Abstract: A blanking die apparatus includes multiple machining stations having respective cutting tools operated simultaneously to perform predetermined blanking operations on a belt-shaped workpiece fed progressively in a longitudinal direction and finally to perform a contour blanking operation on the workpiece, thereby forming core pieces used for manufacturing a laminated iron core, and an auxiliary cutting tool that forms a disposal hole by partly blanking a scrap forming area of the workpiece simultaneously with the operations of the cutting tools of the machining stations.

Abstract: There is provided a copper foil provided with a carrier exhibiting a high peeling resistance against the developer in the photoresist developing process and achieving high stability of mechanical peel strength of the carrier. The copper foil provided with a carrier comprises a carrier; an interlayer disposed on the carrier, the interlayer having a first surface adjacent to the carrier and containing 1.0 atom % or more of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Cr, Mo, Mn, W and Ni and a second surface remote from the carrier and containing 30 atom % or more of Cu; a release layer disposed on the interlayer; and an extremely-thin copper layer disposed on the release layer.

Abstract: The blocked isocyanate is a blocked isocyanate containing a latent isocyanate group, which is an isocyanate group blocked with a blocking agent, wherein the blocked isocyanate includes a first latent isocyanate group that is an isocyanate group blocked with a first blocking agent and a second latent isocyanate group that is an isocyanate group blocked with a second blocking agent; and the first blocking agent is represented by general formula (1) below, and has a higher catalysis activity that activates the isocyanate group than that of the second blocking agent. (where R1 to R3 represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom, and at least one of R1 to R3 represents a hydrogen atom, and R1 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a heterocycle.

Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material of the present invention includes (A) a compound of which pKa value is 1 to 9, (B) a di- or higher functional iso(thio)cyanate compound, and (C) a di- or higher functional active hydrogen compound.

Abstract: The pipe articles with excellent stress crack resistance can be achieved by providing ethylene copolymer composition comprises ethylene and a C6-C10 ?-olefin comonomer; the ethylene copolymer having a total density of 0.945-0.980 g/cm3 and a MFR5 of 0.10-0.50 g/10 min; and the ethylene copolymer having a comonomer content of 1-5% wt. The ethylene copolymer has Mx/My in the range of not less than 14.0; gpcBR in the range of from 0.20 to 0.80; and strain hardening modulus <Gp> in the range of not less than 53.4.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by dynamically crosslinking an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polymer copolymer (A), a polyolefin resin (B), a softener (C) in an amount of 1 to 200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the total of the copolymer (A) and the resin (B), and a crosslinking agent (D) by the use of a batch mixer under the conditions satisfying the requirements (1) to (4).

Abstract: A door opening and closing device includes a motor that outputs driving force causing a back door of a vehicle to be opened or closed, and a controller that controls the motor. The controller executes automatic opening and closing control for automatically opening or closing the back door by the motor, and if the controller detects a stop command causing the back door to be stopped when the automatic opening and closing control is being executed, the controller decreases a target velocity of the back door at a predetermined deceleration ?1 until the back door stops.

Abstract: A transparent, homogeneous liquid or liquiform fertilizer and agrochemical formulation is provided. The formulation includes an agrochemical and a fertilizer together with glycol ether.

Abstract: A graft-modified propylene.?-olefin copolymer (A) is obtained by graft-reacting a polar monomer onto a propylene.?-olefin copolymer (a) including 50 to 90 mol % of propylene-derived structural units (C3) and 10 to 50 mol % of C4-8 ?-olefin-derived structural units (C?) (wherein the total of the structural units C3 and C? is 100 mol %), and satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iv) at the same time: (i) the amount of the polar monomer grafted is 0.4 to 1.5 wt %, (ii) the content of the polar monomer is not more than 1000 ppm, (iii) the content of a gel insoluble in xylene at 140° C. is not more than 2.5 wt %, and (iv) the content of a volatile hydrocarbon compound is not more than 10 ppm.

Abstract: An analysis unit determines at least two boundaries by determining; in a coordinate system indicating a correlation between a luminance contrast value between a luminance of an attention portion and a luminance of a background portion, and a luminance average value of a visual target including the attention portion and the background portion; the boundary between a region where a subject has a visibility and a region where the subject does not have the visibility for each combination of stimulus values of a color stimulus of a visual target.

Abstract: Propylene polymers and propylene resin compositions containing the polymers are used as molded articles used under stress for a long period such as automotive parts, housing parts, home appliance parts and electric power tool parts. Stress-resistant molded articles of the invention are obtained from these materials. A propylene homopolymer (A) satisfies the following requirements (1) to (3), and a polypropylene resin composition contains the propylene homopolymer (A). (1) The ratio (Mw/Mn) of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn) according to GPC is in the range of 1.2 to 3.5. (2) Mn is in the range of 35,000 to 400,000. (3) The content of components soluble in o-dichlorobenzene at 90° C. is not more than 4 wt %.

