Abstract: A vehicle control system includes plural electronic control devices each of which controls an operation of a vehicle and which is mounted in the vehicle, a monitoring control device monitoring an operation of each electronic control device, and an electric connector which selectively sets an electronic connection of a power source line constantly performing a supply of power to a connection state or a non-connection state and which is provided between the power source line and each electronic control device, the monitoring control device includes a recording unit which performs a fault diagnosis of one electronic control device being a monitoring target and which executes a recording operation to store a diagnosis result in a storage device, and a mode setting unit setting the recording unit to a first operation mode executing the recording operation or a second operation mode not executing the recording operation.

Abstract: An electric suspension control, in a vehicle including an electric suspension apparatus driven with a motor, short-circuits the motor and limits a vehicle speed to a predetermined speed or less, in a case where an abnormality occurs in the electric suspension apparatus.

Abstract: A NbTi superconducting multicore wire includes a core portion and a first barrier layer arranged around the core portion and composed of a first copper alloy including at least one element selected from Ni or Mn. A filament assembly arranged around the first barrier layer includes NbTi filament assemblies each including at least seven NbTi filaments, embedded in a matrix of a second copper alloy including at least one element selected from Ni or Mn. A second barrier layer is arranged around the filament assembly and composed of the first copper alloy, and a stabilizing layer arranged around the second barrier layer and composed of metal. The NbTi filaments are arranged in circular shapes each having a different diameter, centering on one NbTi filament, and NbTi filaments arranged in a circular shape in an outermost circle being arranged at approximately equal intervals along a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. The composite material compressed by 10% has a reaction force of 0.1 kPa to 1000 kPa, and the composite material has a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/(m·K) or more. The heat conductivity is a value measured for one test specimen in a symmetric configuration according to an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard (ASTM) D5470-01.

Abstract: A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. In the composite material, a ratio of a smallest heat conductivity of heat conductivities ?x, ?y, and ?z respectively in x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis directions perpendicular to each other to a largest heat conductivity of the heat conductivities ?x, ?y, and ?z is 0.8 or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a porous base material having a pore with a surface modified, the method being unlikely to limit a material of the porous base material and being suitable for controlling characteristics of the porous base material by introducing a polymer chain into a surface of a pore of the porous base material while inhibiting a change in a structure of the porous base material itself. The production method of the present invention includes: forming a base layer having a polymerization initiating group in such a manner as to cover a surface of a pore of a porous base material; and allowing a monomer group to be in contact with the base layer and thereby polymerizing the monomer group by the polymerization initiating group.

Abstract: A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. In the composite material, a value P1 determined by the following equation (1) is 6 or more. In the equation (1), a heat conductivity is a value measured for one test specimen in a symmetric configuration according to an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D5470-01. P1=(the heat conductivity [W/(m·K)] of the composite material/an amount[volume %] of the inorganic particles)×100 Equation (1).

Abstract: A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. The composite material satisfies (i) and/or (ii). (i) P2 is 500 or more. (ii) The composite material has a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/(m·K) or more and a thickness of 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm, the void have an average diameter of 50 ?m to 1500 ?m, and P3 is 70% to 90%.

Abstract: A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. The composite material has a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/(m·K) or more and a spring constant of 100 N/m to 70,000 N/m. The heat conductivity is a value measured for one test specimen in a symmetric configuration according to an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D5470-01.

Abstract: A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids facing a wall surface of the solid portion. At least a portion of the inorganic particles is present on a wall surface. The plurality of voids are in contact with each other directly or via the inorganic particle. A heat transmission path stretching through the plurality of voids is formed of the inorganic particles in contact with each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surface following nozzle, an observation device for a moving object surface, and an observation method for the moving object surface that can remove water in the vicinity of the nozzle while following changes in the shape and changes in the distance of a moving object. A surface following nozzle includes a nozzle that injects gas from a tip end thereof, a separating part that closes a base end of the nozzle, and an extending and contracting part that is provided at a rear side of the nozzle via the separating part, and extends and contracts along an axial direction of the nozzle. The extending and contracting part includes an elastic body that applies a forward force with respect to the nozzle.

Abstract: A precursor for Nb3Sn single-core superconducting wire includes a Sn-based wire rod, a first Cu-based tube covering an outer circumferential surface of the Sn-based wire rod, an Nb-based tube covering an outer surface of the first Cu-based tube, and a second Cu-based tube covering an outer surface of the Nb-based tube. The Sn-based wire rod contains a matrix phase and at least one kind of hard phases that is harder than the matrix phase. In a cross section parallel to a longitudinal direction of the precursor for Nb3Sn single-core superconducting wire, a maximum dimension of the hard phases in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is 50% or less of a minimum dimension in the width direction of the Sn-based wire rod and/or is equal to or smaller than a minimum thickness in the width direction of the Nb-based tube.

