Abstract: An electrode material may include an active material particle containing: a niobium-titanium composite oxide having an average composition in which a molar ratio of niobium to titanium (MNb/MTi) is greater than 2; and at least one element A selected from the group consisting of potassium, iron and phosphorus. The active material particle may contain the element A at a concentration in the range of 100 ppm to 2000 ppm.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is an active material including a niobium titanium-containing oxide phase and a carbon coating layer. The niobium titanium-containing oxide phase contains a niobium titanium-containing oxide having a monoclinic structure and Na, and a Na content therein is 0 ppm or more and 100 ppm or less. The carbon coating layer coats at least a part of the niobium titanium-containing oxide phase, and contains 0.001% or more of carboxyl group.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a recycling method is provided. The method includes dispersing an electrode containing a niobium titanium oxide in water; separating the niobium titanium oxide from the electrode dispersed in the water; and applying a first heat treatment to the separated niobium titanium oxide.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes an electrode group, including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. The separator includes at least one metal-element containing portion containing a metal element. The at least one metal-element containing portion is provided on a surface of the separator in contact with the negative electrode. The at least one metal-element containing portion contains at least one selected from a group consisting of a metal, a metallic oxide, and a metallic fluoride. An area of the at least one metal-element containing portion is in a range of 0.3 mm2 to 3.2 mm2.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a niobium-titanium oxide is provided. The niobium-titanium oxide satisfies Formulae (1) to (3) below in an L*a*b* color space according to Japanese Industrial Standard JIS Z 8722:2009: 95.0?L*?100??(1) ?1.0?a*?1.0??(2) ?1.0?b*?6.0??(3).

Abstract: A niobium-titanium-based oxide includes niobium-titanium-based oxide particles, wherein an Si2p peak area and an Nb3d peak area, as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for the niobium-titanium-based oxide particles, satisfy a ratio A of 0.40?A?1.0, provided that the ratio A is the Si2p peak area/the Nb3d peak area.

Abstract: A protective cover protects a connector coupling portion which is an electrical connection between an on-vehicle sensor to be mounted on a vehicle body component and a wiring. This protective cover includes a protection portion and a fixing portion. The protection portion covers the connector coupling portion at which a sensor-side connector which is provided on the on-vehicle sensor side and which extends in an extending direction is coupled to a wiring-side connector which is provided on the wiring side and which is to be coupled to the sensor-side connector while moving relatively with respect to the sensor-side connector in a coupling direction opposite to the extending direction. The fixing portion is integrally provided with the protection portion so as to be fixed on the on-vehicle sensor side.

Abstract: A press machine includes a storage unit configured to store moving image data captured by an imaging unit disposed at a position configured to allow the imaging unit to capture an image of a press die area, an image extraction unit configured to extract, from a group of still images forming the moving image data, a monitoring target image with reference to a position of a slide in the image or a state of a material to be processed, and an image monitoring unit configured to perform image monitoring based on the monitoring target image and to output a monitoring result.

Abstract: A controller causes a calculation device to perform calculation that determines an operation of a moving object and generates digital signals that define the operations of actuators. The generated digital signals are output to a digital signal transmission path by a signal bus control IC. ICs attached to the actuators obtain digital signals that define the operations of the actuators from the digital signal transmission path and generate control signals for the actuators based on the operations defined by the digital signals.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes a current collector, and an active material-containing layer which is formed on a surface of the current collector and includes a plurality of niobium titanium composite oxide particles. A X-ray diffraction pattern using a Cu-K? ray source with respect to a surface of the active material-containing layer includes a peak A with a highest intensity in a range of 2?=26°±0.2° and a peak B with a highest intensity in a range of 2?=23.9°±0.2°. An intensity ratio (Ia/Ib) between an intensity Ia of the peak A and an intensity Ib of the peak B is in a range of 1.80 or more to 2.60 or less.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an electrode including active material particles, polymer fibers and inorganic solid particles. The polymer fibers have an average fiber diameter of 1 nm to 100 nm.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode group is provided. The electrode group includes a positive electrode active material-containing layer and a negative electrode active material-containing layer. The negative electrode active material-containing layer contains at least one titanium-containing composite oxide selected from the group consisting of a monoclinic niobium titanium composite oxide and an orthorhombic titanium-containing composite oxide. The electrode group satisfies the following formula: 6500?A/B?18500, where A is an area [cm2] of a portion of the negative electrode active material-containing layer that faces the positive electrode active material-containing layer, and B is a thickness [cm] of the electrode group.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, an electrode including a mixture layer containing a titanium-containing oxide and a conductive agent is provided. The electrode satisfies expression (1). Where, L* is a lightness of the electrode according to JISZ8722:2009. Also, ri is a particle size for the mixture layer at a volume cumulative frequency dx, where i is a natural number from 1 to 9. The volume cumulative frequency dx is a volume-based cumulative frequency for which accumulation starts with a smaller particle size. The volume cumulative frequency dx takes a value from 10% to 90% in increments of 10%. 7.0 ? 100 ? L ? / ? 1 9 1 r i d i ? 11.

