Abstract: A load applicator includes an elastic mechanism including elastic bodies, a first member configured to move in accordance with contraction of power storage cells, a second member provided opposite to the first member across the elastic mechanism, a switching device, and a restriction member. The elastic mechanism has a first form wherein a first restraint load is applied to a power storage module when the power storage module expands by a first dimension, and a second form wherein a second restraint load larger than the first restraint load is applied to the power storage module when the power storage module expands by the first dimension. The switching device performs an operation switching from the first form to the second form in a case where a restraint load smaller than the first restraint load is applied to the power storage module when the power storage module expands by the first dimension.

Abstract: A treatment system includes: a treatment instrument configured to cut living tissue in a liquid; an endoscope configured to capture an endoscopic image including an image of the treatment instrument and an image of the living tissue; a support data storage configured to store, as support data to support a cutting treatment, at least one of data regarding a posture of the treatment instrument and image data on a location of a treatment section of the treatment instrument; a support data generator configured to generate support data to be displayed on a display based on the support data stored; a controller configured to control the display to display the endoscopic image; and a turbidity detector configured to detect a degree of cloudiness of the liquid.

Abstract: A treatment system includes: a treatment instrument for cutting living tissue in a liquid; and a controller for performing control, prior to cutting the living tissue with the treatment instrument, to suppress reduced visibility of a treatment area due to turbidity in the liquid caused by the cutting of the living tissue based on preparation information regarding cutting preparation for the treatment instrument.

Abstract: A surgical system includes a treatment tool device that performs a treatment on a biological tissue in a liquid. The system includes a detector that detects turbidity information regarding turbidity in the liquid occurring due to the treatment tool device, and a controller configured to control the surgical system based on a detection result of the detector to reduce turbidity by controlling the surgical system in response to the detection result indicating an occurrence of turbidity in the liquid.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol product which has a simple configuration and enables spraying in the form of a mist at the time of use even when a stock liquid is stored in a high-viscosity state in an aerosol container. An aerosol product (100) has a plurality of partitioned housing spaces and a valve unit (120) provided with an inflow port (122) corresponding to the housing space, wherein at least one among the plurality of housing spaces is a main stock liquid housing section (142) that houses a main stock liquid (M), at least one other of the plurality of housing spaces is a viscosity lowering agent housing section (143) that houses a viscosity lowering agent (S), and the main stock liquid (M) discharged from the inflow port (122) and the viscosity lowering agent (S) discharged from the inflow port (122A) are mixed in an actuator (130).

Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment instrument for articulations has a bone abrasion mode in which vibration is performed at a first frequency and a first amplitude, and a cartilage dissolution mode in which vibration is performed at a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency, and a second amplitude which is less than the first amplitude, wherein a first vibration velocity, which is a product of the first frequency and the first amplitude, and a second vibration velocity, which is a product of the second frequency and the second amplitude, coincide or substantially coincide.

Abstract: A ship includes a controller that performs wireless communications with a portable machine possessed by a passenger and a lanyard stop switch. When a lanyard code coupled to the passenger is pulled out, the lanyard stop switch operates to stop an engine of an outboard motor and stop the ship. When the controller detects that the lanyard stop switch operates, that is, detects a possibility that the passenger has fallen overboard, the controller starts wireless communications with the portable machine. The controller determines whether or not a rescue signal needs to be transmitted in accordance with conditions regarding a power density and a frequency of a radio wave of the wireless communications as predetermined conditions for estimating a situation of the passenger.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol product which has a simple configuration and enables spraying in the form of a mist at the time of use even when a stock liquid is stored in a high-viscosity state in an aerosol container. An aerosol product (100) has a plurality of partitioned housing spaces and a valve unit (120) provided with an inflow port (122) corresponding to the housing space, wherein at least one among the plurality of housing spaces is a main stock liquid housing section (142) that houses a main stock liquid (M), at least one other of the plurality of housing spaces is a viscosity lowering agent housing section (143) that houses a viscosity lowering agent (S), and the main stock liquid (M) discharged from the inflow port (122) and the viscosity lowering agent (S) discharged from the inflow port (122A) are mixed in an actuator (130).

Abstract: To easily specify the position of a defect in a separator, a method for producing a separator original sheet (12b) includes the steps of: forming a separator original sheet (12b) including a separator original sheet (12c) and a heat-resistant layer coated on the separator original sheet (12c); detecting a defect (D) in the separator original sheet (12b); and recording information including information on a position of the defect (D) which position is a position in the width direction of the separator original sheet (12b).

Abstract: A drying roller includes: a cylindrical member for drying a separator original sheet, with hot water which is supplied into the cylindrical member and ejected from inside the cylindrical member, the separator original sheet being wrapped on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member; and a discharge pipe for discharging the hot water toward one inner end surface of the cylindrical member, the heating medium being discharged at a position where a distance to the one end surface of the cylindrical member is longer than a distance to the other inner end surface of the cylindrical member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a negative electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, the negative electrode material comprising silicon active material particles containing silicon and nitrogen, the silicon active material particles being capable of occluding and emitting lithium ions, wherein an amount of the nitrogen contained in each silicon active material particle is in the range from 100 ppm to 50,000 ppm, a negative electrode and lithium-ion secondary battery using the material, and a method of producing the material. The negative electrode material is suitable for a lithium-ion secondary battery negative electrode that has high first charge and discharge efficiency and excellent cycle performance and makes the best use of high battery capacity and low volume expansion rate of a silicon material such as a silicon oxide material.

