Abstract: A stator core of a rotary electric machine includes: an outer core that is an annular back yoke portion; and an inner core in which a plurality of teeth are radially arranged and inner side end portions of the teeth adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction are connected to each other in the circumferential direction by connection portions and which is fitted to an inner side of the outer core, each connection portion has a hole penetrating in an axial direction, each connection portion is split into a plurality of sections by the hole, a width in a radial direction of the one connection portion at a portion of the connection portion that has a smallest width in the radial direction is equal to or greater than ¼ and less than ½ of a sheet thickness of each of sheets.

Abstract: An abnormality detection circuit includes: a plurality of voltage dividing circuits; a first selector configured to select and output one of a plurality of outputs of the plurality of voltage dividing circuits; a first comparator configured to compare an output of the first selector with a reference voltage; and a first detector configured to detect an abnormality based on an output of the first comparator, wherein the selection of the first selector is switched in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal or a horizontal synchronization signal of a liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: In a multilayer ceramic capacitor, when a cross-section obtained by cutting a multilayer body at a position at a central portion in a length direction and defined in a width direction and a layering direction is viewed, a variation in distance in the width direction from a straight line that connects ends of two internal electrodes located outermost in the layering direction to each other to respective ends of internal electrodes is not larger than about 0.2, a first ridgeline portion connecting the straight line that connects the ends of the two internal electrodes to each other to one main surface of the multilayer body has a first curve, a second ridgeline portion that connects one main surface to one side surface of the multilayer body has a second curve, and the first curve is larger in radius of curvature than the second curve.

Abstract: A toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin and an inorganic infrared absorbent particle, wherein (1) in spectrometry of a fixed image obtained by fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material by using the toner in a loading amount of 0.30 mg/cm2, a maximum value of a light absorbance in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 800 nm or less is 10% or less, and (2) in cross section observation of the toner particle using a transmission electron microscope, when a circle having the center of gravity of a cross section image of the toner particle as the center thereof and having a radius of 2.0 ?m is drawn and the circle is divided into four to form four quadrants, a coefficient of variation in number of the inorganic infrared absorbent particles observed in each quadrant is 0.50 or less.

Abstract: An automatic transmission which includes a first rotating member and a second rotating member is provided. The first rotating member includes an outer rotating member having a first outer power transmission part and an outer extending part, and an inner rotating member which is made of a different material from the outer rotating member and has a first inner power transmission part and an inner extending part. The outer and inner extending parts are coupled through a first extending part formed by axially joining them to each other at a caulking part. The second rotating member includes a second extending part having a recess indented on an opposite side of the first extending part. The caulking part has a protrusion protruding by being recessed from the first extending part to the second extending part. At least a part of the protrusion is located inside the recess.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a plurality of transmitting antennas, an in-vehicle device transmitter configured to transmit measurement signals via the plurality of respective transmitting antennas, an in-vehicle device receiver configured to receive, from a portable device, a measurement result signal that includes measurement data of received signal strengths of the respective measurement signals that have been transmitted from the plurality of respective transmitting antennas, and an in-vehicle device controller configured to determine whether to identify a location of the portable device based on the received signal strengths included in the measurement result signal, and, in a case where the in-vehicle device controller has determined that the location of the portable device is to be identified, identify the location of the portable device based on the received signal strengths included in the measurement result signal.

Abstract: A unit coil includes: first, second, third, and fourth turn portions extending in a bent manner from first, second, third, and fourth slot accommodation portions and each connecting the slot accommodation portions to each other; and first, second, third, and fourth leg portions. Recesses are formed in surfaces opposed to each other at bent parts of the turn portions or bent parts of the turn portion and the leg portion, that extend in a bent manner toward the same side in the circumferential direction from the slot accommodation portions adjacent to each other in the radial direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a zinc or zinc alloy electroplating method comprising: performing energizing in an alkaline zinc or zinc alloy electroplating bath provided with a cathode and an anode, wherein the anode is an anode in which a conductive substrate is coated in a conductive state with alkali-resistant ceramics, the alkaline zinc or zinc alloy electroplating bath is an alkaline zinc plating bath containing an organic compound additive or an alkaline zinc alloy electroplating bath containing an amine chelating agent or an organic compound additive, oxidation decomposition, on a surface of the anode caused by the energizing, of the organic compound additive in the alkaline zinc plating bath or the amine chelating agent and the organic compound additive in the alkaline zinc alloy electroplating bath is suppressed as compared with a case of using as an anode the same conductive substrate uncoated with the alkali-resistant ceramics.

Abstract: Provided is a segment-core coupled body, including a plurality of segment cores each including a core back and a tooth; and a plurality of coupling portions configured to couple the core backs to one another, wherein the plurality of segment cores and the plurality of coupling portions are each a laminated body of magnetic sheets, wherein the plurality of coupling portions each include: a posture holding portion adjacent to a gap defined between adjacent core backs; a first thin portion configured to couple one corner portion of the adjacent core backs and the posture holding portion; and a second thin portion configured to couple another corner portion of the adjacent core backs and the posture holding portion, and wherein, the posture holding portion projects toward a radially outer side with respect to the adjacent core backs.

Abstract: An annular conductor retaining device has a retention guide portion formed by blades arranged in a cylindrical shape with gaps therebetween. An annular conductor is inserted into two of the gaps across a plurality of the blades. The next annular conductor is inserted into the gaps to partially overlap the previously arranged annular conductor. This step is repeated so that the annular conductors are arranged in a spiral shape in the retention guide portion. The retention guide portion and the inner circumferential part of the core are fitted to each other, and the gaps and the slots of the core are made to coincide with each other. A pusher is inserted into the inner circumferential part of the retention guide portion so that the annular conductors are caught on the pusher, to move them in the axial direction into the slots of the core, and thus become the coils.

