Abstract: A control apparatus includes a control unit which instructs a constant temperature mode to the fuel cell unit as one of operation modes, the constant temperature mode being a mode for performing an control to cover power consumption of the auxiliaries by power supplied from the outside and an control to keep a temperature of the power generation unit constant within a prescribed temperature range. In the constant temperature mode, power output from the power generation unit is at least smaller than the power consumption of the auxiliaries.

Abstract: Provided is a highly safe battery device in which the accuracy of an overcurrent detection current value and a short-circuit current value is improved and current consumption is reduced. A short-circuit and overcurrent detecting circuit includes: a reference voltage circuit configured to output a reference voltage generated when a constant current flows through an impedance element and a transistor having a resistance value that is changed depending on a voltage of a secondary battery; a first comparator circuit configured to compare a voltage of an overcurrent detecting terminal with the reference voltage; and a second comparator circuit configured to compare a voltage based on the voltage of the overcurrent detecting terminal with the reference voltage.

Abstract: A damper device includes an inner part having a cylindrical shape; an outer part including an annular space with a bottom to rotatably or relatively rotatably house the inner part from one cylinder end side; and a viscous fluid filled in the annular space. An outer side of the inner part is formed with a circular groove to fit an outside seal ring. Also, an inner side of the inner part is formed with a circular step surface positioned closer to the one cylinder end side than the circular groove, and positioning an inside seal ring. A depth of the circular groove has a dimension approximately half a thickness of the inner part at a portion forming the circular groove.

Abstract: A heating medium composition for solar thermal power generation system, the heating medium composition including a silane coupling agent represented by formula (1) shown below and a heating medium containing diphenyl ether: (1) wherein each of OR1, OR2 and OR3 may be the same or different, and represents an alkoxy group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and X is a group selected from a 3-glycidoxypropyl group, a 3-methacryloxypropyl group, a 3-aminopropyl group, an N-phenyl-3-aminopropyl group and an N-2-(aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyl group.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for evaluation of drug efficacy of a medicine having a therapeutic or preventive effect against a disease related to EL activity wherein phosphatidylinositol or lysophosphatidylinositol is used as an indicator. The present invention is also related to a method for screening an inhibitor of EL activity using phosphatidylinositol and a kit for use in the method.

Abstract: A client signal mapping circuit for accommodating a client signal in a transmission frame, including: a buffer unit configured to temporarily store the client signal; a buffer used amount monitoring unit configured to report a used amount of the buffer unit; a stuff processing determination unit configured to compare the used amount of the buffer unit with a predetermined reference value, and a pseudo random sequence signal and the comparison result; an overhead insertion unit configured to add an overhead to the client signal read from the buffer unit to form a transmission frame; and a reading control unit configured to perform control for reading the client signal from the buffer unit based on determination by the stuff processing determination unit.

Abstract: A fuel cell bundle includes a plurality of columnar fuel cell stacks extending in a first direction that are disposed spaced apart so that side surfaces thereof face each other, the fuel cell stacks each having a first gas flow channel along the first direction and also having a plurality of series-connected fuel cells disposed side-by-side in a second direction intersected by the first direction; a connecting member for electrically connecting series-connected fuel cells of a fuel cell stack with series-connected fuel cells of a fuel cell stack adjacent thereto; and a second gas flow channel regulating member for forming a second gas flow channel along the first gas flow channel between itself and the connecting member, the connecting member and the second gas flow channel regulating member being disposed between the adjacent fuel cell stacks.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photosensor unit with a structure which is simple and also does not cause decrease in detection accuracy. Provided is a photosensor unit including a light emitting element 1 and a light receiving element 2 housed in a unit case 3, and configured such that reflected light of detection light emitted from the light emitting element 1 to the outside of the unit case 3 is received with the light receiving element 2, the reflected light being reflected from the outside of the unit case 3. A plurality of the light emitting elements 1 are disposed around the light receiving element 2, and a passage space for the reflected light inside the unit case 3 is separated from a passage space for the detection light inside the unit case 3 by an appropriate partition 4.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photosensor lens which, in the case of using a plurality of light emitting elements to form a reflective photosensor, can maximize the efficiency of light irradiation of the light emitting elements with a simple structure. Provided is a photosensor lens configured to condense irradiation light from a plurality of light emitting elements 2 housed in a unit case 1 in a detection region 3 outside the unit case 1, and to condense reflected light from the detection region 3 at a light receiving element 4 in the unit case 1. A single convex lens surface 5 is formed on one side of the photosensor lens, and a light-receiving convex lens surface 6 sharing an optical axis with the single convex lens surface 5, and a plurality of light-emitting convex lens surfaces 7 each having an optical axis in parallel with the optical axis of the light-receiving convex lens surface 6 are integrally formed on the opposite side of the photosensor lens.

Abstract: A multi-piece oil ring is provided in which, even after long-term operation of an engine, adhesion and deposition of oil sludge are prevented, sticking of components does not occur, and a high oil control function can be maintained. The multi-piece oil ring includes a spacer expander and a pair of upper and lower side rails supported by the spacer expander. To achieve the above features, at least side faces of the side rails that face the spacer expander are coated with a fluorine-containing coating, and the spacer expander is coated with a metal coating. The angle of contact (?1) of a paraffin-based lubricating oil with the portions of the side rails at 150° C. that are coated with the fluorine-containing coating is 50° or larger, and the angle of contact (?2) of the paraffin-based lubricating oil with the portion of the spacer expander at 150° C. that is coated with the metal coating is 10 to 50°. The difference between ?1 and ?2 (?1??2) is 30° or larger.

Abstract: An EMS (200) is provided with a control unit (230) for instructing a fuel cell unit (150) to operate in one of operation modes including an idling mode for performing a control to cover power consumption of auxiliaries by power other than grid power, and a constant temperature mode for performing a control to cover the power consumption of the auxiliaries by power supplied from the outside and keep a temperature of a cell stack (51B) within a predetermined temperature range. When a power failure occurs while the fuel cell unit (150) is operating in the constant temperature mode, the control unit (230) controls the fuel cell unit (150) to operate in the idling mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piston ring that, in an engine where high temperature is reached in the vicinity of the piston ring, is capable of sustaining an excellent effect of preventing aluminum cohesion over a prolonged period of time. The piston ring having a resin-based coating formed on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of a piston ring body, the resin-based coating including a first resin-based coating containing plate-like filler having a mean particle diameter of 2 ?m to 20 ?m and an aspect ratio of 20 to 200 and a second resin-based coating located under the first resin-based coating and containing hard particles having a mean particle diameter of 0.01 ?m to 1 ?m.

Abstract: A fuel cell module includes: in a casing, a fuel cell stack that is formed by stacking a plurality of unit cells; and an oxidant gas distributing member that is disposed at a side surface, that extends in a stack direction, of the fuel cell stack, that extends in a direction from one end to another end of each of the unit cells, and that supplies the oxidant gas along the oxidant gas distributing member from the one end to the another end to supply the oxidant gas to the another end of each unit cell. The oxidant gas distributing member includes a heat exchange restraint portion that restrains heat exchange between the unit cells and the oxidant gas in at least one of end portions of the fuel cell stack in the stack direction, in comparison with the heat exchange thereof in other portion in the fuel cell stack.

