Abstract: A clamp member is a disk-shaped member configured to fix a recording disk to a rotating part of a spindle motor. The clamp member includes a clamp lower surface, a plurality of first through holes, and a plurality of second through holes. The clamp lower surface is provided in an outer edge region of the clamp member, contacts an upper surface of the recording disk, and applies a downward force to the upper surface. The first through holes are provided at a first interval in the circumferential direction in a first region at an inner side in the radial direction from the outer edge region, and fastening members to be fastened to the rotating part are inserted into the first through holes. The second through holes are provided at a second interval in the circumferential direction in a second region at the inner side in the radial direction from the first region, and the fastening members are inserted into the second through holes.

Abstract: A data processing unit required for the data processing is started and a data processing unit not required for the data processing is stopped to change a part of the data processing settings or to add a new data processing setting without stopping the multi-stage data processing, and when the multi-stage data processing is executed, a rear-stage data processing unit reads the tag assigned in a front-stage data processing unit to discriminate the data processing unit that executes the data processing.

Abstract: A display driver includes a driver circuit and a sensing controller. The driver circuit is configured to drive a display panel according to display information. The display panel defines a sensing region. The sensing controller interface circuit is configured to transmit an output vertical sync signal to a proximity sensing controller. The proximity sensing controller is configured to generate positional information of an input object based at least in part on a resulting signal received from a sensor electrode disposed in the sensing region. The output vertical sync signal comprises encoding the display information in the output vertical sync signal.

Abstract: Provided is a motor capable of increasing a torque while suppressing an increase in the physical size of the motor. A motor includes a rotor. The rotor includes pairs of magnet slots evenly spaced in a circumferential direction, each pair of magnet slots being arranged in a V-shape, pairs of main magnets housed in the pairs of magnet slots, and a plurality of auxiliary magnets including an outer magnet housed in an outer end in the circumferential direction in each of the pairs of magnet slots. The motor satisfies at least one of a first condition that the main magnets are sintered magnets and the auxiliary magnets are bonded magnets, or a second condition that magnetization directions of the main magnet and the outer magnet housed in the same magnet slot intersect outside in the radial direction so as to define an acute angle.

Abstract: A rare-earth magnet and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes: preparing Sm—Fe—N magnetic powder; preparing reforming material powder containing metallic zinc; mixing the magnetic powder and the reforming material powder to obtain mixed powder; subjecting the mixed powder to compression molding in a magnetic field to obtain a magnetic-field molded body; subjecting the magnetic-field molded body to pressure sintering to obtain a sintered body; and subjecting the sintered body to heat treatment. A content proportion of the metallic zinc in the reforming material powder is 10 to 30% by mass with respect to the mixed powder. When a temperature and time in conditions for the heat treatment are defined as x° C. and y hours, respectively, the formulas y??0.32x+136 and 350?x?410 are met.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thermosetting resin composition and the like, from which is obtained a cured product that excels in dielectric properties with respect to high-frequency radio waves. The thermosetting resin composition and the like of the present disclosure contain a thermosetting resin having a plurality of ethylenically unsaturated groups per molecule. The ethylenically unsaturated groups are carbon-carbon double bonds each containing two carbon atoms. A percentage of a number of ethylenically unsaturated groups in which both of the two carbon atoms are bonded to one or two atoms other than a hydrogen atom by single bonds is 50% or greater, with proviso that the total number of the ethylenically unsaturated groups is 100%. Alternatively, a dielectric loss tangent at 40 GHz of a cured product of the thermosetting resin composition is smaller than a dielectric loss tangent at 10 GHz of the cured product.

Abstract: A pedal device includes: a pedal configured to rotate about a rotational axis; and a reaction force generator configured to generate a reaction force corresponding to an urging force generated by pressing operation of the pedal. The pedal includes an urging portion configured to transmit the urging force to the reaction force generator when the urging portion is rotated integrally with the pedal. The reaction force generator includes a linearly moving portion configured to move linearly in an extending direction of a central axis of the reaction force generator when the pressing operation is performed. The urging portion has an urging surface configured to urge a contact surface of the linearly moving portion. The urging portion is placed at a position where a virtual urging center passes through a virtual axis perpendicular line when the pedal is rotated within a predetermined rotational range.

Abstract: An active material includes, as constituent elements, silicon, oxygen, a first element, a second element, and a third element. The first element includes boron, phosphorus, or both. The second element includes at least one of an alkali metal element, a transition element, or a typical element. The typical element excludes silicon, oxygen, boron, phosphorus, an alkali metal element, and an alkaline earth metal element. The third element includes an alkaline earth metal element. The content of silicon with respect to all the constituent elements excluding oxygen and carbon is 60 at % or greater and 98 at % or less. The content of the first element with respect to all the constituent elements excluding oxygen and carbon is 1 at % or greater and 25 at % or less. The content of the second element with respect to all the constituent elements excluding oxygen and carbon is 1 at % or greater and 34 at % or less.

