Abstract: The present invention provides an engine control device that sets a cam signal read value according to a cam signal output from a cam angle sensor, in a front-rear determination position; if the cam signal read value is alternately changed between 1 (LOW) and 2 (HIGH) in the front-rear determination position, sets the cam signal read value to the cam signal expected value; if the cam signal read value is not alternately changed between 1 (LOW) and 2 (HIGH), inverts the cam signal expected value in the control cycle of the previous time, and sets the resultant cam signal expected value; then, when the cam signal read value and the cam signal expected value are equal to each other, distinguishes the cylinders by using the cam signal read value; and when the cam signal read value and the cam signal expected value are different from each other, distinguishes the cylinders by using the cam signal expected value.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions containing one or more polycycloolefinic monomers and at least one multifunctional olefinic monomer which when subjected to a suitable temperature undergoes mass polymerization to provide a three-dimensional insulating article which exhibits hitherto unattainable low dielectric constant and low-loss properties, and very high thermal properties. The compositions of this invention may additionally contain one or more organic or inorganic filler materials, which provide improved thermo-mechanical properties in addition to very low dielectric properties. The compositions are stable at room temperature and undergo mass polymerization only when subjected to suitable higher temperatures generally above 100° C. The compositions of this invention are useful in various applications, including as insulating materials in millimeter wave radar antennas, among others.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes an internal electrode layer including, on a same ceramic layer, a peripheral internal electrode having a frame shape and an inside internal electrode located inside the peripheral internal electrode. A metallic species included in the peripheral internal electrode is different from a metallic species included in the inside internal electrode. The metallic species included in the peripheral internal electrode includes more than or equal to about 50% of a metallic species different from the metallic species included in the inside internal electrode. In a width direction, a dimension a of a width of the peripheral internal electrode is about 5 ?m<a<about 30 ?m, and a dimension b of a width of the inside internal electrode is b/a?about 20.

Abstract: A defogging structure of a windowpane of a movable body in which an information acquisition device configured to acquire information from an exterior of the movable body by at least one of emitting light or receiving light can be arranged in an interior of the movable body, the defogging structure including: a windowpane having an information acquisition area through which at least one of light emitted by the information acquisition device or light to be received by the information acquisition device passes; a defogging sheet including a resin film and a defogger, the defogging sheet being adhered to the information acquisition area of the windowpane; and a transparent resin adhesive layer that allows the resin film of the defogging sheet to be adhered to the windowpane, wherein a resin constituting the transparent resin adhesive layer has a Tg of ?20° C. to ?50° C., and a shear storage modulus of 0.5×105 Pa to 2.0×105 Pa.

Abstract: A guide wire includes a core shaft, a coil wound around the core shaft, a distal-end joining region to which a distal end of the core shaft and a distal end of the coil are joined, and a proximal-end joining region to which a proximal end of the core shaft and a proximal end of the coil are joined, and the coil has a sparsely wound portion having a sparser coil pitch than other portions of the coil, the sparsely wound portion being disposed between the distal-end joining region and the proximal-end joining region.

Abstract: Provided is a guide wire including a core shaft, a coil body wound around the entire core shaft, a distal end joint portion that joins a distal end portion of the core shaft and a distal end portion of the coil body, a proximal end joint portion that joins a proximal end portion of the core shaft and a proximal end portion of the coil body, and a plurality of intermediate joint portions that are each arranged on a distal end side of a distal end of the proximal end joint portion and each join the core shaft and the coil body.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions containing one or more polycycloolefinic monomers and at least one multifunctional olefinic monomer which when subjected to a suitable temperature undergoes mass polymerization to provide a three-dimensional insulating article which exhibits hitherto unattainable low dielectric constant and low-loss properties, and very high thermal properties. The compositions of this invention may additionally contain one or more organic or inorganic filler materials, which provide improved thermo-mechanical properties in addition to very low dielectric properties. The compositions are stable at room temperature and undergo mass polymerization only when subjected to suitable higher temperatures generally above 100° C. The compositions of this invention are useful in various applications, including as insulating materials in millimeter wave radar antennas, among others.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes an internal electrode layer including, on a same ceramic layer, a peripheral internal electrode having a frame shape and an inside internal electrode located inside the peripheral internal electrode. A metallic species included in the peripheral internal electrode is different from a metallic species included in the inside internal electrode. The metallic species included in the peripheral internal electrode includes more than or equal to about 50% of a metallic species different from the metallic species included in the inside internal electrode. In a width direction, a dimension a of a width of the peripheral internal electrode is about 5 ?m<a<about 30 ?m, and a dimension b of a width of the inside internal electrode is b/a?about 20.

