Abstract: A coil according to one embodiment of the present invention is a coil in which a first electric wire on an inner peripheral side and a second electric wire on an outer peripheral side are wound side by side to connect ends of the electric wires with each other, and the coil includes a first region where the first electric wire abuts on the second electric wire of another adjacent turn and separates from the second electric wire of a same turn.

Abstract: A coil according to one embodiment of the present invention is a coil in which a first electric wire on an inner peripheral side and a second electric wire on an outer peripheral side are wound side by side to connect ends of the electric wires with each other, and the coil includes a first region where the first electric wire abuts on the second electric wire of another adjacent turn and separates from the second electric wire of a same turn.

Abstract: A coil according to one embodiment of the present invention is a coil in which a first electric wire on an inner peripheral side and a second electric wire on an outer peripheral side are wound side by side to connect ends of the electric wires with each other, and the coil includes a first region where the first electric wire abuts on the second electric wire of another adjacent turn and separates from the second electric wire of a same turn.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat-fixing rubber roller includes: forming a rubber layer of a silicone rubber composition on an outer periphery of a metal core shaft, the composition containing water-soluble sugar powder and methylene glycol; vulcanizing the rubber layer; and eluting the sugar powder and the triethylene glycol from the vulcanized rubber layer to form a foam rubber layer.

Abstract: A polymer bushing includes: an inner conductor; a hard insulating tube; a shielding metal fitting; a polymer covering that includes a body part that covers an outer periphery of the insulating tube, and a plurality of umbrella-shaped sheds that are formed at an outer periphery of the body part; and an electric-field stress-control layer that is composed of a zinc oxide layer or a high-permittivity layer, and is disposed along an interface between the insulating tube and the polymer covering. A rear end part of the electric-field stress-control layer is connected to the shielding metal fitting. The body part includes a first body part that has a uniform thickness, and a second body part that is located in a region around a front end part of the electric-field stress-control layer and has a thickness greater than the thickness of the first body part.

Abstract: A terminal connecting method including: removing a insulation film by a predetermined length from one end of a litz wire; inserting to a pressure fixing part a terminal part of the litz wire; compressing a first portion of the pressure fixing part with a first compression force to cause plastic deformation of an entirety of the pressure fixing part, and to temporarily fix the terminal part of the litz wire to the pressure fixing part; compressing a second portion of the pressure fixing part with a second compression force greater than the first compression force to locally cause plastic deformation of the pressure fixing part and the litz wire, the second portion being a part of the first portion; and pouring molten solder from a front end side of the pressure fixing part to firmly fix the litz wire to the terminal metal fitting.

Abstract: Disclosed is a litz wire coil that is configured by spirally winding a litz wire on one plane by a predetermined number of turns. The litz wire is configured by twisting together a plurality of enameled wires formed by baking an insulating film on a conducting body. Pressure shaping is performed such that the litz wire has a substantially rectangular shape in cross section, and the flatness ratio of the litz wire in cross section (long side/short side) is controlled at 1.10 to 1.60, preferably 1.20 to 1.40, more preferably 1.25 to 1.35.

Abstract: An oxide superconductor includes: a substrate made of a metal; an insulating intermediate layer provided on the substrate; an oxide superconducting layer provided on the intermediate layer; a metal stabilizing layer provided on the oxide superconducting layer; and a plurality of dividing grooves which divide the metal stabilizing layer and the oxide superconducting layer along a longitudinal direction of the substrate, reach the inside of the intermediate layer through the oxide superconducting layer from the metal stabilizing layer, and do not reach the substrate. The metal stabilizing layer and the oxide superconducting layer are divided to form a plurality of filament conductors by the plurality of dividing grooves, and in each dividing groove of the plurality of dividing grooves, a width of a groove opening portion of the dividing groove is equal to or greater than a width of a groove bottom portion of the dividing groove.

