Abstract: A solid-state battery including a solid-state battery laminate that includes at least one battery constituent unit including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer along a lamination direction, and defining: an overlapping part in which the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer overlap each other in the lamination direction, and a non-overlapping part in which the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer do not overlap each other in the lamination direction. At least one main surface having a normal in the lamination direction has a recess overlapping the overlapping part and defines a step between the overlapping part and the non-overlapping part or in the non-overlapping part.

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle is provided which is capable of minimizing excessive depression in a region of a sheet-shaped elastic material corresponding to an occupant's buttocks while reducing components in a seat cushion employing a sheet-shaped elastic material. The seat cushion of the vehicle seat includes: a cushion pad; a left side frame; a right side frame; a front frame disposed between a front portion of the right side frame and a front portion of the left side frame; a rear frame disposed between a rear portion of the right side frame and a rear portion of the left side frame; and a sheet-shaped elastic material disposed between the front frame and the rear frame to support the cushion pad from below. The sheet-shaped elastic material includes a rigid reinforcement portion to minimize an amount of stretch of the sheet-shaped elastic material in a front-rear direction.

Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a lower travel body, an upper swivel body, a cooling unit, and first and second exterior members. The cooling unit includes a first cooling device disposed facing the first exterior member, and a second cooling device disposed on a side of the first cooling device towards the second exterior member and in midway in an air channel between the second exterior device and a cooling fan. The second cooling device extends in a direction intersecting a direction in which the first cooling device extends. The first and second exterior members have first and second openings in portions that overlap the first and second cooling devices in a height direction, respectively. A lower edge of one of the first opening and the second opening disposed at a higher position is positioned higher than an upper edge of the other of the first opening and the second opening.

Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a lower travel body, an upper swivel body, a cooling unit, and first and second exterior members. The cooling unit includes a first cooling device disposed facing the first exterior member, and a second cooling device disposed on a side of the first cooling device towards the second exterior member and in midway in an air channel between the second exterior device and a cooling fan. The second cooling device extends in a direction intersecting a direction in which the first cooling device extends. The first and second exterior members have first and second openings in portions that overlap the first and second cooling devices in a height direction, respectively. A lower edge of one of the first opening and the second opening disposed at a higher position is positioned higher than an upper edge of the other of the first opening and the second opening.

Abstract: Provided is a method including the steps of: cooling exhaust gas to a given temperature by use of cold energy of liquefied natural gas; spraying water in a minute-ice generator having been cooled to a given temperature by use of the cold energy of the liquefied natural gas to generate minute ice; and introducing the minute ice and the cooled exhaust gas into a gas hydrate generator so as to cause the minute ice and carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas to react with each other in the gas hydrate generator, thereby generating carbon dioxide hydrate.

Abstract: A vane driving device includes: a board having an opening; a blade changing an area of the opening, having a cam slot, and being elastically deformable; and a drive member transmitting a drive force from a drive source to the blade, and having a drive pin engaging the cam slot. The drive member is stopped by contacting the drive pin with at least one of end portions of the cam slot, when the blade is located in a fully opened state or in a small aperture state.

Abstract: A vane driving device includes: a board having an opening; a blade changing an area of the opening, having a cam slot, and being elastically deformable; and a drive member transmitting a drive force from a drive source to the blade, and having a drive pin engaging the cam slot. The drive member is stopped by contacting the drive pin with at least one of end portions of the cam slot, when the blade is located in a fully opened state or in a small aperture state.

Abstract: An aperture apparatus includes a substrate having a lens opening, a first aperture sector having a first aperture opening, a second aperture sector having a second aperture opening, and a drive pin that is engaged in cam openings respectively formed in the first aperture sector and in the second aperture sector and that swings the first aperture sector and the second aperture sector. The first aperture sector and the second aperture sector are located in receding positions from the lens opening, when the drive pin is in an initial position. The cam openings include a swing region and a non-swing region, the swing region guiding a corresponding sector to the lens opening as the drive pin moves from the initial position, the non-swing region retaining the other sector in the receding position, when one of the first aperture sector and the second aperture sector is guided to the lens opening.

