Abstract: A gear shift operation device for a vehicle to which a multiple-stage automatic transmission is mounted, is provided. By a control lever being manually operated in a range switchable mode, a range position is switched at least between a D-range where automatic transmission is performed and an R-range, and by the control lever being manually operated in a manual transmission mode, a gear change is performed. An operation reaction force when the control lever is manually operated is set larger when the gear change is performed in the manual transmission mode than when the range position is switched in the range switchable mode.

Abstract: A cavity elongated in one direction is formed in a protective film covering the conductive pattern of the topmost conductive layer of a multilayer wiring substrate. The cavity exposes part of the conductive pattern. A first via-conductor extends downward from the conductive pattern of the topmost conductive layer at least until that of a second conductive layer. Second via-conductors extend downward from the conductive pattern of the second or third conductive layer at least until that of a conductive layer one below. As viewed from above, the first via-conductor and the cavity partially overlap each other. At least two second via-conductors are disposed to sandwich the cavity therebetween. The difference between the smallest gap between the cavity and the second via-conductor at one side and that between the cavity and the second via-conductor at the other side is smaller than the smallest gap between the cavity and the second via-conductors.

Abstract: A charging roll includes a core member, a rubber base material disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the rubber base material. The ten point height of irregularities RZ of a surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 6.5 micrometers, and is equal to or less than 11.7 micrometers. The mean spacing between peaks Sm of the surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 16.5 micrometers and is equal to or less than 18.8 micrometers.

Abstract: An amplifier circuit including a semiconductor element is formed on a substrate. A protection circuit is formed including a plurality of protection diodes that are formed on the substrate and that are connected in series with each other, the protection circuit being connected to an output terminal of the amplifier circuit. A pad conductive layer is formed that at least partially includes a pad for connecting to a circuit outside the substrate. An insulating protective film covers the pad conductive layer. The insulating protective film includes an opening that exposes a partial area of a surface of the pad conductive layer, and that covers another area. A first bump is formed on the pad conductive layer on a bottom surface of the opening, and a second bump at least partially overlaps the protection circuit in plan view and is connected to a ground (GND) potential connected to the amplifier circuit.

Abstract: An optical modulator includes: first and second optical waveguides formed of an electro-optic material film on a substrate so as to have a ridge shape and to be disposed adjacent to each other; a buffer layer covering at least the upper surfaces of the first and second optical waveguides; and first and second signal electrodes provided above the buffer layer. The first and second signal electrodes have, respectively, first and second lower layer parts opposite, respectively, to the first and second optical waveguides through the buffer layer; and first and second upper layer parts provided, respectively, above the first and second lower layer parts. Widths of the lower surfaces of the first and second lower layer parts are smaller than widths of the first and second upper layer parts.

Abstract: A transmission system configured to perform a gear change based on a shift operation by an operator is provided, which includes a power transmission system including a transmission and configured to transmit an engine driving force to wheels, a shift operation detecting module, and a transmission controlling module adapted to be executable of a manual rotation synchronizing mode having first and second steps. In the first step, when a first shift operation for changing the transmission to a lower-speed side is detected, the transmission controlling module sends a control signal to a connecting-and-disconnecting mechanism provided to the power transmission system to suspend the transmission of the driving force. In the second step, when a second shift operation is detected, the transmission controlling module sends a control signal to the connecting-and-disconnecting mechanism to resume the transmission of the driving force while the transmission is switched to the lower-speed side.

Abstract: An electroconductive roll includes a core member, a rubber base material disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the rubber base material. The density of peaks Spd of the surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 93,406 (1/mm2), and is equal to or less than 153,027 (1/mm2).

Abstract: A compound semiconductor device comprises a heterojunction bipolar transistor including a plurality of unit transistors, a capacitor electrically connected between a RF input wire and a base wire for each unit transistor of the unit transistors, and a bump electrically connected to emitters of the unit transistors. The unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The transistors include first and second unit transistors, the respective emitters of the first and second unit transistors being disposed on first and second sides, respectively, of a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, with respect to a center line of the bump extending in the first direction. The capacitor is not covered by the bump, and respective lengths of the respective base wires connected respectively to the first and second unit transistors are different.

Abstract: A tubular fuser device rotates and is in contact with a sheet on which a positively charged toner image is formed to fix the toner image to the sheet. The fuser device includes a tubular substrate made of a metal, a rubber layer covering the outer periphery of the substrate, an adhesion layer covering the outer periphery of the rubber layer, and a surface layer made of a resin covering the outer periphery of the adhesion layer. In the fuser device, a charge decay ?V at a moment 120 seconds after end of charging a surface of the surface layer to ?1 kV is zero, and an electrostatic capacity per unit area C in a thickness direction of the fuser device is equal to or less than 3.30 pF/cm2.