Abstract: A guide wire that includes a core shaft, a coil wound around the core shaft, a distal-end joining region to which a distal end of the core shaft and a distal end of the coil are joined, and a proximal-end joining region to which a proximal end of the core shaft and a proximal end of the coil are joined, and the coil has a sparsely wound portion having a sparser coil pitch than other portions of the coil, the sparsely wound portion being disposed between the distal-end joining region and the proximal-end joining region.

Abstract: A connector housing includes a housing including a front end portion, a base end portion having end opening, and an inner cavity portion extending from the front end portion to the base end portion and formed such that a front portion of a flexible optical waveguide having band shape is inserted from the end opening into the cavity to the front end portion. The cavity has a length that extends in longitudinal direction of the waveguide, a width that extends in width direction of the waveguide, and a height that extends in thickness direction of the waveguide, and the housing has a pair of walls forming a pair of inner surfaces facing each other in the cavity such that the inner surfaces is gradually increasing a separation distance between the inner surfaces in the thickness direction of the waveguide toward base end side of the housing at the end opening.

Abstract: A waveguide 10 includes first core portions (cores 210) extending in a first direction (an x-axis direction), at least one second core portion (dummy cores 220) which is provided parallel to the first core portions (the cores 210) and extends in the first direction (the x-axis direction), and clad portions 230 that separate the first core portions (the cores 210) and the second core portions (the dummy cores 220), and the second core portion (the dummy core 220) has first regions (wave guide regions 240) having a substantially constant cross-sectional area and second regions (first light-shielding regions 252 and second light-shielding regions 254) which are continuously provided from at least one end of the first region (the wave guide region 240) and has a cross-sectional area that decreases as the second region runs farther away from the first region (the wave guide region 240). Therefore, the transmission of optical signals in the second core portions (the dummy cores) is prevented.

Abstract: A optical waveguide comprising a core layer having a core portion; a first clad layer formed on one surface of the core layer; a second clad layer formed on another surface of the core layer; and a hollow section penetrating through the second clad layer and the core layer, and extending to a middle portion of the first clad layer, wherein a part of an inner wall surface at the hollow section is configured as an inclined plane which is inclined relative to and intersects with a plane including an interfacial plane between the core layer and the first clad layer, and a minimum radius of curvature at a connection between the inclined plane and other parts of the inner wall surface continuously extending from the inclined plane is 1 to 500 ?m as measured at the plane including the interfacial plane.

Abstract: There are provided a connector housing having a simple structure which is capable of suppressing or preventing sharp bending of an optical waveguide and an optical waveguide assembly including the connector housing. A connector housing (5) has at least one core portion and cladding portions surrounding the core portion. The connector housing (5) is configured to be mounted to a front end portion (32) of an optical waveguide (3) having a band-like shape as a whole. The connector housing (5) is a housing including an inner cavity portion (52) penetrating from a front end (506) to a base end (507), and the front end portion (32) of the optical waveguide (3) is configured to be inserted into the inner cavity portion (52). A distance between walls of the inner cavity portion (52) in the thickness direction of the optical waveguide (3) at the base end opening (521) is gradually increasing toward the base end side.

Abstract: A optical waveguide comprising a core layer having a core portion; a first clad layer formed on one surface of the core layer; a second clad layer formed on another surface of the core layer; and a hollow section penetrating through the second clad layer and the core layer, and extending to a middle portion of the first clad layer, wherein a part of an inner wall surface at the hollow section is configured as an inclined plane which is inclined relative to and intersects with a plane including an interfacial plane between the core layer and the first clad layer, and a minimum radius of curvature at a connection between the inclined plane and other parts of the inner wall surface continuously extending from the inclined plane is 1 to 500 ?m as measured at the plane including the interfacial plane.