Abstract: A automobile laminated glass according to the present invention includes: a first glass plate that is formed into a rectangular shape; a second glass plate that is disposed so as to face the first glass plate, and is formed into a rectangular shape; an intermediate film that is disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate; a functional layer that is disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate; and an obstructing layer that is laminated on a peripheral edge portion of at least one of the first glass plate and the second glass plate, wherein the functional layer is formed so that an outer edge of at least a portion of the functional layer is located outward of an inner edge of the obstructing layer.

Abstract: A automobile laminated glass according to the present invention includes: a first glass plate that is formed into a rectangular shape; a second glass plate that is disposed so as to face the first glass plate, and is formed into a rectangular shape; an intermediate film that is disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate; a functional layer that is disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate; and an obstructing layer that is laminated on a peripheral edge portion of at least one of the first glass plate and the second glass plate, wherein the functional layer is formed so that an outer edge of at least a portion of the functional layer is located outward of an inner edge of the obstructing layer.

Abstract: It is possible to prevent the appearance of laminated glass from deteriorating due to wrinkles formed in a functional layer of an intermediate film disposed between two curved glass plates. Laminated glass for an automobile is provided. Laminated glass according to the present invention includes an outer glass plate, an inner glass plate disposed opposite to the outer glass plate, and an intermediate film disposed between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate. The outer glass plate and the inner glass plate are curved in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The intermediate film includes a functional layer, and a bonding layer for fixing the functional layer between the two glass plates. At least one notch or cut extending from the edge of the functional layer is formed in the functional layer.

Abstract: The battery unit includes a storage configured to store (A1) and (A2) below, and a battery state estimator. (A1): a table map OCV vs. SOC characteristics. (A2): HF vs. SOC initial characteristics. The battery state estimator estimates, based on (A1), a start SOC corresponding to a detected OCV at a start of charge; measures HF vs. SOC present characteristics and detects a peak of differential characteristics of the measured HF vs. SOC present characteristics during the charge; determines a SOC at the detected peak as a SOC(HF) based on (A2); calculates a charge capacity from the start of the charge to detection of the peak; calculates a SOC(OCV) based on the calculated charge capacity and the start SOC; and in a case where the SOC(OCV) deviates with respect to the SOC(HF) by an amount of deviation equal to or greater than a predetermined value, corrects (A1).

Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control unit disposed at a suitable place of a bicycle is provided. A braking system including such a hydraulic pressure control unit is also provided. A bicycle including such a braking system is also provided. A hydraulic pressure control unit (110) of a braking system (100) mounted on a bicycle (200) and capable of executing an antilock braking control includes: an inlet valve (131) and an outlet valve (132) which are opened and closed when the antilock braking control is executed; and a base body (120) to which the inlet valve (131) and the outlet valve (132) are attached, wherein a mount part of the hydraulic pressure control unit (110) for mounting the hydraulic pressure control unit (110) to the bicycle (200) is joined to a front fork (15) of the bicycle (200).

Abstract: It is an object to provide an electrode laminate and a secondary battery capable of reducing manufacturing costs and preventing non-uniform electrode reactions during charging and discharging. An electrode laminate (1) includes a plurality of sheet-shaped negative electrodes (2), a plurality of sheet-shaped solid electrolytes (3), and a plurality of sheet-shaped positive electrodes (4). The plurality of negative electrodes (2), the plurality of solid electrolytes (3), and the plurality of positive electrodes (4) are laminated together within a predetermined range. The negative electrode current collecting part (2A) and the positive electrode current collecting part (4A) each have a shape that tapers toward a direction away from the predetermined range.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte sheet having a self-supporting property while having a small thickness and flexibility. The solid electrolyte sheet is formed using a support having a specific porosity and a specific thickness. Specifically, the solid electrolyte sheet is formed in which a solid electrolyte is filled in a support having a porosity of 60% or more and 95% or less and a thickness of 5 ?m or more and less than 20 ?m.