Abstract: A pedal pad includes a plate portion having a plate shape extending in a pedal extending direction and having a thickness in a plate thickness direction, and the pedal pad is rotatably movable about a pedal shaft center that is perpendicular to the pedal extending direction by a step-on operation of a driver to the plate portion from one side in the plate thickness direction. The plate portion has one end portion in the pedal extending direction positioned lower in the vehicle than an another end portion in the pedal extending direction in a non-stepping state in which the driver is not performing the step-on operation on the pedal pad. Furthermore, the one end portion of the plate shape of the plate portion extends in the pedal extending direction, more than a position of the pedal shaft.

Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure at a ¼ position of a sheet thickness in a sheet thickness direction from a surface, a primary phase is bainite, a secondary phase is martensite or a martensite-austenite mixed phase, an average grain size of the secondary phase is 1.5 ?m or less, an average grain size of particles having grain diameters that are largest 10% or less out of all particles in the secondary phase is 2.5 ?m or less, a pole density in a (110)<112> orientation is 3.0 or less, and, in a microstructure from the surface to a 1/16 position of the sheet thickness in the sheet thickness direction from the surface, a pole density in a (110)<1-11> orientation is 3.0 or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for improving the milk flavor of food and/or beverage having a milk flavor, and to improve the milk flavor of food and/or beverage having a milk flavor.

Abstract: An electrode for a solid-state battery is provided and includes active material particles, a resin, and an inorganic solid-state electrolyte. The resin includes at least one selected from the group consisting of polyimide, polyamide, and polyamideimide and includes a carbide in part. The inorganic solid-state electrolyte includes a lithium salt that includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron (B), carbon (C), sulfur (S), and chlorine (Cl).

Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte for a solid-state battery, the solid-state electrolyte including: a lithium salt solid-state electrolyte part; and a non-lithium compound part embedded in the lithium salt solid-state electrolyte part. Preferably, the lithium salt solid-state electrolyte part has an antiperovskite structure, and the non-lithium compound part includes an inorganic insulating material.

Abstract: In general, in one aspect, one or more embodiments relate to an input device that includes a proximity sensing panel including sensor electrodes, and a proximity sensing circuit. The proximity sensing circuit configured to receive an indication of a transition from a first image refresh rate to a second image refresh rate, wherein the first image refresh rate is greater than a beacon signal rate and the second image refresh rate is equal to or lower than the beacon signal rate. The proximity sensing panel is also configured to align transmitting a beacon signal on the proximity sensing panel to a non-refresh period corresponding to the second refresh rate.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte with a negative electrode mixture layer that includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is formed on the negative electrode current collector and includes a negative electrode active material and a first binding agent. The negative electrode active material in the first layer includes a carbon material A and a Si-containing compound. The first binding agent includes polyacrylic acid or a salt thereof. The second layer is formed on the first layer and includes a negative electrode active material and a second binding agent. The negative electrode active material in the second layer includes a carbon material B. The carbon material B has a tap density higher than a tap density of the carbon material A. A packing density of the second layer is lower than a packing density of the first layer.

Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte that includes: a first solid-state electrolyte part and a second solid-state electrolyte part. The first solid-state electrolyte part has a perovskite structure having a lattice constant that is an integer multiple of a value of greater than or equal to 3.8 ? and less than or equal to 4.1 ?. The second solid-state electrolyte part has an antiperovskite structure having a lattice constant that is an integer multiple of a value of greater than or equal to 3.8 ? and less than or equal to 4.1 ?.

Abstract: A stereoscopic optical system includes two optical systems disposed in parallel. Each of the two optical systems includes a plurality of lens units and two reflective surfaces disposed on an image side of the plurality of lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units in each of the two optical systems changes during zooming. A distance between optical axes of the two optical systems is narrower on the image side of the two reflective surfaces than on an object side of the two reflective surfaces. A predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A first semiconductor element according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an element substrate including an element region, a peripheral region, a readout circuit substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulating layer. A wiring layer and a first semiconductor layer including a compound semiconductor material are provided as a stack in the element region. The peripheral region is outside the element region. The readout circuit substrate is opposed to the first semiconductor layer with the wiring layer interposed therebetween, and is electrically coupled to the first semiconductor layer with the wiring layer interposed therebetween. The first electrode is provided in the wiring layer and is electrically coupled to the first semiconductor layer. The second electrode is opposed to the first electrode with the first semiconductor layer interposed therebetween. The insulating layer is provided on the second electrode and has a non-reducing property.

Abstract: An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate including a sensor pixel that performs photoelectric conversion; a second substrate including a pixel circuit that outputs a pixel signal on a basis of electric charges outputted from the sensor pixel; and a third substrate including a processing circuit that performs signal processing on the pixel signal. The first substrate, the second substrate, and the third substrate are stacked in this order, and a low-permittivity region is provided in at least any region around a circuit that reads electric charges from the sensor pixel and outputs the pixel signal.

Abstract: Meta data is provided flexibly according to an application A related data extraction apparatus for extracting related data which is given to data collected from a target system and is related to the data includes: a configuration data accumulation unit that manages configuration information of the target system; a configuration data input unit that accepts input of registration or update of the configuration information; an application linkage unit that accepts a request for the related data given to the data by an application for analyzing the data; and a related data extraction unit that extracts the related data from the configuration information on the basis of the request.