Abstract: There is provided a sliding component that allows a fluid to be easily introduced into a spiral groove. A sliding component includes a pair of sliding rings that slide relative to each other, and a spiral groove communicating with a space on a leakage side is provided on a sliding surface of the sliding ring. An expansion portion continuous from the sliding surface of the one sliding ring and expanded toward the space is formed at an edge portion on a side of the space. The expansion portion is provided with an inclined groove continuous with the spiral groove and extending toward the space.

Abstract: In the case of the conventional servo-type acceleration sensor, the sensor needs to be configured within a narrow range that simultaneously satisfies the following three conflicting challenges: (1) reduction in resonance peak, (2) improvement of responsiveness, and (3) improvement of sensor sensitivity. Therefore, there is a limit to performance improvement. A mechanical damping effect of a dynamic fluid pressure in the inter-electrode void portion is reduced by forming a flow hole, a flow groove, and the like at the relative movement surface of the electrode, and this damping effect is replaced with an equivalent damping unit by using an electrical circuit in the servo amplifier. As a result, although the sensor sensitivity, determined by the gap between the electrodes and the outer diameter of the electrode, and the sensor dynamic characteristics have conventionally been in a trade-off relationship, the sensor sensitivity and the sensor dynamic characteristics can be independently set.

Abstract: A conveyance seat capable of suppressing wrinkles or saggings from occurring on a surface of a seat main body is provided. A conveyance seat includes a seat back and a movable body which is attached inside the seat back, is disposed at an outer position in relation to a center portion of the seat back, and is operated so that a side portion of the seat back protrudes toward a seated occupant side (seat front side). The movable body is disposed on a back surface of a cushion material in the side portion. An end portion (rear end portion) on the side opposite to the seated occupant side of the movable body is disposed on the seated occupant side (seat front side) in relation to a seating surface of the center portion of the seat back.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a sensor circuit including a plurality of sensor electrodes provided to a substrate, a peripheral electrode provided around a detection region provided with the sensor electrodes, and a shield electrode provided to a surface opposite to a surface provided with the sensor electrodes and the peripheral electrode; an AFE circuit configured to generate sensing data corresponding to a distance between the sensor electrodes and a proximity object, based on a detection signal acquired from the sensor electrodes; a drive signal generation circuit configured to generate a drive signal with a substantially sinusoidal waveform and supply the drive signal to the peripheral electrode and the shield electrode; and a control circuit configured to control the AFE circuit and the drive signal generation circuit. The control circuit controls an amplitude value of the drive signal based on the sensing data.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: a light source including an emission surface from which a sub-terahertz wave is emitted to a measurement target; and a detector including an image sensor that detects the intensity of a reflected wave generated by the measurement target reflecting the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the emission surface.

Abstract: A cell processing system according to the embodiment includes an introducing device, a culturing device, and an assessing apparatus. The introducing device introduces reprogramming factors into target cells derived from a sample of a donor to develop iPS cells from the target cells. The culturing device cultures the iPS cells developed from the target cells in a culture vessel. The assessing apparatus individually assesses at least an input to and/or an output from the introducing device and an input to and/or an output from the culturing device.

Abstract: A detecting device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes provided to a detection region, a power supply circuit configured to generate a second reference potential that fluctuates periodically based on a first power supply potential that is substantially constant with respect to a first reference potential serving as a fixed potential and generate a second power supply potential that is substantially constant with respect to the second reference potential, and an AFE circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the sensor electrodes, acquire a detection signal generated in the sensor electrodes, and output a square wave signal in synchronization with the drive signal.

Abstract: A decorative laminate for transmitting light includes a light-permeable substrate, a light adjusting layer, an interference pigment print layer, and a black semi-transparent print layer. The light adjusting layer has, at a surface opposite from the substrate, an uneven part formed to match a design's shape shown by the interference pigment print layer. The interference pigment print layer has first light transmitting parts, through which the light is transmitted. The black semi-transparent print layer has second light transmitting parts, at positions at a main surface of the black semi-transparent print layer where, in plan view, the second light transmitting parts at least partially overlap the first light transmitting parts. The first light transmitting parts and the second light transmitting parts are voids in a coating layer and formed at a main surface of the interference pigment print layer and at the main surface of the black semi-transparent print layer, respectively.

