Abstract: A rotary freezing device for freezing granules according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a circulation passage; a blowing means for circulating cold air through the circulation passage; a cooler disposed in the circulation passage and configured to cool the cold air; and a cooling drum disposed in the circulation passage and configured to freeze granules by the cold air flowing into an interior of the cooling drum while conveying the granules from an inlet to an outlet

Abstract: A stator for an electric motor includes: (a) a tubular stator core having slots provided through the stator core in a direction of a rotation axis of the stator core; (b) coils inserted through the slots; (c) a conductive member electrically connected to the coils; (d) a temperature sensor attached to the conductive member; and (e) a resin portion provided to cover at least a part of the conductive member and at least a part of the temperature sensor. The conductive member is provided with a hole that extends in the direction of the rotation axis of the stator core. The temperature sensor is inserted, at least its portion, in the hole.

Abstract: A battery module includes a battery cell and a heat dissipation member that is in contact with a battery cell case. The battery cell includes an electrode body including plural layered structures layered one on another, each including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the battery cell case that hermetically encloses the electrode body inside the battery cell case. The battery cell case includes at least a metal layer and a fusion resin layer disposed at the inner face side of the metal layer and has an exposed portion, at which the metal layer is exposed, at at least part of the outer face of the battery cell case. The heat dissipation member is in contact with the exposed portion.

Abstract: To provide a method and an apparatus for producing a sodium hypochlorite solution on-site at a high efficiency and at the initial cost and suppressing operating cost without any problems about impurities derived from raw material water and raw salt. A method of producing a sodium hypochlorite solution on-site in the vicinity of a physical plant where a sodium hypochlorite solution is used.

Abstract: A battery cell includes: an electrode body including plural layered structures, each including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a battery cell case that hermetically encloses the electrode body inside the battery cell case. At least one of the current collector in the positive electrode or the current collector in the negative electrode has, on a peripheral portion of a surface thereof, an uncoated portion at which the mix is not coated. A current collector of which the distance from the surface of the battery cell case is the greatest among current collectors each having an uncoated portion has a first uncoated portion, and the first uncoated portion extends to the outside of the battery cell case, thereby forming a first exposed portion.

Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes: a body having an inner space and an opening, the body incorporating at least one semiconductor laser element the body being made of a metal; and a sealing glass member joined to the body, to hermetically seal the inner space. The sealing glass member has a surface adjacent to the body, the surface of the sealing glass member being provided with a base joint layer in a joint region where the sealing glass member and the body are joined together, the base joint layer being made of a metal having a thermal expansion coefficient that falls between a thermal expansion coefficient of the sealing glass member and a thermal expansion coefficient of the metal constituting the body. The sealing glass member is joined to the body with the base joint layer and a solder-containing joint layer interposed between the sealing glass member and the body.

Abstract: A method for producing an acid generator including reacting a carboxylic acid represented by Formula (d0-1) having a pKa of 0.50 or more with at least one of a nitrogen-containing base compound and an onium compound to obtain an intermediate represented by Formula (d0-p), and subjecting the intermediate (d0-p) to an ion exchange reaction with a compound represented by Formula (c0) to obtain a compound represented by Formula (d0). In the formulae, X0 represents a bromine atom or an iodine atom, Rm represents a hydroxy group, nb1 represents an integer in a range of 1 to 5, 1?nb1+nb2?5 is satisfied, Yd represents a divalent linking group or a single bond, Mpm?+ represents an organic ammonium cation having a logPOW of 4.8 or less or an onium cation having a logPOW of 4.8 or less, X? represents a counter anion, and Mm+ represents an onium cation.

Abstract: A resist composition which generates an acid upon exposure to light and whose solubility in a developing solution is changed under action of an acid, the resist composition containing a resin component whose solubility in a developing solution is changed under action of an acid, in which the resin component has a constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by General Formula (a0) in which W represents a polymerizable group, Ar represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group, —OH represents a hydroxy group, La0 represents a divalent linking group, Ya0 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, Ra01 and Ra02 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a fluorinated alkyl group, n0 represents an integer in a range of 1 to 4, m represents an integer of 1 or more, and Mm+ represents an m-valent organic cation.

Abstract: A resist composition containing a resin component (A1) and a photodecomposable base (D0) represented by General Formula (d0) that generates a carboxylic acid having a pKa of 0.50 or more as a generated acid.

