Abstract: In the multi-layer coil component, the hole portion is provided in the vicinity of the side surface of the element body, and the distance from the tip position of the external electrode to the hole portion is shorter than the distance from the tip position of the external electrode to the coil. Therefore, when a crack is generated starting from the tip position of the external electrode on the mounting surface, the crack progress toward the hole portion located at a distance closer than the coil. Therefore, in the multi-layer coil component, splitting of the coil due to the crack can be prevented.

Abstract: If a charging quantity charged to a battery pack since switching from discharging to charging is more than or equal to a reference charging quantity, an ECU estimates the SOC from the OCV by referring to a charging OCV. If a discharging quantity discharged from the battery pack since switching from charging to discharging is more than or equal to a reference discharging quantity, the ECU estimates the SOC from the OCV by referring to a discharging OCV. If the electric quantity is less than the reference charging quantity or if the electric quantity is more than the reference discharging quantity, the ECU estimates the SOC from the OCV using a straight line for supplementing SOC-OCV characteristics in a region enclosed by the charging OCV and the discharging OCV.

Abstract: An estimation device includes a phase current determination unit, a time difference calculation unit, and an estimation unit. The phase current determination unit performs a determination process for determining values of phase currents based on the value of the bus current detected by a bus current detection unit and states of gate pulse signals. The time difference calculation unit calculates a difference between a detection time of the bus current used in a previous determination process and a detection time of the bus current used in a present determination process. The estimation unit estimates at least one of a position and a speed of an AC motor based on the values of the phase currents determined by the phase current determination unit and the difference calculated by the time difference calculation unit.

Abstract: A method includes: forming a titanium nitride base film containing silicon by alternately repeating: precipitation of titanium nitride by alternately and repeatedly supplying a titanium-containing gas, and supplying a nitriding gas to a substrate on which a recess is formed; and precipitation of silicon nitride by alternately and repeatedly supplying a silicon-containing gas, and supplying a nitriding gas to the substrate; and subsequently, forming a tungsten film so as to bury tungsten in the recess in which the titanium nitride base film is formed, by alternately and repeatedly supplying a raw material gas containing a tungsten raw material and a reaction gas reacting with the raw material gas, to the substrate. A supply flow rate of the silicon-containing gas is adjusted so that a content of the silicon in the titanium nitride base film is high on an opening side rather than on an inner side of the recess.

Abstract: A tag indicating an attribute of the tag by an electromagnetic wave reflection characteristic, the tag including a substrate (11), and a conductor pattern layer (12) formed on the substrate (11) and having first and second slots (13a) and (13b) disposed adjacent to each other, in which the first slot (13a) constitutes a first resonance element (13Qa) having a resonance frequency at a first frequency, the second slot (13b) constitutes a second resonance element (13Qb) having a resonance frequency at a second frequency higher than the first frequency, and when irradiation with the electromagnetic waves is performed, a Q value of a resonance peak appearing at the first frequency is higher than a Q value of a resonance peak appearing at the first frequency when the first slot (13a) alone constitutes a resonance structure of the tag.

Abstract: A terminal that communicates simultaneously with a first communication node and a second communication node includes a detection unit that detects a failure in communication with the second communication node; and a transmitting unit that transmits notification including failure information and positional information to the first communication node, the failure information concerning a failure in communication with the second communication node and the positional information being obtained at the time when the failure was detected. In another aspect a communication node is also disclosed.

Abstract: A valve timing adjusting device adjusts an opening/closing timing of a first valve driven by a rotation of a first camshaft and an opening/closing timing of a second valve driven by a rotation of a second camshaft. The valve timing adjusting device includes a first driving circuit controlling a first motor configured to generate a torque to shift a rotation phase of the first camshaft and a second driving circuit controlling a second motor configured to generate a torque to shift a rotation phase of the second camshaft. A first switching element of the first driving circuit operates at a switching frequency that is different from that of a second switching element of the second driving circuit.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to an aspect is a flexible printed circuit board including a base film and a wiring layer disposed on at least one surface of the base film and having a plurality of wiring lines. The wiring lines have an average line width of 30 ?m or less and an average spacing of 30 ?m or less. The wiring lines have a copper-based plating layer. The copper-based plating layer has an electrical resistivity of more than 1.68×10?8 ?·m.

Abstract: A terminal that communicates simultaneously with a first communication node and a second communication node includes: a detection unit that detects a failure in communication with the second communication node; and a transmitting unit that transmits failure information to the first communication node, the failure information concerning a failure in communication with the second communication node. A communication node that, together with a second communication node, communicates with a terminal includes: a control unit that performs a trace to collect failure information from the terminal; a receiving unit that receives failure information from the second communication node, the failure information concerning a failure in communication between the terminal and the communication node itself; and a transmitting unit that transmits the failure information to a trace collection entity when the communication node is performing a trace.

Abstract: A heat exchanger according to one embodiment includes: a heat exchange core; a shell provided to surround the heat exchange core; and a first partition wall that is provided in a space surrounded by an outer surface of the heat exchange core and an inner surface of the shell, and partitions the space into a first header space communicating with the heat exchange core and a second header space communicating with the heat exchange core. The first header space and the second header space are adjacent to each other, separated by the first partition wall.

