Abstract: A power supply device of the present invention includes a power transmission unit (15) configured to wirelessly supply power to the power receiving unit (9). The power transmission unit (15) includes: a ground-side coil (13); and a housing (21) set on a ground (19) and configured to house the ground-side coil (13). The housing (21) includes: a coil section (25) in which to dispose the ground-side coil (13); and a first projection (29) disposed closer to a vehicle entry side than the ground-side coil (13) is, and projecting upward from a surface of the coil section (25).

Abstract: Provided is an electrode which gives an electric storage device that has high energy density and good cycle life. This electrode for an electric storage device is characterized by having an active material layer that contains: an electrode active material particle; and a paste-like conductive carbon that is derived from an oxidized carbon obtained by giving an oxidizing treatment to a carbon raw material with an inner vacancy and covers a surface of the electrode active material particle. The paste-like conductive carbon derived from the oxidized carbon is densely filled not only into a gap that is formed between the electrode active material particles adjacent to each other but also into a pore that exists on the surface of the active material particle, so that the electrode density is increased, thereby improving the energy density of the electric storage device.

Abstract: A temperature-sensitive fluid fan clutch device includes an oil reservoir chamber in a case supported by a rotating shaft that has a drive disk fixed thereto. Plural dams are provided outward of the drive disk, and oil circulating flow passages contiguously to the dams extend between a torque transmission chamber and the oil reservoir chamber. A valve opens and closes an oil circulation flow hole of the oil reservoir chamber due to a change in temperature of a temperature-sensitive body. An oil effective contact area in a torque transmission gap between a drive side and a driven side is varied to control rotation torque transmission from the drive side to the driven side. An oil collection valve member independently opens and closes at least one of the oil circulating flow passages. The temperature-sensitive fluid fan clutch device inhibits a cold “drag” phenomenon and reduces fan power loss and fuel consumption.

Abstract: Provided is a highly reactive fluid fan clutch device excellent in reaction speed of fan rotation to a control signal even with a weak centrifugal force during low fan rotation. The device of an external control type includes: an annular oil reserving chamber provided in a case that is supported by a rotary shaft having a drive disk fixed thereto; and a valve member for opening and closing an oil circulating flow passage hole of the annular oil reserving chamber by an electromagnet, wherein an effective oil contact area at a torque transmission gap formed between a drive side and a driven side is increased and decreased to control rotation torque transmission from the drive side to the driven side, and an inner wall eccentric to an outer wall of the annular oil reserving chamber is provided in the annular oil reserving chamber.

Abstract: Provided is conductive carbon that gives an electrical storage device having a high energy density. This conductive carbon includes a hydrophilic part, and the contained amount of the hydrophilic part is 10 mass % or more of the entire conductive carbon. When performing a rolling treatment on an active material layer including an active material particle and this conductive carbon formed on a current collector during manufacture of an electrode of an electric storage device, the pressure resulting from the rolling treatment causes this conductive carbon to spread in a paste-like form and increase in density. The active material particles approach each other, and the conductive carbon is pressed into gaps formed between adjacent active material particles, filling the gaps. As a result, the amount of active material per unit volume in the electrode obtained after the rolling treatment increases, and the electrode density increases.

Abstract: A storage system includes storage apparatuses and a second transmission path. The storage apparatuses each include a control device, and memory devices coupled in series with the control device through a first transmission path having the control device at a beginning. The memory devices are accessed by the control device. The second transmission path couples the storage apparatuses in a loop to allow communications between the control devices. The second transmission path includes the first transmission paths included in the respective storage apparatuses. The second transmission path is formed such that an ending of the first transmission path included in a first storage apparatus of the storage apparatuses is connected to the beginning of the first transmission path included in a second storage apparatus subsequent to the first storage apparatus on the second transmission path.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit and a selecting unit. The receiving unit receives an image of a document. The selecting unit selects a character recognition result in a first frame of the document from plural character recognition candidates in the first frame on the basis of definition information defining a relationship between a character string in the first frame of the document and a character string in a second frame of the document different from the first frame.

Abstract: A magnetic core 47 to be housed in a coil bobbin 57 is split along a coil-axis intersecting direction Y into a plurality of split magnetic cores 47a, the coil-axis intersecting direction Y intersecting a coil axis direction X, and a clearance C extending along the coil axis direction X is provided between the plurality of split magnetic cores 47a. In each clearance C, a protrusion 51a protruding upward from a core base 51 is inserted and arranged to ensure sufficient rigidity. Providing the clearances C reduces the entire weight of the magnetic core 47 and also ensures a large coil width in the coil-axis intersecting direction Y. By ensuring a large coil width, alignment between a power-transmission-side coil 11 and a power-reception-side coil 13 becomes easier.

Abstract: Provided is conductive carbon which gives an electric storage device having a high energy density. This conductive carbon is characterized in having a hydrophilic solid phase component, where a crystallite size La that does not include a twist in a graphene surface direction and a crystallite size Leq that includes a twist in a graphene surface direction, which are calculated from a Raman spectrum of the hydrophilic solid phase component, satisfy the following relationships: 1.3 nm?La?1.5 nm, and 1.5 nm?Leq?2.3 nm, and 1.0?Leq/La?1.55.

Abstract: Provided is conductive carbon which gives an electric storage device having a high energy density. This conductive carbon is characterized in having a hydrophilic solid phase component, where the ratio of the peak area of an amorphous component band in the vicinity of 1510 cm?1 against the peak area in a range from 980 to 1780 cm?1 in a Raman spectrum of the hydrophilic solid phase component is within a range of 13 to 19%. When performing a rolling treatment on an active layer including an active particle and this conductive carbon formed on a current collector during manufacture of an electrode of an electric storage device, the pressure resulting from the rolling treatment causes this conductive carbon to spread in a paste-like form and increase in density while covering the surface of the active particles, the conductive carbon being pressed into gaps formed between adjacent active particles and filling the gaps.

