Abstract: A nickel-containing steel plate according to an aspect of the present invention has a chemical composition within a predetermined range, in which an average coarse grain size of prior austenite which is defined as a simple average value of maximum values of equivalent circle diameters of prior austenite grains in each of ten visual fields having an area of 200 ?m2, measured at a ¼t position of the steel plate in a section formed by a rolling direction of the steel plate and a thickness direction of the steel plate is 20 ?m or less, and a tensile strength is 690 MPa to 900 MPa.

Abstract: The invention provides a fullerene compound; a lubricant that is for a magnetic recording medium and that contains the fullerene compound; and a magnetic recording medium. The fullerene compound is an ionic liquid that is represented by general formula (1) and is formed from a Bronsted acid (Hn1X) and a Bronsted base ([R2R3)N—]m1—R1); wherein one of the Brønsted acid and the Broønsted base contains a group having a fullerene; and the other contains a perfluoroalkyl chain.

Abstract: A resin molded product includes: (I) a thermoplastic urethane resin: 80 to 99.9% by weight; and (II) a silicone acrylic graft copolymer resin: 0.1 to 20% by weight, the silicone acrylic graft copolymer resin comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by the specific formula; and (B) an acrylic ester unit or a methacrylic ester unit, wherein a weight ratio of these components is (A):(B)=50:50 to 90:10.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inclined structure extending in an oblique direction from a surface of a base metal includes: forming a base portion by stacking a plurality of build-up layers on the surface of the base metal, each of the plurality of build-up layers being formed by a plurality of beads, the base portion including a reference surface inclined at an opposite side of the oblique direction across a perpendicular line of the surface of the base metal; and forming a projecting portion by stacking a plurality of build-up layers on the reference surface of the base portion, each of the plurality of build-up layers being formed by a plurality of beads, the projecting portion extending in the oblique direction from the base portion.

Abstract: A coating composition contains: (A) 60 to 99% by weight of a urethane-based resin emulsion having film-forming ability in terms of a solid content ratio; and (B) 1 to 40% by weight of a silicone-acrylic graft copolymer resin emulsion having an average particle size of 180 nm or less in terms of a solid content ratio, wherein a weight ratio of a polyorganosiloxane represented by a specific chemical formula to an acrylic acid ester unit or a methacrylic acid ester unit is 30:70 to 99:1.

Abstract: A manner for improving storage stability of a curable resin composition and close adhesion of a cured product to a polycarbonate. The present description relates to a curable resin composition including the following components (A) to (C): component (A): an isocyanate group-containing urethane prepolymer, component (B): a powder of a polyamine compound which is solid at 25° C., and component (C): at least one selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound having an alicyclic structure or a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound having an aromatic ring, a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound having a hydrolyzable silyl group, and a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate compound, where the composition does not substantially include a photoradical initiator.

Abstract: A communication system including a transmission device and a reception device which wirelessly communicate with each other. The transmission device includes a transmission circuit that performs: cyclical transmission of a wake-up signal including a specific pattern; and transmission of data. The reception device includes: a standby circuit that receives a signal, and outputs a detection signal indicating reception of the wake up signal when detecting that the specific pattern is cyclically included in the signal received; and a reception circuit that receives the data from the transmission device after the detection signal is output from the standby circuit.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion composition comprising a silicone and an emulsion of a resin having a film forming property, which emulsion composition may provide a coating agent which effectively exhibits slidability of silicone on a substrate, while maintaining transparency. Another object of the present invention is to provide a laminate having a film made of the coating agent. The present invention provides an emulsion composition comprising (I) an emulsion of a resin having a film forming property in a solid content of 60 to 99.9 parts by mass and (II) an emulsion of a silicone-acrylic core-shell resin in solid content of 0.

Abstract: The invention provides a fullerene compound; a lubricant that is for a magnetic recording medium and that contains the fullerene compound; and a magnetic recording medium. The fullerene compound is an ionic liquid that is represented by general formula (1) and is formed from a Bronsted acid (Hn1X) and a Bronsted base ([R2R3)N—]m1—R1); wherein one of the Brønsted acid and the Broønsted base contains a group having a fullerene; and the other contains a perfluoroalkyl chain.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a chip, a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin. The chip includes an internal circuit and a plurality of pads connected to the internal circuit. The first pin is connected to a first pad among the plurality of pads. The first pin is connected to a power supply provided outside the integrated circuit. The second pin is connected to a second pad among the plurality of pads. The second pin is connected to a ground provided outside the integrated circuit. The third pin is connected to the second pin inside the integrated circuit via a third pad among the plurality of pads. The third pin is insulated from the second pin outside the integrated circuit.

