Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to provide an incentive to a first user who sells or returns a first vehicle in which a part of a first coating film including an easily peelable layer is not peeled off.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a band-like joint tape for covering a butting portion formed by butting an end portion of a one packing film to an end portion of another packing film and connecting the respective end portions of these packing films to each other. The joint tape is comprised of a laminate film formed by adhering a joint layer to a support layer at a peelable state, and covered so as to face the joint portion to the butting portion and heat-sealed so that the joint layer is fused to the butting portion and the fused portion of the joint layer is peeled off from the support layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a band-like joint tape for covering a butting portion formed by butting an end portion of a one packing film to an end portion of another packing film and connecting the respective end portions of these packing films to each other. The joint tape is comprised of a laminate film formed by adhering a joint layer to a support layer at a peelable state, and covered so as to face the joint portion. to the butting portion and heat-sealed so that the joint layer is fused to the butting portion and the fused portion of the joint layer is peeled off from the support layer.

Abstract: A Faraday cage includes a casing structured by a first housing having a first outer cover made of a conductive material, and a first inner cover made of a conductive material, which is accommodated in the first outer cover and is electrically insulated from the first outer cover, and a second housing having a second outer cover made of a conductive material, which fits the first outer cover, and a second inner cover made of a conductive material, which is accommodated in the second outer cover and is electrically insulated from the second outer cover, the first and second housings being separable from each other; and a filter cartridge disposed inside the casing configured to be separable into two pieces, which accommodates therein a first filter for collecting fine particles sucked in from the outside the casing.

Abstract: A Faraday cage includes a casing structured by a first housing having a first outer cover made of a conductive material, and a first inner cover made of a conductive material, which is accommodated in the first outer cover and is electrically insulated from the first outer cover, and a second housing having a second outer cover made of a conductive material, which fits the first outer cover, and a second inner cover made of a conductive material, which is accommodated in the second outer cover and is electrically insulated from the second outer cover, the first and second housings being separable from each other; and a filter cartridge disposed inside the casing configured to be separable into two pieces, which accommodates therein a first filter for collecting fine particles sucked in from the outside the casing.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser device with the energy density increased at the focal point and a LD pumped solid-state laser device configured of the particular semiconductor laser device are provided. A stack array laser element for radiating a two-dimensional array of laser beams includes a plurality of parallel laser beam columns each aligned in the form of dotted lines. In front of the stack array laser element, each laser beam column collimated by being refracted in the direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the dotted line is received, and radiated by turning at right angles to the direction of the laser beams from each emitter or emitter group. In this way, the laser beams are converted into a plurality of substantially ladder-shaped parallel laser beam columns. These parallel laser beam columns are compressed to form parallel laser beam columns in alignment. Each compressed one of parallel laser beam columns is turned at right angles and radiated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with an extremely low core loss by scanning by a small focused laser beam spot and a method of production of the same, that is, a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet improved in electrical characteristics by scanning by a continuous wave fiber laser of the TEM00 mode with a wavelength ? of 1.07???2.10 ?m substantially perpendicular to the steel sheet rolling direction and at substantially constant spacing and a method of production of the same, wherein a rolling direction focused spot diameter d (mm) of the irradiated beam, a linear scan rate V (mm/s) of the laser beam, an average output P (W) of the laser, a width of the formed laser scribing traces or with of the electrical domains Wl (mm), and a rolling direction Pl (mm) of the laser scribing traces are in the following ranges: 0<d?0.20 0.001?P/V?0.012 0<Wl?0.20 1.5?Pl?11.0.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser device including a laser element stack array emitting a two-dimensional array shaped group of laser beams consisting of rows of laser beams arranged linearly in parallel in a broken line configuration and optical elements arranged in front of the array, receiving rows of laser beams bent and collimated in a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation of the broken line configuration. Laser beams are emitted from emitters or groups of emitters and are rotated by right angles so as to convert the laser beams to a plurality of rows aligned in parallel in an approximate ladder rung configuration and the distance between center axes of the rows of laser beams is shortened to condense the laser beams by converting them to a group of laser beams emitted from a common object and thereby making all laser beams converge to a single image.

Abstract: A cooling drum for metal cast strip by continuous casting has dimples 40 to 200 ?m in average depth and 0.5 to 3 mm in diameter of circle equivalent formed on a plated peripheral surface of the cooling drum, adjacent to each other at rims of the dimples; and a film, containing oxides of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ni—W, Ni—Co—W, Cr, Ni—Fe and Ni—Al, is formed on the peripheral surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with an extremely low core loss by scanning by a small focused laser beam spot and a method of production of the same, that is, a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet improved in electrical characteristics by scanning by a continuous wave fiber laser of the TEM00 mode with a wavelength ? of 1.07???2.10 ?m substantially perpendicular to the steel sheet rolling direction and at substantially constant spacing and a method of production of the same, wherein a rolling direction focused spot diameter d (mm) of the irradiated beam, a linear scan rate V (mm/s) of the laser beam, an average output P (W) of the laser, a width of the formed laser scribing traces or with of the electrical domains Wl (mm), and a rolling direction Pl (mm) of the laser scribing traces are in the following ranges: 0<d?0.20 0.001?P/V?0.012 0<Wl?0.20 1.5?Pl?11.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is provided. For example, the apparatus may include a single or a plurality of stacked-array laser diodes, first beam compressors, and a separating optical device separating the group of laser beams into subgroups of laser beams in a first direction, and deflecting the subgroups of laser beams so that the subgroups of laser beams approach in the first direction and recede from one another in a second direction. In addition, a collimating optical device may be provided which is adapted to deflect the subgroups of laser beams in the first and second directions by the same angles. Further, a beam converter may be included which divides each subgroup of laser beams and turning the axis thereof, and second beam compressors and a group of cylindrical lenses can be provided that can make the angle of divergence in the first direction close to the angle of divergence in the second direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is provided. For example, the apparatus may include a single or a plurality of stacked-array laser diodes, first beam compressors, and a separating optical device separating the group of laser beams into subgroups of laser beams in a first direction, and deflecting the subgroups of laser beams so that the subgroups of laser beams approach in the first direction and recede from one another in a second direction. In addition, a collimating optical device may be provided which is adapted to deflect the subgroups of laser beams in the first and second directions by the same angles. Further, a beam converter may be included which divides each subgroup of laser beams and turning the axis thereof, and second beam compressors and a group of cylindrical lenses can be provided that can make the angle of divergence in the first direction close to the angle of divergence in the second direction.

