Abstract: A porous composite includes a porous base material and a porous collection layer provided on a collection surface of the base material. The collection layer includes particles deposited in pores of the collection surface. In a plan view of the collection surface, the proportion of the area of a covered region that is covered with the collection layer out of the collection surface is less than or equal to 70%, and the proportion of the area of a pore region out of a non-covered region that is not covered with the collection layer is less than or equal to 15%.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a package, a cap, a joining member and at least one laser element. The package includes a metal film. The cap includes a light-transmissive member having a lower surface facing the package and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface, and a light blocking film arranged on the lower surface of the light-transmissive member and having a shape defining at least one opening. The joining member joins a part of the light blocking film and the metal film. The at least one laser element is positioned in a space bounded by the cap and the package such that a part of an edge of the at least one opening defined by the light blocking film is disposed directly above the at least one laser element.

Abstract: A purely-lateral position estimation unit (1603) estimates as an estimated purely-lateral position, when a disturbance wave to disturb communication performed in a train is generated while the train is traveling, a position existing in a purely-lateral direction with respect to a position of a generation source of the disturbance wave. A feature extraction unit (1604) extracts a feature of a measured reception power value being a reception power value measured in the train during a disturbance wave generation period wherein the disturbance wave has been generated.

Abstract: A package includes: a bottom portion having a mounting surface; and a lateral wall portion having a top surface and including: a lateral wall having a rectangular outer shape in a top view and surrounding the mounting surface, and a stepped portion formed along the lateral wall below the top surface. In the top view, the stepped portion includes a wide portion and a narrow portion that are two regions having different widths. The narrow portion is formed on a portion along a one side of an entire circumference of the lateral wall.

Abstract: A valve includes: a seat member having a supply passage through which working fluid is supplied; a valve body configured to be seated onto an annular seat portion of the seat member, the valve body being configured to close the supply passage; and a spring serving as a biasing member configured to bias the valve body towards the seat portion, wherein the valve body receives a biasing force from the spring, the biasing force containing a force component in the direction perpendicular to the center axis of the seat portion.

Abstract: A power transmission unit includes a plurality of power transmission coils provided along a hoistway and at least one power transmission device that supplies power to each of a plurality of power transmission coils. A power reception unit includes a plurality of power reception coils provided on a surface of a car opposite to the power transmission coil and at least one power reception device that receives the power from each of power reception coils. The plurality of power transmission coils include at least a first power transmission coil and a second power transmission coil. A length of the second power transmission coil in a traveling direction of the car is longer than a length of the first power transmission coil.

Abstract: In a premixing apparatus that mixes a fuel gas with air and supplies an air-fuel mixture to a burner through a fan, includes a main valve, a zero governor, and a variable throttle valve which are interposed from an upstream side downward in sequence in a gas supply passage, of which an downstream end is connected to a gas suction part that is provided in an air supply passage on an upstream side of a fan, and carries out a first control that regulates an opening degree of the variable throttle valve so that an excess air ratio of the air-fuel mixture, which is indexed based on a flame current that is detected by a flame rod which is exposed in flames of the burner, and a second control that, at time of a post-purge operation, if the flame rod detects the flame current, it will be decided that an open trouble of the main valve occurs and the opening degree of the throttle valve will be tightened till a minimum opening-degree which is set so that the burner is extinguished.

Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate; a processing liquid supply configured to supply a processing liquid onto a front surface of the substrate; a gas supply configured to supply a gas onto the front surface of the substrate; and a controller. The gas supply includes a diffusion nozzle which is provided with multiple discharge openings respectively elongated at different angles with respect to the front surface of the substrate. The controller performs controlling the gas supply to jet the gas from the diffusion nozzle onto a region of the front surface of the substrate including at least a central portion thereof in a state that the processing liquid is supplied on the front surface of the substrate.

Abstract: An elevator includes: a car moving in a hoistway; a load provided to the car; a first power storage unit, composed of one battery capable of charging and discharging, connected to the load, and supplying power to the load; a second power storage unit, composed of one or more batteries capable of charging and discharging, and connected to the load; a power transmission circuit and capable of transmitting power between the first power storage unit and the second power storage unit; and a control unit controlling the power transmission circuit to supply power from the second power storage unit to the first power storage unit, when it is determined that a remaining stored power amount of the battery constituting the first power storage unit is less than an amount of power required for driving the load for a certain period of time.

Abstract: An entrance is provided in a side surface of a body of a vehicle. A side portion of the entrance in the width direction is constituted by a first frame member extending in the vehicle up-down direction. A lower end portion of the entrance is constituted by a floor extension portion of a floor member disposed on the inner side of the entrance with respect to the first frame member. The entrance is provided with a joint member. The joint member extends from the floor extension portion of the floor member to the first frame member, and closes a gap provided between the floor member and the first frame member. Thus, it is possible to suppress wind, rain, noise, etc. from entering a vehicle cabin through the gap.

