Abstract: A heat transfer medium is used for a heat transfer system configured to transfer a cold of a refrigerant circulating through a refrigeration cycle device to an electric device. The heat transfer medium includes water and a lower alcohol that is at least one of methanol or ethanol.

Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body, first and second coils, and a pair of external electrodes. The element body includes a plurality of insulator layers laminated in a first direction. The element body has a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first coil and the second coil are disposed in the element body and respectively have coil shafts along the second direction. The pair of external electrodes are disposed on the pair of end surfaces and electrically connected to both ends of the first coil and the second coil. The first coil includes a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, and a first through hole conductor. The coil shaft of the first coil is disposed inside the second coil.

Abstract: A method of producing a transgenic silkworm that spins bagworm silks and producing a large quantity of bagworm silks by transgenic technology is developed and provided. A gene encoding a modified bagworm Fib H and a transgenic silkworm in which the gene is introduced, wherein the gene is obtained by cloning a gene fragment encoding a bagworm Fib H-like polypeptide comprising a partial amino acid sequence of bagworm Fib H, and fusing the gene fragment to a gene fragment encoding silkworm-derived Fib H, are provided.

Abstract: A ball joint assembly, a ring for use in a ball joint assembly, a seat for use in a ball joint assembly, and a method of assembly a ball joint are provided. The ball joint assembly includes a ball stud with a spherical portion and a tapered portion, wherein the spherical portion is positioned in a seat. The ring is formed as an annulus shape and includes a ring projection positioned at an outer surface of the ring, the ring for mounting between the seat and a housing of the ball joint assembly to press-fit high load to the seat. The ball joint assembly includes a seat for attaching to the ball stud at the spherical portion and to support the ring with high stress. The seat includes a seat projection comprising a portion of the seat extending beyond an outer surface of the seat towards the housing.

Abstract: An electrical wire includes a metal conductor and an insulation layer. A wire diameter of the metal conductor is 0.20 mm or smaller. The insulation layer covers the metal conductor. The insulation layer includes an ultraviolet-crosslinkable resin composition containing 80% by mass or more of a thermoplastic resin. The ultraviolet-crosslinkable resin composition desirably contains, relative to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin, 0.5 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less of a photoradical generator, and 1 part by mass or more and 15 parts by mass or less of a reactive monomer.

Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag formed with a discharge portion. The discharge portion includes: an opening portion; a tack portion around the opening portion; and a regulating belt portion disposed on a peripheral edge of the opening portion to regulate opening and closing of the opening portion. When the inflation of the airbag is completed, the tack portion is maintained in a folded state by the regulating belt portion due to tension acting on the regulation belt portion, so that a closed state of the opening portion is capable of being maintained, and when the tension does not act on the regulating belt portion, the folded state is released and the opening portion is brought into an open state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel heterocyclic compound represented by Formula [I] and a salt thereof: wherein the symbols are as defined in the specification, which is useful for treating, preventing and/or diagnosing seizure and the like in disease involving epileptic seizure or convulsive seizure (including multiple drug resistant seizure, refractory seizure, acute symptomatic seizure, febrile seizure and status epilepticus), as well as a medical use therefor.

Abstract: An object detection device which determines an amplitude Ar of an ultrasonic wave received by a receiving unit, detects a frequency fr of the ultrasonic wave, sweeps a frequency fp of a pulse signal after a predetermined time has elapsed from start of generation of the pulse signal, and determines that the received ultrasonic wave is a reflected wave of the probe wave when the frequency fr after the amplitude Ar becomes a predetermined reference value or more from start of transmission of the probe wave makes the same change as the frequency fp. When an ultrasonic wave received by a receiver is determined to be a reflected wave of the probe wave, the object detection unit calculates a distance to an object based on a time from transmission of the probe wave to reception of the ultrasonic wave.

Abstract: A gas alarm device is provided, where a heating control section extends a heating period of time of a heater section if a first determination section determines that electrical characteristics of a sensing section of a gas sensor satisfy a first condition, and continues extension of the heating period of time of the heater section according to a determination result, by a second determination section, of whether or not the electrical characteristics upon lapse of extension of the heating period of time satisfy a second condition, and a gas detection section determines, according to the electrical characteristics upon lapse of extension time, that detection target gas is detected.

Abstract: A resin composition of the present invention contains: a maleimide compound (A) having a maleimide functional group equivalent of 300 g/eq. or more, and a transmittance of 1% or more at a wavelength of 405 nm (h-line); a maleimide compound (B) having a maleimide functional group equivalent of less than 300 g/eq.; and a photo initiator (C) having an absorbance of 0.1 or more at a wavelength of 405 nm (h-line).

Abstract: A steering column includes: a cylindrical member that holds a steering shaft in such a manner as to allow extension and contraction of the steering shaft; a holding member that holds the cylindrical member; a fixture member that is fixed to a vehicle body; a coupling member that couples the fixture member and the holding member; and an energy absorbing member that is partially fixed to the holding member. The coupling member uncouples the fixture member and the holding member when the holding member moves forward for a specified distance in an axial direction. The fixture member has an engaging section arranged at a position where the engaging section is engaged with an engaged section of the energy absorbing member when the holding member moves forward for the specified distance or longer in the axial direction.

