Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery having a higher capacity and a longer life. The lithium secondary battery includes: a positive electrode including a material capable of intercalation and deintercalation of a lithium ion; a lithium ion-conductive electrolyte including a salen-based metal complex; and a negative electrode including a material capable of occlusion and release of a lithium metal or a lithium ion. The salen-based metal complex is selected from (R,R)-(?)-N,N?-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediaminotitanium chloride (TiSl), VSl, CrSl, MnSl, FeSl, CoSl, and RuSl.

Abstract: A substrate includes first and second sides, the first side being flat, the second side including upper and lower sides, the lower side protruding from the upper side to form a step. An optical function layer is on a top of the substrate, the optical function layer including first and second end faces, the first end face being flush with the first side, the second end face being flush with the upper side of the second side. A first film continuously covers the first end face and the first side. A second film is different in reflectance from the first film, the second film continuously covering the second end face and the upper side. A first electrode is electrically connected to a top of the optical function layer. A second electrode is electrically connected to a bottom of the optical function layer.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a lens unit and a fixed member engaged with the lens unit. A position of the lens unit relative to the fixed member is adjustable in an optical axis direction by rotating the lens unit relative to the fixed member about an optical axis. The lens unit includes a holding member configured to hold the lens and engaged with the fixed member, and a press member engaged with the holding member and configured to press the lens against the holding member in the optical axis direction. The holding member includes an engagement portion engageable with a tool configured to rotate the lens unit about the optical axis relative to the fixed member. The press member includes a hole portion penetrating in the optical axis direction. The hole portion enables the tool to be engaged with the engagement portion through the hole portion.

Abstract: A device includes: a laminate including first and second regions adjacent to respective both sides of an isolation groove; a mesa stripe structure adjacent to the first region on the laminate and extending in the first direction; a bank structure adjacent to the second region on the laminate and extending in the first direction; and an electrode pattern. The isolation groove has an inner surface including a first wall surface adjacent to the first region, a second wall surface adjacent to the second region, and a bottom surface between the first and second regions. The ridge electrode extends from the side of the mesa stripe structure, along a second direction, toward the bank structure, and not beyond the second wall surface. The connection electrode is narrower in width in the first direction than any one of the ridge electrode and the pad electrode.

Abstract: A lens barrel according to an embodiment of the present invention has a fixing member; an aperture unit that moves forward and backward in the optical axis direction by a zooming operation; a plurality of optical members that move forward and backward in the optical axis direction by a zooming operation; and an aperture FPC that connects a substrate held by the fixing member to the aperture unit. The aperture FPC bends around an axis line extending in the vertical direction in the normal attitude state and is arranged in a position overlapping a drive unit of the aperture unit on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.

Abstract: An imaging part 120 successively generates a plurality of pieces of pattern image data. The binning processing is executed to the plurality of pieces of the pattern image data generated by the imaging part 120, and a computing processing part 132 generates, on the basis of the plurality of pieces of the pattern image data after the binning processing, height data indicating a height image of the measurement target S. The imaging part 120 generates texture image data indicating an image of the measurement target S when the illuminating part 110 irradiates the measurement target S with uniform light. On the basis of the height data generated by the computing processing part 132 and the texture image data generated by the imaging part 120, an inspecting part 230 executes an inspection of the measurement target S.

Abstract: An imaging part 120 receives the light that is reflected from the measurement target, and a plurality of pieces of pattern image data are generated. Height data is generated on the basis of the plurality of pieces of the pattern image data. Green light, blue light, and red light are successively emitted from the light sources 111 to 113, and are reflected from the pattern generating part 118, and uniform light of the green light, uniform light of the blue light, and uniform light of the red light are successively projected onto the measurement target. The imaging part 120 receives the uniform light reflected by the measurement target, and a plurality of pieces of texture image data are successively generated. The plurality of pieces of the texture image data are synthesized, whereby color texture image data is generated.

