Abstract: A refrigerant pipe through which a flammable refrigerant flows is disposed in a machine chamber. An electric component including a substrate on which a heat-generating component is mounted is disposed in a fan chamber. In a working fluid channel, a working fluid is circulated between an evaporator and a condenser. The evaporator causes heat exchange between the heat-generating component and the working fluid. The condenser causes heat exchange between the flammable refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant pipe and the working fluid.

Abstract: An assembly comprises a cable and a connector. The cable includes at least four direct current (DC) wires. Each of the DC wires has a first coupling portion at an end thereof. The connector is attached to the cable. The connector comprises a housing and two DC contacts. The housing has two accommodating portions. The two DC contacts are arranged in a horizontal direction. The DC contacts are accommodated in the accommodating portions, respectively. Each of the DC contacts has a contact portion and a second coupling portion. The second coupling portion of each of the DC contacts is connected with the first coupling portions of at least two of the DC wires in the corresponding accommodating portion. The first coupling portions, which are connected with the second coupling portion, are arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: A joint structure includes a reinforcement portion that is formed by joining a composite material and a reinforcing material through an adhesive. The composite material includes a plate portion that is formed by laminating a plurality of fiber sheets, and a raised portion that is formed by laminating a plurality of fiber sheets in addition to the plurality of fiber sheets of the plate portion, and surfaces of the plate portion and the raised portion are covered with a single fiber sheet. The reinforcement portion includes the raised portion and the reinforcing material that is bonded to the raised portion through an adhesive. A first boundary between the plate portion and the raised portion and a second boundary between the raised portion and the reinforcing material are located at different positions in an in-plane direction of a laminated interface between the fiber sheets that are laminated.

Abstract: A garbage box includes an opening-closing unit and a switch on a predetermined surface, the switch being a switch by which the opening-closing unit is opened. The garbage box is installed such that the predetermined surface faces a base surface with a predetermined interval from the base surface, the base surface being a floor surface or a ground surface.

Abstract: In a surgical robot, an operation unit includes an enable switch and an operation tool configured to control a moving direction of an arm, and the enable switch and the operation tool are arranged apart from each other within a range operable by fingers of one hand of an operator in the operation unit.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an optical inspection method includes: causing a wavelength selection portion to selectively pass light components including at least two different wavelength spectra from an object point and causing an imaging portion including at least two color channels configured to receive the light components of the wavelength spectra to capture the object point; defining the light components of the at least two different wavelength spectra as signal vectors having different directions based on light reception data in the at least two color channels for the object point; and estimating spread of a direction distribution of light at the object point based on the directions of the signal vectors.

Abstract: Provided is a filling element used for a flavor inhalation article, the filling element including: a sheet fill section obtained by randomly gathering and reducing the diameter of one sheet in a width direction that intersects the longitudinal direction of the sheet; and, a roll paper wrapped around the sheet fill section. The sheet is a dry nonwoven fabric obtained by bonding plant-derived fibers together with a binder and drying the fibers.

Abstract: An optical member (30) includes a reflective structure (32) including a metallic thin film or an optical thin film, a metal body electrically disconnected from the reflective structure (32), and a support (31) integrally sealing and supporting the reflective structure (32) and the metal body. The reflective structure (32) is exposed from a first surface of the support (31). The metal body is exposed from the support (31) on a second surface opposite the first surface from which the reflective structure (32) is exposed, and on at least one side different from the first surface and the second surface.

Abstract: A wafer production method for producing a wafer from an ingot oriented to have a c-axis inclined in an off-angle direction at an off-angle more than zero degree From a central axis includes steps of emitting a laser beam to a top surface that is one of end surfaces of the ingot opposed to each other in height direction thereof to form a separation layer at a depth from the top surface of the ingot which corresponds to a thickness of the wafer, applying a physical load in a single direction to a first end that is one of ends of the ingot which are opposed to each other in an off-angle direction to remove a wafer precursor from the ingot at the separation layer, and planarizing a major surface of a removed object derived by separating the wafer precursor from the ingot at the separation layer, thereby forming a wafer. The ingot has a given degree of transmittance to the laser beam. The wafer precursor is created by a portion of the ingot between the top surface of the ingot and the separation layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method of embodiments includes: forming an insulating film on an outer peripheral portion of a surface of a first substrate; after forming the insulating film, forming a silicon layer in contact with the surface inside the insulating film; and forming a porous silicon layer by making the silicon layer inside the insulating film porous using an anodization method.

