Abstract: An acquisition unit of in-vehicle notification device mounted on electric vehicle acquires a discharge current value discharged from secondary battery in electric vehicle to motor for running in electric vehicle. According to the acquired discharge current value, a notification unit notifies the driver of information indicating an impact of a current driving condition by the driver of electric vehicle on degradation of secondary battery.

Abstract: An optical multiplexer includes: an incident surface on which incident light beams having different wavelengths are to be incident; a reflection portion configured to reflect the incident light beams; and an emission surface configured to emit reflected light beams reflected by the reflection portion. The incident surface has adjacent condenser lenses corresponding to the respective incident light beams. The reflection portion has adjacent reflection surfaces configured to reflect the respective incident light beams which have been condensed. The adjacent reflection surfaces are respectively disposed so that angle ? formed by the respective reflected light beams reflected by the adjacent reflection surfaces is smaller than angle ? formed by the respective incident light beams which have been condensed. The emission surface has diffraction grating in which the respective reflected light beams reflected by the adjacent reflection surfaces are to be incident at a same position and diffracted in a same direction.

Abstract: Provision of a stabilized crystal of 6-(3-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-[(S)-1-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpropyl]-7-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (compound A). A crystal of compound A, which shows a particular X-ray powder diffraction pattern of a characteristic diffraction peaks at diffraction angles 2?(°) as measured by X-ray powder diffractometry.

Abstract: Operational instability is prevented without compromising the state transition speed. A mask control circuit is a circuit which generates a mask signal masking a control signal during a period in which a voltage level of a monitoring target terminal to be monitored is transitioning. The mask control circuit includes: a first input port which receives a signal supplied to the monitoring target terminal; a second input port which receives a signal representing the voltage level of the monitoring target terminal; a logic circuit which determines whether the voltage level of the monitoring target terminal is in transition based on signals received from the first input port and the second input port; and an output port which outputs a signal indicating a determination result of whether the voltage level of the monitoring target terminal is in transition as the mask signal.

Abstract: A charge/discharge control circuit controls charging and discharging using a discharge control FET which opens and closes a discharge path and a charge control FET which opens and closes a charge path. The charge/discharge control circuit includes a charge/discharge monitoring circuit; and a control circuit, turning on and off the discharge control FET connected between a secondary cell and a load and the charge control FET connected between the discharge control FET and a charger in response to a detection signal from the charge/discharge monitoring circuit and a voltage of a negative electrode of the charger, and opening and closing the discharge path and the charge path. The control circuit turns off the discharge control FET and turns on the charge control FET, and then turns off the charge control FET when detecting that the voltage of the negative electrode of the charger reaches a predetermined voltage or higher.

Abstract: By using this organosilane compound represented by formula (1), a surface treatment agent that contains said (hydrolyzable) organosilane compound and/or a partial (hydrolysis) condensate thereof can form a cured film which exhibits excellent lipophilic properties and has a refractive index similar to the refractive index of sebum. (A is any one of —C(?O)OR1, —C(?O)NR12, —C(?O)SR1 and —P(?O)(OR1)2; R1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group; Y is a divalent organic group; R is an alkyl group or a phenyl group; X is a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group; and n is 1-3.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a light source having an upper surface including a light-emitting surface, the light source comprising a plurality of light-emitting parts arranged in a two-dimensional array; a lens located above and spaced apart from the light-emitting surface of the light source, wherein the lens comprises an optically functional part, and a flange part located along an outer periphery of the optically functional part; and a support part formed of a light-shielding material and configured to support at least the flange part of the lens. A surface area of a first surface of the optically functional part is greater than a surface area of a second surface of the optically functional part. The flange part defines at least one first recess in a surface located at a same side as the second surface.

