Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control system (1) including an air-fuel ratio control section (3) for controlling the air-fuel ratio ? of an air-fuel mixture, an exhaust gas purifier (4); an air-fuel ratio sensor (5) whose output changes sharply when ? in the exhaust gas changes between rich and lean sides about a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio; a heater (6); and a temperature control section (7). The air-fuel ratio control section (3) controls ? based on the output of the air-fuel ratio sensor (5) using, as a target air-fuel ratio, a predetermined air-fuel ratio such that 0.980??<1.000 is satisfied, and when a change amount ?? ? is 0.008, an output difference ?V is 150 mV or smaller. The temperature control section (7) controls the temperature of the air-fuel ratio sensor (5) to a predetermined target temperature of 650° C. or higher.

Abstract: A valve device includes a valve, a drive device, and a transmission unit. A valve changes a flow mode of refrigerant that flows in a circulation path of a refrigeration cycle device. The transmission unit includes a driving-side rotary body, a magnetic transmission member, and a driven-side rotary body. The driving-side rotary body includes multiple magnetic magnet poles in a rotational direction. The magnetic transmission member includes multiple magnetic transmission bodies which are configured to be magnetized by the magnetic magnet poles. The driven-side rotary body includes multiple magnetic magnet poles in a rotational direction. The driven-side rotary body rotates in response to a rotary motion of the multiple magnetic magnet poles of the driving-side rotary body via the magnetic transmission body. The number of the magnetic magnet poles and the number of the magnetic transmission bodies are different from each other.

Abstract: A positive electrode composition for a lithium ion secondary battery includes an active material that can occlude and release lithium ions and a conductive material, wherein the active material is a lithium cobalt composite oxide; the conductive material is carbon black and carbon nanotubes; the carbon black has a BET specific surface area of 100 to 400 m2/g and a DBP absorption amount of 210 to 400 ml/100 g; the carbon nanotubes have an average diameter of 20 nm or less, a BET specific surface area of 170 m2/g or more, and an aspect ratio of 50 or more; and a carbon black content X (unit: % by mass) and a carbon nanotube content Y (unit: % by mass) in the positive electrode composition satisfy the following conditions (A) and (B): (A) 0.5?(X+Y)?2.0; (B) 0.80?{X/(X+Y)}?0.95.

Abstract: The present invention provides a D-glucaric acid-producing bacterium and a method for producing D-glucaric acid. The present invention is characterized in that D-glucaric acid or a salt thereof is produced from one or more saccharides selected from the group consisting of D-glucose, D-gluconic acid and D-glucuronic acid with catalytic action of a specific alcohol dehydrogenase PQQ-ADH (1) and a specific aldehyde dehydrogenase PQQ-ALDH (2), and that D-glucaric acid or a salt thereof is produced by using a microorganism having the PQQ-ADH (1) and the PQQ-ALDH (2) or a processed product thereof in the presence of the one or more saccharides. The present invention can provide a microorganism having improved productivity of D-glucaric acid to be used for production of D-glucaric acid and a method for efficiently producing D-glucaric acid.

Abstract: A valve device includes a valve, a drive device, a magnet coupling, and a screw mechanism. The valve includes a valve body and changes a flow mode of refrigerant flowing in a circulation path of a refrigeration cycle device. The drive device includes an electric drive unit as a drive source. The magnet coupling includes a driving-side rotary body and a driven-side rotary body that are magnetically connected to each other in a non-contact manner and transmits a rotary motion of the electric drive unit from the driving-side rotary body to the driven-side rotary body. The screw mechanism converts the rotary motion of the driven-side rotary body into an axial linear motion of the valve body. The valve device is configured to change the flow mode of refrigerant by using the linear motion of the valve body caused via the magnet coupling and the screw mechanism in response to the drive of the electric drive unit.

Abstract: A valve device includes a valve that changes a flow state of refrigerant flowing in a circulation path of a refrigeration cycle device, and a drive device that drives the valve. The drive device includes an electric drive unit that drives the valve, a circuit board having a control circuit that controls a drive of the electric drive unit, and a detector that detects a state of the refrigerant. The electric drive unit, the circuit board and the detector are housed in a housing. The electric drive unit, the circuit board, and the detection body are electrically connected to each other inside the housing.

Abstract: An object is to, for physical properties, holding force, contact area, and insertion force in a trade-off relationship, set the holding force to 37 N or more, the contact area to 0.72 mm2 or more, and the insertion force to 90 N or less. A press-fit terminal is to be press-fitted into a through hole formed in a circuit board. A press-fit part includes a beam and an eye hole that is surrounded by the beam. The beam includes two parallel parts that are parallel to each other. In the press-fit part, G1/G2 is 0.20 or more and 1.05 or less where a front-side spring strength is G1 [mm3] and a rear-side spring strength is G2 [mm3] calculated under the following conditions, and G is 0.007 mm3 or more and 0.012 mm3 or less where a spring strength G [mm3] is G1+G2.

Abstract: A valve device includes a valve, a driving device, and a transmission unit. The valve changes a circulation mode of refrigerant flowing through a circulation path of a refrigeration cycle system. The driving device drives the valve. The driving device includes a housing and an electric driving unit as a drive source. The transmission unit is arranged in a driving transmission path extending from the electric driving unit to the valve, and changes a speed of rotation generated by driving of the electric driving unit. The transmission unit is entirely or partially arranged in the housing that is partitioned from the circulation path in a liquid-tight manner.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging portion, a reservoir that performs gas-liquid separation on a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant that flows out from the heat exchanging portion into a gas-phase refrigerant and a liquid-phase refrigerant and stores the liquid-phase refrigerant, and an inflow passage that allows the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flowing out from the heat exchanging portion to flow into the reservoir. The inflow passage is connected so as to be in communication with an inlet port of the reservoir which is disposed above a liquid surface of the liquid-phase refrigerant stored in the reservoir.

