Abstract: An optical communication connector, an optical communication cable, and an electronic device that have excellent maintenance properties and can prevent parallel light (collimated light) from being directly emitted to the outside of an optical connector during non-optical coupling. There is provided an optical communication connector device that includes a collimating lens configured to collimate light from an optical transmission path; a refracting section arranged on a leading end side with respect to the collimating lens, and configured to refract and eject light from the optical transmission path ejected from the collimating lens; and a scattering section configured to scatter at least a part of the light ejected from the refracting section.

Abstract: The electromagnetic suspension apparatus includes: an electromagnetic actuator provided in parallel with a spring member between a vehicle body and a wheel of a vehicle and configured to generate driving force involving vibration damping of the vehicle body; an information acquisition unit configured to acquire, through a high-pass filter, time-series information about a stroke position of the electromagnetic actuator; and an ECU configured to calculate target driving force of the electromagnetic actuator and use the calculated target driving force to execute driving force control of the electromagnetic actuator.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include: a semiconductor substrate; a surface electrode covering a surface of the semiconductor substrate; an insulating protection film covering a part of a surface of the surface electrode; and a solder-bonding metal film, the solder-bonding metal film covering a range spreading from a surface of the insulating protection film to the surface of the surface electrode, wherein the surface electrode may include: a first metal film provided on the semiconductor substrate; a second metal film being in contact with a surface of the first metal film, and having tensile strength higher than tensile strength of the first metal film; and a third metal film being in contact with a surface of the second metal film, and having tensile strength which is lower than the tensile strength of the second metal film and is higher than the tensile strength of the first metal film.

Abstract: A drum washing machine, including: a driving part, capable of operating in a uniaxial driving form and a biaxial driving form; a heater configured to heat water stored in the outer drum for washing; and a control part which at least performs washing operation of a first washing mode and a second washing mode. In a washing process of the first washing mode, the control part enables the driving part to operate in the uniaxial driving form and also enables the heater to operate. Further, in a washing process of the second washing mode, the control part enables the driving part to operate in the biaxial driving form and also enables the heater to operate in such a manner that heat applied to the water is reduced compared with the first washing mode.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain an electromagnetic suspension apparatus capable of quickly reducing an influence of a mechanical frictional force generated in each part of an electromagnetic actuator. The electromagnetic suspension apparatus includes an electromagnetic actuator that generates a driving force related to a damping operation and an expansion and contraction, an information acquisition unit that acquires vehicle state information including a stroke speed of the electromagnetic actuator, an equivalent frictional force calculation unit that calculates an equivalent frictional force of the electromagnetic actuator based on the vehicle state information, and an ECU that calculates a target driving force of the electromagnetic actuator and controls the driving force of the electromagnetic actuator using the calculated target driving force. The ECU corrects the target driving force based on the equivalent frictional force calculated by the equivalent frictional force calculation unit.

Abstract: A positive electrode side input loop line (10a) and a positive electrode side output loop line (10b), and a negative electrode side input loop line (11a) and a negative electrode side output loop line (11b) form two sets of coupling loops, and the loop lines of the two sets have the same winding direction, and have the same loop sizes of and relative relationship between the loop lines. A capacitor (3) is connected in series between the positive electrode side input loop line (10a) and the negative electrode side input loop line (11a).

Abstract: A vehicle suspension system (3) includes an electromagnetic damper (7) provided with a sprung member (8) and an unsprung member (9) to apply a drive force and a damping force between the sprung member and the unsprung member, and a control unit (10) for controlling the electromagnetic damper. A target load for the electromagnetic damper is determined based on the unsprung member demand load that attenuates a vertical vibration of the unsprung member, and the sprung member demand load that restrains a vertical displacement of the sprung member. An absolute value of the sprung member demand load is reduced when a sprung member frequency is in an unsprung member resonance frequency range.

Abstract: A dual-mode choke coil includes: a lower core that has a first through fourth columnar body; a first upper core and a second upper core; a first coil in which two coil conductors are respectively wound onto the first columnar body and a third columnar body in mutually different directions and are connected in series; and a second coil in which two coil conductors are respectively wound onto a second columnar body and the fourth columnar body in mutually different directions and are connected in series, and in which the winding direction of the coil conductor of the second columnar body is the same as that of the coil conductor of the first columnar body. With this configuration, both common mode noise and normal mode noise can be reduced.

Abstract: [Object] To have excellent maintenance properties and restrain parallel light (collimated light) from being directly emitted to the outside of an optical connector during non-optical coupling. [Solution] An optical communication connector according to the present disclosure includes: a collimating lens configured to collimate light from an optical transmission path; and a diffusion section arranged on a leading end side with respect to the collimating lens, and configured to diffuse the light from the optical transmission path output from the collimating lens. According to this configuration, in the optical communication in which insertion and removal are frequently performed, it is possible to achieve their safety during non-fitting at the same time while having an advantage because of a collimating signal since light from an optical transmission path is diffused.

Abstract: A dual-mode choke coil includes: a lower core that has a first through fourth columnar body; a first upper core and a second upper core; a first coil in which two coil conductors are respectively wound onto the first columnar body and a third columnar body in mutually different directions and are connected in series; and a second coil in which two coil conductors are respectively wound onto a second columnar body and the fourth columnar body in mutually different directions and are connected in series, and in which the winding direction of the coil conductor of the second columnar body is the same as that of the coil conductor of the first columnar body. With this configuration, both common mode noise and normal mode noise can be reduced.

