Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stator includes a pressing step of punching an iron core piece forming part from a steel sheet by press molding, a mounting step of mounting insulating paper on each of a plurality of protruding portions arranged in a circumferential direction on an outer peripheral surface of a columnar roll member rotating about a central axis and extending along the central axis, and a stacking step of spirally winding the iron core piece forming part around the outer peripheral surface of the roll member while deforming it in one direction in a width direction by rotating the roll member in a state where the protruding portion and the insulating paper are inserted into a slot, and stacking the iron core piece forming part in a thickness direction.

Abstract: It was found that bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium induce accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the colon. Moreover, the present inventors found that regulatory T cells (Treg cells) induced by from these bacteria suppressed proliferation of effector T-cells. From these findings, the present inventors found that the use of bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium or a physiologically active substance derived therefrom made it possible to induce proliferation or accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells), and further to suppress immune functions.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a rotor rotatable about a central axis; and a stator located radially outside the rotor. The rotor includes: a rotor core that includes a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates laminated in an axial direction and that has a plurality of accommodation holes; and a plurality of magnets respectively accommodated in the plurality of accommodation holes. The rotor core includes: a first recess recessed from a first core end face on a first axial side to a second axial side; a first swaged part provided on a bottom surface of the first recess; and a first protrusion that protrudes toward each of the magnets in a direction in which an inner peripheral edge of each of the accommodation holes intersects an axial direction, the first protrusion butting against a side face of the magnet.

Abstract: A laminated core is tubular and includes a back yoke portion and tooth portions. The back yoke portion includes a cut line between the tooth portions adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction, the cut line extending in a radial direction from an inner peripheral surface. When one of back yoke portions adjacent to each other in a stacking direction is referred to as a first back yoke portion and the other is referred to as a second back yoke portion, at least a portion of the cut line in the first back yoke portion does not overlap the cut line in the second back yoke portion when the back yoke portion is viewed from the stacking direction. The first back yoke portion is at least partially bonded to the second back yoke portion.

Abstract: A housing that is to house a circuit board includes: a box component that includes an opening on a side facing the circuit board that is housed; and a lid component that closes the opening of the box component. The box component includes a box-side frame portion, the lid component includes a lid-side frame portion, and when the lid component is attached to the box component, the box-side frame portion and the lid-side frame portion combine into a loop shape to configure a frame portion that corresponds to an outer peripheral shape of an exposed component that is attached to the circuit board and exposed from the housing.

Abstract: A rotor includes a columnar rotor core, having multiple core plates laminated in a thickness direction and a magnet insertion hole extending in an axial direction; and a magnet inserted in the magnet insertion hole. The core plates have multiple first core plates. The first core plates are continuously laminated in the axial direction. Each of the first core plates includes a contact portion and a deformation permitting portion. The contact portion defines a portion of an inner surface of the magnet insertion hole and contacts with the magnet. The deformation permitting portion is located on an opposite side of the magnet with the contact portion in between when the first core plates are viewed in the thickness direction, and permits deformation of the contact portion. Multiple contact portions in the first core plates overlap at least partially when the rotor core is viewed in the axial direction.

Abstract: A housing that is to be attached to an object via a bracket includes: a contact surface contacted by the press-fitted bracket; a pair of projecting portions that are disposed at both sides of the contact surface in a widthwise direction along the contact surface and orthogonal to a press-fitting direction of the bracket and project out toward the bracket and extend in the press-fitting direction; a pair of clamping portions that extend toward each other from projecting edge portions of the pair of projecting portions, and clamp the bracket between the contact surface and at least a portion of the pair of clamping portions; and a stopper that abuts the bracket and prevents the bracket from being press-fitted by more than a predetermined length in the press-fitting direction. A leading end portion of each of the pair of clamping portions in the press-fitting direction and the stopper are connected.

Abstract: A rotor includes core plates, a hole, and a magnet in the hole. The core plates include a first core plate and a second core plate frontward of the first core plate. The first core plate includes a first hole, a first protrusion protruding inward of the first hole, and a first portion located in an opposite direction to a protrusion direction of the first protrusion as viewed from the axial direction and permitting deformation of the first protrusion in the opposite direction. The second core plate includes a second hole, and at least one of a recess recessed in the opposite direction and overlapping the first protrusion as viewed in the axial direction, or a second portion located in the opposite direction with respect to the first protrusion as viewed in the axial direction and permitting deformation of an inner surface of the second hole in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A rotor includes stacked core plates, a hole, and a magnet inserted into the hole. A holding core plate has a through hole as part of the hole, a protrusion protruding inwardly from an inner surface of the through hole and being in contact with the magnet, and a displacement permission portion located in an opposite direction to a protrusion direction of the protrusion and permitting displacement of the protrusion in the opposite direction. The rotor includes at least one of a magnet-side chamfered portion in which the front side edge portion of the magnet is chamfered or a protrusion-side chamfered portion in which the tip end edge portion of the protrusion is chamfered. A sum of lengths of the magnet-side and protrusion-side chamfered portions is equal to or longer than a length of the protrusion in the protrusion direction as the rotor is viewed from the axial direction.

