Abstract: A distance sensor module includes a distance sensor and a housing. The distance sensor includes a sensor body and a transmission and reception section connected to the sensor body and configured to emit a detection signal toward a measurement target and receive the detection signal as reflected by the measurement target. The distance sensor is configured such that the sensor body is configured to measure the distance between the distance sensor and the measurement target as a result of the transmission and reception section receiving the detection signal. The housing includes a sensor container section containing the distance sensor, and an attachment section configured to attach the sensor container section to an external attachment target. The sensor container section is configured to keep the transmission and reception section so oriented due to gravity as to have a vertically downward detection direction with the attachment section attached to the attachment target.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator including a coil; a non-movable part constituted by a magnetic substance and disposed on one side relative to the coil; and a movable part including a permanent magnet on the other side relative to the coil. Applying a current to the coil alternately generates first and third driving forces to move the magnet and the movable part to one and the other sides in a first direction relative to the coil and the non-movable part. As the movable part moves from a neutral position to the one side in the first direction, a portion of the magnet positioned on the one side in the first direction relative to the first end of the first non-movable part gradually enlarges and is magnetically attracted toward the non-movable part.

Abstract: A touch sensing device including a housing, a movable part, a covering, and a lifting actuator. The movable part is relatively movable within an opening of the housing relative to an edge portion of the opening, between first and second heights. The covering includes a flexible layer covering at least the edge portion and the movable part. The flexible layer includes first and second portions directly or indirectly fixed to the edge portion and to the movable part, respectively. The flexible layer can partly flex and stretch or partly shrink in accordance with a relative movement of the second portion relative to the first portion, from a third height to a fourth height, or vice versa. The lifting actuator can move the movable part or the edge portion to relatively move the movable part, from the first height to the second height, or vice versa, relative to the edge portion.

Abstract: A touch sensing device including a housing, a movable part, a covering, and a lifting actuator. The movable part is relatively movable within an opening of the housing relative to an edge portion of the opening, between first and second heights. The covering includes a flexible layer covering at least the edge portion and the movable part. The flexible layer includes first and second portions directly or indirectly fixed to the edge portion and to the movable part, respectively. The flexible layer can partly flex and stretch or partly shrink in accordance with a relative movement of the second portion relative to the first portion, from a third height to a fourth height, or vice versa. The lifting actuator can move the movable part or the edge portion to relatively move the movable part, from the first height to the second height, or vice versa, relative to the edge portion.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator including a coil; a non-movable part constituted by a magnetic substance and disposed on one side relative to the coil; and a movable part including a permanent magnet on the other side relative to the coil. Applying a current to the coil alternately generates first and third driving forces to move the magnet and the movable part to one and the other sides in a first direction relative to the coil and the non-movable part. As the movable part moves from a neutral position to the one side in the first direction, a portion of the magnet positioned on the one side in the first direction relative to the first end of the first non-movable part gradually enlarges and is magnetically attracted toward the non-movable part.

Abstract: A porous polyolefin film has a shutdown temperature of 133° C. or lower, a porosity of 41% or more, and a value of 12,500 or more, which is calculated by (tensile elongation (%) in the machine direction (MD)×tensile strength (MPa) in the machine direction (MD)+tensile elongation (%) in the transverse direction (TD)×tensile strength (MPa) in the transverse direction (TD))/2, the TSD (° C.) and Tm satisfying formula (1): Tm?TSD?0 ??(1), where TSD represents the shutdown temperature (° C.), and Tm represents the lowest among the melting point (° C.) of all layers, wherein excellent safety such as protection from internal short circuit and/or thermal runaway is achieved in the porous polyolefin film, without reducing the permeability as shown in conventional microporous films.