Abstract: A method for removing selenium according to the present invention comprises: a valence change step of adding an oxidant to a wastewater from a facility that gasifies a fuel containing selenium in a reducing atmosphere, and oxidizing the selenium to change the valence of the selenium, and a solid-liquid separation step of adding a flocculant to the wastewater, forming a floc containing the selenium for which the valence has been changed in the valence change step, and subjecting the floc to solid-liquid separation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high molecular weight polymer having an aldaric acid as a constitutional unit, and a method for producing the same, and more specifically, relates to a thermoplastic polymer which comprises at least one repeating unit derived from an aldaric acid, and has a weight average molecular weight of 3,800 or more.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a laminate panel in which a transparent colored layer is formed with a decorative sheet on a base substrate such as a resin plate or glass; and a display panel using the laminate panel and to provide a method of manufacturing the display panel. The laminate panel includes a base substrate formed of a resin plate or glass plate, an adhesive layer formed on the base substrate, a transparent colored layer formed on the adhesive layer, and a surface protection layer formed on the transparent colored layer. The display panel is applied, for example, as an in-vehicle display panel.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus comprising: an input part configured to input video data, an extraction part configured to extract image data from the video data, and a determination part configured to determine whether or not the image data includes an object, wherein the determination part is configured to: set a plurality of regions in a learning image data such that the object appearing in the learning image data extracted from a learning video data captured in advance extends over at least the plurality of regions, assign a learning teach label to each of the regions set, and determine whether or not the image data includes the object by using a prediction model generated by utilizing the learning teach label assigned to each of the regions set.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a liquid reservoir configured to separate a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flowing out of an upstream heat exchanging portion into a gas-phase refrigerant and a liquid-phase refrigerant, and a refrigerant adjustment portion configured to adjust an outflow state and an outflow destination of the refrigerant flowing out of a downstream heat exchanging portion or the liquid reservoir. The liquid reservoir includes a liquid reserving portion configured to store the liquid-phase refrigerant and a gas reserving portion configured to store the gas-phase refrigerant. The refrigerant adjustment portion faces the liquid reserving portion across the gas reserving portion.

Abstract: A drive assistance device includes: a collection unit that collects, from a sensor, own-vehicle-state-information representing a state related to a movement of an own vehicle and a position of the own vehicle; a communication unit that transmits the own-vehicle-state-information to another vehicle, and also receiving another-vehicle-state-information representing a state related to a movement of the another vehicle and a position of the another vehicle, from the another vehicle; a determination unit that determines whether a problem occurs in relation to the another vehicle, based on the another-vehicle-state-information being received; and a generation unit that generates, when the determination unit determines that the problem occurs in relation to the another vehicle, improvement operation information representing an operation of the own vehicle capable of improving the problem related to the another vehicle, based on the own-vehicle-state-information and the another-vehicle-state-information.

Abstract: According to various aspects of the present invention, a positive electrode composition for a lithium-ion secondary battery includes an active material capable of inserting and extracting lithium ions, and a conductor, wherein the active material is a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese complex oxide; the conductor is a carbon black and carbon nanotubes; the carbon black has a BET specific surface area of 100 to 400 m2/g, and a DBP absorption of 210 to 380 ml/100 g; and the carbon nanotubes have an average diameter of 7 to 15 nm.

Abstract: An object is to, for physical properties, holding force, contact area, and insertion force in a trade-off relationship, set the holding force to 37 N or more, the contact area to 0.72 mm2 or more, and the insertion force to 90 N or less. A press-fit terminal is to be press-fitted into a through hole formed in a circuit board. A press-fit part includes a beam and an eye hole that is surrounded by the beam. The beam includes two parallel parts that are parallel to each other. In the press-fit part, G1/G2 is 0.20 or more and 1.05 or less where a front-side spring strength is G1 [mm3] and a rear-side spring strength is G2 [mm3] calculated under the following conditions, and G is 0.007 mm3 or more and 0.012 mm3 or less where a spring strength G [mm3] is G1+G2.

Abstract: A press-fit terminal includes an end part that is to be inserted into a through-hole of a circuit board. The end part is connected electrically to the through-hole by being in elastic contact with an inner wall of the through-hole. The press-fit terminal also includes a base part opposite to the end part. Two elastic contact pieces are between the end part and the base part and are disposed to face each other through an opening. A stress dispersion part is provided in at least one of a region that includes a border between the end part and the elastic contact pieces and a region that includes a border between the base part and the elastic contact pieces. The stress dispersion part protrudes in the same direction as an expanding direction in which the elastic contact pieces expand.

Abstract: A heat exchanger has an inflow port through which refrigerant flows, a cooling outflow port through which the refrigerant flows out during a cooling operation, and a heating outflow port through which the refrigerant flows out during a heating operation. A distance between the inflow port and the heating outflow port is shorter than a distance between the inflow port and the cooling outflow port.

Abstract: More powerful and convenient cleaners are provided. A cleaner includes a suction fan portion, and a driver driving the suction fan portion, wherein the driver comprises a driving motor having a plurality of rotors configured to rotate, wherein the suction fan portion comprises a first fan rotated by a first rotor and a second fan rotated by a second rotor of the driving motor, wherein the driving motor further comprises a stator commonly used for the first rotor and the second rotor.