Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element evaluation apparatus includes: a probe light source that irradiates a photoelectric conversion element as the object of measurement with probe light; a pump light source that irradiates the photoelectric conversion element being irradiated with the probe light with pulsed pump light; and a light receiving element that detects time dependency of a change in an amount of the probe light obtained from the photoelectric conversion element.

Abstract: A highly reliable indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus prevents condensation water from dripping from an end portion of an up-down airflow direction louver on the downstream side of an airflow. There are provided a casing having an air inlet and an air outlet and including a heat exchanger and an air-sending fan inside the casing; and an up-down airflow direction louver that is disposed at the air outlet and controls the up-down direction of air from the air outlet. The airflow direction louver includes first and second plates joined together and a water absorber at an end portion of the airflow direction louver on the downstream side of the airflow that passes along the airflow direction louver. The water absorber is held between the first and second plates. A portion of the water absorber is exposed.

Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing forming an outer frame. The casing includes a lower right-side panel, a right bottom panel, a lower left-side panel, and a left bottom panel. The lower right-side panel, the right bottom panel, the lower left-side panel, and the left bottom panel each include a panel provided with a void through which pipes are drawn out and a panel without the void, The lower right-side panel, the right bottom panel, the lower left-side panel, and the left bottom panel with or without the void are selectively attached to the indoor unit.

Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus capable of preventing crazing, which occurs in a fixing claw or a claw receiver due to intrusion of oil or solvent. The indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a rear casing and a front casing. An upper wall is formed, and an overlap portion is formed. The fixing claw is provided, and the claw receiver is provided. The upper wall has a front portion on a front side with respect to the fixing claw, and the claw receiver protrudes rearward from the overlap portion. A recessed portion which is opened upward is formed on a front side of the claw receiver of the overlap portion.

Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a wire attachment part on which a wire is placed, a wire retainer configured to retain the wire placed on the wire attachment part, a wall part provided on one lateral side of the wire attachment part, and having a plurality of opening ports each configured to receive a protrusion part formed at one end of the wire retainer, a plurality of boss parts provided on the other lateral side of the wire attachment part, and having heights different from each other, the wire retainer having the other end to be fastened to any one of the plurality of boss parts, and a fastener configured to fasten the wire retainer to the one of the plurality of boss parts.

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: an air purifying filter including a filter body for air purification, a pair of bearing units, and a pair of protrusions that extend outward from the filter body; and an air filter for dust collection including a pair of shaft units coupled with the respective bearing units, and a pair of supports accommodating the respective protrusions. The protrusions are placed into the respective supports from the direction of the respective shaft units.

Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus including a rectangular front panel provided on a front surface side of an indoor unit body. The rectangular front panel is constructed such that a design panel is mounted to a front surface side of a base panel, that a flange of the design panel is received in a groove portion of the base panel, and that first fitting portions of the base panel and second fitting portions of the design panel are fitted to each other.

Abstract: A communication device constitutes part of an apparatus and communicates with other apparatuses. The communication device includes a case having an opening; a plurality of indicator lamps accommodated in the case, at a position corresponding to the opening; and an indicator lamp cover that is provided so as to be slidable in a direction in which the plurality of indicator lamps are arranged and that is used to adjust an opening degree of the opening.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit to be mounted on a wall includes: a front panel provided on a front side of an indoor unit main body; and a design cover formed of a transparent component and mounted so as to cover the front side of the front panel. The design cover includes a rectangular flat portion and peripheral wall portions provided at side portions of the flat portion and projecting on a back side of the flat portion. A plurality of projections each of which extends continuously from a left end portion of the flat portion to a right end portion of the flat portion in a front view, or a plurality of recesses each of which extends continuously from the left end portion of the flat portion to the right end portion of the flat portion, are provided on a back side of the flat portion, and the projections or the recesses are aligned in an up-down direction. A pearl coating is provided on a back side of the design cover, and a background color coating is further provided on the pearl coating.

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioning device which is installed on a wall surface of a room includes an air sending fan which sends room air from an air inlet disposed at an upper part to an air outlet disposed at a lower part of a front side; heat exchangers disposed at the upstream side of the air sending fan; and a back case which is located close to the wall surface with respect to the air sending fan and supports the heat exchangers, wherein the back case is composed of an air outlet passage wall member which forms an air outlet passage for air blown out from the air sending fan and an installation member which is located on a back side of the air outlet passage wall member and is mounted on an installation plate which is fixed on the wall surface with the air outlet passage wall member and the installation member being arranged in parallel in the front and back direction, and a first space is formed between a back surface of an air outlet passage wall of the air outlet passage wall member and the instal

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a front panel arranged on a front side of an indoor unit body and having a flat shaped front surface; and a design cover mounted on a front side of the front panel and including an upper design cover and a lower design cover formed separately from the upper design cover, the front panel including: a recess formed to be recessed from the front side to a back side in a center of the front panel in an up-and-down direction in front view, and extending from an inner side of a left end portion of the front panel to an inner side of a right end portion of the front panel; an air inlet formed below the recess; a left-hand recess side portion; and a right-hand recess side portion. The left-hand recess side portion is flat and flush with flat surfaces above and below the left-hand recess side portion, the right-hand recess side portion is flat and flush with flat surfaces above and below the right-hand recess side portion.