Abstract: A polyolefin microporous membrane has excellent strength, permeability and heat resistance, which is obtained by using UHMwPE and employing a sequential stretching system, and a production method of the microporous membrane. In producing a microporous membrane by using a primary material A having a molecular weight (Mw) of less than 1.0×106, a secondary material B having a molecular weight of 1.0×106 or more, and a plasticizer, when the endothermic quantity of a mixture of the primary material and the plasticizer and the endothermic quantity of a mixture of the secondary material and the plasticizer are denoted as Q1 and Q2, respectively, respective resins are designed such that the ratio of endothermic quantity Q2 to endothermic quantity Q1 (endothermic quantity Q2/endothermic quantity Q1) becomes 1 or more over a temperature range of 110 to 118° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microporous membrane having an excellent balance of temperature characteristics, shrinkage characteristics, permeability, and strength, and thereby realizes a separator for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having excellent performance and excellent safety. A polyolefin microporous membrane having; a temperature difference not less than 7.2° C. between a shutdown shrinkage temperature and a maximum shrinkage temperature in a TD measured by TMA; a shrinkage rate difference less than 25% between a shutdown shrinkage rate and a maximum shrinkage rate in the TD; a pin puncture strength at a membrane thickness of 16 ?m being not less than 400 gf; and a ratio of pin puncture strength to air permeation resistance at a membrane thickness of 16 ?m being from 2.0 to 4.0 (gf/(sec/100 cc)).

Abstract: A proximity sensor configured to detect proximity of an object based on an electrostatic capacitance includes an electrode section comprised of a tubular body formed by using a metal material and having a connecting terminal on one side in an axial direction of the tubular body, a substrate having a land formed in correspondence in position to the connecting terminal, the connecting terminal being fusedly solder-bonded to the land, with the tubular body being disposed vertically, and a detecting section mounted on the substrate and configured to detect the proximity of the object according to a change that occurs in an electrostatic capacitance at the electrode section.

Abstract: A polyolefin microporous membrane has excellent strength, permeability and heat resistance, which is obtained by using UHMwPE and employing a sequential stretching system, and a production method of the microporous membrane. In producing a microporous membrane by using a primary material A having a molecular weight (Mw) of less than 1.0×106, a secondary material B having a molecular weight of 1.0×106 or more, and a plasticizer, when the endothermic quantity of a mixture of the primary material and the plasticizer and the endothermic quantity of a mixture of the secondary material and the plasticizer are denoted as Q1 and Q2, respectively, respective resins are designed such that the ratio of endothermic quantity Q2 to endothermic quantity Q1 (endothermic quantity Q2/endothermic quantity Q1) becomes 1 or more over a temperature range of 110 to 118° C.

Abstract: A touch sensing device including first electrodes, at least one second electrode, and third electrodes. The first electrodes are arrayed at a first height position, at intervals in a first direction. The at least one second electrode is disposed at the first height position, in the vacant region between two first electrodes or directly adjacent to an endmost first electrode in the first direction. The third electrodes are arrayed at a second height position, at intervals in a second direction, and cross the first and second electrodes. The first and second height positions are at different heights. Either relation (1) or (2) is satisfied: (1) W2?W1×2; or (2) W1<W2<W1×2, and W2×N1?W1×N1+W1. W1 is a dimension in the first direction of each first electrode, W2 is a dimension in the first direction of each second electrode, and N1, an integer of two or more, is the number of the second electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microporous membrane having an excellent balance of temperature characteristics, shrinkage characteristics, permeability, and strength, and thereby realizes a separator for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having excellent performance and excellent safety. A polyolefin microporous membrane having; a temperature difference not less than 7.2° C. between a shutdown shrinkage temperature and a maximum shrinkage temperature in a TD measured by TMA; a shrinkage rate difference less than 25% between a shutdown shrinkage rate and a maximum shrinkage rate in the TD; a pin puncture strength at a membrane thickness of 16 ?m being not less than 400 gf; and a ratio of pin puncture strength to air permeation resistance at a membrane thickness of 16 ?m being from 2.0 to 4.0 (gf/(sec/100 cc)).

Abstract: A capacitive touchscreen including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and at least one interlayer interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes, and the first electrodes are arranged at spaced intervals along a first direction. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrodes, and the second electrodes are arranged at spaced intervals along a second direction so as to cross the first electrodes. The second direction crosses the first direction. The at least one interlayer has a thickness set such that a coupling capacitance between each first electrode and each second electrode is between or equal to 0.5 pF and 2 pF.

