Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a heat pump cycle including a compressor, a heating part and a low-temperature side water-refrigerant heat exchanger; a heat medium circuit; and a blower. In the air conditioner, when a heating capability of the heating part is increased by using the heat generated by the heat generating part, a heating preparation control is executed, in which a refrigerant discharge capability of the compressor is set to be equal to or less than a predetermined reference discharge capability and a blowing capability of the blower is set to be equal to or less than a predetermined reference blowing capability, until an inlet-side heat medium temperature of the heat medium flowing into the heat medium passage of the low-temperature side water-refrigerant heat exchanger becomes equal to or higher than a target heat medium temperature.

Abstract: The power module includes: a heat spreader having a plate shape and having heat conducting property; a semiconductor element at least thermally connected to a one-side surface of the heat spreader; a highly-heat-dissipating insulation adhesive sheet having a plate shape and having a one-side surface thermally connected to an other-side surface of the heat spreader; a metal plate having a one-side surface thermally connected to an other-side surface of the highly-heat-dissipating insulation adhesive sheet; and a sealing resin member sealing the semiconductor element, the heat spreader, the highly-heat-dissipating insulation adhesive sheet, and the metal plate in a state where an other-side surface of the metal plate is exposed, wherein the highly-heat-dissipating insulation adhesive sheet is a complex obtained by impregnating, with a resin, a porous ceramic sintered body in which ceramic particles have a gap and have been integrally sintered.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning device includes a compressor, a heating unit, an outside air heat exchanger, a wind speed regulation unit, and a controller. The heating unit includes a heating heat exchanger and heats ventilation air supplied to a space to be air conditioned using a high-pressure refrigerant as a heat source. The wind speed regulation unit regulates a wind speed of air supplied to the outside air heat exchanger. The control unit performs, as a defrosting operation of defrosting the outside air heat exchanger, a dry defrosting mode for evaporating and removing frost adhering to the outside air heat exchanger in a state where the outside air is at a low temperature. In the dry defrosting mode, the controller causes the wind speed regulation unit to supply air to the outside air heat exchanger at a wind speed in a range determined to promote evaporation and removal of frost.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes a compressor, a heating unit, an outside air heat exchanger, a wind speed regulation unit, and a controller. The controller includes a melting control unit, a dry control unit, and a dry completion determination unit. In a dry defrosting mode, the melting control unit performs melting-defrosting to melt frost adhering to the outside air heat exchanger. The dry control unit performs a dry defrosting in which at least one of the amount of heat in a predetermined range or a wind speed regulated in a predetermined range by the wind speed regulation unit is supplied to residual water adhering to the outside air heat exchanger, due to melting of frost in the melting-defrosting, to dry the residual water. The dry completion determination unit determines whether drying of the residual water in the outside air heat exchanger is completed, in the dry defrosting.

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element including a body portion formed in a plate shape, a protection film provided at an outer periphery on one surface of the body portion, and a metal thin film provided adjacently to an inner side of the protection film on the one surface of the body portion; a metal member joined to a surface of the metal thin film on a side opposite to the body portion, by solder; and a mold resin sealing the semiconductor element and the metal member, wherein the surface of the metal thin film on the side opposite to the body portion has, on at least a part of an outer periphery thereof, a projection portion projecting from the surface of the metal thin film, and the solder is not provided on an outer peripheral side from a top of the projection portion.

Abstract: A silicone rubber composite material includes silicone rubber, first carbon nanotubes having an average diameter of not more than 30 nm, and second carbon nanotubes having an average diameter of more than 30 nm and not more than 1000 nm. Per 100 parts by weight of the silicone rubber, 2.5 to 10 parts by weight of the first carbon nanotubes and 5 to 15 parts by weight of the second carbon nanotubes are included.

