Abstract: In a stator, a stator winding is provided in a stator core and includes phase windings. A neutral-point bus bar is connected to a coil end portion of the stator winding in a radial direction thereof. The coil end portion includes first and second end portions that are joined together. The first tip end portion extends in a fixed direction in the circumferential direction. The second tip end portion extends in a direction opposite the fixed direction in the circumferential direction. The neutral-point bus bar includes a main body portion extending in the circumferential direction and connection portions extending in the radial direction from the main body portion. The connection portions are respectively connected to the phase windings in a state in which the connection portions do not protrude further towards a side opposite the stator core than the main body portion in the axial direction is.

Abstract: A press forming method includes a first step of pinching one part of a metal sheet by means of a die and a pad, and a second step of moving a punch in a direction in which the punch approaches the die relatively to perform press forming on the metal sheet. The die has a first support surface which has an edge including a curved portion. The pad has a second support surface facing the first support surface of the die. The first support surface includes a first flat portion, and a first deformation portion which protrudes or is recessed with respect to the first flat portion. The second support surface includes a second flat portion which faces the first flat portion, and a second deformation portion which is recessed or protrudes with respect to the second flat portion so as to correspond to the first deformation portion. The first deformation portion is provided on a normal line of the curved portion as viewed from a pressing direction.

Abstract: A computer implemented method and system includes receiving a tamper notification responsive to improper opening of a device enclosure, starting a delay time timer in response to receiving the tamper signal, initiating saving of volatile memory data in a storage device to non-volatile storage, providing a power down notification signal to a device power controller in response to the timer reaching a predetermined state, and powering down the device in response to the power down notification signal.

Abstract: A transfer material is stably transferred to a transfer object. A transfer method for transferring to the object the transfer material applied to a film portion fixed to a frame portion includes peeling a film portion from the object. In the peeling, while a first side of the frame portion is elevated, a roller portion is moved in a direction from the first side toward a second side so that the position of a boundary line between a peeled region where the film portion is peeled off from the object and an unpeeled region where the film portion is not peeled off from the object coincides with the position of a rotation shaft in the roller portion pressing the film portion while rotating.

Abstract: An adhesive transfer method for transferring an adhesive formed on a surface of a film onto an object, includes a pressurizing step of pressurizing the film from the back surface side thereof by a pressurizing member against the object; and a moving step of moving the pressurizing member from a first end toward a second end of the object in a given moving direction. In the moving step, the film is held, with a downstream part on the farther downstream side than a pressurized part that is pressurized by the pressurizing member in the moving direction being separated from the object, and with an upstream part on the farther upstream side than the pressurized part being separated from the object, and a part of the adhesive formed at the downstream part is released at the upstream part, so that a part of the adhesive is transferred onto the object.

Abstract: A credit determination system, a credit determination method, and a program capable of accurately determining credit of a person whose credit information is not known are provided. A relationship specifying unit specifies a relationship between a target person and a reference person. A closeness score determining unit determines a closeness score indicating closeness between the target person and the reference person in accordance with a determination criterion corresponding to the relationship between the target person and the reference person based on an index indicating strength of the relationship between the target person and the reference person. A credit determining unit determines credit of the target person based on information about the at least one reference person and the closeness score determined for the reference person.

Abstract: An object is to provide a technique to fix an elastic member firmly. The liquid ejection head has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a damper member suppressing vibrations of a liquid. The damper member bonds the first substrate and the second substrate to each other by an adhesive agent. The damper member has a first area sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and a second area not sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. In the second area, the adhesive agent sticks to the side surface of the damper member.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a power circuit, a first controller, and a solid-state memory. The solid-state memory includes a second controller and a storage medium. The power circuit supplies operating power to a constituent member, selects a first power supply mode for converting supplied power into operating power when power is supplied from an external power source, and selects a second power supply mode for converting power from a secondary battery into the operating power when AC power is not supplied from an external power source. The second controller executes garbage collection for the storage medium regardless of an operation mode notified from the first controller when the first power supply mode is selected and determines whether garbage collection for the storage medium is necessary when the second power supply mode is selected and a change to a power saving mode is instructed as the operation mode.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first processor that executes a hardware startup process, a second processor separate from the first processor, and a memory interface which includes a temperature sensor, the memory interface being configured to interface with a memory, wherein the memory interface is configured to, when a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor reaches a predetermined temperature threshold value, throttle performance of the memory, the first processor executing the hardware startup process includes transmitting a plurality of temperature threshold values to the memory interface via a first interface, and the second processor, in response to an event, transmits selection information to the memory interface via a second interface different from the first interface, the selection information indicating selection of one of the plurality of temperature threshold values to be set as the predetermined temperature threshold value.