Abstract: An imaging part 120 successively generates a plurality of pieces of pattern image data. The binning processing is executed to the plurality of pieces of the pattern image data generated by the imaging part 120, and a computing processing part 132 generates, on the basis of the plurality of pieces of the pattern image data after the binning processing, height data indicating a height image of the measurement target S. The imaging part 120 generates texture image data indicating an image of the measurement target S when the illuminating part 110 irradiates the measurement target S with uniform light. On the basis of the height data generated by the computing processing part 132 and the texture image data generated by the imaging part 120, an inspecting part 230 executes an inspection of the measurement target S.

Abstract: An imaging part 120 receives the light that is reflected from the measurement target, and a plurality of pieces of pattern image data are generated. Height data is generated on the basis of the plurality of pieces of the pattern image data. Green light, blue light, and red light are successively emitted from the light sources 111 to 113, and are reflected from the pattern generating part 118, and uniform light of the green light, uniform light of the blue light, and uniform light of the red light are successively projected onto the measurement target. The imaging part 120 receives the uniform light reflected by the measurement target, and a plurality of pieces of texture image data are successively generated. The plurality of pieces of the texture image data are synthesized, whereby color texture image data is generated.

Abstract: A lens barrel according to an embodiment of the present invention has a fixing member; an aperture unit that moves forward and backward in the optical axis direction by a zooming operation; a plurality of optical members that move forward and backward in the optical axis direction by a zooming operation; and an aperture FPC that connects a substrate held by the fixing member to the aperture unit. The aperture FPC bends around an axis line extending in the vertical direction in the normal attitude state and is arranged in a position overlapping a drive unit of the aperture unit on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.

Abstract: A vibration isolator (10) is a liquid-enclosed vibration isolator and includes: a tubular first mounting member (11) connected to one of a vibration generator and a vibration absorber, and a second mounting member (12) connected to the other; an elastic body (13) elastically connecting the mounting members; and a partition member (16) partitioning a liquid chamber (19) in the first mounting member (11) within which a liquid (L) is enclosed into a primary liquid chamber (14) that uses the elastic body (13) as a part of a wall surface thereof and a secondary liquid chamber (15), wherein the partition member (16) is formed with a restriction passage (24) communicating the primary and secondary liquid chambers (14, 15) with each other, and a porous body (28) having numerous pores (31), which are disposed in parallel so as to communicate a side of the primary liquid chamber (14) and a side of the secondary liquid chamber (15) with each other, is arranged in the restriction passage (24).

Abstract: A vibration isolator includes first and second mounting members; an elastic body connecting the mounting members; a partition member partitioning a liquid chamber in the first mounting member into a primary liquid chamber using the elastic body as a part of a wall surface thereof and a secondary liquid chamber; and a movable member housed in a housing chamber provided within the partition member, the movable member being deformable or displaceable in an axial direction of the first mounting member. The partition member includes communicating holes that extend from a portion of the partition member which is exposed to the primary liquid chamber or the secondary liquid chamber toward an inside of the partition member and are opened toward the movable member. The partition member is equipped with partition plate parts dividing the housing chamber from the primary liquid chamber and dividing the housing chamber from the secondary liquid chamber.

Abstract: A vibration isolator includes a partition member (15) that partitions a liquid chamber (16) in a first mounting member (11) into a primary liquid chamber (16a) using an elastic body (13) as a part of a wall surface thereof and a secondary liquid chamber (16b), and a movable member (23) housed in a housing chamber (20) provided within the partition member (15), the movable member being free to be deformed or displaced in an axial direction of the first mounting member (11). The partition member (15) is provided with a plurality of communicating holes (22) that extend from a portion of the partition member (15) which is exposed to the primary or secondary liquid chamber (16a or 16b) toward the inside of the partition member and are open toward the movable member (23).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition, the method comprising subjecting components (A), (B), (C), and (D) to dynamic thermal treatment in a melt-kneading apparatus, wherein the component (A) is an ethylene-?-olefin based copolymer rubber, the component (B) is a polyolefin resin, the component (C) is a liquid in which an alkylphenol resin has been dispersed and/or dissolved in a mineral oil, and the component (D) is a metal halide.

