Abstract: A power storage module includes a cylindrical resin portion that extends in a direction in which a plurality of bipolar electrodes is stacked and that accommodates therein the plurality of the bipolar electrodes. The resin portion includes a first seal portion that has a cylindrical shape and is joined to peripheral edge portions of a plurality of electrode plate, and a second seal portion that has a cylindrical shape and is disposed outside the first seal portion in a direction that crosses the stacking direction of the bipolar electrodes. A plurality of separators is disposed such that outer peripheral ends of the separators are located between an outer peripheral end of the first seal portion and an inner peripheral end of the first seal portion.

Abstract: A sunroof apparatus includes a movable panel including a panel body, a reinforcing member, and a joining layer joining the panel body and the reinforcing member, and an opening and closing mechanism including a connection member connected to the reinforcing member and a drive portion, the reinforcing member including a first flange, a second flange to define a housing groove relative to the first flange, a first extending portion, and a second extending portion, the connection member being connected to at least one of the first extending portion and the second extending portion in a state of being housed in a housing void formed between the first extending portion and the second extending portion, the movable panel including a shielding member covering the housing groove and including a thickness smaller than a thickness of the first flange and the second flange.

Abstract: An electricity storage device includes an electrode assembly and a load applying mechanism. The load applying mechanism applies, to the electrode assembly, a load in a direction in which the positive electrode and the negative electrode are stacked in the electrode assembly. The negative electrode includes a metal foil and an active material layer that covers at least part of the metal foil and contains a carbon-based material as an active material. The density of the carbon-based material in the active material layer is 1.2 g/cm3 or higher. The degree of orientation that is defined as a ratio (I(100)/I(002)) of an X-ray diffraction intensity I(100) of a (100) plane to a diffraction intensity I(002) of a (002) plane in the active material layer is lower than or equal to 0.3. The load applied by the load applying mechanism is greater than or equal to 0.22 MPa.

Abstract: A panel structure of a sun roof includes: a panel; an inner panel that is made of a metal plate, is provided below the panel to extend along an edge portion of the panel, and has a recessed portion that is recessed downward and a flange portion that spreads outward along the panel over an entire periphery of the recessed portion; a sealing member that is made of a resin molding material having a constant cross section, is interposed between the flange portion and the panel over an entire periphery of the flange portion, and is bonded to a lower surface of the panel and an upper surface of the flange portion; and a covering member that is made of a resin material, is fixed to the panel, and is provided to cover the inner panel and the sealing member.

Abstract: A phase variable control is prohibited in the case that a rotational speed NE of the engine is less than a first predetermined rotational speed NE_th1.

Abstract: A computer of an active vibration damping device calculates an output average duty ratio which is used for realizing operation command values. On the basis of the operation command values and an integer value point number, which is set so as to become larger as a period of rotation of the drive source becomes longer, the computer calculates a reference average duty ratio for realizing the operation command values when an actuator internal temperature is a reference temperature. The computer calculates the actuator internal temperature on the basis of a deviation between the output average duty ratio and the reference average duty ratio.

Abstract: A computer of an active vibration damping device calculates operation command values for an actuator from rotation information of a drive source, and corrects the operation command values in accordance with an internal temperature of the actuator. The computer applies a drive voltage to the actuator using a voltage duty ratio based on the corrected operation command values. The computer also estimates the internal temperature on the basis of an average duty ratio as an average of the voltage duty ratios in a predetermined interval.

Abstract: A computer of an active vibration damping device calculates an output average duty ratio which is used for realizing operation command values. On the basis of the operation command values and an integer value point number, which is set so as to become larger as a period of rotation of the drive source becomes longer, the computer calculates a reference average duty ratio for realizing the operation command values when an actuator internal temperature is a reference temperature. The computer calculates the actuator internal temperature on the basis of a deviation between the output average duty ratio and the reference average duty ratio.

Abstract: An ACM-ECU executes a first switching control for switching from a phase fixed control to a phase variable control, or a second switching control for switching from the phase variable control to the phase fixed control, simultaneously with detecting or after having detected switching of a gear position by a gear position detecting function. A current waveform map is used at a time of execution of the phase variable control, and a correction map is used at a time of execution of the phase fixed control.

Abstract: A phase variable control is prohibited in the case that a rotational speed NE of the engine is less than a first predetermined rotational speed NE_th1.

Abstract: A panel structure of a sun roof includes: a panel; an inner panel that is made of a metal plate, is provided below the panel to extend along an edge portion of the panel, and has a recessed portion that is recessed downward and a flange portion that spreads outward along the panel over an entire periphery of the recessed portion; a sealing member that is made of a resin molding material having a constant cross section, is interposed between the flange portion and the panel over an entire periphery of the flange portion, and is bonded to a lower surface of the panel and an upper surface of the flange portion; and a covering member that is made of a resin material, is fixed to the panel, and is provided to cover the inner panel and the sealing member.

Abstract: An electrode active material includes particles of a lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the general compositional formula: Li1+xMO2, where ?0.15?x?0.15, and M represents an element group of three or more elements including at least Ni, Co and Mn, wherein the ratios of Ni, Co and Mn to the total elements constituting M satisfy 45?a?90, 5?b?30, 5?c?30 and 10?b+c?55, where the ratios of Ni, Co and Mn are represented by a, b and c, respectively, in units of mol %, the average valence A of Ni in the whole particles is 2.2 to 3.2, the valence B of Ni on the surface of the particles has the relationship: B<A, the average valence C of Co in the whole particles is 2.5 to 3.2, the valence D of Co on the surface of the particles has the relationship: D<C, and the average valence of Mn in the whole particles is 3.5 to 4.2.

