Abstract: A park lock mechanism configured to restrict or allow a rotation of a rotating shaft includes a park pole configured to restrict the rotation of the rotating shaft and having a first inclined surface, and a park wedge having a second inclined surface capable of abutting on the first inclined surface and configured to move the park pole to a lock position that restricts the rotation of the rotating shaft, in which the park pole includes a protrusion protruding from a first side surface on a park wedge side in a moving direction of the park wedge, and the protrusion is formed so as to be continuous with the first inclined surface, and has a third inclined surface capable of abutting on the second inclined surface.

Abstract: A conductive member constituting a wiring structure includes a first bonding section bonded to an electronic component, a second bonding section bonded to a connection target for the electronic component, and a raised section that protrudes upward from the first bonding section and is connected to the second bonding section. The conductive member has a wire member passage through which a wire member passes, and which is provided in at least a part of the raised section. The wire member passage enables the wire member to be disposed along the raised section from the first bonding section to the second bonding section such that the wire member intersects a surface of the raised section.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a substrate, a semiconductor device arranged on an upper surface of the substrate, a lead frame bonded to an upper surface of the semiconductor device via a bonding material, the lead frame having a first recess on an upper surface thereof, a wire connected to the first recess, and a resin that seals the substrate, the semiconductor device, the lead frame, and the wire.

Abstract: A park lock mechanism configured to restrict or allow a rotation of a rotating shaft includes a park pole configured to restrict the rotation of the rotating shaft and having a first inclined surface, and a park wedge having a second inclined surface capable of abutting on the first inclined surface and configured to move the park pole to a lock position that restricts the rotation of the rotating shaft, in which the park pole includes a protrusion protruding from a first side surface on a park wedge side in a moving direction of the park wedge, and the protrusion is formed so as to be continuous with the first inclined surface, and has a third inclined surface capable of abutting on the second inclined surface.

Abstract: A method of supporting the centralized management of batteries of a plurality of vehicles. Vehicle information including vehicle identification information, vehicle position information, and battery voltage information is acquired from the vehicles. A plurality of sub-areas are set in a vehicle storage area. Vehicles in need of charging are extracted. A terminal device indicates first display that indicates decision information regarding the vehicles in need of charging in each of the plurality of sub-areas. The terminal device indicates second display that indicates vehicle identification information and vehicle position information regarding the vehicles in need of charging in a management sub-area when a predetermined operation is performed in the terminal device.

Abstract: The invention provides a magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer or a magnetic recording layer having a granular structure in which magnetic crystal grains are well separated from each other. The magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a seed layer, and a magnetic recording layer, wherein the magnetic recording layer includes a first magnetic layer which is a continuous film consisting of an ordered alloy, and a second magnetic layer having a granular structure consisting of magnetic crystal grains consisting of an ordered alloy and a non-magnetic crystal grain boundary, and the seed layer consists of a material selected from the group consisting of an NaCl-type compound, a spinel-type compound, and a perovskite-type compound.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a magnetic recording medium having a stacked structure of a seed layer including (Mg1-xTix)O and a magnetic recording layer including an L10 ordered alloy, and having improved properties. The method for producing a magnetic recording layer according to the present invention includes the steps of: (1) preparing a substrate; (2) forming a seed layer including (Mg1-xTix)O onto the substrate; (3) plasma etching the seed layer in an atmosphere including inert gas; and (4) forming a magnetic recording layer including an ordered alloy onto the seed layer which has been subjected to the step (3).

