Abstract: A back frame of a vehicle seat including: a pair of side frames; an upper frame; and a reinforcing member attached to at least one of the pair of side frames, wherein the at least one of the pair of side frames has a pair of side surface portions and a rear surface portion, wherein the reinforcing member has a pair of side wall portions and a rear wall portion, wherein the rear wall portion is thicker than the pair of side wall portions, and wherein in a state where the reinforcing member is put on the at least one of the pair of side frames, the pair of side wall portions is in contact with and connected to the pair of side surface portions, and the rear wall portion is in contact with and connected to the rear surface portion by bonding or adhesion.

Abstract: A seat frame for a vehicle seat is configured to extend in a specific direction and having a closed cross sectional shape. The seat frame includes: a bent portion having a shape in which a part of a cross section shape of the seat frame is bent inward and outward of the closed cross section; and a shape-changing structure in which a bending shape of the bent portion changes in the specific direction.

Abstract: A vehicle slide rail device including a memory member defining a default seat position wherein, before operation of a release operation mechanism, the release operation mechanism is inserted into a concave portion formed in the memory member and recessed in a direction substantially perpendicular to a sliding direction and the release operation mechanism is in an engagement state of being engaged integrally with the memory member in the sliding direction, wherein, when the release operation mechanism is operated, the release operation mechanism pushes the concave portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction and removes the memory member from a state of defining the default seat position, and wherein, when a memory operation mechanism is operated, the memory operation mechanism removes the release operation mechanism from an inside of the concave portion and releases the release operation mechanism from the engagement state with the memory member.

Abstract: Disclosed is a charged particle beam apparatus including a stage supporting a sample holder; a stage driving mechanism; a sample chamber; a focused ion beam column; an electron beam column; a detector detecting secondary ions or secondary electrons generated from the sample; a reading unit reading identification information attached to the sample holder; a memory unit storing holder shape information indicating a correspondence relationship between the identification information and a shape of the sample holder, and design information that is shape information of an internal structure of the sample chamber; and a stage driving range limiting unit limiting a driving range of the stage supporting the sample holder on the basis of the shape of the sample holder that is acquired from the identification information read by the reading unit and the holder shape information, and on the basis of a shape of the internal structure.

Abstract: A composite charged particle beam apparatus includes a first charged particle beam column that irradiates a thin sample with a first charged particle beam, a second charged particle beam column that irradiates an irradiation position of the first charged particle beam of the thin sample with a second charged particle beam, a sample holder that fixes the thin sample, and a sample stage on which the sample holder is mounted. The sample holder is able to rotate the thin sample within a surface parallel to an observation surface of the thin sample around a first rotational axis on the sample stage.

Abstract: Disclosed are a charged particle beam apparatus wherein the charged particle beam apparatus can efficiently performs finish processing of a sample and acquisition of a high-precision SEM image of a processing surface of the sample in a short time, and a sample processing observation method using the same. The charged particle beam apparatus includes: a gallium ion beam column radiating a gallium ion beam toward a sample to form a cross-section of the sample; an electron beam column having a semi-in-lens type objective lens and radiating an electron beam toward the sample; a gas ion beam column radiating a gas ion beam toward the sample to perform finish processing of the cross-section of the sample, wherein the gas ion beam has a beam diameter larger than a maximum diameter of the cross-section of the sample.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a haptic presentation apparatus capable of suppressing the transmission of vibration of a vibration actuator used to present tactile sensation to a force sensor. [Solution] A haptic presentation apparatus includes: a force sensor configured to detect force input to an operation portion that is operated by a user; a vibration generating source configured to present haptic sensation or tactile sensation to the user; and a vibration damping member configured to be interposed between the force sensor and the vibration generating source.

Abstract: Disclosed is a control device for a continuously variable transmission (4) that has, as forward speed change stages, a first speed change stage (32) and a second speed change stage (33).

Abstract: An organic magnesium phosphide expressed by Formula (1) below and an organic magnesium phosphide complex expressed by Formula (9) below are provided, and a manufacturing method of organic phosphorus compound is characterized in that the above compounds used as a reagent is reacted with an electrophile: wherein R1 and R2 are each independently an aliphatic group, heteroaliphatic group, alicyclic group, or heterocyclic group, and X is chlorine, bromine, or iodine, wherein R3 and R4 are each independently an aliphatic group, heteroaliphatic group, aromatic group, alicyclic group, or heterocyclic group, and X and Y are each independently chlorine, bromine, or iodine.

