Abstract: In one embodiment, a beam detector includes a first aperture plate including a first passage hole, a second aperture plate including a second passage hole that allows a single detection target beam passing through the first passage hole to pass therethrough, and a sensor detecting a beam current of the detection target beam passing through the second passage hole. The second aperture plate includes an electrically conductive material, a plurality of third passage holes are formed around the second passage hole, and the plurality of third passage holes allow light to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A recording device includes: a drive source; a driven portion having a driven gear; a drive transmission mechanism having a drive gear driven by the drive source and capable of swing between a first position where the drive gear is engaged with the driven gear and a second position where the drive gear is not engaged with the driven gear; and a regulating mechanism capable of swing between a regulating position where swing of the drive transmission mechanism is regulated and a non-regulating position where the swing of the drive transmission mechanism is not regulated. In the recording device, the regulating mechanism is capable of swing around a rotation axis of the driven gear.

Abstract: A planar antenna includes a dielectric layer including a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite from the first surface, an antenna conductor provided on the first surface, a ground conductor provided on the first surface or the second surface, or provided on both of the first surface and the second surface, and a transmission line including a signal line that is connected to the antenna conductor or provided in proximity to the antenna conductor, wherein a dielectric portion of the dielectric layer that is in contact with the signal line has a loss tangent of 0.007 or less at 28 GHz.

Abstract: An optical waveguide includes a diamond layer including a first surface, a second surface and a diamond layer including a complex defect; a first clad layer in contact with the first surface; a second clad layer in contact with the second surface and including a polarity; and a metal layer in Schottky contact with the second clad layer.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a printing apparatus, comprising: a carriage on which a printing head is mounted and that can move reciprocally in a first direction; a motor configured to generate driving force; a driving shaft extending in the first direction and driven to rotate by the driving force; a plurality of driving units driven by the driving force transmitted through the driving shaft; a switching unit configured to switch a transmission destination of the driving force in the plurality of driving units in conjunction with the driving shaft; and a contact unit configured to rotate around a rotatably supporting unit so as to be in a contact position in which contact with the carriage is made or a non-contact position in which the contact with the carriage is not made and to move with the carriage in the contact position.

Abstract: A surface-treated titanium material for a fuel cell separator, including a titanium substrate having a passive film on a surface of the titanium substrate and a surface layer formed on the titanium substrate. The surface layer includes a titanium oxide layer and carbon particles, the carbon particles are dispersed in an inside of the titanium oxide layer, and a total film thickness of the titanium oxide layer and the passive film is 25 nm or more.

Abstract: Disclosed is a specimen testing system that includes: a specimen rearrangement unit configured to transfer a specimen container held in a first rack to a second rack; a specimen processing unit configured to process a specimen in the specimen container held in the second rack; a specimen storage unit configured to transfer the specimen container having been processed by the specimen processing unit from the second rack to a specimen container storage instrument for storage; a transportation unit configured to transport the second rack among the specimen rearrangement unit, the specimen processing unit, and the specimen storage unit; and a transportation control unit programmed to control the transportation unit. The transportation control unit is programmed to control bidirectional transportation of the second rack between the specimen rearrangement unit and the specimen storage unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a specimen transfer device connected to a rack transportation path of a specimen testing system, and the specimen transfer device includes: an ascending/descending mechanism configured to move a rack between a first ascending/descending position at which the rack in a first tier is disposed, and a second ascending/descending position at which the rack in a second tier is disposed; a container transfer mechanism configured to transfer a specimen container, to a second rack disposed in the second tier, from a first rack moved by the ascending/descending mechanism from the first ascending/descending position to the second ascending/descending position; a rack waiting region disposed in the first tier and configured to cause the rack to stay in a waiting state between the first ascending/descending position and a carrying-out position to the rack transportation path; and a first transportation mechanism configured to transport the first rack moved by the ascending/descending mechanism from the second

Abstract: In a dimple processing method for forming dimples on a curved surface of a workpiece, a cutting tool having a cutting edge on a rod-shaped body is rotated about a central axis of the cutting tool. The workpiece is rotated about a first axis. The cutting tool or the workpiece moves on a virtual plane through which the first axis passes or on a plane parallel to the virtual plane. The cutting tool or the workpiece moves such that the tip end of the cutting tool follows the curved surface of the workpiece. The cutting edge forms one or more dimple on the curved surface each time the cutting tool rotates.

