Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.

Abstract: A resist underlayer film-forming composition capable of reducing occurrence of defects caused by microparticles or the like that may be generated during formation of a coating film. A silicon-containing resist underlayer film-forming composition including: [A]a polysiloxane; [B] a glycol compound having a normal boiling point of 230.0° C. or higher and being of the following Formula (1): (wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group, or a C3-4 acyl group; and n is an integer of 3 or more); and [C] a solvent (except for a compound corresponding to the compound [B]).

Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device with which a region in which an electronic component is mountable in a first printed wiring board of a first substrate can be enlarged. The power conversion device includes a power module installing member, a power module, a bus bar assembly, a first substrate provided on the bus bar assembly, and a second substrate provided on the bus bar assembly. The first substrate includes a first printed wiring board, and a signal terminal connector and a first board-to-board connection connector which are each provided on the first printed wiring board. The second substrate includes a second printed wiring board and a second board-to-board connection connector provided on the second printed wiring board. The signal terminal connector is connected to a signal terminal of the power module. The first board-to-board connection connector and the second board-to-board connection connector are connected to each other.

Abstract: An electric-power conversion apparatus has a heat sink in which one side portion out of a pair of side portions that extend in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of a motor is formed shorter than the other side portion thereof; a lower case to which the heat sink is fixed is fastened to a driving apparatus through the intermediary of fixing portions at the both end portions of each of the pair of side portions of the heat sink or at respective positions in the vicinity of the both end portions of each of the pair of side portions of the heat sink; at least one of a reactor and capacitors is disproportionately disposed to be closer to said one side portion than to said the other side portion of the heat sink.

Abstract: The present application provides a resin-molded capacitor such that heat generated by a capacitor element can be efficiently dissipated, and a power conversion device. The resin-molded capacitor includes a first bus bar and a second bus bar joined to a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode respectively of a capacitor element, an insulating member joined to at least one of the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode or at least one of the first bus bar and the second bus bar, and an electrically conductive member joined to the insulating member.

Abstract: An electric-power conversion apparatus has a heat sink in which one side portion out of a pair of side portions that extend in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of a motor is formed shorter than the other side portion thereof; a lower case to which the heat sink is fixed is fastened to a driving apparatus through the intermediary of fixing portions at the both end portions of each of the pair of side portions of the heat sink or at respective positions in the vicinity of the both end portions of each of the pair of side portions of the heat sink; at least one of a reactor and capacitors is disproportionately disposed to be closer to said one side portion than to said the other side portion of the heat sink.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes a backup power source as a power source for a discharge controller that discharges electric charges of a capacitor, and an abnormal state in the backup power source or loads is not capable of being dealt with when power is supplied to loads from the backup power source, which makes an output voltage of the backup power source be in an abnormal state. In order to solve the problem, when an abnormality occurs in the backup power source or in loads and the abnormality is detected in power supply from the backup power source, a place where the abnormality occurs is specified. When the specified place where the abnormality occurs is a load, power supply to the load is stopped, thereby preventing the output voltage of the backup power source from being abnormal even when an abnormality occurs in part of power supply destinations.

Abstract: In order to achieve small noise and small vibration, as well as a small size and a low cost in a power converter including a capacitor module, there is provided a power converter including a power module and a capacitor module. The capacitor module includes: a plurality of capacitor elements each having a flat wound surface; an exterior case; a resin filler; and a restraint point. The exterior case has arranged therein an inclusion serving as a beam in a direction orthogonal to a flat wound surface of at least one capacitor element of the plurality of capacitor elements, and the at least one capacitor element, and the restraint point is arranged substantially in front of the flat wound surface via the inclusion.

Abstract: In inverter control for supplying power to a motor, a power conversion device includes a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the inverter, a voltage sensor for detecting a voltage between terminals of a capacitor that smooths the voltage between terminals between the power source and the inverter, an inverter controller for controlling the inverter, a rotation speed sensor for detecting a rotation speed of the motor, an electric current sensor for detecting electric current supplied to the motor and a discharge determination instruction controller for giving an instruction for discharging electric charges accumulated in the capacitor, in which, control of reducing the rotation speed of the motor and discharge control of the capacitor are performed in accordance with the temperature of the inverter, the rotation speed of the motor and the electric current supplied to the motor.

Abstract: The present application provides a resin-molded capacitor such that heat generated by a capacitor element can be efficiently dissipated, and a power conversion device. The resin-molded capacitor includes a first bus bar and a second bus bar joined to a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode respectively of a capacitor element, an insulating member joined to at least one of the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode or at least one of the first bus bar and the second bus bar, and an electrically conductive member joined to the insulating member.

Abstract: A power converting device includes a heat sink including a heat sink base portion on an upper face side of which a depressed portion forming a refrigerant channel is provided and a heat sink upper plate covering the depressed portion of the heat sink base portion, wherein the refrigerant channel is sealed using a channel seal provided in an outer peripheral portion of the heat sink upper plate, an upper case caused to cover an upper face side of the heat sink, a lower case caused to cover a lower face side of the heat sink, and a terminal block forming a waterproofing wall that encloses a power module projecting from an upper face of the heat sink upper plate between the power module on the heat sink upper plate and the channel seal in the upper case.