Abstract: A radar device includes a transmission module that generates a transmission chirp signal synchronized with a timing signal, and reception modules that each receive a reflected wave and a direct wave of the transmission chirp signal emitted from the transmission module, and perform mixing on a received signal, using a reception chirp signal, the reception chirp signal being synchronized with the timing signal and having the same slope as the transmitted chirp signal. The radar device includes a signal processor that detects a target on the basis of a beat signal resulting from the mixing performed by the reception modules. The signal processor detects a level of the beat signal generated from the received direct wave from the transmission module to the reception modules. The signal processor determines a failure of the radar device by comparing the detected level with a threshold.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a terminal-equipped electric wire is a method in which an exposed core wire of the electric wire is ultrasonically welded to a core wire connection portion of a terminal having a core wire connection portion and a coating crimping portion. The manufacturing method for the terminal-equipped electric wire including: supporting the core wire connection portion on an anvil; bringing the coating crimping portion into contact with a vibration suppressing contact portion; arranging the exposed core wire on the core wire connection portion and arranging the coating of the electric wire in the coating crimping portion; and ultrasonically welding the exposed core wire to the core wire connection portion in a state where the core wire connection portion is supported on the anvil and the coating crimping portion is in contact with the vibration suppressing contact portion.

Abstract: A steering system includes a steering shaft, a fixed bracket, a column jacket, and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism includes an insertion shaft, an operation member, a first pressing member, a second pressing member, and a drive mechanism. The lock mechanism is configured to lock a position of the column jacket relative to the fixed bracket after the tilt adjustment. The drive mechanism is configured to move at least one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member so that the first pressing member and the second pressing member approach each other in an insertion axis direction of the insertion shaft along with rotation of the operation member.

Abstract: A light emitting module includes a laser element and a conversion member to convert a laser beam in a light having a different wavelength from a wavelength of the laser beam. A first FET includes a first gate. A second FET includes a second gate. A first transistor is serially connected to the second FET at a first connection node that is connected to the first gate. A sensing wire is provided on the conversion member. A second resistor is serially connected to the sensing wire at a second connection node that is connected to the second gate.

Abstract: A head driving device includes a recording head, an input-and-output interface, and circuitry. The recording head includes a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure generating elements corresponding to the plurality of nozzles. The input-and-output interface is configured to acquire correction information generated based on a chart image of a specific pattern for correcting a deviation amount of a landing position of each of the plurality of nozzles. The circuitry is configured to set the correction information acquired by the input-and-output interface and perform correction processing for correcting the deviation amount of the landing position on a driver for each of the plurality of nozzles of the recording head, in accordance with the correction information.

Abstract: A gas sensor capable of detecting carbon dioxide and having high stability is provided. A carbon dioxide gas sensor comprising an insulating substrate 3 and a gas sensing layer 1 formed on one major surface of the insulating substrate 3 via electrodes 2, wherein the gas sensing layer 1 comprises: (a) one or more rare earth metal oxycarbonates represented by Ln2O2CO3, Ln being at least one rare earth metal element selected from Sc, Y, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Pr, Yb and Lu, the rare earth metal oxycarbonate containing a hexagonal rare earth metal oxycarbonate as a main component; or (b) monoclinic samarium dioxycarbonate, a production method of the gas sensor, and a method of selectively producing crystal polymorphism of lanthanum dioxycarbonate represented by La2O2CO3 are provided.

Abstract: A highly stable gas sensor capable of detecting carbon dioxide is provided. A carbon dioxide gas sensor includes an insulating substrate and a gas sensing layer formed on one major surface of the insulating substrate via electrodes, in which the gas sensing layer comprises one or more rare earth oxides represented by Ln2O3, Ln being at least one rare earth metal element selected from Sc, Y, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Pr, Yb and Lu, and a method for producing the gas sensor are provided.

Abstract: A gas alarm for detecting a target gas based on a resistance value of a sensor element comprises a measuring unit to measure a characteristic value of the sensor element, a heating control unit to control a heater to perform a heating process to heat the sensor element, a determining unit to determine, based on the characteristic value, whether the sensor element is in a blunt state in which sensitivity of the sensor element is decreased, and an aborting control unit to abort the heating process to determine whether the sensor element is in the blunt state when a characteristic value of the sensor element measured by the measuring unit after beginning of the heating process by the heating control unit meets a predetermined condition.

Abstract: The dental restorative material of the present invention is a dental restorative material that contains a resin matrix and an inorganic filler in an amount of 25 to 1,000 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the resin matrix, and in the dental restorative material, the resin matrix contains a polyurethane resin, and the inorganic filler has an average particle diameter of 0.001 to 100 ?m. According to the present invention, a dental restorative material that has a high bending strength and a high surface hardness, and is excellent in transparency and cutting workability, and a resin material for dental cutting work containing the same can be provided.