Abstract: A metal ink containing metal particles including silver, a protective agent A including an amine compound, and a protective agent B including a fatty acid. The metal ink is configured such that the protective agent A includes at least one C4-12 amine compound, and the protective agent B includes at least one C22-26 fatty acid. It is preferable that the amine compound content is 0.2 mmol/g or more and 1.5 mmol/g or less on a silver particle mass basis. In addition, it is preferable that the fatty acid content is 0.01 mmol/g or more and 0.06 mmol/g or less on a silver particle mass basis.

Abstract: Provided are a novel catalyst component for producing an ?-olefin (co)polymer, and a production method using the same. A metal complex is obtainable by contacting a compound represented by the general formula [I] or [II] with a transition metal compound containing a transition metal belonging to 9th to 11th group: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent (i) hydrogen, (ii) a halogen, (iii) a linear alkyl or the like, or (iv) OR9 or the like; R5 and R6 represent a linear alkyl group or the like; any one of R1-R6 may have a heteroatom or a heteroatom containing group; E1 represents phosphorus, arsenic or antimony; X1 represents oxygen or sulfur; Z represents hydrogen or a leaving group.

Abstract: Provided are a novel catalyst component for producing an ?-olefin (co)polymer, and a production method using the same. A metal complex is obtainable by contacting a compound represented by the general formula [I] or [II] with a transition metal compound containing a transition metal belonging to 9th to 11th group: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent (i) hydrogen, (ii) a halogen, (iii) a linear alkyl or the like, or (iv) OR9 or the like; R5 and R6 represent a linear alkyl group or the like; any one of R1-R6 may have a heteroatom or a heteroatom containing group; E1 represents phosphorus, arsenic or antimony; X1 represents oxygen or sulfur; Z represents hydrogen or a leaving group.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core and a stator winding that includes phase coils wound around slots of the stator core. Each phase coil is configured such that: a first end is connected to an external terminal; a second end is connected to a neutral point; and 2n (n being a natural number) circling coils are arranged to circle the stator core and connected in series. A neutral-point-side coil is housed in a first slot where a terminal-side coil is housed. The terminal-side coil is a circling coil that is arranged on the external-terminal side of a first phase coil among the phase coils. The neutral-point-side coil is a circling coil that is arranged on the neutral-point side of a second phase coil among the phase coils. The second phase coil is different in phase from the first phase coil.

Abstract: Threaded parts such as bolts are rust-proofed by using a treatment liquid including a binder resin containing silica and at least one of a modified epoxy resin obtained by graft polymerization using a carboxylic acid-containing acrylic polymer as a side chain and a modified acrylic resin obtained by graft polymerization using a carboxylic acid-containing acrylic polymer as a side chain. By using this treatment liquid, coating treatment can be carried out at one time without need to use an organic solvent. There is an advantage that the friction coefficient does not increase even when tightening is repeated.

Abstract: Provided is a printing device that includes a Y-axis encoder outputting a pulse signal corresponding to a position of a head part in a predetermined direction, a Y-axis counter counting a count value based on the pulse signal from the Y-axis encoder, a control part that performs a first and a second controls, and a determination part determining that the Y-axis encoder is normal when a count value equal to or greater than a predetermined number is counted and determines that the Y-axis encoder is abnormal when a count value less than the predetermined number is counted in the first control. The control part shifts from the first control to the second control when the Y-axis encoder is determined to be normal, and the control part does not shift from the first control to the second control when the Y-axis encoder is determined to be abnormal.

Abstract: A multilayer substrate includes a stacked body including first and second flexible insulating base material layers, and an actuator conductor pattern on at least the first insulating base material layer. The stacked body includes a first region including stacked first and second insulating base material layers, and a second region including stacked second insulating base material layers. The first region includes an actuator function portion in a portion thereof, the actuator function portion including the actuator conductor pattern. The thickness of the first insulating base material layer including the actuator conductor pattern is smaller than the thickness of one second insulating base material layer.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor including a charge generation layer; a charging member to charge a surface of the photoconductor; and an exposure unit to expose the surface of the photoconductor to form a toner image on the surface of the photoconductor charged. The exposure unit exposes the surface of the photoconductor by scanning a laser beam in a main scanning direction at a non-constant scan rate, and exposure amount per unit length of the surface of the photoconductor in the main scanning direction is larger in a first region than in a second region. The first region is in the surface of the photoconductor exposed at a first scan rate. The second region is in the surface of the photoconductor exposed at a second scan rate higher than the first scan rate. The charge generation layer is thinner in the first region than in the second region.

