Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element having a front surface, a rear surface, an upper surface, a lower surface, a sintered anode body; an anode lead; an anode termination; and a cathode termination is described. The anode termination has a planar portion and an upstanding portion, where the planar portion of the anode termination has a first section and a second section, where the first section has a first thickness and the second section has a second thickness. Further, the second thickness is less than the first thickness, and the first section is disposed between the upstanding portion and the second section. In addition, the second section is disposed beneath the lower surface of the capacitor element. Moreover, the anode lead and capacitor element are generally parallel with the planar portion. Such an arrangement can result in a capacitor exhibiting improved mechanical and electrical stability.

Abstract: There is provided a pressure sensor which includes: a diaphragm having an inside surface facing to a fluid-tight space, the diaphragm including a diaphragm film that is part of the inside surface and deformable in response to a pressure application, and a diaphragm film support that is part of the inside surface and constitutes a periphery of the diaphragm film; a strain sensor bonded to the inside surface so as to lie partially on the periphery and having plural strain gauges thereon; and a depression formed on the inside surface, when defining an x-direction oriented from center of the inside surface to a position bonded of the strain sensor and a y-direction perpendicular to the x-direction on the inside surface, the depression extending a certain length in the y-direction, the depression being adjacent to or a certain distance apart from an edge of the strain sensor in the y-direction.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus which conveys sheets fed from a first sheet feeding unit and sheets fed from a second sheet feeding unit to a merging point, inserts the sheets fed from the first sheet feeding unit into the sheets fed from the second sheet feeding unit in a predetermined order at the merging point, and discharges the sheets fed from the first sheet feeding unit and the sheets fed from the second sheet feeding unit to a downstream side includes: a jam detecting unit configured to detect a jam of a sheet in the first sheet feeding unit; and a control unit configured to newly feed sheets which are before the predetermined order, in which a sheet causing the jam is supposed to be inserted, and have not been fed from the second sheet feeding unit, and convey the newly fed sheets to the downstream side.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component that includes a laminated body formed by laminating a ceramic layer and an internal electrode; and an external electrode formed on an outer surface of the laminated body so as to be electrically connected to the internal electrode. The external electrode includes a conducting layer that is in contact with the internal electrode, and the internal electrode contains Ni. The conducting layer contains metal particles containing a Cu3Sn alloy, and a thermosetting resin. The metal particles contain Sn in a weight ratio of 36.5 to 47.8% to the total amount of Sn and Cu.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic base body and is structured such that fluorine is present between the ceramic base body and a sintered metal layer or between a sintered metal layer and a conductive resin layer.

Abstract: Compositions having carbon nanotubes and two or more graphene sheets are disclosed. The carbon nanotubes can be interposed between the graphene sheets within the composition. Applicants have surprisingly found that, in some embodiments, these compositions exhibit superior absorbent and/or electrical properties. The present application also includes methods of making and using these compositions, and capacitors including these compositions.

Abstract: A remaining service life evaluation method for evaluating a remaining service life of a metal pipe suffering from creep damage on a basis of a master curve that is prepared in advance that includes wrapping a steel strip around an outer peripheral face of the metal pipe under same conditions as those during an internal pressure creep test and evaluating a remaining service life of the metal pipe on a basis of a degree of deterioration of the steel strip.

Abstract: Mechanically flexible and optically transparent thin film solid state supercapacitors are fabricated by assembling nano-engineered carbon electrodes in porous templates. The electrodes have textured graphitic surface films with a morphology of interconnected arrays of complex shapes and porosity. The graphitic films act as both electrode and current collector, and when integrated with solid polymer electrolyte function as thin film supercapacitors. The nanostructured electrode morphology and conformal electrolyte packaging provide enough energy and power density for electronic devices in addition to possessing excellent mechanical flexibility and optical transparency.

Abstract: An aspect of a capacitor comprises an exterior package case housing an electrolyte along with a capacitor element, a sealing plate where an external terminal is disposed, the sealing plate sealing the exterior package case, a current collecting plate disposed between an electrode protruding portion formed on an element end surface of the capacitor element and the external terminal, a gas releasing mechanism disposed in the sealing plate to release a gas in the exterior package case, and a blocking mechanism disposed on at least one of the sealing plate and the current collecting plate to block the electrolyte from the gas releasing mechanism.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a main body; and a first external electrode disposed on a first surface of the main body and a second external electrode disposed on a second surface of the main body. The first external electrodes include a first base electrode forming an edge portion of the first surface of the main body and a first terminal electrode disposed on a portion of the first base electrode. The second external electrodes include a second base electrode forming an edge portion of the second surface of the main body and a second terminal electrode disposed on a portion of the second base electrode.

