Abstract: A manufacturing device for an electrode assembly includes an electrode supply unit that supplies an electrode, a separator supply unit that supplies a separator in first and second directions, and a guide roller that switches a direction in which the separator is supplied and presses the separator so that the separator and the electrode are adhered. One surface of the electrode supplied from the electrode supply unit is perpendicular to one surface of the separator supplied from the separator supply unit. The separator is bent by being pressed according to a movement of the electrode or a stacked body including the electrode. The bent separator covers one surface of the electrode.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a cathode, an anode, and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode. The cathode and the anode each have a flat portion where a thickness of an active material layer is constant and an inclined portion where a thickness of an active material layer decreases from the flat portion, and the inclined portion of the cathode and the inclined portion of the anode are adhered with a separator interposed between them manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery comprise the same.

Abstract: A radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, wherein an operational characteristic of the tag is susceptible to influence by a material comprising an object to which it is attached, comprising: a substrate comprising an attachment region and a flap region, the attachment region for coupling the RFID tag to a surface of an object; and, an RFID inlay formed on the substrate, comprising a loop antenna and a dipole antenna, the loop antenna and the dipole antenna each having first and second portions within the attachment and flap regions, respectively, wherein a relative portion of the loop antenna within the attachment region has a positive influence on the operational characteristic when attached to an object and a relative portion of the dipole antenna within the attachment region has a negative influence on the operational characteristic, whereby the net influence on the operational characteristic by the object can be minimized.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a first rotary member, a second rotary member, a pressing mechanism, and a heat-levelling member. The second rotary member is formed in a reverse-camber shape. The pressing mechanism can form a fixing nip and can reduce the pressing force between the first and second rotary members. The heat-levelling member, in a reduced-pressure state where the pressing force is lower than the fixing nip pressure, stays in contact with a part of the outer circumferential surface of the second rotary member elsewhere than the fixing nip, over the entire range in the rotation axis direction, to equalize the surface temperature of the second rotary member and, in a state where the pressing force is equal to or higher than the fixing nip pressure, stays away from the outer circumferential surface.

Abstract: Provided is a method for enabling recovery of metal element leaching capacity of a deep eutectic solvent used for leaching a metal element from an ore containing the metal element. A method for recycling a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent disclosed here includes: preparing a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent used for leaching a metal element from an ore containing the metal element; and bringing the hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent and hydrochloric acid into contact with each other. In the hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent, a hydrogen bond donor is a carboxy group-containing compound, and a hydrogen bond acceptor is chloride salt. The amount of use of the hydrochloric acid is such that hydrogen chloride is 1 mole or more with respect to 1 mole of the hydrogen bond acceptor.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes: an electrolyte replenishing unit filled with a preliminary electrolyte inside a packaging member; and a rupture member disposed adjacent to the electrolyte replenishing unit. The rupture member is deformed by a temperature change to form a hole in the packaging member so that the preliminary electrolyte inside the electrolyte replenishing unit can be injected.

Abstract: Disclosed are treatment means, compositions of matter and protocols useful for suppression of acute respiratory disorder (ARDS) through induction of RNA interference in the pulmonary microenvironment alone and/or in conjunction with mucolytic and/or DNA disrupting agents. In one embodiment short interfering RNA (siRNA) is prepared which targets complement receptors C3R and/or C5R together with TNF-receptor, IL-6 receptor and/or TLR4 and TLR9. In some embodiments nanostilbene is utilized as a delivery vehicle for siRNA delivery.

Abstract: A control board of a battery module has a connector portion, and a flexible printed board has a connection portion. The flexible printed board and the control board are electrically connected to each other when the connection portion is connected to the connector portion. In a state in which the connection portion is not connected to the connector portion, at least a portion of the connection portion of the flexible printed board is located between the control board and the plate member at a region overlapping with the control board when viewed from a first side. The flexible printed board further has a tab that is provided in a vicinity of the connection portion and that protrudes from the region overlapping with the control board.

Abstract: An inkjet recording device includes a first tank, a second tank and a communicating passage. The first tank stores a first liquid containing a volatile component and supplies the first liquid to an inkjet head. The second tank has a vent hole leading to an atmosphere and stores a second liquid containing the volatile component. The communicating passage communicates a space above a liquid level in the first tank with a space above a liquid level in the second tank.

Abstract: The present specification relates to an electrode coating apparatus and an electrode coating method that include a turbulent flow generator to uniformize a distribution of a velocity of a coating material transferred from a supply tank to an injection port of a slot die.

Abstract: A developer includes a toner containing toner particles and a carrier containing carrier particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and external additive particles attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive particles include first silica particles and spacer particles. The first silica particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 10 nm and no greater than 30 nm. The spacer particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 32 nm and no greater than 145 nm. The spacer particles in the toner particles have a coverage ratio of at least 2.0% by area and no greater than 40.0% by area. The carrier particles each include a carrier mother particle and strontium titanate particles attached to a surface of the carrier mother particle.

