Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate, a light-emitting element disposed on the substrate, and a sealing member for sealing the light-emitting element. The sealing member contains at least a particulate red phosphor. The red phosphor contains at least a Mn4+-activated fluoride complex phosphor. The sealing member has an upper surface with irregularities on at least part of the upper surface.

Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to provide a vehicular reflective optical sensor that has improved control reliability. Said vehicular reflective optical sensor is provided with a control unit (6) that: emits detection light (3) at prescribed intervals from a light-emitting unit (2) on an exterior panel of a vehicle towards a detection region (1) set outside said vehicle; tests for a threshold-exceeded state in which the amount of light in a light reflection (4) received from the detection region (1) by a light-receiving unit (5) exceeds a prescribed detection threshold; and, if it is detected that a detection target has entered the detection region (1), outputs a detection-confirmation signal. The control unit (6) uses, as the aforementioned detection threshold, the sum of a predetermined fixed value and an adjustment value comprising a summary statistic for the amounts of light in an appropriate number of light reflections (4) preceding the light reflection (4) on which the comparison is being performed.

Abstract: [Object] The purpose is to provide a cooling and heating device. [Solution] This cooling and heating device includes: a fuel cell device including a fuel cell; a heating unit which utilizes the heat of exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell; a thermoacoustic cooler (14) including a cooling unit which performs a cooling function with use of the heat of the exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell; and an exhaust gas switching unit (25) which allows the exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell to be supplied to at least one of the thermoacoustic cooler (14) and the heating unit, whereby there can be provided a cooling and heating device which effectively utilizes the exhaust gas of a fuel cell.

Abstract: A hybrid device includes an electrolysis cell stack device, a fuel cell stack device comprising and a vaporizer. The electrolysis cell stack device includes an electrolysis cell stack including a plurality of electrolysis cells that generate a hydrogen-containing gas from a water vapor-containing gas. Each electrolysis cell includes a first electrolysis cell gas-flow passage extending lengthwise from a first end to a second end of the each electrolysis cell. The fuel cell stack device includes a fuel cell stack including a plurality of fuel cells. Each fuel cell includes a fuel cell gas-flow passage extending lengthwise from a first end to a second end of the each fuel cell. The vaporizer is disposed near the fuel cell stack for generating the water vapor-containing gas to be supplied to the electrolysis cell stack device. At least a portion of the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied to the fuel cell stack device.

Abstract: A toner binder comprising a polyester, the end of which is partially esterified with a monocarboxylic acid and/or a monohydric alcohol, the polyhydric alcohol component of which comprises a C3 alkylene glycol (a21) and an aromatic-ring-bearing diol (a22) at an (a21)/(a22) molar ratio of 5/95 to 70/30, and which has an ester group concentration of 16 to 30 wt % and satisfies a specific relationship between the ester group concentration and the hydroxy value. The toner binder combines low-temperature fixability and storage stability under high-temperature conditions or heat-temperature and -humidity conditions, and exhibits excellent durability.

Abstract: A radio wave absorber provided with a radio wave absorbing film formed on a substrate, the radio wave absorber being capable of absorbing radio waves over a broad frequency band and exhibiting superior radio wave absorbing properties even with a radio wave absorbing film thinner than 1 mm. A film forming paste suitable for forming a radio wave absorbing film that is provided in the radio wave absorber. In a radio wave absorber provided with a radio wave absorbing film formed on a substrate, a particular epsilon-type iron oxide is employed in the radio wave absorbing film and relative permittivity of the radio wave absorbing film is set to 6.5 to 65.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a viscosity modifier represented by the following general formula (1), and an emulsion composition or an aqueous paint composition including the viscosity modifier: where: R1 to R4 each represent a linear alkyl group having 1 to 13 carbon atoms; R5 and R6 each represent a group represented by the following formula (2) or (3); m and n each represent a number from 3 to 15; x represents a number from 40 to 800; and y represents a number equal to or more than 1, provided that each of a total number of carbon atoms in R1 and R2 and a total number of carbon atoms in R3 and R4 needs to be from 10 to 14.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a PDL analysis unit, a DL generation unit, an edge enhancement determination unit configured to determine whether or not to perform edge enhancement processing for each image, an edge enhancement unit configured to perform edge enhancement processing, and a development processing unit configured to develop a DL into a bitmap. The DL generation unit generates a DL for image data within PDL data on which edge enhancement processing is not performed in the case where the edge enhancement determination unit determines not to perform edge enhancement processing, and generates a DL for image data within PDL data on which edge enhancement processing is performed in the case where the edge enhancement determination unit determines to perform edge enhancement processing.

