Abstract: A power conversion apparatus, comprising: a semiconductor component for power conversion; a heat transfer member to which the semiconductor component is fixed such that the heat transfer member is thermally connected to a heat dissipation surface formed on at least one surface of the semiconductor component; and a housing, wherein the housing includes a heat dissipation wall portion, a fitting portion that fits to the heat transfer member is formed on the heat dissipation wall portion at an inside of the housing space, an area of contact between the fitting portion and the heat transfer member is greater than an area of the heat dissipation surface of the semiconductor component, and an occupied area of the fitting portion as seen in plan view is smaller than an area of the at least one surface of the semiconductor component on which the heat dissipation surface is formed.

Abstract: A connector comprises a plurality of signal terminals, a plurality of ground terminals which are configured to be connected to outer conductors of cables, and a ground member which is configured to be connected to the outer conductors. The ground member has a ground portion. The signal terminals and the ground terminals are alternately arranged in a pitch direction (Y-direction) to form one terminal row. Each of the signal terminals has a first adjustment portion. Each of the ground terminals has a second adjustment portion. The signal terminals include an outer signal terminal located at an end of the terminal row. The first adjustment portion of the outer signal terminal protrudes toward the ground portion. A position of the first adjustment portion of the outer signal terminal in a perpendicular plane (XZ-plane) is equal to or overlaps with a position of the ground portion in the perpendicular plane.

Abstract: A cooling structure is provided. The cooling structure includes a harness, a board electrically connected to the harness, a heat transfer member whose one end is connected between the harness and the board, the heat transfer member being a member to which heat of the harness is transmitted, and a heat sink connected to the other end of the heat transfer member and configured to radiate heat transmitted to the heat transfer member.

Abstract: A structure 1 for an operational portion in a vehicle provided at a side of a driver seat in a vehicle, comprising: a touch pad 14 having a contacted operational surface 14a receiving contact as an input operation; a rest surface formation portion 15 including a palm rest portion 21 provided behind the touch pad 14 and used for operation of the touch pad 14 and an arm rest portion 22 forming a rest surface 15a continuous to the palm rest portion 21; and an audio switch 16 provided between the touch pad 14 and the arm rest portion 22 in a front and back direction of the vehicle, the audio switch 16 operating an audio device equipped in the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a pinch valve, the method may include sensing an electrical parameter of at least one flexible sensor during a monitoring period to provide multiple values of the sensed electrical parameter; wherein the at least one flexible sensor comprises piezoresistive nanomaterials, wherein the piezoresistive nanomaterials are directly coupled to a flexible conduit of the pinch valve; wherein the sensed electrical parameter is indicative of a flexible conduit parameter selected out of stress and pressure; and estimating, based on the multiple values of the sensed electrical parameter, a state of the pinch valve.

Abstract: This power supply device is provided with: a first heat-generating component; a case; a resin material; a circuit board; a second heat-generating component; and a heat dissipation casing. This power supply device is additionally provided with a heat transfer member which has a first portion that is arranged to be in contact with a first outer surface of the case and a second portion that is arranged to be in contact with a second outer surface of the case, and which has a higher thermal conductivity than the case. The second heat-generating component is arranged in contact with the heat transfer member; and the heat transfer member dissipates the heat of the first heat-generating component and the second heat-generating component by being arranged in contact with a wall surface that constitutes the heat dissipation casing.

Abstract: An LLC resonant converter in which a capacitor (Cr), an inductance (Lr), and a power line between the capacitor (Cr) and the inductance (Lr), which constitute a series resonance unit, are resin-encapsulated by a resin . Because the series resonance unit that is a high voltage portion is resin-encapsulated collectively, it is possible to shorten an insulation distance even in the case of higher voltages and frequencies, and to prevent an increase in size.

Abstract: A carbody of a railcar includes an underframe, a side bodyshell, and a roof bodyshell. At least one of the underframe, the side bodyshell, and the roof bodyshell includes: an outer plate portion facing a car outside; and a reinforced portion joined to an inside surface of the outer plate portion and forming at least one internal space between the reinforced portion and the outer plate portion. At least one sound absorbing hole communicating with the internal space is formed on the outer plate portion.

Abstract: A battery sensor device includes; a bus bar having a resistor and disposed in a power supply path from a battery; a sensor substrate configured to detect current flowing through the resistor; an output end configured to externally output a signal based on current detected by the sensor substrate; and a battery terminal unit configured to electrically couple the bus bar and the battery. A sensor unit including the bus bar and the output end is separate from the battery terminal unit. The sensor unit has a structure capable of being fixed onto the battery terminal unit in two modes in a reverse relation in a plane.

Abstract: A gravure roll, in which the outside peripheral surface of a metal roll main body has a plurality of oblique line shaped protrusions forming a prescribed angle with the center axis of the roll main body and the coating liquid can be held in a plurality of oblique line shaped recesses formed between each of the plurality of protrusions, is configured such that the roll main body has a diamond-like carbon layer on the entire outer peripheral surface thereof, a head part for each of the plurality of protrusions is cut down, and each of the plurality of protrusions has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape that becomes gradually narrower in width moving in direction toward the head part. A separator with a uniform weight per unit area can be manufactured wherein the coating liquid is coated onto a base material film using this gravure roll.

