Abstract: A method for fulfilling a work task request using a modular autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes transmitting a work task request specifying a work request to be performed by the modular autonomous vehicle, and identifying equipment required for performing the work task request. Once the work task request is stored at a server, the method further includes identifying information of the equipment required for performing the work task request, and determining whether equipment of the modular autonomous vehicle corresponds to the equipment required for assigning the work task to the modular autonomous vehicle. Method also includes, upon receiving in-cabin sensing data, assigning or denying the work task to the modular autonomous vehicle for performance of the work task.

Abstract: A poppet-type EGR valve includes: a housing that includes a flow passage; a valve seat; a valve body allowed to be seated on the valve seat; a valve shaft on which the valve body is provided at one end section thereof; and a drive unit reciprocally driving the valve shaft. The flow passage has an inlet and an outlet and includes a bent passage portion that is bent downstream from the valve seat in a direction perpendicular to the direction toward the inlet. The bent passage portion includes at least one of a section in which the passage area is constant and a section in which the passage area increases toward the downstream direction, and does not include a section in which the passage area decreases toward the downstream direction. In the section in which the passage area increases toward the downstream direction, the passage area changes gradually.

Abstract: This EGR valve system is provided with a valve assembly, and a plurality of housing adapters. The valve assembly is provided with a housing including a flow passage, a valve seat provided in the flow passage, a valve element provided in the flow passage in such a way as to be capable of seating against the valve seat, a valve shaft on which the valve element is provided, and a driving unit for driving the valve shaft. The housing adapters include assembly holes, inlet flow passages which communicate with the assembly holes, and outlet flow passages. One of the housing adapters is selectively combined with the valve assembly, the housing of the valve assembly is assembled in the assembly hole of the selected housing adapter. In this assembled state, the inlet flow passage communicates with an inlet port, and the outlet flow passage communicates with an outlet port.

Abstract: An EGR valve device including a housing including a flow passage, a valve element that opens and closes the flow passage, a valve shaft to which the valve element is provided, and an outer housing including an assembly hole for the housing and other flow passages. When the housing is assembled in the assembly hole, an inlet and an outlet of the flow passage communicate with the other flow passages, and seal members are provided between the housing and the outer housing near the inlet and near the outlet. Assembly grooves are formed in the outer surface of the housing. A portion of each of the seal members that correspond to the assembly grooves has either an outer shape matching the shape of the assembly grooves or a shape formed by addition of a tightening margin to the outer shape.

Abstract: An EGR valve device equipped with: a housing which contains a flow passage; a valve element for opening and closing the flow passage; a valve shaft to which the valve element is provided; and a mating member which includes an assembly hole in which the housing is assembled, and also includes another flow passage. The flow passage is connected to the other flow passage while the housing is assembled in the assembly hole of the mating member, and a sealing member is provided in at least one location between the outer surface of the housing and the inner surface of the assembly hole. The sealing member includes a vibration-reducing part which has a vibration-reducing function and is formed from an elastic material, and also includes a sealing part which has a sealing function.

Abstract: An EGR valve includes: an inner housing including a flow passage; a valve element which opens and closes the flow passage; a valve shaft on which the valve element is provided; an outer housing in which the inner housing is assembled; and a drive unit which drives the valve shaft. The flow passage of the inner housing includes an inlet and an outlet. The outer housing includes an assembly hole and separate flow passages. When the inner housing is assembled in the assembly hole, the inlet and the outlet of the inner housing communicate with the separate flow passages of the outer housing; an inlet sealing member is provided between the inner housing and the outer housing to correspond to the periphery of the inlet; and an outlet sealing member is provided between the inner housing and the outer housing to correspond to the periphery of the outlet.