Abstract: A film-forming method for forming a film in a film-forming apparatus includes generating first gas molecular species and second gas molecular species by causing the first source gas and the second source gas accumulated in the accumulation mechanisms to pass through respective instantaneously-heating units, sharply raising partial pressure of the first gas molecular species and partial pressure of the second gas molecular species by projectingly supplying the first gas molecular species and the second gas molecular species to the reaction chamber in which the substrate has been placed, which has been depressurized, and which has a constant capacity; bringing the first gas molecular species or the second gas molecular species into reaction by alternately repeatedly guiding the first gas molecular species or the second gas molecular species to a surface of the substrate, and forming a compound film on the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a thermistor fixing structure capable of facilitating insertion of a thermistor into a temperature sensitive cylinder, and preventing the thermistor from easily dropping off the temperature sensitive cylinder. In a thermistor fixing structure (4000), a fixture (400) for pressing a thermistor (80) against an inner surface of a temperature sensitive cylinder (90) includes an inner bending section (20) formed at one end portion (12) of a longitudinal section (10) so as to function as a stopper for the thermistor (80) inserted into the temperature sensitive cylinder (90) from a cylinder insertion end (95), an outer bending section (50) formed at the one end portion (12) of the longitudinal section (10) so as to be opposed to a cylinder stop end (94), and an inner folding section (30) and an outer folding section (60) formed at another end portion (13) of the longitudinal section (10) so as to sandwich a cylinder top surface of the temperature sensitive cylinder (90).

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing having a wall extending in a horizontal direction, and a front panel covering at least a part of a front side of the wall. On a region of the wall covered by the front panel, an opening leading to a front end of a space in which a network repeater for wirelessly communicating with a network is to be contained is formed. The opening is configured to be exposed in a state in which a whole or a part of the front panel is removed or opened.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates and guide patterns provided at a periphery of one substrate of the pair of substrates. The guide patterns include a first projection, a second projection on the first projection, a pair of third projections provided on each side of the first and second projections, and a pair of fourth projections formed on the pair of third projections respectively. A seal material is provided on the guide patterns and covering at least one of the first projection and the second projection, and a liquid crystal layer is provided in an area partitioned by the pair of substrates and the seal material.

Abstract: A present invention provide a technique for easily forming a high-quality cobalt base film, which have a small specific resistance. The present invention comprises a transportation process of a Co[i-C3H7NC(C2H5)N-i-C3H7]2, and a film formation process by decomposition of the Co[i-C3H7NC(C2H5)N-i-C3H7]2. The film formation process comprises at least a first film formation process and a second film formation process. In the first film formation process, a film formation chamber is supplied with at least NH3 and/or NH3 product compound, and is not virtually supplied with H2. In the second film formation process, the film formation chamber is supplied with at least NH3 and/or NH3 product compound, and H2. An internal pressure of the film formation chamber in the first film formation process is higher than an internal pressure of the film formation chamber in the second film formation process.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element evaluation apparatus includes: a probe light source that irradiates a photoelectric conversion element as the object of measurement with probe light; a pump light source that irradiates the photoelectric conversion element being irradiated with the probe light with pulsed pump light; and a light receiving element that detects time dependency of a change in an amount of the probe light obtained from the photoelectric conversion element.

Abstract: An engaging clutch for respectively transmitting power from a sewing machine motor to a drive shaft driving a stitch forming device including the looper at the time of the stitch formation or to the gas supply source at the time of the looper threading comprises a structure which is moved to one of a gas supply drive member which transmits the power to the gas supply source and a stitch forming drive member which is fastened to one end of the drive shaft and transmits the power to the stitch forming device so that approach/separation becomes free depending on a manual operation of a looper threading/stitch forming changeover manual operating portion and transmits the power from the sewing machine motor through a clutch hollow shaft and retains a connecting state when connecting to the gas supply drive member.

Abstract: In the gaming machine, an effect producing unit is disposed behind the opened door which protrudes laterally outside the side face plane of the cabinet. The effect producing unit is disposed in the space between the cabinets of adjacent gaming machines so that the space can be efficiently utilized. In addition, the effects of the gaming machine can be enhanced since the effect producing unit produces the attractive effects to a game.

Abstract: In the gaming machine, an effect producing unit is disposed behind the opened door which protrudes laterally outside the side face plane of the cabinet. The effect producing unit is disposed in the space between the cabinets of adjacent gaming machines so that the space can be efficiently utilized. In addition, the effects of the gaming machine can be enhanced since the effect producing unit produces the attractive effects to a game.