Abstract: An electronic tag sticking apparatus provided with: a tag feeding device that feeds an electronic tag having an adhesive part to a predetermined tag feeding position P1, a tag holding part that holds the electronic tag, a movement device that moves the tag holding part, and a sticking detection device for detecting that the tag has been stuck onto a target object at a predetermined contact position P3. A preparatory operation is performed such that, after the tag holding part is positioned at the tag feeding position P1 by the movement device and the electronic tag fed from the tag feeding device is held by the tag holding part, the tag holding part holding the electronic tag is moved to a standby position P2 and is caused to stand by so as to be oriented in a direction in which the adhesive part is pressed against the target object.

Abstract: Control calculation units of a back system in each actuator operate by a collaborative drive mode in which a torque is output to a motor drive unit by using an information transmitted and received mutually by a communication between the systems in common. Cooperative control calculation units in a reaction force actuator and a turning actuator can operate in cooperation with each other based on the information transmitted and received mutually by a communication between actuators. A communication between adjacent systems and a communication between adjacent actuators are restored, when a focus control calculation unit is restored, after the focus control calculation unit is stopped during operation and at least one of the communication between adjacent systems or the communication between adjacent actuators is interrupted.

Abstract: A motor drive system is provided in a steer-by-wire system in which a steering mechanism and a turning mechanism of a vehicle are mechanically separated. The motor drive system includes a reaction force actuator and a turning actuator. The reaction force actuator functions as a motor configured to output a reaction force torque corresponding to a steering torque of a driver and a road surface reaction force. The turning actuator functions as a motor configured to output a turning torque for turning wheels. Each of the reaction force actuator and the turning actuator includes a plurality of control calculation units provided redundantly and each configured to perform a calculation related to a motor drive control, and a plurality of motor drive units provided redundantly and each configured to drive and output the torque based on a drive signal generated by a corresponding control calculation unit.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains a salt compound represented by a specific general formula, a solute, and a nonaqueous organic solvent, in which the content of the salt compound with respect to the total amount of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution is 0.003% by mass to 0.1% by mass, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution battery contains the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, so that there is provided a nonaqueous electrolytic solution that can exhibit an effect of improving a capacity retention rate after a long-term cycle at a high temperature and an effect of preventing an increase in resistance at a low temperature after high-temperature storage in a balanced manner, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: A self-localization estimation device includes: a map-information acquisition unit that acquires map information including lane information for specifying lanes in which vehicles are enabled to travel; a position calculation unit that calculates an own-vehicle absolute position being an absolute position of an own vehicle in response to navigation signals received from a plurality of navigation satellites, the position calculation unit including a self-location measurement unit, a vehicle-momentum measurement unit, and dead reckoning unit; and a position estimation unit that estimates, based on the map information and the own-vehicle absolute position, a corrected own-vehicle position being a corrected position of the own vehicle. The position estimation unit estimates the corrected own-vehicle position by superimposing a reliability of the map information and a reliability of the own-vehicle absolute position on each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sealing member that provides high sealability in a coolant flow path. A rotating electrical machine includes a stator core around which a winding is wound, a stator frame that supports the stator core, a housing that is disposed outside the stator frame and forms a flow path space with the stator frame, and a sealing member that is disposed between the stator frame and the housing. The housing includes a mounting portion on which the sealing member is mounted. The sealing member includes a base portion that is in contact with the housing and the stator frame, and an attachment portion that protrudes from the base portion and is inserted to the mounting portion of the housing.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a camera head including a first sensor having a first number of pixels, the first sensor being configured to receive green (G) light that is light with a G wavelength band, a second sensor having a second number of pixels smaller than the first number of pixels, the second sensor being configured to receive red (R) light that is light with a R wavelength band, and a third sensor having a third number of pixels smaller than the first number of pixels, the third sensor being configured to receive blue (B) light that is light with a B wavelength band.

Abstract: A printed wiring board production method that forms a base film and a conductive pattern on the base film by an additive method or a subtractive method, includes a plating process that electroplates the conductive pattern on a surface of the base film, wherein the plating process includes a shield plate arranging process that arranges a shield plate between an anode and a printed wiring board substrate that forms a cathode, and a substrate arranging process that arranges the printed wiring board substrate in a plating tank, and wherein a distance between the shield plate and the printed wiring board substrate is 50 mm or greater and 150 mm or less.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that displays a list screen of thumbnails associated with content, an execution unit that executes any application using the content associated with the thumbnails, and an image generation unit that generates an execution state image showing an execution state of the application by the execution unit, wherein the display control unit displays the execution state image generated by the image generation unit in at least a portion of an area where the list screen is displayed.

Abstract: An absorbent article (1) comprising a top sheet (2), a back sheet (3) and an absorbent body (11) provided therebetween, wherein: the absorbent body (11) comprises plural layers of a sheet member and has a sealed part (14) in which the sheet members are bonded to each other and a non-sealed part (15) in which the sheet members are not bonded to each other, and an absorbent material is disposed in the non-sealed part (15), thereby forming an absorption area (16); the absorbent material disposed in the absorption area (16) contains an absorbent polymer in a proportion of 50 mass % or more the absorption area (16) is provided in a stripe shape extending in the front-rear direction; concave grooves (17) are formed from the top sheet (2) to the absorbent body (11) on one side and the other side in the width direction on a skin facing side of the absorbent article (1); and the concave grooves (17) are arranged such that the entire concave groove (17) overlaps with the absorption area (16) and end portions in the fro