Abstract: Shown are a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as high maximum temperature, low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy and large negative dielectric anisotropy, or the liquid crystal composition having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics; and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having small optical anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, or a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive.

Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a housing configured to be inserted into a mating housing of a mating connector, and a lever that is pivotally operable between a temporary locking position and a fitting completion position. The lever includes a pair of side plates and an operating portion. The housing has a lever-protection wall, protruding outward beyond a pivotal outer peripheral end of the lever disposed at the temporary locking position, the lever-protection wall being provided at an end portion of the housing in a direction opposite to a rotational direction in which the lever rotates from the temporary locking position toward the fitting completion position. The lever disposed at the temporary locking position is arranged so that the operating portion of the lever overlaps the lever-protection wall.

Abstract: The subject is to provide a liquid crystal composition that includes a polymerizable compound (or polymer) and a polar compound, where the homeotropic alignment of liquid crystal molecules can be achieved by the action of these compounds, and a liquid crystal display device including this composition. The means concerns a nematic liquid crystal composition that has positive dielectric anisotropy and that includes a polymerizable compound as a first additive and a polar compound as a second additive, and the composition may include a specific liquid crystal compound having a large positive dielectric anisotropy and a specific liquid crystal compound having a high maximum temperature or a small viscosity, and concerns a liquid crystal display device including the composition.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics including a high maximum temperature, a low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy and large negative dielectric anisotropy, or the liquid crystal composition having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the above characteristics; and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having small viscosity as a second component, and may contain a specific component having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, a specific component having negative dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component, or a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive.

Abstract: The liquid crystal composition has positive dielectric anisotropy, and contains a compound contributing to high stability to heat or ultraviolet light as an additive component and a specific compound having small viscosity as a first component, and a liquid crystal display device includes the composition, and the composition may contain a specific compound having large positive dielectric anisotropy as a second component, a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, or a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component.

Abstract: To show a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature, a low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large positive dielectric anisotropy or having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics, and an AM device including the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having high maximum temperature and small viscosity as a first component, and a specific compound having large positive dielectric anisotropy as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, a specific compound having positive dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component, or a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a fifth component.

Abstract: A liquid crystal compound comprising a specific compound having a positive dielectric anisotropy as the first component, and a specific compound having a low viscosity as a second component. Further, the liquid crystal compound may contain a specific compound having a positive dielectric anisotropy as the third component, a specific compound having a maximum temperature or a low viscosity as the fourth component, or a specific compound having a negative dielectric anisotropy as the fifth component.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as high maximum temperature, low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light and high stability to heat, or the liquid crystal composition having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics; and an AM device having characteristics such as a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio and a long service life.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as high maximum temperature, low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy and large negative dielectric anisotropy, or having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics; and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition has negative dielectric anisotropy, and contains a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component, a specific compound having low minimum temperature as a second component and a specific compound having small viscosity as a third component, and the composition may contain a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a fourth component, a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a fifth component or a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive component.

Abstract: This substrate transfer robot includes: a robot arm to which a substrate holding portion for holding a substrate is movably provided; a robot control unit for controlling each operation of the robot arm and the substrate holding portion; and a substrate detection unit provided to the robot arm and for detecting an edge portion of the substrate held by the substrate holding portion. The substrate detection unit detects at least two parts of the edge portion of the substrate when the substrate holding portion is moved with respect to the robot arm. The robot control unit corrects a substrate transfer operation based on a detection result of the edge portion of the substrate. Thus, even when a substrate held by a substrate holding portion is deviated from a regular position, the substrate can be transferred without difficulty.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of the nematic phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light and heat, or has a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics. The composition contains a specific compound having high stability to ultraviolet light as a first component, and a liquid crystal display device includes the composition. The composition may contain a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a second component, a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, and a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive component.

Abstract: The invention is to provide a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of the nematic phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large negative dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, or having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics; and is to provide an AM device having a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth; wherein the liquid crystal composition includes a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy and a low minimum temperature as a first component, a specific compound having a small viscosity or a large maximum temperature as a second component and a specific compound having a polymerizable group as a third component, and a liquid crystal display device contains the composition.

Abstract: The disclosure shows a liquid crystal composition that satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature, a low minimum temperature, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy and a large negative dielectric anisotropy, or that has a suitable balance between at least two of these characteristics, and an AM device including this composition. The means concerns a nematic liquid crystal composition that includes a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component and a specific compound having a small viscosity as a second component, and that may include a specific compound having a negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component, and a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or a small viscosity as a fourth component, or a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive.

Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal composition having at least one or a suitable balance regarding two of characteristics such as high maximum or low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light or heat and a large elastic constant; and an AM device including the composition and having a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth. The liquid crystal composition contains a quencher as an additive component and a specific compound having large positive dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a liquid crystal display device includes the composition. The composition may contain a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a second component, or a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component.

Abstract: An augmentation information adjustment unit (102) reduces an amount of information in augmentation information by combining: update cycle adjustment processing (1021) to set an update cycle of the augmentation information to be an integer multiple of a predetermined update cycle; geographic interval error value adjustment processing (1022) to reduce the number of geographic interval error values by selecting from among a plurality of the geographic interval error values each of which is an error at every predetermined geographic interval out of a plurality of error values, a geographic interval error value at every geographic interval that is an integer multiple of the predetermined geographic interval; and bit count adjustment processing (1023) to reduce a bit count of the error value for each error value.

Abstract: Provided is a brake device which improves energy efficiency. The brake device includes a stroke length adjusting unit configured to adjust rod stroke SR (stroke length of a piston in a master cylinder) relative to pedal stroke SP (quantity of operation of brake pedal by the driver).

Abstract: A brake unit (1) includes: a master cylinder (2) unit which is fixed to a vehicle body, and which includes a master cylinder (2b) that is received within a first housing (20), and that is arranged to be interlocked with a brake pedal; and a pump unit (3) which is arranged to be driven by a motor (3), and which includes a second housing (30) within which a pump arranged to increase a wheel cylinder pressure is received, the master cylinder unit (2) and the pump unit (3) being integrally fixed through a mount (6) which is an elastic member.

Abstract: To show a liquid-crystal composition having at least one or a suitable balance regarding at least two of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature thereof, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light and heat; and an AM device including the composition and having short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio or a long service life. The liquid-crystal composition has negative dielectric anisotropy and contains a specific compound having a high maximum temperature and small viscosity as a first component, and the composition may contain a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a second component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, and a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive component.

Abstract: a brake apparatus capable of improving a brake operation feeling is provided. A brake apparatus includes a stroke simulator including a piston configured to be activated axially in a cylinder with use of brake fluid supplied from a master cylinder. The piston divides an inside of the cylinder into at least a positive pressure chamber and a backpressure chamber. The piston is configured in such a manner that a pressure-receiving area racing the backpressure chamber is smaller than a pressures-receiving area facing the positive pressure chamber. The stroke simulator is configured to generate, thorough the activation of the piston, an operation reaction force according to a brake operation performed by a driver.

Abstract: Shown is a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature, a low minimum temperature, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy, or has a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics, and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having small viscosity as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a fourth component or a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive component.