Abstract: A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating film provided on the semiconductor layer, a first electrode film provided on the first insulating film, a second electrode film provided on the first electrode film, and a first field plate electrode provided on the second electrode film. A lower end of the first field plate electrode is located on a second surface of the first electrode film, the second surface being in contact with the second electrode film, rather than a first surface of the first electrode film, the first surface being in contact with the first insulating film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a nitride semiconductor element, a first diode, and a second diode; the nitride semiconductor element includes a conductive mounting bed, a semiconductor substrate formed on the mounting bed, a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, a first major electrode, a second major electrode, a first gate electrode, and a second gate electrode; the first diode includes a first anode electrode electrically connected to the mounting bed, and a first cathode electrode electrically connected to the first major electrode; and the second diode includes a second anode electrode electrically connected to the mounting bed, and a second cathode electrode electrically connected to the second major electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a first drive circuit including a second transistor, and a second drive circuit including a third transistor. The second transistor and the third transistor are connected in series; and a connection node of the second and third transistors is connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The first transistor, the second transistor, and the third transistor are normally-off MOS HEMTs formed in a first substrate that includes GaN. The first drive circuit charges a parasitic capacitance of the first transistor. The second drive circuit discharges the parasitic capacitance of the first transistor.

Abstract: Provided are a composite oxide powder from which dense solid electrolyte objects having a high ion conductivity can be produced and a method for producing the composite oxide powder. The composite oxide powder is composed of particles comprising lithium (Li), lanthanum (La), zirconium (Zr), and oxygen (O) and having a cubic garnet-type crystal structure, and has a volume particle size distribution in which the 50% diameter (D50) is 1,000 nm or smaller, the composite oxide powder having a pyrochlore phase content of 10 mass % or less.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method of determining 1,5-anhydroglucitol, including using (a) a protein which consists of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a protein which consists of an amino acid sequence having deletion, substitution and/or addition of one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and which has sorbose dehydrogenase activity; or (c) a protein which consists of an amino acid sequence having a homology of at least 60% with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and which has sorbose dehydrogenase activity.

Abstract: A battery case comprises a tray member (20), a cover member (22), a first holding member (24) of a metal arranged to contact a tray flange (32) with its outer circumferential edge portion projecting outward from the tray flange by a predetermined length, a second holding member (26) of a metal arranged to contact a cover flange (36) with its outer circumferential edge portion projecting outward from the cover flange by a predetermined length, and a fastening means (28, 29) fastening the first and second holding members together at a predetermined location outwardly away from the tray and cover flanges.

Abstract: A protein comprising an amino acid sequence having at least one mutation selected from a Gly-4 to Ala mutation, a Glu-6 to His mutation, a Ser-14 to Thr mutation, an Ala-37 to Thr or Arg mutation, a Pro-50 to Gln mutation, a Glu-67 to Gly mutation, an Asp-80 to Tyr mutation, a Val-93 to Met mutation, an Arg-156 to Pro mutation, a Leu-164 to Met mutation, an Asn-202 to Asp mutation, a Thr-235 to Ala mutation, an Asn-348 to Tyr mutation, a Gly-362 to Arg mutation and a Val-473 to Ala mutation in the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ II NO:4. (2) A thermostable protein which comprises an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence having at least one variation described in (1) and having 1,5-anhydroglucitol dehydrogenase activity. These proteins act specifically on 1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG), have thermal stability and exhibit excellent storage stability.

Abstract: A battery case for a vehicle includes a tray member (22) made of resin and configured to hold a battery (38), one or more beam members (30) arranged so as to extend in at least one of width and longitudinal directions of the tray member, the one or more beam members supporting the tray member and having a recess (50) formed therein, and a bottom wall (58) interposed between the tray member and the one or more beam members and closing an aperture plane of the recess of the one or more beam members to form a closed cross-section, the bottom wall being constituted by a continuous metal plate underlying a bottom plate of the tray member.

Abstract: A battery case for a vehicle includes a tray member of resin, configured to hold batteries and having a plurality of projections formed on a bottom thereof, and a tray reinforcing member arranged so as to face the outer surface of the tray member and having at least one reinforcing member constituted by a metal plate, the reinforcing member being arranged on one side of the tray reinforcing member facing the tray member and raised from the one side of the tray reinforcing member. A recess is formed at least in the outer surface of one of the projections so as to correspond in position to the reinforcing member, and the reinforcing member is received in the recess.

Abstract: A battery case comprises a tray member (20), a cover member (22), a first holding member (24) of a metal arranged to contact a tray flange (32) with its outer circumferential edge portion projecting outward from the tray flange by a predetermined length, a second holding member (26) of a metal arranged to contact a cover flange (36) with its outer circumferential edge portion projecting outward from the cover flange by a predetermined length, and a fastening means (28, 29) fastening the first and second holding members together at a predetermined location outwardly away from the tray and cover flanges.

