Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: first internal electrodes each including a first main electrode and a first drawn portion extending from the first main electrode to a first end surface facing in a first direction; and second internal electrodes each including a second main electrode and a second drawn portion extending from the second main electrode to a second end surface facing the first end surface in the first direction, the first and second internal electrodes being alternately laminated, the first drawn portion having a width dimension along a second direction that decreases toward the first end surface and having a predetermined width dimension in the first end surface, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction, the second drawn portion having a width dimension along the second direction that increases toward the second end surface and having the predetermined width dimension in the second end surface.

Abstract: In a MG control device, a standard voltage calculation part calculates a d axis standard voltage and a q axis standard voltage in a standard state in which no demagnetization occurs in permanent magnets of a MG. A magnetic flux change amount estimation value calculation part calculates a basic magnetic flux change amount estimation value based on a deviation of a specific value from the q-axis standard voltage. This specific value is obtained by multiplying q axis real voltage with a ratio of the d axis standard voltage and the d axis real voltage. A magnetic flux change amount estimation value correction part adjusts a magnetic flux change amount estimation value by correcting the basic magnetic flux change amount estimation value relatively to a detection threshold value based on characteristic change of the MG in a demagnetization state of the permanent magnets of the MG.

Abstract: In a MG control device, a standard voltage calculation part calculates a d-axis standard voltage Vd_std and a q-axis standard voltage Vq_std to be supplied to a MG. A first magnetic flux change amount estimation value calculation part calculates a first magnetic flux change amount estimation value ??1 based on a deviation of a specific value from the q axis standard voltage Vq_std, where the specific value is obtained by multiplying a ratio (Vd_std/Vd_real) with a q-axis real voltage Vq_real, where Vd_real represents a d-axis real voltage. A second magnetic flux change amount estimation value calculation part calculates a second magnetic flux change amount estimation value ??2 based on a deviation of the q-axis real voltage Vq_real from the q-axis standard voltage Vq_std. The calculation switching part selects one of ??1 and ??2 based on an operation state of the MG.

Abstract: Temperature conditioning unit (100X) includes first intake and exhaust device (10A), second intake and exhaust device (20A), and housing (30) that accommodates element (50) to temperature-condition. First intake and exhaust device (10A) and second intake and exhaust device (20A) each include: a rotary drive device including a shaft and a rotary drive source that rotates the shaft; an impeller including an impeller disk that engages the shaft at its central part and includes a surface extending in a direction intersecting the shaft, and a plurality of rotor vanes erected on the impeller disk; and a fan case including a side wall surrounding the impeller, an intake port, and a vent communicating with an interior of housing (30). The plurality of rotor vanes each extend in a direction from the central part to an outer peripheral part of the impeller disk in the shape of a circular arc bulging in a rotation direction of the shaft.

Abstract: A system, in some embodiments, includes: a motor; and control logic, coupled to the motor, to determine a duty keep status and a duty cycle threshold based on a received voltage, wherein the duty keep status indicates whether the system is to operate in a duty keep mode or a stop mode, wherein the duty cycle threshold indicates a minimum duty cycle for the motor if the system operates in said duty keep mode and indicates an input duty cycle threshold below which the control logic shuts off the motor if the system operates in the stop mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electron beam apparatus including a monochromator in which cylindrical electrostatic lenses for deflecting a path of an electron beam in the lenses are arranged symmetrically and an aperture including a plurality of selectable slits is disposed therebetween to be able to select an electron beam having a specified energy range. The electron beam apparatus has a monochromator having high resolution and excellent stability and maintainability by disposing slits and circular openings in one aperture part in parallel arrangement, thereby improving spatial resolution and energy resolution.

Abstract: A diagnostic system for a power conversion apparatus including a semiconductor device and performing a switching operation for carrying and interrupting a main current to a main current is disclosed. This system includes a trigger circuit that acquires reference time for the switching operation; and a delay time calculation circuit that acquires first time at which the main current takes a first main current set value and second time at which the main current takes a second main current set value, and that detects numerical data about a difference between the first time and the reference time and numerical data about a difference between the second time and the reference time.

Abstract: A power generation system includes: a heat source having a temperature being changed over time; a flow passage through which a heat medium heated by the heat source passes; a power generation device including a power generation element and a first electrode, the power generation element being electrically polarized by temperature change thereof depending on temperature change of the heat medium, the first electrode extracting electric power from the power generation element; a temperature detection device being disposed on an upstream side relative to the power generation device in the flow passage and detecting the temperature of the heat medium; a voltage application device that applies voltage to the power generation element; and a control device that activates the voltage application device when the temperature increase of the heat medium has been detected and deactivates the voltage application unit when the temperature decrease of the heat medium has been detected.

Abstract: A system, in some embodiments, comprises: a motor; and control logic, coupled to the motor, to determine a duty keep status and a duty cycle threshold based on a received voltage, wherein the duty keep status indicates whether the system is to operate in a duty keep mode or a stop mode, wherein the duty cycle threshold indicates a minimum duty cycle for the motor if the system operates in said duty keep mode and indicates an input duty cycle threshold below which the control logic shuts off the motor if the system operates in the stop mode.