Abstract: A circuit board for an image forming apparatuses to which a first integrated circuit or a second integrated circuit is provided, comprising an electric part provided to a first surface of the circuit board, a first attachment part provided to the first surface, to which at least one terminal of the first integrated circuit is attachable, a first conductor pattern formed on the first surface and configured to constitute at least a portion of a first wiring which connects the first attachment part and the electric part, a second attachment part provided to a second surface opposite to the first surface of the circuit board, to which at least one terminal of the second integrated circuit is attachable.

Abstract: A stator core includes a core back having an annular shape around a central axis, teeth extending outward from the core back in a radial direction, and an inner peripheral surface located inside the core back in the radial direction and extending from an upper end to a lower end of the core back around the central axis. The core back includes a plastically deformable portion having an annular shape around the central axis and disposed below the core back in the axial direction. At least a portion of the plastically deformable portion has a different distance from the central axis than another portion of the core back.

Abstract: A sensor control apparatus includes a control unit, a plurality of sensors connected in series to the control unit. Each of the plurality of sensors includes a detector configured to perform a detection operation based on a first voltage applied from the control unit, a first switch provided on an application path for applying a voltage, a second switch provided on a supply path for supplying the voltage applied from the control unit to a sensor connected in a subsequent stage, and a conduction control unit. The control unit brings the first switch into conduction and cut off the second switch in a case where the voltage on the application path is the first voltage, and cuts off the first switch and bring the second switch into conduction in a case where the voltage on the application path is a second voltage.

Abstract: A battery pack comprises a battery and a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) utilized to detect a voltage and a temperature of the battery. The FPC comprises a substrate having a front surface and a back surface, a thermistor which detects a temperature of the battery, temperature detection lines and voltage detection lines. The temperature detection lines are electrically connected to a thermistor and arranged between the back surface and the battery. The voltage detection lines are arranged on the front surface so as to overlap the temperature detection lines in a case that the FPC is observed in a plane view in a transmissive manner from a back surface to a front surface.

Abstract: A medical observation apparatus includes: an imaging device configured to capture an observation target to obtain a captured right eye medical image and a captured left eye medical image; and circuitry configured to: acquire positions of at least two points in the observation target, the positions being determined based on predetermined operation on the observation target; and cause the captured right eye medical image, the captured left eye medical image, and an annotation image, to be displayed on a display screen of a display device, the annotation image indicating a distance between two points at the acquired positions.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a rotor rotatable about a central axis; and a stator located radially outside the rotor. The rotor includes: a rotor core that includes a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates laminated in an axial direction and that has a plurality of accommodation holes; and a plurality of magnets respectively accommodated in the plurality of accommodation holes. The rotor core includes: a first recess recessed from a first core end face on a first axial side to a second axial side; a first swaged part provided on a bottom surface of the first recess; and a first protrusion that protrudes toward each of the magnets in a direction in which an inner peripheral edge of each of the accommodation holes intersects an axial direction, the first protrusion butting against a side face of the magnet.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stator core plate including a protrusion extending radially outward from a disk-shaped main body, includes a punching a portion of a steel sheet in a shape including at least a portion of an outer shape of the protrusion to form at least the portion of the outer shape of the protrusion, and punching the steel sheet in a shape continuous with the outer shape of the protrusion formed in the steel sheet to form the main body.

Abstract: A stator core includes a first core back portion and an adjacent first core back portion that are in contact with each other on a radially outer side and on a radially inner side sandwiching a vertex of a first protrusion, and a second core back portion and an adjacent second core back portion are in contact with each other on a radially outer side and on a radially inner side sandwiching a vertex of a second protrusion.

Abstract: A stator core includes a core back having an annular shape around a central axis, teeth extending outward from the core back in a radial direction, and an inner peripheral surface located inside the core back in the radial direction and extending from an upper end to a lower end of the core back around the central axis. The core back includes a plastically deformable portion having an annular shape around the central axis and disposed below the core back in the axial direction. At least a portion of the plastically deformable portion has a different distance from the central axis than another portion of the core back.

Abstract: An operating terminal includes: a connected-device information transmitting unit transmitting first connected-device information to another operating terminal, the first connected-device information being information on a facility device connected to the operating terminal; a connected-device information obtaining unit obtaining second connected-device information from the another operating terminal, the second connected-device information being information on a facility device connected to the another operating terminal; an operation receiving unit receiving an operation for being performed on a facility device connected to the operating terminal and a facility device connected to the another operating terminal; and an air conditioning control command transmitting unit determining, from the first connected-device information and the second connected-device information, a destination of a control command and transmitting the control command to the destination, the control command representing content of an op

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor includes forming plates each including a scrap portion that has a center hole and core plate portions that are disposed continuously with the scrap portion on an inner side of the center hole and that each defines a portion of a corresponding one of the outer cores forming a multilayer body including the outer cores by stacking the plates, setting at least a portion of the multilayer body and a portion of the inner core in a mold with a gap therebetween in the radial direction, forming a molded body by pouring a molten filling material into a gap in the mold and forming the filling section, at least a portion of the filling section being positioned between the outer cores, and separating the scrap portion and the core plate portions from each other.