Abstract: A chain saw may include: a saw chain; a guide bar extending in a front-rear direction and to which the saw chain is attached; a sprocket configured to have the saw chain run along a periphery of the guide bar; a motor configured to rotate the sprocket about a rotation axis extending in a left-right direction; a battery pack configured to supply electric power to the motor; a body housing which accommodates the motor and holds the guide bar; and a top handle disposed above the body housing and configured to be gripped by a user. When the chain saw is viewed from a right side, a lower end of the battery pack may be positioned above a center line of the guide bar.

Abstract: A power conversion system includes power conversion device and controller. The power conversion device includes three-phase full-bridge circuit to which DC power is input and which has three legs connected in parallel between high-potential line and low-potential line. In one or two phases of the three-phase full-bridge circuit, a midpoint of corresponding leg is connected to power supply wiring for load via reactor. Controller includes first controller working to control switching operation of power conversion device by receiving a pseudo torque command signal based on output command signal for load and phase angle signal based on detection signal indicative of supplied electric power, and second controller working to generate and output pseudo torque command signal and phase angle signal to first controller. This enables power conversion system to be capable of supplying electric power in accordance with an output request without changing software, when existing power conversion device is repurposed.

Abstract: A power conversion system configured to supply direct current power to an electrolysis device includes: a power conversion device that converts source power into direct current power; a positive-side wiring and a negative-side wiring that connect the power conversion device and the electrolysis device to each other; a filter capacitor connected between the positive-side wiring and the negative-side wiring; a relay provided on at least one of the positive-side wiring and the negative-side wiring on the electrolysis device side of the filter capacitor; a first voltage detection device; a second voltage detection device; and a control device. The control device is configured to control the power conversion device so that a first voltage detected by the first voltage detection device is greater than or equal to a second voltage detected by the second voltage detection device, when connecting the relay.

Abstract: A chain saw may include: a guide bar extending in a front-rear direction; a sprocket; a prime mover configured to rotate the sprocket about a rotation axis extending in a left-right direction; a brake drum configured to rotate integrally with the sprocket; a body housing which accommodates the prime mover; a sprocket cover covering the sprocket; and a cover member disposed between the body housing and the guide bar. When viewed in an upper cross section which extends in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction and includes an upper rear end of the guide bar, the cover member may be in contact or is nearly in contact with a surface of the guide bar which faces the body housing and a rear end of the cover member may be positioned rearward of a rear end of the guide bar.

Abstract: An in-vehicle communication apparatus which includes: a vehicle-internal communication unit that communicates with in-vehicle apparatuses through an in-vehicle network; a vehicle-external communication unit that communicates with a vehicle outside apparatus; and a control unit having an application profile management unit that determines a combination of apparatuses required, respectively, for acquiring input information that is needed for execution of an application and transferring the input information, for executing processing according to the application, and for outputting a processing result, and a data processing instruction unit that instructs the apparatuses of the combination determined by the application profile management unit, to acquire and transfer the input information, to execute the processing according to the application, and to output the processing result.

Abstract: A corrugated plate includes a film portion formed on at least one surface of a flat plate, a plurality of ridge portions formed on the flat plate on which the film portion is formed, a scratch formed in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the ridge portions, and a connection portion formed between two of the adjacent ridge portions. The scratch is formed on the ridge portion and is not formed on the connection portion.

Abstract: An electric wire includes a conductor, an orange-colored body provided on the conductor, and a transparent resin coated on the orange-colored body. The conductor has an outer diameter of 10 mm or more and 30 mm or less. The orange-colored body has a thickness of 1 mm or less, has elongation of at least 44.5%, and is prevented from cracking upon bending at R20 in a radial direction.

Abstract: A parking assist device includes a control device configured to execute automated parking control and a notification device. The automated parking control is control for assisting an operation of a target vehicle to park the target vehicle in a predetermined target parking spot while a driver of the target vehicle sits on a driver's seat of the target vehicle. The control device is configured to calculate a frontage of the target parking spot in advance before a start of execution of the automated parking control. The control device is configured to control the notification device, based on the calculated frontage, such that the notification device gives a notification about information related to a size of a drop-off space.

Abstract: A working machine may include a working part, a body including a motor accommodating part, a fan accommodated in the motor accommodating part and a motor accommodated in the motor accommodating part and configured to drive the working part and the fan. The fan may include a disk plate including a circular opening defined at a center of the disk plate, a plurality of vanes attached to the disk plate, and a cover part. The plurality of vanes may be covered by the disk plate and the cover part in an axial direction.

