Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen including an electronic pen main part including a first sealing member that covers circumference of a tip side of the electronic pen main part and a second sealing member disposed along an outer edge of the electronic pen main part at a position separate from a tip toward a rear end side of the electronic pen main part, and an inside body that is tubular and has an inner wall surface with which the first sealing member and the second sealing member come into contact through insertion of the tip side of the electronic pen main part into the inside body.

Abstract: A high voltage electrical unit is installed above a floor of a vehicle between left and right seats. A bracket is fixed on the floor between the left and right seats, and the high voltage electrical unit is fixed on a bracket top plate of the bracket. A protect cover for covering the high voltage electrical unit is fixed on the bracket. Strength of the protect cover against a lateral load is made higher than strength of the bracket against the lateral load.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition may have a high flash point, a low pour point, and excellent electrical insulation, while having excellent cooling performance. Such a lubricating oil composition may include a base oil (A), wherein the base oil (A) includes at least one synthetic oil (A1) selected from a polyalkylene glycol having a specific degree of polymerization and a polyvinyl ether having a specific degree of polymerization.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition may be superior in cooling performance, ensure electrical insulation, and have a high flash point. Such a lubricating oil composition may include a base oil (A) including an ester-based synthetic oil (A1), the content of the ester-based synthetic oil (A1) is 30% by mass to 100% by mass based on the total amount of the base oil (A), the ester-based synthetic oil (A1) is one or more of an ester (A1-1) of a monohydric alcohol and a monobasic acid and an ester (A1-2) of a monohydric alcohol and a polybasic acid, and the base oil (A) satisfies requirements (1) to (3): Requirement (1): the kinematic viscosity at 40° C. is 2.00 mm2/s to 4.00 mm2/s. Requirement (2): the specific heat at 20° C. is 1.75 kJ/(kg·K) or less. Requirement (3): the density at 20° C. is 0.850 g/cm3 or more.

Abstract: Provided are: a lubricant base oil capable of achieving both a high traction coefficient and an excellent low-temperature fluidity at a higher level and having a high flash point, which contains a ring-containing compound having at least (i) a crosslinked bicyclic ring where two rings are bonded while sharing 3 or more carbon atoms, and (ii) an acyloxy group or a hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl group each containing a branched hydrocarbon group with a main chain having 4 or more carbon atoms, a lubricating oil composition containing the lubricant base oil, and a continuously variable transmission using the lubricating oil composition.

Abstract: Provided are: a lubricant base oil capable of achieving both a high traction coefficient and an excellent low-temperature fluidity at a higher level and having a high flash point, which contains a ring-containing compound having at least (i) a crosslinked bicyclic ring where two rings are bonded while sharing 3 or more carbon atoms, and (ii) an acyloxy group or a hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl group each containing a branched hydrocarbon group with a main chain having 4 or more carbon atoms, a lubricating oil composition containing the lubricant base oil, and a continuously variable transmission using the lubricating oil composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electromechanical transducer element including a first electrode disposed on a substrate; an electromechanical transducer film disposed on a first portion of the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on a second portion of the electromechanical transducer film, wherein an actuator portion formed by laminating the substrate, the first electrode, the electromechanical transducer film, and the second electrode has a stiffness such that, in a cross section of the actuator portion, the stiffness gradually increases from an end portion of the actuator portion to a center portion of the actuator portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electromechanical transducer element including a first electrode disposed on a substrate; an electromechanical transducer film disposed on a first portion of the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on a second portion of the electromechanical transducer film, wherein an actuator portion formed by laminating the substrate, the first electrode, the electromechanical transducer film, and the second electrode has a stiffness such that, in a cross section of the actuator portion, the stiffness gradually increases from an end portion of the actuator portion to a center portion of the actuator portion.

Abstract: A liquid droplet jet head includes a pressure liquid chamber substrate including nozzles discharging liquid droplets and pressure liquid chambers communicated with the nozzles, a vibration board partially forming wall surfaces of the pressure liquid chambers, and a pressure converter vibrating the vibration board to change pressure in the pressure liquid chambers to discharge the liquid droplets from the nozzles, and including a piezoelectric element having an active region and a inactive region and electrodes disposed to apply an electric force to the active region and not to apply an electric force to the inactive region, and a groove separating the active region from the inactive region formed not so deep as to reach one of the electrodes in a portion in the inactive region facing the vibration board. In the liquid droplet jet head, the pressure liquid chamber substrate is supported by the inactive region of the piezoelectric element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid ejection head that includes a flow path member having provided therein plural liquid chambers respectively in communication with plural nozzles that eject a liquid droplet and are arranged side by side; a vibration plate member that forms at least a part of wall surfaces of the liquid chambers; plural piezoelectric element columns that deform the vibration plate member at positions corresponding to the liquid chambers; a supporting column that corresponds to a partition wall sandwiched between the liquid chambers; and a base member on which the plural piezoelectric element columns and the supporting column are arranged. The supporting column is arranged so as to be sandwiched between a group of two or more of the consecutive piezoelectric element columns in a nozzle arrangement direction.

Abstract: A liquid droplet jet head includes a pressure liquid chamber substrate including nozzles discharging liquid droplets and pressure liquid chambers communicated with the nozzles, a vibration board partially forming wall surfaces of the pressure liquid chambers, and a pressure converter vibrating the vibration board to change pressure in the pressure liquid chambers to discharge the liquid droplets from the nozzles, and including a piezoelectric element having an active region and a inactive region and electrodes disposed to apply an electric force to the active region and not to apply an electric force to the inactive region, and a groove separating the active region from the inactive region formed not so deep as to reach one of the electrodes in a portion in the inactive region facing the vibration board. In the liquid droplet jet head, the pressure liquid chamber substrate is supported by the inactive region of the piezoelectric element.

