Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a surface sealing material which has high storage stability and is capable of forming, on an object to be coated such as an organic EL element, a cured product layer that has less irregularity, cissing and the like, while having high surface smoothness. A surface sealing material for organic EL elements according to the present invention contains (B) a cationically polymerizable compound that comprises a cationically polymerizable functional group in each molecule and has a structure represented by formula (1) —(R—O)n— (wherein R represents an alkylene group having 2-5 carbon atoms and n represents an integer of 1-150), (C) a thermal cationic polymerization initiator and (D) a leveling agent.

Abstract: A vehicle door includes a fixed bracket having a base plate part fixed by a bolt to an attachment surface of a vehicle body, and a pair of bent pieces bent at a right angle in relation to the base plate part and set apart from each other in the axial direction of a hinge shaft. In the bent pieces are formed: a shaft hole in which the hinge shaft is inserted; and a raised stopper part projecting from the inner-side surface of the bent piece, the raised stopper part coming into contact with a stopped part of a movable bracket, whereby the movable bracket is stopped in the fully open position.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte with which charge/discharge efficiency and cycle characteristics can be increased by reducing the electron conductivity of a compound which has a cubic crystal structure belonging to a space group F-43m, and is represented by Compositional Formula: Li7-xPS6-xHax (Ha is Cl or Br). Proposed is a sulfide-based solid electrolyte for a lithium ion battery, which includes a compound having a cubic crystal structure belonging to a space group F-43m, and being represented by Compositional Formula: Li7-xPS6-xHax (Ha is Cl or Br), in which x in the above Compositional Formula is 0.2 to 1.8, and the value of the lightness L* thereof in the L*a*b* color system is 60.0 or more.

Abstract: In an opening control device in a vehicle door, in order to stop the door at a desired position, a control unit stops power supply to a motor, and a short circuit is made in an electric circuit between a first terminal and a second terminal of the motor. In the electric circuit, there is formed a regenerative brake circuit in which regenerative braking can be applied to rotation of the motor. When the door is positioned within a fully-open-position-adjacent range that is adjacent to a fully-open position of the door, regenerative braking is applied to normal rotation of the motor for opening the door and is not applied to reverse rotation of the motor for closing the door.

Abstract: The purification method of an aldehyde compound of the present invention includes a step of neutralizing a reaction solution containing an aldehyde compound by adding water and a base compound to the reaction solution, and a step of distilling the neutralized reaction solution, in which the reaction solution is obtained by reacting a compound represented by the following Formula (a1) or (a2) with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a metal compound of groups 8 to 10 and a phosphorus compound, the phosphorus compound is represented by Formula (R1O)3P, and the base compound is at least one kind selected from among carbonate and hydrogen carbonate of metals of group I on the periodic table and carbonate and hydrogen carbonate of metals of group II on the periodic table.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solar cell module including an n-type crystalline silicon-based solar cell element as a power generation element, in which at least one surface of the n-type crystalline silicon-based solar cell element is encapsulated with a solar-cell encapsulating material including an ethylene•?-olefin copolymer satisfying the following requirements a1) to a4). a1) A content proportion of a structural unit derived from ethylene is in a range of 80 to 90 mol %, and a content proportion of a structural unit derived from an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms is in a range of 10 to 20 mol %. a2) MFR measured under defined conditions is in a range of 0.1 to 50 g/10 minutes. a3) A density, which is measured under defined conditions in a range of 0.865 to 0.884 g/cm3. a4) A Shore A hardness, which is measured under defined conditions is in a range of 60 to 85.

Abstract: A polymeric piezoelectric film including an optically active helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, wherein: a crystallinity obtained by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%; a standardized molecular orientation MORc measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter based on a reference thickness of 50 ?m is from 3.5 to 15.0; and in a waveform measured with an inline film thickness meter and representing a relationship between a position in a width direction on the film and a thickness of the film, a number of peaks A is 20 or less per 1,000 mm of a film width, wherein the peaks A have a peak height of 1.5 ?m or more and a peak slope of 0.000035 or more.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises a casing, an operating lever, an auxiliary cover, and a hinge shaft on the auxiliary cover. The hinge shaft of the auxiliary cover rotatably engages in between a pair of elastic holding portions of the casing. A stopped portion is disposed on the auxiliary cover, and a stopper portion which the stopped portion can contact is disposed on the casing. When the auxiliary cover is rotated to open, the stopped portion gets over an end of the stopper portion and move to an opposite side, thereby holding the auxiliary cover provisionally in an open position.

Abstract: A spunbond nonwoven fabric, comprising fibers of a propylene-based polymer composition containing 100 parts by mass of a propylene-based polymer (A) and 1 part by mass to 10 parts by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (B) having a density of from 0.93 g/cm3 to 0.98 g/cm3, wherein air permeability measured in accordance with JIS L 1096 (2010) by a Frazier type air permeability tester at a flow rate corresponding to a pressure differential of 125 Pa is 500 cm3/cm2/s or less.

Abstract: A three-phase full-wave rectifier (21) performs full-wave rectification of three-phase AC power (11A) supplied from ground power supply equipment, and supplies obtained DC power (12A) to a common bus (B). A ?-Y connection type three-phase transformer (2) outputs three-phase AC power (11B) of a voltage phase shifted by ?/6 from the three-phase AC power (11A). A three-phase full-wave rectifier (22) performs full-wave rectification of the three-phase AC power (11B) output from the three-phase transformer (2), and supplies obtained DC power (12B) to the common bus (B).