Abstract: A press machine includes: a press control unit that controls ascending/descending motion of the slide; and an abnormality diagnostic unit configured to perform abnormality diagnosis of the press machine based on data from a sensor provided in the press machine and to output a result of the abnormality diagnosis. The abnormality diagnostic unit is configured to perform the abnormality diagnosis, based on the data acquired from the sensor while the slide moves at a predetermined speed between a bottom dead point and a top dead point in a press-no-load state.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a charge control method includes acquiring a measured temperature of a lithium ion battery, acquiring a threshold value for stopping charging of the lithium ion battery according to the measured temperature of the lithium ion battery based on a relationship between a cycle life and a charging capacity of the lithium ion battery for each temperature of the lithium ion battery, and, charging the lithium ion battery based on the threshold value.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, an active material including particles containing a niobium-containing oxide is provided. The particles containing the niobium-containing oxide contain single particles having protruded parts and recessed parts. Three or more of the recessed parts satisfy 0.1?a/L?0.5 (1). Where L is a length of a tangent line in contact with a first protruded part and a second protruded part, and a is a maximum length of a perpendicular line from the tangent line to a recessed part defined by the first protruded part and the second protruded part.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. The active material includes a primary particle including an Nb10Ti2O29 phase and at least one Nb-rich phase selected from an Nb14TiO37 phase and an Nb24TiO64 phase. In the primary particle, a ratio MNb/MTi of substance amount of niobium to titanium satisfies 5.0<MNb/MTi?24.0. A diffraction chart according to a wide angle X-ray diffraction method using a CuK? ray for the active material includes a peak A and a peak C attributed to the Nb10Ti2O29 phase and a peak B appearing within a range of 2? of 25.5±0.2° attributed to the Nb-rich phase. The active material satisfies a peak intensity ratio represented by 0<IB/IA<5.0. A half width of the peak C is in a range of 0.15° or more and 0.80° or less.

Abstract: A controller includes a control section configured to actually control a hardware unit, an identification model including a hard model obtained by modeling a dynamic characteristic of the hardware unit and a soft model configured to execute same processing as processing performed on the hard model by the control section, and an adjustment section configured to update a dynamic characteristic of a model of the hardware unit in the hard model such that an output value of the hard model obtained by processing of the soft model matches an actual output value of the hardware unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode that includes a titanium-containing oxide. The electrode group has a wound structure of a flat shape, in which a stack including the positive electrode and the negative electrode is wound such that a center of the wound structure lies along a first direction. At least a part of a portion of the negative electrode, positioned within a thickness of 0.2 t from an innermost lap along a longest straight line in a wound cross-section of the wound structure orthogonal to the first direction with respect to a thickness t from the innermost lap to an outermost lap along the longest straight line, includes a slit that lies along the first direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a secondary battery including a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer. A thickness of the negative electrode current collector is in a range of 8 ?m to 18 ?m. The negative electrode current collector includes a first current collector end surface extending along a stacking direction. The negative electrode mixture layer includes a niobium-titanium composite oxide, and a first protrusion protruding from the first current collector end surface along a first direction orthogonal to the stacking direction. A protrusion length A1 of the first protrusion satisfies 0 mm<A1?1.0 mm.