Abstract: A poppet-type EGR valve includes: a housing that includes a flow passage; a valve seat; a valve body allowed to be seated on the valve seat; a valve shaft on which the valve body is provided at one end section thereof; and a drive unit reciprocally driving the valve shaft. The flow passage has an inlet and an outlet and includes a bent passage portion that is bent downstream from the valve seat in a direction perpendicular to the direction toward the inlet. The bent passage portion includes at least one of a section in which the passage area is constant and a section in which the passage area increases toward the downstream direction, and does not include a section in which the passage area decreases toward the downstream direction. In the section in which the passage area increases toward the downstream direction, the passage area changes gradually.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation valve that includes a recirculation passage through which the exhaust gas flows; a valve seat press-fitted onto an inner surface of the recirculation passage; a valve body configured to sit on the valve seat; and a shaft extending through an inside and outside of the recirculation passage and fixed to the valve body and configured to move the valve body relative to the valve seat, in which corrosion-resistant coating is not provided on a portion of the inner surface of the recirculation passage that contacts a peripheral surface of the valve seat, and the corrosion-resistant coating is provided on another portion of the inner surface of the recirculation passage that contacts an end surface of the valve seat in a direction of press-fitting.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation valve that includes a recirculation passage through which the exhaust gas flows; a valve seat press-fitted onto an inner surface of the recirculation passage; a valve body configured to sit on the valve seat; and a shaft extending through an inside and outside of the recirculation passage and fixed to the valve body and configured to move the valve body relative to the valve seat, in which corrosion-resistant coating is not provided on a portion of the inner surface of the recirculation passage that contacts a peripheral surface of the valve seat, and the corrosion-resistant coating is provided on another portion of the inner surface of the recirculation passage that contacts an end surface of the valve seat in a direction of press-fitting.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor element having a first terminal surface on which a first terminal is disposed and a first rear surface on which no terminal is disposed; a second semiconductor element having a second terminal surface on which a second terminal is disposed and a second rear surface on which no terminal is disposed, the second rear surface being bonded to the first rear surface; a terminal member having a surface set substantially flush with the second terminal surface; and a conductive wire connecting the terminal member and the first terminal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip of a multilayer wiring structure having an insulating film formed on a surface thereof, multiple electrode pads formed at a central part and an outer peripheral part of the insulating film, and multiple protective metal layers formed respectively on the electrode pads. The semiconductor device also includes a substrate having the semiconductor chip mounted thereon and including multiple substrate terminals formed on a surface thereof respectively in positions corresponding to the electrode pads. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate by connecting a stud bump to a solder bump. The stud bump is formed on any one of each of the protective metal layers and each of the substrate terminals and the solder bump is formed on the other one of each of the protective metal layers and each of the substrate terminals.

Abstract: A pigment-dispersed composition includes (a) a high-molecular compound containing at least one kind of repeating unit selected from repeating units each represented by the following Formula (I) or (II), (b) a pigment, and (c) an organic solvent, wherein, in Formulae (I) and (II), R1 to R6 each represent a hydrogen atom or another group; X1 and X2 each represent —CO—, —C(?O)O—, —CONH—, —OC(?O)—, or a phenylene group; L1 and L2 each represent a single bond or a divalent organic linking group; A1 and A2 each represent a monovalent organic group; m and n each represent an integer of from 2 to 8; and p and q each represent an integer of from 1 to 100. Also disclosed is a pigment-dispersed composition containing (A) a graft high-molecular polymer in which acrylic acid is copolymerized at a proportion of from 5% by mass to 30% by mass in the main chain thereof, (B) a pigment, and (C) an organic solvent.

Abstract: Provided are a processed pigment excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability, a pigment-dispersed composition excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability of a pigment that uses the processed pigment, a colored photosensitive composition using the pigment-dispersed composition, and a color filter having improved color properties that uses the colored photosensitive composition, in which a pigment is covered with at least one of a specific polymer compound selected from the following (SP-1) to (SP-3); (SP-1) A polymer compound having a heterocycle on a side chain, (SP-2) A graft polymer compound having a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 100000, (SP-3) A polymer compound represented by the following formula (3-1), wherein, RC, RD, A1 and P1 respectively represent an organic linkage group, a single bond or a divalent organic linkage group, a monovalent organic group containing such as an organic dye structure, and a polymer skeleton.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a pigment dispersion composition including (A) an organic pigment, (B) a pigment derivative represented by Formula (I) below and (C) a polymer compound having a pigment-adsorptive functional group; a curable color composition including the pigment dispersion composition, a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator; and a color filter having a color region formed using the curable color composition and a method for producing the same. Q represents an organic colorant residue; A represents an ethylene group or the like; and R represents a hydroxyl group or a group represented by —NH-A-Z; Z represents —SO3H, —COOH or a salt thereof; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 4. When R represents —NH-A-Z, the structures represented by the two —NH-A-Zs bonded to the triazine ring contained in each of the n partial structures bonded to Q may be the same as each other or different from each other.

