Abstract: A method for inspecting a battery in which an electrode body is accommodated in a case so that the electrode body is insulated from the case by an insulation film includes: adjusting the battery to a first voltage; measuring a first potential difference which is a potential difference between the case and a negative terminal that is exposed outside the case and electrically connected to a negative electrode plate to have a negative-electrode potential; measuring a second potential difference which is a potential difference between the case and the negative electrode plate after a lapse of a standby period of 24 hours or more; and determining whether or not a short circuit exists between the case and the negative electrode plate based on magnitude of the first and second potential differences and a change between the first potential difference and the second potential difference.

Abstract: An inspecting step includes a first period after a cooling step ends and a second period after the first period ends. Variations in a voltage drop value per unit time in a nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery are smaller in the second period than in the first period. The cooling step cools the battery in a state where the electrode body is directly or indirectly pressurized and restrained in a thickness direction with a smaller pressure than that in the inspecting step or in a state where the electrode body is not restrained. The voltage value of the battery is measured when a specified time has passed after the voltage value of the battery was measured in the second period. The battery is determined as being normal when the voltage drop value per unit time based on the measured voltage value is less than or equal to a threshold value.

Abstract: The present invention provides a radiation transmission-suppressing film that can protect an imaging apparatus from a radiation without adversely affecting the imaging performance of the imaging apparatus. The radiation transmission-suppressing film of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film containing boric acid, wherein a product of a boric acid content (wt %) in the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film and a thickness (?m) of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film is 500 or more.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer having a neutralized hue without any increase in transmittance. A polarizer of the present invention having a transmittance parameter represented by the equation (1) of 0.8 or more and a hue parameter represented by the equation (2) of 5 or less: Transmittance parameter=T420/T550??(1) in the equation (1), T420 represents a parallel transmittance at a wavelength of 420 nm and T550 represents a parallel transmittance at a wavelength of 550 nm; Hue parameter=(a2+b2)??(2) in the equation (2), a represents a parallel hue value ‘a’ and b represents a parallel hue value ‘b’.

Abstract: A load controller according to an embodiment includes a switching unit, a power source unit, and a control unit. The switching unit controls supply of power from an AC power supply to a load by selectively connecting or disconnecting the load to/from the AC power supply. The power source unit converts AC power supplied from the AC power supply into DC power. The control unit operates with the DC power supplied from the power source unit and controls the switching unit. The power source unit includes a constant-voltage source and a constant-current source. The constant-voltage source keeps a DC voltage to be output to the control unit a constant voltage. The constant-current source keeps a DC current to be supplied via the constant-voltage source to the control unit a constant current.

Abstract: There is provided a polarizing plate with a retardation layer that can achieve an image display apparatus having excellent durability and excellent weatherability, and having an excellent hue. A polarizing plate with a retardation layer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes in this order: a polarizing plate including a protective layer and a polarizer; a retardation layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The protective layer has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 380 nm of 10% or less. The polarizing plate has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 380 nm of 5% or less. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 405 nm of 5% or less. The polarizing plate with a retardation layer has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 405 nm of 3% or less.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a technique making it possible to improve suitably the performance of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell in which a SEI film is formed on the surface of a negative electrode active material. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell disclosed herein includes a positive electrode 10, a negative electrode 20, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein a negative electrode SEI film 29 including at least a LiBOB skeleton and a fluorosulfonic acid skeleton is formed on the surface of a negative electrode active material 28, and a positive electrode SEI film 19 including at least a phosphoric acid skeleton is formed on the surface of a positive electrode active material 18.

Abstract: Provided is a circuit module having less noise, and an inverter using the same. The circuit module 2 is provided with a circuit part 4, an input terminal part 5, an output terminal part 6, and a support 21. The circuit part 4 includes a conversion circuit, and a switch circuit. The output terminal part 6 includes a first output terminal 61 and a second output terminal 62 that are respectively electrically connected to a pair of output points of the circuit part 4. The arrangement of the output terminal part 6 on one surface of the support 21 is such that the first output terminal and the second output terminal are positioned around the circuit part 4 on the same side with respect to the circuit part 4, or the first output terminal and the second output terminal are adjacent to one another around the circuit part 4.

Abstract: A load controller according to an embodiment includes a switching unit, a power source unit, and a control unit. The switching unit controls supply of power from an AC power supply to a load by selectively connecting or disconnecting the load to/from the AC power supply. The power source unit converts AC power supplied from the AC power supply into DC power. The control unit operates with the DC power supplied from the power source unit and controls the switching unit. The power source unit includes a constant-voltage source and a constant-current source. The constant-voltage source keeps a DC voltage to be output to the control unit a constant voltage. The constant-current source keeps a DC current to be supplied via the constant-voltage source to the control unit a constant current.

Abstract: There is provided a polarizing plate with a retardation layer that can achieve an image display apparatus having excellent durability and excellent weatherability, and having an excellent hue. A polarizing plate with a retardation layer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes in this order: a polarizing plate including a protective layer and a polarizer; a retardation layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The protective layer has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 380 nm of 10% or less. The polarizing plate has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 380 nm of 5% or less. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 405 nm of 5% or less. The polarizing plate with a retardation layer has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 405 nm of 3% or less.

