Abstract: A payment terminal includes a magnetic card reader slot having a magnetic head, an IC card reader slot configured to be front of a user, and a first board with a touch area for a contactless payment arranged diagonally upward toward the user. The magnetic card reader slot is arranged toward the user obliquely upward with respect to a direction parallel to the plane. The magnetic card reader slot and the IC card reader slot are arranged, so that a swipe direction of the magnetic card into the magnetic card reader slot and an insertion direction of an IC card into the IC card reader slot are substantially perpendicular to each other. The magnetic card reader slot, the IC card reader slot, and the first board are arranged in this order from the plane in a height direction.

Abstract: A payment terminal includes a magnetic card reader slot having a magnetic head, an IC card reader slot configured to be front of a user, and a first board with a touch area for a contactless payment arranged diagonally upward toward the user. The magnetic card reader slot is arranged toward the user obliquely upward with respect to a direction parallel to the plane. The magnetic card reader slot and the IC card reader slot are arranged, so that a swipe direction of the magnetic card into the magnetic card reader slot and an insertion direction of an IC card into the IC card reader slot are substantially perpendicular to each other. The magnetic card reader slot, the IC card reader slot, and the first board are arranged in this order from the plane in a height direction.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a power storage device; a regenerative fuel cell including a water electrolysis device and a fuel cell; a motor generator configured to be driven using electric power of at least one of the power storage device and the fuel cell; a driving wheel configured to be driven by the motor generator; and a control device configured to perform regeneration control of generating regenerative electric power by the motor generator at a time of braking of the vehicle. The control device is configured to supply the regenerative electric power to the water electrolysis device when an SOC of the power storage device is equal to or greater than a predetermined value at a time of performing the regeneration control.

Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer coating film, sequentially conducting step (1) of applying an aqueous 2-package type first colored paint on both a metal member and a plastic member of an automobile outer panel to form an uncured first colored coating film; step (2) of applying an aqueous 1-package type white paint on the uncured first colored coating film by step (1) to form an uncured white coating film; step (3) of applying an aqueous 1-package type interference color paint on the uncured white coating film by step (2) to form an uncured interference color coating film; step (4) of applying a solvent-based 2-package type clear paint on the uncured interference color coating film by step (3) to form an uncured clear coating film; and step (5) of heating these coating films by steps (1) to (4) at 75 to 100° C. to simultaneously cure them.

Abstract: A payment terminal includes a magnetic card reader slot having a magnetic head, an IC card reader slot configured to be front of a user, and a first board with a touch area for a contactless payment arranged diagonally upward toward the user. The magnetic card reader slot is arranged toward the user obliquely upward with respect to a direction parallel to the plane. The magnetic card reader slot and the IC card reader slot are arranged, so that a swipe direction of the magnetic card into the magnetic card reader slot and an insertion direction of an IC card into the IC card reader slot are substantially perpendicular to each other. The magnetic card reader slot, the IC card reader slot, and the first board are arranged in this order from the plane in a height direction.

Abstract: A power storage device inspecting method of inspecting a power storage device for an internal short circuit that includes: detecting an external resistance Re which is generated in an external circuit in a state in which probes of an external power supply are connected to external terminals of the power storage device; applying an initial output voltage VS(0) with which an initial device current IB(0) of a device current IB(t) is zero; applying an output voltage VS(t) from the external power supply to the power storage device; and determining an internal short circuit of the power storage device based on a change with time of the device current IB(t) or a stabilized device current IBs of the power storage device.

Abstract: An inspection method of a present electrical storage device includes: constituting a circuit with the electrical storage device being charged and a power supply, and passing a current by the power supply to the circuit in a direction of charging or discharging the electrical storage device; and in passing the current, determining the quality of the electrical storage device based on a converging state of the passing current. In passing the current, an output voltage of the power supply is changed from an initial value with the passage of time.

Abstract: A payment terminal includes a magnetic card reader slot having a magnetic head, an IC card reader slot configured to be front of a user, and a first board with a touch area for a contactless payment arranged diagonally upward toward the user. The magnetic card reader slot is arranged toward the user obliquely upward with respect to a direction parallel to the plane. The magnetic card reader slot and the IC card reader slot are arranged, so that a swipe direction of the magnetic card into the magnetic card reader slot and an insertion direction of an IC card into the IC card reader slot are substantially perpendicular to each other. The magnetic card reader slot, the IC card reader slot, and the first board are arranged in this order from the plane in a height direction.

Abstract: Provided is an electricity storage device testing method including: building a closed circuit by connecting an external power source to a charged electricity storage device such that the direction of voltage of the external power source is opposite from that of the electricity storage device; measuring a circuit current while applying to the closed circuit a voltage in an opposite direction from a voltage of the electricity storage device by the external power source; calculating a voltage to be output by the external power source, based on the value of the circuit current measured and a resistance value of the closed circuit. The output voltage of the external power source is changed according to a result of the calculation. A time interval at which the calculation is set to be shorter at an early stage and longer at a late stage of the measuring.

Abstract: A circuit is formed by connecting positive terminals and negative terminals of a power storage device and an external power supply, and a resistor and a switch are arranged in series between a positive-side conductor and a negative-side conductor. An ON time for which the switch is temporarily closed before start of inspection is made longer as the capacity of the power storage device is larger. An ON voltage between the positive-side and negative-side conductors within the ON time, and an OFF voltage between these conductors at a time other than the ON time are obtained, and a parasitic resistance value of the circuit is calculated based on the ON and OFF voltages and a resistance value of the resistor. During the inspection, the voltage of the external power supply, which is applied to the power storage device, is increased according to the parasitic resistance value.