Abstract: In a reclining sensor of a webbing take-up device, when a case turns together with a seat back that tilts towards the seat rear, rotation of a pulley is restricted by a pressing tab of an operation plate. Accordingly, when relative rotation of the pulley occurs with respect to the case, a wire is pulled out from another end of a tube, turning a sensor housing of an acceleration sensor. The wire pulled out from the other end of the tube is wound up onto a winding portion that is an outer peripheral portion of the pulley that rotates. Since the pulley that pulls the wire merely rotates about its center of rotation, the inside of the case is sufficient as long as rotation range of the pulley is secured, enabling a reduction in size of the case.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a hybrid system of which overall efficiency is improved. [Solution] A hybrid system of the invention includes: a fuel cell device; and a thermoacoustic cooler. The thermoacoustic cooler 14 includes: a thermoacoustic energy generating section 20 in which thermoacoustic energy is generated by a temperature gradient between a high-temperature side and a low-temperature side; and a cooling section 21 in which a function of cooling is performed in the low-temperature side using the temperature gradient between the high-temperature side and the low-temperature side which is produced when the thermoacoustic energy transmitted from the thermoacoustic energy generating section 20 is converted into energy. The system is configured to cause exhaust gas emitted from the fuel cell device to flow through the high-temperature side of the thermoacoustic energy generating section 20. Therefore, it is possible to achieve the hybrid system of which overall efficiency is improved.

Abstract: An EMS controls: a fuel cell unit which comprises a cell stack which generates power by chemical reaction, and auxiliaries; and a storage cell unit which comprises a storage cell. The EMS comprises: a control unit which instructs the fuel cell unit to enter one operation mode among a power generation mode and a temperature maintenance mode, said power generation mode being a mode wherein power generation is aggressively performed by the cell stack, and said temperature preservation mode being a mode wherein control is performed so that power consumption by the auxiliaries is covered by power supplied from an external source to keep the temperature of a power generation unit within a predetermined range. If, when charging the storage cell, the unit price of electricity from a grid falls below a predetermined value, the control unit controls the fuel cell unit to operate in the temperature maintenance mode.

Abstract: A screen printing machine includes a printing execution unit which fills a pattern hole of a mask with solder by sliding a squeegee on the mask contacting a board and thereafter separates the board from the mask. The screen printing machine further includes: a library which stores printing conditions, each of which includes operation parameters of the printing execution unit and corresponds to a combination of options of selection items which include aboard type, a solder type, and a squeegee type; an option display unit which displays the options of each selection item in an image display area; and a printing condition setting unit which reads out, from the library, a printing condition corresponding to a combination of selected options, and which sets the read-out printing condition to a printing control unit which operates the printing execution unit.

Abstract: An acceleration sensor of a webbing take-up device is provided with a sensor housing in which a spherical body is placed. A rotating shaft is formed at a longitudinal wall of a support wall of the sensor housing, and rotatably supported at a shaft receiving hole formed in a hanger support wall. A position of formation of the rotating shaft is set to be upward relative to a center of gravity of the sensor housing whose state where a sensor lever is installed at the support wall and the spherical body is placed on a curved-surface of a placing portion. Consequently, even without a heavy body being attached at the lower side of the spherical body or the lower side of the sensor housing, the sensor housing rotates responsively when the take-up device main body is tilted. Therefore, the acceleration sensor can be reduced in size.

Abstract: There is provided a railcar including a under frame, paired side bodyshell parts, and a roof bodyshell part. Strap bar receiving parts hanging downward from the roof bodyshell part are fixed to the roof bodyshell part. An upper horizontal member and a lower horizontal member are provided like bridges between the paired side bodyshell parts. The upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member are disposed at an interval in a vertical direction and connected by connection pipes. The upper horizontal member is formed by a plurality of reinforcement pipes and the lower horizontal member is formed by a plurality of reinforcement pipes. At least one ends of the plurality of reinforcement pipes are fixed to the strap bar receiving parts.

Abstract: A piston ring that can maintain an excellent aluminum adhesion prevention effect over a long period in a high output engine is provided. One aspect of a piston ring according to the present invention is a piston ring in which at least one of upper and lower surfaces is covered with a resin-based film containing a plate-like filler, wherein the plate-like filler contains at least one of a group selected from alumina, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and boron nitride.