Abstract: A semiconductor device disclosed herein comprises a semiconductor layer which includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a base region of a second conductivity type, and a plurality of second semiconductor regions of the first conductivity type; a gate wiring which is formed on the semiconductor layer via a first insulating film; a plurality of main electrodes which are electrically connected to the plurality of second semiconductor regions and which are insulated from the gate wiring, wherein the gate wiring is arranged between the main electrodes and upper surfaces of the main electrodes are higher than an upper surface of the uppermost layer of the gate wiring; and a connecting plate which is directly connected onto uppermost layers of the main electrodes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid ejection head that includes a flow path member having provided therein plural liquid chambers respectively in communication with plural nozzles that eject a liquid droplet and are arranged side by side; a vibration plate member that forms at least a part of wall surfaces of the liquid chambers; plural piezoelectric element columns that deform the vibration plate member at positions corresponding to the liquid chambers; a supporting column that corresponds to a partition wall sandwiched between the liquid chambers; and a base member on which the plural piezoelectric element columns and the supporting column are arranged. The supporting column is arranged so as to be sandwiched between a group of two or more of the consecutive piezoelectric element columns in a nozzle arrangement direction.

Abstract: A recording head is provided with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a fluid, a plurality of pressure-applied chambers arranged in a predetermined direction and each communicating with a corresponding one of the nozzles, and a common chamber having a plurality of wall surfaces and configured to supply the fluid to the pressure-applied chambers. At least one of the wall surfaces of the common chamber, along the predetermined direction, has a pressure absorbing surface with a rigidity lower than those of other wall surfaces and configured to absorb a pressure change, and the pressure absorbing surface is formed by a pressure absorbing member having a non-uniform thickness.

Abstract: A garbage disposal apparatus includes a garbage disposition port, a storage chamber communicating with this garbage disposition port to store uncrushed garbage and into which flushing water is supplied, a crushing section provided adjacent to the storage chamber and having a crushing mechanism and a clearance for passing therethrough garbage crushed by the crushing mechanism, a discharge section provided in communication with the clearance and having a discharge port for externally discharging the garbage crushed by the crushing section, a driving mechanism for driving the crushing mechanism, a mechanism for controlling the amount of garbage passing through the clearance per unit of time, and a mechanism provided at the discharge section or on the downstream side of the discharge section for controlling the amount of garbage discharged within the discharge section or on the downstream side of the discharge section.

Abstract: A recording head is provided with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a fluid, a plurality of pressure-applied chambers arranged in a predetermined direction and each communicating with a corresponding one of the nozzles, and a common chamber having a plurality of wall surfaces and configured to supply the fluid to the pressure-applied chambers. At least one of the wall surfaces of the common chamber, along the predetermined direction, has a pressure absorbing surface with a rigidity lower than those of other wall surfaces and configured to absorb a pressure change, and the pressure absorbing surface is formed by a pressure absorbing member having a non-uniform thickness.

Abstract: The present has an object of reducing a wiring resistance caused by the wiring metal such as bonding wire, and self-inductance, in a semiconductor device for large power, such as IGBT module. Therefore, the invention has at lest three or more power terminals superimposed on each other, wherein at least one semiconductor chip is connected electrically in a way to be sandwiched between predetermined two power terminals among the power terminals. A power terminal on one end among the aforementioned superposed power terminals and a power terminal on the other end among the superposed power terminals can be led out in the same direction, for example.

Abstract: The surface temperature of a coating film after being applied and dried is quickly increased to a thermal treatment temperature in the range of from 60 to 100° C. in a heating zone of a thermal treatment device. Then, the surface temperature of the coating film having been heat-treated is kept at the thermal treatment temperature for a time period in the range of 1 to 60 seconds in a thermal retaining zone. Then, the surface temperature of the coating film having been thermal-retaining-treated is forcefully decreased from the thermal treatment temperature to near a room temperature in a cooling zone. By the three-phase process in the thermal treatment device, the surface of the emulsion layer is prevented from stripping during processing such as slitting, a photothermographic material excellent in photographing performance can be obtained, and productivity is improved.

Abstract: A liquid drop jet head includes a nozzle, a liquid room, a vibration board forming a wall surface of the liquid room, driving element, a support substrate to which an end part of the driving element is connected without connecting to the vibration board, and a gap between the support substrate and the vibration board at a position corresponding to a partition of the liquid room, wherein the vibration board includes a thin part and a thick part and the area of the thin part is divided by the thick part with which the driving element comes in contact.

Abstract: The surface defect inspection method and apparatus are capable of inspecting a photosensitive material for defective surface portions with efficiency by using a reflex-type optical sensor. The surface defect inspection apparatus has a reflex-type optical sensor. A thermal-developable photosensitive material is irradiated with inspection light from a light source. Reflected light from the photosensitive material is received by a light-receiving portion of the optical sensor and a defective surface portion is detected from the reflected light. A mask is attached to the light-receiving portion to cut out specular reflected light, thereby enabling a change in the quantity of diffuse reflected light to be directly detected. Therefore, even a defective surface portion where only a small diffuse reflectance is recognized can be detected with efficiency.