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium which uses an Ru seed layer having a (002)-oriented hcp structure, and has a magnetic recording layer including a (001)-oriented L10 ordered alloy suitable to perpendicular magnetic recording. The magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes a substrate, a first seed layer containing Ru, a second seed layer containing ZnO, a third seed layer containing MgO, and a magnetic recording layer containing an ordered alloy, in this order, the first seed layer having the (002)-oriented hexagonal closest packed structure.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a magnetic recording medium that can lower a Curie temperature (Tc) of a magnetic material, without increasing an in-plane coercive force and lowering magnetic properties. The magnetic recording medium is a magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate and a magnetic recording layer, the magnetic recording layer comprising an FePtRh ordered alloy, wherein a Rh content in the FePtRh ordered alloy is 10 at % or less.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a magnetic recording medium capable of reducing the surface roughness of the magnetic recording layer without adversely affecting the magnetic properties of the magnetic recording layer. The magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes a substrate, a seed layer on the substrate, and a magnetic recording layer on the seed layer, wherein the seed layer has a structure of: (a) a spinel structure consisting of Mg, Cr and O; (b) a spinel structure consisting of Zn, Fe and O; or (c) an inverse spinel structure consisting of Mg, Ti and O.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a magnetic recording medium including a first magnetic recording layer having a large coercive force and a granular structure in which magnetic crystal grains are well separated from each other. The magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes a non-magnetic substrate, a first seed layer, and a first magnetic recording layer formed on the first seed layer, wherein the first seed layer includes Pt, the first magnetic recording layer includes one or more magnetic layers, the magnetic layer in contact with the first seed layer includes Fe, Pt and Ti, and the magnetic layer in contact with the first seed layer has a granular structure consisting of magnetic crystal grains of a L10 type ordered alloy including Fe and Pt, and a non-magnetic grain boundary including Ti.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium, and this magnetic recording medium includes at least a non-magnetic substrate and a magnetic recording layer. In the magnetic recording medium of the present invention, the magnetic recording layer includes an ordered alloy having an L10-ordered structure, includes Fe, Pt, and V, and has a composition of Pt>Fe. The magnetic recording layer preferably has a granular structure composed of magnetic crystal grains including the ordered alloy and a non-magnetic crystal grain boundary, and the non-magnetic crystal grain boundary includes V.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a magnetic recording medium in which the surface roughness of the magnetic recording layer can be reduced without deterioration of the magnetic properties of the magnetic recording layer. The magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes a substrate, a seed layer on the substrate, and a magnetic recording layer on the seed layer, wherein the seed layer contains Mn, Cr, and O, and has a spinel structure.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes, in the order recited, a substrate; a first seed layer; a second seed layer containing ZnO; a third seed layer containing MgO; and a magnetic recording layer containing an ordered alloy. The first seed layer contains Ru and at least one material selected from the group consisting of oxides, carbides, and nitrides. Employing seed layers enables the magnetic recording medium to be a perpendicular magnetic recording medium by having the magnetic recording layer contain an ordered alloy suitable for perpendicular magnetic recording. Recording density is improved thereby while ensuring required thermal stability. Further, the invention achieves an increased thickness of the magnetic layer and a reduced grain size.

Abstract: The problem of the invention is to provide a magnetic thin film having a high magnetic anisotropy constant Ku and a high coercive force Hc, and to provide an application device comprising the above magnetic thin film. The magnetic thin film of the present invention includes an ordered alloy including: at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe and Ni; at least one second element selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Au and Ir; and Sc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic recording layer that has a high magnetic anisotropy constant Ku and a low Curie temperature Tc, as well as a magnetic recording medium that incorporates such a magnetic recording layer. The magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes a nonmagnetic substrate and a magnetic recording layer containing an ordered alloy. The ordered alloy may contain at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe and Ni; at least one element selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Au, Rh and Ir; and Ru.

Abstract: The invention provides a magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer or a magnetic recording layer having a granular structure in which magnetic crystal grains are well separated from each other. The magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a seed layer, and a magnetic recording layer, wherein the magnetic recording layer includes a first magnetic layer which is a continuous film consisting of an ordered alloy, and a second magnetic layer having a granular structure consisting of magnetic crystal grains consisting of an ordered alloy and a non-magnetic crystal grain boundary, and the seed layer consists of a material selected from the group consisting of an NaCl-type compound, a spinel-type compound, and a perovskite-type compound.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes, in the order recited, a substrate; a first seed layer; a second seed layer containing ZnO; a third seed layer containing MgO; and a magnetic recording layer containing an ordered alloy. The first seed layer contains Ru and at least one material selected from the group consisting of oxides, carbides, and nitrides. Employing seed layers enables the magnetic recording medium to be a perpendicular magnetic recording medium by having the magnetic recording layer contain an ordered alloy suitable for perpendicular magnetic recording. Recording density is improved thereby while ensuring required thermal stability. Further, the invention achieves an increased thickness of the magnetic layer and a reduced grain size.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium which uses an Ru seed layer having a (002)-oriented hcp structure, and has a magnetic recording layer including a (001)-oriented L10 ordered alloy suitable to perpendicular magnetic recording. The magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes a substrate, a first seed layer containing Ru, a second seed layer containing ZnO, a third seed layer containing MgO, and a magnetic recording layer containing an ordered alloy, in this order, the first seed layer having the (002)-oriented hexagonal closest packed structure.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a magnetic recording medium having a stacked structure of a seed layer including (Mg1-xTix)O and a magnetic recording layer including an L10 ordered alloy, and having improved properties. The method for producing a magnetic recording layer according to the present invention includes the steps of: (1) preparing a substrate; (2) forming a seed layer including (Mg1-xTix)O onto the substrate; (3) plasma etching the seed layer in an atmosphere including inert gas; and (4) forming a magnetic recording layer including an ordered alloy onto the seed layer which has been subjected to the step (3).