Abstract: A follower bearing 1 includes: a shaft 30 having an outer peripheral surface including an annular first raceway surface 11; an outer ring 60 having an inner peripheral surface including an annular second raceway surface 41 facing the first raceway surface 11; and a plurality of rollers 70 disposed on an annular raceway along the first raceway surface 11 and the second raceway surface 41 to be in contact with the first raceway surface 11 and the second raceway surface 41. The outer ring 60 includes an annular first member 40 made of steel and an annular second member 50 made of a resin and covering outer peripheral surfaces 44A and 44B of the first member 40. The first member 40 includes a cylindrical portion 42 having a hollow cylindrical shape and including the second raceway surface, and a projection 43 extending radially outward from the cylindrical portion 42. Ends of the projection 43 in the axial direction are filled with the second member 50.

Abstract: A vehicle system includes: a controller configured to communicate with a map server; and a vehicle position acquiring device configured to acquire own vehicle position information. The controller includes: a vehicle position determining unit configured to determine a lane in which an own vehicle is traveling based on the own vehicle position information; a recommended lane determining unit configured to determine a recommended lane; and a storage unit configured to store preference of an occupant including preference for a timing of a lane change of the occupant. The recommended lane determining unit is configured to set a priority of each lane based on map information, determine the lane having a highest priority as the recommended lane, and adjust a switching point of the recommended lane according to the preference stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A linear motion unit includes: a linear motion mechanism including a track member and a moving member; and a housing including a fastener. The fastener includes a first element, a second element meshable with the first element, a first slider, and a second slider located away from the first slider in longitudinal directions. The first slider and the second slider cause the first element and the second element to be separated from each other when the first slider and the second slider move away from each other, and cause the first element and the second element to mesh with each other when the first slider and the second slider move toward each other. The first slider and the second slider are fixable to the moving member.

Abstract: An optical filter includes a pair of reflection films facing each other via a gap, and a gap change portion that changes a distance between the pair of reflection films, wherein the reflection film is formed by a plurality of layered structures, the plurality of layered structures are respectively formed by alternate stacking of high-refractive layers and low-refractive layers having smaller refractive indices than the high-refractive layers and, in the respective layered structures, optical film thicknesses of the high-refractive layers and optical film thicknesses of the low-refractive layers are film thicknesses based on predetermined design center wavelengths set with respect to each of the layered structures, and the design center wavelengths are different with respect to each of the layered structures.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer chip having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers that are alternately stacked, a main component of the dielectric layers being ceramic, a main component of the internal electrode layers being Ni, the internal electrode layers being alternately exposed to two end faces of the multilayer chip opposite to each other, and external electrodes, each of which is provided on each of the two end faces. Each of the external electrodes includes a base layer contacting the internal electrode layers, a main component of the base layer being Cu. The base layer includes Ni of 1 wt % or more and 10 wt % or less on a presumption that an amount of Cu is 100 wt %.

Abstract: An oil absorber is disposed around a rotational driving unit of a robot and absorbs an oil component. The oil absorber includes a defibrated material obtained by defibrating fibers, and a binding material that binds the fibers together. The rotational driving unit includes a motor and a speed reducer coupled to one end portion of the motor. The oil absorber is disposed at least at one of an outer circumferential portion of the speed reducer, surroundings around the motor, and the other end portion of the motor.

Abstract: A follower bearing module includes a follower bearing, a fixing element, and a fastening element. The follower bearing includes an inner member, an outer ring having an annular second raceway surface that faces a first raceway surface, and a plurality of rolling elements. The inner member includes a large diameter portion having the first raceway surface, and a shaft portion extending from the large diameter portion and having at least a portion accommodated in a mounting hole. The fixing element includes a cylindrical portion disposed in a shaft through hole and having a threaded groove on its inner circumferential surface, and a plate-shaped portion provided at one end of the cylindrical portion. The fastening element fastens the follower bearing and the fixing element with the cylindrical portion being disposed in the shaft through hole. At least one of the follower bearing and the fixing element includes a rotation prevention mechanism.

Abstract: A follower bearing module includes a follower bearing, a fixing element, and a fastening element. The follower bearing includes an inner member, an outer ring having an annular second raceway surface that faces a first raceway surface, and a plurality of rolling elements. The inner member includes a large diameter portion having the first raceway surface, and a shaft portion extending from the large diameter portion and having at least a portion accommodated in a mounting hole. The fixing element includes a cylindrical portion disposed in a shaft through hole and having a threaded groove on its inner circumferential surface, and a plate-shaped portion provided at one end of the cylindrical portion. The fastening element fastens the follower bearing and the fixing element with the cylindrical portion being disposed in the shaft through hole. At least one of the follower bearing and the fixing element includes a rotation prevention mechanism.

Abstract: An improvement system includes: a first correlation calculation unit which reads parameter information, which is information regarding a plurality of evaluation indexes in a business process, and calculates a first correlation in which a correlation between the evaluation indexes is expressed by a correlation coefficient; a graph generation unit which creates a causal relationship graph, in which the evaluation indexes are set as nodes and the correlation between the evaluation indexes is represented by a link, on the basis of the first correlation and order information which is information regarding priorities of the plurality of evaluation indexes; an interface unit which presents the causal relationship graph to a user and receives a change to the causal relationship graph by the user; and an order calculation unit which updates the order information on the basis of the change to the causal relationship graph by the user, and enables the graph generation unit to generate the causal relationship graph after

