Abstract: A method of operating a fuel cell system which has a plurality of fuel cell stacks, and includes a first refrigerant passage, a second refrigerant passage, a first temperature acquisition unit, a second temperature acquisition unit, a first refrigerant circulation passage, a first refrigerant pumping unit, a first heat exchanger and a first flow rate adjusting valve includes: after the plurality of fuel cell stacks are stopped, until a predetermined condition is satisfied, driving the first refrigerant pumping unit; and causing the first flow rate adjusting valve to adjust the flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the first refrigerant passage and the flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the second refrigerant passage, on the basis of the temperature of the refrigerant flowing through each of the first refrigerant passage and the second refrigerant passage acquired by the first temperature acquisition unit and the second temperature acquisition unit.

Abstract: An opening and closing body control device is applied to a vehicle that includes a vehicle body having an opening, an opening and closing body configured to open and close the opening, a drive unit configured to operate the opening and closing body, and a detection device configured to detect a gesture operation of a user. The opening and closing body control device includes: a position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of a portable device carried by the user by wireless communication; an operation determination unit configured to determine whether the gesture operation is executed in a situation where the portable device is present in a detection area of the detection device; and an opening and closing body control unit configured to operate the opening and closing body based on a content of the gesture operation when it is determined that the user executes the gesture operation.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a control system includes a fuel cell configured to generate electric power using an anode and a cathode, a power storage device capable of storing the electric power generated by the fuel cell, auxiliary equipment to which the electric power is able to be supplied, and a controller configured to control operations of the fuel cell and the auxiliary equipment. The controller performs control so that the electric power is consumed by the auxiliary equipment in accordance with a power storage state of the power storage device at the time of power generation of the fuel cell and adjusts one or both of a timing and a degree at which electric power to be consumed by the auxiliary equipment is limited on the basis of temperature information associated with the auxiliary equipment.

Abstract: An occupant protection system includes a first airbag device, a second airbag device, and an airbag control processor. The first airbag device includes a first bag. The first bag is configured to be deployed along a side surface of a compartment of a vehicle upon a side impact of the vehicle. The second airbag device includes a second bag. The second bag includes a shoulder pressing part. The shoulder pressing part is configured to be deployed between a seat back and a shoulder, of an occupant, on an outer side in a vehicle width direction. The airbag control processor is configured to control deployment and non-deployment of the shoulder pressing part of the second airbag device in accordance with a state of the side impact of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle operation detection device is applicable to a vehicle including a vehicle body in which an opening portion is provided, an opening and closing body which opens and closes the opening portion, an actuator which causes the opening and closing body to perform opening and closing operations, and a camera which captures an image around the opening portion, and is configured to detect a gesture of a user for starting at least one of the opening operation and the closing operation. The device includes: a direction specifying unit that specifies a direction of the user with respect to the vehicle based on the image captured by the camera; and a gesture detection unit that detects the gesture including a motion in a direction associated with the direction of the user, based on the image captured by the camera, when the direction specifying unit specifies the direction of the user.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-sizing agent which when applied to an inorganic reinforcement material contained in a resin composition, can provide a molded article having excellent impact resistance and high surface gloss properties. The fiber-sizing agent according to the present invention contains a modified olefin wax (A), a polyolefin resin (B), and a silane-coupling agent (C), wherein the mass ratio (A)/(B) of the modified olefin wax (A) to the polyolefin resin (B) is in the range of 0.2-10.

Abstract: In a rotating electric machine, a rectifier includes a positive electrode side member including a positive electrode side rectification element connected to a power supply side, and a positive electrode side heat sink to which the rectification element is fixed. The positive electrode side heat sink is disposed to face a non-positive electrode side member having a potential difference with respect to the positive electrode side heat sink with a gap therebetween. An insulating cover provided to cover the rectifier has a wall portion extending in a direction in which the positive electrode side heat sink and the non-positive electrode side member are arranged. The wall portion functions as an easily deformable portion that, when the insulating cover is deformed by an external force, contacts with the non-positive electrode side member and enters the gap between the positive electrode side heat sink and the non-positive electrode side member.

Abstract: A structure for attaching an ultrasound sensor to a side portion of a vehicle includes a bracket via which the ultrasound sensor is attached to face the ground under the floor of the vehicle and to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal plane such that water drops adhering to the ultrasound sensor flow downward.

Abstract: In a rotating electric machine, a rectifier includes a positive electrode side member including a positive electrode side rectification element connected to a power supply side, and a positive electrode side heat sink to which the rectification element is fixed. The positive electrode side heat sink is disposed to face a non-positive electrode side member having a potential difference with respect to the positive electrode side heat sink with a gap therebetween. An insulating cover provided to cover the rectifier has a wall portion extending in a direction in which the positive electrode side heat sink and the non-positive electrode side member are arranged. The wall portion functions as an easily deformable portion that, when the insulating cover is deformed by an external force, contacts with the non-positive electrode side member and enters the gap between the positive electrode side heat sink and the non-positive electrode side member.

Abstract: In an aqueous dispersion containing a resin component and water that allows the resin component to disperse, the resin component contains composite particles (C) containing an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (A) and an acrylic polymer (B), the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (A) is produced by copolymerizing a first monomer component containing ethylene and unsaturated carboxylic acid and having an ethylene content of 75 mass % or more, the acrylic polymer (B) is produced by polymerizing a second monomer component containing (meth)acrylate and having a (meth)acrylate content of 50 mass % or more, the acrylic polymer (B) has a glass transition temperature of ?28° C. or more and 80° C. or less, and the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (A) content relative to the total amount of the resin component is 58 mass % or more and 90 mass % or less.