Abstract: A premixing apparatus for mixing air with a fuel gas to supply a burner with an air-fuel mixture via a fan includes: a zero governor and a motor-driven type of variable throttle valve, both being disposed in a gas supply passage; and an excess air ratio detecting device for detecting an excess air ratio of the air-fuel mixture, thereby regulating an opening degree of the variable throttle valve so that the excess air ratio of the air-fuel mixture becomes a predetermined value. An arrangement is made to prevent an ignition failure from occurring in an attempt to perform an ignition operation in a state in which, due to a trouble with the variable throttle valve of remaining opened or remaining closed, the excess air ratio of the air-fuel mixture becomes too small or too excessive. The variable throttle valve is provided with a sensing device.

Abstract: A wireless power supply system for elevators includes a power transmitting device, first and second power receiving devices provided in the first and second elevator cars respectively, and a control device. The power transmitting device includes power transmitting units each having an inverter and two power transmitter coils. The first power receiving device includes first power receiving units each having a rectifier circuit and a power receiver coil that can be coupled with one of the two power transmitter coils. The second power receiving device includes second power receiving units each having a rectifier circuit and a power receiver coil that can be coupled with the other of the two power transmitter coils. The power transmitting device, or the first and second power receiving devices include switches to disconnect the inverter and the first load device as well as the inverter and the second load device.

Abstract: A layered film includes first, second, and third layers formed of first, second, and third resins, respectively, and provided in this order. The second resin contains an alkoxysilyl group-modified product of a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer; has 0.020% by weight or less of a moisture content as measured by the Karl-Fischer method after immersed in water at 37° C. for 24 hours and then allowed to stand at 23° C. and a humidity of 70% for 24 hours; and has a flexural modulus lower than flexural moduli of the first and third resins. One or both of the first and third resins contain a polymer containing an alicyclic structure. The first resin has a specific water vapor transmission rate. A ratio of a sum of thicknesses of the first and third layers relative to a thickness of the second layer is in a specific range.

Abstract: An elevator includes a plurality of power transmission/reception devices each including: a power transmission coil connected to a main power supply; a power reception coil for receiving power transmitted from the power transmission coil and supplying power to a load; and an inverter which is provided between the main power supply and the power transmission coil, and which converts power supplied from the main power supply, to power having a predetermined frequency, and supplies the power to the power transmission coil, wherein the plurality of power transmission/reception devices are connected in parallel between the main power supply and the load. Since the inverters are individually connected to the power transmission coils, it is possible to efficiently supply power to the load even when using some of the power transmission coils.

Abstract: A nozzle unit for a liquid treatment apparatus that performs a liquid treatment on a substrate using a liquid, includes a first gas nozzle having a discharge flow path for allowing a first gas to flow through the discharge flow path and a first discharge port for discharging the first gas flowing through the discharge flow path toward a surface of the substrate, wherein the first discharge port is formed so as to extend in a first direction along the surface, and wherein a width of the discharge flow path in the first direction increases as the discharge flow path approaches the first discharge port, so that the first gas is discharged radially from the first discharge port.

Abstract: An entrance is provided in a side surface of a body of a vehicle. A side portion of the entrance in the width direction is constituted by a first frame member extending in the vehicle up-down direction. A lower end portion of the entrance is constituted by a floor extension portion of a floor member disposed on the inner side of the entrance with respect to the first frame member. The entrance is provided with a joint member. The joint member extends from the floor extension portion of the floor member to the first frame member, and closes a gap provided between the floor member and the first frame member. Thus, it is possible to suppress wind, rain, noise, etc. from entering a vehicle cabin through the gap.

Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate; a processing liquid supply configured to supply a processing liquid onto a front surface of the substrate; a gas supply configured to supply a gas onto the front surface of the substrate; and a controller. The gas supply includes a diffusion nozzle which is provided with multiple discharge openings respectively elongated at different angles with respect to the front surface of the substrate. The controller performs controlling the gas supply to jet the gas from the diffusion nozzle onto a region of the front surface of the substrate including at least a central portion thereof in a state that the processing liquid is supplied on the front surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A layered film includes first, second, and third layers formed of first, second, and third resins, respectively, and provided in this order. The second resin contains an alkoxysilyl group-modified product of a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer; has 0.020% by weight or less of a moisture content as measured by the Karl-Fischer method after immersed in water at 37° C. for 24 hours and then allowed to stand at 23° C. and a humidity of 70% for 24 hours; and has a flexural modulus lower than flexural moduli of the first and third resins. One or both of the first and third resins contain a polymer containing an alicyclic structure. The first resin has a specific water vapor transmission rate. A ratio of a sum of thicknesses of the first and third layers relative to a thickness of the second layer is in a specific range.

Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure includes a plurality of pillar frame structure portions, a transparent member, and a connection member. The pillar frame structure portions are disposed on an edge side of an upper half of a door opening as a portion of a columnar pillar. The pillar frame structure portions are provided in parallel with an interval, and have upper and lower end portions fixed to a frame member of the vehicle side portion. The transparent member is formed of a transparent material and is bridged between the pillar frame structure portions. The connection member is formed separately from the pillar frame structure portions, the frame member, and the transparent member, and connects the pillar frame structure portions.

Abstract: Provided is a heat source machine with high thermal efficiency. A heat exchanger (3) is provided with a resistance imparting member (8) that imparts resistance to combustion exhaust passing through fins (11). The resistance imparting member (8) is provided with exhaust passage sections (17) which are positioned opposing water pipes (10), and belt-like closing sections (16) that close the gap between the fins (11) of the water pipes (10) that are adjoining to each other.