Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided with a header that has a body section formed in a cylindrical shape and a divider that divides an internal space in the body section. In a state in which the body section and the divider are combined with each other, plate distal end portions of a pair of side plate portions of the divider do not protrude from a pair of respective insertion portions of the body section toward an outside of the body section. The plate distal end portions are deformed in such a state that walls of the plate distal end portions are spread out such that end faces of the plate distal end portions each form a V-shaped groove, and are in engagement with inner walls of the pair of respective insertion portions inside through holes defined by the pair of respective insertion portions.

Abstract: A porous carbon that has an extremely high specific surface area while being crystalline, and a method of manufacturing the porous carbon are provided. A porous carbon has mesopores 4 and a carbonaceous wall 3 constituting an outer wall of the mesopores 4, wherein the carbonaceous wall 3 has a portion forming a layered structure. The porous carbon is fabricated by mixing a polyamic acid resin 1 as a carbon precursor with magnesium oxide 2 as template particles; heat-treating the mixture in a nitrogen atmosphere at 1000° C. for 1 hour to cause the polyamic acid resin to undergo heat decomposition; washing the resultant sample with a sulfuric acid solution at a concentration of 1 mol/L to dissolve MgO away; and heat-treating the noncrystalline porous carbon in a nitrogen atmosphere at 2500° C.

Abstract: There are provided an aqueous electrolyte solution having an extended potential window, in particular, an aqueous electrolyte solution whose potential window is further wider than those exhibited by conventional concentrated aqueous electrolyte solutions, and an aqueous electrolyte solution in which the cycle characteristics can be improved. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution capable of achieving a higher energy density is provided, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution containing easily available and inexpensive materials and having further improved characteristics. One aqueous electrolyte solution of the present embodiment contains a salt of at least one selected from the group consisting of sodium, magnesium, potassium and lithium, and a chaotropic additive. One other non-aqueous electrolyte solution of the present embodiment contains a salt of at least one selected from the group consisting of sodium, magnesium, potassium and lithium, and a chaotropic additive.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gearing device for a seat including a first internally toothed gear, a second internally toothed gear, an externally toothed gear, and an eccentric member. The first internally toothed gear includes a rotation center axis. The second internally toothed gear has the rotation center axis in common with the first internally toothed gear and is rotatably supported by the first internally toothed gear. The externally toothed gear is arranged to an inner side of the first and the second internally toothed gear, to thereby mesh with the first and the second internally toothed gears. The eccentric member rotates the externally toothed gear such that a rotation center thereof follows a path around the rotation center axis, rotatably supports the externally toothed gear about the rotation center, and rotates about the rotation center axis in response to a rotational force being externally input thereto.

Abstract: To provide an aqueous sodium ion secondary battery which can achieve a high electrochemical capacity as compared with a known sodium ion secondary battery having an aqueous electrolytic solution. An aqueous sodium ion secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, an electrolytic solution and a separator, wherein the cathode has at least a cathode active material containing at least a sodium transition metal polyanion represented by the formula Na3-xMPO4CO3 (M is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Ni and Co, and x is 0 or more and 2 or less), and the electrolytic solution is an aqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: To provide a sodium transition metal polyanion suitable as a cathode active material of a sodium secondary battery, and a simple method for producing it. A sodium transition metal polyanion, which has a purity of 90 mass % or higher, has a crystallite size of 90 ? or longer and 400 ? or shorter, and is represented by the formula Na3-xMPO4CO3 (M is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Ni and Co, and 0?x?2).

