Abstract: A display device includes a signal line driver, provided in a peripheral area of a display panel, that outputs video signals, a signal selection circuit that distributes the video signals output from the signal line driver among signal lines connected to pixels, and a plurality of connection lines that make connection between the signal line driver and the signal selection circuit, and a shield layer made of the same material as second transparent electrodes that are pixel electrodes on a layer above the plurality of connection lines in an area excluding the signal selection circuit.

Abstract: A tool changer includes a holding member having a tool change arm disposed thereon, a rotation mechanism rotating the holding member at a first rotation speed in normal and reverse directions, a forward/backward movement mechanism moving the holding member forward and backward at a first forward/backward movement speed, and a controller comparing a first difference as a difference between a command value for the rotation and an output value of an encoder with a first threshold. When the first difference is equal to or greater than the first threshold, a rotational speed of the holding member is chained to a second rotation speed slower than the first rotation speed. Alternatively, when the first difference is less than the first threshold, the rotational speed of the holding member is maintained at the first rotation speed.

Abstract: Provided is a gas generator including the housing with a gas discharge port. The housing has a circular shape and includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and a peripheral wall, the housing having a ratio of an axial length L to an outer diameter D satisfying L/D?1.1. The gas discharge port includes first opening portions having low burst pressure (P1) of the closing member and second opening portions having burst pressure (P2) higher than the burst pressure (P1).

Abstract: To make the dimension of an electrostatic protection circuit small with the same maintained high in sensitivity. The electrostatic protection circuit is of the configuration that a first diode and a second diode are connected in series, wherein a semiconductor layer owned by each diode is configured to be sandwiched between a gate electrode and a conductive light shielding film. The light shielding film is formed to overlap with the semiconductor layer and has a wider area than the semiconductor layer. This results in having a gate covering the semiconductor layer from an upper side and a back gate covering the semiconductor layer from a lower side, so that the sensitivity can be maintained high irrespective of decreasing the electrostatic protection circuit in dimension.

Abstract: A first clamp circuit (4) clamps a voltage between a gate and a first terminal of a switching device (Q1) to equal to or lower than a first clamp voltage. A control circuit (2) controls the switching device (Q1) and includes a driving unit (5) driving the switching device (Q1), an abnormality detecting unit (9) stopping the driving unit (5) upon detection of an abnormality in operation, and a second clamp circuit (10). The second clamp circuit (10) clamps the voltage between the gate and the first terminal to equal to or lower than a second clamp voltage which is lower than the first clamp voltage when the abnormality detecting unit (9) stops the driving unit (5).

Abstract: Provided is a gas generator including a housing including a top plate, a bottom plate, and a peripheral wall, the bottom plate being axially opposite the top plate, and the peripheral wall including a gas discharge port and being located between the top plate and the bottom plate. In the gas generator, an internal space of the housing is separated into a first combustion chamber and a second combustion chamber by a partition wall axially and radially partitioning the internal space of the housing, the first combustion chamber being formed to accommodate a first gas generating agent and being on the top plate side, and the second combustion chamber being formed to accommodate a second gas generating agent and being on the bottom plate side. A first igniter and a second igniter are disposed at the bottom plate, the first igniter being configured to burn the first gas generating agent, and the second igniter being configured to burn the second gas generating agent.

Abstract: An ejector for ejecting a combustion product including, an igniter including an ignition charge and an ignition portion, a pyrotechnic agent, and a cup made of metal, the cup including a bottom surface and a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall being contiguous with a peripheral edge of the bottom surface and disposed to surround the ignition portion, the cup further including an accommodating space accommodating therein the pyrotechnic agent, the bottom surface of the cup including a through hole being defined by a plurality of through-hole peripheral edges, and the adjacent through-hole peripheral edges being connected together at a predetermined connection point, and the through hole including a narrow part, in which a width of the through hole defined by each of parts of the two through-hole peripheral edges of the plurality of through-hole peripheral edges decreases gradually with an increasing distance from a center of the bottom surface toward the peripheral edge of the bottom surface, and the narrow p

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a laminated film on a support substrate and inside a portion of an outer edge of the support substrate in plan view and including a piezoelectric thin film, an IDT electrode on the laminated film, an insulating layer on the support substrate and the laminated film and extending from a region above the support substrate to a region above the laminated film, a connecting electrode on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the IDT electrode, and an external connection terminal electrically connected to the connecting electrode and disposed directly on or above the connecting electrode and outside a region where the laminated film is on the support substrate. A principal surface of the support substrate on the laminated film side includes a recess at an outer edge of the laminated film, and the recess is covered with the insulating layer.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a high-acoustic-velocity film, a low-acoustic-velocity film provided on the high-acoustic-velocity film, a piezoelectric layer provided on the low-acoustic-velocity film, and an IDT electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer. An acoustic velocity of bulk waves propagating through the high-acoustic-velocity film is higher than an acoustic velocity of acoustic waves propagating through the piezoelectric layer. An acoustic velocity of bulk waves propagating through the low-acoustic-velocity film is lower than an acoustic velocity of bulk waves propagating through the piezoelectric layer. The low-acoustic-velocity film includes a material including hydrogen atoms.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a high-acoustic-velocity film, a piezoelectric layer provided directly or indirectly on the high-acoustic-velocity film, an IDT electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer, and a dielectric film provided on the piezoelectric layer to cover the IDT electrode. An acoustic velocity of bulk waves propagating through the high-acoustic-velocity film is higher than an acoustic velocity of acoustic waves propagating through the piezoelectric layer. The dielectric film includes a material including hydrogen atoms.

