Abstract: A kinematic model arithmetic portion calculates a coordinate value (ze1 (?e)) as distance information indicating the distance between a member that serves as a reference surface for the curve shape of a curvable portion and a member in the curvable portion that is closest to the reference surface. A switch determination unit determines based on the coordinate value whether to drive a wire for driving the curvable portion by a drive displacement calculated for the wire along with the coordinate value by the kinematic model arithmetic portion.

Abstract: A defect observation device comprising: a defect determination coordinate creation unit by which the coordinates of a plurality of second defect candidates are determined as overlapping defect candidate coordinates, the plurality of second defect candidates respectively having, in a plurality of second imaging visual field regions overlapping a first imaging visual field region, a circuit pattern which partly overlaps a circuit pattern in the first imaging visual field region, in which a first defect candidate for defect determination among a plurality of defect candidates of a sample is present; a pseudo-reference image generation unit which generates a pseudo-reference image including a circuit pattern of the first defect candidate by superimposing a plurality of images respectively captured at the plurality of overlapping defect candidate coordinates; and a defect determination unit which compares an image for defect determination captured at the coordinates of the first defect candidate with the pseudo-re

Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal connected to an end terminal of an electrical wire, the terminal being inserted into an insertion hole of a housing of a device, the terminal being connected to a counterpart terminal of the counterpart device; an inner housing housing the terminal and the electrical wire; a shield shell having a sleeve body that houses the inner housing in the sleeve body and is inserted into the insertion hole, and an outer housing covering a rear side of the sleeve body in an advancing direction from an outside at the time of inserting the sleeve body into the insertion hole, wherein the outer housing has a fixing portion that fixes the outer housing to the housing, and the sleeve body has an electric contact that is brought into contact with an inner peripheral wall of the insertion hole.

Abstract: A cap includes a cap body including a disk-shaped top plate portion and a cylindrical skirt portion provided at a peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion; and a disk-shaped sealing member including a sliding layer and a seal in layer, the sliding layer disposed on the top plate portion side and having a thin portion thinner than at least a center side provided on an outer peripheral edge side, and the sealing layer provided on a main surface opposite to the top plate portion side of the sliding layer and sealing a mouth portion of a can container.

Abstract: A permanent magnet includes a magnet member, and an adhesive layer covering a surface of the magnet member, wherein the adhesive layer includes a resin and a plurality of foaming agents, and wherein at least part of the foaming agents protrudes from a surface of the resin.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided with a lubricating path including a first oil pump to pump up an oil stored in the casing by the first oil pump and to supply the oil to the power transmission mechanism for lubricating the power transmission mechanism, and a cooling path that is separated from the lubricating circuit and provided for the rotating electric machine, the cooling path including a second oil pump to pump up the oil stored in the casing by the second oil pump to supply the oil exclusively to the rotating electric machine for cooling the rotating electric machine, the second oil pump is an electric oil pump, and the cooling path is provided with an oil cooler cooling the oil to be supplied to the rotating electric machine.

Abstract: One variation of a method for directly casting a thin layer onto a substrate includes: combining a prepolymer, a solvent, and a curing agent to define a viscous material; advancing a substrate from a roll across a surface continuously at a first speed; depositing the viscous material at a viscosity through a deposition head onto the substrate, the viscous material flowing laterally across the substrate to form a thin layer of substantially uniform thickness over the substrate over a period of time while the substrate advances along the surface; and, at a distance from the deposition head depositing the viscous material onto the substrate corresponding to a duration of time for the viscous material to flow laterally across the substrate, heating the viscous material to evaporate solvent and to induce reaction between the curing agent and the prepolymer to cure the viscous material to form a layer.

Abstract: A printer includes a head which includes a nozzle face which ejects ink toward a top of a surface of a nail of a finger, a driving mechanism which moves the head in a predetermined direction, an image capturer which generates a nail side image showing a side of the nail of the finger by capturing an image of the nail of the finger, and a display controller which performs image processing on the nail side image from the image capturer, causing a display to display an image for height position adjustment including a target height position indicator added to the nail side image, the target height position indicator indicating a target height position of the nail of the finger spaced from the nozzle face by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A cover 20 for covering a circumferential portion of an outer circumferential surface of a rigid endoscope 10 having an observation window portion 14 provided at a tip thereof includes a flexible outer cover member 22 covering the circumferential portion of the circumferential surface of the rigid endoscope 10 and a tubular member 26, provided inside the outer cover member 22, through which a cleaning fluid to be supplied from a base end of the rigid endoscope 10 to the observation window portion 14 of the rigid endoscope 10 flows inside, and the outer cover member 22 is attached to the outer circumference surface of the rigid endoscope 10 by flexing the outer cover member 22.