Abstract: A tray is provided for conveying a workpiece placed on the tray inside a heat treatment furnace. The tray includes plural kinds of positional displacement regulating parts for respectively regulating horizontal positional displacements of plural kinds of workpieces with different sizes, wherein the plural kinds of positional displacement regulating parts are arranged concentrically in a plane shape.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first switching element that is provided on a high side; a first diode element that is connected in parallel to the first switching element; a second switching element that is provide on a low side and connected in series to the first switching element; and a second diode element that is connected in parallel to the second switching element, wherein the first switching element and one of the first diode element and the second diode element are stacked adjacently to each other in a vertical direction of respective electrode surfaces thereof via a conductive electrode, the second switching element and the other of the first diode element and the second diode element that is different from the diode element adjacent to the first switching element are stacked adjacently to each other in a vertical direction of respective electrode surfaces thereof via a conductive electrode, and the first switching element and the second switching element are not adjacent in a vertical direction

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic eyewear device is provided. The electronic eyewear device may comprise a temple, a touch sensor, a plurality of electronic components, and an enclosure partially enclosing the touch sensor and the plurality of electronic components. The enclosure may have a first opening that exposes a surface of the touch sensor. The exposed surface of the touch sensor may define a top surface of the plurality of electronics components. The enclosure may be attached to the temple.

Abstract: Devices and methods related generally to electrochromic materials and their use. In some embodiments, the electrochromic materials are for use on an optical substrate, such as a lens, a semi-finished lens blank, and the like. Some embodiments include an electrochromic stack including nanostructured materials. Some embodiments include an electrochromic stack including nanostructured electrochromic materials. Some embodiments include one or more ion-conducting layers. Methods of making electrochromic stacks having nanostructured materials and/or ion-conducting layers are also discussed.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock apparatus includes a meshing mechanism with a striker, a control unit authenticating a transmitter and switching an operation of an outside electric operation element to be enabled and disabled, a locking and unlocking mechanism being switched to an unlocking state where a meshing of the meshing mechanism can be released and a locking state where the meshing cannot be released by an operation of an inside mechanical operation element or a driving of a locking and unlocking motor, and an electric releasing mechanism releasing the meshing by a driving of a releasing motor to activate a releasing operation based on a valid operation of the outside electric operation element, and after a predetermined length of time has elapsed since collision detecting means detect a collision of the motor vehicle, the control unit drives the locking and unlocking motor to activate an unlocking operation.

Abstract: A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus includes: a closing latch mechanism having a first latch and a first ratchet; an opening latch mechanism having a second latch and a second ratchet; a release electric mechanism configured to operate the first ratchet to a released position; an opening latch interlocking mechanism configured to operate in a cancel direction from an initial position in association with movement of the second latch from the unlatched position to the latched position; a relay mechanism configured to enable returning of the first ratchet stopped at the released position by switching over from a connected state to a disconnected state; and a cable that is routed through inside of a door trim and that transmits the operation of the opening latch interlocking mechanism in the cancel direction to the relay mechanism.

Abstract: A new dendritic silver powder can be mixed with a synthetic resin to give electroconductive films having sufficient electroconductivity. Even when the films vary in thickness, the electroconductivity of the films can be maintained. The volume-cumulative particle diameter D50 (referred to as “D50D”) determined by adding the silver powder to water containing a dispersant, applying 300-watt ultrasonic waves to the resultant mixture for 3 minutes, and examining the dispersion with a laser diffraction/scattering type particle size analyzer is 1.0-15.0 ?m and that the ratio of the volume-cumulative particle diameter D50 (referred to as “D50N”) determined by adding the silver powder to the water containing a dispersant and examining the mixture under the same conditions as for the D50D except that no ultrasonic waves are applied, to the D50D, D50N/D50D, is 1.0-10.0.

Abstract: The elastically deformable seal member has hollow tube (6) and porous body (7) inserted into the interior of tube (6). The interior of tube (6) is not completely filled by porous body (7), and air-holding space (8) is provided between a portion of the inner wall of tube (6) and a portion of the outer surface of porous body (7). Porous body (7) comprises a material having a water absorption coefficient in the range of 10% to 3000% in an uncompressed state. Porous body (7) is disposed such that the volume of porous body (7) occupies 2.5% or more of the internal volume of tube (6).