Abstract: A member for vehicle according to the present invention includes a resinous substrate, and a protective film being formed on a surface of the resinous substrate partially at least. The protective film is made by curing a curing-type coating-agent composition containing: Component (A) (e.g., an isocyanuric ring-containing urethane (meth)acrylate compound) in an amount of from 20 to 80 parts by mass; Component (B) (e.g., an isocyanuric ring-containing tri(meth)acrylate compound free from any urethane bond) in an amount of from 10 to 70 parts by mass; Component (C) (e.g., a reaction product) between a colloidal silica and an alkoxysilane compound having a maleimide group) in amount of from 1 to 35 parts by mass; a radical-polymerization initiator serving as Component (D) in an amount of from 0.

Abstract: A curing-type coating-agent composition according to the present invention contains: Component (A) (e.g., an isocyanuric ring-containing urethane (meth)acrylate compound) in an amount of from 20 to 80 parts by mass; Component (B) (e.g., an isocyanuric ring-containing tri(meth)acrylate compound free from any urethane bond) in an amount of from 10 to 70 parts by mass; Component (C-1) (e.g., a reaction compound between a colloidal silica and an alkoxysilane compound having a maleimide group) in amount of from 1 to 35 parts by mass, or Component (C-2) (e.g., a specific organosilicon compound) in an amount of from 5 to 35 parts by mass; a radical-polymerization initiator serving as Component (D) in an amount of from 0.

Abstract: A member for vehicle according to the present invention includes a resinous substrate, and a protective film being formed on a surface of the resinous substrate partially at least. The protective film is made by curing a curing-type coating-agent composition containing: Component (A) (e.g., an isocyanuric ring-containing urethane (meth)acrylate compound) in an amount of from 20 to 80 parts by mass; Component (B) (e.g., an isocyanuric ring-containing tri(meth)acrylate compound free from any urethane bond) in an amount of from 10 to 70 parts by mass; Component (C) including a specific organosilicon compound in an amount of from 5 to 35 parts by mass; a radical-polymerization initiator serving as Component (D) in an amount of from 0.

Abstract: A cathode for a fuel cell includes, as a binder, a copolymer of a hydrophilic monomer and at least one of a silicone-containing monomer and a silicone-containing macromonomer.

Abstract: Isopropanol is produced with good productivity via fermentation processes. Specifically, isopropanol is produced at a high level in a medium by culturing recombinant yeast into which an acetoacetyl CoA synthase gene and a group of genes (isopropanol synthesis-related gene group) encoding a group of enzymes for synthesis of isopropanol from acetoacetyl CoA have been introduced.

Abstract: This invention relates to a recombinant microorganism having improved butanol production capacity and butanol production with the use of such recombinant microorganism with good efficiency. In this invention, the acetoacetyl-CoA synthase gene encoding an enzyme capable of synthesizing acetoacetyl-CoA from malonyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA and a group of genes involved in butanol biosynthesis that enables synthesis of butanol from acetoacetyl-CoA are introduced into a host microorganism.

Abstract: A member for vehicle according to the present invention includes a resinous substrate, and a protective film being formed on a surface of the resinous substrate partially at least. The protective film is made by curing a curing-type coating-agent composition containing: Component (A) (e.g., an isocyanuric ring-containing urethane(meth)acrylate compound) in an amount of from 20 to 80 parts by mass; Component (B) (e.g., anisocyanuricring-containing urethane(meth)acrylate compound free from any urethane bond) in an amount of from 10 to 70 parts by mass; Component (C) including a specific organosilicon compound in an amount of from 5 to 35 parts by mass; a radical-polymerization initiator serving as Component (D) in an amount of from 0.

Abstract: Cleaning of a hot dip galvanized steel sheet is conducted by bringing a strip-shaped steel sheet which was treated by surface oxidation in advance into contact with a cleaning liquid for 1 second or more, and then bringing the hot dip galvanized steel sheet into contact with pure water, while continuously transferring the hot dip galvanized steel sheet. The method allows efficiently and fully washing off the acidic solution adhered to the surfaces of the hot dip galvanized steel sheet treated by surface oxidation. The invention also provides an apparatus for cleaning the hot dip galvanized steel sheet to carry out the above cleaning method.

Abstract: Isopropanol is produced with good productivity via fermentation processes. Specifically, isopropanol is produced at a high level in a medium by culturing recombinant yeast into which an acetoacetyl CoA synthase gene and a group of genes (isopropanol synthesis-related gene group) encoding a group of enzymes for synthesis of isopropanol from acetoacetyl CoA have been introduced.

Abstract: A member for vehicle according to the present invention is equipped with a resinous substrate, and a protective film being formed on a surface of the resinous substrate partially at least. The protective film is made by curing a curing-type coating-agent composition that includes: Component (A) including a urethane adduct compound exhibiting weatherability in an amount of from 99 to 65 parts by mass; Component (B) comprising a reaction product between a colloidal silica and an alkoxysilane compound having a maleimide group in an amount of from 1 to 35 parts by mass; a radical-polymerization initiator serving as Component (C) in an amount of from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass; an ultraviolet absorber serving as Component (D) in an amount of from 1 to 12 parts by mass; and an organic solvent serving as Component (E) in an amount of from 10 to 1,000 parts by mass; with respect to a sum of Component (A) and Component (B) being taken as 100 parts by mass.