Abstract: A compound represented by general formula (I) (in the formula, all symbols are as described in the description) or a salt thereof has a potent nerve-protecting and/or -repairing activity, and therefore can be used as a therapeutic agent for neuropathy (e.g., chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, periarteritis nodosa, allergic vasculitis, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, entrapment neuropathy, peripheral neuropathy associated with the administration of a chemotherapeutic drug, or peripheral neuropathy associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease).

Abstract: An amplifier IC mounted on a multilayer board includes input, output, and common terminals. The multilayer board includes common, input, and output terminals on board side. These terminals are connected to the corresponding terminals on device side via bumps. On the lower surface of the multilayer board, a lower surface common terminal is arranged at a location overlapping the common terminal in plan view. First, second, and third via conductors are sequentially arranged toward the lower surface common terminal from the common terminal. An input via conductor is connected to the input terminal on board side. In plan view, the area of the first common via conductor is larger than any one of the areas of the second and third common via conductors and the input via conductor. In plan view, the area of bump of the common terminal is larger than the area of bump of the input terminal.

Abstract: An electroconductive roll includes a core member, a rubber base material disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the rubber base material. The surface area of the surface layer per unit projected area is equal to or greater than 1.255, and is equal to or less than 6.635.

Abstract: Multiple bipolar transistors are disposed side by side in the first direction on a substrate. Multiple first capacitance devices are provided corresponding to the respective base electrodes of the bipolar transistors. A radio frequency signal is supplied to the bipolar transistors through the first capacitance devices. Resistive devices are provided corresponding to the respective base electrodes of the bipolar transistors. A base bias is supplied to the bipolar transistors through the resistive devices. The first capacitance devices are disposed on the same side relative to the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, when viewed from the bipolar transistors. At least one of the first capacitance devices is disposed so as to overlap another first capacitance device partially when viewed in the second direction from the bipolar transistors.

Abstract: An electroconductive roll includes a core member, a rubber base material disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the rubber base material. The density of peaks Spd of the surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 93,406 (1/mm2), and is equal to or less than 153,027 (1/mm2).

Abstract: A resin film equipped MEA of a power generation cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and a resin film. An inner peripheral end of a first frame shaped sheet of the resin film is positioned outside an outer peripheral end of a cathode, and faces the outer peripheral end of the cathode so as to be separated by a gap. An inner peripheral portion of a second frame shaped sheet is held between the anode and the cathode. A first metal separator facing the first frame shaped sheet is provided with protruding support structure configured to support an inner peripheral portion of the first frame shaped sheet and an outer peripheral portion of the cathode.

Abstract: An electroconductive roll includes a core member, a rubber base material disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the rubber base material. The arithmetic mean peak curvature Spc of a surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 1,880 (1/mm), and is equal to or less than 14,024 (1/mm).

Abstract: A first portion of an insulator is provided on a first region of an end surface of a tooth. A second portion of the insulator is provided on a second region of the end surface of the tooth so as to be separated from the first portion in a circumferential direction. A third portion of the insulator is connected to fourth side ends of the first portion and the second portion in a radial direction. A coil includes a crossing portion in a coil end. A stator includes an insert body in a housing space. The insert is made of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than a material forming the insulator.

Abstract: An electro-optic device is provided with a substrate, an optical waveguide formed of a lithium niobate film with a ridge shape on the substrate, and an electrode that applies an electric field to the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide includes a first waveguide section provided at least in an electric field application region applied with the electric field and having a thickness of 1 ?m or larger and a second waveguide section provided in a region other than the electric field application region and having a thickness of 0.3 ?m or larger and less than 1 ?m.

Abstract: Provided are a livestock sensor device, a livestock astasia inference method, a livestock astasia inference program, and a livestock management system that are capable of preventing damage to stockbreeders. According to an embodiment of the present technology, there is provided a livestock sensor device including a postural-state determination unit, a state inference unit, a transmission unit, and a casing. The postural-state determination unit determines in which of a prostrate state and a non-prostrate state a livestock animal has been on a basis of output values from an acceleration sensor. The state inference unit infers whether or not the livestock animal has developed astasia on a basis of a duration of the prostrate state. The transmission unit transmits, to a server, an astasia-notification data item indicating that an inference that the livestock animal has developed the astasia is made when the inference that the livestock animal has developed the astasia is made.

Abstract: On a single-crystal semiconductor substrate with an upper surface including a first direction in which an inverted mesa step extends and a second direction in which a forward mesa step extends in response to anisotropic etching in which an etching rate depends on crystal plane orientation, a bipolar transistor including a collector layer, a base layer, and an emitter layer that are epitaxially grown, and a base wire connected to the base layer are arranged. A step is provided at an edge of the base layer, and the base wire is extended from inside to outside of the base layer in a direction intersecting the first direction in a plan view. An intersection of the edge of the base layer and the base wire has a disconnection prevention structure that makes it difficult for step-caused disconnection of the base wire to occur.