Abstract: An optical member includes an optical element and a diffusion portion. In the optical element, a refracting portion disposed in a central portion and a reflecting portion disposed on both sides of the refracting portion extend in a predetermined direction. The diffusion portion is provided in at least one of a region corresponding to an emitted light flux from the refracting portion of the optical element and a region corresponding to an emitted light flux from the reflecting portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure addresses the problem of providing a method for imparting liquid repellency to fibers even when the amount of water and/or a surfactant is reduced, preferably without using water and/or a surfactant. Provided is a method for producing liquid-repellent fibers, the method comprising a fiber treatment step in which supercritical carbon dioxide is used as a treatment medium and a fiber base material is treated with a repellent containing a liquid-repellent compound, whereby liquid repellency can be imparted to the fibers even when the amount of water and/or a surfactant is reduced, preferably without using water and/or a surfactant.

Abstract: Improving the coercive force of magnets used in a rotary electric machine by arranging magnets such that a q-axis side portion is located on an outer diameter side with respect to a d-axis side portion, and a magnet thickness Ti on an inner diameter side (d-axis side) of a rotor core is formed to be larger than a magnet thickness To on the outer diameter side (q-axis side) of the rotor core. An axial space is formed in the magnets such that when the lateral cross section of each of the magnets is divided into an outer diameter side region112o and an inner diameter side region112i in a manner that the lateral cross section areas are equal to each other with a circumference C around a rotation center as a boundary, and a space density of the axial space in the inner diameter side region112i is larger than a space density of the axial space in the outer diameter side region112o.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve cooling capability of a bus bar with a simple system. An electric system includes a motor unit including a stator and a rotor, the motor unit being cooled by a refrigerant, an inverter unit that supplies electric power to a winding of the stator, a wiring portion that transmits electric power output from the inverter unit to the motor unit, and a pipe that supplies or discharges a refrigerant to or from the motor unit. The pipe is provided at a position at which the wiring portion can exchange heat with an oily medium cooled by the pipe.

Abstract: The present invention provides the compound, 3-[(1S,2S)-1-[5-[(4S)-2,2-Dimethyloxan-4-yl]-2-[(4S)-2-(4-fluoro-3,5-dimethylphenyl)-3-[3-(4-fluoro-1-methylindazol-5-yl)-2-oxoimidazol-1-yl]-4-methyl-6,7-dihydro-4H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridine-5-carbonyl]indol-1-yl]-2-methylcyclopropyl]-4H-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-one, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound.

Abstract: An electrical insulator has a tooth insertion hole defined by an inner wall of the electrical insulator and is configured to be fitted onto a radially extending tooth of a stator core such that the tooth is located in the tooth insertion hole. At least two opposing surfaces of the tooth insertion hole have axial-, radial- and/or circumferentially-extending projections configured to abut an opposing side of the tooth in the tooth insertion hole to at least substantially prevent relative movement between the tooth and the electrical insulator while making it easier to insert the tooth into the tooth insertion hole without damaging the tooth.

Abstract: A printing device includes a casing that houses a carriage; a state indicator configured to indicate a non-grounded state in which the casing is not grounded; and a preventer configured to prevent the carriage from moving when the state indicator indicates the non-grounded state.

Abstract: An image generation device and an image irradiation device equipped with the image generation device are provided, which are capable of improving the position accuracy of an image generation unit and a first mirror, and achieving miniaturization of the first mirror. The image generation device for generating a predetermined image includes: an image generation unit configured to emit light for generating the predetermined image; a first mirror configured to reflect the light; and a bracket for attaching the image generation unit. The first mirror is held by the bracket.

Abstract: A cutting device including: a cutting blade; a tape setting stage on which a tape member is to be mounted; and at least one processor. In producing a masking tape by cutting out a pattern selected by a user from the tape member mounted on the tape setting stage with the cutting blade, the at least one processor detects a region of a nail based on an image of a fingertip acquired with a camera, and adjusts a position at which the pattern is to be cut out such that the pattern is located within a region to be applied to the region of the nail having been detected.

Abstract: A compound represented by a formula (I) or a salt thereof; and a herbicide containing at least one selected from them as an active ingredient: wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, and Q represents a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 10-membered heterocyclyl group.

