Abstract: In this stator, lead wire extended portions and a power wire extended portion are extended from a resin portion by an extended portion separating portion such that the lead wire extended portions are separated from the power wire extended portion by distances that are greater than a maximum value of the width of clearance between an end-side portion of the lead wire extended portion and a facing portion located next to the end-side portion, the resin portion being provided so as to cover lead wire portions and a power wire portion.

Abstract: A sensor unit includes: a sensor that is attached to a measurement target object becoming deformed in response to a swing taken with the measurement target object and that generates an output signal indicating a relationship between a physical quantity related to an amount of deformation of the measurement target object and a time; a feature value generation circuit that generates a feature value, the feature value being a parameter indicating a feature of the swing, on the basis of the output signal obtained by the sensor; and a communication unit that is attached to the measurement target object and that transmits the feature value to an external device by wireless communication or wired communication.

Abstract: An operation management system including a controller configured to execute: a position obtaining process to obtain positional information from each registered mobility; a correlating process to correlate each registered mobility and specification information stored in a storage device with each other; a travel-history storing process to store, in the storage device, a traveled route which is a travel history of each registered mobility, so as to be correlated with map information; and a road-surface-condition obtaining process to calculate a road surface condition including a position and a shape of a rut corresponding to the traveled route based on information on a detection value of a sensor of each of registered mobility, the type of a road surface included in the map information, the specification information, and the traveled route and to store, in the storage device, the road surface condition so as to be correlated with the map information.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an arithmetic circuit that performs an acquiring step of acquiring swing data indicating relationship between a physical quantity concerning an amount of deformation of an object to be measured and time, a determining step of determining whether the swing data indicates the physical quantity concerning the amount of deformation of the object to be measured, which occurs when the object to be measured is swung, to determine whether the swing data is to be deleted, and a deleting step of deleting the swing data if it is determined that the swing data does not indicate the physical quantity concerning the amount of deformation of the object to be measured, which occurs when the object to be measured is swung.

Abstract: The power converter includes a first connection unit to which a DC power source is connected, a second connection unit to which an AC power source or a power consuming device is connected, a conversion unit that performs power conversion between the first connection unit and the second connection unit, and a control unit that controls an operation of the conversion unit. The control unit performs both AC control for controlling the operation of the conversion unit so that the input or output of AC power is performed in the second connection unit, and DC control for controlling the operation of the conversion unit so that the output of DC power is performed in the second connection unit.

Abstract: Provided is a sensor unit including a first sensor portion that detects deformation of a measuring target object and a second sensor portion that detects deformation of the measuring target object, in which in a state in which the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are attached to the measuring target object, the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are fixed to the measuring target object such that the measuring target object is disposed between the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion in a first direction, and a physical property value of the first sensor portion and a physical property value of the second sensor portion are changed according to first deformation of the measuring target object.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical storage device that is compact and can be manufactured easily, while allowing for use of higher voltages. In an electrical storage device, a winding structure comprises: a central electrode body in which a first extending part and a second extending part extending from either side of a central portion are wound around the central portion in the same direction; a first electrode body electrically connected to a first external terminal and extending toward an outer peripheral side from a vicinity of the central portion; a second electrode body electrically connected to a second external terminal and extending toward the outer peripheral side from a vicinity of the central portion; a first separator disposed between the central electrode body and the first electrode body; and a second separator disposed between the central electrode body and the second electrode body.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a power storage device, a positive electrode-side relay, a negative electrode-side relay, a power control unit that includes a capacitor configured to be pre-charged in response to a system start request and that is connected with the power storage device via the positive electrode-side relay and the negative electrode-side relay, and a control device programmed to close the positive electrode-side relay and the negative electrode-side relay at different timings always or under a predetermined condition in response to the system start request and programmed to change a sequence of closing the positive electrode-side relay and the negative electrode-side relay in accordance with a predetermined restriction. This configuration effectively extends the lives of the positive electrode-side relay and the negative electrode-side relay.

Abstract: A power supply system disclosed herein may include: a first voltage sensor measuring voltage of a main power source; a power converter connected to a main power source through a relay; a voltage converter; and a controller. The power converter includes a capacitor connected to the main power source and a second voltage sensor measuring voltage of the capacitor. The controller precharges the capacitor with the voltage converter before closing the relay. The controller may be configured to: set target voltage by a measurement value of the first voltage sensor; acquire the measurement value of the first voltage sensor again as verification voltage when a difference between the target voltage and control voltage which is a measurement value measured by the third voltage sensor has fallen within a predetermined tolerance; and close the relay if a difference between the control voltage and the verification voltage is within the tolerance.

Abstract: An electric vehicle may include a voltage converter, a charging inlet and a controller. The voltage converter is connected between the main and sub batteries. The charging inlet is connected with the main battery and connectable to power supplying equipment. The controller drives the voltage converter by a carrier signal having a first frequency while the power supplying equipment is not connected. While the charging inlet is connected to the power supplying equipment, the controller may execute one of: (1) a first control in which the controller intermittently drives the voltage converter; (2) a second control in which the controller continuously drives the voltage converter while varying a frequency of the carrier signal; and (3) a third control in which the controller changes a frequency of the carrier signal from the first frequency to a second frequency which is lower than the first frequency.

Abstract: A power supply system disclosed herein may include: a first voltage sensor measuring voltage of a main power source; a power converter connected to a main power source through a relay; a voltage converter; and a controller. The power converter includes a capacitor connected to the main power source and a second voltage sensor measuring voltage of the capacitor. The controller precharges the capacitor with the voltage converter before closing the relay. The controller may be configured to: set target voltage by a measurement value of the first voltage sensor; acquire the measurement value of the first voltage sensor again as verification voltage when a difference between the target voltage and control voltage which is a measurement value measured by the third voltage sensor has fallen within a predetermined tolerance; and close the relay if a difference between the control voltage and the verification voltage is within the tolerance.

