Abstract: A method for manufacturing a press-molded article includes: preparing a patchwork blank in which a thickened portion is formed by welding patchwork to basework; bending only the thickened portion of the patchwork blank; and bending a portion other than the thickened portion in a step different from bending of the thickened portion.

Abstract: A method for joining members includes: providing a wall surface body which is a die-molded article provided with a hole portion with a draft angle provided from its opposite end portions toward its center portion, a tubular body with a hollow shape, and an elastic body; inserting the tubular body into the hole portion in the wall surface body; inserting the elastic body into the inside of the tubular body; and compressing the elastic body in the direction of an axial line L of the tubular body to expand the elastic body outwardly in the radial direction of the axial line L, thereby deforming and expanding the tubular body to joint the tubular body to the wall surface body by press-fitting.

Abstract: The member joining device includes: a tubular unit including a tubular assembly that is fixed, a flange portion whose position in a first central axis direction is fixed with respect to the tubular assembly; a shaft unit that includes a shaft assembly inserted into the tubular assembly in a linearly movable manner, and a protrusion portion whose position in a second central axis direction is fixed with respect to the shaft assembly, wherein the protrusion portion is positioned radially outside the first central axis of the tubular assembly, the protrusion portion faces the flange portion in the central axis direction; a rubber member arranged radially outside the tubular assembly, between the protrusion portion and the flange portion in the central axis direction; and a motion mechanism that moves the shaft unit in the central axis direction with respect to the tubular unit.

Abstract: A composite material in one of embodiments includes a crystal phase of titanium fluoride and a metal crystal phase of titanium. The crystal phase of the titanium fluoride is present in a first region located away from a surface in a depth direction.

Abstract: A power supply system includes: a synchronous generator connected to a three-phase power distribution system that is connected to a consumer load; an inverter that is connected to the power distribution system, supplies power to the consumer load, and compensates for unbalanced current of the synchronous generator; and a control device that generates a gate command for controlling the inverter. The control device: generates, based on a three-phase voltage and current output from the inverter, a target output voltage which is an amplitude of a vector in a complex plane combining voltages of three phases, and a target output phase which is a phase of the vector in the complex plane combining the voltages of three phases; generates a first compensation voltage, based on a current negative-phase-sequence component relating to the synchronous generator; and generates a gate command from the generated values.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming an ohmic electrode including Al on a semiconductor substrate; forming a SiN film covering the ohmic electrode; forming a first photoresist on the SiN film, the first photoresist having an opening pattern overlapping the ohmic electrode; performing ultraviolet curing of the first photoresist; forming an opening in the SiN film exposed through the opening pattern and causing a surface of the ohmic electrode to be exposed inside the opening; forming a barrier metal layer on the first photoresist and on the ohmic electrode exposed through the opening; forming a second photoresist in the opening pattern; performing a heat treatment on the second photoresist and covering the barrier metal layer overlapping the opening with the second photoresist; and etching the barrier metal layer using the second photoresist.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is made by: forming an ohmic electrode including Al on a semiconductor substrate; forming a SiN film covering the ohmic electrode; forming a first photoresist on the SiN film, the first photoresist having an opening pattern overlapping the ohmic electrode; performing ultraviolet curing of the first photoresist; forming an opening in the SiN film exposed through the opening pattern and causing a surface of the ohmic electrode to be exposed inside the opening; forming a barrier metal layer on the first photoresist and on the ohmic electrode exposed through the opening; forming a second photoresist in the opening pattern; performing a heat treatment on the second photoresist and covering the barrier metal layer overlapping the opening with the second photoresist; and etching the barrier metal layer using the second photoresist.

Abstract: A structure for a vehicle, includes: one side structure made of steel and located on one of outer and inner sides of a vehicle body; and another side structure located on the other of the outer and inner sides of the vehicle body and joined to the one side structure. The another side structure includes: a top portion made of an aluminum alloy and protruding toward the other side; wall portions respectively extending from both end parts of the top portion to the one side, each wall portion being made of an aluminum alloy; and a tab portion attached to an end part of the wall portion, extending toward an outside of the another side structure, and joined to the one side structure, the tab portion being made of steel.