Abstract: Provided is a mounting stage on which a substrate to be subjected to a plasma process is mounted. The mounting stage includes: an electrostatic chuck configured to attract the substrate and an edge ring disposed around the substrate; and supply holes through which a heat medium is supplied to a space between the electrostatic chuck and the edge ring. A groove is provided in at least one of the edge ring and the mounting stage, and the groove is not in communication with the supply holes.

Abstract: A curtain airbag attached to a vehicle body and expanded and deployed by a gas from an inflator containing: a first region along a lower edge; a second region adjacent above the first region with a first fold line; a third region adjacent above the second region with a second fold line formed on an opposite side of the first fold line across the second region. The first region is in a condition folded back at the first fold line to face a first surface side of the second region, the second region is in a condition folded back at the second fold line such that the folded back first region is between the second region and the third region, the third region is in a condition rolled upward on a second surface side. Rolling starts from the second fold line.

Abstract: The catheter of the present invention includes a tubular member having a reinforced portion and an unreinforced portion having a tapered portion; and a handle connected to a proximal end portion of the tubular member; wherein the handle has a first lumen and a second lumen positioned proximally beyond the first lumen, the unreinforced portion is fixed to the first lumen with a proximal end of the unreinforced portion positioned at the proximal end of the first lumen, and the catheter satisfies formulae (1) to (3): a<b??(1) a<c??(2) b?c??(3), where a is an inner diameter at a position apart by 1 mm distally from a proximal end of the reinforced portion, b is an inner diameter at the proximal end of the unreinforced portion, and c is an inner diameter at the distal end of the second lumen of the handle.

Abstract: A curtain airbag attached to a vehicle body and expanded and deployed by a gas from an inflator containing: a first region along a lower edge; a second region adjacent above the first region with a first fold line; a third region adjacent above the second region with a second fold line formed on an opposite side of the first fold line across the second region. The first region is in a condition folded back at the first fold line to face a first surface side of the second region, the second region is in a condition folded back at the second fold line such that the folded back first region is between the second region and the third region, the third region is in a condition rolled upward on a second surface side. Rolling starts from the second fold line.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surface following nozzle, an observation device for a moving object surface, and an observation method for the moving object surface that can remove water in the vicinity of the nozzle while following changes in the shape and changes in the distance of a moving object. A surface following nozzle includes a nozzle that injects gas from a tip end thereof, a separating part that closes a base end of the nozzle, and an extending and contracting part that is provided at a rear side of the nozzle via the separating part, and extends and contracts along an axial direction of the nozzle. The extending and contracting part includes an elastic body that applies a forward force with respect to the nozzle.

Abstract: Provided is a brake control system that can reduce use of a mechanical braking in a railway vehicle using an automatic train control (ATC). The present disclosure is a brake control system for a railway vehicle using an ATC. The brake control system includes: a main electric motor, a main conversion device, a brake controller, and an ATC device. The main electric motor generates a braking force by converting kinetic energy of a wheel of the railway vehicle to electrical energy. The main conversion device actuates the main electric motor. The brake controller outputs a braking signal to the main conversion device. The ATC device outputs a braking command to the brake controller based on the ATC. In addition, the ATC device outputs a preliminary braking signal for energizing the main electric motor prior to output of the braking command.

Abstract: Provided is a mounting stage on which a substrate to be subjected to a plasma process is mounted. The mounting stage includes: an electrostatic chuck configured to attract the substrate and an edge ring disposed around the substrate; and supply holes through which a heat medium is supplied to a space between the electrostatic chuck and the edge ring. A groove is provided in at least one of the edge ring and the mounting stage, and the groove is not in communication with the supply holes.

Abstract: Provided is a brake control system that can reduce use of a mechanical braking in a railway vehicle using an automatic train control (ATC). The present disclosure is a brake control system for a railway vehicle using an ATC. The brake control system includes: a main electric motor, a main conversion device, a brake controller, and an ATC device. The main electric motor generates a braking force by converting kinetic energy of a wheel of the railway vehicle to electrical energy. The main conversion device actuates the main electric motor. The brake controller outputs a braking signal to the main conversion device. The ATC device outputs a braking command to the brake controller based on the ATC. In addition, the ATC device outputs a preliminary braking signal for energizing the main electric motor prior to output of the braking command.