Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery which has a large charge-discharge capacity, and excels in charge-discharge cycle properties, output properties and productivity, and, a lithium ion secondary battery using the same. The cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by the following Formula (1); Li1+aNibCocMndMeO2+?, where, in the formula (1), M is at least one metal element other than Li, Ni, Co, and Mn; and a, b, c, d, e, and ? satisfy the following conditions: ?0.04?a?0.04, 0.80?b<1.00, 0?c?0.04, 0<d<0.20, b+c+d+e=1, ?0.2<?<0.2, and c and d in the Formula (1) satisfy c/d?0.75.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition includes a base metal pigment surface-treated with a fluorinated compound, a wax and water. Particles of the base metal pigment are flake-shaped. In the aqueous coating composition, a relationship of 0.65?D/Z is satisfied where D is an average particle diameter of the wax and Z is an average thickness of the base metal pigment.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition includes a base metal pigment surface-treated with a fluorinated compound, a wax and water. Particles of the base metal pigment are flake-shaped. In the aqueous coating composition, a relationship of 0.65?D/Z is satisfied where D is an average particle diameter of the wax and Z is an average thickness of the base metal pigment.

Abstract: To provide a safety device of a battery temperature control system for an EV or an HEV capable of preventing an electric shock due to the electrical conduction across terminals of batteries in the event of a vehicle collision. A safety device used in a temperature control system of a battery for a vehicle, including a first heat exchange unit (1) which includes a first heat exchange section (2) filled with a liquid-state heat medium into a pipe (3) and exchanging heat with a battery (B) by the heat medium, and a second heat exchange unit (20) which includes a second heat exchange section (21) heating or cooling the heat medium subjected to heat exchange in the first heat exchange section (2), wherein the heat medium existing in the first heat exchange section is discharged to the outside of the first heat exchange section, for example, under a predetermined condition such as a vehicle collision.

Abstract: To provide a safety device of a battery temperature control system for an EV or an HEV capable of preventing an electric shock due to the electrical conduction across terminals of batteries in the event of a vehicle collision. A safety device used in a temperature control system of a battery for a vehicle, including a first heat exchange unit (1) which includes a first heat exchange section (2) filled with a liquid-state heat medium into a pipe (3) and exchanging heat with a battery (B) by the heat medium, and a second heat exchange unit (20) which includes a second heat exchange section (21) heating or cooling the heat medium subjected to heat exchange in the first heat exchange section (2), wherein the heat medium existing in the first heat exchange section is discharged to the outside of the first heat exchange section, for example, under a predetermined condition such as a vehicle collision.

Abstract: This invention aims to provide an efficient means of performing a document search wherein relevance between plural document databases is examined. A summary making module and a search module are provided to document databases, and these are connected to a network as a server. A client obtains a relevant set of documents in a specified document database via this summary from a set of documents in the specified document database. The summary obtained is sent to another server, and a search is performed according to the summary in a document database in the server to which the summary is transferred.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for a supercritical refrigerating cycle, comprising tubes 510 and tanks 520 which have plural hollow portions 520a and slots 521a for insertion of the ends of the tubes formed, wherein a sectional outline of the hollow portions of the tanks has an approximately semicircular shape with a side corresponding to the diameter directed to the side of the slots. And, the partition members each 523 is disposed between the plate bodies 521 and the tank member 522. The tanks are formed by assembling plate bodies 521 with slots formed and tank members 522 with plural curves formed to configure hollow portions, and the plate bodies are provided with communicating recesses 521b for communicating plural hollow portions.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a specific relationship to be achieved by numerical values selected to sustain a desired level of coolant distributability as well as miniaturization and weight reduction for tanks in a heat exchanger adopting a structure in which the width of tubes therein is set smaller relative to the inner diameter of the tanks. In the heat exchanger according to the present invention, the inner diameter of the tanks is set small relative to the tube width, and with Dt representing an equivalent diameter at the passage section of the tanks and L representing the length of the longest path extending from an entrance to an open end of a tube, 15?L/Dt?42 is true.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a specific relationship to be achieved by numerical values selected to sustain a desired level of coolant distributability as well as miniaturization and weight reduction for tanks in a heat exchanger adopting a structure in which the width of tubes therein is set smaller relative to the inner diameter of the tanks. In the heat exchanger according to the present invention, the inner diameter of the tanks is set small relative to the tube width and with Dt representing an equivalent diameter at the passage section of the tanks and L representing the length of the longest path extending from an entrance to an open end of a tube, 15?L/Dt?42 is true.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for a supercritical refrigerating cycle, comprising tubes 510 and tanks 520 which have plural hollow portions 520a and slots 521a for insertion of the ends of the tubes formed, wherein a sectional outline of the hollow portions of the tanks has an approximately semicircular shape with a side corresponding to the diameter directed to the side of the slots. And, the partition members each 523 is disposed between the plate bodies 521 and the tank member 522. The tanks are formed by assembling plate bodies 521 with slots formed and tank members 522 with plural curves formed to configure hollow portions, and the plate bodies are provided with communicating recesses 521b for communicating plural hollow portions.