Abstract: An aperture apparatus includes a substrate having a lens opening, a first aperture sector having a first aperture opening, a second aperture sector having a second aperture opening, and a drive pin that is engaged in cam openings respectively formed in the first aperture sector and in the second aperture sector and that swings the first aperture sector and the second aperture sector. The first aperture sector and the second aperture sector are located in receding positions from the lens opening, when the drive pin is in an initial position. The cam openings include a swing region and a non-swing region, the swing region guiding a corresponding sector to the lens opening as the drive pin moves from the initial position, the non-swing region retaining the other sector in the receding position, when one of the first aperture sector and the second aperture sector is guided to the lens opening.

Abstract: The invention provides a hydraulic circuit for construction machines, capable of obtaining a satisfactory suspending capability during load suspending work, and having an improved operation efficiency with a decrease in the working speed of a load suspending operation minimized, the hydraulic circuit including a suspension mode switch for setting a working mode to a suspension mode, a lift detecting sensor for detecting a predetermined actuator which has been operated to a load lifting side, a relief valve control unit capable of freely setting an object pressure of the relief valve 14 to a normal set level and a high set level higher than the normal set level, a cutoff valve control unit capable of freely switching the cutoff valve to a cutoff operation executing mode and a cutoff operation disengaging mode, and a controller adapted to increase a set pressure of the relief valve by outputting an instruction to the relief valve control unit when the controller receives a suspension mode signal and a lift dete

Abstract: An electrostatic sensor comprises a ground electrode defining an enclosure having a through-hole for permitting the passage of a body therethrough. A sensor electrode is disposed in the ground electrode. A detecting circuit is disposed in the ground electrode for detecting the passage of the body through the through-hole on the basis of a change in an electrostatic capacitance between the ground electrode and the sensor electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor pressure sensor according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a recess formed in the first surface, the recess defining an interior surface including a bottom surface; and a diffusion region extending from the adjacency of the bottom surface to the second surface. A pressure-sensitive resistance of the semiconductor pressure sensor is formed in the vicinity of the bottom surface of a diaphragm. Therefore, the pressure-sensitive resistance can be formed so as to be brought into alignment with the position of the diaphragm after the formation of the diaphragm. Accordingly, the semiconductor pressure sensor, which does not cause a displacement in position between the diaphragm and the pressure-sensitive resistance and has excellent accuracy, can be easily fabricated.

Abstract: A semiconductor pressure sensor according to the present invention comprises a semiconductor substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a recess formed in the first surface, the recess defining an interior surface including a bottom surface; and a diffusion region extending from the adjacency of the bottom surface to the second surface. A pressure-sensitive resistance of the semiconductor pressure sensor is formed in the vicinity of the bottom surface of a diaphragm. Therefore, the pressure-sensitive resistance can be formed so as to be brought into alignment with the position of the diaphragm after the formation of the diaphragm. Accordingly, a semiconductor pressure sensor, which does not cause a displacement in position between the diaphragm and the pressure-sensitive resistance and is excellent in accuracy, can be easily fabricated.

Abstract: A single--chip microcomputer recovers efficiently from the power-down state by means of an interrupt that bypasses RAM initialization. It the power supply fails in the power-down mode, restoration of the power supply later causes the microcomputer to reset and initialize its RAM contents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a velocity controlling apparatus and method to be used with a stoker type burning apparatus on a refuse incinerator which moves refuse successively by reciprocating motion of movable fire grates. The movable fire grates, which repeat reciprocating motion in a cycle of forward movement from a backward end, backward movement from a forward end and a stop at the backward end, is so controlled that the total of time Tf of the forward movement, time Tb of the backward movement, and time Ts of the resting at the backward end equals a standard cycle time Tc calculated on the basis of a predetermined frequency N (N/min.) of the reciprocating motion of the movable fire grates.