Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a battery pack for a motor vehicle, and a power interface part that connects the battery pack and a plurality of electrical devices. The power interface part includes a battery-side connector, and a branch connector apparatus. The branch connector apparatus includes a joining part for connection lines, a fuse, a housing, and a connector. A guided part is provided on an outer side surface of the housing. The battery pack includes a slot part allowing the branch connector apparatus to be inserted and extracted. The battery-side connector is provided in the slot part. A guiding part extending along an insertion and extraction direction is provided on an inner side surface of the slot part. The guided part is guided along an extension direction of the guiding part by the guiding part.

Abstract: A resin molded product has a terminal body (10) in which plate-like terminals (20) and a housing (40) made of synthetic resin are integrally fixed. Each terminal (20) includes a bend (22), terminal bodies (21) and wire-side connecting portions (23) continuous with both ends of the terminals (20). Molded portions (62) embed parts of the terminal bodies (21) and the wire-side connecting portions (23) together with inner curved surfaces (30) of the bends (22). Flat side surfaces (25) of the terminal bodies (21) and flat side surfaces (27) of the wire-side connecting portions (23) are exposed from and adjacent to the molded portions (62) on both sides of the terminal bodies (21) and both sides of the wire-side connecting portions (23), and flat surfaces (32) are exposed from the molded portions (62) on both side surfaces (22A) of the bend (22).

Abstract: An end mill has a shank and a cutting edge portion. The shank has a coolant supply path. The cutting edge portion covers an outlet of the coolant supply path and is provided on the shank. The cutting edge portion is made of a porous body.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that performs control to cause a related device to perform a corrective step, the related device installed in an organization in which a target device is installed, if a condition to determine that the target device is in a verification necessity status is satisfied in response to presence or absence of a notification repeatedly received from the target device, and a determination unit that determines a necessity for dispatching a maintenance crew to the target device in response to results of the corrective step.

Abstract: A calculating section of a control unit calculates a vertical position Defocus for a condensing lens using a height value H1 of a modified layer in a wafer that is set by a setting section according to the equation (1) below. Defocus=(thickness T1 of wafer?height value H1?b)/a??(1) The calculating section calculates an appropriate vertical position for the condensing lens according to the equation (1) depending on the height value H1 of the modified layer that is set by the setting section. Therefore, the vertical position of the condensing lens in laser processing operation can be determined more easily, and a time-consuming and tedious experiment for fine adjustment of the vertical position of the condensing lens does not need to be conducted.

Abstract: A cutting tool according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate and a diamond layer coating the substrate. A cutting tool according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a rake face, a flank contiguous to the rake face, and a cutting edge configured by a ridge formed by the rake face and the flank. The rake face has a first rake face and a second rake face located between the first rake face and the flank. The second rake face and a surface of the substrate located on the side of the rake face form a negative angle. The second rake face is formed at the diamond layer.

Abstract: A rotary cutting tool includes a main body and a shank. The main body has a tip end. The shank is continuous with the main body on the side opposite to the tip end. The main body is provided with a first cutting edge having a positive twist angle, and a second cutting edge having a negative twist angle and separated from the first cutting edge. Each of the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge extends continuously from the tip end to the shank.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that performs control to cause a related device to perform a corrective step, the related device installed in an organization in which a target device is installed, if a condition to determine that the target device is in a verification necessity status is satisfied in response to presence or absence of a notification repeatedly received from the target device, and a determination unit that determines a necessity for dispatching a maintenance crew to the target device in response to results of the corrective step.

Abstract: A method for producing a layered double hydroxide compact can achieve production thereof at a lower cost for a short time by simplifying a process for producing a layered double hydroxide compact, and also can maintain a desired shape. The method for producing a layered double hydroxide compact is characterized by having a synthesis step of synthesizing a layered double hydroxide, a forming step of holding the layered double hydroxide after the synthesis step to a holding material, and a drying step of drying the layered double hydroxide held to the holding material until the water content thereof becomes equal to or lower than 30%.

Abstract: An object is to provide a filtration body capable of uniformizing the distribution of a layered double hydroxide in the filtration body and also preventing the surface of the layered double hydroxide from being covered with a binder or the like, thereby making it possible to improve the conventional filtration efficiency, and also a method for producing the same. The filtration body is formed of a layered double hydroxide having a crystallite size of 20 nm or less carried on a carrier including a thermally fusible fiber.

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a substrate and a diamond layer that covers the substrate. The diamond layer includes a rake face and a flank continuous to the rake face. A ridgeline between the rake face and the flank forms a cutting edge. The substrate includes a top surface opposed to the rake face. When viewed in a direction perpendicular to the top surface, the rake face includes a plurality of protrusions. In a cross-section perpendicular to a direction of extension of the cutting edge, each of the plurality of protrusions includes an inclined portion and a curvature portion continuous to the inclined portion. In the cross-section, a height of the inclined portion in the direction perpendicular to the top surface increases as a distance from the cutting edge increases.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a laser processing apparatus for forming a separation layer inside an ingot by applying a laser beam to an end surface of the ingot in the condition where the focal point of the laser beam is set inside the ingot, the laser beam having a transmission wavelength to the ingot. The laser processing apparatus includes a holding unit for holding the ingot, a moving unit for moving the holding unit in a direction parallel to the end surface of the ingot held by the holding unit, a laser beam applying unit for applying the laser beam to the ingot held by the holding unit, an imaging unit for detecting the position of the ingot in the direction parallel to the end surface of the ingot, and a height detecting unit for detecting the height of the end surface of the ingot held by the holding unit.

