Abstract: Provided is spinel-type lithium transition metal oxide (LMO) used as a positive electrode active material for lithium battery, said LMO being capable of simultaneously achieving all output characteristics (rate characteristics), high temperature cycle life characteristics, and rapid charging characteristics. The disclosed is spinel-type lithium transition metal oxide including, besides Li and Mn, one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ti, Ni, Co, and Fe, and having crystallite size of between 200 nm and 1000 nm and strain of 0.0900 or less. Because the crystallite size is markedly large, oxygen deficiency is markedly little, and the structure is strong, when the LMO is used as a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, all output characteristics (rate characteristics), high temperature cycle life characteristics, and rapid charging characteristics can be achieved simultaneously.

Abstract: A ship that reduces the total amount of fossil fuels and other energy sources required, thereby saving energy. The ship (1) has a plurality of subsystems (10) constructed by dividing a network of power supply lines (3) and signal lines (4) into groups. The subsystems (10) consist of at least two subsystems among a bridge subsystem (10a) on the bridge; a propulsion subsystem (10b) in an engine room; a deck subsystem (10c) installed on a deck; a ballast cargo subsystem (10d) for ballasting and equipment installed in a hold; and an information processing subsystem (10e) corresponding to communication equipment. The subsystems (10) each have a storage battery (5) and a smart meter (6), each of which is linked to a microgrid monitoring and control system (2), which detects the amount of electric power consumed by the subsystems (10), and controls the transfer of electric power between the subsystems.

Abstract: A soil treating agent or a seed treating agent having excellent prevention effects against various plant pathogens (particularly against rice blast) is provided. A soil treating agent or seed treating agent, comprising one or more compounds of the general formula (Ia), (Ib) or (Ic): (wherein R1, R2: C1-C6 alkyl (may be substituted), aryl (may be substituted), heteroaryl (may be substituted), aralkyl (may be substituted) and the like; R3, R4: H, C1-C6 alkyl (may be substituted), halogen, C1-C6 alkoxy and the like; X: halogen, C1-C6 alkyl (may be substituted), C2-C6 alkenyl (may be substituted), C2-C6 alkynyl (may be substituted), aryl (may be substituted), heteroaryl (may be substituted), C1-C6 alkoxy and the like; Y: halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, OH; n: 0 to 4; m: 0 to 6) or salts thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: To provide an olefinic expandable substrate and a dicing film that exhibits less contamination characteristics, high expandability without necking, which cannot be achieved by conventional olefinic expandable substrates. In order to achieve the object, an expandable film comprises a 1-butene-?-olefin copolymer (A) having a tensile modulus at 23° C. of 100 to 500 MPa and a propylenic elastomer composition (B) comprising a propylene-?-olefin copolymer (b1) and having a tensile modulus at 23° C. of 10 to 50 MPa, wherein the amount of the component (B) is 30 to 70 weight parts relative to 100 weight parts in total of components (A) and (B).

Abstract: An object of the invention is to produce a microorganism which yields high amounts in a short time of a hydroxycarboxylic acid reduced in impurity content. This invention further provides a process for producing a hydroxycarboxylic acid, including glycolic acid, using the microorganism. This process enables a hydroxycarboxylic acid having high purity to be supplied at low cost.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion battery wherein the content of an iron element contained in a positive electrode active material (measured with an ICP emission spectrophotometer) is 10 ppm or more, and magnetic materials having a size of 0.70 times or greater than the thickness of a separator layer are substantially not included in order to provide a lithium ion battery which has small voltage drop during a charge state or under storage at high temperatures.

Abstract: The present invention provides a propylene-based block copolymer having high melt viscoelasticity, excellent balance between rigidity and impact resistance, good molding processability, and excellent molded product appearance, a composition containing the copolymer, and molded products obtained therefrom. The propylene-based block copolymer comprises 5 to 80% by weight of a room temperature n-decane-soluble portion (Dsol) and 20 to 95% by weight of a room temperature n-decane-insoluble portion (Dinsol) (the total amount of the Dsol and the Dinsol is 100% by weight), and satisfies the requirements [1] to [3]: [1] the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of the Dsol is 7.0 to 30, [2] the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of the Dinsol is 7.0 to 30, and Mz/Mw thereof is 6.0 to 20, and [3] the pentad fraction (mmmm) of the Dinsol is not less than 93%.

Abstract: A laminated rotor core (36) wherein permanent magnets (47) are inserted in respective magnet insertion holes (46) is disposed between and pressed by an upper die (37) and a lower die (29). The upper die (37) has resin reservoir pots (50) provided above the laminated rotor core (36) and at positions corresponding to the respective magnet insertion holes (46). Raw resin material put in the resin reservoir pots (50) is heated by the upper die (37). Subsequently, the resin material in a liquefied state is ejected from the resin reservoir pots (50) by plungers (52) that are inserted and moves vertically in the resin reservoir pots (50) and is directly filled in the magnet insertion holes (46). Consequently, the respective magnet insertion holes (46) are filled with the resin material more evenly and highly reliable products can be supplied at low cost.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polymerizable resin composition with which the cured product refractive index is high and the viscosity under a high shear stress is a specific viscosity or lower. Provided is an polymerizable epoxy composition comprising (A1) an S-containing epoxy resin represented by a general formula, (A2) an epoxy compound having a softening point of 70° C. or lower, (B) a curing promoter, and (C) a thiol compound having two or more thiol groups per molecule, wherein viscosity at 25° C. and 60 rpm as determined using a B viscometer is between 100 and 15,000 mPa·s.