Abstract: A stator is assembled by stacking, in the axial direction, a plurality of magnetic steel sheets having tooth portions. The steel sheets include connected tooth steel sheets in which the inner-circumferential-side end portions of the tooth portions are connected via connection portions in an annular shape along the circumferential direction, and non-connected tooth steel sheets which are separated from each other with the tooth portions not connected to each other. The connected tooth steel sheets and the non-connected tooth steel sheets are joined to each other in the axial direction via swage portions provided in the tooth portions. The thickness of each connection portion is smaller than the thickness of the other part of each steel sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a film deterioration preventing material for using together with a record storage film having a triacetyl cellulose film as the base film thereof, wherein the material includes an alkali metal carbonate or an alkali metal hydrogen carbonate as an acetic acid gas removing agent to remove the acetic acid gas in an atmosphere. The present invention also provides an acid gas removing agent to remove the acid gas in an atmosphere, wherein the acid gas in the atmosphere is removed by an alkali metal carbonate or an alkali metal hydrogen carbonate.

Abstract: This invention, is concerning a rotary electrical machine, wherein, where Q is the number of a plurality of slots, P is the number of a plurality of magnets, gcd(Q, P) is the greatest common divisor of Q and P, m is the number of phases, and one position group is defined as a set of m positions spaced from each other along the circumferential direction of the armature core by a pitch of an angle of [360/{gcd(Q, p)×m}]°, an armature core is: formed by connection of a plurality of core pieces at connection positions that are set to positions included in one or more respective position groups from among gcd(Q, P) position groups formed at equal pitch along the circumferential direction of the armature core.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal driving device is formed by integrating: an external output terminal to which a source line of an LCD panel is exteriorly connected; a first driver which generates a first source signal having three or more gradations (for example, 256 gradations) and outputs the first source signal to the external output terminal; an abnormality detection unit (a logic unit and an output monitor unit) which detects an abnormality in the first source signal; and a second driver which, when an abnormality in the first source signal is detected, generates a second source signa) having two gradations and outputs the second source signal to the external output terminal. The LCD panel is driven in a predetermined polarity inversion drive system, and the abnormality detection unit, for example, monitors polarity inversion of the first source signal in a fly-back period and detects an abnormality in the first source signal.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a stator winding coil includes: a bulging portion forming step that forms a bulging portion on a conductor wire; a crank portion forming step that forms a crank portion on the central portion of the bulging portion; an oblique portion forming step that forms oblique portions on the conductor wire at two ends of the bulging portion; a rectilinear portion forming step that forms rectilinear portions on the conductor wire at opposite ends of the oblique portions from the bulging portion; and a circular arc forming step that forms the oblique portions into a circular arc shape after forming the rectilinear portions.

Abstract: An abnormality detection circuit includes: a plurality of voltage dividing circuits; a first selector configured to select and output one of a plurality of outputs of the plurality of voltage dividing circuits; a first comparator configured to compare an output of the first selector with a reference voltage; and a first detector configured to detect an abnormality based on an output of the first comparator, wherein the selection of the first selector is switched in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal or a horizontal synchronization signal of a liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: Provided is a copper-nickel alloy electroplating apparatus which is capable of stably forming a copper-nickel plated coating on a workpiece with a uniform composition and which enables a plating bath to be used for a long period. The present invention provides a copper-nickel alloy electroplating apparatus (1), comprising: a cathode chamber (4) in which a workpiece (5) is to be placed; an anode chamber (6); an anode (7) placed in the anode chamber; an electrically conductive diaphragm (14) placed to separate the cathode chamber and the anode chamber from each other; a cathode chamber oxidation-reduction potential adjusting tank (8) for adjusting the oxidation-reduction potential of a plating liquid in the cathode chamber; an anode chamber oxidation-reduction potential adjusting tank (10) for adjusting the oxidation-reduction potential of a plating liquid in the anode chamber; and a power supply unit (36) that provides an electric current to flow between the workpiece and the anode.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a plurality of transmitting antennas, an in-vehicle device transmitter configured to transmit measurement signals via the plurality of respective transmitting antennas, an in-vehicle device receiver configured to receive, from a portable device, a measurement result signal that includes measurement data of received signal strengths of the respective measurement signals that have been transmitted from the plurality of respective transmitting antennas, and an in-vehicle device controller configured to determine whether to identify a location of the portable device based on the received signal strengths included in the measurement result signal, and, in a case where the in-vehicle device controller has determined that the location of the portable device is to be identified, identify the location of the portable device based on the received signal strengths included in the measurement result signal.

Abstract: A stator in which stator coils are formed by a plurality of unit coils arranged so as to be shifted from each other in the circumferential direction and each having: a first slot-accommodated portion; a second slot-accommodated portion; a first terminal wire extending from the first slot-accommodated portion; a second terminal wire extending from the second slot-accommodated portion and shifted from the first terminal wire by one line of a conductive wire; a terminal-side coil end portion; and first and second anti-terminal-side coil end portions, wherein the first terminal wire and the second terminal wire of the respective different unit coils are joined with each other.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes: a stator having an armature core having slots formed between magnetic pole teeth, and a plurality of coils each of which is wound so as to straddle a plurality of the magnetic pole teeth; and a rotor including a plurality of permanent magnets disposed at certain intervals on an outer peripheral surface of the magnetic yoke, and the coils include an armature coil for driving the rotating electric machine and a non-armature coil for magnetizing or demagnetizing the permanent magnets of the rotor.