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first row of flat tubes, a second row of flat tubes, a first header causing first ends of the flat tubes in the first row in a first direction to communicate with each other, a second header causing first ends of the flat tubes in the second row in the first direction to communicate with each other, and a third header that causes the second ends to communicate with each other and connects the first and second rows to cause refrigerant to flow between the first header and the second header. The flat tubes are arranged outside a space between the segments of the third header. A stress-absorbing part is provided in at least a bending target portion of one of the first header and the second header subjected to larger stress from the bending than the other one of the first header and the second header.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a regeneration method capable of sufficiently restoring the catalytic performance of a solid catalyst used in a dehydration reaction of lactic acid and derivatives thereof. The present invention relates to a method for regenerating a solid catalyst used in a dehydration reaction of lactic acid and derivatives of lactic acid, the method including a contacting step of bringing a solid catalyst containing a component that forms a molten salt in the presence of steam into contact with oxygen and steam under pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gearing device for a seat including a first internally toothed gear, a second internally toothed gear, an externally toothed gear, and an eccentric member. The first internally toothed gear includes a rotation center axis. The second internally toothed gear has the rotation center axis in common with the first internally toothed gear and is rotatably supported by the first internally toothed gear. The externally toothed gear is arranged to an inner side of the first and the second internally toothed gear, to thereby mesh with the first and the second internally toothed gears. The eccentric member rotates the externally toothed gear such that a rotation center thereof follows a path around the rotation center axis, rotatably supports the externally toothed gear about the rotation center, and rotates about the rotation center axis in response to a rotational force being externally input thereto.

Abstract: From distance measurement data obtained by a distance measurement, according to a moving body approximate ellipses and quadratic functions along an xy-axis and yx-axis are calculated. An approximate ellipse close to the shoulder width and thickness of a user is selected, and quadratic functions having the smallest approximation error to the distance measurement data are selected. Thus, the position and orientation of the user are estimated from the selected approximate curves. That is, if an approximate curve based on one shape or coordinate system does not match the user, the position and orientation of the user are estimated from an approximate curve based on another shape or coordinate system. Therefore, even if the positional relation between the distance measurement sensor and user changes variously, the position and orientation of the user can be detected.

Abstract: An object is to provide a graphite-copper composite electrode material that is capable of reducing electrode wear to a practically usable level and to provide an electrical discharge machining electrode using the material. A graphite-copper composite electrode material includes a substrate comprising a graphite material and having pores, and copper impregnated in the pores of the substrate, the electrode material having an electrical resistivity of 2.5 ??m or less, preferably 1.5 ??m or less, more preferably 1.0 ??m or less. It is desirable that the substrate comprising the graphite material have an anisotropy ratio of 1.2 or less. It is desirable that an impregnation rate ? of the copper in the electrode material is 13% or greater. It is desirable that the substrate comprising the graphite material have a bulk density of from 1.40 Mg/m3 to 1.85 Mg/m3.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a regeneration method capable of sufficiently restoring the catalytic performance of a solid catalyst used in a dehydration reaction of lactic acid and derivatives thereof. The present invention relates to a method for regenerating a solid catalyst used in a dehydration reaction of lactic acid and derivatives of lactic acid, the method including a contacting step of bringing a solid catalyst containing a component that forms a molten salt in the presence of steam into contact with oxygen and steam under pressure.

Abstract: A vehicle body having three or more wheels including at least a steered wheel with a trail and a pair of wheels provided in the vehicle width direction; an operation input part inputting a turning direction; an inclining part inclining the body; and a steered wheel controller controlling the steered wheel steering angle. When the vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined speed, it travels in a first mode in which the steered wheel controller controls the steered wheel steering angle according to an operation input part input, and the inclining part inclines the body according to an operation input part input. When the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the predetermined speed, it travels in a second mode in which the steered wheel controller makes the steered wheel freely turnable, and the inclining part inclines the body according to an input from the operation input part.

Abstract: A molding method of a sand mold including a hardened layer in a predetermined thickness range from an outer layer part, includes: forming a cavity and a filling opening of a die so that a dimension, which is a largest dimension between two intersections of straight lines passing through a section of a boundary portion between the cavity and the filling opening of the die, with respect to an outside line of the section, is less than a predetermined ratio with respect to a thickness dimension of that part of a product portion of the sand mold from which a blowing opening molded in the filling opening projects, the product portion being formed by the cavity of the die; and filling foamed sand into the cavity from the filling opening of the die.

Abstract: A molding method of a sand mold including a hardened layer in a predetermined thickness range from an outer layer part, includes: forming a cavity and a filling opening of a die so that a dimension, which is a largest dimension between two intersections of straight lines passing through a section of a boundary portion between the cavity and the filling opening of the die, with respect to an outside line of the section, is less than a predetermined ratio with respect to a thickness dimension of that part of a product portion of the sand mold from which a blowing opening molded in the filling opening projects, the product portion being formed by the cavity of the die; and filling foamed sand into the cavity from the filling opening of the die.

Abstract: A vehicle body having three or more wheels including at least a steered wheel with a trail and a pair of wheels provided in the vehicle width direction; an operation input part inputting a turning direction; an inclining part inclining the body; and a steered wheel controller controlling the steered wheel steering angle. When the vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined speed, it travels in a first mode in which the steered wheel controller controls the steered wheel steering angle according to an operation input part input, and the inclining part inclines the body according to an operation input part input. When the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the predetermined speed, it travels in a second mode in which the steered wheel controller makes the steered wheel freely turnable, and the inclining part inclines the body according to an input from the operation input part.

Abstract: In a data transfer apparatus, a data coupling unit includes a command transfer unit that outputs a write address based on transfer requests input from a bus master, a judgment result indicating whether data corresponding to the input transfer requests are continues, and a judgment result indicating whether a size after coupling exceeds an arbitrary burst length. The data coupling unit includes a buffer unit that retains the data input from the bus master according to the write address, a buffer management unit that retains information used by the data coupling unit to couple the transfer requests, and a coupled command transfer unit that generates a transfer request after coupling, having a data size less than or equal to the arbitrary burst length and a start address based on the arbitrary burst length.

Abstract: [Task] There is provided a mold release agent for forming a water glass-containing sand mold with high release properties which can prevent attachment of a water glass to a flask and the accumulation of the water glass on the flask in the formation of the sand mold when using the water glass as a binder. [Solution] The mold release agent for forming the water glass-containing sand mold is structured to contain an organic compound, the organic compound having a proton-donating functional group that reacts with the water glass to produce silicon dioxide. The water glass contained in a raw material for the sand mold reacts with the proton-donating functional group contained in the mold release agent so as to produce silicon dioxide. Since silicon dioxide has no adhesion, it can prevent that the attachment (fixing) of the water glass contained in a formed sand mold to the flask and the accumulation of the water glass on the flask.

Abstract: An object is to provide a graphite-copper composite electrode material that is capable of reducing electrode wear to a practically usable level and to provide an electrical discharge machining electrode using the material. A graphite-copper composite electrode material includes a substrate comprising a graphite material and having pores, and copper impregnated in the pores of the substrate, the electrode material having an electrical resistivity of 2.5 ??m or less, preferably 1.5 ??m or less, more preferably 1.0 ??m or less. It is desirable that the substrate comprising the graphite material have an anisotropy ratio of 1.2 or less. It is desirable that an impregnation rate ? of the copper in the electrode material is 13% or greater. It is desirable that the substrate comprising the graphite material have a bulk density of from 1.40 Mg/m3 to 1.85 Mg/m3.

Abstract: A processor includes a plurality of processing units. A plurality of first arbitration units each arbitrate request signals output from at least two of the processing units to generate a first arbitration signal. A second arbitration unit arbitrates first arbitration signals output from the first arbitration units to generate a second arbitration signal. A plurality of clock controllers, arranged in correspondence with the first arbitration units, each generate a clock signal supplied to a corresponding first arbitration unit and the processing units coupled to the corresponding first arbitration unit. A control unit determines whether or not to operate each processing unit in accordance with an operation state of the processor and generates control information according to the determination result. Each of the clock controllers supplies or stops the clock signal or changes a frequency of the clock signal in accordance with the control information.