Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive composition which comprises: 100 parts of an organopolysiloxane (A) having, in the molecule, two groups represented by general formula (1) (wherein R1 represents a C1-20 monovalent hydrocarbon group, R2 represents an oxygen atom, etc., R3 represents an acryloyloxyalkyl group, etc., p and a respectively indicate numbers satisfying 0?p?10 and 1?a?3); 1-500 parts of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound (B) containing no siloxane structure and/or a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate compound (C) containing no siloxane structure; 1-5,000 parts of an oranopolysiloxane resin (D) comprising R43SiO1/2 units (a) (wherein R4 represents a C1-10 monovalent hydrocarbon group) and SiO4/2 units (b), the (a)/(b) molar ratio being (0.6-1.2)/1; and 0.01-20 parts of a photopolymerization initiator (E). This composition has satisfactory applicability and curability and gives a cured object which, when used as a temporary fixer, has excellent tackiness and strength.

Abstract: A charging control apparatus includes a charging control section that, when an amount of power needed for a vehicle to reach a first charging stand that is selected based on business hours and distance from the location of the vehicle is not held in a battery, performs a first charging to cause the battery to hold the amount of power needed for the vehicle to reach the first charging stand, and the charging control section performs the first charging such that the amount of power held in the battery does not exceed the power needed for the vehicle to reach the first charging stand by an amount greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

Abstract: An engine includes a variable compression-ratio mechanism adapted to change a compression ratio of an engine and a supercharger adapted to supply a compressed air to the engine. An engine control device that controls the engine controls the variable compression-ratio mechanism by setting target compression ratio such that the higher responsiveness of a supercharging pressure rise by the supercharger is, the lower the target compression ratio is.

Abstract: A stator includes a main yoke having a cylindrical shape with a bottom, an auxiliary yoke having a band shape arranged on an outer or inner circumferential wall surface of this main yoke, and a field magnet arranged inside the main yoke. The auxiliary yoke is arranged along a circumferential direction on the outer or inner circumferential wall surface of the main yoke. One end of the auxiliary yoke has at least one protrusion, and another end of the auxiliary yoke has at least one recess facing and engaging in a circumferential direction with the protrusion either on the inner or outer circumferential wall surface of the main yoke.

Abstract: A UV curable organopolysiloxane composition includes: (A) a linear or branched organopolysiloxane having the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, “a” is an integer of 1 to 3, and a chain line indicates a bond; (B) a linear or branched organopolysiloxane represented by the following formula (2): wherein R3 and R4 independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, “a” is as defined above, and a chain line indicates a bond; and (C) a photoinitiator.

Abstract: An engine includes a variable compression-ratio mechanism adapted to change a compression ratio of an engine and a supercharger adapted to supply a compressed air to the engine. An engine control device that controls the engine controls the variable compression-ratio mechanism by setting target compression ratio such that the higher responsiveness of a supercharging pressure rise by the supercharger is, the lower the target compression ratio is.

Abstract: An FRP drive shaft includes an end joint joined to at least one end of an FRP cylinder via an outer collar. The end joint includes a serrated portion on an outer periphery thereof. The outer collar includes a small-diameter collar portion and a large-diameter collar portion. The serrated portion is press-fitted into an inner periphery of the FRP cylinder and fixed to an inner periphery of the small-diameter collar portion. A gap between an inner periphery of the large-diameter collar portion and an outer periphery of the FRP cylinder is filled with an adhesive for fixing the inner periphery of the large-diameter collar portion and the outer periphery of the FRP cylinder to each other. An adhesive-accumulating space which partially increases a filling amount of the adhesive is formed between the inner periphery of the large-diameter collar portion and the outer periphery of the FRP cylinder.

Abstract: A yoke housing includes a tubular case and a flange. The tubular case is formed from a metal sheet in a drawing process. The flange is formed at an end of the tubular case. The flange has a width in the lateral direction that is equal to the outer diameter of the tubular case. The flange has a base including beads and a thick portion. Each of the beads is formed by compressing the base. A portion of the base in which the beads are not formed defines a thick portion. The thick portion is located at a middle portion of the flange in the lateral direction. The beads are located on opposite sides of the thick portion in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A yoke housing includes a tubular case and a flange. The tubular case is formed from a metal sheet in a drawing process. The flange is formed at an end of the tubular case. The flange has a width in the lateral direction that is equal to the outer diameter of the tubular case. The flange has a base including beads and a thick portion. Each of the beads is formed by compressing the base. A portion of the base in which the beads are not formed defines a thick portion. The thick portion is located at a middle portion of the flange in the lateral direction. The beads are located on opposite sides of the thick portion in the lateral direction.

Abstract: An FRP drive shaft includes an end joint joined to at least one end of an FRP cylinder via an outer collar. The end joint includes a serrated portion on an outer periphery thereof. The outer collar includes a small-diameter collar portion and a large-diameter collar portion. The serrated portion is press-fitted into an inner periphery of the FRP cylinder and fixed to an inner periphery of the small-diameter collar portion. A gap between an inner periphery of the large-diameter collar portion and an outer periphery of the FRP cylinder is filled with an adhesive for fixing the inner periphery of the large-diameter collar portion and the outer periphery of the FRP cylinder to each other. An adhesive-accumulating space which partially increases a filling amount of the adhesive is formed between the inner periphery of the large-diameter collar portion and the outer periphery of the FRP cylinder.