Abstract: A vibration isolator includes a partition member (15) that partitions a liquid chamber (16) in a first mounting member (11) into a primary liquid chamber (16a) using an elastic body (13) as a part of a wall surface thereof and a secondary liquid chamber (16b), and a movable member (23) housed in a housing chamber (20) provided within the partition member (15), the movable member being free to be deformed or displaced in an axial direction of the first mounting member (11). The partition member (15) is provided with a plurality of communicating holes (22) that extend from a portion of the partition member (15) which is exposed to the primary or secondary liquid chamber (16a or 16b) toward the inside of the partition member and are open toward the movable member (23).

Abstract: A vibration isolator (10) is a liquid-enclosed vibration isolator and includes: a tubular first mounting member (11) connected to one of a vibration generator and a vibration absorber, and a second mounting member (12) connected to the other; an elastic body (13) elastically connecting the mounting members; and a partition member (16) partitioning a liquid chamber (19) in the first mounting member (11) within which a liquid (L) is enclosed into a primary liquid chamber (14) that uses the elastic body (13) as a part of a wall surface thereof and a secondary liquid chamber (15), wherein the partition member (16) is formed with a restriction passage (24) communicating the primary and secondary liquid chambers (14, 15) with each other, and a porous body (28) having numerous pores (31), which are disposed in parallel so as to communicate a side of the primary liquid chamber (14) and a side of the secondary liquid chamber (15) with each other, is arranged in the restriction passage (24).

Abstract: A vibration isolator includes: a first mounting member (11) and a second mounting member (12); an elastic body (13) connecting the mounting members; a partition member (15) partitioning a liquid chamber (16) in the first mounting member (11) into a primary liquid chamber (16a) using the elastic body (13) as a part of a wall surface thereof and a secondary liquid chamber (16b); and a movable member (23) housed in a housing chamber (20) provided within the partition member (15), the movable member being free to be deformed or displaced in an axial direction of the first mounting member (11). The partition member (15) is provided with a plurality of communicating holes (22) that extend from a portion of the partition member (15) which is exposed to the primary liquid chamber (16a) or the secondary liquid chamber (16b) toward an inside of the partition member and are opened toward the movable member (23).

Abstract: The optical apparatus accessory includes multiple terminal faces arranged in a direction of a relative movement for attachment to an optical apparatus and allowed to make contact with multiple terminal pins provided in the optical apparatus, and electric insulation portions provided between each two adjacent terminal faces. The multiple terminal faces are arranged at a same height, each of the electric insulation portions includes two adjacent-to-terminal potions respectively adjacent to the two adjacent terminal faces and a convex portion provided between the two adjacent-to-terminal potions and having a higher height than that of the two adjacent-to-terminal potions. The two adjacent-to-terminal potions have a height same as or lower than that of the terminal faces, and the convex portion has a height same as or higher than that of the terminal faces.

Abstract: The optical apparatus accessory includes multiple terminal faces arranged in a direction of a relative movement for attachment to an optical apparatus and allowed to make contact with multiple terminal pins provided in the optical apparatus, and electric insulation portions provided between each two adjacent terminal faces. The multiple terminal faces are arranged at a same height, each of the electric insulation portions includes two adjacent-to-terminal potions respectively adjacent to the two adjacent terminal faces and a convex portion provided between the two adjacent-to-terminal potions and having a higher height than that of the two adjacent-to-terminal potions. The two adjacent-to-terminal potions have a height same as or lower than that of the terminal faces, and the convex portion has a height same as or higher than that of the terminal faces.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition, the method comprising subjecting components (A), (B), (C), and (D) to dynamic thermal treatment in a melt-kneading apparatus, wherein the component (A) is an ethylene-?-olefin based copolymer rubber, the component (B) is a polyolefin resin, the component (C) is a liquid in which an alkylphenol resin has been dispersed and/or dissolved in a mineral oil, and the component (D) is a metal halide.