Abstract: For the sealing of a pair of members from which a CO2 refrigeration cycle is configured, the provision of a seal structure with both excellent permeability resistance with respect to a CO2 refrigerant and cold resistance. Although a seal member 1 has on the one hand excellent permeability resistance with respect to a CO2 refrigerant but a relatively inferior cold resistance, by the prevention thereof of exposure at all times to the exterior air by the interposing between the exterior air side of a seal member 2 with a characteristic cold resistance, even if a loss of elasticity of the seal member 1 caused by low temperature occurs, leak of a large quantity of refrigerant is avoided. Simultaneously, the blow-by of a large quantity of refrigerant due to the pressure difference between the exterior air and refrigerant, and an increase in the quantity of leak during recovery to normal temperature caused by the generation of twist and warp in the seal members due to shock when blow-by occurs can be avoided.

Abstract: A heat exchanger and its tubes, wherein the heat exchanger includes a core 300a, having a lamination of flat tubes 301 for flowing a refrigerant and corrugated fins 302, and tanks 310 having slots for insertion of the ends of tubes, the core is configured to have the flat surfaces of the tubes in parallel with the airflow direction, and the tubes have their ends 301a twisted in the width direction by 90° with respect to the airflow direction. A heat exchanger for a supercritical refrigeration cycle has tanks 310a, 310c displaced in a direction orthogonal to the airflow direction on one side of plural cores 300a, 300b which are overlaid in the airflow direction, and an inlet 320 and an outlet 330 for the refrigerant are oriented toward the windward side or the downwind side of the airflow direction.

Abstract: Achieving efficient analysis of search results, which is required for the examination of search queries, by listing up both title information of a retrieved document group and the whole information. By arranging search results display area and topic word display area adjacently on a retrieval assisting interface, the title information and topic information can be browsed by users; by arranging search results analysis means such as mark title button for emphasizing documents containing designated topic words, along with mark topic word button for emphasizing topic words contained in a designated document, users can analyze search results readily from various standpoints.

Abstract: A document retrieval assistance method has a user interface with an interactive guidance function. In response to a search query, search results including a title list of retrieved documents is displayed alongside a separate display of topic words extracted from the retrieved documents which reflect the search results. In particular, a topic-word graph is displayed alongside a list of titles of the retrieved documents and the interface enables browsing of the documents using the topic words. Further, the interface permits emphasized display of the list of titles of the documents through direct selection of the titles displayed in the list or through selection of the topic words. Further, an associative search can be executed using a selected document to refine the original search results and develop updated displays of the search results and topic words contained in the documents.

Abstract: This invention aims to provide an efficient means of performing a document search wherein relevance between plural document databases is examined. A summary making module and a search module are provided to document databases, and these are connected to a network as a server. A client obtains a relevant set of documents in a specified document database via this summary from a set of documents in the specified document database. The summary obtained is sent to another server, and a search is performed according to the summary in a document database in the server to which the summary is transferred.

Abstract: Achieving efficient analysis of search results, which is required for the examination of search queries, by listing up both title information of a retrieved document group and the whole information.

Abstract: A document retrieval assistance method has a user interface with an interactive guidance function. In response to a search query, search results including a title list of retrieved documents is displayed alongside a separate display of topic words extracted from the retrieved documents which reflect the search results. In particular, a topic-word graph is displayed alongside a list of titles of the retrieved documents and the interface enables browsing of the documents using the topic words. Further, the interface permits emphasized display of the list of titles of the documents through direct selection of the titles displayed in the list or through selection of the topic words. Further, an associative search can be executed using a selected document to refine the original search results and develop updated displays of the search results and topic words contained in the documents.

Abstract: A document retrieval assistance method has a user interface with an interactive guidance function. In response to a search query, search results including a title list of retrieved documents is displayed alongside a separate display of topic words extracted from the retrieved documents which reflect the search results. In particular, a topic-word graph is displayed alongside a list of titles of the retrieved documents and the interface enables browsing of the documents using the topic words. Further, the interface permits emphasized display of the list of titles of the documents through direct selection of the titles displayed in the list or through selection of the topic words. Further, an associative search can be executed using a selected document to refine the original search results and develop updated displays of the search results and topic words contained in the documents.

Abstract: A system and method for searching both keyword-search-type databases and associative-document-search-type databases with a single search query. All or a part of the search results returned from an initial search may be used to construct a query for a subsequent search in the same or a different database. A search server may provide results to a document retrieval terminal in a merged form with document identifiers from several different types of databases. The search server may prompt a user to modify and confirm a constructed Boolean search to make sure that the search is syntactically correct for a given keyword-type-search database.

Abstract: This invention aims to provide an efficient means of performing a document search wherein relevance between plural document databases is examined. A summary making module and a search module are provided to document databases, and these are connected to a network as a server. A client obtains a relevant set of documents in a specified document database via this summary from a set of documents in the specified document database. The summary obtained is sent to another server, and a search is performed according to the summary in a document database in the server to which the summary is transferred.