Abstract: A battery unit includes: a module including m cell groups that are connected in series and each include n cells connected in parallel; m voltage detectors; (m×(n?1)) heat flow detectors; a storage; and a state estimator. The storage stores a table map of OCV vs. SOC characteristics (A1) and a table map of HF vs. SOC characteristics (A2). For each of the m cell groups, the state estimator is configured to: determine, based on the (A2), a true SOC of (n?1) cells that corresponds to a heat flow detected; determine, based on the (A1), an OCV of the (n?1) cells that corresponds to the determined true SOC; calculates an OCV of a remaining cell from the determined OCV and a detected composite voltage; and determine, based on the (A1), a true SOC of the remaining cell that corresponds to the calculated OCV.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte laminated sheet having a self-supporting property and capable of realizing a solid state battery having high output characteristics. A plurality of supports are used, a solid electrolyte is filled in each support to form a self-supporting sheet, and the self-supporting sheets are superimposed to form a solid electrolyte laminated sheet. Specifically, the solid electrolyte laminated sheet is configured by setting a layer of the solid electrolyte laminated sheet in contact with a positive electrode layer being the outermost layer as a self-supporting sheet in which a solid electrolyte resistant to oxidation is filled, and a layer in contact with a negative electrode layer being the opposite outermost layer as a self-supporting sheet in which a solid electrolyte resistant to reduction is filled.

Abstract: Laminated glass includes: a first glass plate having a rectangular shape, and including a first side and a second side opposing the first side; a second glass plate arranged opposing the first glass plate, and having substantially the same shape as the shape of the first glass plate; and an intermediate film arranged between the first glass plate and the second glass plate, the intermediate film including: a first bus bar extending along an end portion closer to the first side; a second bus bar extending along an end portion closer to the second side; and a plurality of heating lines arranged parallel to each other so as to connect the first bus bar and the second bus bar to each other.

Abstract: The laminated glass includes: an outer glass plate; an inner glass plate; and an interlayer film arranged between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate, in which the interlayer film includes: a colored shade region; a transparent non-shade region; and a transparent sheet member fitted into a through hole formed over the shade region and the non-shade region, an information acquisition device is arranged so as to oppose the sheet member, and when a thickness of the laminated glass at a central point of the sheet member is defined as H1 and a thickness of the laminated glass at a point that is 400 mm away from an edge portion of the sheet member on a virtual line extending in a horizontal direction through the central point is defined as H2, equation (1) below is satisfied.

Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control unit where a degree of freedom in connection to a bicycle is improved is provided. A braking system including such a hydraulic pressure control unit is also provided. A bicycle including such a braking system is also provided. A hydraulic pressure control unit (110) of a braking system mounted on a bicycle and capable of executing an antilock braking control includes a base body (120), a coil casing (136) in which an inlet valve and an outlet valve are accommodated, and a fixing member (139). The fixing member (139) is joined to the coil casing (136) or the base body (120) in a state where a columnar space (155) with both ends opened is formed between a partial region of an outer surface of the coil casing (136) or the base body (120) and a partial region of an outer surface of the fixing member (139).

Abstract: A laminated glass according to the present invention includes: a first glass plate having a rectangular shape, and including a first side and a second side opposing the first side; a second glass plate arranged opposing the first glass plate, and having substantially the same shape as the shape of the first glass plate; an intermediate film arranged between the first glass plate and the second glass plate; a first bus bar extending along an end portion closer to the first side; a second bus bar extending along an end portion closer to the second side; and a plurality of heating lines extending so as to connect the first bus bar and the second bus bar to each other, wherein at least some of the plurality of heating lines are heating lines having different lengths.

Abstract: A nickel-free and cobalt-free cathode material for a lithium (Li) battery is provided. The cathode material includes, LiaAl1-x-y-z FexMnyZnzO2-?, wherein a, x, y, z, and ? are in the following ranges: 0.95 ? a ? 1.2; 0 ? x ? 0.3; 0 ? y ? 0.3; 0 ? z ? 0.3; 0.5 ? x + y + z ? 0.99; 0 ? ? ? 0.1. In various embodiments, the present invention provides an improved Co-free/Ni-free Li-ion battery (LIB) cathode that exhibits good thermal stability and is capable of realizing a high cell voltage and specific capacity comparable to, or exceeding, currently known Li(NiCoMn)O2 cathodes. The novel cathode chemistry in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention eliminates any potential cobalt supply issues and lowers the overall cost of the battery.

