Abstract: A passenger?s weight measurement device for a vehicle seat includes an upper rail provided on a lower rail that is fixable to a vehicle floor, the upper rail being movable in at least one of rear and front directions; a load sensor fixed onto the upper rail; and a frame provided on the load sensor and below the vehicle seat. In plan view, the load sensor protrudes from the frame in at least one of left and right directions.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing electrodes for an electrochemical device in which each of electrodes comprises a current collector 9, 11 and active material layers 10, 12 using four die heads 15a-15d is described. The active material layers 10, 12 each contains a lower active material layer 10a, 12a and an upper active material layer 10b, 12b. While the current collector 9, 11 is being conveyed, a slurry is ejected from the die head 15a that is on the most upstream side in the direction of conveyance S and the die head 15b located on the second from the upstream side to form the lower active material layers 10a, 12a of two electrodes, and a slurry is ejected from the die head 15c located on the third from the upstream side and the die head 15d located on the fourth from the upstream side to form the upper active material layers 10b, 12b of two electrodes.

Abstract: A gasket comprising: a first sealing part surrounding the sealed area; and a second sealing part surrounding the sealed area and being provided external to an area surrounded by the first sealing part. When a compressive deformation ratio is defined as a ratio of a deformation amount in a height direction to pressure applied to the gasket in the height direction, in the first sealing part, the compressive deformation ratio at a section to be arranged on a first fuel cell side is greater than the compressive deformation ratio at a section to be arranged on a second fuel cell side, and in the second sealing part, the compressive deformation ratio at a section to be arranged on the second fuel cell side is greater than the compressive deformation ratio at a section to be arranged on the first fuel cell side.

Abstract: A combustion tube for a gas turbine including an outlet section having a cross-section of an annular sector-shape. The outlet section includes an outer wall forming an outer peripheral boundary of the annular sector-shape, an inner wall forming an inner peripheral boundary of the annular sector-shape, and a pair of side walls forming boundaries on both sides of the annular sector-shape in a circumferential direction, respectively. The outer wall extends obliquely with respect to the inner wall such that a height of the annular sector-shape decreases toward an outlet opening of the combustion tube. A first side wall extends obliquely with respect to a second side such that a perimeter of the annular sector-shape increases toward the outlet opening of the combustion tube. An inclination angle ?1 of the first side wall with respect to the second side wall satisfies 0<?1?56.

Abstract: A controller of an embodiment includes a limiter receiving an active current command initial value, limiting a maximum value of the active current command initial value with a predetermined value, and outputting a first value; a circuit to calculate a reactive current command initial value; a calculator to calculate a reactive current command adjustment value; a unit receiving the first value as an input, and calculating a reactive current upper limit value such that a composite value of the first value and the reactive current upper limit value is equal to or smaller than an input current maximum value; and a limiter to output the reactive current command adjustment value or the reactive current upper limit value, whichever is smaller. The predetermined value is a value to set the reactive current upper limit value to a value larger than zero and smaller than the input current maximum value.

Abstract: A seal member is between a combustor around a rotor axis and a vane on a downstream side in an axial direction and defining a part of a combustion gas flow passage through which combustion gas is configured to flow, the seal member being configured to seal a gap between the combustor and the vane. The seal member has: an end face that faces the downstream side in the axial direction so as to face a lateral end face of the vane facing an upstream side in the axial direction; cooling channels through which cooling air is configured to be discharged from a plurality of openings defined in the end face in an array in a circumferential direction based on the rotor axis; and a clearance forming portion that protrudes further toward the downstream side in the axial direction than the end face in which the openings are defined.

Abstract: An X-ray spectrometer is provided with: an excitation source configured to irradiate excitation rays onto an irradiation area of a sample, a diffraction member provided to face the irradiation area; a slit member provided between the irradiation area and the diffraction member, the slit member having a slit extending parallel to the irradiation area and a prescribed surface of the diffraction member; an X-ray linear sensor having a light-incident surface in which a plurality of detection elements are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the slit; a first moving mechanism configured to change an angle between the sample surface and the prescribed surface, and/or a distance between the sample surface and the prescribed surface by moving the diffraction member within a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and a second moving mechanism configured to position the X-ray linear sensor on a path of characteristic X-rays passed through the slit and diffracted by the prescr

Abstract: An X-ray spectrometer includes: an excitation source that irradiates a predetermined irradiation region on a surface of a sample with an excitation ray generating a characteristic X-ray; a flat plate analyzing crystal facing the irradiation region; a slit provided between the irradiation region and the analyzing crystal, the slit being parallel to a predetermined crystal plane of the analyzing crystal; a linear sensor including linear detection elements having a length in a direction parallel to the slit are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the slit; and an energy calibration unit that measures two characteristic X-rays in which energy is known by irradiating a surface of a standard sample generating the two characteristic X-rays with the excitation ray from the excitation source, and calibrates the energy of the characteristic X-ray detected by each detection element of the X-ray linear sensor based on the measured energies of the two characteristic X-rays.