Abstract: A touch sensing device for detecting approach of a detection target to a detection area of a sensing face, including a base, detection electrodes, and a controller. The base includes a counterpart area corresponding to the detection area and being located on a deeper side in the touch sensing device relative to the detection area. The detection electrodes are arranged at intervals in the counterpart area, and an electrostatic capacitance between at least one of the detection electrodes and the detection target changes in response to an approach of the detection target to the detection electrode so as to change an output signal from the detection electrode. The controller detects that the detection target approaches the detection area corresponding to the counterpart area when an output signal or signals from a predetermined number, being at least one, of the detection electrode or electrodes in the counterpart area has changed.

Abstract: A capacitive touchscreen including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and at least one interlayer interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes, and the first electrodes are arranged at spaced intervals along a first direction. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrodes, and the second electrodes are arranged at spaced intervals along a second direction so as to cross the first electrodes. The second direction crosses the first direction. The at least one interlayer has a thickness set such that a coupling capacitance between each first electrode and each second electrode is between or equal to 0.5 pF and 2 pF.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for accurately detecting the direction and angle of rotation independently of ambient environments. The device is provided with an equally-spaced electrode holding plate 52 having equally-spaced electrodes 56 arranged along the circumference of a first circle, and a fixed phase electrode holding plate having ? a-phase electrodes and ? b-phase electrodes both arranged along the circumference of a second circle opposite the first circle, wherein when ? is equal to or greater than 2, two arbitrary ones of the a-phase electrodes are at positions displaced an angle of an integral multiple of 2?/N apart on the circumference of the second circle in the rotation direction. When ? is equal to or greater than 2, two arbitrary ones of the b-phase electrodes are at positions displaced an angle of an integral multiple of 2?/N apart on the circumference of the second circle in the rotation direction.

Abstract: A proximity sensor for determining an approaching direction of an object is provided. Relative detection sensitivity is established in a first detection unit and a second detection unit such that a detection level of the first detection unit is greater than a detection level of the second detection unit when the object approaches from a first electrode in a direction of arranging the first electrode and a second electrode, and that the detection level of the second detection unit is greater than the first detection unit when the object approaches from a direction perpendicular to the direction of arranging the first electrode and the second electrode. A proximity position determining section is adapted to determine the approaching direction of the object based on the detection level of the first detection unit and the detection level of the second detection unit.

Abstract: The invention provides an input device including first electrodes, arranged in an annular shape on a base; an second electrode disposed inside the first electrodes; a GND electrode disposed inside the second electrode; a movable member, movable from an initial position by movement of a operation portion; and a detection device to detect presence or absence of movement of the operation portion measuring capacitance between the movable member and the second electrode, and to detect a movement direction of the operation portion measuring capacitances between the movable member and the first electrodes. R1 and R2 are substantially the same, where R1 is a planar distance between an outer end of the movable member located at the position and inner ends of the first electrodes, and R2 is a planar distance between an inner end of the movable member located at the position and an outer end of the GND electrode.

Abstract: A proximity sensor for determining an approaching direction of an object is provided. Relative detection sensitivity is established in a first detection unit and a second detection unit such that a detection level of the first detection unit is greater than a detection level of the second detection unit when the object approaches from a first electrode in a direction of arranging the first electrode and a second electrode, and that the detection level of the second detection unit is greater than the first detection unit when the object approaches from a direction perpendicular to the direction of arranging the first electrode and the second electrode. A proximity position determining section is adapted to determine the approaching direction of the object based on the detection level of the first detection unit and the detection level of the second detection unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for accurately detecting the direction and angle of rotation independently of ambient environments. The device is provided with an equally-spaced electrode holding plate 52 having equally-spaced electrodes 56 arranged along the circumference of a first circle, and a fixed phase electrode holding plate having ? a-phase electrodes and ? b-phase electrodes both arranged along the circumference of a second circle opposite the first circle, wherein when ? is equal to or greater than 2, two arbitrary ones of the a-phase electrodes are at positions displaced an angle of an integral multiple of 2?/N apart on the circumference of the second circle in the rotation direction. When ? is equal to or greater than 2, two arbitrary ones of the b-phase electrodes are at positions displaced an angle of an integral multiple of 2?/N apart on the circumference of the second circle in the rotation direction.