Abstract: A settings data storage stores unique serial numbers and information regarding a plurality of patterns for alternately switching between normal operation for operating at high capacity and suppressed operation for operating at low capacity each unit time. A pattern specifier determines information for a pattern set in accordance with even and odd serial numbers. A water-heating heat amount determiner determines a heat amount necessary for water heating. A water heating scheduler establishes a water heating plan based on information regarding the pattern determined by the pattern determiner and the water-heating heat amount as determined by the water-heating heat amount determiner. A water heating controller alternately switches between normal operating and suppressed operation to heat water in accordance with the water heating plan established by the water heating scheduler.

Abstract: A motor control system, in some embodiments, comprises: a voltage divider circuit having an output node, a voltage on said output node representing a desired motor rotation direction; control logic configured to receive an indication of said voltage; and a motor controller coupled to the control logic, wherein, if said indication of the voltage on the output node falls outside of a predetermined range, the control logic is configured to issue a motor stop signal to the motor controller indicating that at least one resistor of the voltage divider circuit is defective or is missing from the voltage divider circuit.

Abstract: A lamination device that laminates a laminate material on a front surface of a substrate includes a transport unit that transports the substrate in a transport direction, and first and second pressurizing units that pressurize the laminate material disposed on the front surface of the substrate. The second pressurizing unit is movable in the transport direction at a velocity higher than a transportation velocity of the substrate. When the laminate material is laminated on the substrate transported, the first pressurizing unit laminates the laminate material on the substrate from a central portion between an upstream end of the substrate in the transport direction and a downstream end of the substrate in the transport direction toward the upstream side of the transport direction, and the second pressurizing unit laminates the laminate material on the substrate from the central portion of the substrate toward the downstream side of the transport direction.

Abstract: A plasma treatment method subjects a long object to be treated to plasma treatment by placing the long object to be treated in contact with plasma, the density distribution of which varies while selectively passing the long object to be treated through an area having high plasma density so that a surface of the long object can be thoroughly and uniformly subjected to plasma treatment. The method is applied to a plasma treatment apparatus, and a plasma-treated long object can be obtained by the method.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel road information recognition system capable of highly accurately estimating the positions of lane markers to be located on the far side of a lane after change of lane. The present invention is equipped with a front lane marker detection means for detecting, by using a front imaging means, lane markers located ahead of a host vehicle; a side lane marker detection means for detecting, by using a side imaging means, the positions of lane marker located on both sides of the vehicle and a lane width; and a front lane marker estimation means for estimating the positions of the lane markers to be located on the far side of the lane after change of lane on the basis of the information regarding the lane markers located ahead of the vehicle, which is obtained by the front lane marker detection means, and the positions of the lane markers located on the sides of the vehicle and the lane width, which are obtained by the side lane marker detection means.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a multilayer wiring board includes: forming a groove on a surface of a first thermoplastic resin board; forming a modified layer made of resin having a melting point lower than a melting point of resin constituting the first thermoplastic resin board, by applying light to a region of the surface of the first thermoplastic resin board other than a region around the groove; filling the groove of the first thermoplastic resin board with conductive material having fluidity; and bonding a second thermoplastic resin board to the surface of the first thermoplastic resin board, on which the modified layer is formed, by thermocompression bonding.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a drive signal of a drive circuit. A period of the drive signal is determined and an advance angle count value is extracted from a storage register in accordance with the period of the drive signal. The advance angle count value and a first control signal are used to determine an advance angle adjustment range, where the first control signal is from a source external to the drive circuit. The advance angle adjustment range and a second control signal are used to determine an advance angle adjustment range start angle, where the second control signal is from a source external to the drive circuit.

Abstract: A motor control system, in some embodiments, comprises: a voltage divider circuit having an output node, a voltage on said output node representing a desired motor rotation direction; control logic configured to receive an indication of said voltage; and a motor controller coupled to the control logic, wherein, if said indication of the voltage on the output node falls outside of a predetermined range, the control logic is configured to issue a motor stop signal to the motor controller indicating that at least one resistor of the voltage divider circuit is defective or is missing from the voltage divider circuit.

Abstract: Provided are a yarn which can be easily knotted according to a common knotting method, which is high in knot strength and which can be suppressed in fading of coloration, and a method for production of the same. A yarn in which a plasma treated surface is formed on a surface of an original yarn and the plasma treated surface is covered with rubber. The yarn is preferably made of a synthetic resin, and polyethylene, wholly aromatic polyester and wholly aromatic polyamide are more preferable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power conversion device in the power electronics field. An object of the present invention is to provide a technique of determining whether a switching element operates normally or not from a gate monitor signal of a power conversion device, and predicting a sign of a failure by obtaining the temperature of the switching element from a transient state of the switching voltage of the power conversion circuit as a component of the power conversion device without using a new signal path.

Abstract: A diagnostic system for a power converter which includes a semiconductor device, and which performs a switching operation between conduction and interruption of the principal current flowing through a main circuit. The diagnostic system includes a current change amount calculation circuit for obtaining numeric data which reflects a current change amount of the principal current per unit time, a determination circuit for determining a state of the power converter by comparing the numeric data with a reference value, and an output circuit for outputting a determination result of the determination circuit.