Abstract: A controller for an electric servo press includes: a press load sensor for detecting a pressure force of the slide; a pressure-force determination device for determining whether the pressure force of the slide reaches one or a plurality of different pressure-force setting values based on the one or the plurality of different pressure-force setting values and an output signal of the press load sensor, and for generating a pressure-force achievement signal each time the pressure force of the slide reaches each of the one or the plurality of different pressure-force setting values; a servo motor drive controller for controlling driving of the servo motor; and a motion command device. In response to the pressure-force achievement signal, switching of a drive control mode by the servo motor drive controller is switched, and/or a motion to be commanded by the motion command device is switched.

Abstract: An adsorption-type heat pump includes an adsorber having an adsorbent and capable of switching between an adsorption process of causing an adsorbent to adsorb a refrigerant and a desorption process of desorbing a refrigerant from an adsorbent, a condenser, an evaporator, a first flow hole which causes a refrigerant to flow from the adsorber to the condenser, a second flow hole which causes a refrigerant to flow from the evaporator to the adsorber, and a seat valve body arranged on at least one of the first flow hole and the second flow hole, having a seat material and an opening and closing assisting plate material joined to an end part of the seat material and formed by a temperature-dependent material which deforms in accordance with temperature, and opening and closing at least one of the first flow hole and the second flow hole.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which is capable of bringing about a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery improved in initial charge capacity, input/output characteristics, and impedance characteristics. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which comprises: a nonaqueous solvent; LiPF6; and a specific fluorosulfonic acid salt, and to a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a molded silicone rubber sponge by filling a sponge-forming silicone rubber composition into a cavity of a mold, wherein after the aforementioned sponge-forming silicone rubber composition is cured, and before mold opening of the aforementioned mold, gas present in the aforementioned cavity is discharged. Thereby, a molded silicone rubber sponge without damage such as chips or the like can be effectively produced.

Abstract: A heat pump including: a refrigerant accumulator in which a substance accumulating a refrigerant is disposed, the refrigerant accumulator having a heating means heating the substance in order to release the refrigerant; a flow path connected at one end thereof to the refrigerant accumulator, the flow path holding the refrigerant released from the substance in the refrigerant accumulator by capillary action; a first heat exchanger provided between the refrigerant accumulator and the flow path or around the flow path and exchanging heat with the refrigerant in order to condense the refrigerant; and a second heat exchanger provided around the flow path and exchanging cold energy generated by evaporation of the refrigerant from the other end of the flow path.

Abstract: Toward making available III nitride crystal substrates advantageously employed in light-emitting devices, and light-emitting devices incorporating the substrates, a III nitride crystal substrate has a major face whose surface area is not less than 10 cm2 and is characterized by: edge dislocations in the crystal being concentrated along propagation lines forming an angle of some 0° to 5° with a given {0001} plane of the crystal; screw dislocations in the crystal being concentrated along propagation lines forming an angle of some 45° to 60° with the given {0001} plane; and in a major-face principal region excluding the peripheral margin of the major face from its outer periphery to a 5 mm separation from its outer periphery, the total dislocation density being between 1×104 cm?2 to 3×106 cm?2 inclusive, and the ratio of screw-dislocation density to the total dislocation density being 0.5 or greater.

Abstract: A battery system includes a battery having a battery case and a resistor provided on at least one of surfaces of the battery case, and the resistor is made of a material having specific resistance not more than 10×10?8 [?·m, 0° C.].

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for use in a nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery that comprises a negative electrode and a positive electrode capable of storing and releasing metal ions, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains the specific compounds (A) and (B).

Abstract: A battery system includes a secondary battery and a bypass circuit provided with a semiconductor switch element, and the secondary battery and the bypass circuit are connected parallely. In this battery system, the semiconductor switch element is attached so as to radiate heat to a surface of a battery outer case of the secondary battery or to a bus bar.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which is capable of bringing about a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery improved in initial charge capacity, input/output characteristics, and impedance characteristics. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which comprises: a nonaqueous solvent; LiPF6; and a specific fluorosulfonic acid salt, and to a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: Toward making available III nitride crystal substrates advantageously employed in light-emitting devices, and light-emitting devices incorporating the substrates and methods of manufacturing the light-emitting devices, a III nitride crystal substrate has a major face whose surface area is not less than 10 cm2 and, in a major-face principal region excluding the peripheral margin of the major face from its outer periphery to a 5 mm separation from its outer periphery, the total dislocation density is from 1×104 cm?2 to 3×106 cm?2, and the ratio of screw-dislocation density to the total dislocation density is 0.5 or greater.