Abstract: A turning tool includes: a holder portion; and a cutting edge portion fixed to the holder portion, wherein the cutting edge portion is composed of a synthetic single-crystal diamond, and the cutting edge portion has a nose curvature having a curvature radius of more than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 1.2 mm, and the nose curvature satisfies at least one of a condition that a direction of a line of intersection between the rake face and a bisecting cross section of a vertex angle of the nose curvature is within ±10° relative to a <110> direction of the synthetic single-crystal diamond, and a condition that the direction of the line of intersection between the rake face and the bisecting cross section of the vertex angle of the nose curvature is within ±10° relative to a <100> direction of the synthetic single-crystal diamond.

Abstract: A method for producing a peptide by conducting steps (1) condensing an N-protected amino acid or an N-protected peptide to an N-terminus of a C-protected amino acid or a C-protected peptide represented by formula (II): wherein Y represents an amino acid or a peptide with an unprotected N-terminus; R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or —OR4 (wherein R4 represents an optionally substituted aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group; two of R1, R2 and R3 may form a 5- to 7-membered ring together with the Si atom to which they are bonded; and the R1R2R3Si group has 8 or more carbon atoms and is bonded to a C-terminus of an amino acid or a peptide in Y, and (2) removing the protective group at the N-terminus of the peptide obtained in step (1).

Abstract: In a single-crystal diamond material, a concentration of non-substitutional nitrogen atoms is not more than 200 ppm, a concentration of substitutional nitrogen atoms is lower than the concentration of the non-substitutional nitrogen atoms, and the single-crystal diamond material has a crystal growth main surface having an off angle of not more than 20°. A perforated tool includes a single-crystal diamond die, wherein in the single-crystal diamond die, a concentration of non-substitutional nitrogen atoms is not more than 200 ppm, a concentration of substitutional nitrogen atoms is lower than the concentration of the non-substitutional nitrogen atoms, and the single-crystal diamond die has a low-index plane represented by a Miller index of not less than ?5 and not more than 5 in an integer, a perpendicular line of the low-index plane having an off angle of not more than 20° relative to an orientation of a hole for wire drawing.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a single-crystal diamond, the method including the steps of: forming a protective film on at least a part of a surface of an auxiliary plate; preparing a diamond seed crystal substrate; disposing an auxiliary plate with a protective film that has the protective film formed on the auxiliary plate, and a diamond seed crystal substrate in a chamber; and growing a single-crystal diamond on a principal surface of the diamond seed crystal substrate by a chemical vapor deposition method while introducing a carbon-containing gas into the chamber.

Abstract: A catalyst includes a carrier, and a metal obtained by reducing a metal ion supported on the carrier 1) in a supercritical state or 2) in a polar organic solvent, wherein the carrier is an inorganic porous body having a hierarchical porous structure. By employing the catalyst, it is possible to exhibit better catalytic activity than a conventional catalyst. Heat generation and spontaneous ignition are prevented because no organic porous body is used.

Abstract: A diamond-coated tool includes: a substrate; and a diamond layer that coats the substrate, wherein the diamond layer includes a first region that is in contact with the substrate, the first region includes a region S1 surrounded by an interface P between the substrate and the diamond layer and an imaginary plane V1 separated from the interface P by a distance of 2 ?m, and the region S1 has crystal grains grown in random directions.

Abstract: A resin molded product has a terminal body (10) in which plate-like terminals (20) and a housing (40) made of synthetic resin are integrally fixed. Each terminal (20) includes a bend (22), terminal bodies (21) and wire-side connecting portions (23) continuous with both ends of the terminals (20). Molded portions (62) embed parts of the terminal bodies (21) and the wire-side connecting portions (23) together with inner curved surfaces (30) of the bends (22). Flat side surfaces (25) of the terminal bodies (21) and flat side surfaces (27) of the wire-side connecting portions (23) are exposed from and adjacent to the molded portions (62) on both sides of the terminal bodies (21) and both sides of the wire-side connecting portions (23), and flat surfaces (32) are exposed from the molded portions (62) on both side surfaces (22A) of the bend (22).

Abstract: A single-crystal diamond includes n types of regions different in total concentration of an impurity, the n types of regions being observed in an observed surface being in parallel to a (110) face. Each of the n types of regions has an area not smaller than 0.1 ?m2. At least one of a first line, a second line, and a third line on the observed surface crosses a boundary between the n types of regions at least four times. The first line, the second line, and the third line are in parallel to a <?110> direction and have a length of 1 mm. A midpoint of the first line corresponds to the center of gravity of the observed surface. The second line and the third line are distant from the first line by 300 ?m in a <001> direction and a <00?1> direction, respectively.