Abstract: A gas generator including, an igniter, a housing made of metal and including a gas discharge port and a combustion chamber for burning a solid gas generating agent, the solid gas generating agent being filled at a position where the solid gas generating agent can be burned by actuation of the igniter, and the housing being configured to accommodate the igniter and an isolating member including an isolating wall interposed, inside the housing, between the gas generating agent disposed in the combustion chamber and a bottom surface and a side surface of the combustion chamber, the isolating wall being made from a predetermined resin material and being in contact with the gas generating agent to apply a predetermined holding force to the gas generating agent.

Abstract: A gas generator including an igniter, a combustion chamber, and a restriction part, the igniter including an accommodating chamber accommodating an explosive therein, an ignition portion provided in the accommodating chamber, and a separating part including a pressure receiving surface, the separating part being configured to be separable from the igniter and movable in a predetermined direction, the combustion chamber being configured to burn a gas generating agent filled outside the accommodating chamber, by the combustion of the explosive, the restriction part provided in a predetermined position in the predetermined direction from the igniter and restricting a movement of the separating part, and the separating part including a guide that directs the combustion product of the explosive by the pressure receiving surface toward the igniter, in a state where the movement of the separating part in the predetermined direction is restricted by the restriction part.

Abstract: A steel with high hardness and excellent toughness contains, in mass %, 0.55-1.10% C, 0.10-2.00% Si, 0.10-2.00% Mn, 0.030% or less P, 0.030% or less S, 1.10-2.50% Cr, and 0.010-0.10% Al, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The structure of the steel after quenching is a dual phase structure of martensitic structure and spheroidized carbide. Spheroidized cementite particles with an aspect ratio of 1.5 or less constitute at least 90% of all cementite particles. The proportion of the number of spheroidized cementite particles on the prior austenite grain boundaries to a total number of cementite particles is 20% or less.

Abstract: To make the dimension of an electrostatic protection circuit small with the same maintained high in sensitivity. The electrostatic protection circuit is of the configuration that a first diode and a second diode are connected in series, wherein a semiconductor layer owned by each diode is configured to be sandwiched between a gate electrode and a conductive light shielding film. The light shielding film is formed to overlap with the semiconductor layer and has a wider area than the semiconductor layer. This results in having a gate covering the semiconductor layer from an upper side and a back gate covering the semiconductor layer from a lower side, so that the sensitivity can be maintained high irrespective of decreasing the electrostatic protection circuit in dimension.

Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a lamination layer film including a piezoelectric thin film on a support substrate. The lamination layer film is not partially present in a region located in an outer side portion of a region where IDT electrodes are provided. A first insulation layer extends from at least a portion of a region where the lamination layer film is not present to an upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film. A wiring electrode has a width of about 6 ?m and extends from the upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film to an upper portion of the first insulation layer, and extends onto a section of the first insulation layer in the region.

Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a lamination layer film including a piezoelectric thin film on a support substrate. The lamination layer film is not partially present in a region located in an outer side portion of a region where IDT electrodes are provided. A first insulation layer extends from at least a portion of a region where the lamination layer film is not present to an upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film. A wiring electrode extends from the upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film to an upper portion of the first insulation layer, and extends onto a section of the first insulation layer in the region.

Abstract: A gas generator, includes an igniter, a housing provided with a gas discharge port, and including a combustion chamber to burn a gas generating agent, the igniter being shifted from a center of a cluster of the gas generating agent, an isolating part surrounding at least a portion of the cluster of the gas generating agent, and forms, between the isolating part and a predetermined area, a gas flow space serving and a plurality of communicating parts that are provided in the isolating part and connect the combustion chamber and the gas flow space, a portion of the plurality of communicating parts allowing a combustion product generated by combustion of the gas generating agent disposed proximal to the igniter to flow into the gas flow space, and another portion of the plurality of communicating parts allowing a combustion product flowing through the gas flow space to flow out toward the gas generating agent disposed distal to the igniter.

Abstract: An end of a high-voltage electrode (5) is connected to a high-voltage terminal of a semiconductor device (1). An end of a low-voltage electrode (6) is connected to a low-voltage terminal of the semiconductor device (1). A resin (15) seals the semiconductor device (1), the end of the high-voltage electrode (5), and the end of the low-voltage electrode (6). A first discharge electrode (16) is provided to a portion of the high-voltage electrode (5) not covered by the resin (15). A second discharge electrode (17) is provided to a portion of the low-voltage electrode (6) not covered by the resin (15). The first and second discharge electrodes (16,17) protrude to face each other.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ballast water treatment device including a bypass pipe having both ends connected to a ballast pipe which is connected to a ballast tank and through which ballast water flows, the bypass pipe being configured to allow a part of ballast water flowing through the ballast pipe to form a divided flow from the ballast pipe and to allow the divided flow to be merged with the ballast pipe, a chemical holding part in which a chemical is stored and a chemical pipe configured to connect the chemical holding part and the bypass pipe with each other and supplies the chemical from the chemical holding part to the ballast pipe.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon recovery method for recovering a production fluid containing hydrocarbons from a production well provided in the seabed in which microorganisms that produce carbon dioxide or sulfate ions for promoting a deposition of calcium carbonate exist, the method includes: an injecting process of injecting, into the production well, a composition used for producing carbon dioxide or sulfate ions by the microorganisms; a decompressing process of decompressing an inside of the production well after the composition is injected; and a recovering process of recovering the hydrocarbons in a state in which the inside of the production well is decompressed.