Abstract: A power storage device inspecting method of inspecting a power storage device for an internal short circuit includes: detecting an external resistance Re which is generated in an external circuit in a state in which probes of an external power supply are connected to external terminals of the power storage device; applying an initial output voltage VS(0) with which an initial device current IB(0) of a device current IB(t) is zero; applying an output voltage VS(t) expressed by Equation (1) from the external power supply to the power storage device; and determining an internal short circuit of the power storage device based on a change with time of the device current IB(t) or a stabilized device current IBs. VS(t)=VS(0)+(Re?Ro1)·IB(t)??(1) Here, a first virtual external resistance Ro1 is a constant satisfying 0<Ro1<Re.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus including the power supply device, positive and negative conductive lines, connected to the power supply device and having corresponding first and second probes, at corresponding front ends, a resistor and a switch serially disposed between the positive conductive line and the negative conductive line, a circuit resistance calculation unit that calculates a circuit resistance value based on a difference in voltage between when the switch is turned off and turned on, an inspection unit configured to inspect the electrical storage device, and a virtual resistance setting unit that increases the output voltage after the start of inspection.

Abstract: An inspection method of an electrical storage device includes: setting a pseudo parasitic resistance value to be small in a case where a power storage capacity of the electrical storage device is large, while setting the pseudo parasitic resistance value to be large in the case where the power storage capacity is small; in a state where the pseudo parasitic resistance value is set, acquiring a current value after convergence of a current flowing through a circuit such that the circuit is formed by connecting an external power source to the charged electrical storage device in a direction where a voltage is applied thereto; and determining quality of the electrical storage device based on the current value.

Abstract: An electricity storage device tester including: a voltage application unit configured to apply to a circuit a direct-current voltage; an ammeter configured to acquire a current value of the circuit; a voltage control unit configured to control an output voltage of the voltage application unit; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the electricity storage device is defective or not based on the value acquired by the ammeter. The voltage application unit includes a plurality of power source devices connected in series with each other. One of the power source devices is a specific power source device which is configured to have a variable output voltage and of which both a maximum value and a step width of the output voltage are smaller than the power source devices other than the specific power source device.

Abstract: A payment terminal includes a magnetic card reader slot having a magnetic head, an IC card reader slot configured to be front of a user, and a first board with a touch area for a contactless payment arranged diagonally upward toward the user. The magnetic card reader slot is arranged toward the user obliquely upward with respect to a direction parallel to the plane. The magnetic card reader slot and the IC card reader slot are arranged, so that a swipe direction of the magnetic card into the magnetic card reader slot and an insertion direction of an IC card into the IC card reader slot are substantially perpendicular to each other. The magnetic card reader slot, the IC card reader slot, and the first board are arranged in this order from the plane in a height direction.

Abstract: A circuit is formed by connecting an external power source to a charged electrical storage device so that a polarity of a voltage of the external power source is reverse to a polarity of a voltage of the charged electrical storage device, and the voltage of the external power source is adjusted so that a current does not flow right after the connection. Then, current measurement to acquire a current value after convergence of the current flowing through the circuit due to a voltage drop of the electrical storage device and quality determination based on the current value after convergence are performed. In the current measurement, resistance measurement to actually measure a circuit resistance and prediction to predict a convergence timing of the current based on the actually measured circuit resistance are performed. The current value is acquired when a predicted convergence timing comes.

Abstract: A bell cup (3) of a rotary atomization-type coating device (1) is provided. This device has a rotary shaft (13) and a feed tube (15) inserted in the rotary shaft. The bell cup is fitted to a tip end part of the rotary shaft and has a coating material spreading surface (31) on an inner surface of the bell cup. The feed tube discharges a coating material to the coating material spreading surface. The coating material spreading surface includes a region extending from a predetermined position on a proximal end side to a distal end edge. The region is constituted of a convex curved surface toward an extension of the rotary shaft. The outermost surface of at least part (31B) of the coating material spreading surface is covered by a diamond-like carbon film (50) free from silicon at least on its outermost surface.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The exhaust gas recirculation system includes: an EGR passage configured to connect an exhaust gas passage of the internal combustion engine with an intake air passage; an EGR cooling system arranged at the EGR passage; and a control device configured to control the EGR cooling system. The control device is configured to provide feedback control of the cooling efficiency of the EGR cooling system to cause the temperature of intake gas suctioned into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine to approach a target intake gas temperature. The control device is configured to more increase the amount of change of the cooling efficiency when the flow rate of EGR gas recirculated is less.

Abstract: A bell cup (3) of a rotary atomization-type coating device (1) is provided. This device has a rotary shaft (13) and a feed tube (15) inserted in the rotary shaft. The bell cup is fitted to a tip end part of the rotary shaft and has a coating material spreading surface (31) on an inner surface of the bell cup. The feed tube discharges a coating material to the coating material spreading surface. The coating material spreading surface includes a region extending from a predetermined position on a proximal end side to a distal end edge. The region is constituted of a convex curved surface toward an extension of the rotary shaft. The outermost surface of at least part (31B) of the coating material spreading surface is covered by a diamond-like carbon film (50) free from silicon at least on its outermost surface.

Abstract: A method of inspecting an electric power storage device for a short circuit includes voltage measuring of measuring a pre-detection device voltage of the electric power storage device that is pre-charged, current detecting of detecting a temporal change in a current flowing to the electric power storage device from an external electric power supply or a stable current value of the current by continuously applying an output voltage equal to the pre-detection device voltage to the electric power storage device from the external electric power supply, and determining of determining an internal short circuit in the electric power storage device based on the detected temporal change in the current or the stable current value of the current.