Abstract: A sensor support system includes a sensor and a terminal device configured to display form information of the sensor. The sensor includes a two-dimensional code (storage tag) which can be read from the terminal device and which is configured to store the form information of the sensor. The terminal device is configured to calculate position information of the sensor from an image of the sensor, configured to generate a virtual image of the form information of the sensor, and configured to display on a display an image in which the virtual image is superimposed on an image of the sensor taken by a camera.

Abstract: The upstream-side wall portion 54 includes, in the circumferential direction thereof, a first region 31 where air inlets 30 are formed at a lower density, and a second region 32 which is disposed at a position offset from the first region 31 in the circumferential direction, and in which the air inlets 30 are formed at a higher density than in the first region 31.

Abstract: A metal powder in which a coating made of one or more types of elements selected from Gd, Ho, Lu, Mo, Nb, Os, Re, Ru, Tb, Tc, Th, Tm, U, V, W, Y, Zr, Cr, Rh, Hf, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm and Ti is formed on a surface of a copper or copper alloy powder, wherein a thickness of the coating is 5 nm or more and 500 nm or less. A metal powder for metal additive manufacturing based on the laser method which can be efficiently melted with a laser while maintaining the high conductivity of copper or copper alloy, and a molded object produced by using such metal powder are provided.

Abstract: A passenger's weight measurement device for a vehicle seat includes an upper rail provided on a lower rail that is fixable to a vehicle floor, the upper rail being movable in at least one of rear and front directions; a load sensor fixed onto the upper rail; and a frame provided on the load sensor and below the vehicle seat. In plan view, the load sensor protrudes from the frame in at least one of left and right directions.

Abstract: This invention provides a life-extending agent comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of D-proline, D-hydroxyproline, and D-aspartic acid.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electric power conversion system includes a convertor, a detector, a delay controller, and a determinator. The detector is configured to detect information related to a voltage of electric power converted by the converter. The delay controller is configured to delay a conversion operation start of the converter by a first predetermined time with respect to a supply start time at which supply of the electric power is started. The determinator is configured to perform a first determination on the basis of a detection result detected by the detector before elapse of the first predetermined time from the supply start tune, and to perform a second determination on the basis of a detection result detected by the detector after the elapse of the first predetermined time from the supply start time.

Abstract: An object is to equalize the level of cooling along a top-bottom direction of a fuel cell stack. A fuel cell stack has an anode-side separator placed between a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies. The anode-side separator comprises a separator center area that is arranged to face a power generation area of the membrane electrode assembly; an outer peripheral portion that is extended from the separator center area to outer periphery and has a plurality of openings for cooling medium supply manifolds; and a rib that is firmed from a beam portion provided to separate the adjacent openings for cooling medium supply manifolds from each other, over an area between the openings for cooling medium supply manifolds and the separator center area.

Abstract: Perception of the relationship between a comfort level and environmental data is facilitated, and appropriate management of air-conditioning equipment is enabled.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a load sensor for measuring a load applied from an occupant and a seat cushion frame, wherein the seat cushion frame comprises right and left side frames extending in a front-and-rear direction, the load sensor is attached to the seat cushion frame, and a concave portion is formed in at least one of the right and left side frames at a position opposite to the load sensor.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a copper alloy powder for lamination shaping comprising a copper alloy, a method for producing a lamination shaped product and a lamination shaped product, which can achieve coexistence of mechanical strength and conductivity. One aspect of the present invention relates to a copper alloy powder for lamination shaping, comprising at least one additive element having a solid solution amount to copper of less than 0.2 at %.

Abstract: A voltage estimating device for a power supply line according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a voltage detector, a current detector, a voltage calculator. The voltage calculator calculates a magnitude of alternating primary voltage that a primary winding in a transformer receives from a power supply line based on a magnitude of tertiary voltage in the transformer detected by the voltage detector, a magnitude of output current in the transformer detected by the current detector, and correlation information. The correlation information indicates a correlation between a voltage ratio and the magnitude of the output current, and the voltage ratio represents a ratio of the magnitude of the primary voltage to the magnitude of the tertiary voltage.

Abstract: A chemical feed control device controls feeding of a chemical into a water system of a plant. A water quality index-obtaining unit obtains a water quality index value for each of a plurality of disruptive factors of the water system. An environmental data-obtaining unit obtains environmental data related to the plant. An operational data-obtaining unit obtains operational data related to the plant. A determination unit determines a feed amount of each of a plurality of chemicals acting on at least one disruptive factor and having components different from each other with respect to the water system based on the water quality index value, the environmental data, and the operational data such that the water quality index value for each of the disruptive factors approximates a water quality target value for each of the disruptive factors.