Abstract: A door opening and closing apparatus includes a rail module including: a rail member extending along a front-and-rear direction; a drive device mounted on the rail member; and a supporting member coupled to one end portion of a closing cable the other end portion of which is connected to the drive device and one end portion of an opening cable the other end portion of which is connected to the drive device. The rail module is provided with the drive device fastened to an outside of a vehicle body such that a part of the drive device goes inside the vehicle body through an opening provided on the vehicle body. A portion of a housing of the drive device located outside the vehicle body closes the opening while a sealing member is interposed therein.

Abstract: An electrode for a lithium battery, containing a current collector (A) and a mixture layer (B) contacting the current collector (A) and including an active material (a), an organic solvent binder (b), a conduction assistant (c) comprising carbon black in which an average particle diameter of a primary particle is 1 ?m or less, and a nitrogen-containing polymer (d).

Abstract: There is provided a method for measuring a laminated iron core. The method includes preparing a laminated iron core in which two or more kinds of metal plates with different shapes are laminated and a deformed part is formed inside a hole continuing in a lamination direction of the laminated iron core, acquiring a surface profile data indicating a surface shape of the deformed part through an inlet of the hole by a non-contact sensor located in an outside of the hole, and calculating a size of the deformed part by a calculator based on the surface profile data.

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: [Object] To provide transition metal compounds with excellent catalytic activity which can afford olefin polymers such as propylene polymers that have high stereoregularity and high molecular weight and may be easily crystallized into a ?-phase. [Solution] The transition metal compound is represented by General Formula [I] or is an enantiomer thereof: [in Formula [I], R1, R3, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15 and R16 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hetero atom-containing hydrocarbon group, or a silicon-containing group; R2 is a hydrocarbon group, a hetero atom-containing hydrocarbon group, or a silicon-containing group; R4 is a hydrogen atom; any two substituents of the substituents R1 to R16 except R4 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; M is a Group IV transition metal; Q is a structure such as a halogen atom; and j is an integer of 1 to 4].

Abstract: [Object] To provide an excellent foaming agent which does not have problems in handling and operation (example: risk of explosion or fire) and inhibition of cross-linking resulting from a foaming agent and problems, such as, mold pollution and environmental pollution, caused by a foaming agent residue, which has excellent uniform dispersibility in a subject of foaming, and which can be used as an alternative to the chemical decomposition type foaming agent. [Solution] A foaming agent formed from at least (A) a high molecular weight compound having a saturated water absorption of 10 to 1,000 g/g in ion-exchanged water (25° C.) and (B) water, wherein a storage modulus (G?) of the agent, determined on the basis of a viscoelasticity measurement at a temperature of 20° C., is 8.0×101 to 1.0×106 Pa at a frequency of 5 rad/s.

Abstract: Provided is a polymeric piezoelectric film including a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and having optical activity, in which a crystallinity of the film measured by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%, a product of a standardized molecular orientation MORc measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter based on a reference thickness of 50 ?m and the crystallinity is from 40 to 700, and, when a refractive index in a slow axis direction in the film surface is nx, a refractive index in a fast axis direction in the film surface is ny, a refractive index in a thickness direction of the film is nz, and an Nz coefficient=(nx?nz)/(nx?ny), the Nz coefficient is from 1.108 to 1.140.

Abstract: A laminate film includes a substrate layer; and a metal oxide layer which is provided on one surface or both surfaces of the substrate layer and contains a metal oxide. Further, the oxygen permeability measured under defined conditions is 20 ml/m2·day·MPa or less and the water vapor permeability measured under conditions of a temperature of 40° C. and a humidity of 90% RH is 2.5 g/m2.day or greater. In addition, when the K? beam intensity of a metal constituting the metal oxide which is obtained by performing fluorescence X-ray analysis on the metal oxide layer is set to A and the K? beam intensity of the metal which is obtained by performing fluorescence X-ray analysis on a metal layer formed of the metal constituting the metal oxide is set to B, A/B is equal to or greater than 0.20 and equal to or less than 0.97.

Abstract: The present invention provides a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer being excellent in lightness, stress absorption, stress relaxation, vibration damping properties, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, toughness, mechanical properties and flexibility, having no stickiness during molding operation and being excellent in the balance among these properties; a composition comprising the polymer; and uses thereof. The 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A) of the present invention satisfies specific requirements, and comprises 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (i) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, 5 to 95 mol % of a structural unit (ii) derived from at least one kind of ?-olefin selected from ?-olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms excluding 4-methyl-1-pentene and 0 to 10 mol % of a structural unit (iii) derived from a non-conjugated polyene, provided that the total of the structural units (i), (ii), and (iii) is 100 mol %.

Abstract: There is provided a Co-based 5-V spinel-type lithium manganese-containing complex oxide not only having an operating potential of 4.5 V or higher but also being capable of extending its capacity region of a 5.5 to 5.5 V region and being capable of enhancing its energy density as well. There is proposed a spinel-type lithium cobalt manganese-containing complex oxide having a crystal structure classified as a space group Fd-3m and being represented by the general formula [Lix(CoyMn3?x?y)O4??] (wherein 0.90?x?1.15 and 0.75?y?1.25), wherein the oxide has a crystallite size measured by a Rietveld method using the fundamental method of 100 nm to 200 nm, an interatomic distance of Li—O of 1.80 ? to 2.00 ?, and a strain of 0.20 to 0.50.