Abstract: Provided is an ink-replacement method for an inkjet recording apparatus that includes a recording head having an ink ejection surface on which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink onto a recording medium is arranged, a sub-tank for temporarily retaining the ink supplied from an ink container, and an ink flow path along which the ink circulates from and to the sub-tank by passing through the recording head. In replacing a first ink present in the ink flow path with a second ink to be newly supplied to the recording head via the ink flow path, when the second ink is caused to flow from the sub-tank into the ink flow path, pulsation is generated in the ink flow path.

Abstract: A drive device, which is a drive device driving a motor having a rotating shaft, includes a power board on which an inverter circuit driving the motor is mounted, a control board on which a control circuit controlling driving of the motor is mounted and disposed to face the power board in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, an inter-board connector electrically connecting the inverter circuit and the control circuit, and a connector assembly, in which the power board, the control board, and the connector assembly are arranged in this order in the axial direction, and the connector assembly includes a first connector terminal connected to the control board to transmit a signal to the control circuit, and a second connector terminal connected to the power board to supply power to the inverter circuit.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make a joined portion of a metal wire less likely to catch on other components and the like. A hollow cylindrical filter 200 is formed by winding one or a plurality of metal wires 220 in a helical and multilayered manner so that metal wire portions adjacent to each other in a direction toward an inner or outer diameter side extend in directions crossing each other. The filter includes a deformed joining part 231 including a first metal wire portion 220A having been pressed and deformed and a second metal wire portion 220B having been pressed and deformed via the first metal wire portion and joined to the first metal wire portion by resistance spot welding, where the deformed joining part penetrates into a communication space positioned at an inner side of the deformed joining part. Since the metal wire is pressed and deformed at the deformed joining part, the deformed joining part is less likely to catch on other components and the like during handling of the filter.

Abstract: An insulator according to an embodiment includes a teeth cover portion and a crossover-wire guide portion. The crossover-wire guide portion includes a plurality of guide walls, a drawing groove, a drawing path, and a crossover-wire support portion. The plurality of the guide walls separate the crossover-wire portions of the coils and are capable of guiding the crossover-wire portions in the core circumferential direction. The drawing groove penetrates through all of the plurality of the guide walls in the core radial direction. The drawing path is disposed at a position away from the drawing groove in the core circumferential direction. The crossover-wire support portion changes a direction of the crossover-wire portion of the coil drawn out from the drawing groove, to be directed to the drawing path, and supports the crossover-wire portion.

Abstract: A stator includes a plurality of composing split cores, an insulator that is attached to each of the split cores, a coil conductor wire that has a wound portion wound around the split cores via the insulator and a bridging portion drawn out from the wound portion, and a regulating member that regulates movement of the coil conductor wire. The insulator has an accommodating portion that accommodates the bridging portion, the accommodating portion has a first surface and a second surface that form mutually facing surfaces and opening portions that communicate with each other and are formed in each of the first surface and the second surface. The regulating member is configured of a bendable member and is inserted through the opening portion formed in the first surface and the opening portion formed in the second surface and is wound around the bridging portion accommodated in the accommodating portion.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing an optical semiconductor device includes: a mounting step of placing an optical semiconductor chip on a package substrate made of ceramic; a storing step of storing the package substrate after the mounting step in a first dry atmosphere; a placing step of subjecting the optical semiconductor chip on the package substrate to a second dry atmosphere and placing a light transparent window on a joint portion of the package substrate with a joint material therebetween; and a sealing step of joining the joint portion and the light transparent window with the joint material in a low oxygen concentration atmosphere having an oxygen concentration of 1 vol % or less, thereby encapsulating the optical semiconductor chip in a confined space formed by the package substrate and the light transparent window.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element lamp capable of increasing a light extraction efficiency and its manufacturing method. The light-emitting element lamp according to the present invention includes: a light-emitting element having a semiconductor layer provided on a substrate; a first lens of spherical segment shape provided by protruding from a surface on the opposite side of the semiconductor layer of the substrate and having a spherical cap that includes a bottom surface consisting of an attaching surface to the surface and a protruding surface from the surface and a radius of curvature R1; and a second lens attached to the side of the light-emitting element and the protruding surface of the first lens, in which the second lens has a concave curve from a peripheral side of the bottom surface of the first lens to the semiconductor layer side on the side of the light-emitting element.

Abstract: A cable holding structure according to an embodiment is for holding a cable of a rotating electrical machine and includes a holding member that holds the cable and is attached to a frame that accommodates the rotating electrical machine, in which at least one attachment hole for attachment of the holding member is formed in the frame along a wiring route of the cable. The holding member has a head portion that is provided with a through-hole through which the cable passes and a shaft portion that extends from the head portion, the holding member being attached to the frame by the shaft portion being inserted into the attachment hole, the holding member holding the cable on a side of the frame.

Abstract: A resin film that is made of a resin composition containing: a resin component; and a covalent organic framework in which a plurality of linker portions and a plurality of multi-site core portions are connected through covalent bonds. In a preferred configuration, the resin component is a thermoplastic resin, the resin composition has a water absorption rate of 0.1 mass % or less, the resin composition has a melting point of higher than 300° C., the resin composition has a relative permittivity of less than 3.0, and the resin composition has a dielectric loss tangent of less than 0.002.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine case includes: a body in a hollow shape; and a flow path, provided between an inner circumferential portion and an outer circumferential portion of the body, configured to allow a refrigerant to pass from one end portion toward the other end portion in an axial direction of the body. In addition, an inner diameter of the body is constant in the axial direction of the body, and a dimension from the inner circumferential portion of the body to the outer circumferential portion of the body is larger on a downstream side of the flow path than on an upstream side of the flow path.