Abstract: Provided is an external-control type fan clutch device that can suppress unnecessary rotation of a cooling fan at the time of activating a rotary shaft effectively regardless of stop positions of an oil supply port and an oil recover port at a stop time of the fan. The fan clutch device includes a valve member for opening/closing an oil circulating flow passage hole provided on a side wall face of the annular oil reserving chamber, wherein opening/closing of the oil circulating flow passage hole is controlled by the valve member, wherein an oil supply chamber, that is formed of a partition wall composed of an arc-like wall and a plate-like partition wall for shielding one end of the arc-like partition wall, is provided in the annular oil reserving chamber, and the oil circulating flow passage hole and an oil recovery port are arranged in the oil supply chamber.

Abstract: A circuit device includes an amplifier circuit to which a signal from a sensor is input and a control circuit which controls the sensor and the amplifier circuit. An intermittent operation of the sensor and an intermittent operation of the amplifier circuit are controlled by an intermittent operation control signal output from the control circuit.

Abstract: A power supply device of the present invention includes a power transmission unit (15) configured to wirelessly supply power to the power receiving unit (9). The power transmission unit (15) includes: a ground-side coil (13); and a housing (21) set on a ground (19) and configured to house the ground-side coil (13). The housing (21) includes: a coil section (25) in which to dispose the ground-side coil (13); and a first projection (29) disposed closer to a vehicle entry side than the ground-side coil (13) is, and projecting upward from a surface of the coil section (25).

Abstract: An external control type fan clutch device has a sealed housing with a torque transmission chamber incorporating a drive disk therein. The drive disk has an oil reserving chamber. The sealed housing is supported on a rotary shaft with the drive disk fixed thereto. A valve member (armature) controls opening and closing of an oil circulating flow passage hole provided on a side wall of the oil reserving chamber. The valve member has magnetism and is actuated by an electromagnet supported on the rotary shaft for opening or closing the oil circulating flow passage hole. A ring-like magnetic body is disposed between the electromagnet and the rotary shaft for efficiently transmitting a magnetic flux of the electromagnet to the armature of the valve member. The external control type fan clutch device achieves size reduction, weight reduction and power saving.

Abstract: Provided is a highly reactive fluid fan clutch device excellent in reaction speed of fan rotation to a control signal even with a weak centrifugal force during low fan rotation. The device of an external control type includes: an annular oil reserving chamber provided in a case that is supported by a rotary shaft having a drive disk fixed thereto; and a valve member for opening and closing an oil circulating flow passage hole of the annular oil reserving chamber by an electromagnet, wherein an effective oil contact area at a torque transmission gap formed between a drive side and a driven side is increased and decreased to control rotation torque transmission from the drive side to the driven side, and an inner wall eccentric to an outer wall of the annular oil reserving chamber is provided in the annular oil reserving chamber.

Abstract: A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a paper sheet, a cutter unit that cuts the paper sheet, and a controller that, when transport of the paper sheet is to be halted, controls the transport unit so that the transport unit halts an ideal cut line of the paper sheet corresponding to a specified length of the paper sheet at a more upstream side in a direction of the transport of the paper sheet when a specified length of the paper sheet is shorter than a threshold length than when the specified length of the paper sheet is longer than the threshold length.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode material which leads to a lithium ion secondary battery that has high energy density. An electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery of the present invention is characterized by containing: a coarse particle of a first active material that is able to act as a positive electrode active material or a negative electrode active material of a lithium ion secondary battery; and a particle of a composite composed of conductive carbon and a second active material attached to the conductive carbon that is able to act as an active material of the same electrode as the first active material. This electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery is also characterized in that: a diameter of the coarse particle of the first active material is larger than a diameter of the particle of the composite; and the particle of the composite is filled in a gap formed between the particles of the first active material. A conductive agent can be additionally contained in the gap.

Abstract: Provided are a manufacturing method for an electrode material and an electric storage device with the electrode material improving its output performance by making a carbon material carry a metal compound which is an unstable crystal through a high-temperature reaction and by conjugating the a composite material under an atmosphere containing oxygen. A precursor of the metal compound is carried on the carbon material while the carbon material is nanoparticulated. The precursor of the metal compound is M?Y? before containing lithium. The precursor of the metal compound is reacted to produce the metal compound. In this conjugating step, the precursor of the metal compound carried on the carbon material is synthesized and crystallized. As the method of synthesizing and crystallizing the precursor of the metal compound, a hydrothermal synthesis method for synthesizing a compound and growing its crystal is used, which is performed in the presence of high-pressure water vapor.

Abstract: Provided is a method whereby metal oxide nanoparticles having evenness of size are efficiently and highly dispersedly adhered to conductive carbon powder.

Abstract: Provided is an external-control type fan clutch device that can suppress unnecessary rotation of a cooling fan at the time of activating a rotary shaft effectively regardless of stop positions of an oil supply port and an oil recover port at a stop time of the fan. The fan clutch device includes a valve member for opening/closing an oil circulating flow passage hole provided on a side wall face of the annular oil reserving chamber, wherein opening/closing of the oil circulating flow passage hole is controlled by the valve member, wherein an oil supply chamber, that is formed of a partition wall composed of an arc-like wall and a plate-like partition wall for shielding one end of the arc-like partition wall, is provided in the annular oil reserving chamber, and the oil circulating flow passage hole and an oil recovery port are arranged in the oil supply chamber.