Abstract: An optical filter includes a pair of reflection films facing each other via a gap, and a gap change portion that changes a distance between the pair of reflection films, wherein the reflection film is formed by a plurality of layered structures, the plurality of layered structures are respectively formed by alternate stacking of high-refractive layers and low-refractive layers having smaller refractive indices than the high-refractive layers and, in the respective layered structures, optical film thicknesses of the high-refractive layers and optical film thicknesses of the low-refractive layers are film thicknesses based on predetermined design center wavelengths set with respect to each of the layered structures, and the design center wavelengths are different with respect to each of the layered structures.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip having a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers facing each other through each of the plurality of dielectric layers, an external electrode that is provided on an end face of the multilayer chip in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which the plurality of internal electrode layers face each other, and has a plurality of glass portions that are spaced from each other on a surface of the external electrode, and a plated layer that is provided on the external electrode and has discontinuous portions on the plurality of glass portions.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip and external electrodes opposite to each other in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which internal electrode layers face and include a ceramic grain. 0.722×ln(W×T/E)?5.75+(?E??0)+(t/12)?6.02 is satisfied, when a dimension of the multilayer chip in the first direction is T (?m), a dimension of the multilayer chip in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is W (?m), a number of the internal electrode layers is E, a thermal expansion coefficient of the external electrodes is ?E (×10?6/K), a thermal expansion coefficient of the multilayer chip is ?0 (×10?6/K), and a maximum value of a thickness of the external electrodes on a main face in the first direction is t (?m).

Abstract: A buffer material is formed by assembling four buffer members containing cellulose fibers and having a plate shape, in which the cellulose fibers are oriented along a main surface of the buffer member, a first buffer member and a third buffer member among the four buffer members are spaced apart from each other and have the respective main surfaces disposed along each other, and a second buffer member and a fourth buffer member are spaced apart from each other and have the respective main surfaces disposed along each other, a rectangular frame shape is shown when viewed in a plan view from a direction along a Z axis, and an article is stored in a region surrounded by the four buffer members in the plan view.

Abstract: A buffer material includes four buffer members containing cellulose fibers and having rectangular plate shapes similar to each other, in which the cellulose fibers are oriented along a main surface of the buffer member, at least two buffer members among the four buffer members have two recess portions on one specific side, the buffer material is assembled by inserting the other buffer members into the recess portions of the buffer members, two buffer members among the four buffer members are spaced apart from each other and each have the main surfaces disposed along a YZ plane, and the other two buffer members are spaced apart from each other and each have the main surfaces disposed along an XZ plane, and an article is stored in a region surrounded by the four buffer members in the plan view.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes: a ceramic main body having a parallelepiped shape in which edges of first internal electrode layers are led out to a first edge face and edges of second internal electrode layer are led out to a second edge face facing the first edge face; and external electrodes respectively formed on the first edge face and the second edge face and extending to at least one side face of the ceramic main body, wherein a distance in a length direction between first conductive layers of the respective external electrodes on the at least one side face is shorter between locations corresponding to corner portions of the ceramic main body, respectively, than between center portions of the first conductive layers of the respective external electrodes in a width direction orthogonal to the length direction on the at least one side face.

Abstract: A follower bearing includes an outer ring, rolling elements, and a cage retaining the rolling elements. The outer ring includes an annular first member made of steel, and an annular second member made of resin and covering an outer circumferential surface of the first member. The first member includes a tubular portion. The second member includes a first portion disposed on one side of the tubular portion in an axial direction and having a first opposing surface that opposes an outer circumferential surface of the cage in a radial direction, and a second portion disposed on the other side of the tubular portion in the axial direction and having a second opposing surface that opposes the outer circumferential surface of the cage in the radial direction. In the radial direction, the first and second opposing surfaces are each disposed on a more outer circumference side than a second raceway surface.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer chip in which dielectric layers mainly composed of ceramic and internal electrode layers are alternately stacked so that the internal electrode layers are alternately exposed to two end faces of the multilayer chip having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape; and a pair of external electrodes formed from the two end faces to at least one side face of side faces, wherein each external electrode includes a metal layer formed from the end face to the at least one side face and mainly composed of copper, and an oxide layer covering at least a part of the metal layer, mainly composed of copper oxide, and having a maximum thickness of 0.5 ?m or greater, wherein a first surface, which is in contact with the plated layer, of the oxide layer has Cu particles formed thereon.

Abstract: A follower bearing 1 includes: a shaft 30 having an outer peripheral surface including an annular first raceway surface 11; an outer ring 60 having an inner peripheral surface including an annular second raceway surface 41 facing the first raceway surface 11; and a plurality of rollers 70 disposed on an annular raceway along the first raceway surface 11 and the second raceway surface 41 to be in contact with the first raceway surface 11 and the second raceway surface 41. The outer ring 60 includes an annular first member 40 made of steel and an annular second member 50 made of a resin and covering outer peripheral surfaces 44A and 44B of the first member 40. The first member 40 includes a cylindrical portion 42 having a hollow cylindrical shape and including the second raceway surface, and a projection 43 extending radially outward from the cylindrical portion 42. Ends of the projection 43 in the axial direction are filled with the second member 50.

Abstract: A buffer material is a material including a buffer sheet that contains cellulose fibers and a binding material binding the cellulose fibers and has a sheet shape, and a nonwoven fabric sheet that is provided on at least one surface side of the buffer sheet and is formed of nonwoven fabric. Further, a thickness T2 of the nonwoven fabric sheet is 5% or greater and 90% or less of a thickness Tl of the buffer sheet. Further, a basis weight of fibers in the nonwoven fabric sheet is less than a basis weight of the cellulose fibers in the buffer sheet.

Abstract: A buffer material of the present disclosure is a buffer material including a buffer sheet that contains cellulose fibers and a binding material binding the cellulose fibers and has a sheet shape, in which the buffer sheet has a plurality of first projections that protrude toward at least one surface side and are provided in a lattice shape. Further, it is preferable that the buffer sheet further have a plurality of second projections having a projection amount that is greater than a projection amount of the first projections.