Abstract: A UV curable organopolysiloxane composition includes: (A) a linear or branched organopolysiloxane having the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, “a” is an integer of 1 to 3, and a chain line indicates a bond; (B) a linear or branched organopolysiloxane represented by the following formula (2): wherein R3 and R4 independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, “a” is as defined above, and a chain line indicates a bond; and (C) a photoinitiator.

Abstract: A yoke housing includes a tubular case and a flange. The tubular case is formed from a metal sheet in a drawing process. The flange is formed at an end of the tubular case. The flange has a width in the lateral direction that is equal to the outer diameter of the tubular case. The flange has a base including beads and a thick portion. Each of the beads is formed by compressing the base. A portion of the base in which the beads are not formed defines a thick portion. The thick portion is located at a middle portion of the flange in the lateral direction. The beads are located on opposite sides of the thick portion in the lateral direction.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a drug for analysis of a water transport function of a membrane protein in a biological tissue, wherein the abundance of one or both of 17O water molecules or 18O water molecules in the drug is greater than their abundance in natural water. Furthermore, the present invention is to provide a method of analysis of a water transport function of a membrane protein in a biological tissue, a usage of the drug for analysis of a water transport function, and a method of diagnosis diagnosing pathologies caused by abnormalities of the water transport function.

Abstract: In an interference electron microscope, a first electron biprism is disposed between an acceleration tube and an illumination-lens system, a mask is disposed between the acceleration tube and the first electron biprism, and the first electron biprism is arranged in a shadow that the mask forms. Current densities of first and second electron beams on a parabolic surface of an objective lens system where a sample is positioned are controlled by a control system by an optical action of the illumination-lens system, the mask is imaged on the parabolic surface of the objective lens system, and an electro-optical length between the first electron biprism and the parabolic surface of the objective lens where the sample is positioned is controlled without generating Fresnel fringes on a sample surface from the mask and the first electron biprism.

Abstract: A battery charge/discharge control apparatus for a vehicle capable of driving an electric motor by a battery is provided. Temperature of the battery is detected, temperature history distribution of the battery after start of temperature detection is calculated, and a lifetime workload of the battery is calculated on the basis of this temperature history distribution of the battery. A permissible value of a workload increase rate indicating a workload to increase per unit distance is calculated on the basis of the lifetime workload of the battery and a travel distance of the vehicle. An actual workload increase rate of the battery is compared with the permissible value of the workload increase rate.

Abstract: An electron beam device includes a first electron biprism between an acceleration tube and irradiation lens systems, and an electron biprism in the image forming lens system. The first electron biprism splits the electron beam into first and second electron beams, radiated to differently positioned first and second regions on an objective plane of an objective lens system having a specimen perpendicular to an optical axis. The first and second electron beams are superposed on the observation plane by the electron biprism of the image forming lens system. The superposed region is observed or recorded. Optical action of the irradiation lens system controls each current density of the first and second electron beams on the objective plane having the specimen, and distance on electron optics between the first electron biprism and the objective plane of the objective lens system having the specimen.

Abstract: In an interference electron microscope, a first electron biprism is disposed between an acceleration tube and an illumination-lens system, a mask is disposed between the acceleration tube and the first electron biprism, and the first electron biprism is arranged in a shadow that the mask forms. Current densities of first and second electron beams on a parabolic surface of an objective lens system where a sample is positioned are controlled by a control system by an optical action of the illumination-lens system, the mask is imaged on the parabolic surface of the objective lens system, and an electro-optical length between the first electron biprism and the parabolic surface of the objective lens where the sample is positioned is controlled without generating Fresnel fringes on a sample surface from the mask and the first electron biprism.

Abstract: An electron beam device includes a first electron biprism between an acceleration tube and irradiation lens systems, and an electron biprism in the image forming lens system. The first electron biprism splits the electron beam into first and second electron beams, radiated to differently positioned first and second regions on objective plane of an objective lens system having a specimen perpendicular to an optical axis. The first and second electron beams are superposed on the observation plane by the electron biprism of the image forming lens system. The superposed region of those electron beams is observed or recorded. Optical action of the irradiation lens system controls each current density of the first and second electron beams on the objective plane of the objective lens system having the specimen, and distance on electron optics between the first electron biprism and the objective plane of the objective lens system having the specimen.

Abstract: A curable silicone gel composition that is of low viscosity, exhibits good fluidity, and generates a silicone gel that exhibits good resistance to external stress and thermal stress. The composition includes (A) a specific organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups within each molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a specific branched main chain structure, containing at least three SiH groups within each molecule, and also containing at least one branch-forming unit within each molecule, and (C) a platinum-based catalyst, wherein the cured product has a penetration value of 10 to 200, and loss coefficient values at 25° C. for shear frequency values of 1 Hz and 10 Hz of 0.1 to 1.0 and 0.3 to 1.5 respectively.

Abstract: A battery charge/discharge control apparatus for a vehicle capable of driving an electric motor by a battery is provided. Temperature of the battery is detected, temperature history distribution of the battery after start of temperature detection is calculated, and a lifetime workload of the battery is calculated on the basis of this temperature history distribution of the battery. A permissible value of a workload increase rate indicating a workload to increase per unit distance is calculated on the basis of the lifetime workload of the battery and a travel distance of the vehicle. An actual workload increase rate of the battery is compared with the permissible value of the workload increase rate.