Abstract: A vibration-isolating device includes: a vibration source, which generates vibrations; and at least one vibration-isolating rubber which is fixed to the vibration source. The vibration source is supported by at least one support member that is fixed to a transmission-receiving member through the at least one vibration-isolating rubber. The vibration source and the at least one vibration-isolating rubber are configured such that a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of resonant frequencies of a structure, which includes the vibration source, the at least one vibration-isolating rubber and the at least one support member, is equal to or smaller than 10 Hz when the vibration source is vibrated in six degrees of freedom. The at least one vibration-isolating rubber includes: 100 parts by mass of silicone rubber; and larger than 0 parts by mass and equal to or smaller than 3 parts by mass of carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: The refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor, an outside heat exchanger, a cooling pressure reducing unit, an evaporator, a branch portion, a cool down pressure reducing unit, a temperature adjusting unit, a merging portion, a bypass passage, and a first on-off valve. The temperature adjusting unit includes a temperature adjusting heat exchange unit and adjusts a temperature of a temperature adjustment target object. During a cooling and cool down mode, the outside heat exchanger functions as a radiator, and the evaporator and the temperature adjusting heat exchange unit function as heat absorbers. During a target object warm up mode, the refrigerant discharged from the compressor is guided to the temperature adjusting heat exchange unit via the bypass passage, and the heat of the discharged refrigerant is used as a heat source for heating the temperature adjustment target object.

Abstract: An image display device includes: a display unit that displays an image; a right side support and a left side support that support the display unit in an upright state, and are at least partially light-transmissive; a right side first light source and a left side first light source that are disposed in the display unit, and emit light to at least a part of the right side support and the left side support.

Abstract: A heat pump system includes a heat pump cycle, a heat medium circulation circuit, and a refrigeration cycle device. The refrigeration cycle device is configured to perform a defrosting operation when a frost formation determiner determines that frost is formed. A throttle opening degree controller is configured to increase an opening degree in the defrosting operation. A pumping capacity controller is configured to increase a pumping capacity in the defrosting operation with increase of a required heating capacity required for heating a heating target fluid, the pumping capacity controller increasing the pumping capacity such that heat of refrigerant discharged from a compressor is transferred to heat medium in a first heat exchanger within a range in which a temperature of the refrigerant flowing into an outside heat exchanger is capable of melting the frost formed on the outside heat exchanger.

Abstract: Provided is a friction material composition that can increase the coefficient of friction and the wear resistance, reduce the compressive deformation rate, and improve the yield upon hot forming, even when being free of copper component or having a small content of copper component. The friction material composition contains: titanate compound powder made of non-fibrous titanate compound particles; barium sulfate powder; and a thermosetting resin, wherein the titanate compound powder has an alkali metal ion dissolution rate of 15.0% by mass or less, the barium sulfate powder has a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter (D50) of 0.1 ?m to 20.0 ?m, and a content of copper component is 0.5% by mass or less in terms of copper element in a total amount of 100% by mass of the friction material composition.

Abstract: A silicone rubber composite material includes silicone rubber, first carbon nanotubes having an average diameter of not more than 30 nm, and second carbon nanotubes having an average diameter of more than 30 nm and not more than 1000 nm. Per 100 parts by weight of the silicone rubber, 2.5 to 10 parts by weight of the first carbon nanotubes and 5 to 15 parts by weight of the second carbon nanotubes are included.

Abstract: A refrigerating cycle apparatus includes: a compressor that compresses and discharges refrigerant; a radiator that makes the refrigerant discharged out of the compressor to radiate heat; a pressure reducing device that decompresses the refrigerant flowing out of the radiator; an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant decompressed by the pressure reducing device; and a decompression control part that controls operation of the pressure reducing device. The decompression control part controls the operation of the pressure reducing device in a manner that a physical quantity which has correlation with a pressure of the refrigerant in the evaporator approaches a predetermined defrosting standard value when a time-priority defrosting mode is set.