Abstract: A noise elimination circuit includes a coupling line and a resonance unit, and is connected between a first transmission line and a second transmission line to eliminate noise between the first and second transmission lines. The coupling line is connected to the first and second transmission lines. The resonance unit includes a plurality of resonance circuits connected in parallel to the coupling line. A band pass filter includes the coupling line and the resonance unit. A real part and an imaginary part of an admittance between the transmission lines are canceled out by the noise elimination circuit.

Abstract: A probe capable of inducing destruction of actin fibers in a spatiotemporally selective manner, and a method using the probe. A compound represented by the following Formula (I) or a salt thereof. R1 may represent, when present, the same or different monovalent substituents present on a benzene ring; R2 may represent a bromine atom or an iodine atom; m may be an integer of 0 to 4; and n may be an integer of 1 or 2.

Abstract: An information display apparatus that displays image information on a vehicle includes a HUD apparatus projecting a large-scale virtual image onto a distant position and serving as a first information display apparatus arranged between a windshield glass of the vehicle and an instrument panel, and effectively displays a plurality of pieces of the image information by making coordination with a second information display apparatus close to the windshield glass, the second information display apparatus causing a transparent dispersion sheet in the windshield glass to directly reflect a screen of a large-10 scale high-resolution image display panel so that the screen is observed by the driver.

Abstract: A motion abnormality determination unit 62 classifies video data representing a motion of a person into motion clusters and determines whether the motion of the person is abnormal. A procedure classification unit 66 classifies the motion of the person into procedures based on classification results of the motion clusters and a procedure tree. A procedure abnormality determination unit 68 determines whether the procedure including the motion of the person is abnormal based on the classification result of the procedure.

Abstract: A key container includes a housing that accommodates an electronic key, an actuator that produces motion in a first direction and motion in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction in order to selectively operate buttons arranged on the electronic key, and a drive mechanism configured to produce motion in the first direction with the actuator and operate a first button that is one of the buttons and configured to produce motion in the second direction with the actuator to operate a second button that is one of the buttons.

Abstract: An engine includes: ignition plugs which ignite an air-fuel mixture in combustion chambers; a power transmission member which transfers rotary motion of a crankshaft to a valve operation control mechanism for air intake and exhaust valves; and a transmission member housing space having the power transmission member disposed therein. The ignition plugs include first and second ignition plugs for each of the combustion chambers. The first ignition plug is located on a cylinder axis, and the second plug is arranged offset relative to the first ignition plug so as to be away from the transmission member housing space in a widthwise direction of the engine along which the crankshaft extends.

Abstract: An engine includes a starter motor and a filter, both of which are positioned to a side of a cylinder that faces an exhaust port with respect to a direction that is perpendicular to both a reciprocating direction of a piston and an axial direction of a crankshaft. Moreover, the starter motor is positioned to a side of the cylinder that faces a crankcase, and the filter is positioned to a side of the starter motor that faces a cylinder head, with respect to the reciprocating direction of the piston.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head substrate including liquid discharge elements constituting an element array along a first direction and a delay circuit configured to generate delay signals obtained by delaying an enable signal for driving the liquid discharge elements by different delay amounts is provided. The delay circuit includes a first circuit configured to start supplying delay signals to first group elements of the liquid discharge elements sequentially in a forward direction in the first direction and a second circuit configured to start supplying delay signals to second group elements of the liquid discharge elements sequentially in a backward direction in the first direction. In the element array, not less than one element included in the first group elements and not less than one element included in the second group elements are alternately arranged.

Abstract: A power unit includes an engine and a transmission mechanism, which is integrated with the engine, for transfer of power from the engine. The engine includes a crankshaft which converts a reciprocal motion of a piston to produce a rotary motion, a crankcase supporting the crankshaft, a cylinder extending from the crankcase so as to protrude in a reciprocating direction of the piston, and a cylinder head coupled to a protruding end of the cylinder. The transmission mechanism includes an output shaft arranged at one side of the crankshaft in an axial direction of the crankshaft to provide, as an output, rotational power from the crankshaft. The output shaft is positioned to a side of the crankshaft that faces the cylinder head with respect to the reciprocating direction and is positioned so as to overlap with the cylinder or the cylinder head when viewed in the axial direction.

Abstract: A trash box is a trash box including a trash box main body in which trash is accommodated. A top surface or a side surface of the trash box main body includes an input port via which the trash is put into the trash box main body. A bottom surface of the trash box main body includes an opening-closing portion. The trash box main body is placed such that the opening-closing portion faces a reference plane that is a floor face or ground. The trash box main body is changeable in height from the reference plane.