Abstract: In a vehicle door latch device, a latch engages with a striker of a vehicle body and a ratchet engages with the latch, so that a vehicle door is closed, and an inside operating lever and a childproof lock mechanism are disposed between a cover and a casing. To connect the childproof lock mechanism to the casing, the inside operating lever is held in an assembling position and the childproof lock mechanism is held in its locking state or in its unlocking state. The cover has a covering portion over a broader portion of a hole in the cover.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated iron core is provided. A laminated iron core body including a permanent magnet inserted into a magnet-insert hole is arranged between a molding die and a holding die. A cull plate is arranged between the molding die and the laminated iron core body. The cull plate has a groove shaped runner directed toward the magnet-insert hole from a resin reservoir and provided with a gate hole communicating with the magnet-insert hole, and a through hole which vertically passes through the cull plate is formed in the runner of the cull plate at a different position from a position of the gate hole. After the magnet-insert hole is filled with the mold resin a resin residue remaining in the cull plate is pushed off and removed from the gate hole and the through hole.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrodeposited copper foil which has a lower profile and a higher gloss than low-profile electrodeposited copper foil conventionally supplied in markets. For achieving this object, the present invention employs an electrodeposited copper foil which has a super low profile, the surface roughness (Rzjis) of the deposit side of lower than 1.0-micron meter, and the gloss [Gs(60-deg.)] thereof of not lower than 400 irrespective to its thickness. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method of an electrodeposited copper foil obtained by electrodeposition using a sulfuric acid base copper electrolytic solution obtained by adding 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid and/or bis(3-sulfopropyl)disulfide, a quaternary ammonium salt polymer having a cyclic structure, and chlorine.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyurethane resin which is obtained by a reaction between a polyisocyanate component, which contains 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane including not less than 80% by mole of trans isomers, and an active hydrogen compound component.

Abstract: A resin pellet of the present invention includes a resin base material and a plurality of microparticles embedded in the resin base material. The resin pellet is covered with the plurality of microparticles on the surface of the resin base material. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent detachment of the microparticles to be applied on the resin base material and to effectively suppress blocking of resin pellets.

Abstract: A method of resin-sealing for a laminated core includes the steps of: holding by sandwiching a core body 11 between a resin injection mold 20 and a supporting mold 21; extruding a molten resin using a plunger 37 from a resin reservoir pot 24 provided in the resin injection mold 20; and resin-sealing the permanent magnets 18 in the magnet insertion holes 16 and 17, wherein a material of the resin reservoir pot 24 of the resin injection mold 20 and a region through which the resin passes from the resin reservoir pot 24 is a superhard material, and wear in the resin injection mold 20 due to a flow of the resin is reduced. With this, a gap between the resin reservoir pot 24 and the resin injection mold 20 due to a difference in thermal expansion is less easily produced.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to eliminate deviation in the quality of a chromate film provided on a copper foil for a negative electrode current collector to eliminate fluctuation of electric capacity in a lithium ion secondary battery. To achieve the object, as the copper foil for a negative electrode current collector of a lithium ion secondary battery, a copper foil provided with a chromate film for a negative electrode current collector in which Cr(OH)3 constitutes 85 area % or more of the chromate film is employed. Further, the copper foil provided with a chromate film for a negative electrode current collector according to the present application is preferable to be that the apparent orientation number N of oxygen closest to chrome in the chromate film is 4.5 or more.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated core, in which while a laminated core body 10 formed by caulking and with permanent magnets 20 inserted in a plurality of magnet insertion holes 17, 18 is held between a resin injection die 23 and a receiving die 22 opposed to each other, resin is injected into the magnet insertion holes 17, 18 from resin reservoir portions provided to the resin injection die 23 to fix the permanent magnets 20, the method comprising: at a time of resin injection, pressing a flat press surface 24 of the resin injection die 23 against caulking portions 13 protruding from a surface of the laminated core body 10 to apply pressure thereto, thereby allowing the surface of the laminated core body 10 whereon the caulking portions 13 are formed to be pressed against the flat press surface 24 so as to prevent resin leakage.

Abstract: A process for producing a syndiotactic ?-olefin polymer having high racemic diad fraction and high molecular weight with excellent polymerization activity through a method permitting high-temperature polymerization. The production process comprises polymerizing a monomer that comprises at least one C3-10 ?-olefin and a small amount of ethylene, in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising a transition metal compound (A) represented by the general formula [1], at least one compound (B) selected from an organoaluminum oxy-compound (b-1), a compound (b-2) that reacts with the transition metal compound (A) to form an ion pair and an organoaluminum compound (b-3), which process for producing a syndiotactic ?-olefin polymer satisfies the relationship: 0.001?PE/PO?0.030, provided that the molar amounts of ethylene and an ?-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms that are fed into a polymerization reactor under a polymerization temperature of not lower than 25° C. are PE and PO, respectively.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a surface-treated electro-deposited copper foil which has a low profile at a level equal to or excellent than that of low-profile surface-treated electro-deposited copper foils that have conventionally been supplied to the market and in which waviness affecting the straight line performance of wiring is small, and a method for manufacturing the same. In order to achieve this object, in the surface-treated electro-deposited copper foil, the maximum waviness height (Wmax) of the bonding surface to be bonded with an insulation layer-constituting material to be 0.05 ?m to 0.7 ?m, the maximum peak to valley height (PV) to be 0.05 to 1.5 ?m, and the surface roughness (Rzjis) to be 0.1 ?m to 1.0 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition including (1) at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene-?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and ionomers thereof, which have a melt flow rate of from 0.5 g/10 min to 6 g/10 min, (2) at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene-?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and ionomers thereof, which have a melt flow rate of from 10 g/10 min to 30 g/10 min, and (3) at least one selected from the group consisting of propylene homopolymers and copolymers obtained by copolymerization using propylene and one or more ?-olefins excluding propylene, in which a structural unit derived from an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester is substantially not contained in the total amount of the ethylene-?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and the ionomers thereof.