Abstract: A protein comprising an amino acid sequence having at least one mutation selected from a Gly-4 to Ala mutation, a Glu-6 to His mutation, a Ser-14 to Thr mutation, an Ala-37 to Thr or Arg mutation, a Pro-50 to Gln mutation, a Glu-67 to Gly mutation, an Asp-80 to Tyr mutation, a Val-93 to Met mutation, an Arg-156 to Pro mutation, a Leu-164 to Met mutation, an Asn-202 to Asp mutation, a Thr-235 to Ala mutation, an Asn-348 to Tyr mutation, a Gly-362 to Arg mutation and a Val-473 to Ala mutation in the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ II NO:4. (2) A thermostable protein which comprises an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence having at least one variation described in (1) and having 1,5-anhydroglucitol dehydrogenase activity. These proteins act specifically on 1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG), have thermal stability and exhibit excellent storage stability.

Abstract: A side sill beam having a shape of an arch concave outwards in a vehicle-width direction is placed in a side sill, and includes first and second ends welded to joining areas with front and rear floor cross members, respectively. A first impact detection element that detects an impact from the outside in the vehicle-width direction is disposed near the joining areas of the side sill and the front or rear floor cross member, and a second impact detection element that detects an impact from the outside in the vehicle-width direction is disposed offset from the first impact detection element in a vehicle front-rear direction as viewed in the vehicle-width direction.

Abstract: A side sill beam having a shape of an arch concave outwards in a vehicle-width direction is placed in a side sill, and includes first and second ends welded to joining areas with front and rear floor cross members, respectively. A first impact detection element that detects an impact from the outside in the vehicle-width direction is disposed near the joining areas of the side sill and the front or rear floor cross member, and a second impact detection element that detects an impact from the outside in the vehicle-width direction is disposed offset from the first impact detection element in a vehicle front-rear direction as viewed in the vehicle-width direction.

Abstract: An ultrasonic picture processing method comprising the steps of extracting contour information of a target from respective frame pictures of an ultrasonic moving image, dividing the extracted contour information into a plurality of regions at a preset interval, comparing the divided contour information parts with one another and making a predetermined determination of the ultrasonic moving pictures based on the comparison results.

Abstract: An ultrasonic picture processing method comprising the steps of extracting contour information of a target from respective frame pictures of an ultrasonic moving image, dividing the extracted contour information into a plurality of regions at a preset interval, comparing the divided contour information parts with one another and making a predetermined determination of the ultrasonic moving pictures based on the comparison results.

Abstract: An ultrasonic picture processing method comprising the steps of extracting contour information of a target from respective frame pictures of an ultrasonic moving image, dividing the extracted contour information into a plurality of regions at a preset interval, comparing the divided contour information parts with one another and making a predetermined determination of the ultrasonic moving pictures based on the comparison results.

Abstract: A solar battery module comprising: a plurality of solar battery cells each including a crystalline semiconductor substrate; and a wiring member that connects the solar battery cells to one another, wherein the wiring member contains a first substance having a linear expansion coefficient closer to that of the substrate constituting each of the solar battery cells than Cu.

Abstract: An indicating plate for a solar watch, comprising a color diffusion plate which, by virtue of the presence of a coloring agent, a coloring light diffusing agent, a colored translucent substrate, a pattern layer/colored thin film layer and a diffusion layer, is adapted to transmit a portion of light having a wavelength within a range capable of causing a solar cell housed under the indicating plate to generate power. The color diffusion plate is adapted to make it difficult to view the solar cell from the outside through the indicating plate and is also adapted to impart a color tone to the indicating plate.

Abstract: An ultrasonic picture processing method comprising the steps of extracting contour information of a target from respective frame pictures of an ultrasonic moving image, dividing the extracted contour information into a plurality of regions at a preset interval, comparing the divided contour information parts with one another and making a predetermined determination of the ultrasonic moving pictures based on the comparison results.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing structure for a convertible, by which water used for washing, etc. is prevented from invading inside the compartment. In a sealing structure for a convertible, the roof of which is openable at a foldable hood portion 1, the attaching base 5a of weather strip 5 is fitted to a retainer 7 fixed at a link 6, the end portions 8a of elevating and lowering side glass 8 are resiliently engaged in the hollow sealing portion 5b of the weather strip 5 when the hood portion 1 is closed, and the hood sealing portion 10 is resiliently engaged in the hood portion 1 from inside the compartment; another hood sealing portion 15 corresponding to the folding portions X, Y and Z of the hood portion 1 is die-molded at the end portion of the hood sealing portion 10.