Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a positive electrode containing a composite of porous carbon and sulfur; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent containing an unsaturated cyclic carbonate and a lithium salt, in which a cumulative 70% pore size of the porous carbon is 2.0 nm or more and 7.0 nm or less, a content of the unsaturated cyclic carbonate in the nonaqueous solvent is 10 vol % or more, and a positive electrode potential at an end-of-discharge voltage in normal use is 1.0 V vs. Li/Li+ or less.

Abstract: There is provided a distributed control device including a first power supply circuit that outputs a first power supply voltage, a power failure detection circuit that outputs a power failure notification signal, a first drive power supply circuit that outputs a first drive voltage, a second drive power supply circuit that outputs a second drive voltage, a control circuit operated by using the first drive voltage, and a first drive device operated by using the second drive voltage. The power failure detection circuit outputs the power failure notification signal including power failure information indicating that the commercial power supply is abnormal. The first switching circuit stops supply of the first power supply voltage to the second drive power supply circuit in accordance with a first switching control signal based on the power failure notification signal including the power failure information.

Abstract: There is provided a distributed control device including a sub-control circuit operated by using a power supply voltage, a first drive device controlled by the sub-control circuit, a first minor error output circuit that outputs a first minor error signal including first minor error information to the first drive device, a first major error output circuit that outputs a first major error signal including first major error information to the first drive device, a management control circuit that holds minor error information corresponding to the first minor error information and major error information corresponding to the first major error information, and a switching circuit that switches whether or not to supply the power supply voltage to the sub-control circuit. The switching circuit stops the supply of the power supply voltage to the sub-control circuit in accordance with the major error information.

Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium ion battery, a negative electrode slurry for a lithium ion battery, a negative electrode for a lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium ion battery has a pH of 5 or higher and contains: a water-soluble polymer (A) that is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 15 mol % to 99.9 mol % of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an inorganic salt thereof, and that has a glass transition temperature of 110° C. or lower; and a hydrolyzed partial condensate (B) of an amino group-containing trialkoxysilane.

Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery contains a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A). The water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 30 mol % to 95 mol % of a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a), and 5 mol % to 40 mol % of an alkoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate (b) represented by the following general formula (1), CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2—O—R3??(1) (in which R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a total number of carbon atoms of the groups R1, R2 and R3 is 5 or less.

Abstract: To provide a conductive carbon material dispersing agent for a lithium ion battery, a slurry for a lithium ion battery electrode, an electrode for a lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery The disclosure provides a conductive carbon material dispersing agent for a lithium ion battery including a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A-1) which contains 2 to 60 mol % of structural units derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a) and 10 to 70 mol % of structural units derived from an unsaturated sulfonic acid or salts thereof (b), and which has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 300,000.

Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-ion battery. The thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery contains a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) and a divalent or higher valent metal ion. The water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) contains 2 mol % to 60 mol % of a constituent unit derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a), and 10 mol % to 50 mol % of a constituent unit derived from one or more unsaturated acids selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids and unsaturated sulfonic acids or an inorganic salt thereof (b). The divalent or higher valent metal ion is contained in an amount of 0.5 mol % to 30 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of an acid group contained in the component (b).

Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, a lithium-ion battery negative electrode material, as well as a lithium-ion battery and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A binder aqueous solution for power storage device, a slurry for power storage device, an electrode for power storage device, a separator for power storage device, a separator/electrode laminate for power storage device and a power storage device are provided. The present disclosure provides a binder aqueous solution for power storage device, in which the binder aqueous solution for power storage device contains a water-soluble polymer, the water-soluble polymer contains more than 99 mass% and less than 99.9 mass% of a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound and more than 0.1 mass% and less than 1 mass% of a structural unit derived from an unsaturated hydrocarbon sulfonic acid and/or a salt thereof, and a weight average molecular weight of the water-soluble polymer is less than 300,000.

Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium ion battery, a negative electrode slurry for a lithium ion battery, a negative electrode for a lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium ion battery has a pH of 5 or higher and contains: a water-soluble polymer (A) that is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 15 mol % to 99.9 mol % of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an inorganic salt thereof, and that has a glass transition temperature of 110° C. or lower; and a hydrolyzed partial condensate (B) of an amino group-containing trialkoxysilane.

