Abstract: The invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition that includes a resin component and an additive, in which the resin component includes a styrene-based block copolymer containing a covalently crosslinked part, and a polyolefin having a weight average molecular weight of 80,000 to 500,000, a content of the styrene-based block copolymer is 40%-95% by mass relative to the entire resin component, and a content of the polyolefin is 5%-60% by mass relative to the entire resin component; and the additive includes an acid-modified compound having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and less than 80,000 and having a functional group derived from a carboxylic acid- and/or its derivative, and/or a polyester compound, and a crosslinking agent capable of crosslinking at least one of the styrene-based block copolymer and the polyolefin.

Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a driving shaft that is rotated by a motor; an output shaft on which a front-end tool is attachable; and a torque transmission mechanism that transmits a torque produced by the rotation of the driving shaft to the output shaft. The torque transmission mechanism includes a magnet coupling including a driving magnet member coupled to a side of the driving shaft and a driven magnet member coupled to a side of the output shaft, and the driving magnet member and the driven magnet member are provided such that respective magnetic surfaces face each other, S-poles and N-poles being alternately arranged on each of the magnetic surfaces.

Abstract: Provided are an imaging device and an electronic device capable of improving the charge transfer characteristic. The imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate and a vertical transistor provided on the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate is provided with a hole opened to the first main surface side. The vertical transistor includes a first gate electrode provided inside the hole, and a second gate electrode provided outside the hole and connected to the first gate electrode. The first gate electrode includes a first part and a second part including a material having conductivity different from conductivity of the first part.

Abstract: An impact rotary tool includes a motor, a hammer, an anvil, a sensor, a circuit board, and an isolator. The hammer is configured to receive rotational force around an axis from the motor and output striking rotational force which is obtained by converting part of the rotational force into striking force around the axis. The anvil to which a tip tool is to be attached is configured to rotate, together with the tip tool, around the axis in response to the striking rotational force received from the hammer. The sensor is disposed in a vicinity of the anvil and is configured to sense a change in a state of the anvil, the change being according to the striking rotational force. The circuit board is configured to receive a sensing result by the sensor. The isolator isolates contact portions of the hammer and the anvil from at least the circuit board.

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal polymer particle which, when added to a resin film, can allow the resin film to be reduced in dielectric tangent with increases in surface roughness and linear coefficient of expansion of the resin film being suppressed. The liquid crystal polymer particle according to the invention, in which 80% by mass or more of the entire particle is flat, and a longer size, a shorter size, and a thickness defined below of a flat liquid crystal polymer particle satisfies the following conditions (A) and (B): (A) an elongation as the ratio of the longer size and the shorter size is 1.2 or more and 5.0 or less, (B) a degree of flatness as the ratio of the shorter size and the thickness is 1.2 or more.

Abstract: An impact rotary tool includes a drive source, an impact force generator, an output shaft, a torque measuring unit, and a torque calculator. The impact force generator is configured to generate impact force in pulse form from power of the drive source. The output shaft is configured to transmit the impact force to a tip tool. The torque measuring unit is configured to measure a torque applied to the output shaft. The torque calculator is configured to, when a torque waveform of the torque measured by the torque measuring unit during one impact includes a plurality of peak values, calculates the tightening torque in accordance with a largest peak value of one or more second or subsequent peak values.

Abstract: An electric power tool includes: an output shaft on which a front-end tool is adapted to be mounted; and a power transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational output of a motor to the output shaft. A posture information acquisition unit acquires posture information for identifying a posture of the electric power tool. A torque information acquisition unit acquires torque information indicating a measured value of tightening torque produced by the front-end tool. A transmission unit transmits the posture information, the torque information, and time information related to a time when respective information is acquired to an external apparatus.

Abstract: An impact tool includes a motor, an output block, a hammer, and a magnetostrictive sensor. The magnetostrictive sensor includes a magnetostrictive member and a coil portion covering the magnetostrictive member. The output block includes a claw block and a body block. The claw block includes an anvil claw, against which a hammer claw collides. The claw block has been subjected to quenching treatment. The body block includes a thermally sprayed portion and is coupled to the claw block. The thermally sprayed portion includes, on a surface thereof, the magnetostrictive member made of a magnetostrictive material.

Abstract: An impact rotary tool includes a motor, a hammer, an anvil, a sensor, a circuit board, and an isolator. The hammer is configured to receive rotational force around an axis from the motor and output striking rotational force which is obtained by converting part of the rotational force into striking force around the axis. The anvil to which a tip tool is to be attached is configured to rotate, together with the tip tool, around the axis in response to the striking rotational force received from the hammer. The sensor is disposed in a vicinity of the anvil and is configured to sense a change in a state of the anvil, the change being according to the striking rotational force. The circuit board is configured to receive a sensing result by the sensor. The isolator isolates contact portions of the hammer and the anvil from at least the circuit board.

Abstract: An impact rotary tool includes a motor, an output shaft configured to hold a tip tool and configured to rotate by a motive power of the motor, an impact mechanism configured to perform an impact operation to repeatedly generate, from the motive power of the motor, impact force acting on the output shaft, and a seating detector configured to detect a seating of a fastener component which is a state where the fastener component rotated by the tip tool is just seated on a work target. The seating detector has a plurality of seating detection modes. The impact rotary tool further includes an acquirer configured to acquire information indicative of one seating detection mode selected from the plurality of seating detection modes. The seating detector is configured to detect the seating of the fastener component based on the one seating detection mode indicated by the information acquired by the acquirer.

Abstract: A torque transmission mechanism transmits a torque produced by a rotation of a driving shaft to an output shaft. A clutch mechanism is provided between a motor and the torque transmission mechanism. The torque transmission mechanism includes a magnet coupling including a driving magnet member coupled to the driving shaft side and a driven magnet member coupled to the output shaft side. The driving magnet member and the driven magnet member are arranged such that magnetic surfaces on each of which S-pole magnets and N-pole magnets are alternately arranged face other. The clutch mechanism transmits the torque produced by the rotation of the driving shaft to the driving magnet member but does not transmit a torque the driving magnet member receives from the driven magnet member to the driving shaft.

Abstract: A motor retainer is provided on an inner circumferential surface of a housing and retains an outer circumference of a motor unit. A rotation detector includes a rotating body attached to a motor shaft and a position detector that outputs a rotational position signal corresponding to a rotational position of the rotating body. A sensor substrate retainer is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the housing and retains the position detector at a position facing the rotating body.

Abstract: A dielectric composition includes dielectric particles and first segregations. The dielectric particles each include a perovskite compound represented by ABO3 as a main component. The first segregations each include Ba, Ti, Si, Ni, and O.

Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a motor unit including a motor; a driving block for transmitting a rotational output of the motor to a front-end tool; and a rotation detector that detects an angle of rotation of the motor. The rotation detector includes a rotating body attached to a motor shaft and a position detector that outputs a rotational position signal corresponding to a rotational position of the rotating body. The rotating body includes an opening, and the motor shaft is press fitted and fixed to the opening of the rotating body.

Abstract: Disclosed are resin particles having excellent thermal decomposability and suitable hardness. The resin particles are cross-linked methacrylate resin particles obtained by polymerizing monofunctional methacrylate and polyfunctional methacrylate, wherein the blending amount of the monofunctional methacrylate is 60% by mass to 95% by mass and the blending amount of the polyfunctional methacrylate is 5% by mass to 40% by mass with respect to the total amount of methacrylate compound, being a raw material for the polymerization reaction; the number of carbon atoms in the ester substituent of the monofunctional methacrylate is 3 or less; and 5% mass reduction temperature of the cross-linked methacrylate resin particles as measured by thermogravimetric differential thermal analysis is 180° C. or more and 240° C. or less.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present technology includes an avalanche photodiode including a substrate including a first side with a first surface and a second side with a second surface that is opposite the first surface. The second surface is a light-incident surface of the substrate. The avalanche photodiode includes an anode region disposed in the substrate at the first side of the substrate, an anode electrode coupled to the anode region, a cathode region disposed in the substrate at the first side of the substrate, a cathode electrode coupled to the cathode region, and an insulating layer disposed in the substrate at the first side of the substrate. The anode electrode or the cathode electrode passes through the insulating layer.

Abstract: An electric tool system includes an electric tool and an inspection device. The electric tool includes: a tightening unit configured to tighten a workpiece onto an attaching target by driving force of a drive source; and a sensor configured to measure a tightening torque provided by the tightening unit. The inspection device includes a measuring unit configured to measure tightening force applied from the tightening unit. The electric tool system further includes an association processor configured to associate a first torque measured value with a second torque measured value. The first torque measured value corresponds to a measurement result by the sensor. The second torque measured value corresponds to a measurement result by the measuring unit.

Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a driving shaft that is rotated by a motor; an output shaft on which a front-end tool is attachable; and a torque transmission mechanism that transmits a torque produced by the rotation of the driving shaft to the output shaft. The torque transmission mechanism includes a magnet coupling including a driving magnet member coupled to a side of the driving shaft and a driven magnet member coupled to a side of the output shaft, and the driving magnet member and the driven magnet member are provided such that respective magnetic surfaces face each other, S-poles and N-poles being alternately arranged on each of the magnetic surfaces.

Abstract: A sample pretreatment device of an aspect of the present invention includes a conveyance mechanism (22) including a Z-axis guide (223) that linearly moves in two axes of an X axis and a Y axis and expands/contracts in a Z-axis direction on a table (21) where a unit that performs each step of pretreatment is arranged. The Z-axis guide (22) is integrally provided with a liquid handler (224) and a grip handler (225) oriented in opposite directions to each other. A side wall of a housing (20) on the autosampler side is provided with a sample conveyance opening (201). When pretreatment of a sample ends, the Z-axis guide (223) is moved to a position close to the opening (201) in a state where a gripper (228) grips a pretreated plate. An arm (227) enters a housing of the autosampler through the opening (201) and an opening formed in the autosampler, and sets a plate at a predetermined position.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging element and an electronic apparatus capable of expanding a saturation signal electric charge amount. A first P-type impurity region, a capacitance expanding portion that forms a PN junction surface with a second P-type impurity region and a first N-type impurity region, and the first N-type impurity region are sequentially provided in a depth direction from a surface side where a wiring layer of a semiconductor substrate is laminated. The second P-type impurity region is formed in a stripe on a plane of the capacitance expanding portion that perpendicularly intersects with the depth direction. The stripe is formed, on the plane of the capacitance expanding portion that perpendicularly intersects with the depth direction, in a direction perpendicular to a side where an electrode that reads accumulated electric charge is formed. The present technology can be applied to an imaging element.