Abstract: A projection display device includes an optical modulation element configured to modulate light outputting from a light source, and a projection unit configured to project light modulated by the optical modulation element on a projection screen. The projection display device includes an element control unit that controls the optical modulation element to display a test pattern image, an acquiring unit that acquires an image obtained by capturing the test pattern image from an image capture element that captures the test pattern image projected on the projection screen, and an adjusting unit that adjusts an image projected on the projection screen on the basis of the capture image acquired by the acquiring unit. The element control unit controls the optical modulation element such that a guidance image that guides focus adjustment of the image projected on the projection screen is displayed.

Abstract: A protective-film-attached composite substrate includes a support substrate, an oxide film disposed on the support substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the oxide film, and a protective film protecting the oxide film by covering a portion that is a part of the oxide film and covered with none of the support substrate and the semiconductor layer. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: preparing the protective-film-attached composite substrate; and epitaxially growing, on the semiconductor layer of the protective-film-attached composite substrate, at least one functional semiconductor layer causing an essential function of a semiconductor device to be performed. Thus, there are provided a protective-film-attached composite substrate having a large effective region where a high-quality functional semiconductor layer can be epitaxially grown, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in which the protective-film-attached composite substrate is used.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising: a battery case containing aluminum; a positive electrode terminal attached to the battery case; and a negative electrode terminal attached to the battery case and insulated from the battery case, wherein the positive electrode terminal and the battery case are connected through a resistor having resistance of 1? to 1 M?. Otherwise, A non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising: a battery case containing iron; a negative electrode terminal attached to the battery case; and a positive electrode terminal attached to the battery case and insulated from the battery case, wherein the negative electrode terminal and the battery case are connected through a resistor having resistance of 1? to 1 M?.

Abstract: Provided is a battery having an outer package made of a laminated film, and further with a terminal having a plate-form first metal layer, and second metal layers laid over both surfaces of the first metal layer, respectively. The terminal is sandwiched between portions of the resin layer or between the resin layers, and at its sandwiched region the second metal layers of the terminal contact the resin layer(s) of the laminated film.

Abstract: A group III nitride composite substrate includes a support substrate, an oxide film formed on the support substrate, and a group III nitride layer formed on the oxide film. The oxide film may be a film selected from the group consisting of a TiO2 film and a SrTiO3 film, and an impurity may be added to the oxide film. Accordingly, the group III nitride composite substrate having a high bonding strength between the support substrate and the group III nitride layer is provided.

Abstract: An image-taking apparatus generates an output image from a photographed image obtained by photographing and displays this output image on a display screen of a display section. The image-taking apparatus includes a recognition processing section for recognizing a specific subject (facial region of a person, or a facial component such as eyes) included in the photographed image. Referring to results of this recognition, the image-taking apparatus evaluates the dimension of the specific subject in each photographed image. If the dimension evaluated is relatively large, a relatively small magnification ratio to be employed upon the generation of the output image from the photographed image is provided. If the dimension evaluated is relatively small, a relatively large magnification ratio to be employed upon the generation of the output image from the photographed image is provided. As a result, the dimension of the specific subject in the output image is kept substantially constant.

Abstract: An OLT, which is one of the embodiments of the present invention, is provided with: an allocation request receiving unit that receives a bandwidth allocation request from each of 1G-ONUs and each of 10G-ONUs; an allocation execution unit that allocates to each of the ONUs a time slot for data transmission in accordance with an allocation rule based on fairness in time allocation or an allocation rule based on fairness in throughput allocation; and an allocation result notification unit that notifies each of the ONUs of information regarding the time slot.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which is capable of bringing about a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery improved in initial charge capacity, input/output characteristics, and impedance characteristics. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which comprises: a nonaqueous solvent; LiPF6; and a specific fluorosulfonic acid salt, and to a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: The present invention has an objective to provide a silicone elastomer composition in which a cured product thereof is flexible, which provides a silicone elastomer with a small hardness change even due to thermal aging, and in which superior adhesive properties with respect to other silicone elastomers and superior curing properties are exhibited. The objective of the present invention can be achieved by a silicone elastomer composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane having two or more silicon atom-bonded alkenyl groups on average in a molecule, in which the content of the alkenyl group is less than 0.2% by weight with respect to the amount of component (A); (B) an organopolysiloxane having two or more silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms on average in a molecule, in which the amount of the silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in component (B) ranges from 2.