Abstract: A car seat includes an actuator capable of changing an orientation of a rest surface of a seat back laterally by turning and moving at least a side portion frame that is part of the car seat frontward and rearward, and a controller configured to exercise control over the actuator. The controller includes a run-time posture support unit configured to execute a run-time posture support control under which when a car makes a turn, the actuator is regulated to cause the rest surface of the seat back to be oriented in a direction of the turn. The run-time posture support unit is configured to regulate the actuator in accordance with a placement of the seat in the car, when the run-time posture support unit executes the run-time posture support control.

Abstract: A high-pressure gas tank includes: a liner having an internal space for holding a gas; a strengthening layer stacked on the liner and having carbon fibers and a first resin; an intermediate layer stacked on at least a part of the strengthening layer; and a protective layer stacked on the intermediate layer and having glass fibers and a second resin. The intermediate layer has higher gas permeability than the strengthening layer and the protective layer.

Abstract: A high-pressure gas tank includes: a liner having an internal space for holding a gas; a strengthening layer stacked on the liner and having carbon fibers and a first resin; an intermediate layer stacked on at least a part of the strengthening layer; and a protective layer stacked on the intermediate layer and having glass fibers and a second resin. The intermediate layer has higher gas permeability than the strengthening layer and the protective layer.

Abstract: A silicone composition is provided comprising (A) an alkenyl-containing organopolysiloxanc having a viscosity of 1.0-100 Pa·s at 25° C., (B) an organopolysiloxane of formula (1), (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane of formula (2), (D) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane of formula (3), (E) a filler, (F) a platinum group metal catalyst, and (G) a reaction inhibitor. The composition has a low viscosity and good moldability prior to curing and cures into a dilatant product that exhibits a low storage elastic modulus at a low strain rate and a high storage elastic modulus at a high strain rate.

Abstract: A system for controlling a gas supply unit supplying gas to a tank includes a pressure acquisition unit configured to acquire the pressure in the tank; and a controller configured to perform first filling for supplying the gas to the tank and to perform second filling, based on a flow rate determined based on a change in the pressure in the tank for a predetermined period of time during the first filling, by controlling the gas supply unit. The controller is configured to cause the gas supply unit to perform the first filling at a first flow rate in a case where the pressure in the tank prior to the first filling is a first pressure and perform the first filling at a second flow rate exceeding the first flow rate in a case where the pressure is a second pressure exceeding the first pressure.

Abstract: A silicone composition is provided comprising (A) an alkenyl-containing organopolysiloxanc having a viscosity of 1.0-100 Pa·s at 25° C., (B) an organopolysiloxane of formula (1), (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane of formula (2), (D) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane of formula (3), (E) a filler, (F) a platinum group metal catalyst, and (G) a reaction inhibitor. The composition has a low viscosity and good moldability prior to curing and cures into a dilatant product that exhibits a low storage elastic modulus at a low strain rate and a high storage elastic modulus at a high strain rate.

Abstract: A semiconductor light source driving apparatus of the present disclosure includes a switching power supply that supplies a DC voltage, a power source switching FET, a coil, an inverting FET driver, a semiconductor light source device, and a free-wheeling diode. The power source switching FET switches on/off an output of a positive terminal of the switching power supply in accordance with an input PWM signal. The coil has a first end connected to the output of the power source switching FET. The inverting FET driver is connected between a second end of the coil and a negative terminal of the switching power supply and switched on/off in accordance with an input signal. The semiconductor light source device is connected between the second end of the coil and the negative terminal of the switching power supply. The first end of the coil and the negative terminal of the switching power supply are connected to the free-wheeling diode.

Abstract: A semiconductor light source drive device includes a semiconductor light source; a switching element that controls a current flowing through the semiconductor light source by being on/off-controlled by a PWM signal provided to the control end; a current detection element that detects a current flowing through the semiconductor light source; a switching power source that supplies power supply voltage to a series connection of the semiconductor light source, the switching element, and the current detection element; a PWM supply circuit supplies the PWM signal and its on-time ratio information; a target value setting part converts the on-time ratio information to a target average current value and outputs the target average current value; and a comparator compares the target average current value with an average current value detected by the current detection element and outputs comparison output to the switching power source as a signal for control.

Abstract: The semiconductor light source driving apparatus includes light source modules, a current control element, a second current detection element, a DC power supply, and a controller. The light source modules each include the following components connected in parallel: a semiconductor light source; a first constant-voltage diode; a series circuit of a first current detection element and a second constant-voltage diode with a lower breakdown voltage than the first constant-voltage diode; and a switching element. The controller controls the DC power supply based on a detection output of the second current detection element. After the first current detection element generates a output in response to an open fault in any of the semiconductor light sources, and then the current control element is turned off, the controller turns on the switching element of the light source module with the open fault, thereby allowing the current control element to be controlled.

Abstract: A semiconductor light source driving apparatus of the present disclosure includes a switching power supply that supplies a DC voltage, a power source switching FET, a coil, an inverting FET driver, a semiconductor light source device, and a free-wheeling diode. The power source switching FET switches on/off an output of a positive terminal of the switching power supply in accordance with an input PWM signal. The coil has a first end connected to the output of the power source switching FET. The inverting FET driver is connected between a second end of the coil and a negative terminal of the switching power supply and switched on/off in accordance with an input signal. The semiconductor light source device is connected between the second end of the coil and the negative terminal of the switching power supply. The first end of the coil and the negative terminal of the switching power supply are connected to the free-wheeling diode.