Abstract: A structure for attaching an ultrasound sensor to a side portion of a vehicle includes a bracket via which the ultrasound sensor is attached to face the ground under the floor of the vehicle and to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal plane such that water drops adhering to the ultrasound sensor flow downward.

Abstract: In an aqueous dispersion containing a resin component and water that allows the resin component to disperse, the resin component contains composite particles (C) containing an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (A) and an acrylic polymer (B), the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (A) is produced by copolymerizing a first monomer component containing ethylene and unsaturated carboxylic acid and having an ethylene content of 75 mass % or more, the acrylic polymer (B) is produced by polymerizing a second monomer component containing (meth)acrylate and having a (meth)acrylate content of 50 mass % or more, the acrylic polymer (B) has a glass transition temperature of ?28° C. or more and 80° C. or less, and the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (A) content relative to the total amount of the resin component is 58 mass % or more and 90 mass % or less.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a first temperature sensor to detect a valve temperature of a sealing valve. A second temperature sensor is provided in a refrigerant circulation circuit to detect a fuel cell temperature of a fuel cell through a refrigerant. The circuitry is configured to calculate a sealing valve estimated temperature by subtracting a correction value from the fuel cell temperature detected by the second temperature sensor after the fuel cell stops generating electric power and after the sealing valve is closed. The circuitry is configured to determine whether at least one of the valve temperature and the sealing valve estimated temperature is lower than a predicted freezing temperature. The circuitry is configured to open the sealing valve when it is determined that the at least one of the valve temperature and the sealing valve estimated temperature is lower than the predicted freezing temperature.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for motorcycle for running on rough terrain comprises a tread portion 2 provided with a directional tread pattern having an intended tire rotational direction X. The tread portion 2 is provided with crown blocks 4 and middle blocks 5. The crown block 4 comprises an axially long main portion 4m and a protruding portion 4t protruding from an axial central part of the main portion 4m toward the opposite direction of the intended tire rotational direction. In a block group Y consisting of each crown block 4 and two axially adjacent middle blocks 5 disposed one on each side of the crown block 4, the center P1 of gravity of the crown block 4 is positioned on the toe-side of each middle block 5, and the center P2 of gravity of each middle block 5 is positioned on the heel-side of the crown block 4.

Abstract: A power generation stopping method for a fuel cell system including a fuel cell, includes continuing generating electric power by the fuel cell via electrochemical reaction between fuel gas and oxidant gas during a post running period after the fuel cell system is ordered to stop. A coolant is supplied at a first flow rate to the fuel cell during the post running period until temperature of the fuel cell reaches a threshold temperature. A coolant is supplied to the fuel cell at a second flow rate larger than the first flow rate during the post running period after the temperature of the fuel cell has reached the threshold temperature.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a first temperature sensor to detect a valve temperature of a sealing valve. A second temperature sensor is provided in a refrigerant circulation circuit to detect a fuel cell temperature of a fuel cell through a refrigerant. The circuitry is configured to calculate a sealing valve estimated temperature by subtracting a correction value from the fuel cell temperature detected by the second temperature sensor after the fuel cell stops generating electric power and after the sealing valve is closed. The circuitry is configured to determine whether at least one of the valve temperature and the sealing valve estimated temperature is lower than a predicted freezing temperature. The circuitry is configured to open the sealing valve when it is determined that the at least one of the valve temperature and the sealing valve estimated temperature is lower than the predicted freezing temperature.

Abstract: A control apparatus of an electrically-driven vehicle controls an electrically-driven vehicle including a motor transmitting a drive force to wheels, an inverter driving the motor, and a battery supplying power to the inverter. The control apparatus includes battery storage amount estimation means for estimating a storage amount of the battery and motor rotation speed detection means for detecting a rotation speed of the motor. Output terminals of the inverter are short-circuited when the rotation speed of the motor reaches or exceeds a predetermined rotation speed while the storage amount estimated by the battery storage amount estimation means is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for motorcycle for running on rough terrain comprises a tread portion 2 provided with a directional tread pattern having an intended tire rotational direction X. The tread portion 2 is provided with crown blocks 4 and middle blocks 5. The crown block 4 comprises an axially long main portion 4m and a protruding portion 4t protruding from an axial central part of the main portion 4m toward the opposite direction of the intended tire rotational direction. In a block group Y consisting of each crown block 4 and two axially adjacent middle blocks 5 disposed one on each side of the crown block 4, the center P1 of gravity of the crown block 4 is positioned on the toe-side of each middle block 5, and the center P2 of gravity of each middle block 5 is positioned on the heel-side of the crown block 4.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a ultra high molecular weight polyethylene film, which comprises: a step of forming a film using a ultra high molecular weight polyethylene material; a step of biaxially drawing the film obtained in the step in the x-axis direction and in the y-axis direction at a temperature not less than the melting point of the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene material; and the step of shrinking the film along at least one of the x-axis direction and y-axis direction. By this method, a ultra high molecular weight polyethylene film having high tensile strength at break, high tear strength and excellent uniformity can be efficiently produced at low cost.

Abstract: A control apparatus of an electrically-driven vehicle controls an electrically-driven vehicle including a motor transmitting a drive force to wheels, an inverter driving the motor, and a battery supplying power to the inverter. The control apparatus includes battery storage amount estimation means for estimating a storage amount of the battery and motor rotation speed detection means for detecting a rotation speed of the motor. Output terminals of the inverter are short-circuited when the rotation speed of the motor reaches or exceeds a predetermined rotation speed while the storage amount estimated by the battery storage amount estimation means is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount.