Abstract: Provided is a composition for sealing a covered wire, the composition containing 2-cyanoacrylate including 10% by mass or more of an alkyl-2-cyanoacrylate that has, in a main chain, an alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms, and the composition having both water resistance and thermal shock resistance under high temperature and high humidity conditions and also having excellent heat resistance.

Abstract: A receiving section configured to receive a usage application message containing use start time of a vehicle intended for car sharing and a rent-out place of the vehicle, an identification section configured to, based on a current position of a transporter vehicle that is able to transport the vehicle, identify the transporter vehicle that reaches the rent-out place by the use start time, a first sending section configured to send a move instruction message to the transporter vehicle identified by the identification section to instruct the transporter vehicle to move to the rent-out place, and a second sending section configured to send information on the vehicle that is being transported by the transporter vehicle identified by the identification section to a source from which the usage application message is sent, are provided.

Abstract: A drive-condition setting device applied to an optical scanning apparatus having a fiber and an actuator that vibrates a distal end of the fiber, the drive-condition setting device detects a scan pattern of the illumination light output from the fiber, measures resonance frequencies in the x direction and the y direction of the fiber, sets a drive frequency and a drive voltage based on the resonance frequencies such that conditional expressions below are satisfied: when fx>fy, fd<fy and Vx?Vy (1) or fd>fx and Vx?Vy (2), and when fx?fy, fd<fx and Vx?Vy (3) or fd>fy and Vx?Vy (4) where fd denotes the drive frequency, Vx denotes a maximum voltage of a X direction drive signal, and Vy denotes a maximum voltage of a y direction drive signal.

Abstract: The present invention is an adhesive composition that is characterized by containing (A) a modified polyolefin resin and (B) an epoxy compound, and is also characterized in that: the modified polyolefin resin (A) is obtained by graft modifying a polyolefin resin with use of a modifying agent that contains an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof; the content of the epoxy compound (B) is 1-20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the modified polyolefin resin (A); and the epoxy compound is composed of two or more types of epoxy compounds.

Abstract: Provided is a scanning endoscope system including: an illumination-light emitting portion that is inserted into a body of a patient and that emits illumination light emitted from a light-source portion toward an imaging subject in the body in a spot-like manner; a light scanner that scans the illumination light on the imaging subject; and a light detector that is disposed at a body surface of the patient, and that detects reflected light coming from the scanning position in the imaging subject, at which the illumination light is scanned by the light scanner.

Abstract: A probe is connected to an ultrasonic transducer configured to generate ultrasonic vibration. The probe includes an elongated main body portion, and a cylindrical engagement portion. The main body portion includes is configured to transmit the ultrasonic vibration. The ultrasonic vibration is input to the engagement portion. The engagement portion includes: a connection portion that is connected to the ultrasonic transducer, and a holding cylindrical portion that is continuous to the connection portion, and that holds the proximal end portion of the main body portion.

Abstract: An adhesive composition, which exhibits excellent adhesion to base films made from polyimide resins and the like or copper foils, as well as superior electrical properties, and a laminate having an adhesive layer, which is low in warpage when the adhesive layer is in the B stage, and which is excellent in storage stability of the laminate, are provided.

Abstract: The flame-retardant adhesive composition contains a styrene-based elastomer containing a carboxyl group, an epoxy resin, and a phosphorus-containing oligomer including a structural unit represented by general formula (1), and the epoxy resin content is 1-20 parts by mass and the phosphorus-containing oligomer content is 10-50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the styrene-based elastomer containing carboxyl groups. (wherein, R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, n is an integer of 1-20.

Abstract: An optical-scanning-type observation probe is provided with: an imaging optical system that illumination light scanned by an optical scanner enters and that focuses the illumination light in the form of a spot, multiple times; a projection optical system that emits illumination light coming from a focus position focused by the imaging optical system, toward a subject in the form of a spot; and a light-receiver that is provided independently of the imaging optical system and the projection optical system and that receives reflected light of the illumination light, the reflected light coming from the subject, via a light path different from that of the imaging optical system and the projection optical system.

Abstract: A contact state estimating device includes: a first and a second electrode brought into contact with an object to be measured; a direct current voltage supply unit; a signal switching unit configured to switch a first pathway through which the direct current voltage supply unit supplies direct current voltage to the first electrode and an output signal from the second electrode is output and a second pathway through which the direct current voltage supply unit supplies direct current voltage to the second electrode and an output signal from the first electrode is output to each other; and a contact state estimating unit configured to estimate a contact state of the first electrode or the second electrode with the object , based on the output signal acquired at a timing at which a pulse noise is anticipated to occur in association with switching between the first pathway and the second pathway.

Abstract: A reactor is provided which can be reduced in size, can prevent falling off of the temperature sensor and can make accurate temperature detection. The reactor comprises: an annular core 10; a resin member 20 covering a periphery of the annual core 10; a coil 5 attached to an outer circumference of the resin member 20; and a temperature sensor 9 inserted into a gap between the resin member 20 and the coil 5. The temperature sensor 9 has a columnar temperature detection portion 9a, and at least a part of the temperature detection portion 9a is sandwiched by the resin member 20 and the coil 5 in close contact.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is provided which exhibits not only adhesiveness to a polyimide film or copper foil, but also high adhesiveness to gold-plated copper foil, and is also superior in heat resistance such as soldering heat resistance. The adhesive composition comprises a solvent-soluble polyamide resin (A) which is solid at 25° C., an epoxy resin (B), and an imidazole compound (C) having an alkoxysilyl group, wherein the mass ratio (A)/(B) of the component (A) to the component (B) is 99/1-50/50, and the content of the component (C) is 0.3-5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total of the component (A) and the component (B).

Abstract: A scanning-type device includes: an optical fiber; a vibration unit vibrating a distal end of the optical fiber in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber; an outer tube accommodating the optical fiber and the vibration unit; and a support member supporting the vibration unit in the outer tube, the vibration unit having: a piezoelectric element expanding and contracting in the longitudinal-axis direction of the optical fiber; and a cylindrical vibration transmitting member disposed between the piezoelectric element and the optical fiber and transmitting expansion and contraction vibrations of the piezoelectric element to the optical fiber; the support member has a V-groove extending along a longitudinal axis of the outer tube to support the vibration transmitting member; and an outer surface of a section of the vibration transmitting member supported by the V-groove is a cylindrical surface extending along the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber.

Abstract: A probe configured to be connected to a transducer unit configured to generate ultrasonic vibration, includes an elongated vibration transmission portion configured to transmit the ultrasonic vibration; and an engagement member provided on and/or near an outer circumference at a position which becomes a node of the ultrasonic vibration when the ultrasonic vibration is transmitted to the vibration transmission portion, the engagement member being formed by a material of an identical to or smaller damping rate than a damping rate of the ultrasonic vibration in the vibration transmission portion, and the engagement member being engaged with an exterior member disposed on an outer side of the vibration transmission portion.

Abstract: An attachment coating method including, mixing a conductive attachment into an insulating liquid, immersing an attachment target in the insulating liquid in which the attachment is mixed, and applying ultrasonic vibration to the insulating liquid in which the attachment target is immersed and causing friction between the attachment target and the attachment to charge the attachment target and the attachment.

Abstract: The ultrasonic treatment instrument for articulations according to the embodiment of the present invention includes, at the distal end of the probe, the treatment section which performs a desired treatment on the treated target part. The treatment portion is provided with an edge which extends in a direction crossing, or a direction parallel to, the longitudinal direction of the probe; a first ultrasonic transducer which generates ultrasonic vibration in a direction crossing the edge; and a second ultrasonic transducer which generates ultrasonic vibration in a direction parallel, to the edge.

Abstract: The treatment section integrally includes, on the distal side of a probe, a cortical bone abrasion portion which abrades a living body tissue or a bone among treated target parts by mechanical abrasion by ultrasonic vibration, and a cartilage abrasion portion which generates heat by ultrasonic vibration and abrades a cartilage among the treated target parts by dissolutive abrasion.

Abstract: A vibration generating unit includes an element unit, and the element unit includes a piezoelectric element generating an ultrasonic vibration by being supplied with electric power. A proximal-side fixing member abuts on the element unit from a proximal direction side and a distal-side fixing member abuts on the element unit from a distal direction side such that the element unit is sandwiched between the proximal-side fixing member and the distal-side fixing member in a longitudinal direction. The distal-side fixing member has a greater acoustic impedance than the proximal-side fixing member.

Abstract: A method of measuring scanning characteristics of an optical scanning apparatus allows measurement of scanning characteristics of an actuator. The method includes bringing a tip of the optical scanning apparatus and a chart for measuring scanning characteristics closer together and irradiating illumination light with the actuator in a non-driven state, separating the tip and the chart for measuring scanning characteristics by a predetermined distance while maintaining the relative orientations thereof, and adjusting a drive signal of the actuator so that a scanning area of the illumination light on the chart for measuring scanning characteristics can form a desired shape. At least one of an angle of deviation and a viewing angle is measured using an irradiation position of the illumination light on the chart for measuring scanning characteristics.

Abstract: A reactor includes a core, a resin cover provided around the core, and a coil disposed around the core at the external side of the resin cover. The coil includes a conductive wire having a self-fusing layer formed on the surface of the conductive wire, and the adjoining conductive wire portions are bonded together by the self-fusing layer. The resin cover includes a bonding portion provided at a part of the resin cover and facing the end portion of the coil, and the end portion of the coil are bonded with the resin cover by an adhesive at the bonding portion.