output from a sensor as a result of the simulation performed on the corrective computation model, and causing an output device to display the determined method and the abnormality index.

Abstract: An electrical switch device applicable, for example, to a lever switch arrangement for use in motor vehicles which is arranged to smoothly change over its functioning state through at least three steps of stepwise movement in each direction in its reciprocating operation.