Abstract: A lip cosmetic has a high transparency without giving unnatural whiteness and exerts a remarkable effect of ultraviolet ray protection over a broad wavelength range including the UVA and UVB regions. The lip cosmetic includes (A) at least 5% by mass of UV absorbers; wherein said (A) UV absorbers comprises (A1) at least one UV absorber selected from a group consisting of octocrylene, dimethicodiethylbenzalmalonate and diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, and (A2) ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate; (B) a high-viscosity oil component in a range of 30% by mass to 70% by mass thereof; (C) a low-viscosity oil component in a range of 20% by mass to 40% by mass thereof, and (D) titanium dioxide and zinc oxide of which a total content is at most 0.5% by mass thereof; and wherein a sun-protection-factor (SPF) of the lip cosmetic is at least 20, and a critical wavelength thereof is at a shortest 370 nm.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer, the piezoelectric layer being a rotated Y-cut lithium niobate substrate or an X-cut lithium tantalate substrate; an upper conductive layer having a substantially consistent density, on or over the upper surface of the piezoelectric layer; a lower conductive layer having a substantially consistent density, on or below the lower surface of the piezoelectric layer; and a first additional film having a substantially consistent density, wherein at least one of the upper and lower conductive layers is mainly made of ruthenium, chrome, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, platinum, rhodium, or iridium, and wherein at least a part of the first additional film is in the resonance region in the plan view, and the density of the first additional film is equal to or less than the density of aluminum.

Abstract: The semiconductor manufacturing device includes: a lower substrate support base configured to support a diamond substrate; an upper substrate support base configured to support a semiconductor substrate; a support base drive unit configured to move the lower substrate support base and the upper substrate support base to bring the diamond substrate and the semiconductor substrate into close contact with each other under a state in which a pressure is applied to the diamond substrate and the semiconductor substrate in a thickness direction; and a second mechanism configured to deform a surface of the upper substrate support base opposed to the lower substrate support base so that a surface of the semiconductor substrate opposed to the diamond substrate forms a parallel surface or a parallel plane with respect to a surface of the diamond substrate opposed to the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An inductor includes: a substrate; a first wiring line located on the substrate; a second wiring line located above the first wiring line and spaced from the first wiring line through an air gap, at least a part of the second wiring line overlapping with at least a part of the first wiring line in plan view; a first supporting post connecting ends of the first and second wiring lines such that a direct current conducts between the first and second wiring lines through the first supporting post; and a second supporting post provided such that the second supporting post overlaps with the second wiring line in plan view, and overlaps with the first wiring line in plan view or is surrounded by the first wiring line in plan view, the second supporting post being insulated from the first wiring line, the second supporting post supporting the second wiring line.

Abstract: Provided is an antireflective member that has a water- and oil-repellent layer on a multi-layered antireflective layer and is capable of exhibiting excellent surface lubricity, water- and oil-repellent properties, and durability. The surface of the multi-layered antireflective layer on a base material has a root-mean-square surface roughness of 0.8 nm to 2.0 nm. The water- and oil-repellent layer has a thickness of 1 to 30 nm and is a cured product of water- and oil-repellents having as principal components a fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer modified organosilicon compound with the numerical average molecular weight of 4,500 to 10,000 of a fluoropolymer part and/or partial hydrolysis condensate thereof.

Abstract: A fluorochemical coating composition is provided comprising (A) a hydrolyzable group-containing silane modified with a fluorooxyalkylene-containing polymer and (B) a fluorooxyalkylene-containing polymer having an average molecular weight not higher than the average molecular weight of component (A) in a weight ratio (A)/(B) of 40/60 to 95/5. The composition forms on a substrate a water/oil repellent layer which does not detract from the visibility of the substrate.

Abstract: This fluorine-containing coating agent composition contains: (A) an organic silicon compound containing a hydrolyzable group or a hydroxy group modified by a fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer residue, and/or a partial (hydrolyzed) condensate thereof; and (B) an organic silicon compound containing a polyether group and a hydrolyzable group or a hydroxy group modified by a fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer residue, and/or a partial (hydrolyzed) condensate thereof, wherein the mixture mass ratio of component (A) and component (B) is 15:85-85:15. When the composition is applied as a surface treatment agent, the surface treatment agent containing the fluorine-containing coating agent composition can form a cured coating film which has excellent water repellency and oil repellency, and which has both excellent steel wool abrasion resistance and eraser rubber abrasion resistance.