Abstract: A liquid coolant supplying header is configured on a central portion in the width direction between an upper portion heatsink and a partitioning plate, a liquid coolant discharging header is configured on a central portion in the width direction between a lower portion heatsink and the partitioning plate so as to be parallel to the liquid coolant supplying header, vertical flow channels are formed so as to pass through the partitioning plate vertically on two sides in the width direction so as to be parallel to the liquid coolant supplying header, a liquid coolant distributing structural body is disposed inside the liquid coolant supplying header, and an external shape of the liquid coolant distributing structural body is formed such that flow channel cross-sectional area of the liquid coolant supplying header becomes gradually smaller from an upstream end toward a downstream end.

Abstract: A power converting device includes a heat sink including a heat sink base portion on an upper face side of which a depressed portion forming a refrigerant channel is provided and a heat sink upper plate covering the depressed portion of the heat sink base portion, wherein the refrigerant channel is sealed using a channel seal provided in an outer peripheral portion of the heat sink upper plate, an upper case caused to cover an upper face side of the heat sink, a lower case caused to cover a lower face side of the heat sink, and a terminal block forming a waterproofing wall that encloses a power module projecting from an upper face of the heat sink upper plate between the power module on the heat sink upper plate and the channel seal in the upper case.

Abstract: In inverter control for supplying power to a motor, a power conversion device includes a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the inverter, a voltage sensor for detecting a voltage between terminals of a capacitor that smooths the voltage between terminals between the power source and the inverter, an inverter controller for controlling the inverter, a rotation speed sensor for detecting a rotation speed of the motor, an electric current sensor for detecting electric current supplied to the motor and a discharge determination instruction controller for giving an instruction for discharging electric charges accumulated in the capacitor, in which, control of reducing the rotation speed of the motor and discharge control of the capacitor are performed in accordance with the temperature of the inverter, the rotation speed of the motor and the electric current supplied to the motor.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes a backup power source as a power source for a discharge controller that discharges electric charges of a capacitor, and an abnormal state in the backup power source or loads is not capable of being dealt with when power is supplied to loads from the backup power source, which makes an output voltage of the backup power source be in an abnormal state. In order to solve the problem, when an abnormality occurs in the backup power source or in loads and the abnormality is detected in power supply from the backup power source, a place where the abnormality occurs is specified. When the specified place where the abnormality occurs is a load, power supply to the load is stopped, thereby preventing the output voltage of the backup power source from being abnormal even when an abnormality occurs in part of power supply destinations.

Abstract: In order to achieve small noise and small vibration, as well as a small size and a low cost in a power converter including a capacitor module, there is provided a power converter including a power module and a capacitor module. The capacitor module includes: a plurality of capacitor elements each having a flat wound surface; an exterior case; a resin filler; and a restraint point. The exterior case has arranged therein an inclusion serving as a beam in a direction orthogonal to a flat wound surface of at least one capacitor element of the plurality of capacitor elements, and the at least one capacitor element, and the restraint point is arranged substantially in front of the flat wound surface via the inclusion.

Abstract: When a motor rotation speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined rotation speed when an automobile collision is detected or when power stops, a motor rotation speed reduction control is carried out by an inverter control unit, and when an inter-terminal voltage of a secondary smoothing capacitor drops below a predetermined voltage during the motor rotation speed reduction control, the motor rotation speed reduction control is stopped, whereby induction voltage caused by motor rotation is applied to the secondary smoothing capacitor, the inter-terminal voltage of the secondary smoothing capacitor is raised, and the motor rotation speed reduction control is carried out while keeping the inter-terminal voltage of the secondary smoothing capacitor within an operating voltage range of the inverter control unit.

Abstract: In a power conversion apparatus including first to fourth semiconductor switching elements connected in series across both terminals of a high voltage-side capacitor, the third and fourth semiconductor switching elements are connected across both terminals of a low voltage-side capacitor via a reactor, and both terminals of the second and third semiconductor switching elements are connected across a charging-discharging capacitor. This charging-discharging capacitor includes a plurality of capacitor elements connected in parallel via a first wiring and a second wiring. Inductance components or capacitance components of the plurality of capacitor elements when viewed from an outflow-inflow portion of the first wiring and an outflow-inflow portion of the second wiring are different from each other such that the charging-discharging capacitor does not have a parallel resonance point in a driving frequency band but has a parallel resonance point in a noise frequency band.

Abstract: When a motor rotation speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined rotation speed when an automobile collision is detected or when power stops, a motor rotation speed reduction control is carried out by an inverter control unit, and when an inter-terminal voltage of a secondary smoothing capacitor drops below a predetermined voltage during the motor rotation speed reduction control, the motor rotation speed reduction control is stopped, whereby induction voltage caused by motor rotation is applied to the secondary smoothing capacitor, the inter-terminal voltage of the secondary smoothing capacitor is raised, and the motor rotation speed reduction control is carried out while keeping the inter-terminal voltage of the secondary smoothing capacitor within an operating voltage range of the inverter control unit.

Abstract: In a power conversion apparatus including first to fourth semiconductor switching elements connected in series across both terminals of a high voltage-side capacitor, the third and fourth semiconductor switching elements are connected across both terminals of a low voltage-side capacitor via a reactor, and both terminals of the second and third semiconductor switching elements are connected across a charging-discharging capacitor. This charging-discharging capacitor includes a plurality of capacitor elements connected in parallel via a first wiring and a second wiring. Inductance components or capacitance components of the plurality of capacitor elements when viewed from an outflow-inflow portion of the first wiring and an outflow-inflow portion of the second wiring are different from each other such that the charging-discharging capacitor does not have a parallel resonance point in a driving frequency band but has a parallel resonance point in a noise frequency band.