Abstract: A stacking apparatus provided with a flexible conveyor plate (20), a clamp mechanism (25) for holding a sheet-shaped member carried on the conveyor plate (20) against the conveyor plate (20), and an adjustment mechanism able to adjust the degree of curvature of the conveyor plate (20). When stacking a new sheet-shaped member (1) carried on the conveyor plate (20) onto already stacked sheet-shaped members (1), the adjustment mechanism makes the conveyor plate (20) deform from a flat state to a curved state to make the new sheet-shaped member (1) carried on the conveyor plate (20) deform from a flat state to a curved state.

Abstract: An endless belt includes either a single-layer body including a layer including an imide resin and conductive particles, or a multilayer body including the layer as an outermost layer. The ratio y/x of the layer is 0.8992 or more and 1.0157 or less, where x [log ?/?] is the common logarithm of the surface resistivity of the outer peripheral surface of the layer measured with a ring probe when a voltage of 100 V is applied to the layer for 3 seconds at a load of 1 kg, and y [log ?·cm] is the common logarithm of the volume resistivity of the layer measured with a ring probe when a voltage of 100 V is applied to the layer for 5 seconds at a load of 1 kg.

Abstract: Provided is a transfer device that includes an intermediate transfer body which is a first endless belt including a resin and conductive carbon particles and in which in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles that are present in an evaluation region of 6.3 ?m×4.2 ?m on an outer peripheral surface; a first transfer component that first-transfers a toner image formed on a surface of an image carrier to a surface of the intermediate transfer body; and a second transfer component which has a second endless belt disposed so as to face the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer body, which second-transfers the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer body to a surface of a recording medium on the second endless belt.

Abstract: Provided is a laminated battery superior in current collection properties. A laminated battery disclosed herein includes a plurality of power generation elements. Each of the power generation elements includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The laminated battery includes a first collector. The plurality of power generation elements are laid up via the first collector. A dimension of a main surface of the first collector in at least one direction is smaller than a dimension of a main surface of the first electrode layer in the same direction. An insulating adhesive is disposed at a position straddling an edge of the first collector, such that the insulating adhesive bonds a main surface of one of the power generation elements and a main surface of a power generation element adjacent thereto.

Abstract: Provided is a laminated battery that exhibits high volume energy efficiency and allows preventing intrusion of an insulating material between layers during production of the battery. A laminated battery disclosed herein includes a first collector layer, a first electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a second electrode layer and a second collector layer. The first electrode layer opposes the second electrode layer across the solid electrolyte layer. An insulating layer is provided at an edge of the second electrode layer, in at least one edge of the laminated battery.

Abstract: A transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt including a resin and in which in a spatial distribution of conductive carbon particles that are present in an evaluation region of 6.3 ?m×4.2 ?m on an outer peripheral surface, an integrated value of a statistic L(r) in an interparticle distance r of 0.05 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less is 0 or more and 0.1 or less; and a cleaning component including a cleaning blade which contacts the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt and in which a value of M100/Re is 0.25 or more and a value of Re is 25 or more where M100 represents a 100% modulus (MPa) of a contact portion of the cleaning blade contacts the intermediate transfer belt, and Re represents a rebound resilience coefficient (%) of the contact portion: L(r):=?{square root over (K(r)/?)}?r??(1) K ? ( r ) := ? i ? j N ? 1 ? ( ? X i - X j ? ? r ) / s ? ( ? X i - X j ? ) ? 2 .

Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a stacked battery capable of improving a volume energy density while maintaining impact resistance, and a battery module includes a stacked battery. [Solution] The stacked battery 100 includes a power generation element 40 in which a plurality of electrodes 10, 20 and a plurality of separators 30 are alternately stacked, an exterior member 50 configured to accommodate the power generation element, first bonding portions 61 configured to bond the electrodes and the separators, and second bonding portions 62 configured to bond outermost layers 40a of the power generation element and an inner side 50a of the exterior member. The exterior member includes a joint portion 52 where peripheral edge portions 51 of the exterior member are overlapped and joined.

Abstract: An endless belt includes a first resin and first conductive carbon particles. In the spatial distribution of the first conductive carbon particles present in an evaluation region of the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt which has a size of 6.3 ?m×4.2 ?m, the integral of the statistic L(r) represented by Formula (1) below from 0.05 ?m to 0.30 ?m with respect to an interparticle distance r is 0 or more and 0.

Abstract: A stacked battery includes: a power generation element in which a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of separators are alternately stacked; an exterior member in which the power generation element is accommodated together with an electrolytic solution; and a bonding portion configured to bond an outermost layer of the power generation element and an inner side of the exterior member, wherein when the power generation element is viewed in a plan view from a stacking direction in which the electrodes and the separators are stacked, the bonding portion is located outside an effective region contributing to power generation in the power generation element and has a shape in which an outer peripheral edge of the bonding portion is continuous over an entire circumference of the bonding portion.