Abstract: A ceramic multi-layer capacitor includes a main body, which has ceramic layers arranged along a layer stacking direction to form a stack, and first and second electrode layers arranged between the ceramic layers. The multi-layer capacitor also includes a first external contact-connection arranged on a first side surface of the main body and electrically conductively connected to the first electrode layers, and a second external contact-connection arranged on a second side surface of the main body. The second side surface is situated opposite the first side surface and is electrically conductively connected to the second electrode layers.

Abstract: A pressure sensing system includes a hot zone electronics module, a cool zone electronics module and a plurality of conductors that connect the hot zone electronics module to the cool zone electronics module. The hot zone electronics module includes a capacitive pressure sensor and an oscillator that provides an oscillating signal to the capacitive pressure sensor. The hot zone electronics module provides at least one DC sensor signal. The cool zone electronics module converts the at least one DC sensor signal into a pressure value and provides a DC power signal. The plurality of conductors convey the DC power signal to the hot zone electronics module and convey the at least one DC sensor signal to the cool zone electronics module.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a paper conveyance apparatus includes: a paper feed section on which paper is placed; a first roller configured to be arranged at the upstream side of a reading position where the paper is read to convey the paper at a first speed; a second roller configured to be arranged between the first roller and the paper feed section to convey the paper at a second speed faster than the first speed; a motor; a fourth roller configured to be arranged between the first roller and the reading position and driven by the motor to convey the paper to the reading position at the first speed; and a transmission section configured to always transmit a rotation driving force of the motor to the first roller and the fourth roller.

Abstract: A seal testing system provides an indicator of the tightness of seals in packaging of the seal testing system includes at least partially light permeable thermoplastic film providing two flexible layers that are impermeable for liquid and that are circumferentially sealed to define chambers that store a seal testing fluid and that are interconnected via a narrowed intermediate passage. At least section of a seal between the film layers is weakened to allow release of the seal testing fluid when pressure is introduced in the chambers.

Abstract: A sintered body comprises a first region which comprises a first material having a first effective coefficient of thermal expansion ?1, a second region which comprises a second material having a second effective coefficient of thermal expansion ?2, a transition region between the first region and the second region in which the effective coefficient of thermal expansion changes from the first effective coefficient of thermal expansion to the second effective coefficient of thermal expansion. The transition region has a sequence of layers with a mixture of at least the first material and the second material, with the mixing ratio of the layers varying in order to achieve a stepwise, in particular monotonic, change in the coefficient of thermal expansion.

Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes: a physical quantity sensor chip which detects a physical quantity and generates an electrical signal; a package which has an internal space and accommodates the physical quantity sensor chip in the internal space; and a first wire which connects the package and the physical quantity sensor chip together. The physical quantity sensor chip is moored in the internal space by the first wire.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a case having an elliptical cross-section capable of receiving a plurality of capacitive elements. One or more of the capacitive elements provide at least one capacitor having a first capacitor terminal and a second capacitor terminal. The apparatus also includes a cover assembly that includes a deformable cover mountable to the case, and, a common cover terminal having a contact extending from the cover. The cover assembly also includes at least three capacitor cover terminals, each of the at least three capacitor cover terminals having at least one contact extending from the deformable cover. The deformable cover is configured to displace at least one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals upon an operative failure of at least one of the plurality of the capacitive elements. The cover assembly also includes at least four insulation structures. One of the four insulation structures is associated with one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals.

Abstract: A medium transport unit includes an upstream route in which a print sheet is transported, a first switchback route, a second switchback route, a first guide route, a second guide route, a guide flap configured to switch the route so that the print sheet in the upstream route is transported either toward the first guide route or toward the second guide route, a first discharge route from which the print sheet in the first switchback route is discharged, a second discharge route from which the print sheet in the second switchback route is discharged, and a downstream route passing between the first switchback route and the second switchback route and having an upstream end connected to a junction of downstream ends of the first discharge route and the second discharge route.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer unit, thickness-direction first and second outer layer sections, length-direction first and second outer layer sections, and width-direction first and second outer layer sections. A dimension of the thickness-direction second outer layer section is greater than a dimension of the thickness-direction first outer layer section. The thickness-direction second outer layer section includes an inner portion and an outer portion. A composition ratio of Si to Ti in a ceramic dielectric layer included in the outer portion is higher than that in the inner portion. A boundary portion between the outer portion and the inner portion has a larger Si content than the outer portion. The inner portion has a higher composition ratio of Mn to Ti than the outer portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tactual sensor using a micro liquid metal droplet simultaneously having high sensitivity and good spatial resolution. A tactual sensor using a micro liquid metal droplet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first film having a first electrode layer; a second film having a second electrode layer facing toward the first electrode layer; an insulating layer provided on the second film while covering the second electrode layer; and a main body disposed between the first electrode layer and the insulating layer to form a chamber corresponding to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and accommodating a micro liquid metal droplet in the chamber.