Abstract: A refrigerator suppresses heat penetration into a chamber of the refrigerator from the outside through an open part. The refrigerator, includes: a heat-insulation box that has an open part, and a double structure including an outer box and an Inner box; a door that is engaged with the heat-insulation box; and a gasket that is located between the heat-insulation box and the door, wherein inner-box/outer-box-joint regions of the outer box and the inner box are located to an outer side of the heat-insulation box, and are located outward beyond door/heat-insulation-box-joint regions of the door and the heat-insulation box that are joined with each other.

Abstract: A heat-insulation box, includes: a heat-insulation-box main body that has a space; a door that seals the space; and a partition plate that partitions the space, wherein the partition plate includes (i) a design plate that is placed at a side of the door, (ii) a first plate part and a second plate part that are each provided at both edges of the design plate, (iii) a heat-insulation material that is located in a region surrounded by the design plate, the first plate part, and the second plate part, and (iv) a heat-insulation member that is placed in at least one of a gap between the design plate and the first plate part, and a gap between the design plate and the second plate part.

Abstract: A vacuum heat-insulation material includes: at least one first fiber member; at least one second member that is placed around an outer peripheral part of the at least one first fiber member and that is thinner than an inner part; and at least one shell material that surrounds the at least one first fiber member and the at least one second fiber member.

Abstract: A wind power generating system includes: a wind mill, an induction rotating machine coupled to a rotating shaft of the wind mill; a power converting device that supplies exciting current to the induction rotating machine; a heat medium circulating structure that circulates a heat medium that receives heat generated by the induction rotating machine; a heat accumulator that accumulates heat of the heat medium; a thermal power generator that converts, into electric power, the heat of the heat medium accumulated in the heat accumulator; and an armature control unit that controls the exciting current in accordance with electric power demand of an electric power system. The armature control unit performs one or both of power generation mode control in which the induction rotating machine is operated as a power generator and heat generation mode control in which the induction rotating machine is operated as a heat generator.

Abstract: An electric power generation system includes a wind turbine, a conductor rotating as the wind turbine rotates, a heat transfer medium vessel, a magnetic field generator, a heat accumulator, and an electric power generation unit. The magnetic field generator is operated to generate a magnetic field and therein the conductor is rotated and thus heated through induction, and the conductor's heat is transmitted to the water in the heat transfer medium vessel to generate steam which is in turn supplied to a steam turbine and thus drives an electric power generator to generate electric power.

Abstract: An induction heating apparatus includes a rotor having a rotation shaft, and a stator having a heating portion disposed at a distance from the rotor. A coil that generates magnetic flux in a direction of the heating portion is provided in the rotor. The heating portion is formed of a composite material of a magnetic material and a conductive material, and has a structure in which a magnetic material portion and a conductive material portion are combined. When the coil is in a position opposed to the heating portion, a cross-sectional area of the magnetic material portion is smaller than an area of linkage of magnetic flux generated by the coil in the heating portion, and the conductive material portion is disposed to surround a periphery of the magnetic material portion. A flow passage in which the heating medium circulates is provided in the heating portion.

Abstract: An electric power generation system includes a wind turbine, a conductor rotating as the wind turbine rotates, a heat transfer medium vessel, a magnetic field generator, a heat accumulator, and an electric power generation unit. The magnetic field generator is operated to generate a magnetic field and therein the conductor is rotated and thus heated through induction, and the conductor's heat is transmitted to the water in the heat transfer medium vessel to generate steam which is in turn supplied to a steam turbine and thus drives an electric power generator to generate electric power.

Abstract: A wind power generating system includes: a wind mill, an induction rotating machine coupled to a rotating shaft of the wind mill; a power converting device that supplies exciting current to the induction rotating machine; a heat medium circulating structure that circulates a heat medium that receives heat generated by the induction rotating machine; a heat accumulator that accumulates heat of the heat medium; a thermal power generator that converts, into electric power, the heat of the heat medium accumulated in the heat accumulator; and an armature control unit that controls the exciting current in accordance with electric power demand of an electric power system. The armature control unit performs one or both of power generation mode control in which the induction rotating machine is operated as a power generator and heat generation mode control in which the induction rotating machine is operated as a heat generator.

Abstract: In a lighting system, each lamp has a wireless circuit that realizes: a time measuring unit measuring the elapsed time period since the lamp is turned on by a wall switch; a specifying unit specifying a plurality of electrical devices wired to the wall switch according to the elapsed time period measured by each time measuring unit; an identification information assigning unit assigning same identification information to the plurality of lamps specified by the specifying unit as being wired to the same wall switch; and a registration unit registering a Net-ID of a remote control.