Abstract: The semiconductor light source driving apparatus includes light source modules, a current control element, a second current detection element, a DC power supply, and a controller. The light source modules each include the following components connected in parallel: a semiconductor light source; a first constant-voltage diode; a series circuit of a first current detection element and a second constant-voltage diode with a lower breakdown voltage than the first constant-voltage diode; and a switching element. The controller controls the DC power supply based on a detection output of the second current detection element. After the first current detection element generates a output in response to an open fault in any of the semiconductor light sources, and then the current control element is turned off, the controller turns on the switching element of the light source module with the open fault, thereby allowing the current control element to be controlled.

Abstract: A semiconductor light source drive device includes a semiconductor light source; a switching element that controls a current flowing through the semiconductor light source by being on/off-controlled by a PWM signal provided to the control end; a current detection element that detects a current flowing through the semiconductor light source; a switching power source that supplies power supply voltage to a series connection of the semiconductor light source, the switching element, and the current detection element; a PWM supply circuit supplies the PWM signal and its on-time ratio information; a target value setting part converts the on-time ratio information to a target average current value and outputs the target average current value; and a comparator compares the target average current value with an average current value detected by the current detection element and outputs comparison output to the switching power source as a signal for control.

Abstract: A semiconductor light source driving apparatus includes a light source unit which has a plurality of series-connected light source modules. Each light source module includes: a switching element which is controlled to turn on/off by a control signal; series-connected light source elements; and an overvoltage detection circuit in which a zener diode and a light emitting element are connected in series and a light detecting element is disposed to face the light emitting element, the switching element, the light source elements, and the overvoltage detection circuit being connected in parallel to each other.

Abstract: This high pressure gas tank is a tank in which a fiber-reinforced resin layer is formed around an outer periphery of a tank liner by fibers impregnated with thermosetting resin being wound around the outer periphery of the tank liner. The fiber-reinforced resin layer includes an inside layer formed on the tank liner side, and an outside layer formed on an outer periphery of the inside layer. The inside layer is formed as a dense layer, while the outside layer is formed as a layer that is less dense than the inside layer by forming a larger number of airspaces in the outside layer than there are in the inside layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor light source driving apparatus includes a light source unit which has a plurality of series-connected light source modules. Each light source module includes: a switching element which is controlled to turn on/off by a control signal; series-connected light source elements; and an overvoltage detection circuit in which a zener diode and a light emitting element are connected in series and a light detecting element is disposed to face the light emitting element, the switching element, the light source elements, and the overvoltage detection circuit being connected in parallel to each other.

Abstract: A system for controlling a gas supply unit supplying gas to a tank includes a pressure acquisition unit configured to acquire the pressure in the tank; and a controller configured to perform first filling for supplying the gas to the tank and to perform second filling, based on a flow rate determined based on a change in the pressure in the tank for a predetermined period of time during the first filling, by controlling the gas supply unit. The controller is configured to cause the gas supply unit to perform the first filling at a first flow rate in a case where the pressure in the tank prior to the first filling is a first pressure and perform the first filling at a second flow rate exceeding the first flow rate in a case where the pressure is a second pressure exceeding the first pressure.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting binding between acetylated histone and a bromodomain-containing protein in a mammal, as well as a method of shrinking or killing of cancer cells expressing a bromodomain-containing protein or inhibiting the growth of cancer cells expressing a bromodomain-containing protein in a mammal. The methods involve administering an effective amount of (S)-2-[4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3,9-trimethyl-6H-thieno[3,2-f][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]diazepin-6-yl]-N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide or a dihydrate thereof to the mammal.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting binding between acetylated histone and a bromodomain-containing protein in a mammal, as well as a method of shrinking or killing of cancer cells expressing a bromodomain-containing protein or inhibiting the growth of cancer cells expressing a bromodomain-containing protein in a mammal. The methods involve administering an effective amount of (S)-2-[4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3,9-trimethyl-6H-thieno[3,2-f][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]diazepin-6-yl]-N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide or a dihydrate thereof to the mammal.

Abstract: This high pressure gas tank is a tank in which a fiber-reinforced resin layer is formed around an outer periphery of a tank liner by fibers impregnated with thermosetting resin being wound around the outer periphery of the tank liner. The fiber-reinforced resin layer includes an inside layer formed on the tank liner side, and an outside layer formed on an outer periphery of the inside layer. The inside layer is formed as a dense layer, while the outside layer is formed as a layer that is less dense than the inside layer by forming a larger number of airspaces in the outside layer than there are in the inside layer.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting binding between acetylated histone and a bromodomain-containing protein in a mammal, as well as a method of shrinking or killing of cancer cells expressing a bromodomain-containing protein or inhibiting the growth of cancer cells expressing a bromodomain-containing protein in a mammal. The methods involve administering an effective amount of (S)-2-[4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3,9-trimethyl-6H-thieno[3,2-f][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]diazepin-6-yl]-N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide or a dihydrate thereof to the mammal.