Abstract: The present invention is a windshield on which an information acquisition device that acquires information from outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light can be arranged, the windshield including: an outer glass plate; an inner glass plate; an interlayer film arranged between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate; and a mask layer laminated on at least one of a surface on a vehicle interior side of the outer glass plate and a surface on a vehicle exterior side of the inner glass plate, in which the interlayer film includes a colored shade region, a transparent non-shade region, and a transparent sheet member that is fitted into at least one through hole formed over the shade region and the non-shade region.

Abstract: The present invention provides an automobile window glass on which a device that acquires electromagnetic waves is disposable. The automobile window glass includes an outer glass plate, an inner glass plate, an intermediate film disposed between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate, and a blocking layer that is disposed on at least one of a surface on the vehicle interior side of the outer glass plate and a surface on the vehicle interior side of the inner glass plate. The intermediate film includes a functional layer having a transmission region that allows transmission so as not to affect reception of the electromagnetic waves, and an adhesion layer that is disposed on at least one surface of the functional layer and does not affect reception of the electromagnetic waves. The blocking layer has at least one opening at a position corresponding to the transmission region.

Abstract: The battery unit includes: a battery module including a battery cell; a battery heat flow detector configured to detect a heat flow of the battery cell; a storage configured to store heat flow HF vs. state of charge SOC initial characteristics of the battery cell; and a battery state estimator configured to estimate a state of health SOH of the battery cell. The battery state estimator measures, during charge of the battery cell, HF vs. SOC present characteristics of the battery cell, based on the detected heat flow of the battery cell, and estimates a state of health SOH of the battery cell, from a ratio between a length mAh of a line segment between peaks of differential characteristics of the measured HF vs. SOC present characteristics and a length mAh of a line segment between peaks of differential characteristics of the stored HF vs. SOC initial characteristics.

Abstract: The battery unit includes a storage configured to store (A1) and (A2) below, and a battery state estimator. (A1) : a table map OCV vs. SOC characteristics. (A2) : HF vs. SOC initial characteristics. The battery state estimator estimates, based on (A1), a start SOC corresponding to a detected OCV at a start of charge; measures HF vs. SOC present characteristics and detects a peak of differential characteristics of the measured HF vs. SOC present characteristics during the charge; determines a SOC at the detected peak as a SOC(HF) based on (A2); calculates a charge capacity from the start of the charge to detection of SOC the peak; calculates a SOC(OCV) based on the calculated charge capacity and the start SOC; and in a case where the SOC(OCV) deviates with respect to the SOC(HF) by an amount of deviation equal to or greater than a predetermined value, corrects (A1).

Abstract: A laminated glass comprising an outer glass sheet, an inner glass sheet, and an intermediate layer between the outer and inner glass sheets. The intermediate layer has a first busbar, a second busbar, and heating wires connecting the first and second busbars, and a sheet-like substrate supporting the heating wires. The intermediate layer further comprises an adhesive layer. A distance from a centre of the wires to a surface the outer glass sheet and a distance from the centre of the wires to a surface the inner glass sheet being different; and a distance from the centre of the wires to the inside surface of the outer glass sheet and a distance from the centre of the wires to the outside surface of the inner glass sheet being different, and the adhesive layer thickness or the substrate thickness, whichever is smaller, is not more than 400 micrometres.

Abstract: A laminated glass according to the present invention is a windshield for an automobile to which an information acquisition device for acquiring information from the outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light can be installed, the windshield including an outer glass plate that includes a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side, an inner glass plate that is arranged opposite to the outer glass plate and has substantially the same shape as the outer glass plate, and an intermediate film that is arranged between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate. The windshield includes an information acquisition region that is to be located opposite to the information acquisition device and through which the light passes.