Abstract: An electric power generation system includes a wind turbine, a conductor rotating as the wind turbine rotates, a heat transfer medium vessel, a magnetic field generator, a heat accumulator, and an electric power generation unit. The magnetic field generator is operated to generate a magnetic field and therein the conductor is rotated and thus heated through induction, and the conductor's heat is transmitted to the water in the heat transfer medium vessel to generate steam which is in turn supplied to a steam turbine and thus drives an electric power generator to generate electric power.

Abstract: In a wind-powered thermal power generation system, an induction motor includes a field (rotor) which has a field core coupled to a rotation shaft of the wind turbine and a field conductor, and an armature (stator) which has an armature core arranged on the outer side of the field with a spacing therebetween and an armature winding, and the induction motor is housed in the heat insulating container. A heating medium circulation mechanism circulates, inside the heat insulating container, a heating medium that receives heat generated by the induction motor. A magnetic field control means controls an input current to the armature winding so as to result in slip that produces load torque at the rotor rotating due to rotation of the wind turbine. A power generation portion converts, into electricity, the heat of the heating medium heated by the induction motor.

Abstract: In a lighting system, each lamp has a wireless circuit that realizes: a time measuring unit measuring the elapsed time period since the lamp is turned on by a wall switch; a specifying unit specifying a plurality of electrical devices wired to the wall switch according to the elapsed time period measured by each time measuring unit; an identification information assigning unit assigning same identification information to the plurality of lamps specified by the specifying unit as being wired to the same wall switch; and a registration unit registering a Net-ID of a remote control.

Abstract: An induction heating apparatus includes a rotor having a rotation shaft, and a stator having a heating portion disposed at a distance from the rotor. A coil that generates magnetic flux in a direction of the heating portion is provided in the rotor. The heating portion is formed of a composite material of a magnetic material and a conductive material, and has a structure in which a magnetic material portion and a conductive material portion are combined. When the coil is in a position opposed to the heating portion, a cross-sectional area of the magnetic material portion is smaller than an area of linkage of magnetic flux generated by the coil in the heating portion, and the conductive material portion is disposed to surround a periphery of the magnetic material portion. A flow passage in which the heating medium circulates is provided in the heating portion.

Abstract: There is provided a moving image recording apparatus including a feature amount extracting unit which extracts plural types of feature amount data relating to feature amounts characterizing moving image data from the moving image data, a memory unit at which the plural types of feature amount data extracted by the feature amount extracting unit and the moving image data are recorded being mutually associated, and a duplicate content searching unit which searches duplicate contents being mutually duplicated moving image data out of a plurality of the moving image data stored in the memory unit based on the plural types of feature amount data.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a light source including a plurality of solid-state light-emitting elements, each of which emits light using a semiconductor; a shielding body that includes an opening that allows only a part of the light emitted from the light source to pass through; a lens that converts the light allowed to pass through the opening into spotlight; and a reflecting body that is provided between the lens and the shielding body and reflects the light that is traveling in a direction diverged from the lens, to reach the lens.

Abstract: A mounting board is provided which is translucent and has a surface on which an LED is mounted. The mounting board includes a sintered body film having a wavelength shifter which converts a wavelength of light and a sintering binder made of an inorganic material. The wavelength shifter converts a wavelength of light proceeding toward the surface on which the LED is mounted among light emitted by the LED and radiates wavelength-converted light. The sintering binder transmits the light emitted by the LED and the wavelength-converted light.

Abstract: Provided is a lamp capable of suppressing an increase in temperature of a semiconductor light-emitting device, such as LED. A lamp according to the present invention is a lamp in which gas is enclosed, the lamp includes: a globe; and a light-emitting module which is housed in the globe and includes a base board and an LED disposed on the base board. The gas in the lamp is enclosed in the globe, the gas surrounding the light-emitting module and containing one of hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen.

Abstract: Saddle warpage of a wiring board at the time of reflow soldering is reduced by canceling out a difference in thermal expansion amount between wiring layers with anisotropy due to variations between the wiring layers in the proportion of copper remaining in the wiring layers C and non-uniformity of wiring elements by a difference in thermal expansion amount with anisotropy between resin base material layers produced according to the material of fiber bundles forming a warp or a weft in at least one resin base layer B, different from the material of other fiber bundles.

Abstract: An electric power generation system includes a wind turbine, a conductor rotating as the wind turbine rotates, a heat transfer medium vessel, a magnetic field generator, a heat accumulator, and an electric power generation unit. The magnetic field generator is operated to generate a magnetic field and therein the conductor is rotated and thus heated through induction, and the conductor's heat is transmitted to the water in the heat transfer medium vessel to generate steam which is in turn supplied to a steam turbine and thus drives an electric power generator to generate electric power.