Abstract: To provide a fuel cell system configured to appropriately measure the AC impedance of a fuel cell. A fuel cell system wherein the controller controls ON and OFF of the switches of n phases; wherein the controller operates the switches of the n phases at different phases, and the controller operates the switches of the n phases at the same duty ratio; wherein the controller operates the switches of the n phases at different duty ratios, when the controller determines that a specific condition is met; and wherein the controller measures the AC impedance of the fuel cell from the current waveform and voltage waveform of the fuel cell.

Abstract: A lane departure prevention apparatus (17) has: a departure preventing device (172) for preventing a vehicle (1) from departing from a driving lane by controlling at least one of a steering apparatus (142) and a braking apparatus (13) selected on the basis of a state of the vehicle, when it is determined that the vehicle may depart from the driving lane; and a determining device for determining whether or not an abnormality condition that it is difficult for a person to normally drive the vehicle is satisfied, the departure preventing device prevents the vehicle from departing from the driving lane by controlling the braking apparatus even if the state of the vehicle is not a predetermined state in which the departure preventing device should prevent the vehicle from departing from the driving lane by controlling the braking apparatus, when it is determined that the abnormality condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A fuel cell unit includes: a fuel cell stack in which a plurality of fuel cells are stacked; an electrical device; and a bus bar electrically connecting between a terminal of the fuel cell stack and a terminal of the electrical device. The bus bar includes a non-joined portion in which a plurality of metal plates are stacked without being joined to each other. The plurality of metal plates include a first metal plate and a second metal plate thicker than the first metal plate.

Abstract: Provided is an electric compressor that can ensure necessary stiffness for stacked members including a supporting plate and a control board, without increasing the number of components. An inverter circuit portion of an inverter-equipped electric compressor includes busbars 6a (61, 62, and 63) that are each formed by a thin plate member made of metal and that each constitutes part of the wiring of the inverter circuit portion, and includes a plate-like supporting plate 6b that is formed by a resin member molded integrally with the busbars 6a. Each of the busbars 6a (61, 62, and 63) has an embedded portion (a U-phase embedded portion 611, a V-phase embedded portion 621, or a W-phase embedded portion 631) that is embedded in the supporting plate 6b.

Abstract: A composite material includes a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers. The total number of the first and second layers is 5 or more. The first and second layers are stacked alternately in the thickness direction of the composite material, such that the first layer is located at each of the first and second surfaces. The first layers are formed from a metal material containing copper as a main component. The second layer includes a molybdenum plate and a coper filler. The molybdenum plate has first and second faces that are each an end face in the thickness direction, and a plurality of openings extending through the molybdenum plate from the first face to the second face.

Abstract: To provide a fuel cell system configured to suppress the occurrence of partial fuel gas deficiency in a fuel cell. A fuel cell system wherein at least one injector selected from the group consisting of a first injector and a second injector is driven by duty ratio control to maintain a fuel gas pressure to the fuel cell within a predetermined range, in accordance with an output current value; wherein a controller determines whether or not the output current value is larger than a predetermined first threshold; and wherein, when the controller determines that the output current value is larger than the predetermined first threshold, the controller drives the first injector by duty ratio control, and the controller drives the second injector by duty ratio control to open a valve of the second injector at least while a valve of the first injector is closed.

Abstract: A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target to a target temperature that changes with lapse of time. The system includes: a first adjustment apparatus that includes a first tank that stores a first heat transfer medium, adjusts the temperature of the first heat transfer medium to a first set temperature, and supplies the temperature-adjusted first heat transfer medium; a first circulation circuit through which the first heat transfer medium flows from the first adjustment apparatus to a first flow-through path and returns to the first adjustment apparatus; an adjustment section that adjusts an amount of heat supplied from the first flow-through path to the control target; a memory that stores a relation between the lapse of time and the target temperature; and a controller.

Abstract: A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target. The system includes: a first circulation circuit through which a first heat transfer medium circulates; a second circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and through which a second heat transfer medium circulates; and a third circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit and through which a third heat transfer medium circulates. The third heat transfer medium has a usable temperature range wider than usable temperature ranges of the first heat transfer medium and the second heat transfer medium.

Abstract: To provide a power conversion device configured to evenly pass current through phases and to achieve high power conversion efficiency in a wide current range. A power conversion device comprising conversion parts which are coupled in parallel to each other, which are capable of voltage conversion, and each of which includes a coil, wherein the power conversion device comprises M (M is a natural number of 2 or more) sets of conversion sets including the conversion parts of N phases (N is a natural number of 2 or more), and the coils of the conversion parts are capable of magnetic coupling to each other; wherein the power conversion device includes a controller configured to change a driving phase number X of the conversion parts according to a system requirement.