Abstract: A joined body includes: a first member having a pipe shape; and a second member including a wall portion having a plate shape, and a flange portion having a cylinder shape provided with an insertion hole through which the first member is inserted. In a state where the first member is inserted into the insertion hole of the flange portion of the second member, the first member and the second member are joined with the first member pipe-expanded. A material of the second member is larger than a material of the first member in a spring-back amount.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a joint body having a blank material plated with a metal material and a hoop material plated with a metal material joined together by placing the hoop material on the blank material and causing a laser oscillation system to irradiate a surface of the hoop material with laser light to form a joint portion including a line-shaped welded portion where the blank material and the hoop material are joined together. In this manufacturing method, the hoop material is supplied to be placed on the blank material and form a predetermined gap d between the blank material and the hoop material, and the hoop material is irradiated with a laser at a position where the predetermined gap d is located between the blank material and the hoop material to join the blank material and the hoop material together by laser welding.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter is composed a transformer; a cutoff switch connected between one of terminals of a primary winding of the transformer and one of terminals of a power source; a driving switch connected between the other of the terminals of the primary winding and the other of the terminals of the power source; and a control unit that alternately repeats turning on the cutoff switch and the driving switch, and turning off the cutoff switch and the driving switch.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a joint body having a first metal member and a second metal member joined together by causing a laser oscillation system to irradiate a surface of the second metal member placed on the first metal member with laser light to form a joint portion including a welded portion where the first metal member and the second metal member are joined together includes continuously supplying the second metal member while pressing the second metal member against the first metal member, the second metal member being a hoop material, and causing the laser oscillation system to emit the laser light.

Abstract: A vehicle structure includes a first member that extends in a vehicle width direction, second members that extend in a front-back direction that are inserted in the front-back direction with respect to the first member, and third members that are arranged at end portions of the first member in the vehicle width direction and joined to the end portions.

Abstract: A joining method for members includes: providing a steel component 10 including insertion holes 14a and 15a, an aluminum pipe 20 having a hollow shape, and a support component 30; inserting the aluminum pipe 20 into the insertion holes 14a and 15a of the steel component 10; and enlarging the aluminum pipe 20 through deformation and joining the aluminum pipe 20 to the steel component 10 by press-fitting. The press-fit joining is performed while at least part of the support component 30 is disposed in a press-fitting region.

Abstract: Provided are a heating-odor-suppressing agent for a cooking oil or fat composition, a method for suppressing a heating odor in a cooking oil or fat composition, and a method for producing the cooking oil or fat composition that make it possible to suppress the heating odor of an oil or fat produced during cooking of deep-fried foods or the like. The heating-odor-suppressing agent for a cooking oil or fat composition contains corn-derived roasted oil as an active component. Moreover, the method for suppressing a heating odor in a cooking oil or fat composition involves including corn-derived roasted oil in the cooking oil or fat composition. Furthermore, the method for producing a cooking oil or fat composition comprises mixing corn-derived roasted oil and an edible oil or fat other than the roasted oil to thereby obtain an oil or fat composition that contains 0.01% by mass or more to 10% by mass or less of the roasted oil.

Abstract: Provided are an agent for reducing the oiliness of cooked food and a method for reducing the oiliness of cooked food that make it possible to reduce the oiliness of prepared cooked food. The agent for reducing the oiliness of cooked food contains roasted oil as an active component. The method for reducing the oiliness of cooked food comprises including roasted oil in a cooking oil or fat composition, applying the same to preparation materials, and conducting cooking. The roasted oil is preferably derived from corn or soybeans. The present invention is preferably applied to fried foods.

Abstract: In a method for joining members of the present invention, a B-pillar, a rocker, a side panel served as frame members of a vehicle body, and an elastic body are provided. The B-pillar includes a tubular portion and an extension portion extended from the tubular portion. The rocker includes a first hole portion. The side panel includes a support portion. Next, the tubular portion of the B-pillar is inserted into the first hole portion of the rocker. The elastic body is inserted into the tubular portion of the rocker. The elastic body is pressurized in an axial line L1 direction of the tubular portion of the B-pillar to be expanded outward in a radial direction of the axial line L1, so that the tubular portion of the B-pillar is expanded and deformed to be joined to the first hole portion of the rocker by press-fitting. Further, the extension portion of the B-pillar and the support portion of the side panel are joined by a method different from joining by press-fitting.

Abstract: A multilayer wiring in a semiconductor device includes a first lower wiring formed in a first insulating layer, a via which is formed in a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer and which is connected to the first lower wiring, and an upper wiring connected to the via. The upper wiring has an outer edge at which a nick portion is formed beside a portion of the upper wiring to which the via is connected. The formation of the nick portion at the outer edge of the upper wiring prevents the via from enlarging.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes an output signal line, and first and second tristate buffer circuits each having an output node connected to the output signal line in common. The output signal line includes a first section having first and second connection points, a second section having third and fourth connection points, a third section connected between the first and third connection points, and a fourth section connected between second and fourth connection points. At least a part of the first section of the output signal line is located on the first tristate buffer circuit, and at least a part of the second section of the output signal line is located on the second tristate buffer circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes an output signal line, and first and second tristate buffer circuits each having an output node connected to the output signal line in common. The output signal line includes a first section having first and second connection points, a second section having third and fourth connection points, a third section connected between the first and third connection points, and a fourth section connected between second and fourth connection points. At least a part of the first section of the output signal line is located on the first tristate buffer circuit, and at least a part of the second section of the output signal line is located on the second tristate buffer circuit.