Abstract: An insertion determination unit (16) for precisely calculating a ground insulation resistance component of a leakage current regardless of the presence or absence of an inverter determines whether an inverter (3) is inserted between a commercial power system (2) and a three-phase motor (5). A resistance component leakage current calculation unit (18) calculates a ground insulation resistance component of a leakage current on the basis of a calculation procedure corresponding to the result of the above determination.

Abstract: Provided are: a slide bearing configured so that degradation in sliding performance caused by the entry of dust, muddy water, etc. can be prevented at low cost; and a strut-type suspension using the slide bearing. A slide bearing (1) is provided with: an upper case (2); a lower case (3) joined to the upper case (2) in a pivotal manner and forming an annular space (5) between the upper case (2) and the lower case (3); and an annular center plate (4) disposed in the annular space (5). An annular lip (43) is formed integrally at the outer peripheral edge (423) of the flange (42) of the center plate (4). The lip (43) is in contact, while deflecting, with an annular protrusion (252) formed in an annular groove (24) in the upper case (2) and covers a thrust bearing surface (422) and a thrust supporting surface (251).

Abstract: Provided is a slide bearing of lower cost that is capable of preventing the intrusion of dust, muddy water, etc. and has good sliding performance. In a ring-shaped space (5) formed by assembling an upper case (2) with a lower case, a ring-shaped outer dust seal part (42), which bends with one end (420) contacting the upper case (2) and the other end (421) contacting the lower case, is disposed on the outside of a ring-shaped thrust bearing part (40), and the outer dust seal part (42) is connected to the thrust bearing part (40) by connecting parts (43) that extend radially outward from the outside of the thrust bearing part (40), integrating the two as a dust seal-integrated center plate (4). Disposed between the thrust bearing part (40) and the upper case (2) is a ring-shaped lubrication sheet (6), which has surfaces (62, 63) that slide on the mating surfaces facing same.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrostatic chuck having a holding surface for holding a wafer with a tape attached to one side of the wafer in the condition where the tape is in contact with the holding surface. The electrostatic chuck includes a disk-shaped member having a plurality of fine holes communicating with a vacuum source, the fine holes being exposed to the holding surface, a plurality of asperities formed on the holding surface and connected to the fine holes, and an electrode embedded in the disk-shaped member. When the vacuum source is operated to produce a vacuum on the holding surface through the fine holes and thereby hold the wafer through the tape on the holding surface under suction, the asperities formed on the holding surface function as a suction passage communicating with the fine holes.

Abstract: An information obtaining apparatus capable of obtaining information about a blood vessel with high accuracy includes a first unit configured to obtain three or more image data pieces different in imaging conditions, a second unit configured to obtain a first index value of a first region and a second index value of a second region, a third unit configured to select a pair of the image data pieces from the three or more image data pieces using the first index value and the second index value of the image data, and a fourth unit configured to obtain information about a blood vessel using the selected pair of the image data pieces.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a first stacked body provided in a first region on the substrate, a transistor formed in a second region of the substrate, and a block member provided between the first stacked body and the transistor. The first stacked body includes a plurality of first silicon oxide films and a plurality of electrode films stacked alternately one by one. Diffusion coefficient of hydrogen in the block member is lower than diffusion coefficient of hydrogen in silicon oxide.

Abstract: Provided are: a slide bearing configured so that degradation in sliding performance caused by the entry of dust, muddy water, etc. can be prevented at low cost; and a strut-type suspension using the slide bearing. A slide bearing (1) is provided with: an upper case (2); a lower case (3) joined to the upper case (2) in a pivotal manner and forming an annular space (5) between the upper case (2) and the lower case (3); and an annular center plate (4) disposed in the annular space (5). An annular lip (43) is formed integrally at the outer peripheral edge (423) of the flange (42) of the center plate (4). The lip (43) is in contact, while deflecting, with an annular protrusion (252) formed in an annular groove (24) in the upper case (2) and covers a thrust bearing surface (422) and a thrust supporting surface (251).

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a wire harness that flexibly follows the swinging of the swing arm, surely avoids any contact with other components, and has excellent durability. The electric vehicle includes a battery mounted to a frame, an inverter and an electric motor accommodated in a swing arm, and a wire harness wired between the frame and the swing arm. The swing arm includes a hollow pivot section, and a partition wall partitioning the pivot section and an arm section. The wire harness suspends from the frame side, enters inside the pivot section from the top face side of the pivot section, and is bent inside the pivot section reaching the inverter through the partition-wall through port.

Abstract: Three directions intersecting each other are referred to as first to third directions. A semiconductor memory device according to embodiments includes a semiconductor substrate having a top surface spread in the first and second directions, and a plurality of conductive layers laminated at predetermined intervals in the third direction on the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor memory device further includes a columnar semiconductor layer having an interface that is in contact with the semiconductor substrate on a side surface. The columnar semiconductor layer is opposed to the plurality of conductive layers. The columnar semiconductor layer has the third direction as a lengthwise direction. The interface exists in a position deeper than the top surface of the semiconductor substrate in the third direction.