Abstract: An increase in a payment burden of a warranty provider to a supplier due to unpredictable parts failure is prevented while maintaining a normal commercial flow. A warranty provider computer is provided with a first notification unit, a second notification unit, and a third notification unit. The supplier computer is provided with a management unit for managing an amount of a pooled fund to be appropriated for the payment of a billing amount of an invoice and configured to add an amount of money corresponding to a first payment to the amount of the pooled fund when the occurrence of the first payment is notified, add the amount of money corresponding to the second payment to the amount of the pooled fund when the occurrence of the second payment is notified, and subtract a billing amount of the invoice from the amount of the pooled fund when the issuance of the invoice is notified.

Abstract: In a seal-type thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, the total thickness thereof is 250 ?m or less, a seal portion has a layered structure in which a pressure-adhesive layer, a seal portion substrate, and a receiving layer are layered in this order from a release portion side. A release portion has a layered structure in which a surface resin layer, a release portion paper substrate, and a back face resin layer are layered in this order from a seal portion side. One or both of the seal portion substrate and the surface resin layer includes a layer made of polyethylene terephthalate is 50 ?m or more. The sum of the thickness of the seal portion substrate and the thickness of the surface resin layer is four times or more the thickness of the back face resin layer, and the thickness of the back face resin layer is 20 ?m or more.

Abstract: A projector includes a first light modulator configured to emit first image light beam, a second light modulator configured to emit second image light beam, a prism configured to combine the first image light beam and the second image light beam with each other, a first metal member configured to couple the first light modulator and the prism to each other, a lens configured to project light beam combined by the prism, a second metal member configured to support the lens, and a third metal member configured to couple the prism and the second metal member to each other. An air layer is disposed in a facing area where the first metal member and the prism face each other.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus is connected to a controller apparatus provided with a push button which moves from a first position to a second position by being pushed by a user's finger. The information processing apparatus acquires the push-in amount of the push button of the controller apparatus, determines whether or not the push-in amount is in a range that excludes the first position and the second position and is configured by two threshold values set between the first position and the second position, and performs predetermined processing on the basis of the result of the determination.

Abstract: A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target. The system includes: a first circulation circuit through which a first heat transfer medium circulates; a second circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and through which a second heat transfer medium circulates; and a third circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit and through which a third heat transfer medium circulates. The third heat transfer medium has a usable temperature range wider than usable temperature ranges of the first heat transfer medium and the second heat transfer medium.

Abstract: A skin treatment method involves applying fine liquid droplets of a liquid composition containing a polymer A and a volatile solvent B to skin. The fine liquid droplets applied to the skin are dried to contract the skin. A mass of the fine liquid droplets applied to the skin as measured per one droplet thereof is from 0.001 to 100 ?g, and an average diameter of the fine liquid droplets is 10 ?m to 500 ?m. The polymer A has a deformation ratio of 0.3 to 1 as measured by a method of drying the liquid composition on a polyethylene sheet. A makeup method using the skin treatment method is also described.

Abstract: A fuel cell unit including: a stack case; stacked fuel cells; current collector plates; and tabs, wherein the power converter has a power converter case, and a power conversion component, wherein the bus bar is disposed in a slit provided on the stack case, wherein the bus bars each have a current collector plate connecting portion for connecting to the tabs at a first surface, a power conversion component connection portion connected to the power conversion component at a second surface, and a plurality of connecting portions for connecting the current collector plate connecting portion and the power conversion component connecting portion, and wherein the connecting portions each have a plate surface intersecting the plane belonging to the first surface and the plane belonging to the second surface.

Abstract: A method for makeup including (A) applying to skin a composition X including components (A1) and (A2). (A1) includes a polymer containing a norbornane moiety and/or a silicone-modified Pullulan and (A2) includes a volatile oil. The method further includes (B) applying to the skin a composition Y including a component (B1), other than the composition X, where (B1) includes one or more selected from the group consisting of polyols and liquid oils.

Abstract: A composition for external preparation for skin including the following components (A), (B), and (C). (A) includes from 1 to 30 mass % of a polymer having a silicone moiety in which a ratio of deformation is 0.3 or more and 1 or less, and in a bend resistance test using a cylindrical mandrel method a minimum diameter of a cylindrical mandrel which causes no cracks in a polymer film is 2 mm or longer and 25 mm or shorter. (B) includes a volatile oil having a volatilization rate of 14% or more after drying at 1 atmosphere, at 40° C., and an R.H. of 60% for 30 minutes. (C) includes a cation-modified clay mineral and a mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (C), (A)/(C), is from 5 to 23.

Abstract: A control device for a converter including a one-phase or multiple-phase converter circuit includes: a magnetic coupling determination unit configured to determine whether the converter circuit is a magnetically coupled circuit in which a reactor of the converter circuit is in a magnetically coupled state; and a control unit configured to change a control method for the converter according to a determination result of the magnetic coupling determination unit.