Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a Brillouin optical sensing device and an optical sensing method capable of reducing introduction costs. The Brillouin optical sensing device according to the present invention includes: a sensing fiber 90 in which a plurality of optical fibers having Brillouin frequency shift characteristics different from each other are arranged in parallel; an optical measuring instrument 11 that launches an optical pulse into at least two of the optical fibers of the sensing fiber 90 to generate Brillouin scattering lights and measures a beat frequency of a beat signal between the Brillouin scattering lights at any position of the sensing fiber 90; and an arithmetic processing unit 12 that acquires a physical quantity of the sensing fiber 90 at said any position based on the beat frequency acquired by the optical measuring instrument 11.

Abstract: An exterior material for power storage devices which is formed from at least a layered body comprising a base material layer, a barrier layer, and a heat-fusible resin layer in this order, wherein the base material layer contains a resin film, the resin film has a shrinkage ratio of 1.0% to less than 5.0% when immersed in hot water at 95° C. for 30 minutes, and the resin film has a stress value, at 10% stretching in the tensile test described hereafter, of 100 MPa or higher in both the machine direction and the transverse direction. After storing a sample in a 23° C., 40% RH environment for 24 hours, the tensile test is performed under conditions of a sample width of 6 mm, a gauge length of 35 mm, and a tension rate of 300 mm/min in a 23° C., 40% RH environment, and the stress value at 10% stretching (displacement of 3.5 mm) is measured.

Abstract: A power storage device packaging material includes a laminate including at least a base material layer, a barrier layer, and a heat-sealable resin layer in this order, wherein the base material layer contains a polyester film, and the polyester film has a work hardening exponent of 1.6 or more and 3.0 or less in both longitudinal and width directions, with a difference of 0.5 or less between the work hardening exponents in the longitudinal and width directions, an intrinsic viscosity of 0.66 or more and 0.95 or less, and a rigid amorphous fraction of 28% or more and 60% or less.

Abstract: A liquid crystal material filling apparatus which includes, in a vacuum chamber, a liquid crystal pot having a liquid crystal reservoir for storing a liquid crystal material. A groove part is coupled with the liquid crystal reservoir at a certain angle and contains a medium for holding the liquid crystal material. A filling jig cassette is provided to accommodate a plurality of liquid crystal panels having injection ports faced downwardly, and an elevation device is provided for moving the liquid crystal pot up and down. Also, a posture control mechanism is provided for switching a posture of the liquid crystal pot in accordance with the up/down movement of the liquid crystal pot thereby to cause the liquid crystal material to flow from the liquid crystal reservoir to the groove part at a raised position and bring the medium in touch with lower faces of the injection ports of the liquid crystal panels.

Abstract: A liquid crystal material filling apparatus which includes, in a vacuum chamber, a liquid crystal pot having a liquid crystal reservoir for storing a liquid crystal material. A groove part is coupled with the liquid crystal reservoir at a certain angle and contains a medium for holding the liquid crystal material. A filling jig cassette is provided to accommodate a plurality of liquid crystal panels having injection ports faced downwardly, and an elevation device is provided for moving the liquid crystal pot up and down. Also, a posture control mechanism is provided for switching a posture of the liquid crystal pot in accordance with the up/down movement of the liquid crystal pot thereby to cause the liquid crystal material to flow from the liquid crystal reservoir to the groove part at a raised position and bring the medium in touch with lower faces of the injection ports of the liquid crystal panels.

Abstract: A screw adjusting apparatus includes a positioning control device for outputting rotation instructions to a designated position based on a rotation detection signal; an image sensing section; a visual recognition section for processing a video signal outputted from the image sensing section so as to measure position of an object; a screw feeding amount calculating device for deciding a feeding amount of the screw so as to place the object at a predetermined position according to position information outputted from the visual recognition section and the information of the object which has been moved by contact between the screw and a tool; and an instruction control device for issuing instructions to the positioning control device based on a decided feeding amount of the screw.

Abstract: An apparatus utilizing a flat plate type rotary transformer which has a rotary member with a collar fixed thereon, a stationary member provided with a bearing, the rotary member being mounted on the stationary member through the collar and the bearing, a first magnet core which is securely held on the rotary member and a second magnet core which is securely held on the stationary member. The magnet cores respectively of the rotary member and the stationary member are securely set by using the surface between the rotary member and the stationary member at which the members touch as the reference level in securing the desired gap between them.