Abstract: Embodiments provide a pest control agent that is excellent in safety, controlling effect, residual activity, and so on. According to an embodiment, there is provided a pyrazole derivative represented by general formula [I], or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, and a pest control agent containing the same as an active ingredient: wherein, p represents an integer of 0 or 1, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl group, or the like, A represents an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, Q represents a halogen atom, C6-C10 aryl group that is unsubstituted or substituted with (R8)m, or the like, and R6 and R7 represent a hydrogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl group, or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ink set including: an inkjet pretreatment liquid containing an aggregating agent; an inkjet ink; and a cleaning liquid that contains water, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant with an HLB value of 10 or more, and a metal salt A, and has a conductivity of 0.10 to 3.0 mS/cm at 5° C. A method for producing a printed textile item is also disclosed.

Abstract: An air conditioning device has: a refrigerant circuit that includes a compressor, a switching valve, a cascade heat exchanger, an expansion valve and an outdoor heat exchanger connected to one another by a first pipe through which a refrigerant flows, and that performs a defrosting operation in which the refrigerant discharged from the compressor is introduced into the outdoor heat exchanger; a heat-transfer medium circuit that includes a pump, the cascade heat exchanger, and the indoor heat exchanger connected to one another by a second pipe through which a heat-transfer medium flows; and a control device that controls the compressor and the pump. When an amount of heat storage of the heat-transfer medium is less than a threshold, the control device reduces the heating capability of the indoor heat exchanger when the air conditioning device transitions from a heating operation to the defrosting operation.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a work vehicle that can be controlled automatically. The work vehicle includes HST's for feeding power for traveling to at least either front wheels or rear wheels mounted on a traveling vehicle body, traveling levers for operating driving of at least either the front wheels or the rear wheel, traveling links operably coupling the traveling levers with the HST's, traveling drive sections for driving either the traveling levers or the traveling links, and a traveling control section configured to activate the traveling drive sections in response to receipt of a traveling instruction for the traveling levers in the automatic control mode for automatically controlling the traveling vehicle body.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of separator portions. The battery cells are stacked together in a first direction and each configured to include a first end portion located at one end in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a second end portion located at the other end in the second direction, and an intermediate portion provided between the first end portion and the second end portion. The separator portions each include a heat insulating member provided between the intermediate portions adjacent to each other in the first direction and a first shielding plate provided between the first end portions adjacent to each other in the first direction, and are each provided between the battery cells adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells stacked together, and a case that accommodates the battery cells. The battery cells include an endmost cell disposed at a farthest end on one side in a stacking direction, a first cell disposed adjacent to the endmost cell, and a second cell disposed adjacent to the first cell. Further, the case is configured such that a thermal resistance between an endmost contact portion that is a portion in contact with the endmost cell and a first contact portion that is a portion in contact with the first cell is higher than a thermal resistance between a second contact portion that is a portion in contact with the second cell and the first contact portion.

Abstract: A measurement method includes generating a plurality of second measurement signals by disposing a plurality of first measurement signals corresponding to each of the plurality of speakers in respective different time zones on a time axis, generating a plurality of third measurement signals by copying a portion of a back end of each of the plurality of second measurement signals and adding the portion to a front end of each of the plurality of second measurement signals, outputting sounds according to each of the plurality of third measurement signals from each of the plurality of speakers, collecting the sounds with a microphone, and calculating a plurality of impulse responses corresponding to the plurality of first measurement signals, based on the collected sound signal collected with the microphone and the plurality of third measurement signals.

Abstract: A measurement method includes generating a plurality of second measurement signals by disposing a plurality of first measurement signals corresponding to each of the plurality of speakers in respective different time zones on a time axis, generating a plurality of third measurement signals by copying a portion of a back end of each of the plurality of second measurement signals and adding the portion to a front end of each of the plurality of second measurement signals, outputting sounds according to each of the plurality of third measurement signals from each of the plurality of speakers, collecting the sounds with a microphone, and calculating a plurality of impulse responses corresponding to the plurality of first measurement signals, based on the collected sound signal collected with the microphone and the plurality of third measurement signals.

Abstract: Provided a vibration measurement device for a rotary tool held by a tool holder that is coupled with a spindle and axially rotates in cooperation with the spindle. The vibration measurement device includes: a pair of acceleration sensors attached to a horizontal plane with respect to a rotary axis of a rotary tool in a manner symmetric to the rotary axis; an amplifier circuit that matches impedance of acceleration information from the acceleration sensors and amplifies voltage; a low-pass filter that removes predetermined high frequencies from an output signal of the amplifier circuit; and a subtraction circuit and an addition circuit that output a parallel vibration signal in an XY direction and a vibration signal in a rotational direction, respectively, from the output signal of the low pass filter.