Abstract: A power source system may include a main power source, a power converter including a capacitor, a relay configured to switch between connection and disconnection between the power converter and the main power source, an auxiliary power source, a boost converter having a low voltage terminal thereof connected to the auxiliary power source, and having a high voltage terminal thereof connected to the power converter without interposing the relay, and a controller configured to pre-charge the capacitor prior to placing the relay in a connected state. The controller may be configured to specify a relationship between a voltage and a current of the auxiliary power source based on data of chronological changes of the voltage and the current of the auxiliary power source, and control the boost converter based on the relationship such that a voltage of the auxiliary power source does not fall below a predetermined voltage threshold.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a power storage device, a positive electrode-side relay, a negative electrode-side relay, a power control unit that includes a capacitor configured to be pre-charged in response to a system start request and that is connected with the power storage device via the positive electrode-side relay and the negative electrode-side relay, and a control device programmed to close the positive electrode-side relay and the negative electrode-side relay at different timings always or under a predetermined condition in response to the system start request and programmed to change a sequence of closing the positive electrode-side relay and the negative electrode-side relay in accordance with a predetermined restriction. This configuration effectively extends the lives of the positive electrode-side relay and the negative electrode-side relay.

Abstract: A power source system may include a main power source, a power converter including a capacitor, a relay configured to switch between connection and disconnection between the power converter and the main power source, an auxiliary power source, a boost converter having a low voltage terminal thereof connected to the auxiliary power source, and having a high voltage terminal thereof connected to the power converter without interposing the relay, and a controller configured to pre-charge the capacitor prior to placing the relay in a connected state. During the pre-charging of the capacitor, the controller may be configured to set an output current of the boost converter to a first current value while a specific auxiliary device connected to the auxiliary power source executes a specific process, and change the output current to a second current value larger than the first current value after the execution is completed.

Abstract: A power source system may include a main power source, a power converter including a capacitor, a relay configured to switch between connection and disconnection between the power converter and the main power source, an auxiliary power source, a boost converter having a low voltage terminal thereof connected to the auxiliary power source, and having a high voltage terminal thereof connected to the power converter without interposing the relay, and a controller configured to pre-charge the capacitor prior to placing the relay in a connected state when a main switch of a vehicle is turned on. The controller may be configured to store a peak value of a current of the auxiliary power source in a memory of the controller, and start to pre-charge the capacitor when a current of the auxiliary power source falls from the peak value by more than a predetermined current difference.

Abstract: An electric vehicle may include a voltage converter, a charging inlet and a controller. The voltage converter is connected between the main and sub batteries. The charging inlet is connected with the main battery and connectable to power supplying equipment. The controller drives the voltage converter by a carrier signal having a first frequency while the power supplying equipment is not connected. While the charging inlet is connected to the power supplying equipment, the controller may execute one of (1) a first control in which the controller intermittently drives the voltage converter; (2) a second control in which the controller continuously drives the voltage converter while varying a frequency of the carrier signal; and (3) a third control in which the controller changes a frequency of the carrier signal from the first frequency to a second frequency which is lower than the first frequency.

Abstract: A voltage converter may include a first voltage sensor and a second voltage sensor both configured to measure an output voltage of a voltage converter circuit and a controller configured to execute a feedback control for the voltage converter circuit such that a voltage difference between a target voltage and a measured value of the first voltage sensor becomes zero and configured to execute a predetermined error process in a case where a measured value of the second voltage sensor exceeds a predetermined voltage upper limit value. The controller may execute the feedback control such that a voltage difference between a correction target voltage and the measured value of the first voltage sensor becomes zero while the measured value of the second voltage sensor exceeds a voltage threshold which is less than the voltage upper limit value.

Abstract: A voltage converter may include a first voltage sensor and a second voltage sensor both configured to measure an output voltage of a voltage converter circuit and a controller configured to execute a feedback control for the voltage converter circuit such that a voltage difference between a target voltage and a measured value of the first voltage sensor becomes zero and configured to execute a predetermined error process in a case where a measured value of the second voltage sensor exceeds a predetermined voltage upper limit value. The controller may execute the feedback control such that a voltage difference between a correction target voltage and the measured value of the first voltage sensor becomes zero while the measured value of the second voltage sensor exceeds a voltage threshold which is less than the voltage upper limit value.

Abstract: A power supply system for a vehicle includes a main power supply, an electric power converter including a capacitor, a relay, a sub power supply, a bidirectional converter, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the sub power supply and the bidirectional converter to precharge the capacitor when a main switch of the vehicle is turned on, such that the sub power supply and the bidirectional converter to precharge the capacitor before the relay is closed to connect the electric power converter to the main power supply. When the temperature of the bidirectional converter is higher a specified temperature threshold and the main switch is turned off, the controller is configured to retain the relay in a closed state for a specified time and then open the relay to separate the electric power converter from the main power supply.

Abstract: A conveyance system includes a track, ceiling conveyance vehicles, and a conveyance controller configured or programmed to output a conveyance instruction for a FOUP to the ceiling conveyance vehicles. When a first FOUP on a downstream port is waiting for collection, the conveyance controller waits without outputting a conveyance instruction instructing collection of the first FOUP until any of the conveyance vehicles conveying a second FOUP to an upstream port has been recognized until a waiting time set in advance has elapsed since the first FOUP changed to a state waiting for collection and outputs the conveyance instruction instructing collection of the first FOUP when the waiting time has elapsed since a point in time when the first FOUP changed to the state waiting for collection.