Abstract: A method for producing a foam-molded product uses a producing apparatus including a plasticizing cylinder. The plasticizing cylinder has a plasticization zone, a starvation zone, and an introducing port which is formed in the plasticizing cylinder and via which a physical foaming agent is introduced into the starvation zone. The method includes: plasticizing and melting a thermoplastic resin into a molten resin in the plasticization zone; introducing a pressurized fluid containing the physical foaming agent having a fixed pressure into the starvation zone; allowing the molten resin to be in the starved state in the starvation zone; bringing the molten resin in the starved state into contact with the pressurized fluid having the fixed pressure in the starvation zone; and molding the molten resin into the foam-molded product. At least one pressure boosting part is provided in the starvation zone.

Abstract: A tool for a press brake includes a tool main body, an attachment portion formed on a base end side of the tool main body and configured to be detachably attached to a tool installation portion of the press brake by using a tool changer, and a bending portion formed on a distal end side of the tool main body and used to bend a plate-shaped workpiece. An engagement hole having a circular cross-sectional shape to be engaged with a bar-shaped finger of the tool changer extends through the tool main body in a thickness direction. An anti-rotation bottomed depressed portion configured to receive a distal end of an anti-rotation member of the tool changer is formed in a vicinity of the engagement hole.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes first and second image forming units, and first and second fans. The first and second image forming units are positioned on one and the other endmoset sides in an arrangement direction of the plurality of image forming units, respectively. The first and second fans are provided closer on one and the other endmoset side than the first and second image forming units, respectively. A first suction port for supplying outside air to the first fan is positioned closer to the first image forming unit than to the second image forming unit. A second suction port is positioned closer to the second image forming unit than to the first image forming unit. The first fan is positioned closer to the first image forming unit than to the second image forming unit, and the second fan is positioned closer to the second image forming unit than to the first image forming unit.

Abstract: Provided is a water-soluble metalworking oil comprising a base oil (A) comprising oil-soluble polyalkylene glycol (A1), wherein a total content of water-soluble polyalkylene glycol and methoxypolyethylene glycol is less than 60% by mass based on the total amount excluding water.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first cell region including a plurality of memory cells, a second cell region including a plurality of memory cells, a connection region between the first cell region and the second cell region, and a row decoder for propagating a voltage to word lines in the first and second cell regions via the connection region.

Abstract: It is aimed to satisfactorily correct the position of a lock arm. A connector (1) is provided with a first housing (10), female terminal fittings (27) to be inserted into the first housing (10) from behind, a second housing (50) to be connected to the first housing (10), a lock arm (22) provided at the first housing (10) and displaceable to a lock position where the first and second housings (10, 50) are locked in a connected state by the lock arm locking the second housing (50) and a lock releasing position where separation of the first and second housings (10, 50) is enabled by releasing the locking, and a correcting portion (74) arranged to face a surface on an unlocking direction side of the lock arm (22) in the connected state.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyamide porous membrane having improved fluid permeation performance. A polyamide porous membrane having a dense layer formed on at least one surface, wherein the polyamide porous membrane has a streak-like recessed portion extending in one direction of a surface of the dense layer, and the streak-like recessed portion has an orientation angle of 0 to 5.0° or 175.0 to 180.0° and an orientation intensity of 1.5 to 2.0 according to predetermined orientation analysis.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device including a first substrate having a pixel unit formed thereon and including a first semiconductor substrate and a first multi-layered wiring layer stacked, a second substrate having a circuit formed thereon and including a second semiconductor substrate and a second multi-layered wiring layer, the circuit having a predetermined function, and a third substrate having a circuit formed thereon and including a third semiconductor substrate and a third multi-layered wiring layer. The first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together such that that the first multi-layered wiring layer and the second semiconductor substrate are opposed to each other. The solid-state imaging device includes a first coupling structure and a second coupling structure. The first coupling structure electrically couples a circuit of the first substrate and the circuit of the second substrate.

Abstract: A sputtering target for a gallium nitride thin film, which has a low oxygen content, a high density and a low resistivity. A gallium nitride powder having powder physical properties of a low oxygen content and a high bulk density is used and hot pressing is conducted at high temperature in high vacuum to prepare a gallium nitride sintered body having a low oxygen content, a high density and a low resistivity.

Abstract: An automatic analyzer and a dispensing method of an reagent are provided, in which a troubleshooting time by an operator can be reduced to a shorter one than before. A control device 115 in an automatic analyzer 1: determines from a pressure value of a pressure sensor 202b whether there is an error in dispensing; determines from a capacitance value detected by a capacitance detection mechanism 117b whether a reagent dispensing nozzle, after its lowering is stopped, reaches the liquid level of a reagent; and decides a processing content for the reagent container from results of the determination on whether there is an error in the pressure and the liquid level detection determination.