Abstract: A well has a pair of side surfaces, and one of the side surfaces is in contact with a compartment of a first channel with a gas-permeable membrane being interposed therebetween and the other side surface is in contact with a compartment of a second channel with a gas-permeable membrane being interposed therebetween. The well is filled with a liquid cell culture medium, and in such a state, a high-concentration gas and a low-concentration gas, which are different in the concentration of a specific component from each other, are allowed to flow through the first and second channels, respectively, to form a concentration distribution of the specific component in the well.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread having a first tread edge, main grooves in tire circumferential direction, lands bordered by the main grooves, and lateral grooves crossing through the lands. Each land includes a first section having the first tread edge, a second section adjacent to an inner side of the first section, and a third section adjacent to an inner side of the second section, each lateral groove includes first, second and third grooves in the sections, respectively, each lateral groove has an outer portion that extends from first tread-edge side land periphery and a sipe portion that is connected to the outer portion and extends to the other land periphery opposite a first tread-edge side, and the lateral grooves satisfy A1>A2>A3 and B1<B2<B3, where A1, A2 and A3 represent axial lengths of the outer portions, and B1, B2 and B3 represent axial lengths of the sipe portions.

Abstract: A carbody of a railcar includes an underframe, a side bodyshell, and a roof bodyshell. At least one of the underframe, the side bodyshell, and the roof bodyshell includes: an outer plate portion facing a car outside; and a reinforced portion joined to an inside surface of the outer plate portion and forming at least one internal space between the reinforced portion and the outer plate portion. At least one sound absorbing hole communicating with the internal space is formed on the outer plate portion.

Abstract: Provided is a multi-layered porous film which includes a functional layer having a controlled thickness in a length-wise direction thereof and which is suitable as a separator for batteries. The multi-layered porous film includes a base film, and a functional layer containing both an inorganic filler and a binder resin, the functional layer being formed on the base film, wherein a difference between a maximum basis weight and a minimum basis weight of the multi-layered porous film in a length-wise direction thereof is equal to or smaller than 2 grams/m2, the basis weight being measured every 100 meters interval. The separator fabricated by cutting a film roll comprised of a multi-layered porous film into pieces each having a given length has small lot-based fluctuation in quality, and makes it possible to fabricate a battery having a small fluctuation in quality.

Abstract: A battery sensor device includes; a bus bar having a resistor and disposed in a power supply path from a battery; a sensor substrate configured to detect current flowing through the resistor; an output end configured to externally output a signal based on current detected by the sensor substrate; and a battery terminal unit configured to electrically couple the bus bar and the battery. A sensor unit including the bus bar and the output end is separate from the battery terminal unit. The sensor unit has a structure capable of being fixed onto the battery terminal unit in two modes in a reverse relation in a plane.

Abstract: A structure 1 for an operational portion in a vehicle provided at a side of a driver seat in a vehicle, comprising: a touch pad 14 having a contacted operational surface 14a receiving contact as an input operation; a rest surface formation portion 15 including a palm rest portion 21 provided behind the touch pad 14 and used for operation of the touch pad 14 and an arm rest portion 22 forming a rest surface 15a continuous to the palm rest portion 21; and an audio switch 16 provided between the touch pad 14 and the arm rest portion 22 in a front and back direction of the vehicle, the audio switch 16 operating an audio device equipped in the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a multi-layered porous film which includes a functional layer having a controlled thickness in a length-wise direction thereof and which is suitable as a separator for batteries. The multi-layered porous film includes a base film, and a functional layer containing both an inorganic filler and a binder resin, the functional layer being formed on the base film, wherein a difference between a maximum basis weight and a minimum basis weight of the multi-layered porous film in a length-wise direction thereof is equal to or smaller than 2 grams/m2, the basis weight being measured every 100 meters interval. The separator fabricated by cutting a film roll comprised of a multi-layered porous film into pieces each having a given length has small lot-based fluctuation in quality, and makes it possible to fabricate a battery having a small fluctuation in quality.

Abstract: A battery sensor device includes a terminal, bus bars, a board, a temperature sensor, and a heat transfer member. The terminal includes a clamp part fitted to a terminal of the battery. A load-side terminal is installed on one of the bus bars. The bus bars electrically connect the clamp part and the load-side terminal via a shunt resistance. The board is electrically connected to the bus bars to overlap the bus bars, and includes a protruding part which protrudes from the bus bars toward the clamp part. The temperature sensor is installed on the protruding part of a surface which faces the bus bars of the board. The heat transfer member is provided between the temperature sensor and the terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a lung cancer biomarker containing a DDR2 protein or a DDR2 gene, or a mutant thereof, i.e., the following (a), (b) and (c): (a) overexpressed DDR2 protein or DDR2 gene; (b) overexpressed DDR2 protein or DDR2 gene mutant; and (c) DDR2 protein or DDR2 gene mutant.

Abstract: A processor of a mobile terminal refers to an app table that stores a reference flag on a per-app basis, the flag indicating whether the operation-unlock app screen is to be displayed in the foreground window of a display. Furthermore, the processor acquires from the app table the flag that corresponds to the current app in response to a lighting-off command. Moreover, the processor determines whether the operation-unlock app screen is to be displayed in the foreground window instead of the current app screen on the basis of the acquired flag. On the basis of the result of the determination, the processor controls the changing of a screen in the foreground window.