Abstract: An inverter is disposed adjacent to one end of a motor in a rotational axis direction. The inverter includes a plurality of power modules each including a switching element, a smoothing capacitor, busbars that connect the power modules to the smoothing capacitor, and a thin case that accommodates these components. The switching element is constituted by a silicon carbide metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (SiC MOSFET). The smoothing capacitor and each of the power modules are disposed in an inner portion of the thin case and arranged on the same plane orthogonal to the rotational axis direction.

Abstract: An inverter is disposed adjacent to a motor. The inverter includes a plurality of power modules, a smoothing capacitor, and busbars connecting the power modules and the smoothing capacitor. The plurality of power modules are disposed to be arranged along the periphery of the smoothing capacitor. The smoothing capacitor is disposed at a central portion of the inverter and also disposed in the inner portion of the inverter such that the smoothing capacitor and each of the power modules are arranged on the same plane.

Abstract: In an inverter that includes a smoothing capacitor and a plurality of power modules, the smoothing capacitor includes a plurality of columnar unit capacitors each having electrodes at both ends thereof, a one-end-side bus plate connected to the electrode at one end of each unit capacitor, and an other-end-side bus plate connected to the electrode at the other end of the unit capacitor. The unit capacitors are arranged, with axes thereof parallel to each other, side by side in a direction perpendicular to the axes. The plurality of power modules is arranged, with respect to the smoothing capacitor, side by side in a direction perpendicular to the axes of the unit capacitors.

Abstract: In a vehicle drive unit, a motor and an inverter are disposed adjacent in an axial direction of the motor. A smoothing capacitor and each power module are connected by a busbar. Each power module has a flat shape having a wide width, and has a first cooling surface facing the motor. The first cooling surface of each power module is placed on a placement surface orthogonal to the axial direction. The plate-shaped busbar has a second cooling surface facing the motor. The busbar is connected to the smoothing capacitor and each power module, and is formed with a wide width so as to extend along a direction in which each power module is disposed side by side. The second cooling surface is placed on the placement surface. A cooling portion facing the first and second cooling surfaces is provided closer to the motor than the placement surface.

Abstract: An inverter is disposed adjacent to one end of a motor in a rotational axis direction. The inverter includes a plurality of power modules, a smoothing capacitor, busbars that connect the power modules to the smoothing capacitor, and a thin case that accommodates these components. The plurality of power modules are disposed at the periphery of the smoothing capacitor. The smoothing capacitor and each of the power modules are disposed in an inner portion of the thin case and arranged on the same plane orthogonal to the rotational axis direction. The busbars are formed to extend in the circumferential direction. An inner edge portion of each of the busbars has an arc shape or a circular shape.

Abstract: In an inverter that includes a smoothing capacitor and a plurality of power modules, the smoothing capacitor includes a plurality of columnar unit capacitors each having electrodes at both ends thereof, a one-end-side bus plate connected to the electrode at one end of each unit capacitor, and an other-end-side bus plate connected to the electrode at the other end of the unit capacitor. The unit capacitors are arranged, with axes thereof parallel to each other, side by side in a direction perpendicular to the axes. The unit capacitors are arranged at positions equally distant from a center of the inverter. A distance between each power module and the unit capacitor closest to the power module is constant.

Abstract: In a drive unit, a motor and an inverter having power modules are disposed adjacent in an axial direction of the motor. In the motor, first and second coil groups, each including one U-phase coil, one V-phase coil, and one W-phase coil, are provided. The power modules constitute first and second power module groups that are connected in parallel. The first and second power module groups each include one U-phase power module, one V-phase power module, and one W-phase power module. A distance between the U-phase power module of the first power module group and the U-phase coil of the first coil group, a distance between the V-phase power module of the first power module group and the V-phase coil of the first coil group, and a distance between the W-phase power module of the first power module group and the W-phase coil of the first coil group are equal.

Abstract: A battery pack supplies an electrically driven treatment apparatus with an electric driving power and includes: a first stack limiting structure and a second stack limiting structure, wherein the second stack limiting structure is disposed opposite and with a fixed distance to the first stack limiting structure; a plurality of pouch cells, wherein the pouch cells are disposed in a stack, wherein the stack is disposed between the first stack limiting structure and the second stack limiting structure and a height of the stack in a stack direction is limited by the first stack limiting structure and the second stack limiting structure; and a sensor arrangement. The sensor arrangement is disposed in the stack. The sensor arrangement extends across a major part of a surface of the pouch cells and is configured such that the height of the stack across the extension is approximately equal. The sensor arrangement has a pressure sensor.

Abstract: An automatic brake subsystem (24) includes second accumulators (25F, 25R), a front second line (28) and a rear second line (29), second brake valves (30F, 30R), a first solenoid switching valve (32), first shuttle valves (33F, 33R), and a controller 37. A second solenoid switching valve (34F) and a pressure sensor (35F) are provided in the front second line (28), and a second solenoid switching valve (34R) and a pressure sensor (35R) are provided in the rear second line (29). In a case where it is determined that each of the second brake valve (30F, 30R) is not performing normally based upon a pressure of a hydraulic fluid detected by each of the pressure sensors (35F, 35R) and an operating signal supplied to the first solenoid switching valve (32) or each of the second brake valves (30F, 30R), a controller 37 performs control to switch each of the second solenoid switching valves (34F, 34R).

Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber in which a substrate is accommodated; a substrate mounting table provided in the process chamber and heated by a heater; and a substrate mounting table cover arranged on an upper surface of the substrate mounting table and configured such that the substrate is placed on an upper surface of the substrate mounting table cover, wherein the substrate mounting table cover is made of silicon carbide and is provided with a silicon oxide layer of a first thickness at least on the upper surface of the substrate mounting table cover where the substrate is placed.

Abstract: A display control apparatus, a speed control apparatus and a display control method capable of improving visibility of an advertisement in accordance with a situation are provided. The display control apparatus according to embodiments includes a speed information acquisition unit configured to acquire speed information of a mobile object provided with an advertisement display unit, and a display control unit configured to execute processing of changing a degree of change of an image of an advertisement to be displayed at the advertisement display unit based on the speed information.

Abstract: A wire rod disposing device includes: a wire rod delivering mechanism configured to deliver a wire rod from a nozzle at a predetermined speed; a movable stage serving as a member support part configured to support a base plate serving as a disposition target member such that the wire rod is routed after the wire rod is delivered from the nozzle and curved; and a tension application mechanism configured to apply tension to the wire rod, the wire rod being routed to the base plate by being delivered from the nozzle.

Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires a video of a scene around a vehicle while the video is being captured. A recording control unit sets a moving image file for recording the video being captured, segmenting the video into predetermined units and records the video being captured in the moving image file until the predetermined unit is met. When an operation reception unit receives a request to play back a just-before portion while the video is being recorded, the recording control unit sets a subsequent moving image file that will be a new recording destination and closes a preceding moving image file that has been a recording destination, and a display control unit plays back the video, starting at a point of time reached by going back from an end of the preceding moving image file by a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: A recording device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined information including at least an image of an area around a vehicle, a recording unit configured to record the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition unit as a file, a playback unit configured to play back a designated file among a plurality of files recorded in the recording unit, and a file management unit configured to extract a file recorded in a period substantially continuous in time series with a file being played back from the plurality of files and protect writing of the extracted file. Thus, it is possible to provide a recording device capable of preventing writing of a file related to a file being played back.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive fan control device is provided with a variable displacement hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor, a hydraulic drive fan that is driven by the hydraulic motor, a flow amount control valve, a rotational speed detector that detects a rotational speed of an engine, and a controller. The controller outputs a first valve control signal to the flow amount control valve and outputs a first pump control signal to the hydraulic pump to rotate the hydraulic drive fan at a first rotational speed, and outputs a second valve control signal to the flow amount control valve and outputs a second pump control signal to the hydraulic pump, thereby stopping the rotation of the hydraulic drive fan.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a scope and an image capturing unit accommodated inside the scope. The image capturing unit includes: first and second prisms; a reflection film provided between oblique faces of the first and second prisms; a first trimming filter on which visible light transmitted through the first prism is incident on the first trimming filter via the reflection film; a first image sensor facing the first trimming filter; a second trimming filter on which near-infrared light transmitted through the second prism being incident on the second trimming filter via the reflection film; and a second image sensor facing the second trimming filter. The first prism is fixed to the second prism, the first trimming filter is fixed to the first prism, and the second trimming filter is fixed to the second prism.

Abstract: In-package temperature is controlled with higher accuracy. To this end, a temperature control circuit includes a temperature sensor arranged in a package and detecting temperature in the package, a heater current detection circuit detecting a driving amount of a heater, a target temperature generation circuit generating a target temperature from an intended temperature of a resonator and a detection value of the driving amount detected by the heater current detection circuit, a heater current driver controlling the heater so that the detection temperature detected by the temperature sensor coincides with the target temperature, and an Nth-order correction circuit receiving the detection value of the driving amount detected by the heater current detection circuit or a signal based on the target temperature and cancelling influence of a second or higher order fluctuation component generated in the heater current detection circuit on temperature of the resonator.

Abstract: A fluorescence observation device is a device for performing fluorescence observation of a sample piece cut out from a sample including: a tray on which the sample piece is placed; a light source unit which generates excitation light to irradiate the sample piece; a detection unit which detects fluorescence from the sample piece; and an image generation unit which generates a fluorescence image of the sample piece based on a detection signal from the detection unit and the tray includes a plurality of placement regions provided around a center region of the tray and also includes a marker portion indicating a cutting orientation of the sample piece with respect to the sample.

Abstract: An information management apparatus that manages information on a self-propelled work machine, the apparatus comprising a registration unit that registers one or more users, a receiving unit that receives a predetermined request from the work machine, a notification unit that notifies the registered one or more users of the request, and a providing unit that provides an incentive to a user who has responded to the request, the user being among the registered one or more users.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a scope and an image capturing unit accommodated inside the scope. The image capturing unit includes: first and second prisms; a reflection film provided between oblique faces of the first and second prisms; a first trimming filter on which visible light transmitted through the first prism is incident on the first trimming filter via the reflection film; a first image sensor facing the first trimming filter; a second trimming filter on which near-infrared light transmitted through the second prism being incident on the second trimming filter via the reflection film; and a second image sensor facing the second trimming filter. The first prism is fixed to the second prism, the first trimming filter is fixed to the first prism, and the second trimming filter is fixed to the second prism.