Abstract: In an ink composition for printing on metal, the use of a resin having a certain acid value that constitutes the ink composition in combination with the addition of alkanolamine to the ink composition can reduce the generation of misting and maintain practical flowability. In other words, an ink composition for printing on metal including a color pigment, resins and a solvent may be employed, wherein at least some of the resins have an acid value of 25 mg KOH/g or more, and the ink composition further includes an alkanolamine compound.

Abstract: A gas sensor is equipped with a housing, an insulator retained by an inner periphery of the housing, a sensing device having a front end portion protruding from a front end surface of the insulator, and a protective cover which covers a front end portion of the sensing device. A pump electrode and a sensor electrode are disposed in a front end portion of the solid electrolyte body. The pump electrode is exposed to a measurement gas and regulates the concentration of oxygen in the measurement gas. The sensor electrode is exposed to the measurement gas and measures the concentration of a given gas component in the measurement gas after being regulated in concentration of oxygen by the pump electrode. A base end portion of the sensor electrode in a lengthwise direction is located closer to a base end side of the gas sensor than a front end surface of the housing is.

Abstract: An exhaust gas sensor includes an element cover, a heater, a heater control section, and a cover state diagnosing section. The element cover accommodates a sensor element including a detection section and includes one or more gas flow holes. The heater heats the sensor element. The heater control section controls how the heater heats the sensor element. The cover state diagnosing section diagnoses a state of the element cover using heater information obtained when the heater is operated by the heater control section. The cover state diagnosing section includes a diagnosability determining section, which determines whether the state of the element cover is diagnosable based on an accuracy of the heater information obtained from an operating state of the heater and a surrounding environmental state of the element cover.

Abstract: An ink composition for printing on metal including a coloring pigment, resins, and a solvent is employed, wherein the ink composition contains a rosin-modified resin having an acid value of 10 to 400 mg KOH/g as at least part of the resins, and the solvent contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (1): wherein each A is independently an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms that may have a branch structure, R is an alkyl group having 1 to 13 carbon atoms that may have a branch structure and/or a ring structure, and n is an integer of 2 to 6.

Abstract: An insulator includes a teeth cover portion and a crossover-wire guide portion. The crossover-wire guide portion guides a crossover-wire portion of a coil and an introduction crossover-wire portion of an introduction coil into a terminal connection portion. The crossover-wire guide portion has a guide groove that guides the crossover-wire portion and the introduction crossover-wire portion substantially in a core circumferential direction that is a circumferential direction of the stator core. In a state in which the plurality of the split cores are assembled in a ring shape, the guide groove is formed in a shape that does not coincide with a circular arc of a circle having a center corresponding to a ring center of the assembled split cores.

Abstract: On a cross sectional surface X1 of a pump electrode 3 in a gas sensor element forming a gas sensor, a noble metal area 31 having Pt—Au aggregations, a solid electrolyte area 32 having solid electrolyte aggregations, a mixture area in which Pt—Au alloy and solid electrolyte are distributed, and pores 34. The mixture area 33 is formed within a range of 30 to 90% in an overall area of the cross sectional surface X1, excepting the pores 34. The pores are formed adjacent to the mixture area 33.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine cooling frame according to an embodiment includes: a cylindrical frame main body; one cooling-medium inlet provided on the frame main body; one cooling-medium outlet provided on the frame main body; and a plurality of flow-passage lines provided in the frame main body, including a cooling-medium flow passage in communication with the cooling-medium inlet and the cooling-medium outlet.

Abstract: A particulate matter detecting apparatus (S) comprises a sensor body (S1) which has a sensor device (1) which is retained in a housing (H) secured to an exhaust pipe (101) of an internal combustion engine (ENG) and detects particulate matter contained in exhaust gas, a sensor temperature determining unit (2) which works to determine a temperature of the sensor device, and a mounted condition diagnosis unit (3) which diagnoses a mounted condition where the sensor body is mounted in the exhaust pipe. The mounted condition diagnosis unit includes a diagnosis threshold setting unit (31) and a mount error determining unit (32). The diagnosis threshold setting unit determines a diagnosis threshold (Tth), as used in a diagnosis of the mounted condition, as a function of an operating condition of the internal combustion engine to have a temperature value lower than a temperature of the sensor device when the sensor body is normally mounted in the exhaust pipe.

Abstract: A coil-connecting method according to an embodiment includes: preparing a metal sleeve having a circular shape when viewed from an axial direction; processing the metal sleeve such that the metal sleeve has a non-circular shape when viewed from the axial direction, thereby obtaining a deformed sleeve; inserting a plurality of coils into the deformed sleeve, aligning the plurality of the coils by the deformed sleeve; and swaging the deformed sleeve after the plurality of the coils are inserted into the deformed sleeve, thereby connecting the deformed sleeve and the plurality of the coils together.

Abstract: An insulator according to an embodiment is attached to teeth extending from one side surface in a radial direction of a ring-shaped stator core in the radial direction. The insulator ensures insulation between the teeth and a rectangular wire wound around the teeth with a number of windings. The insulator includes an end-surface cover portion, two side-surface cover portions, a first wall portion, a second wall portion, a protruding-stripe portion, and a recess. The end-surface cover portion covers an end surface of the teeth in an axial direction. The two side-surface cover portions cover both side surfaces of the teeth in a circumferential direction. At one side-surface cover portion of the two side-surface cover portions, a first winding of the rectangular wire is disposed, the rectangular wire is wound around the teeth with a number of windings, and the protruding-stripe portion and the recess are formed.