Abstract: There is provided a hole machining method, using a tap tool which rotates about an axis of rotation and which includes a threaded part which has a blade for machining a threaded groove in a pilot hole, and a non-engaging part which forms a space between itself and the pilot hole in a cross-sectional view in which the axis of rotation and a center axis of the pilot hole are aligned, the method including the steps of machining a threaded groove by rotating the tap tool and advancing it toward a workpiece side in a first state in which the center axis and the axis of rotation are aligned, rotating the tap tool about the axis of rotation and moving the tap tool in an interior of the pilot hole toward the non-engaging part side in a direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation to transition the tap tool from the first state to a second state in which engagement between the threaded part and the threaded groove is released, and retracting the tap tool from the threaded hole.

Abstract: A resist composition including a resin component having a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (a0-1) and a compound represented by General Formula (d0-1). In General Formula (a0-1), R0 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen atom, or a halogenated alkyl group; Vax0 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; Wa represents a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group; Va0 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group; na0 represents an integer of 0 to 2; and Ra00 represents an acid dissociable group.

Abstract: An armrest structure easily adjustable in position with one hand includes an armrest portion attached to a fixed frame to be swingable horizontally, and the armrest portion includes a button member disposed to be push-operable, at a front end of the armrest portion, and an urging member configured to urge the button member. The fixed frame and the button member regulate swing of the armrest portion by causing a pin provided on one of the fixed frame and the button member to engage with an engagement groove provided on the other of the fixed frame and the button member. The urging member urges the button member in a direction in which the pin and the engagement groove engage with each other. When the button member is pushed in against urging force of the urging member, the pin disengages from the engagement groove to enable the armrest portion to swing.

Abstract: A resist composition that contains a resin component having a constitutional unit containing an acid-dissociable group represented by General Formula (a01-r) below and contains an acid generator component containing a compound represented by General Formula (b0) below. In General Formula (a01-r), Ra01 and Ra02 represent a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group, Ra01 and Ra02 may be bonded to each other to form an alicyclic group. Ra03 to Ra05 represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group and two or more of Ra03 to Ra05 may be bonded to each other to form an alicyclic group.

Abstract: A resin component (A1) and a compound (B0) represented by General Formula (b0) in which X0 represents a bromine atom or an iodine atom, Rm represents a hydroxy group, nb1 represents an integer of 1 to 5, and nb2 represents an integer of 0 to 4, 1?nb1+nb2?5 is satisfied, Yb0 represents a divalent linking group or a single bond, Vb0 represents a single bond, an alkylene group, or a fluorinated alkylene group, R0 represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a fluorine atom, and Rb1 to Rb15 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least two of Rb1 to Rb5 represent a fluorine atom or at least one of Rb1 to Rb5 represents a perfluoroalkyl group

Abstract: There is provided a method of producing a polymerizable composition that includes a first polymerizable monomer; and a second polymerizable monomer, a polymer of the second polymerizable monomer, or both, the second polymerizable monomer, the polymer of the second polymerizable monomer, or the both being dispersed in the first polymerizable monomer, the method of producing a polymerizable composition includes dissolving the first polymerizable monomer; the second polymerizable monomer, the polymer of the second polymerizable monomer, or the both in a solvent to obtain a solution in a first step; and evaporating the solvent from the solution in a second step, wherein the first polymerizable monomer is a liquid, and wherein the second polymerizable monomer is a solid.

Abstract: A resist composition including a resin component which has a constitutional unit (a01a) containing a polycyclic lactone-containing cyclic group and a constitutional unit (a02) represented by General Formula (a0-2), and a compound (B0) represented by General Formula (b0), Ra05 to Ra08 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, X0 represents a bromine atom or an iodine atom, Rm represents a hydroxy group, 1?nb1+nb2?5 is satisfied, Yb0 represents a divalent linking group or a single bond, Vb0 represents a single bond, R0 represents a hydrogen atom, Mm+ represents an m-valent organic cation, m represents an integer of 1 or greater

Abstract: A rotor core is provided. The rotor core includes a first electromagnetic steel plate, and a second electromagnetic steel plate laminated in an axial direction of the rotor core alongside the first electromagnetic steel plate, where the second electromagnetic steel plate has a plurality of protrusion portions each extending toward a magnet to be fixed, and each of the protrusion portions has a tip portion extending toward an opposite side of the magnet.

Abstract: The present teachings provide a rotor. The rotor 10 may comprise: a shaft 12; a rotor core 20; a first end plate 50; and a second end plate 52. Rotor core 20 may comprise a first flow path 22a which allows the coolant to flow from the one side to the other side of the axial direction and a second flow path 22d which allows the coolant to flow from the other side to the one. First end plate 50 may comprise a first communication flow path 54a which allows the coolant to flow from shaft 12 to first flow path 22a. Second end plate 52 may comprise a second communication flow path 54d which allows the coolant to flow from shaft 12 to second flow path 22d.