Abstract: A railcar includes: a power collector configured to collect electric power through overhead contact lines; a circuit breaking unit connected to the power collector and arranged on a roof of a car; and a plurality of electric power cables connected to the circuit breaking unit. The circuit breaking unit includes: a circuit breaker arranged above the roof and connected to a circuit connected to the power collector; and a branch joint which is integrally connected to a terminal portion of the circuit breaker and arranged under the circuit breaker and to which the plurality of electric power cables are connected.

Abstract: An oxide superconductor includes: a substrate made of a metal; an insulating intermediate layer provided on the substrate; an oxide superconducting layer provided on the intermediate layer; a metal stabilizing layer provided on the oxide superconducting layer; and a plurality of dividing grooves which divide the metal stabilizing layer and the oxide superconducting layer along a longitudinal direction of the substrate, reach the inside of the intermediate layer through the oxide superconducting layer from the metal stabilizing layer, and do not reach the substrate. The metal stabilizing layer and the oxide superconducting layer are divided to form a plurality of filament conductors by the plurality of dividing grooves, and in each dividing groove of the plurality of dividing grooves, a width of a groove opening portion of the dividing groove is equal to or greater than a width of a groove bottom portion of the dividing groove.

Abstract: The present invention is a high voltage device system mounted on a railcar and includes a plurality of high voltage devices to which high-voltage electric power from an overhead contact line is supplied, a plurality of high-voltage cables configured to connect the high voltage devices with each other, and a joint device to which the high-voltage cables are connected. The high-voltage cables respectively include cable connector portions at tip end portions thereof, and each of the cable connector portions includes a base tubular portion configured to cover the high-voltage cable and a fit tubular portion extending from the base tubular portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the high-voltage cable. The joint device includes joint connector portions, each of which is fitted to the fit tubular portion of the cable connector portion to be connected to the high-voltage cable.

Abstract: A cable for a high-voltage electronic device having a small diameter and an excellent voltage resistance characteristic. The cable includes an inner semiconducting layer, a high-voltage insulator, an outer semiconducting layer, a shielding layer, and a sheath on an outer periphery of a cable core portion, wherein the high-voltage insulator is formed of an insulating composition containing 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of an inorganic filler with respect to 100 parts by mass of an olefin-based polymer, and the inorganic filler has an average dispersed-particle diameter of 1 ?m or less.

Abstract: A cable for high-voltage electronic devices including an inner semiconductive layer, a high-voltage insulator, an outer semiconductive layer, a shielding layer, and a sheath which are provided on an outer periphery of a cable core part in the order mentioned, wherein the high-voltage insulator is made of an insulating composition whose temperature dependence parameter DR found by the following expression is 1.0 or less: DR=log R23° C.?log R90° C. (where R23° C. is volume resistivity (?·cm) at 23° C. and R90° C. is volume resistivity (?·cm) at 90° C.). The cable for high-voltage electronic devices is small in diameter and has an excellent withstand voltage characteristic.

Abstract: Provided is a heat storage device which can stably store heat by storing heat within a fixed temperature range. A heat storage device (10) of the present invention is characterized in being provided with a heat resistant frame (11), which is filled with one kind of alloy or mixed salt having a predetermined eutectic temperature, alternatively, a heat resistant frame (11), which is filled with two or more kinds of alloys or mixed salts having different eutectic temperatures, by having the alloys or the mixed salts adjacent to each other in the order of eutectic temperature levels with a partitioning wall (11a) therebetween.

Abstract: There is provided an optical fiber ribbon capable of realizing, in an optical cable, sure reliability, a reduction in size and weight, higher density, and a further improvement in workability, a method of manufacturing the same, and an optical cable using such an optical fiber ribbon. An optical fiber ribbon 10 includes four single-core coated optical fibers 11 arranged in parallel on a same plane; and coupling parts 12 arranged at intervals in a length direction and a width direction, each coupling only adjacent two of the single-core coated optical fibers 11, wherein an interval P of the coupling parts 12 coupling the same two single-core coated optical fibers is not less than 20 mm nor more than 90 mm and a length Q of each of the coupling parts 12 is not less than 1 mm nor more than 10 mm.

