Abstract: The wireless communication apparatus includes a communicator that performs at least one of transmission of signals to an antenna and reception of the signals from the antenna through a microstrip line. The microstrip line is formed with a first stub provided on the side of the communicator and a second stub provided on the side of the antenna, which stubs have resonant characteristics.

Abstract: The steel material according to the present disclosure contains, in mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.45%, Si: 1.36 to 3.20%, Mn: 0.02 to 1.00%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Cr: 0.20 to 1.50%, Mo: 0.36 to 1.50%, V: 0.01 to 0.90%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.050%, B: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, N: 0.0100% or less, and O: 0.0100% or less, and satisfies Formula (1). A yield strength ?YS is 758 MPa or more. The yield strength ?YS and a dislocation density ? satisfy Formula (2).

Abstract: A flying capacitor type voltage detecting device which uses a capacitor to detect a voltage of each battery stack of a battery pack which includes a plurality of battery stacks each of which includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series, includes: a detecting unit that detects a voltage between both ends of the capacitor, as the voltage of each battery stack; and a branch line that is a single line which is branched from a connection line connecting the battery stacks and the detecting unit and connected to the capacitor and where a current during charging of the capacitor and a current during discharging of the capacitor flow in opposite directions.

Abstract: A flying capacitor type voltage detecting device which uses a capacitor to detect a voltage of each battery stack of a battery pack which includes a plurality of battery stacks each of which includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series, includes: a detecting unit that detects a voltage between both ends of the capacitor, as the voltage of each battery stack; and a branch line that is a single line which is branched from a connection line connecting the battery stacks and the detecting unit and connected to the capacitor and where a current during charging of the capacitor and a current during discharging of the capacitor flow in opposite directions.

Abstract: A seat occupancy determining apparatus includes right and left load detecting portion provided at right and left side portions of a seat portion of a vehicle seat and detecting load applied thereto, respectively, a vehicle operation detecting portion for detecting an operation of a predetermined component of a vehicle, and a seat occupancy determining portion determining a seat occupancy state of the vehicle seat on the basis of signals outputted from the vehicle operation detecting portion and the right and left load detecting portion, the seat occupancy determining portion calculating a left-right load difference value on the basis of the detection loads and determining that vehicle seat is in a child seat fastened state where the child seat is fastened to the vehicle seat by means of a seat belt apparatus in a case where a fluctuation of the left-right load difference value occurs after the predetermined component is operated.

Abstract: To provide a spot light-source device whose discharge envelope has high pressure resistance and that emits high brightness as a spot light source, a spot light-source device excited by electromagnetic energy has a lamp that with a discharge envelope made of translucent non-conducting material, an expansion part forming a discharge space, and a tube connected thereto, and a discharge concentrator having a front tip part which is supported by the tube without protruding from the discharge envelope and faces the interior of the discharge space of the expansion part, that intensifies concentration of the electric field in the discharge space and that concentrates discharge, an electromagnetic energy provision source that excites discharge in the discharge concentrator from outside of the lamp, a concave reflection mirror that reflects light from the lamp, and a container with a resonance window that creates electromagnetic energy resonance.

Abstract: To provide a spot light-source device whose discharge envelope has high pressure resistance and that emits high brightness as a spot light source, a spot light-source device excited by electromagnetic energy has a lamp that with a discharge envelope made of translucent non-conducting material, an expansion part forming a discharge space, and a tube connected thereto, and a discharge concentrator having a front tip part which is supported by the tube without protruding from the discharge envelope and faces the interior of the discharge space of the expansion part, that intensifies concentration of the electric field in the discharge space and that concentrates discharge, an electromagnetic energy provision source that excites discharge in the discharge concentrator from outside of the lamp, a concave reflection mirror that reflects light from the lamp, and a container with a resonance window that creates electromagnetic energy resonance.