Abstract: This invention provides a means capable of treating skin ulcers. More specifically, the invention provides a composition for preventing and/or treating skin wounds, the composition comprising carbon monoxide.

Abstract: A method for reducing skin sensitization of an asenapine-containing patch comprising a backing layer and an adhesive agent layer, the method comprising: using an adhesive agent for preparing the adhesive agent layer, the adhesive agent comprising free asenapine in a range of 2 to 5% by mass, isopropyl palmitate in a range of 5 to 12% by mass, styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer in a range of 10 to 20% by mass, polyisobutylene in a range of 3 to 10% by mass, alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin in a range of 50 to 70% by mass, and liquid paraffin in a range of 5 to 12% by mass, relative to a total amount of the adhesive agent; and preparing the asenapine-containing patch having an amount of the adhesive agent layer after drying in a range of 100 to 400 g/m2.

Abstract: A continuum robot having at least two independently manipulateable bendable section for advancing the robot through a passage, without contacting fragile elements within the passage, wherein the robot incorporates control algorithms that enable the continuum robot to operate and advance into the passage, as well as the systems and procedures associated with the continuum robot and said functionality.

Abstract: An abnormality determination apparatus of the present invention acquires state data from work equipment provided with an attaching part to which a plural kinds of work parts are attached in a replaceable manner, identifies the kind of a work part attached to the attaching part, sets, corresponding to the identified kind of the work part, abnormality determination data for determining an abnormality of the work equipment, acquires, from among state data acquired from the work equipment, state data of a time when the identified kind of the work part was being attached, and compares the acquired state data with the set abnormality determination data to determine an abnormality of the work equipment.

Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s.

Abstract: A fixing device is configured to be detachably attached to an image forming device main body. The fixing device includes a fixing member, a heating source, a pressing member, a conveyance guide member, an exterior member, a relay substrate, and a substrate covering member. The fixing member is configured to heat a toner image so as to fix the toner image on a recording medium. The heating source is configured to heat the fixing member. The pressing member is configured to press against the fixing member to form a nip part. The conveyance guide member is configured to guide the recording medium to the nip part. The exterior member houses at least the fixing member and the pressing member. The substrate covering member covers the relay substrate. The substrate covering member extends from and is integrated with the conveyance guide member.

Abstract: Realizing a constant-current control even in a stable state of a lamp without increasing a rated output of a power supply. In a stable state of the lamp in which a change value of a lamp voltage after a discharge lamp is turned on becomes less than a certain value, when the lamp voltage rises, a discharge lamp lighting control apparatus changes a current command value to perform a constant-current control. This change is a change from a first current command value at the time when the discharge lamp is turned on to a second current command value that is smaller than the former by a predetermined value. Using this second current command value, the constant-current control is performed. Even after that, the second current command value is changed to a smaller value every time the lamp voltage rises, and the constant-current control is performed using the second current command value.

Abstract: An image display device is a self-luminous type device including a light emitting portion, and a casing portion of a display device unit has a heat dissipating structure portion through which a part of the image display device is exposed for heat dissipation. In manufacturing the display device unit, when performing simple and reliable assembly while securing a high heat dissipation characteristic, for example, by using characteristics of a silicon substrate, high accurate positioning is performed in a display device positioning portion.

Abstract: A method for bonding a composite material includes impregnating a first composite material containing reinforcing fibers and a second composite material containing reinforcing fibers with a resin and bonding them together. A plurality of protruding members each including a plurality of protrusions protruding in mutually different directions are placed on a surface of the first composite material, and the second composite material is placed where the protruding members are placed. The protruding members are introduced into the interior of the first composite material and the interior of the second composite material while causing the first composite material and the second composite material to come into contact with each other. The first and second composite material are bonded in a state where the protruding members are introduced therein, by curing the resin with which the first and second composite material are impregnated.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an artificial protein having a bioactive peptide fused with a site, of a protein having at least an antigen binding region of an antibody, present in a folded portion of a secondary structure in a structural region having an antigen-binding activity and exposed on a surface of the protein.

Abstract: An electric construction machine that can travel from a work site to charging equipment and prevent the lowering of the work efficiency is provided. An electric hydraulic excavator includes a motor (28) that is driven by power of a battery device (19) and drives a hydraulic pump (29), a controller (37), and a display device (24). The controller (37) computes and stores the amount of consumed power of the motor (28) consumed during the period from the departure of the hydraulic excavator from the charging equipment to arrival at the work site, based on movement information of the hydraulic excavator acquired by a movement information acquiring device. The controller (37) subtracts the amount of consumed power from the amount of stored power of the battery device (19) to compute the amount of power consumable at the work site.