Abstract: An electrode assembly and a secondary battery including the electrode assembly improve the safety of secondary batteries even under a high-temperature and heat-shrinkage environment of the separator. The electrode assembly includes a cathode plate, an anode plate corresponding to the cathode plate, and first and second separators that are disposed adjacent to each other with the cathode plate or the anode plate interposed therebetween. At least one end of the first separator is adhered to at least one end of the second separator along the longitudinal direction of the cathode plate and the anode plate. At least one end of the first and second separators is folded so as to form a folded part of the first and second separators and wrap the cathode plate or the anode plate. The electrode assembly further includes an insulating tape covering the folded part of the first and second separators.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery comprising a secondary particle having an average particle size (D50) of 1 to 15 ?m, formed by agglomeration of at least two primary macro particles having an average particle size (D50) of 0.1 to 3 ?m; and a coating layer of a lithium-metal oxide on a surface of the secondary particle, wherein the primary macro particles are represented by LiaNi1-x-yCoxM1yM2wO2 (1.0?a?1.5, 0?x?0.2, 0?y?0.2, 0?w?0.1, 0?x+y?0.2, M1 includes at least one metal of Mn or Al, and M2 includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca, Zr, Ti, Mg, Ta, Nb and Mo), and wherein the lithium-metal oxide is a low-temperature phase LixCoO2(0<x?1) having at least one of a spinel structure (Fd-3m) or a disordered rock-salt structure (Fm-3m).

Abstract: A seal assembly includes a first and second machine element, a seal and a support ring. The support ring has a first side edge facing a high-pressure side which is partially convexly curved, formed obliquely or is partially formed at an acute angle relative to a movement axis of the two machine elements. The seal has a retaining portion and a primary sealing lip extending from the retaining portion on the high-pressure side and abuts in a dynamically sealing manner against a sealing surface of the second machine element. The primary sealing lip directly abuts and is supported over the majority of its longitudinal extent on the first side edge of the support ring on the low-pressure side. The retaining section of the seal is held clamped between the support ring and the first machine element and abuts the first machine element in a statically or indirectly statically sealing manner.

Abstract: A method for additively manufacturing a microstructure from a caloric material includes providing a geometry of the microstructure to a processor of an additive manufacturing device, the geometry defining a plurality of microfeatures of the microstructure. The method also includes generating, via the processor, a three-dimensional (3D) model representative of the geometry of the microstructure, wherein one or more of the plurality of microfeatures are represented in the 3D model by a non-arcuate profile. Further, the method includes printing, via the additive manufacturing device, the microstructure from the caloric material according to the 3D model. As such, the non-arcuate profile reduces a file size of the 3D model as compared to an arcuate profile.

Abstract: A pre-pack assembly for use with an air gun and for use with a magazine that is removably insertable into the air gun, the pre-pack assembly includes a pre-pack that contains a gas canister, wherein inserting the pre-pack into the chamber of the magazine fluidly connects the gas canister with the magazine.

Abstract: In one example, a signal processing device includes first processors, a controller, a first selection section, a second processor, a second selection section, and a first comparison section. The first processors are associated with first signals. The first processors perform a predetermined process on the basis of an associated first signal to generate a second signal. The controller generates a selection control signal. The first selection section selects the first signal to be supplied to a selected first processor on the basis of the selection control signal. The second processor performs the predetermined process on the basis of the selected first signal to generate a third signal. The second selection section selects the second signal generated by the selected first processor. The first comparison section compares the third signal and the second signal selected by the second selection section of the second signals with each other.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a stand that includes a communication interface, a universal serial bus (USB) microcontroller, and one dual purpose RJ12 interface configured to switch between a cash drawer mode and an RS232 mode. The stand can be configured to be coupled to a main display device. The main display device (e.g., an application running on the main display device) can enable selection of the cash drawer mode for communications via the dual purpose RJ12 interface, and receive an input signal after the selection. The main display device can enable selection of the RS232 mode for communications via the dual purpose RJ12 interface based on the input signal and transmit an indication to the stand, where the dual purpose RJ12 interface is configured to operate in the RS232 mode. The stand can include a hinge structure that enables the main display device to be flipped to face an opposite direction.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a magnetic random access memory element. The magnetic random access memory element includes a magnetic reference layer, a magnetic free layer, and a non-magnetic barrier layer between the magnetic free layer and the magnetic reference layer. The magnetic random access memory element further includes a MgO layer contacting the magnetic free layer. The MgO layer includes multiple homogeneous layers of MgO that provide excellent interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy to the magnetic free layer while also having a low RA.

Abstract: A white photosensitive resin composition, a white spacer, a light conversion layer, and a light-emitting device are provided. The white photosensitive resin composition includes a polymerizable compound (A), an alkali-soluble resin (B), a photopolymerization initiator (C), a solvent (D), and a white pigment (E). The polymerizable compound (A) includes an ethylenically-unsaturated monomer (A-1) represented by formula (I-1) and a thiol compound (A-2) having two or more thiol groups in one molecule, wherein based on 100 mass % of the polymerizable compound (A), a total content of the ethylenically-unsaturated monomer (A-1) and the thiol compound (A-2) is 10 mass % to 98 mass %.