Abstract: An objective includes: an objective barrel; a plurality of lens sub-assemblies stacked in an optical axis direction of the objective in the objective barrel, each of the plurality of lens sub-assemblies including a lens and a lens frame holding the lens; and a screw member screwed into the objective barrel, the screw member pressing the plurality of lens sub-assemblies against the objective barrel along the optical axis direction of the objective. The screw member has three or more concave portions into which a jig is fitted when the screw member is screwed into the objective barrel.

Abstract: An inspection system includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires an image representing a surface of an object. The determination unit performs color determination processing. The color determination processing is performed to determine a color of the surface of the object based on a plurality of conditions of reflection. The plurality of conditions of reflection are obtained from the image representing the surface of the object as acquired by the acquisition unit, and have a specular reflection component and a diffuse reflection component at respectively different ratios on the surface of the object.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a nanofiltration membrane having a molecular weight cut-off of 200 to 1,000 and a high amount pf permeate for methanol, and suitable for use as an organic solvent nanofiltration membrane. A nanofiltration membrane formed using a polyamide resin, the nanofiltration membrane having a molecular weight cut-off of 200 to 1,000 and a methanol permeability of 0.03 L/(m2·bar·h) or more.

Abstract: Provided is a silicide-based alloy material with which environmental load can be reduced and high thermoelectric conversion performance can be obtained. Provided is a silicide-based alloy material including silicon and ruthenium as main components, in which when the contents of silicon and ruthenium are denoted by Si and Ru, respectively, the atomic ratio of the devices constituting the alloy material satisfies the following: 45 atm %?Si/(Ru+Si)?70 atm % 30 atm %?Ru/(Ru+Si)?55 atm %.

Abstract: A door latch device includes a restricting portion that locks a spring member and restricts swinging of a link toward the unlock position by the spring member when the link swings toward the lock position against a biasing force of the spring member by the action of an inertial force equal to or greater than a set value. The link includes a restriction release portion that moves at least a part of the spring member to release the locking to that restricting portion and releases the swinging restriction of the link when the swinging is restricted by the restricting portion and the link is moved from the retreated position to the advanced position by receiving the rotational force of an open lever.

Abstract: A toner includes toner matrix particles containing resin and wax; and an external additive, wherein an average number of voids per toner is 5 or more and 10 or less per toner with a void diameter ? (nm) of voids in the toner matrix particles being 500 ? ? ? 200, as measured based on cross-sectional observation by a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Abstract: An object is to provide a multipole unit capable of achieving both high positional accuracy and ease of assembling and preventing a decrease in the transmission rate of the magnetic flux. A multipole unit 109a includes a pole 1 that is made of a soft magnetic metal material, a shaft 2 that is made of a soft magnetic metal material and is magnetically connected to the pole, and a coil 3 that is wound around the shaft 2. The pole 1 is provided with a first fitting portion JP1 that forms a first recessed portion or a first protruding portion. The shaft 2 is provided with a second fitting portion JP2 that forms a second protruding portion or a second recessed portion. The first fitting portion JP1 and the second fitting portion JP2 are fitted with each other such that the pole 1 and the shaft 2 are physically separated from each other.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device, described herein, comprises: a plurality of memory strings and at least one control circuit in communication with the non-volatile memory cell array. The at least one control circuit is configured to perform, for the plurality of memory strings, one erase-verify iteration in an erase operation including determining whether at least one memory string of the plurality of memory strings passes an erase-verify test. The at least one control circuit is configured to, if the at least one memory string passes the erase-verify test, inhibit the at least one memory string for erase including ramping up, to an erase voltage, of a voltage applied to a gate of a SGD transistor of the at least one memory string and to perform a next erase-verify iteration in the erase operation for remaining memory strings of the plurality of memory strings other than the at least one memory string.

Abstract: Provided are a multistage-connected multipole and a charged particle beam device that can be produced with precision in machining without requiring precision in brazing between a pole and an insulation material. This multi-stage connected multipole 100 comprises: a plurality of poles Q1-Q4 that are arranged along the optical-axis direction of a charged particle beam, and that have cutouts Non surfaces facing each other; and braces P1-P3 that are arranged between the plurality of poles Q1-Q4 and are made of an insulator. The poles Q1-Q4 and the braces P1-P3 are joined by fitting the braces P1-P3 into the cutouts N and applying brazing so as to be interposed by a bonding material.

Abstract: As a result of miniaturization of a pixel region associated with an improvement in definition and an increase in a substrate size associated with an increase in area, defects due to precision, bending, and the like of a mask used at the lime of evaporation have become issues. A partition including portions with different thicknesses over a pixel electrode (also referred to as a first electrode) in a display region and in the vicinity of a pixel electrode layer is formed, without increasing the number of steps, by using a photomask or a reticle provided with an auxiliary pattern having a light intensity reduction function made of a diffraction grating pattern or a semi-transmissive film.