Abstract: A pigment-dispersed composition includes (a) a high-molecular compound containing at least one kind of repeating unit selected from repeating units each represented by the following Formula (I) or (II), (b) a pigment, and (c) an organic solvent, wherein, in Formulae (I) and (II), R1 to R6 each represent a hydrogen atom or another group; X1 and X2 each represent —CO—, —C(?O)O—, —CONH—, —OC(?O)—, or a phenylene group; L1 and L2 each represent a single bond or a divalent organic linking group; A1 and A2 each represent a monovalent organic group; m and n each represent an integer of from 2 to 8; and p and q each represent an integer of from 1 to 100. Also disclosed is a pigment-dispersed composition containing (A) a graft high-molecular polymer in which acrylic acid is copolymerized at a proportion of from 5% by mass to 30% by mass in the main chain thereof, (B) a pigment, and (C) an organic solvent.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor element having a first terminal surface on which a first terminal is disposed and a first rear surface on which no terminal is disposed; a second semiconductor element having a second terminal surface on which a second terminal is disposed and a second rear surface on which no terminal is disposed, the second rear surface being bonded to the first rear surface; a terminal member having a surface set substantially flush with the second terminal surface; and a conductive wire connecting the terminal member and the first terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a pigment dispersion composition including (A) an organic pigment, (B) a pigment derivative represented by Formula (I) below and (C) a polymer compound having a pigment-adsorptive functional group; a curable color composition including the pigment dispersion composition, a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator; and a color filter having a color region formed using the curable color composition and a method for producing the same. Q represents an organic colorant residue; A represents an ethylene group or the like; and R represents a hydroxyl group or a group represented by —NH-A-Z; Z represents —SO3H, —COOH or a salt thereof; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 4. When R represents —NH-A-Z, the structures represented by the two —NH-A-Zs bonded to the triazine ring contained in each of the n partial structures bonded to Q may be the same as each other or different from each other.

Abstract: A pigment-dispersion composition, which has: a graft polymer having an acid group and organic pigment particles formed by mixing a solution in which an organic pigment is dissolved in a good solvent with a poor solvent for the organic pigment, the poor solvent having compatibility with the good solvent.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip of a multilayer wiring structure having an insulating film formed on a surface thereof, multiple electrode pads formed at a central part and an outer peripheral part of the insulating film, and multiple protective metal layers formed respectively on the electrode pads. The semiconductor device also includes a substrate having the semiconductor chip mounted thereon and including multiple substrate terminals formed on a surface thereof respectively in positions corresponding to the electrode pads. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate by connecting a stud bump to a solder bump. The stud bump is formed on any one of each of the protective metal layers and each of the substrate terminals and the solder bump is formed on the other one of each of the protective metal layers and each of the substrate terminals.

Abstract: Provided are a processed pigment excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability, a pigment-dispersed composition excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability of a pigment that uses the processed pigment, a colored photosensitive composition using the pigment-dispersed composition, and a color filter having improved color properties that uses the colored photosensitive composition, in which a pigment is covered with at least one of a specific polymer compound selected from the following (SP-1) to (SP-3); (SP-1) A polymer compound having a heterocycle on a side chain, (SP-2) A graft polymer compound having a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 100000, (SP-3) A polymer compound represented by the following formula (3-1), wherein, RC, RD, A1 and P1 respectively represent an organic linkage group, a single bond or a divalent organic linkage group, a monovalent organic group containing such as an organic dye structure, and a polymer skeleton.