Abstract: A flow rate adjusting device of the present invention includes a flow channel member and a valve mechanism. The valve mechanism includes a rod, a knob and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is switched by the knob moving in the traverse direction between a prohibited state in which the engaging portion is engaged with the to-be-engaged portion so that the rotation of the rod relative to the flow channel member is prohibited via the knob and a permitted state in which the engagement between the engaging portion and the to-be-engaged portion is undone so that the rod is permitted to rotate relative to the flow channel member.

Abstract: An apparatus for predicting useful life of a photovoltaic module includes an input and an output. The input receives first information indicating an amount of hygrothermal stress that a photovoltaic module undergoes from a start until an end of a period during which the photovoltaic module outputs predetermined electric power. The input further receives second information indicating an amount of hygrothermal stress that the photovoltaic module undergoes per a predetermined time in a field where the photovoltaic module is deployed. The second information is generated based on information about daily maximum temperatures of the photovoltaic module in the field where the photovoltaic module is deployed. The output outputs result information about a predicted period during which the photovoltaic module is expected to output the predetermined electric power when the photovoltaic module is deployed in the field.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes that are alternately laminated, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode provided on the surface of the laminated body. The first external electrode is provided on a first end surface of the laminated body, and extends from the first end surface of the laminated body to form a portion of the first side surface and a portion of the second side surface. The plurality of internal electrodes includes a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode. The first internal electrode is exposed at the first side surface and the second side surface of the laminated body and electrically connected to the first external electrode, and is not exposed at the first end surface of the laminated body.

Abstract: A door driving device includes a driving unit driving a door that opens and closes an entrance of a vehicle having a door case, and a control unit controlling the driving unit such that the door moves with a discontinuous acceleration during a period from when the door starts to open to when the door moves at a constant speed in an opening direction in which the door is retracted into the door case.

Abstract: A flow rate adjusting device of the present invention includes a flow channel member and a valve mechanism. The valve mechanism includes a rod, a knob and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is switched by the knob moving in the traverse direction between a prohibited state in which the engaging portion is engaged with the to-be-engaged portion so that the rotation of the rod relative to the flow channel member is prohibited via the knob and a permitted state in which the engagement between the engaging portion and the to-be-engaged portion is undone so that the rod is permitted to rotate relative to the flow channel member.

Abstract: A door driving device includes a driving unit driving a door that opens and closes an entrance of a vehicle having a door case, and a control unit controlling the driving unit such that the door moves with a discontinuous acceleration during a period from when the door starts to open to when the door moves at a constant speed in an opening direction in which the door is retracted into the door case.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes that are alternately laminated, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode provided on the surface of the laminated body. The first external electrode is provided on a first end surface of the laminated body, and extends from the first end surface of the laminated body to form a portion of the first side surface and a portion of the second side surface. The plurality of internal electrodes includes a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode. The first internal electrode is exposed at the first side surface and the second side surface of the laminated body and electrically connected to the first external electrode, and is not exposed at the first end surface of the laminated body.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ceramic electronic component including a main body including a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite to each other, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode provided on a portion of a surface of the main body, includes providing a plurality of recesses in a first principal surface of a laminated block including a ceramic material and an organic substance by relatively moving the laminated block and a protrusion surface including a protrusion, in a direction along the first principal surface of the laminated block with the protrusion surface being in contact with a first principal surface of the laminated block, obtaining a chip by cutting the laminated block including the recesses, and obtaining the main body by firing the chip.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ceramic electronic component including a main body including a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite to each other, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode provided on a portion of a surface of the main body, includes providing a plurality of recesses in a first principal surface of a laminated block including a ceramic material and an organic substance by relatively moving the laminated block and a protrusion surface including a protrusion, in a direction along the first principal surface of the laminated block with the protrusion surface being in contact with a first principal surface of the laminated block, obtaining a chip by cutting the laminated block including the recesses, and obtaining the main body by firing the chip.

Abstract: A composite material vibrator includes a vibrating component that is composed of a material having a first acoustic impedance Z1 and that serves as a vibration source, a reflective layer that is composed of a cured product of a resin composition including at least a curable resin curable by heat, a curing agent, and a silicone compound, the cured product having a second acoustic impedance Z2 that is lower than the first acoustic impedance Z1 and that is connected to the vibrating component, and a holding component that is composed of a material having a third acoustic impedance Z3 that is higher than the second acoustic impedance Z2 and that is connected to surface of the reflective layer, the surface being opposite to the surface connected to the vibrating component, wherein vibration propagated from the vibrating component to the reflective layer is reflected at the interface between the reflective layer and the holding component.