Abstract: An expansion valve with an improved vibration isolation mechanism includes a valve body, a valve element, a biasing member that biases the valve body toward a valve seat, an actuation rod that contacts the valve element and presses the valve element in a valve opening direction against a biasing force of the biasing member, and a vibration isolating spring that suppresses vibration of the valve element. The actuation rod is inserted into an actuation rod insertion hole in the valve body. The vibration isolating spring includes a leg spring having a base portion and a plurality of leg portions extending from the base portion. The leg spring is arranged in the valve chamber such that a center axis of the leg spring is non-coincident with a center axis of the actuation rod insertion hole.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an expansion valve with an improved ring spring. Accordingly, in the present invention, the expansion valve includes a valve body including a valve chamber, a valve element disposed in the valve chamber, a biasing member configured to bias the valve element toward a valve seat, an actuation rod that presses the valve element in a valve opening direction against a biasing force of the biasing member, and a ring spring disposed between an outer circumferential surface of the actuation rod and an inner circumferential surface of the valve body. The ring spring includes a ring portion, at least three elastic protrusion portions that protrude inward from the ring portion and contact the outer circumferential surface of the actuation rod, and at least one outward protrusion portion that protrudes outward from the ring portion and contacting the inner circumferential surface of the valve body.

Abstract: A touchscreen panel module includes: a separation film removable, a first adhesive layer, a touch-sensor unit shaped in a form of a film and detecting an input position, and a protective film for protecting the touch-sensor unit stacked on top of another in stated order; and an exposure portion partially exposing a surface of the touch-sensor unit from the separation film and the first adhesive layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an expansion valve which is compact and can further enhance muffling performance. The expansion valve includes a valve main body including an inlet passage configured to introduce a high-pressure refrigerant, a valve chamber configured to communicate with the inlet passage, an expansion chamber that includes an orifice configured to reduce a pressure of the refrigerant introduced into the valve chamber, and an outlet passage disposed downstream of the expansion chamber and configured to discharge the refrigerant that passes through the expansion chamber, a rectifier disposed in the valve main body and configured to partition the expansion chamber and the outlet passage, a valve member configured to open and close the orifice, and a valve member driving device configured to drive the valve member.

Abstract: A position input device includes electrodes formed of metal with a belt-like shape, extended along a first direction, and arranged with a space therebetween along a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, lines each electrically connected to one end of each of the electrodes in the first direction to receive a signal, dummy electrodes formed of metal with a belt-like shape and each disposed in a space between the electrodes that are adjacent, and dummy lines each coupled to an end of each of the dummy electrodes in the first direction in an electrically disconnected state. The electrodes, the lines, the dummy electrodes, and the dummy lines each include a front side surface and a back side surface in a plane along the first direction and the second direction, and at least one of the front side surface and the back side surface is blackened.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an expansion valve with an improved vibration isolation mechanism. Accordingly, in the present invention, the expansion valve includes a valve body, a valve element, a biasing member configured to bias the valve body toward a valve seat, an actuation rod that comes into contact with the valve element and presses the valve element in a valve opening direction against a biasing force of the biasing member, and a vibration isolating spring configured to suppress vibration of the valve element. The actuation rod is inserted into an actuation rod insertion hole provided in the valve body. The vibration isolating spring includes a leg spring having a base portion and a plurality of leg portions extending from the base portion. The leg spring is arranged in the valve chamber such that a center axis of the leg spring is non-coincident with a center axis of the actuation rod insertion hole.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an expansion valve with an improved ring spring. Accordingly, in the present invention, the expansion valve includes a valve body including a valve chamber, a valve element disposed in the valve chamber, a biasing member configured to bias the valve element toward a valve seat, an actuation rod that presses the valve element in a valve opening direction against a biasing force of the biasing member, and a ring spring disposed between an outer circumferential surface of the actuation rod and an inner circumferential surface of the valve body. The ring spring includes a ring portion, at least three elastic protrusion portions that protrude inward from the ring portion and contact the outer circumferential surface of the actuation rod, and at least one outward protrusion portion that protrudes outward from the ring portion and contacting the inner circumferential surface of the valve body.

Abstract: A position input device includes electrodes formed of metal with a belt-like shape, extended along a first direction, and arranged with a space therebetween along a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, lines each electrically connected to one end of each of the electrodes in the first direction to receive a signal, dummy electrodes formed of metal with a belt-like shape and each disposed in a space between the electrodes that are adjacent, and dummy lines each coupled to an end of each of the dummy electrodes in the first direction in an electrically disconnected state. The electrodes, the lines, the dummy electrodes, and the dummy lines each include a front side surface and a back side surface in a plane along the first direction and the second direction, and at least one of the front side surface and the back side surface is blackened.