Abstract: A medal game machine capable of improving a degree of satisfaction of a player with a medal game and enjoyment of the medal game by performing: forming of the medal tower, pushing of the medals, and feeding of medals do not affect each other and are visible to the player. A medal game machine includes a medal feeder that receives medals supplied from the outside of the medal game machine and feeds the medals into a first area; a placement surface on which medals are placed; a pusher table that moves the medals placed on the placement surface; a medal tower forming device that forms one medal tower having one or more layers at a predetermined position each time; and a transporter that transports the one medal tower formed at the predetermined position to the placement surface. When the placement surface is viewed in a plan view, the placement surface and the pusher table are in the first area and the predetermined position is in a second area outside the first area.

Abstract: A parking assistance device includes a route setting unit configured to set a target route by using a detection result of a sensor device, a control region setting unit configured to set a first control region and a second control region along the target route, and a driving control unit. The first control region is larger than the second control region. A center of the first control region is positioned farther from the vehicle than a center of the second control region. The driving control unit is configured to control driving of the vehicle such that a vehicle speed is kept at or below a threshold speed when an obstacle is detected within the first control region, and to control driving of the vehicle such that the vehicle is brought to a stop at a predefined deceleration when an obstacle is detected within the second control region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for recycling polymer fine particles, the method being applicable to various polymers. This method for recycling polymer fine particles comprises (A) a step for dismantling a first polymer fine particle molded body, which has been obtained by molding first polymer fine particles, into second polymer fine particles by applying external stimuli to the first polymer fine particle molded body.

Abstract: A medal game machine capable of improving a degree of satisfaction of a player with a medal game and enjoyment of the medal game by performing: forming of the medal tower, pushing of the medals, and feeding of medals do not affect each other and are visible to the player. A medal game machine includes a medal feeder that receives medals supplied from the outside of the medal game machine and feeds the medals into a first area; a placement surface on which medals are placed; a pusher table that moves the medals placed on the placement surface; a medal tower forming device that forms one medal tower having one or more layers at a predetermined position each time; and a transporter that transports the one medal tower formed at the predetermined position to the placement surface. When the placement surface is viewed in a plan view, the placement surface and the pusher table are in the first area and the predetermined position is in a second area outside the first area.

Abstract: The processor of the parking assistance device is configured to, in a predetermined scene where the processor controls the own vehicle to travel toward the inside of the parking spot and reach a predetermined point, and subsequently controls the own vehicle to travel from the predetermined point toward the outside of the parking spot, when a proportion of a portion of the own vehicle that has entered the parking spot relative to the entire own vehicle exceeds a threshold at the predetermined point, control the own vehicle to stop at the predetermined point; and when the processor detects that a driver of the own vehicle has executed a predetermined operation while the own vehicle is stopped at the predetermined point, control the own vehicle to travel toward the outside of the parking spot.

Abstract: A communication cable includes: an electric wire bundle including a plurality of insulated electric wires, each having an electric conductor and a covering layer covering the electric conductor; a sheath layer covering an outer periphery of the electric wire bundle; and an intermediate layer that is interposed between the electric wire bundle and the sheath layer, and covers the outer periphery of the electric wire bundle. The intermediate layer is in close contact with a covering layer of each insulated electric wire, and the sheath layer has a solid structure in which the sheath layer is arranged so as to be in close contact with the intermediate layer. A melting point of a base resin constituting the intermediate layer is 20° C. or more lower than a melting point of base resins constituting the covering layer and the sheath layer.

Abstract: Provided is a cosmetic composition which includes at least one superabsorbent polymer; at least one water soluble emollient; and at least one thickener.

Abstract: A drying device includes multiple partitioned spaces, and a jetting device configured to jet air to a component holder in each of the multiple spaces.

Abstract: An electric working machine may include: an electrical component; a first space in which the electrical component is disposed; a partition wall separating the first space from a second space different from the first space, the partition wall including a first communication opening communicating the first space and the second space; and a first one-way valve disposed at the first communication opening.

Abstract: A film deposition method includes depositing an amorphous silicon film in a substrate under a process condition. The process condition includes supplying SiH4 gas into a processing chamber in which the substrate is placed. The process condition includes setting a temperature in the processing chamber to be in a range of greater than or equal to 300° C. and less than or equal to 440° C. The process condition includes setting a pressure of the processing chamber to be in a range of greater than or equal to 10 Torr and less than or equal to 100 Torr.

Abstract: The infrared image processing device includes a thermal image sensor that receives infrared rays and outputs a signal corresponding to the infrared rays, a thermal image generation unit that generates a plurality of thermal images based on the signal, a smoothing processing unit that performs a smoothing process on each pixel of each of the plurality of thermal images by using a pixel value of a vicinal pixel, thereby calculating a plurality of smoothed images and calculating smoothed pixel values that are each image's pixel values after undergoing the smoothing, a correction coefficient calculation unit that calculates a correction coefficient set including a first correction coefficient and a second correction coefficient from the thermal images and the smoothed images, and a thermal image correction unit that corrects the thermal images by using the correction coefficient set.