Abstract: A ship includes a controller that performs wireless communications with a portable machine possessed by a passenger and a lanyard stop switch. When a lanyard code coupled to the passenger is pulled out, the lanyard stop switch operates to stop an engine of an outboard motor and stop the ship. When the controller detects that the lanyard stop switch operates, that is, detects a possibility that the passenger has fallen overboard, the controller starts wireless communications with the portable machine. The controller determines whether or not a rescue signal needs to be transmitted in accordance with conditions regarding a power density and a frequency of a radio wave of the wireless communications as predetermined conditions for estimating a situation of the passenger.

Abstract: A gravure roll, in which the outside peripheral surface of a metal roll main body has a plurality of oblique line shaped protrusions forming a prescribed angle with the center axis of the roll main body and the coating liquid can be held in a plurality of oblique line shaped recesses formed between each of the plurality of protrusions, is configured such that the roll main body has a diamond-like carbon layer on the entire outer peripheral surface thereof, a head part for each of the plurality of protrusions is cut down, and each of the plurality of protrusions has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape that becomes gradually narrower in width moving in direction toward the head part. A separator with a uniform weight per unit area can be manufactured wherein the coating liquid is coated onto a base material film using this gravure roll.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound (SiOx where 0.5?x?1.6), the negative electrode active material particles being coated with a carbon coating composed of a substance at least partially containing carbon, the carbon coating having a density ranging from 1.2 g/cm3 to 1.9 g/cm3, the negative electrode active material particles having a characteristic of type II or type III adsorption-desorption isotherm in the IUPAC classification, as obtained by adsorption-desorption isotherm measurement with nitrogen gas. This negative electrode active material can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and battery initial efficiency.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a separator which method less causes a tear in the separator. The method is a method for producing a separator by slitting, in a direction in which a separator original sheet (12b) being porous is conveyed, the separator original sheet (12b) into a plurality of separators (12a), including the steps of: (a) conveying the separator original sheet (12b) in a state where the separator original sheet (12b) is in contact with a roller (77); and (b) slitting the separator original sheet (12b) at a portion where the separator original sheet (12b) is in contact with the roller (77).

Abstract: A drying device includes a first cylindrical member and a second cylindrical member. The first cylindrical member has an outer peripheral surface having a surface temperature that is higher on one width wise side where an end is present than on the other widthwise side where another end is present, whereas the second cylindrical member has an outer peripheral surface having a surface temperature that is lower on the one widthwise side where an end is present than on the other widthwise side where another end is present.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a laminated porous film comprising a porous film substrate and a heat-resistant layer. The method comprises forming a heat-resistant layer mainly comprising a filler on the surface of the porous film substrate by applying a coating slurry comprising a solvent, a binder resin and the filler to the surface of the porous film substrate and then removing the solvent, wherein the coating slurry is prepared so as to have a contact angle of 75° or more with an untreated porous film substrate, and the method comprises conducting surface treatment of a porous film substrate so that the contact angle of the coating slurry with the porous film substrate can be 65° or less before applying the coating slurry to the surface of the porous film substrate.

Abstract: A roll member having an outer circumferential surface in which a plurality of grooves are formed, wherein the plurality of grooves are arranged at an angle relative to a direction parallel to a central axis of the roll member. A coating device for coating a film member with a coating liquid, the coating device comprising the roll member. A separator production device for producing a separator in which a heat-resistant layer is laminated over a substrate. The separator production device comprising the coating device. A secondary battery production device for producing a secondary battery comprising a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a pair of separators that sandwich the positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate therebetween. The secondary battery production device comprising the separator production device.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode material that is suitable for use in a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery having high capacity and excellent cycle characteristics. Also provided are a negative electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery using the same. The negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery comprises a particle that contains silicon and is capable of storing and releasing a lithium ion and that is characterized, in a volume-based distribution as measured with a laser diffraction particle size distribution meter, by (mode diameter—D50)/D50=0.13 or greater and (D90—mode diameter)/D90=0.28 or less, where the mode diameter is the most frequent value in the distribution, D50 is the diameter at 50% accumulation and D90 is the diameter at 90% accumulation.

Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment instrument for articulations has a bone abrasion mode in which vibration is performed at a first frequency and a first amplitude, and a cartilage dissolution mode in which vibration is performed at a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency, and a second amplitude which is less than the first amplitude, wherein a first vibration velocity, which is a product of the first frequency and the first amplitude, and a second vibration velocity, which is a product of the second frequency and the second amplitude, coincide or substantially coincide.