Abstract: A polyimide resin film includes: a first layer that contains an imide resin, a bond composition ratio of a sum of a C—N bond and a C—O bond to bonds of all C elements that are present in a surface of the first layer being 4 atm % or more, and a second layer that is provided on the surface of the first layer.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate which is configured to suppress the cracking of the current collector and the active material layer at the time of peeling them off from each other, and which is configured to make it easy to recycle and repair them. Disclosed is a laminate comprising a current collector, an active material layer and an electrolyte layer in this order, wherein the current collector and the active material layer adhere to each other in a peelable manner, through a pressure-sensitive adhesive that shows plasticity at normal temperature (15° C. to 25° C.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate that is configured to suppress a deterioration in the all-solid-state battery even if the end part of the anode layer is cracked. The laminate may be a laminate comprising an anode layer, a solid electrolyte layer and a cathode layer in this order, wherein an area in a planar direction of the cathode layer is smaller than an area in a planar direction of the anode layer; wherein an end part of the cathode layer comprises, on the solid electrolyte layer, a thin film part having a smaller thickness than a thickness of a central part of the cathode layer; and wherein the end part of the cathode layer comprises, on the thin film part, a space part formed by a level difference between the thin film part and the central part.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in three or more rows on the substrate, and a light-transmissive member including a cylindrical lens portion having an array of three or more cylindrical lenses arranged parallel to each other along the rows of the light emitting elements so that each of the cylindrical lenses is on one of the three or more rows of light emitting elements. The rows of the light emitting elements are arranged with substantially uniform intervals. The cylindrical lens portion includes first cylindrical lens portions including at least cylindrical lenses at outermost sides of the array, and a second cylindrical lens portion arranged at an inner side of the first cylindrical lens portions and having a height greatest in the cylindrical lens portion.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode laminate for all-solid-state batteries, which is configured to suppress the occurrence of short circuits in all-solid-state batteries and/or to suppress a decrease in the durability of all-solid-state batteries, and which is configured to suppress an increase in the resistance value of all-solid-state batteries. Disclosed is an electrode laminate for all-solid-state batteries, comprising: a current collector complex comprising adhesive portions and a current collector portion that comprises at least a current collector, and an active material layer disposed on the current collector complex, wherein an active material layer-side main surface of the current collector portion and active material layer-side main surfaces of the adhesive portions are formed to be one flat surface, and the current collector portion and the active material layer are attached by the adhesive portions.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus 1 has a leveler 3 which, while pulling out a steel plate starting with one end thereof and while transporting it, corrects the waviness and the like of the steel plate, which serves as a backing plate 2 and is constituted by a continuous strip having a thickness of 0.3 to 2.0 mm and provided as a hoop material by being wound into a coil shape.

Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt having a surface that receives a toner image, a support roller supporting the intermediate transfer belt, and a transfer unit that transfers the toner image from the intermediate transfer belt to a recording medium. The transfer unit includes a transfer belt and a transfer roller disposed opposite the support roller with the transfer belt and the intermediate transfer belt therebetween. The transfer roller has a volume resistance value of one-tenth or less of a system resistance value for a current of 120 ?A between the support roller and the transfer roller.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has improved battery cycle durability and suppresses internal short-circuits. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a power generating element having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator including a resin film having a three-layer structure, a ratio of a rated capacity to a pore volume of a positive electrode active material layer being 2.08 Ah/cc or more, a ratio of a battery area to a rated capacity being 7 cm2/Ah or more, and a rated capacity being 50 Ah or more, in which a value R represented by Formula 1 is 62 to 110: R = Tortuosity ? ? factor × Thickness ? [ µm ] Porosity ( Formula ? ? 1 ) provided that, the average pore diameter is 0.10 to 0.18 ?m, the porosity is 0.43 to 0.65, the air permeability is 140 to 305 sec/100 ml, and the thickness is 11 to 25 ?m.

Abstract: A conductive member includes a conductive substrate; and a conductive elastic layer disposed on the conductive substrate and exhibiting ionic conduction. The conductive elastic layer contains an elastic material, which contains epichlorohydrin rubber, and an anti-aging agent, and the amount of free chlorine ions in the conductive elastic layer is 1 ?g/g or more and 80 ?g/g or less.

Abstract: An operation management apparatus manages an operation plan of a first transporter that transports articles and a second transporter that transports the articles transferred from the first transporter. The operation management apparatus includes: an information acquisition part that acquires first position information indicating a current position of the first transporter, second position information indicating a current position of the second transporter, and destination information indicating a delivery destination of the articles; and an operation management part that creates the operation plan by selecting a relay position to be used from among a plurality of relay positions where the articles transported by the first transporter can be transferred to the second transporter on the basis of the first position information, the second position information, and the destination information.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has improved battery cycle durability and suppresses internal short-circuits. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a power generating element having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator including a resin film having a three-layer structure, a ratio of a rated capacity to a pore volume of a positive electrode active material layer being 2.08 Ah/cc or more, a ratio of a battery area to a rated capacity being 7 cm2/Ah or more, and a rated capacity being 50 Ah or more, in which a value R represented by Formula 1 is 62 to 110: R = Tortuosity ? ? factor × Thickness ? [ µm ] Porosity ( Formula ? ? 1 ) provided that, the average pore diameter is 0.10 to 0.18 ?m, the porosity is 0.43 to 0.65, the air permeability is 140 to 305 sec/100 ml, and the thickness is 11 to 25 ?m.