Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a positive electrode containing a composite of sulfur and a carbon material; a negative electrode containing lithium; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent containing a carbonate, in which the content of oxygen extracted in a range of 1,000° C. to 1,200° C. in the carbon material is 0.11% by mass or more.

Abstract: A rotor includes a first resin portion formed the periphery of a main shaft; a first core disposed the outer circumferential portion of the first resin portion; a magnet attached to the radial outside of the first core; and a second core disposed the radially outside end face of the magnet, wherein a plurality of structures in each of which the magnet is sandwiched between the first and second cores are disposed circumferentially around the main shaft, and a second resin portion is formed between the circumferential end faces of adjacent second cores and between the circumferential end faces of adjacent magnets, wherein the first core has a division surface on which the circumferential end faces of itself and an adjacent first core are in surface contact with each other, and wherein the second core is not in contact with an adjacent second core.

Abstract: A control device that is mounted in a second vehicle which a first vehicle having a following travel function is detachably connected to or loaded on is provided. The control device includes a control unit configured to perform: detecting another vehicle that is within a predetermined range from the second vehicle in a state in which the second vehicle has the first vehicle connected thereto or loaded thereon and of which some or all of a scheduled travel route is the same as some or all of a scheduled travel route of the first vehicle after the first vehicle has been disconnected from the second vehicle; and transmitting following instruction information to the first vehicle and disconnecting the first vehicle from the second vehicle such that the first vehicle travels with the detected other vehicle as a preceding vehicle by the following travel function.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pressure container includes thermally curing a thermosetting resin with which a fiber-reinforced base material is impregnated. The thermally curing step includes thermally curing the thermosetting resin by heat exchange with a fluid supplied to an inside of a liner; and thermally curing the thermosetting resin by heating from an outer surface side of the fiber-reinforced base material. A temperature of the fluid supplied to the inside of the liner is higher than a temperature of the helating from the outer surface side of the fiber-reinforced base material so that the thermosetting resin is thermally cured from an inner surface side of the fiber-reinforced base material adjacent to the liner before the outer surface side of the fiber-reinforced base material.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, the positive electrode containing, as a positive active material, a lithium transition metal composite oxide having an ?-NaFeO2 type crystal structure, a molar ratio of Li to Me, Li/Me of more than 1, Me representing transition metal elements including Ni and Mn or including Ni, Mn, and Co, and a molar ratio of Mn to Me, Mn/Me of 0.40 or more and 0.65 or less, and the nonaqueous electrolyte containing, as an electrolyte salt, LiPF6 and a lithium imide salt.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery according to one aspect of the present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery including a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The positive electrode contains a sulfur-mesoporous carbon composite that is a composite of a sulfur-based active material and mesoporous carbon. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains a fluorinated solvent. The fluorinated solvent contains a chain fluorinated carbonate, a chain fluorinated carboxylic acid ester, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode includes, as an active material, a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that has an ?-NaFeO2-type crystal structure, and is represented by the general formula Li1+?Me1??O2 (0<?, Me is a transition metal element containing Ni and Mn, or containing Ni, Mn, and Co), and has a diffraction peak observed in the range of 20° or more and 22° or less in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained with a CuK? line.

Abstract: A positive active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, containing a lithium-transition metal composite oxide, in which the lithium-transition metal composite oxide has an ?-NaFeO2 structure, with the molar ratio Li/Me of Li to the transition metal (Me) being 1.05?Li/Me<1.4, and contains Ni and Mn, or contains Ni, Co, and Mn as the transition metal (Me), with the molar ratio Mn/Me of Mn to Me being 0.4?Mn/Me<0.6, and the molar ratio Ni/Me of Ni to Me being 0.2?Ni/Me?0.6.

Abstract: A liquid storage container which can be securely inflated within an external container. The liquid storage container includes a bag body and an ejection outlet. The bag body includes a plurality of bellows portions formed by accordion-folding the bag body along longitudinal crease lines, and has a double-folded portion formed by folding the bag body along an upper lateral crease line and a lower lateral crease line. With reference to the bag body, the following relations are satisfied: 10%<X/H<50%, 3%<Y/H<10%, where H is the length of the bag body, x is the distance between the top periphery and the lower lateral crease line, and Y is the distance between the upper lateral crease line and the lower lateral crease line.

Abstract: A liquid storage container which can be securely inflated within an external container. The liquid storage container includes a bag body and an ejection outlet. The bag body includes a plurality of bellows portions formed by accordion-folding the bag body along longitudinal crease lines, and has a double-folded portion formed by folding the bag body along an upper lateral crease line and a lower lateral crease line. With reference to the bag body, the following relations are satisfied: 10%<X/H<50%, 3%<Y/H<10%, where H is the length of the bag body, x is the distance between the top periphery and the lower lateral crease line, and Y is the distance between the upper lateral crease line and the lower lateral crease line.

