Abstract: A first terminal housing chamber of a terminal body includes a first elastic contact part that contacts the first counterpart terminal while imparting resilient force in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the first counterpart terminal, and gaps with respect to the first counterpart terminal in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the first counterpart terminal and the resilient force imparting direction of the first elastic contact part. A second terminal housing chamber of the terminal body includes a second elastic contact part that contacts the second counterpart terminal while imparting resilient force in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the second counterpart terminal, and gaps with respect to the second counterpart terminal in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the second counterpart terminal and the resilient force imparting direction of the second elastic contact part.

Abstract: A hydrotalcite is represented by formula (1): (M2+)1-X(M3+)X(OH)2(An?)X/n.mH2O??(1), wherein M2+ indicates a divalent metal, M3+ indicates a trivalent metal, An? indicates an n-valent anion, n indicates an integer of 1 to 6, 0.17?x?0.36, and 0?m?10. The hydrotalcite has (A) a lattice strain in the <003> direction is 3×10?3 or less as measured using an X-ray diffraction method; (B) primary particles with an average width between 5 nm and 200 nm inclusive per a SEM method; and (C) a degree of monodispersity of 50% or greater (degree of monodispersity (%)=(average width of primary particles as measured using the SEM method/average width of secondary particles as measured using a dynamic light scattering method)×100). A resin containing the hydrotalcite, a suspension containing the hydrotalcite and a method for producing the hydrotalcite are disclosed.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a partition plate that partitions the inside of a housing of an outdoor unit into a blower chamber and a machine chamber, a reactor attached to the partition plate on a side of the machine chamber, a fixing member that fixes the reactor to the partition plate, and a plate-like first heat transfer member provided between the reactor and the partition plate, and in the refrigeration cycle apparatus, the first heat transfer member is provided between the partition plate and the reactor, and the thermal resistance of the first heat transfer member is smaller than the thermal resistance of the fixing member.

Abstract: A machine learning device which learns to determine at least one arc welding condition includes a state observation unit which observes a state variable consisting of at least one physical quantity regarding the arc welding and the at least one arc welding condition at least during or after the arc welding, and a learning unit which learns a change in the at least one physical quantity observed by the state observation unit and the at least one arc welding condition in association with each other.

Abstract: A die for a terminalized electric wire is provided with a first electrode, a hole forming jig, an electric wire pressing jig which surrounds a periphery of the first electrode, a second electrode and conductor accommodation parts. The conductor accommodation parts are recessed in molded inner wall surfaces at both sides of the electric wire pressing jig which holds a superposed configuration part in which the end side is superposed on the root side of the annular conductor in the vertical direction. A part of a molten conductor of the superposed configuration part flows into the conductor accommodation parts.

Abstract: Provided is an electric wire part including a conductive core wire and a terminal part in which an object to be terminalized of the core wire is solidified into a terminal shape after being melted. The terminal part includes a connection part having a first through hole for inserting a male screw part therethrough, and a projecting part projecting from the connection part in at least one axial direction of the first through hole. The projecting part is formed in an annular shape having a second through hole communicated to the first through hole with the axial direction identical to an axial direction of the first through hole, and an end surface at a projecting direction side of the annular shape that is able to come into surface contact with a contact surface of a counterpart connection part serving as an object to be fastened.

Abstract: A first terminal housing chamber of a terminal body includes a first elastic contact part that contacts the first counterpart terminal while imparting resilient force in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the first counterpart terminal, and gaps with respect to the first counterpart terminal in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the first counterpart terminal and the resilient force imparting direction of the first elastic contact part. A second terminal housing chamber of the terminal body includes a second elastic contact part that contacts the second counterpart terminal while imparting resilient force in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the second counterpart terminal, and gaps with respect to the second counterpart terminal in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the second counterpart terminal and the resilient force imparting direction of the second elastic contact part.

Abstract: A connector structure includes a conductive rubber. The consecutive rubber is accommodated in an accommodating recess part of a first connector, and is configured to be sandwiched between a first terminal and a second terminal to electrically connect them when a first casing and a second casing are assembled so as to abut the first connector to a second connector. The conductive rubber includes both end surfaces which are contact points abutting against the first terminal and the second terminal, and a resilient part including a groove part formed on an outer circumference between the contact points so as to extend in a circumferential direction orthogonal to an axial direction connecting the end surfaces.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a terminal-formed electric wire includes a welding member placing process in which at least one welding member formed of metal having a melting point lower than that of a plurality of metal strands included in a core wire is arranged to the core wire of at least a terminal-forming target portion of the electric wire, and a terminal forming process in which the exposed terminal-forming target portion is interposed between first and second electrodes having a shape corresponding to a desired terminal shape, at least the welding member in the terminal-forming target portion is melted by electrically conducting the first and second electrodes while pressing the terminal-forming target portion with the first and second electrodes, and the melted metal is then solidified, so that the terminal-forming target portion is formed as a terminal portion having a desired terminal shape.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an acquisition section configured to acquire still image data obtained by imaging, a generator configured to generate, from the still image data acquired by the acquisition section, a logically single data unit including first still image data and second still image data different from each other in luminance dynamic range and reproducible independently from each other, and an output section configured to output the data unit generated by the generator.