Abstract: An ink contains a coloring material, a water-soluble organic solvent. a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2, a surfactant containing a first silicone-based compound having an HLB value of from 7.0 to 9.0 and a second silicone-based compound having an HLB value of from 14.0 to 18.0, and water, where, m represents an integer of from 1 to 4, where R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 or 8 carbon atoms, or an ally group, 1 represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 7, and n represents an integer of from 20 to 200.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an information processing apparatus includes storing, in a first storage area of a solid-state drive (SSD) of the information processing apparatus, an installation program which when executed causes the information processing apparatus to install preload data, executing the installation program to install the preload data at least partially in a second storage area of the SSD, and after executing the installation program, moving portions of the preload data stored in the second storage area to the first storage area of the SSD. The first storage area is configured to store single bit cells in which one bit of data is stored in one memory cell, and the second storage is configured to store multi-bit cells in which multiple bits of data are stored in one memory cell.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus that prevents a user's hand from becoming dirty when attaching and detaching a liquid holding container, the liquid ejection apparatus includes a space portion that is open on a side surface of a housing, a liquid holding container that is detachably mounted to the space portion and includes an introduction port for introducing liquid to an inside thereof, on an upper surface, and a discharge portion that is provided at a position facing the introduction port inside the space portion in a state in which the liquid holding container mounted and includes a discharge port for discharging the liquid to the inside of the liquid holding container, in which the discharge portion is configured such that at least the discharge port is movable.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus drives an inverter which supplies and receives electric power with respect to a motor by pulse width modulation. The motor control apparatus sets a frequency of a carrier such that a frequency of a sideband wave component of the carrier which is used for the pulse width modulation and a frequency of a predetermined rotation order of the motor become different from each other.

Abstract: A stator of a rotating electric machine includes a stator core provided with a plurality of slots along a circumferential direction, coils of a plurality of phases distributedly wound around the stator core via the plurality of slots, and an insulating paper disposed between the slot and the coil. The insulating paper has an adhesive portion which fixes the coil to the stator core and a part of the coil of each phase is fixed to the stator core by the adhesive portion.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid ejection apparatus and a waste liquid container. The liquid ejection apparatus having a liquid ejection head includes an attachment portion to which a waste liquid container for storing a waste liquid collected from the liquid ejection head is fitted and attached in a detachable manner. The attachment portion is formed as an opening formed in the casing and a recess continuous from the opening, and an attaching direction of the waste liquid container when being attached is defined as a first direction. A discharging portion for outputting the collected waste liquid to the waste liquid container is formed at a position on the inward side of the casing along the first direction with respect to a position bisecting a length along the first direction of a region occupied by the attached waste liquid container. The discharging portion faces a direction orthogonal to the first direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head for ejecting liquid and a mounting section for receiving a waste liquid container to be attached thereto. The waste liquid container is capable of receiving and containing the waste liquid discharged from a discharge port arranged in the mounting section. The liquid ejection apparatus has a blocking member for shielding the discharge port in accordance with an operation of removing the waste liquid container from the mounting section. The liquid ejection apparatus minimizes the risk of staining one or both of the user's hands handling the waste liquid container and the user's clothes with the waste liquid remaining on the discharge port of the liquid ejection apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection apparatus capable of suppressing user's hands, and the like from being contaminated with the waste liquid attached to the waste liquid holding portion when the waste liquid container is detached. A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid; a waste liquid holding portion that is provided around the discharge portion that discharges a waste liquid; and a mounting portion on which the waste liquid container that is capable of containing the waste liquid is mounted, in which the waste liquid container is detachable from the mounting portion, the waste liquid container has a wiping portion that moves while being in contact with the waste liquid holding portion, and at least a part of the wiping portion is located on a rear side of the discharge portion in a direction in which the waste liquid container is detached.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus that prevents a user's hand from becoming dirty when attaching and detaching a liquid holding container, the liquid ejection apparatus includes a space portion that is open on a side surface of a housing, a liquid holding container that is detachably mounted to the space portion and includes an introduction port for introducing liquid to an inside thereof, on an upper surface, and a discharge portion that is provided at a position facing the introduction port inside the space portion in a state in which the liquid holding container mounted and includes a discharge port for discharging the liquid to the inside of the liquid holding container, in which the discharge portion is configured such that at least the discharge port is movable.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a pair of electrodes disposed on a first surface of a substrate forming part of a flow path for a liquid. The electrodes of the pair of electrodes are adjacent to each other in a transverse direction of the electrodes, and the liquid moves in the transverse direction upon application of a voltage across the electrodes. The electrodes each include a ridge portion disposed on the first surface and an electrode wiring line connected to a power source for applying the voltage. The electrode wiring line covers an upper surface of the ridge portion and side surfaces of the ridge portion and extends from parts covering the side surfaces of the ridge portion to a downstream side and an upstream side with respect to a direction in which the liquid moves, so as to cover the first surface.

Abstract: When a transmission condition regarding a state detected by a state detection unit (vehicle sensor, operation detection sensor, external environment sensor, or internal environment sensor) is satisfied while a travel controller performs a travel control, a vehicle control system transmits attentional state information representing a travel state, an operation state, or an environment state to a travel assist server through a communication device.