Abstract: There is provided a polarizer having a non-polarization portion that can achieve the multi-functionalization and high-functionalization of an electronic device, such as an image display apparatus, the polarizer being excellent in dimensional stability and external appearance of the non-polarization portion. A polarizer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film containing a dichromatic substance, wherein: the polarizer has a non-polarization portion at a predetermined position; and the non-polarization portion includes a thin-walled portion thinner than another portion of the resin film.

Abstract: A method of producing a roll of an optical film laminate strip includes the steps of: forming an optical film laminate which includes an optical film having a continuous web of polarizing film, and a resin film bonded to the optical film; creating a reference mark to extend across the optical film laminate in a width direction thereof; performing a defect inspection for detecting a defect existing in the optical film, and, when a defect is detected, recording a position of the defect in the form of a laminate widthwise position and a laminate lengthwise position as measured from the reference mark; cutting the optical film laminate along a direction parallel to the length direction to form a plurality of continuous webs of laminate strips; based on the widthwise position of the defect detected by the defect inspection, determining which of the cut laminate strips has the defect, and, with respect to a specific laminate strip which is determined to have the defect, storing information about the defect together

Abstract: There is provided a polarizing film that is excellent in optical characteristics, and is excellent in durability and water resistance. A polarizing film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film having a thickness of 10 ?m or less. The polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film has an iodine concentration of 6.0 wt % or less; and the polarizing film has a cross-linking index defined by the below-indicated equation of from 100 to 200: (Cross-linking index)=(Iodine concentration in film)×(Boric acid concentration in film).

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a technique making it possible to improve suitably the performance of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell in which a SEI film is formed on the surface of a negative electrode active material. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell disclosed herein includes a positive electrode 10, a negative electrode 20, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein a negative electrode SEI film 29 including at least a LiBOB skeleton and a fluorosulfonic acid skeleton is formed on the surface of a negative electrode active material 28, and a positive electrode SEI film 19 including at least a phosphoric acid skeleton is formed on the surface of a positive electrode active material 18.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion-type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for an optical film includes a emulsion particles of a core-shell structure, wherein the emulsion particles include a (meth)acryl-based copolymer (A) having a glass transition temperature of ?55° C. to 0° C. and a (meth)acryl-based copolymer (B) having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. to 180° C., in a single emulsion particle, one of the copolymers (A) and (B) forms a core layer, and another forms a shell layer, at least one of the copolymers (A) and (B) contains a carboxyl group-containing monomer, a difference of the glass transition temperatures between the copolymers (A) and (B) is 50° C. or more, and a ratio (A)/(B) (by weight) is in the range of 50/50 to 90/10.

Abstract: There is provided a polarizer that can realize multi-functionalization and high-functionalization of an electronic device, such as an image display apparatus. A polarizer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film containing iodine, wherein the polarizer has formed therein a transparent portion having a transmittance higher than that of another portion, and when the polarizer is placed under an environment having a temperature of 60° C. and a humidity of 90% for 2 hours, a transmittance change (?Ts) of the transparent portion is 10% or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer having a neutralized hue without any increase in transmittance. A polarizer of the present invention having a transmittance parameter represented by the equation (1) of 0.8 or more and a hue parameter represented by the equation (2) of 5 or less: Transmittance parameter=T420/T550??(1) in the equation (1), T420 represents a parallel transmittance at a wavelength of 420 nm and T550 represents a parallel transmittance at a wavelength of 550 nm; Hue parameter=(a2+b2)??(2) in the equation (2), a represents a parallel hue value ‘a’ and b represents a parallel hue value ‘b’.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-attached polarizing film of the invention includes: a polarizing film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the polarizing film, wherein the polarizing film includes a polarizer and a transparent protective film provided on only one side of the polarizer, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on a side of the polarizer where the transparent protective film is absent, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is made of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a (meth)acryl-based polymer (A) and an alkali metal salt (B). The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-attached polarizing film has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer with an antistatic function and satisfactory durability and whose optical properties are less likely to be degraded.

Abstract: A method of producing a thin polarizing film having an excellent polarization degree includes, forming a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer on a thermoplastic resin substrate to prepare a laminate, subjecting the laminate to underwater stretching in an aqueous solution of boric acid and stretching the laminate while drying the laminate after the underwater stretching.

Abstract: There is provided a polarizing plate with a retardation layer being extremely thin and having excellent durability. A polarizing plate with a retardation layer includes a polarizer; a protective layer bonded onto one side of the polarizer through intermediation of a first adhesive layer; and a retardation layer bonded onto another side of the polarizer through intermediation of a second adhesive layer. The polarizer has a thickness of from 2 ?m to 12 ?m, a boric acid content of 18 wt % or more, an iodine content of 2.1 wt % or more, a single layer transmittance of 44.2% or more, a polarization degree of 98% or more, and an orientation function of 0.35 or more. The retardation layer has a thickness of 50 ?m or less and a birefringence ?nxy of 0.0025 or more. The first and second adhesive layer each has a thickness of 2 ?m or less.