Abstract: A connection terminal includes a terminal metal fitting that has first and second electric connection parts each having facing wall surfaces disposed facing each other at an interval and formed in a flat plate shape, and that is electrically connected to an electric connection part of a counterpart connection terminal inserted between first end parts of the first and the second electric connection parts. The terminal metal fitting has a joining part that couples first side end parts of respective second end parts of the first and the second electric connection parts, and an opening restriction part that keeps an interval between the facing wall surfaces of the respective second end parts of the first and the second electric connection parts between second side end parts of the respective second end parts of the first and the second electric connection parts.

Abstract: A connection device to which a relay connector is applied includes relay terminals that have first connection portions capable of being elastically deformed along a first direction, second connection portions capable of being elastically deformed along the first direction, and coupling portions connecting the first and second connection portions, and are formed integrally with the first and second connection portions, and the coupling portions, and a holding unit that holds the relay terminal and has reaction force receiving portions supporting the coupling portions with such positional relation that first counterpart terminals are capable of being connected to the first connection portions from one side in the first direction and second counterpart terminals are capable of being connected to the second connection portions from the other side in the first direction and receiving reaction forces with elastic deformation of the first and second connection portions.

Abstract: A connector structure includes a conductive rubber. The consecutive rubber is accommodated in an accommodating recess part of a first connector, and is configured to be sandwiched between a first terminal and a second terminal to electrically connect them when a first casing and a second casing are assembled so as to abut the first connector to a second connector. The conductive rubber includes both end surfaces which are contact points abutting against the first terminal and the second terminal, and a resilient part including a groove part formed on an outer circumference between the contact points so as to extend in a circumferential direction orthogonal to an axial direction connecting the end surfaces.

Abstract: An electric wire is an electric wire to be routed under the floor of a vehicle such as an electric vehicle. The electric wire includes: a conductive first conductor that is formed in a single bar shape; a conductive second conductor that is formed by bundling a plurality of element wires; and a fusion junction that is formed by melting and joining an end of the first conductor and an end of the second conductor in a abutting state therebetween in an axial direction.

Abstract: A terminal crimping structure includes a coaxial cable, a terminal fitting including a tubular conductor connecting portion coaxially interposed between a terminal connecting portion of an outer conductor of the coaxial cable and an insulator, a tubular crimping member that allows the terminal connecting portion to be coaxially interposed between the crimping member and the conductor connecting portion to crimp the terminal connecting portion onto the conductor connecting portion, and a tubular member that is stronger and harder than the conductor connecting portion and coaxially interposed between the conductor connecting portion and the insulator. Linear conductors of the terminal connecting portion include crushed portions that abut each other. The crushed portions are crushed until they are axially extended by an amount achieving a target crushed state in which an oxide layer is broken to obtain an exposed region of a new surface required for adhesion to the conductor connecting portion.

Abstract: A connection device to which a relay connector is applied includes relay terminals that have first connection portions capable of being elastically deformed along a first direction, second connection portions capable of being elastically deformed along the first direction, and coupling portions connecting the first and second connection portions, and are formed integrally with the first and second connection portions, and the coupling portions, and a holding unit that holds the relay terminal and has reaction force receiving portions supporting the coupling portions with such positional relation that first counterpart terminals are capable of being connected to the first connection portions from one side in the first direction and second counterpart terminals are capable of being connected to the second connection portions from the other side in the first direction and receiving reaction forces with elastic deformation of the first and second connection portions.

Abstract: A terminal crimping structure includes a coaxial cable, a terminal fitting including a tubular conductor connecting portion coaxially interposed between a terminal connecting portion of an outer conductor of the coaxial cable and an insulator, a tubular crimping member that allows the terminal connecting portion to be coaxially interposed between the crimping member and the conductor connecting portion to crimp the terminal connecting portion onto the conductor connecting portion, and a tubular member that is stronger and harder than the conductor connecting portion and coaxially interposed between the conductor connecting portion and the insulator. Linear conductors of the terminal connecting portion include crushed portions that abut each other. The crushed portions are crushed until they are axially extended by an amount achieving a target crushed state in which an oxide layer is broken to obtain an exposed region of a new surface required for adhesion to the conductor connecting portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a terminal-formed electric wire includes a welding member placing process in which at least one welding member formed of metal having a melting point lower than that of a plurality of metal strands included in a core wire is arranged to the core wire of at least a terminal-forming target portion of the electric wire, and a terminal forming process in which the exposed terminal-forming target portion is interposed between first and second electrodes having a shape corresponding to a desired terminal shape, at least the welding member in the terminal-forming target portion is melted by electrically conducting the first and second electrodes while pressing the terminal-forming target portion with the first and second electrodes, and the melted metal is then solidified, so that the terminal-forming target portion is formed as a terminal portion having a desired terminal shape.