Abstract: A nickel-containing steel plate according to an aspect of the present invention has a chemical composition within a predetermined range, in which an average coarse grain size of prior austenite which is defined as a simple average value of maximum values of equivalent circle diameters of prior austenite grains in each of ten visual fields having an area of 200 ?m2, measured at a ¼t position of the steel plate in a section formed by a rolling direction of the steel plate and a thickness direction of the steel plate is 20 ?m or less, and a tensile strength is 690 MPa to 900 MPa.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a first detection circuits that detect a predetermined partial area from image data separately using a first method and a second method; and second detection circuits that detect a predetermined feature area from data of the detected partial areas. The apparatus selects, as a final detection result of the feature area, one of a detection result of the feature area for the partial area detected using the first method and a detection result of the feature area for the partial area detected using the second method, wherein the partial areas are related to an identical subject.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising 80 to 99.9 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (I), and 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II), a total mass of the thermoplastic resin (I) and the silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II) being 100 parts by mass, wherein a core particle of the silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II) is composed of an organopolysiloxane (A), and a shell layer of the silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II) is composed of a poly (meth) acrylate ester (B), a mass ratio of the organopolysiloxane (A) to the poly (meth) acrylate ester (B) is in a range of 40:60 to 90:10, and a length (?) of the part of a circumference occupied by the poly (meth) acrylate ester in the silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II) accounts for at least 90% of a whole circumferential length (?) of the silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II).

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a thermally conductive moisture-curable resin composition which develops excellent thermal conductivity and peelability after curing. The thermally conductive moisture-curable resin composition contains the following components (A) to (C): component (A): an organic polymer containing two or more hydrolyzable silyl groups; component (B): a thermally conductive filler; and component (C): a silicone compound having a polar group and/or a polar chain at a terminal or a side chain.

Abstract: A torque converter includes first and second dampers disposed in a torque transmission path during lockup, and a dynamic damper attached to the torque transmission path between the first and second dampers. The dynamic damper includes an inertial rotating body having a weight member mounted on an outer peripheral part of an inertia plate sandwiched between a pair of retaining plates, and an elastic member provided between the inertia plate and the retaining plates. A claw part is provided on one of the retaining plates disposed on a side opposite to the clutch constituent member with respect to the inertia plate. The first damper spring is sandwiched between the claw part and the clutch constituent member, and an elongated hole is formed in the inertia plate, the elongated hole extending lengthwise in a peripheral direction of the inertia plate while the claw part is inserted through the elongated hole.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a protection circuit includes first and second power lines, first and second controllers, a first transistor, and a detector. The first controller includes a first resistor element, a capacitor, first, second, and third inverters. The second controller includes third transistor. One end of the third transistor is coupled to the second power line. The other end of the third transistor is coupled to each of the output end of the first inverter and the input end of the second inverter.

Abstract: A redox flow battery which includes a battery cell to which a positive-electrode electrolyte and a negative-electrode electrolyte are supplied; a plurality of positive-electrode electrolyte tanks that store the positive-electrode electrolyte; a plurality of negative-electrode electrolyte tanks that store the negative-electrode electrolyte; a positive-electrode electrolyte tank switching device that switches a positive-electrode electrolyte tank among the plurality of positive electrolyte tanks; a negative-electrode electrolyte tank switching device that switches a negative-electrode electrolyte tank among the plurality of negative-electrode electrolyte tanks; a polarity switching unit that switches the polarity of the electrodes of the battery cells; and a controller for controlling switching the polarity of the electrodes, switching of the plurality of positive-electrode electrolyte tanks and switching of the plurality of negative-electrode electrolyte tanks.

Abstract: In a power transmission device, a dynamic damper is provided in a power transmission path having at least one damper disposed therein, and has an inertial rotating body that can rotate relative to a transmission rotating member forming part of the power transmission path, and a dynamic damper spring that can provide connection between the transmission rotating member and the inertial rotating body. A preset load is applied to the dynamic damper spring in a non-transmitting state of the power transmission path. The dynamic damper spring is supported on either one of the transmission rotating member and the inertial rotating body so as to apply the preset load to the dynamic damper spring in the non-transmitting state, and a gap is set in a rotational direction in the non-transmitting state between the dynamic damper spring and an other one of the transmission rotating member and the inertial rotating body.

Abstract: A communication system including a transmission device and a reception device which wirelessly communicate with each other. The transmission device includes a transmission circuit that performs: cyclical transmission of a wake-up signal including a specific pattern; and transmission of data. The reception device includes: a standby circuit that receives a signal, and outputs a detection signal indicating reception of the wake up signal when detecting that the specific pattern is cyclically included in the signal received; and a reception circuit that receives the data from the transmission device after the detection signal is output from the standby circuit.

Abstract: A resin molded product includes: (I) a thermoplastic urethane resin: 80 to 99.9% by weight; and (II) a silicone acrylic graft copolymer resin: 0.1 to 20% by weight, the silicone acrylic graft copolymer resin comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by the specific formula; and (B) an acrylic ester unit or a methacrylic ester unit, wherein a weight ratio of these components is (A):(B)=50:50 to 90:10.