Abstract: A low core loss grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that does not have a significant deterioration in a magnetic flux density and a decrease of a space factor, and which may withstand stress-relieving annealing is provided. Melted and re-solidified layers can be formed on either or both of the surfaces of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that extend in a direction that is perpendicular to the rolling direction (e.g., in the direction of the width thereof), at a cyclic interval of not less than approximately 2 mm to less than approximately 5 mm in the rolling direction. The melted and re-solidified layers may be provided on each surface of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, and can have an aspect ratio that is a ratio of the depth to the width of the melted and re-solidified layer of not less than approximately 0.20 and a depth of not less than approximately 15 ?m. In addition, the melted and re-solidified layers can be formed by using a laser.

Abstract: Dimples, preferably 40 to 200 ?m in average depth and 0.5 to 3 mm in diameter of circle equivalent, are formed on the peripheral surface of a cooling drum, adjacent to each other at the rims of the dimples; and fine humps (preferably, fine humps 1 to 50 ?m in height and 5 to 200 ?m in diameter of circle equivalent on the surfaces of the dimples and/or fine humps 1 to 50 ?m in height and 30 to 200 ?m in diameter of circle equivalent at the rims of the dimples), fine holes (preferably, fine holes 5 ?m or more in depth and 10 to 200 ?m in diameter of circle equivalent), or fine unevenness (preferably, fine unevenness 1 to 50 ?m in average depth and 10 to 200 ?m in diameter of circle equivalent) are formed at the rims and/or on the indented surfaces of said dimples.

Abstract: Dimples, preferably 40 to 200 ?m in average depth and 0.5 to 3 mm in diameter of circle equivalent, are formed on the peripheral surface of a cooling drum, adjacent to each other at the rims of the dimples; and fine humps (preferably, fine humps 1 to 50 ?m in height and 5 to 200 ?m in diameter of circle equivalent on the surfaces of the dimples and/or fine humps 1 to 50 ?m in height and 30 to 200 ?m in diameter of circle equivalent at the rims of the dimples), fine holes (preferably, fine holes 5 ?m or more in depth and 10 to 200 ?m in diameter of circle equivalent), or fine unevenness (preferably, fine unevenness 1 to 50 ?m in average depth and 10 to 200 ?m in diameter of circle equivalent) are formed at the rims and/or on the indented surfaces of said dimples.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser device including a laser element stack array emitting a two-dimensional array shaped group of laser beams consisting of rows of laser beams arranged linearly in parallel in a broken line configuration and optical elements arranged in front of the array, receiving rows of laser beams bent and collimated in a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation of the broken line configuration. Laser beams are emitted from emitters or groups of emitters and are rotated by right angles so as to convert the laser beams to a plurality of rows aligned in parallel in an approximate ladder rung configuration and the distance between center axes of the rows of laser beams is shortened to condense the laser beams by converting them to a group of laser beams emitted from a common object and thereby making all laser beams converge to a single image.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser device with the energy density increased at the focal point and a LD pumped solid-state laser device configured of the particular semiconductor laser device are provided. A stack array laser element for radiating a two-dimensional array of laser beams includes a plurality of parallel laser beam columns each aligned in the form of dotted lines. In front of the stack array laser element, each laser beam column collimated by being refracted in the direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the dotted line is received, and radiated by turning at right angles to the direction of the laser beams from each emitter or emitter group. In this way, the laser beams are converted into a plurality of substantially ladder-shaped parallel laser beam columns. These parallel laser beam columns are compressed to form parallel laser beam columns in alignment. Each compressed one of parallel laser beam columns is turned at right angles and radiated.

Abstract: A low core loss grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that does not have a significant deterioration in a magnetic flux density and a decrease of a space factor, and which may withstand stress-relieving annealing is provided. Melted and re-solidified layers can be formed on either or both of the surfaces of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that extend in a direction that is perpendicular to the rolling direction (e.g., in the direction of the width thereof), at a cyclic interval of not less than approximately 2 mm to less than approximately 5 mm in the rolling direction. The melted and re-solidified layers may be provided on each surface of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, and can have an aspect ratio that is a ratio of the depth to the width of the melted and re-solidified layer of not less than approximately 0.20 and a depth of not less than approximately 15 &mgr;m. In addition, the melted and re-solidified layers can be formed by using a laser.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties, which are improved by irradiating laser beams onto the positions paired on the both surfaces of the steel sheet and forming fine closure domains, characterized in that the width of the closure domains in the rolling direction is 0.3 mm or less and the deviation in the rolling direction between the positions of the paired closure domains on the both surfaces is equal to or smaller than the width of said closure domains in the rolling direction. Further, the present invention relates to a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties, characterized in that the steel sheet has the marks of laser irradiation on its surface. Yet further, the present invention relates to a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties, characterized in that the substrate steel is not exposed at the portions of laser irradiation on the surface of the steel sheet.