Abstract: A picture generation apparatus includes: a light source substrate on which a light source is mounted; an optical member through which light emitted from the light source is transmitted; a display device configured to form, by the light transmitted through the optical member, light for generating a predetermined picture; a heat sink configured to dissipate heat generated from the light source substrate; and a lens holder configured to hold the optical member. The lens holder includes first engagement portions, and the heat sink includes second engagement portions. Each of the first engagement portions and a respective one of the second engagement portions are fixed to each other, so that the light source substrate is positioned and fixed in a state of being interposed between the lens holder and the heat sink.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rotary electric machine in which damage of a magnet is suppressed and cooling performance of the magnet is improved. The present invention includes a rotation shaft 21, a rotor 20, and core end members 204 and 205 connected to end portions of the rotor 20. The rotor 20 includes a magnet 201, a rotor core 200, and interposed members 301a and 301b interposed between the magnet 201 and the rotor core 200. In the rotor core 200, a magnet insertion hole 202 for disposing the magnet 201 and flux barriers 203a and 203b are formed. The rotation shaft 21 is provided with a first flow path 21a through which a refrigerant flows. The core end members 204 and 205 are provided with a second flow path 504a joining the first flow path 21a and the flux barrier 203a.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a structure capable of stably holding a bonded magnet into a magnet insertion part of a rotor core. A rotor of a rotating electrical machine includes a bonded magnet 112, an elastic member 113 having a bent part 113a, and a rotor core provided with a magnet storage part storing the bonded magnet 112 and the elastic member 113. The elastic member 113 is embedded in the bonded magnet 112 in a state where at least a part of the bent part 113a is exposed from the bonded magnet 112, and an exposed part 113c of the bent part 113a from the bonded magnet 112 comes into contact with an inner wall of the magnet storage part 114 and elastically deforms.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the holding power of magnets used in the rotary electric machine. In a lateral cross section, magnets 112-1, 112-2 are arranged such that a q-axis side portion is located on an outer diameter side with respect to a d-axis side portion, and a magnet thickness Ti on an inner diameter side (d-axis side) of a rotor core 111 is formed to be larger than a magnet thickness To on the outer diameter side (q-axis side) of the rotor core 111. An axial space 120 is formed in the magnets 112-1, 112-2.

Abstract: To provide a technique for performing company evaluation with a non-conventional new approach, the present invention provides a processing apparatus 10 including a grouping unit 11 that groups a plurality of reference targets, based on a financial indicator for a target period, a technical indicator relating to a change on a temporal axis of a financial indicator for the target period and earlier, and an expert indicator generated by processing a financial indicator for the target period according to a predetermined rule.

Abstract: To provide a technique for performing a company evaluation by a new unprecedented technique, the present invention provides an information provision apparatus 10 including: a reception unit 12 that receives an input that selects at least one from among a plurality of pieces of material information being a material for evaluating a target company; and an output unit 11 that outputs, when a plurality of pieces of the material information are selected, a screen that displays a plurality of selected pieces of the material information side by side.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an inverter integrated motor that achieves both improvement in cooling performance of a current sensor and downsizing of an entire device. An inverter integrated motor includes: a power module that converts a direct current into an alternating current; a flow path forming body that is formed so as to flow and cover a refrigerant in the power module; an inverter that installs the power module and the flow path forming body inside; a current sensor that detects the alternating current; and a motor that houses a stator and a rotor, wherein the power module is disposed at a position facing a rotation shaft of the motor via the stator and the rotor, and the current sensor 13 is disposed between the flow path forming body and a coil end of the stator when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft, and at least a part of the current sensor is housed in a motor housing.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve cooling capability of a bus bar with a simple system. An electric system includes a motor unit including a stator and a rotor, the motor unit being cooled by a refrigerant, an inverter unit that supplies electric power to a winding of the stator, a wiring portion that transmits electric power output from the inverter unit to the motor unit, and a pipe that supplies or discharges a refrigerant to or from the motor unit. The pipe is provided at a position at which the wiring portion can exchange heat with an oily medium cooled by the pipe.

Abstract: A printing device includes a casing that houses a carriage; a state indicator configured to indicate a non-grounded state in which the casing is not grounded; and a preventer configured to prevent the carriage from moving when the state indicator indicates the non-grounded state.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide alkali metal salt powder having high purity while suppressing reduction in yield due to thermal decomposition, etc. The method for producing a bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide alkali metal salt powder according to the present invention comprises precipitating a bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide alkali metal salt by conducting distillation using a thin-film evaporator while adding a poor solvent for the bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide alkali metal salt such as an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent and a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent to a solution formed by dissolving the bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide alkali metal salt in a good solvent for the bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide alkali metal salt such as an ester solvent and nitrile solvent.