Abstract: A liquid storage container which can be securely inflated within an external container. The liquid storage container includes a bag body and an ejection outlet. The bag body includes a plurality of bellows portions formed by accordion-folding the bag body along longitudinal crease lines, and has a double-folded portion formed by folding the bag body along an upper lateral crease line and a lower lateral crease line. With reference to the bag body, the following relations are satisfied: 10%<X/H<50%, 3%<Y/H<10%, where H is the length of the bag body, X is the distance between the top periphery and the lower lateral crease line, and Y is the distance between the upper lateral crease line and the lower lateral crease line.

Abstract: There is provided a chemical storage container which is capable of replacing the internal atmosphere with dry air. The chemical storage container includes a metal can having a top opening, a chemical storage bag disposed in the metal can, and an ejection member mounted to the chemical storage bag. Dry air is supplied through a dry air supply opening into the chemical storage bag, and the dry air in the chemical storage bag is discharged to the outside via a chemical nozzle.

Abstract: A system for maintaining a vehicle including a shift-by-wire transmission in a neutral-hold mode is provided. The system includes a transmission control unit in signal communication with the shift-by-wire transmission and an internal control unit of the vehicle. The transmission control unit is configured to control a gear configuration of the shift-by-wire transmission. An external control unit is in signal communication with the transmission control unit. The external control unit is configured to transmit a neutral-hold mold activation signal.

Abstract: A system for maintaining a vehicle including a shift-by-wire transmission in a neutral-hold mode is provided. The system includes a transmission control unit in signal communication with the shift-by-wire transmission and an internal control unit of the vehicle. The transmission control unit is configured to control a gear configuration of the shift-by-wire transmission. An external control unit is in signal communication with the transmission control unit. The external control unit is configured to transmit a neutral-hold mold activation signal.

Abstract: A liquid storage container which can be securely inflated within an external container. The liquid storage container includes a bag body and an ejection outlet. The bag body includes a plurality of bellows portions formed by accordion-folding the bag body along longitudinal crease lines, and has a double-folded portion formed by folding the bag body along an upper lateral crease line and a lower lateral crease line. With reference to the bag body, the following relations are satisfied: 10%<X/H<50%, 3%<Y/H<10%, where H is the length of the bag body, X is the distance between the top periphery and the lower lateral crease line, and Y is the distance between the upper lateral crease line and the lower lateral crease line.

Abstract: There is provided a chemical storage container which is capable of replacing the internal atmosphere with dry air. The chemical storage container includes a metal can having a top opening, a chemical storage bag disposed in the metal can, and an ejection member mounted to the chemical storage bag. Dry air is supplied through a dry air supply opening into the chemical storage bag, and the dry air in the chemical storage bag is discharged to the outside via a chemical nozzle.

Abstract: An energy absorber is crushed upon receiving compressive load, thereby absorbing energy. The energy absorber has a first end and a second end with respect to a direction of the compressive load. The energy absorber is formed of fiber-reinforced resin. The fiber-reinforced resin includes a stack of fiber layers having a compression direction fiber layer. The compression direction fiber layer includes fiber bundles of filament fibers. The fiber bundles are arranged such that the extending direction of the fiber bundles has a component of the direction of the compressive load. The density of the fiber bundles is gradually increased from the first end to the second end. Therefore, compressive load required for crushing is prevented from increasing at an early stage of crushing.

Abstract: The invention is directed to provide an information recording apparatus having an adjusting process device which performs adjusting processes including an OPC process for optimizing a recording power for each of recording layers on a multilayer information recording medium, and an information recording device which performs an information recording process for each of the recording layers based on a result of the adjusting processes for each of the recording layers. The adjusting process device includes an initial adjusting process device which performs the adjusting processes at a start of information recording with the information recording device only for a start recording layer having the first recording start address, and an intermediate adjusting process device which performs the adjusting processes during information recording process with the information recording device for a recording layer other than the start recording layer.

Abstract: An energy absorber is crushed upon receiving compressive load, thereby absorbing energy. The energy absorber has a first end and a second end with respect to a direction of the compressive load. The energy absorber is formed of fiber-reinforced resin. The fiber-reinforced resin includes a stack of fiber layers having a compression direction fiber layer. The compression direction fiber layer includes fiber bundles of filament fibers. The fiber bundles are arranged such that the extending direction of the fiber bundles has a component of the direction of the compressive load. The density of the fiber bundles is gradually increased from the first end to the second end. Therefore, compressive load required for crushing is prevented from increasing at an early stage of crushing.

Abstract: An unbalance disc detection apparatus with a photodetector for receiving at its photo reception region reflection light from a disc on which a laser light is irradiated, and a push-pull signal calculation section for obtaining a change of a light quantity detected by the photo reception region as a push-pull signal, whereby an unbalance disc discriminating section discriminates whether or not a level of the push-pull signal exceeds a threshold value set in correspondence to a predetermined measurement rotation speed.