Abstract: An electricity storage device includes an electrode assembly and a load applying mechanism. The load applying mechanism applies, to the electrode assembly, a load in a direction in which the positive electrode and the negative electrode are stacked in the electrode assembly. The negative electrode includes a metal foil and an active material layer that covers at least part of the metal foil and contains a carbon-based material as an active material. The density of the carbon-based material in the active material layer is 1.2 g/cm3 or higher. The degree of orientation that is defined as a ratio (I(100)/I(002)) of an X-ray diffraction intensity I(100) of a (100) plane to a diffraction intensity I(002) of a (002) plane in the active material layer is lower than or equal to 0.3. The load applied by the load applying mechanism is greater than or equal to 0.22 MPa.

Abstract: A low-cost brushless DC motor is provided with high efficiency operation and low torque pulsation. The brushless DC motor includes a stator around which an inductive coil is wound, a rotor which is housed in the stator and which can rotate in a prescribed direction, and pairs of magnets which are on opposite sides of the rotation shaft of the rotor and which are fixed to the stator.

Abstract: A positive electrode material that can form a positive electrode mixture containing composition with reduced changes over time and high productivity, a manufacturing method thereof, a non-aqueous rechargeable battery less likely to swell and having a high storage characteristic during storage at high temperatures, and a positive electrode that can form the battery are provided. The object is solved by providing a positive electrode material having a coating layer of an organic silane compound on a surface of a positive electrode active material made of a lithium nickel composite oxide represented by the general compositional formula (1): Li1+xMO2 where ?0.5?x?0.5, M represents a group of at least two elements including at least one of Mn and Co and Ni, and 20?a<100 and 50?a+b+c?100 when the ratios (mol %) of Ni, Mn, and Co in the elements forming M are a, b, and c, respectively.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery positive electrode according to the present invention is a lithium secondary battery positive electrode including a positive electrode material mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material and a conductivity enhancing agent on one or both sides of a current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material contains a lithium-containing composite oxide, the conductivity enhancing agent contains carbon fibers having an average fiber length of 10 nm or more and less than 1000 nm and an average fiber diameter of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and the content of the carbon fibers in the positive electrode material mixture layer is 0.25 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous secondary battery with a high capacity, an excellent level of safety, and excellent charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The negative electrode contains, as negative electrode active materials, a graphite carbon material and a material containing Si as a constituent element, and the positive electrode includes, as a positive electrode active material, a lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the following general composition formula (1) and containing sulfur in a range of 0.01 mass % to 0.5 mass %: Li1+yMO2??(1) where y satisfies ?0.3?y<0.3, M represents a group of five or more elements including Ni, Co, Mn, Mg and at least one of Al, Ba, Sr, Ti and Zr, and when a, b, c and d represent Ni, Co, Mn, and Mg, respectively, in mol % and e represents a total of Al, Ba, Sr, Ti and Zr in mol % of all of the elements making up M, a, b, c, d, and e satisfy 70?a?97, 0.5<b<30, 0.5<c<30, 0.5<d<30, ?10<c?d<10, ?8?(c?d)/d?8, and e<10.

Abstract: A positive electrode material that can form a positive electrode mixture containing composition with reduced changes over time and high productivity, a manufacturing method thereof, a non-aqueous rechargeable battery less likely to swell and having a high storage characteristic during storage at high temperatures, and a positive electrode that can form the battery are provided. The object is solved by providing a positive electrode material having a coating layer of an organic silane compound on a surface of a positive electrode active material made of a lithium nickel composite oxide represented by the general compositional formula (1): Li1+xMO2 where ?0.5?x?0.5, M represents a group of at least two elements including at least one of Mn and Co and Ni, and 20?a?100 and 50?a+b+c?100 when the ratios (mol %) of Ni, Mn, and Co in the elements forming M are a, b, and c, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous secondary battery with a high capacity, an excellent level of safety, and excellent charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The negative electrode contains, as negative electrode active materials, a graphite carbon material and a material containing Si as a constituent element, and the positive electrode includes, as a positive electrode active material, a lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the following general composition formula (1) and containing sulfur in a range of 0.01 mass % to 0.5 mass %: Li1+yMO2 ??(1) where y satisfies ?0.3?y<0.3, M represents a group of five or more elements including Ni, Co, Mn, Mg and at least one of Al, Ba, Sr, Ti and Zr, and when a, b, c and d represent Ni, Co, Mn, and Mg, respectively, in mol % and e represents a total of Al, Ba, Sr, Ti and Zr in mol % of all of the elements making up M, a, b, c, d, and e satisfy 70?a?97, 0.5<b<30, 0.5<c<30, 0.

Abstract: An electrode for an electrochemical device of the present invention includes an electrode mixture layer that includes a lithium-containing composite oxide expressed by the general composition formula (1): Li1+xMO2 as an active material, where x satisfies ?0.3?x?0.3 and M represents an element group including Ni, Mn, and Mg. The relationships 70?a?97, 0.5<b<30, 0.5<c<30, ?10<b?c<10, and ?8?(b?c)/c?8 are established, where a, b, and c represent the ratios of the number of elements of Ni, Mn, and Mg in the element group M to the total number of elements in the element group M, respectively, in units of mol %. The Ni has an average valence of 2.5 to 3.2, the Mn has an average valence of 3.5 to 4.2, and the Mg has an average valence of 1.8 to 2.2.