Abstract: To provide a conductive carbon material dispersing agent for a lithium ion battery, a slurry for a lithium ion battery electrode, an electrode for a lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery The disclosure provides a conductive carbon material dispersing agent for a lithium ion battery including a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A-1) which contains 2 to 60 mol % of structural units derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a) and 10 to 70 mol % of structural units derived from an unsaturated sulfonic acid or salts thereof (b), and which has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 300,000.

Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery contains a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A). The water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 30 mol % to 95 mol % of a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a), and 5 mol % to 40 mol % of an alkoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate (b) represented by the following general formula (1), CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2—O—R3??(1) (in which R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a total number of carbon atoms of the groups R1, R2 and R3 is 5 or less.

Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-ion battery. The thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery contains a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) and a divalent or higher valent metal ion. The water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) contains 2 mol % to 60 mol % of a constituent unit derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a), and 10 mol % to 50 mol % of a constituent unit derived from one or more unsaturated acids selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids and unsaturated sulfonic acids or an inorganic salt thereof (b). The divalent or higher valent metal ion is contained in an amount of 0.5 mol % to 30 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of an acid group contained in the component (b).

Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, a lithium-ion battery negative electrode material, as well as a lithium-ion battery and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A seal device includes an annular seal main body; a lip part that has a main lip and a sub lip, the main lip and the sub lip being provided so as to be aligned in an axial direction on the inside of the seal main body; and an annular biasing member provided on an outer periphery of the lip part, the annular biasing member being configured to press both the main lip and the sub lip to a member from the outer periphery in a radial direction, wherein the biasing member has a length in the axial direction such that the biasing member is configured to press both a distal end site of the main lip and a distal end site of the sub lip from the outer periphery in the radial direction.

Abstract: A processor apparatus according to the present invention is a processor apparatus which shares hardware resources between a plurality of processors, and includes: a first determination unit which determines whether or not a register in each of the hardware resources holds extension context data of a program that is currently executed; a second determination unit which determines to which processor the extension context data in the hardware resource corresponds; a first transfer unit which saves and restores the extension context data between programs in the processor; and a second transfer unit which saves and restores the extension context data between programs between different processors.

Abstract: A sealing device adapted to seal an outer periphery of a shaft member inserted into a tubular member includes a dust seal lip arranged on an outer side of the tubular member and an oil seal lip arranged on an inner side of the tubular member to form a space for accumulating working fluid between the oil seal lip and the dust seal lip. The dust seal lip includes a main lip portion and an auxiliary lip portion formed to be closer to the oil seal lip than the main lip portion. A maximum value of a surface pressure gradient absolute value of the inner side in the auxiliary lip portion is set to be larger than that of a surface pressure gradient absolute value of the outer side in the auxiliary lip portion.

Abstract: Provided is a multithreaded processor that can accurately estimate processing time necessary for each thread, and a multithreaded processor that simultaneously executes instruction streams, the multithreaded processor including: a computing unit group that executes instructions; an instruction scheduler that groups the instructions into groups for each of the instruction streams, the instructions being included in the each of instruction streams, and each of the groups being made up of instructions among the instructions to be simultaneously issued to the computing units; an instruction buffer which holds the instructions for each of the groups grouped by the instruction scheduler, the instructions being included in the each of instruction streams; and an issued instruction determining unit that reads the instructions for each of the groups from the instruction buffer in each of execution cycles of the multithreaded processor, and that issues the read instructions to the computing unit group.

Abstract: A processor apparatus according to the present invention is a processor apparatus which shares hardware resources between a plurality of processors, and includes: a first determination unit which determines whether or not a register in each of the hardware resources holds extension context data of a program that is currently executed; a second determination unit which determines to which processor the extension context data in the hardware resource corresponds; a first transfer unit which saves and restores the extension context data between programs in the processor; and a second transfer unit which saves and restores the extension context data between programs between different processors.

Abstract: A multithread processor including: an execution unit including a physical processor; and a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) which converts, to a physical address, a logical address output from the execution unit, and logical processors are implemented on the physical processor, a first logical processor that is a part of the logical processors constitutes a first subsystem having a first virtual space, a second logical processor that is a part of the logical processors and different from the first logical processor constitutes a second subsystem having a second virtual space, each of the first and the second subsystems has processes to be assigned to the logical processors, and the logical address includes: a first TLB access virtual identifier for identifying one of the first and the second subsystems; and a process identifier for identifying a corresponding one of the processes in each of the first and the second subsystems.