Abstract: An opening-closing body is operated toward an end position of the movable range, a section where the motor application voltage is set to a fixed value defines a first section. A section set between the first section and the end position defines a second section. The controller is configured to execute speed reduction control and stop control in the second section. At a point in time when the rotation speed of the motor body becomes less than or equal to a second threshold value, in the first section or the second section, the controller sets the motor application voltage that is applied from the point in time until the opening-closing body reaches the end position and the stop control is executed to a voltage value that is greater than or equal to the motor application voltage applied at the point in time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a power storage device capable of preventing rain water, washing water, and the like from entering a casing. The power storage device of the present invention includes a secondary battery, the casing having a sealed structure, a safety valve, and a drainage through hole, the casing includes an external container configured to accommodate the secondary battery and an upper lid disposed above the external container, the upper lid has an upper surface having a concave portion formed therein, the safety valve is disposed in the concave portion, and the drainage through hole is provided to pass through a side wall of the concave portion.

Abstract: A liquid-surface position detection device includes: a propagation body being disposed in a container immersed in a liquid and propagating surface waves; a vibration generation and detection means imparting vibrations to the propagation body and including a piezoelectric element detecting reflected surface waves; and a position detection means calculating the liquid surface position from the reflection time of the surface waves. The propagation body is made of a resin material and provided integrally, at the upper part thereof, with an element accommodating part which accommodates the piezoelectric element. The element accommodating part includes a bottom surface section formed so that a portion thereof juts out from a main surface forming the surface of the propagation body. The piezoelectric element is disposed so that a portion thereof juts out from the main surface, and to apply vibrations to the main surface in the vertical direction via the bottom surface section.

Abstract: A card processing apparatus includes a card insertion opening, and a card insertion detection sensor. A magnetic card is to be inserted in the card insertion opening. The card insertion detection sensor is configured to detect the magnetic card inserted in the card insertion opening. A magnetic head is provided near the card insertion opening and is configured to detect a change in an electromagnetic field and output a magnetic signal. A control unit is configured to: receive the magnetic signal from the magnetic head when the card insertion detection sensor detects the magnetic card; receive magnetic signal from the magnetic head when the card insertion detection sensor does not detect the magnetic card; acquire the magnetic signal when the magnetic signal includes a predetermined pattern; and discard the magnetic signal when the magnetic signal does not include the predetermined pattern.

Abstract: [Object] To enable to detect a force acting on a surgical instrument with a simpler configuration. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including an acting force calculation unit that calculates, on a basis of a first detected value by a first force sensor provided on one side of a rod-shaped member, at least one of acting forces on a first point of action and a second point of action that differ from each other on an other side of the rod-shaped member.

Abstract: A lubricant composition which is capable of reducing friction, while ensuring anti-wear properties even if the viscosity thereof is decreased. A lubricant composition which contains a lubricant base oil, (A1) a metal salicylate and (B) a molybdenum-based friction regulator, and which is characterized in that: the amount of the component (B) is 500 to 1,500 ppm by mass in terms of the molybdenum concentration [B] in the lubricant composition; the component (A1) is calcium salicylate, magnesium salicylate or a combination thereof; the calcium concentration [Ca] based on the calcium salicylate in the lubricant composition is 0 to 1,800 ppm by mass; the magnesium concentration [Mg] based on the magnesium salicylate in the lubricant composition is 0 to 1,800 ppm by mass; and the total of the calcium concentration [Ca] and the magnesium concentration [Mg] is 200 to 3,000 ppm by mass.

Abstract: A composite charged particle beam apparatus includes a first charged particle beam column that irradiates a thin sample with a first charged particle beam, a second charged particle beam column that irradiates an irradiation position of the first charged particle beam of the thin sample with a second charged particle beam, a sample holder that fixes the thin sample, and a sample stage on which the sample holder is mounted. The sample holder is able to rotate the thin sample within a surface parallel to an observation surface of the thin sample around a first rotational axis on the sample stage.

Abstract: A highly reliable automatic transaction apparatus and control method thereof which are capable of suppressing unauthorized transactions and the like are proposed.

Abstract: An ammonia generation apparatus is disposed in a stage after a urea water injection unit. The ammonia generation apparatus includes a main body which has an introduction opening for introducing exhaust gas, a discharge opening for discharging the exhaust gas, a first flow passage and a second flow passage which communicate with the introduction opening and the discharge opening and which are separated from each other. The ammonia generation apparatus includes a heating unit disposed in the first flow passage, and a first changeover section which is disposed on one side of the main body where the introduction opening is provided and which can switch the exhaust gas flow passage between the first flow passage and the second flow passage.

Abstract: A back frame structure for a vehicle seat includes a side frame extending in an up-down direction, wherein a webbing is disposed in the vehicle seat, and in a plan view, a direction along which a geometrical-moment of inertia of the side frame is at a maximum inclines toward an inner side of the vehicle seat with respect to a front-rear direction.