Abstract: Provided is a friction material composition that can increase the coefficient of friction and the wear resistance, reduce the compressive deformation rate, and improve the yield upon hot forming, even when being free of copper component or having a small content of copper component. The friction material composition contains: titanate compound powder made of non-fibrous titanate compound particles; barium sulfate powder; and a thermosetting resin, wherein the titanate compound powder has an alkali metal ion dissolution rate of 15.0% by mass or less, the barium sulfate powder has a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter (D50) of 0.1 ?m to 20.0 ?m, and a content of copper component is 0.5% by mass or less in terms of copper element in a total amount of 100% by mass of the friction material composition.

Abstract: A lead frame extends from inside a sealing resin to outside the sealing resin, and is placed to make contact with a main surface of an insulating sheet opposite to a heat dissipation plate. A semiconductor element is jointed to at least a portion of a main surface of the lead frame opposite to the insulating sheet within the sealing resin. The surface of the insulating sheet in contact with the lead frame is inclined and lowered to move away from the lead frame in an end region including at least a portion of an outermost end in plan view of the insulating sheet. The sealing resin enters a region between the lead frame and the insulating sheet in the end region. The lead frame is flat at least within the sealing resin.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: an electric compressor that compresses and discharges refrigerant; a heating heat exchanger that heats a fluid by high pressure refrigerant discharged from the electric compressor as a heat source; a decompressor that decompresses the refrigerant flowing from the heating heat exchanger; an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant decompressed by the decompressor; and a rotational speed controller that controls a rotational speed of the electric compressor. The rotational speed controller is configured to reduce an upper limit value of the rotational speed of the electric compressor in accordance with an increase in a pressure ratio of a high-pressure side refrigerant pressure of refrigerant within a range from a discharge port of the compressor to an inlet side of the decompressor to a low-pressure side refrigerant pressure of refrigerant within a range from an outlet side of the decompressor to a suction port of the compressor.

Abstract: An ejector refrigeration circuit includes a compressor, a heating heat exchanger, a first decompressor, an exterior heat exchanger, a second decompressor, a cooling heat exchanger, a heating ejector, a heating-side gas-liquid separator, and a refrigerant circuit switch. The refrigerant circuit switch switches between a refrigerant circuit in a first dehumidifying-heating mode and a refrigerant circuit in a second dehumidifying-heating mode. A flow direction of the refrigerant through the exterior heat exchanger in the first dehumidifying-heating mode is the same as a flow direction of the refrigerant through the exterior heat exchanger in the second dehumidifying-heating mode. The flow direction of the refrigerant through the exterior heat exchanger in the first dehumidifying-heating mode is different from a flow direction of the refrigerant through the exterior heat exchanger in the heating mode.

Abstract: An image display device includes: a display unit that displays an image; a right side support and a left side support that support the display unit in an upright state, and are at least partially light-transmissive; a right side first light source and a left side first light source that are disposed in the display unit, and emit light to at least a part of the right side support and the left side support.

Abstract: A heat pump system includes a heat pump cycle, a heat medium circulation circuit, and a refrigeration cycle device. The refrigeration cycle device is configured to perform a defrosting operation when a frost formation determiner determines that frost is formed. A throttle opening degree controller is configured to increase an opening degree in the defrosting operation. A pumping capacity controller is configured to increase a pumping capacity in the defrosting operation with increase of a required heating capacity required for heating a heating target fluid, the pumping capacity controller increasing the pumping capacity such that heat of refrigerant discharged from a compressor is transferred to heat medium in a first heat exchanger within a range in which a temperature of the refrigerant flowing into an outside heat exchanger is capable of melting the frost formed on the outside heat exchanger.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing, by a transfer mold method, a power module equipped with a heat conductive insulating sheet in which an inorganic filler including secondary aggregated particles formed by aggregation of primary particles of scaly boron nitride is dispersed in a thermosetting resin, where curing of an uncured or semi-cured heat conductive insulating sheet during transfer molding is advanced under specific conditions. The method for manufacturing a power module equipped with a heat conductive insulating sheet has excellent thermal conductivity and electric insulation ability.