Abstract: Problem: To provide a cell unit, a cell stack device, a cell unit device and a module. Resolution means: A cell unit (1) according to one embodiment of the present invention is characterized by comprising: a cell stack (7) comprising a plurality of cells (2), each of which has a columnar shape and has an inner electrode layer (9), a solid electrolyte layer (10) of a solid oxide, and an outer electrode layer (11), while having a distribution hole (13) that penetrates the cell from one end to the other end in the longitudinal direction; a first manifold (3) for fixing one end parts of the plurality of cells (2) and supplying water vapor to the distribution holes (13); and a second manifold (5) for fixing the other end parts of the plurality of cells (2) and recovering a gas that is discharged from the distribution holes (13).

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: An anode includes an anode double side coating section; a first anode single-side coating section; and an anode double side non-coating section, the anode double side non-coating section, the first anode single-side coating section, and the anode double side coating section are provided in this order from a first end on the side of spiral winding start of the anode, and in an anode, (“Area density of an anode mixture layer on the first main surface side of the first anode single-side coating section”)/(“Area density of the anode mixture layer on the first main surface side of sections other than the first anode single-side coating section”) is equal to or more than about 1.2.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorber contains cement and carbon nanotubes and has an absolute value of a complex relative permittivity in a range of from 2.0 to 10.0 in a frequency range of from 1 to 110 GHz and a minimum value of a dissipation factor of 0.35 or greater in the frequency range of from 1 to 110 GHz.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a piston ring for an internal combustion engine capable of preventing aluminum cohesion for a long time under high temperature and high load conditions. Specifically, a piston ring 1 for the internal combustion engine including a piston ring base material 11 coated with an aluminum cohesion resistant film 12, wherein the aluminum cohesion resistant film 12 is made of ceramics coated on at least one of an upper side face 11a and a lower side face 11b of the piston ring base material 11.

Abstract: In a heavy load pneumatic tire, a belt includes an intersecting belt layer formed by layering a pair of belt plies and an angled belt layer formed by at least one belt ply. 10°<?1<25° and 15°<?2??1<25°, where ?1 and ?2 are the angles of inclination of belt cords respectively in the belt intersecting belt layer and the angled belt layer. The carcass shape is formed by connecting two arcs with different radii of curvature. R1>R2, where R1 and R2 are respective radii of curvature of inner and outer arcs in the tire width direction. The distance, measured along the tire width direction from the tire equatorial plane, to the intersection of the inner and outer arcs is 80% or more of the similarly-measured distance of the overlapping range between belt plies in the intersecting belt layer.

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: Provided is a natural leather having a novel coating layer which feels leathery. The coating film retains material properties such as strength and wearing resistance. When the user directly touches the natural leather, the coating layer present on the surface of the natural leather gives slick characteristics of natural leathers and smoothness. The natural leather has a coating film formed on a surface thereof, the coating film including: a color coat layer formed from a mixture of a hard component (10% modulus is more than 2.3 but no more than 3.0) and a soft component (10% modulus is more than 0.0 but no more than 1.0) of a two-component polyurethane resin; and a topcoat layer formed from a mixture of a medium component (resin having a 10% modulus of more than 1.0 but no more than 2.3) and a soft component (resin having a 10% modulus of more than 0.0 but no more than 1.0) of a two-component polyurethane resin.

Abstract: Provided is a battery device with high safety, which has improved accuracy of overcurrent detection. In the battery device, an overcurrent detection terminal of a battery state monitoring circuit is connected to a node between a discharge control switch and a charge control switch via a resistor.

Abstract: An electrode having excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics and which is capable of improving a secondary battery capacity. An electrode is formed on the surface of a collector as an assembly of multiple porous domain structures that are apart from each other, the porous domain structures each having a polygonal shape without an acute angle in a planar view, the polygonal shape having a maximum diameter of 120 ?m or less.

Abstract: A short-circuit and overcurrent detecting circuit includes a reference voltage circuit including a constant current circuit, a first impedance element, a first transistor having a resistance value depending a voltage of a secondary battery, a second impedance element, and a second transistor having a resistance value depending the voltage of the secondary battery, which are connected in series. The reference voltage circuit outputs a first reference voltage from a node of the constant current circuit and the first impedance element, and outputs a second reference voltage from a node of the first transistor and the second impedance element. The short-circuit and overcurrent detecting circuit further includes: a first comparator circuit for comparing a voltage of an overcurrent detecting terminal with the first reference voltage; and a second comparator circuit for comparing the voltage of the overcurrent detecting terminal with the second reference voltage.

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.