Abstract: A detection device includes: a detector including first electrodes and second electrodes disposed around a the first electrodes; a detection circuit configured to detect proximity of an external object to the detector; a power circuit configured to generate a square wave; and a filter that is coupled to the power circuit through an isolator and configured to receive the square wave transmitted through the isolator. The filter includes a low-pass filter circuit and a digital potentiometer. A periodically oscillating potential based on output from the filter is provided as a reference potential of the power circuit and provided to the second electrodes. A reference potential of the filter is a fixed potential. The power circuit can change the frequency of the generated square wave. The filter can change the frequency of the periodically oscillating potential in accordance with an electric resistance value of the digital potentiometer.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: an area light source including an emission surface from which a sub-terahertz wave is emitted to a measurement target; and a detector including an image sensor that receives a reflected wave generated by the measurement target reflecting the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the emission surface. The area light source includes: at least one point light source that emits a sub-terahertz wave; and a reflector that reflects the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the at least one point light source, to generate a sub-terahertz wave to be emitted from the emission surface. The reflector has a reflection surface that is a bumpy surface which includes two or more frequency components in a spatial frequency range and whose roughness curve element mean length RSm is at least 0.3 mm.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte that contains lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine and bromine, wherein in powder X-ray diffraction analysis using CuK? rays, it has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 2?=29.7±0.5 deg, the diffraction peak A and the diffraction peak B satisfy the following formula (A), and a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus “c (Cl/P)” and a molar ratio of the bromine to the phosphorus “d (Br/P)” satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2 < c + d < 1.9 ( 1 ) 0.845 < S A / S B < 1.2 ( A ) where SA is an area of the diffraction peak A and SB is an area of the diffraction peak B.

Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus includes a current source configured to apply a pulse current to a battery, a voltage sensor configured to detect a voltage between terminals of the battery, and a control device. The control device includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute processing including acquiring a voltage response obtained by applying the pulse current from the current source to the battery; deriving, based on the voltage response, an index indicating a comparison between an on-ATRF and an off-ATRF, the on-ATRF being an apparent transient resistance function of the battery when the pulse current is turned on, the off-ATRF being an apparent transient resistance function of the battery when the pulse current is turned off; and determining a degree of deposition of lithium in the battery, based on the derived index.

Abstract: An object is to provide a cartridge that can further improve the printing speed. A cartridge that ejects a liquid while moving in a scanning direction includes: a storage unit that can store the liquid; an element substrate including an ejection port to eject the liquid stored in the storage unit and an element that generates energy used to eject the liquid; and an electric wiring member electrically connected with the element substrate. The center of the element substrate in the scanning direction is offset from the center of the electric wiring member in the scanning direction.

Abstract: A sheet stacking apparatus includes a plurality of storages, a plurality of conveyance portions provided above sheets stored in the storages, respectively, to convey the sheets, and a main body frame holding the storages and having a plurality of opening portions through which the storages are movable between a closed position in which the sheets are conveyed and a pullout position in which the sheets are stacked. The storages include a plurality of exterior covers, respectively, each exterior cover being larger than a corresponding opening portion so as to cover the corresponding opening portion. The storages are arranged so that the plurality of exterior covers are aligned in a vertical direction. A conveyance portion, which conveys the sheets stored in a lower storage of the storages, overlaps an exterior cover of a storage one above the lower storage in the vertical direction when viewed in a horizontal direction.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a power reception coil mounted to a moving object, a plurality of relay coils, and a power reception circuit connected with the power reception coil. The relay coils are configured to successively relay supply of electric power from a power transmission coil, which is arranged along a surface on which the moving object moves, to the power reception coil during movement of the moving object. Each of the relay coils includes a first coil and a second coil, which are configured to be magnetic-field-coupled respectively to the power transmission coil and the power reception coil, and a connection circuit that connects the first and second coils. The connection circuit includes at least one resonance capacitor involved in setting of a resonance frequency of at least one of the first and second coils. The at least one resonance capacitor has a parallel characteristic.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, an air nozzle, and a pipe. The pipe includes a portion provided in a range overlapping with the first rotatable member and making one reciprocation or more in a case that when a direction crossing a feeding direction of a recording material fed in a nip is a widthwise direction of the first rotatable member, the pipe is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the widthwise direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds indicated by general formula [1] and having mPGES-1 inhibitory activity, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof (in the formula, R1 and R2 each independently indicate hydrogen, halogen or substitutable alkyl, R3 indicates —SO2 R5 or —COR5, R4 indicates substitutable alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, saturated heterocyclic group or arylalkyl, and R5 indicates a substitutable alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, saturated heterocyclic group, alkynyl or arylalkyl).

Abstract: The present technology relates to a tuner IC capable of reducing the cost of a demodulation LSI. A tuner includes an IF output terminal configured to output an IF signal of terrestrial broadcasting, a first output terminal configured to output the IF signal or one of BB signals that are output signals of satellite digital broadcasting and have orthogonal phases, and a second output terminal configured to output another of the BB signals. The present technology can be applied to a broadcast receiving system.

Abstract: A conveyance seat capable of suppressing wrinkles or saggings from occurring on a surface of a seat main body is provided. A conveyance seat includes a seat back and a movable body which is attached inside the seat back, is disposed at an outer position in relation to a center portion of the seat back, and is operated so that a side portion of the seat back protrudes toward a seated occupant side (seat front side). The movable body is disposed on a back surface of a cushion material in the side portion. An end portion (rear end portion) on the side opposite to the seated occupant side of the movable body is disposed on the seated occupant side (seat front side) in relation to a seating surface of the center portion of the seat back.

Abstract: A connector includes: an electric wire; a terminal connected to the electric wire; a housing having a housing space to house a connection portion of the electric wire and the terminal; a seal member to seal an opening portion of the housing space to isolate the connection portion housed in the housing space from an outside; and a heat storage member located in the housing space.