Abstract: A railcar includes: a power collector configured to collect electric power through overhead contact lines; a circuit breaking unit connected to the power collector and arranged on a roof of a car; and a plurality of electric power cables connected to the circuit breaking unit. The circuit breaking unit includes: a circuit breaker arranged above the roof and connected to a circuit connected to the power collector; and a branch joint which is integrally connected to a terminal portion of the circuit breaker and arranged under the circuit breaker and to which the plurality of electric power cables are connected.

Abstract: The present invention is a high voltage device system mounted on a railcar and includes a plurality of high voltage devices to which high-voltage electric power from an overhead contact line is supplied, a plurality of high-voltage cables configured to connect the high voltage devices with each other, and a joint device to which the high-voltage cables are connected. The high-voltage cables respectively include cable connector portions at tip end portions thereof, and each of the cable connector portions includes a base tubular portion configured to cover the high-voltage cable and a fit tubular portion extending from the base tubular portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the high-voltage cable. The joint device includes joint connector portions, each of which is fitted to the fit tubular portion of the cable connector portion to be connected to the high-voltage cable.

Abstract: This invention provides a rare earth-type tape-shaped oxide superconductor having excellent mechanical strength and superconducting properties and a composite substrate using for the same. Non-oriented and non-magnetic Ni-9 at % W alloy tapes (11, 21) were bonded onto both sides of a non-oriented and non-magnetic hastelloy tape (100) by a normal temperature bonding process, and an Ni-3 at % W alloy tape (12) having a cubic texture was bonded onto the surface of the tape (11) by a normal temperature bonding process. Thereafter, the heat-treatment was given in a reducing atmosphere and a bonding layer (50a) etc. was formed on the adhesive interface of each layer. Next, a (Ce, Gd)O2 intermediate layer (13) and a Ce2Zr2O7 intermediate layer (14) by an MOD process, a CeO2 intermediate layer (15), a YBCO superconducting film (16) by a TFA-MOD method, and a silver stabilization layer (17) were stacked sequentially on the surface of the tape (12). A critical current value (Ic) of this superconductor showed 150 A.

Abstract: A tape-shaped oxide superconductor includes a 15 to 100 nm-thick Ce—Gd—O-based oxide layer (Ce:Gd=40:60 to 70:30 molar ratio) and a 100 nm-thick Ce—Zr—O-based oxide layer (Ce:Zr=50:50 molar ratio) as first and second intermediate layers are formed by MOD on an Ni-base alloy substrate having a half value width (FWHM:??) of 6.5 degrees. A 150 nm-thick CeO2 oxide layer as a third intermediate layer is formed on the second intermediate layer by RF sputtering. A 1 ?m-thick YBCO superconducting layer is formed by TFA-MOD on the three-layer structure. In the tape-shaped oxide superconductor, the ?? values of the first to third intermediate layers are (6.0 to 6.5) degrees, (6.0 to 6.6) degrees, and (6.0 to 6.6) degrees, respectively, and the Jc value of the YBCO superconducting layer in liquid nitrogen is 1.8 to 2.2 MA/cm2.

Abstract: A cable for high-voltage electronic devices including an inner semiconductive layer, a high-voltage insulator, an outer semiconductive layer, a shielding layer, and a sheath which are provided on an outer periphery of a cable core part in the order mentioned, wherein the high-voltage insulator is made of an insulating composition whose temperature dependence parameter DR found by the following expression is 1.0 or less: DR=log R23° C.?log R90° C. (where R23° C. is volume resistivity (?·cm) at 23° C. and R90° C. is volume resistivity (?·cm) at 90° C.). The cable for high-voltage electronic devices is small in diameter and has an excellent withstand voltage characteristic.