Abstract: This surface treatment agent using a compound represented by formula (1) or (2) can, even without having a hydrolyzable group, form a water repellent and oil repellent layer having excellent abrasion resistance under mild conditions such as at room temperature. [Rf represents a monovalent or divalent fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer residue, Y1 and Y2 each represent a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group, Q represents a group that has a Si-containing structure having a valence of 2-4, Si, or C, X represents an epoxy-containing group, k represents 0-2, m represents 1-5, n represents 1-3, Z represents H, —SiR3 (R represents an alkyl group or a phenyl group), or -W1-Q?-W2-X? (X? represents X or —SiR3, W1 and W2 each represent a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group, Q? represents a divalent group having a Si-containing structure), and a represents 1 or 2].

Abstract: A surface treatment agent which comprises a fluoropolyether-group-containing polymer represented by the following formula (1) or (2) Rf1—[N(V)?(E)?]???(1) Rf1-[Q-(G)?-(E?)?-B]???(2) and/or a product of partial (hydrolytic) condensation of the polymer. The surface treatment agent forms a cured coating film excellent in terms of water and oil repellency and resistance to abrasion with erasers. (In formulae (1) and (2), Rf1 is a mono- or divalent polymer residue containing a fluorooxyalkylene group; N is C, Si, N, or a tri- to octavalent group optionally substituted by F; V is a monovalent group containing a hydroxy group or hydrolyzable group at the terminal; E is a monovalent group containing an oxyalkylene group; ? is 1 or 2; ? and ? are each 1-6, and ?+? is 2-7; Q is a single bond or a divalent group; G is a divalent group containing a hydroxy group or hydrolyzable group; E? is a divalent group containing an oxyalkylene group; B is H, an alkyl group, or a halogeno; ? is 0-10; and ? is 1-10.

Abstract: Provided is a water-repellent member in which a silica layer having a specific thickness and mainly composed of silica nanoparticles is provided on the outer surfaces of various substrates, and then a water- and oil-repellent layer having a specific thickness and containing a cured product of a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound as a main component is provided on the outer surface of the silica layer. The water-repellent member is obtained by a method comprising: a step for wet coating a dispersion containing silica nanoparticles and a solvent onto the outer surface of a substrate; a step for drying and removing the solvent from the dispersion; a step for wet coating a solution containing a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound and a solvent onto the outer surface of a silica layer formed by drying and removing the solvent; and a step for drying and removing the solvent from the solution to cure the fluorine-containing organosilicon compound.

Abstract: An optical multiplexer includes: incident surface on which a plurality of incident light beams having different wavelengths are incident; first reflection portion that reflects the plurality of incident light beams; and emission surface that emits a plurality of reflected light beams reflected by the first reflection surface. The incident surface is provided with a plurality of adjacent condenser lenses corresponding to respective incident light beams. The first reflection surface has a plurality of adjacent reflection surfaces that reflect the light beams condensed by the condenser lenses. The plurality of reflection surfaces are respectively disposed so that angle ? formed by the respective reflected light beams reflected by the adjacent reflection surfaces is smaller than angle ? formed by the respective incident light beams condensed by the adjacent condenser lenses.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a light emitting element; a first lens that captures and emits light generated by the light emitting element; and a second lens that captures light emitted from the first lens and emits the light in a predetermined direction. The first lens includes a first-lens-entrance through which the light generated by the light emitting element enters, a first lens exit that emits the light entered from the first-lens-entrance and transmitted through an inside of the first lens, and a plurality of first-lens-side-portion-wall-surfaces that are provided between the first-lens-entrance and the first lens exit. The plurality of first-lens-side-portion-wall-surfaces include a reflection-side-surface-portion that reflects the light entered the inside of the first lens from the first-lens-entrance, and a side surface portion that is configured to allow light having a luminous intensity smaller than a luminous intensity of light entering the reflection-side-surface-portion to enter.

Abstract: An acoustic wave resonator includes: an IDT located on a piezoelectric substrate, including comb-shaped electrodes facing each other and including electrode fingers and a bus bar connecting the electrode fingers; a first silicon oxide film located on the electrode fingers in an overlap region where the electrode fingers overlap and having a film thickness in a part of edge regions, which correspond to both ends of the overlap region, equal to or less than that in a center region sandwiched between the edge regions; and a second silicon oxide film located on the electrode fingers, containing an element slowing an acoustic velocity in a silicon oxide film when being added to the silicon oxide film, having a concentration of the element greater than that in the first silicon oxide film, and having a film thickness in a part of the edge regions greater than that in the center region.