Abstract: An information obtaining apparatus capable of obtaining information about a blood vessel with high accuracy includes a first unit configured to obtain three or more image data pieces different in imaging conditions, a second unit configured to obtain a first index value of a first region and a second index value of a second region, a third unit configured to select a pair of the image data pieces from the three or more image data pieces using the first index value and the second index value of the image data, and a fourth unit configured to obtain information about a blood vessel using the selected pair of the image data pieces.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a wire harness that flexibly follows the swinging of the swing arm, surely avoids any contact with other components, and has excellent durability. The electric vehicle includes a battery mounted to a frame, an inverter and an electric motor accommodated in a swing arm, and a wire harness wired between the frame and the swing arm. The swing arm includes a hollow pivot section, and a partition wall partitioning the pivot section and an arm section. The wire harness suspends from the frame side, enters inside the pivot section from the top face side of the pivot section, and is bent inside the pivot section reaching the inverter through the partition-wall through port.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted electronic device according to the present invention is provided with a sensor 15 that detects illumination 17 from a following vehicle 16, in at least one of a display unit 9 and a main body case 7, and is configured such that a control unit 11 rotates the display unit 9 by means of a drive unit 10 when the sensor 15 detects the illumination 17 from the following vehicle 16. Thereby, the illumination 17 from the following vehicle 16 does not reflect on the display unit 9 toward a viewer, as a result of which, the influence by illumination from the following vehicle 16 can be reduced.

Abstract: An OCT apparatus includes a wavelength selector provided on an optical path between a light source unit and a pair of optical detection units, and having a wavelength selectivity with equal wavenumber intervals. A differential detection unit detects a differential between two interference lights detected by the two optical detection units, and an information acquisition unit obtains peak values in the temporal waveform of the intensity of the interference lights and acquires information about an object on the basis of the obtained peak values.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a first electrode layer extending in a first direction and a first channel body extending through the first electrode layer in a second direction. The first electrode layer has, on a side surface, a first projecting portion expanding in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and having a rounding shape in a tip of the first projecting portion.

Abstract: Three directions intersecting each other are referred to as first to third directions. A semiconductor memory device according to embodiments includes a semiconductor substrate having a top surface spread in the first and second directions, and a plurality of conductive layers laminated at predetermined intervals in the third direction on the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor memory device further includes a columnar semiconductor layer having an interface that is in contact with the semiconductor substrate on a side surface. The columnar semiconductor layer is opposed to the plurality of conductive layers. The columnar semiconductor layer has the third direction as a lengthwise direction. The interface exists in a position deeper than the top surface of the semiconductor substrate in the third direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating member provided in a first region on the semiconductor substrate, an insulating film provided in a second region not provided with the insulating member on the semiconductor substrate, a conductive member provided on the insulating member and on the insulating film, and a first and a second vias connected to the conductive member. An upper surface of the insulating film is lower than an upper surface of the insulating member. An upper part of the conductive member is provided in both the first region and the second region, and a lower part is provided in the second region and not provided in the first region. The conductive member has at least one portion located on the first region between the first via and the second via.

Abstract: A light source device includes an optical resonator that includes an optical gain medium amplifying light and an optical waveguide having wavelength dispersion of a refractive index, and an optical modulator that modulates an intensity of the light in the optical resonator. An oscillation wavelength of an optical pulse is varied according to a modulation frequency of the optical modulator. The optical modulator can adjust transmittance of the light passing through the optical modulator, and a duty ratio of a transmission time of the light passing through the optical modulator is less than 50%.

Abstract: The OCT apparatus includes a first light source unit changing an optical wavelength, a second light source unit changing an optical wavelength over a wavelength range different from and partially overlapping with that of the first light source unit, a signal generating unit receiving light from the light source units to generate signals at an equal wave number interval, an interference optical system splitting the light from the first and second light source units into illumination light illuminating an object and reference light, to generate first and second interference light, a light detecting unit receiving interference light, and an information acquiring unit acquiring a tomographic image of the object by linking temporal waveforms of intensities of the first and second interference light. The information acquiring unit links the temporal waveforms of the intensities of the first and second interference light based on the signal generated from the signal generating unit.

Abstract: A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a paper sheet, a cutter unit that cuts the paper sheet, and a controller that, when transport of the paper sheet is to be halted, controls the transport unit so that the transport unit halts an ideal cut line of the paper sheet corresponding to a specified length of the paper sheet at a more upstream side in a direction of the transport of the paper sheet when a specified length of the paper sheet is shorter than a threshold length than when the specified length of the paper sheet is longer than the threshold length.

Abstract: A device includes a first resonating cavity and a second resonating cavity. The first resonating cavity includes a first end surface and a second end surface. The first resonating cavity has a first free spectral range. The first free spectral range is a first frequency of a wavelength dependent ripple in a gain of the device that is a function of a first distance between the first end surface and the second end surface. The second resonating cavity includes a third end surface and a fourth end surface. A second distance between the third end surface and the fourth end surface is set such that an amplitude of the wavelength dependent ripple is reduced.