Abstract: A control system includes a management unit configured to control a power supply device toward a target value for an output performance value of the power supply device that supplies power to a predetermined device, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to a post-shutdown task scheduled to be executed after a shutdown condition of the predetermined device is satisfied, in which the management unit refers to the information acquired by the acquisition unit, and, when the post-shutdown task is scheduled to be executed, sets the target value to a second target value which is higher than a first target value set when the post-shutdown task is scheduled to be executed, before the shutdown condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A silicone sheet 1 of the present invention is a silicone sheet that is at least one selected from a silicone gel sheet and a silicone putty sheet. The silicone sheet has a Shore 00 hardness of 75 or less. The silicone sheet is cut in a thickness direction and cut faces 5a-5m and 6a-6f of the silicone sheet are adjacent to each other without gap. The cut faces of the silicone sheet are non-tacky, and the silicone sheet is separable at the cut faces. Preferably, the cut faces have a tackiness of 0.6 N or less based on a tackiness checker. The mounting method of the present invention is a method of mounting the above silicone sheet by pick and place mounting using an automatic mounting machine.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image based on image data, a fixing unit configured to fix the image formed by the image forming unit on a recording material, a conversion unit configured to convert image data into conversion data including a plurality of areas having a first resolution in a main scanning direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording material, and a second resolution higher than the first resolution in a sub-scanning direction, which is the conveyance direction of the recording material, an analysis unit configured to analyze values related to the areas of the plurality of areas of the conversion data obtained by the conversion unit, and a temperature control unit configured to control a fixing temperature of the fixing unit according to a result of the analysis performed by the analysis unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: an obtaining portion that divides image data into a plurality of regions in a sub scanning direction, and obtains, for each of the plurality of regions in the sub scanning direction, a first value relating to pixels having density at at least a prescribed value in a first width and a second value relating to pixels having density at at least the prescribed value in a second width, which is greater than the first width; a determining portion that determines, for each of the plurality of regions, a target temperature for maintaining a temperature of a heating member on the basis of the first and second values; and a control portion that controls power supplied to the heating member so that the temperature of the heating member is maintained at the target temperature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer that is represented by formula (1) and has a polar group, or a copolymer of ethylene, the allyl monomer that is represented by formula (1) and has a polar group, and another monomer. This production method is characterized by using a metal complex, which is represented by general formula (C1), as a polymerization catalyst and by having a silane compound, which is represented by general formula (2) and has a silicon-hydrogen bond, coexist with the metal complex. (In the formulae, the symbols are as defined in the description.) According to the present invention, a copolymer of an allyl monomer that has a polar group is able to be produced with high catalytic activity, said copolymer being capable of having various applications.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer having a polar group represented by general formula (1), or a copolymer of ethylene, an allyl monomer having a polar group represented by general formula (1), and other monomers, wherein the copolymer is produced in the presence of a boron compound having a boron-hydrogen bond or a boron-carbon bond (for example, a compound represented by general formula (2)) by using a metal complex represented by general formula (C1) as a polymerization catalyst (the symbols in the formulas are as described in the description). According to the present invention, a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer can be efficiently produced with high catalytic activity, wherein the copolymer has a polar group and can be used in various applications.

Abstract: A multilayer substrate includes a lamination body including a first resin substrate, a second resin substrate, and a bonding layer that are hot-pressed. A first conductor pattern including a surface defined by a plated film is disposed on a first surface of the first resin substrate. A second conductor pattern including a surface defined by a plated film is disposed on a second surface of the first resin substrate. A third conductor pattern including a surface defined by a plated film is disposed on a third surface of the second resin substrate. A fourth conductor pattern including a surface defined by a plated film is disposed on a fourth surface of the second resin substrate. The first conductor pattern is located closer to one outermost layer than the second conductor pattern is. The second conductor pattern is thinner than the first conductor pattern.

Abstract: A resin multilayer substrate includes a stacked body including resin layers, and a coil including coil conductor patterns provided on two or more resin layers. The coil conductor patterns include a coil conductor pattern including a parallel conductor portion. The parallel conductor portion includes linear conductor patterns connected in parallel that are parallel to each other, and is provided at least at a portion of an outermost peripheral portion of the coil conductor pattern. A total line width of the linear conductor patterns of the parallel conductor portion is larger than a line width of other portions of the coil conductor pattern.

Abstract: An actuator includes a coil substrate including a coil, a base substrate including insulating base layers that are stacked, capacitors disposed in the base substrate, and a magnet to receive a magnetic field from the coil. The base substrate includes a coil driving circuit, and a first region closer to the coil and a second region farther from the coil. The first and second regions are defined by two portions of the base substrate divided in a direction in which the insulating base layers are stacked. The capacitors are disposed in the first region more densely than in the second region.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first substrate including antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna, and a battery including a principal surface and being used as a power source of a circuit connected to the antennas. The battery, when viewed in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the principal surface of the battery, is disposed between the first antenna and the second antenna, and a portion or all of the first antenna and the second antenna overlap with the battery, when viewed in a direction in parallel or substantially parallel to the principal surface of the battery.

Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization that contains a metal complex represented by general formula (C1) and a method for producing polyethylene, a copolymer of ethylene and an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1), or a copolymer of ethylene, an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) and another monomer, using the aforementioned metal complex as a polymerization catalyst, wherein the symbols in formula (C1) and formula (1) are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: An actuator includes a coil that provides a magnetic field to move a permanent magnet in a moving direction perpendicular to a coil axis. The coil includes conductor patterns on an insulating base material layer. The permanent magnet is located above insulating base material layer so that a polar direction of the permanent magnet is the moving direction. The conductor patterns include a closest conductor pattern closest to the permanent magnet. A first maximum width of an interval inside the closest conductor pattern in the polar direction is smaller than a second maximum width of an interval inside another conductor pattern in the polar direction. An overlapping width in the polar direction between the interval of the first maximum width inside the closest conductor pattern and the permanent magnet is the first maximum width regardless of a position of the permanent magnet.