Abstract: To increase the number of views on posting information through an improvement in the quality of the posting information, and thus to improve the utilization rate of advertisement information. A management server device in an SNS system includes a posting display instructor, an advertisement display instructor, an evaluation point receiver, a posting-specific evaluation point calculator, a user-specific evaluation point calculator, a reward point calculator, a total reward point calculator, an exchange rate calculator, and an exchange rate display instructor. The reward point calculator calculates, for each of users, reward points exchangeable for money from reward resources based on user-specific evaluation points. The total reward point calculator calculates total reward points by counting the reward points given to users eligible for rewards from the reward resources. The exchange rate calculator calculates an exchange rate by dividing a reward resource amount by the total reward points.

Abstract: A transport device transports a container used in a sample measurement device or a rack housing the container. The transport device may include: a robotic arm configured to transport the container or the rack between a first sample measurement device and each of other sample measurement devices different from the first sample measurement device; and a controller that controls operation of the robotic arm.

Abstract: A battery comprises an electrode group including a separator, a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode core, negative electrode mixture layers retained to the negative electrode core, and a fluorine resin layer disposed on the surface of the negative electrode mixture layers. The negative electrode mixture layers include a first outermost peripheral region located at the outermost periphery of the electrode group and a second outermost peripheral region located opposite to the first outermost peripheral region. When the amount of the fluorine resin constituting a first fluorine resin layer in a portion of the first outermost peripheral region is represented by A, and the amount of the fluorine resin constituting a second fluorine resin layer in a portion of the second outermost peripheral region is represented by B, a relation A>B is satisfied.

Abstract: A nickel-hydrogen secondary battery includes an electrode group which contains a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode core, and a negative electrode mixture layer held by the negative electrode core, wherein the negative electrode mixture layer contains a fluororesin; a quantity of the fluororesin, expressed by a mass applied per unit area of the negative electrode, is within a range of 0.2 mg/cm2 or more and 2.0 mg/cm2 or less; and a fluororesin content which is a ratio of the fluororesin contained in a unit volume of the negative electrode mixture layer is higher in an inner layer portion than in an outer layer portion in the negative electrode mixture layer.

Abstract: A plurality of dimples are formed on a processing surface of a workpiece. An aspect ratio of each dimple is greater than or equal to 5.0 and less than or equal to 50.0. The aspect ratio is a ratio of a length of the dimple measured in a longitudinal direction to a lateral width of the dimple measured in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A control device for an onboard engine is configured to control the oil discharge pressure of an oil pump and execute, when determining that there may be an abnormality in the control of the oil discharge pressure, a change process that increases the target discharge pressure to a value that is greater than that before it is determined that there may be an abnormality in the control. When a discharge pressure sensor value in a situation in which the discharge pressure is being controlled based on the target discharge pressure increased through execution of the change process does not become greater than or equal to a discharge pressure threshold, the control device sets an upper limit for the engine rotation speed and increases the upper limit as the discharge pressure sensor value increases.

Abstract: A valve timing controller includes: a driving side rotation member that rotates synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotation member that integrally rotates with a cam shaft of the internal combustion engine; a phase regulating mechanism with which a relative rotation phase of the driving and driven side rotation members around a rotation axis is set by a driving force of an electric motor; a phase sensing portion that acquires the relative rotation phase; and a phase controlling section that controls the electric motor to set the relative rotation phase based on an acquisition result by the phase sensing portion. The phase sensing portion includes a cam angle sensor, a reference determination sensor, and a pattern storage unit. The valve timing controller further includes a phase acquisition portion.

Abstract: A control apparatus of a valve opening/closing timing control mechanism, configured by including driving side and driven side rotating bodies; a stopper unit; and an electric motor, includes: a phase controller controlling an electric motor to reduce, when a target phase is set, a deviation between the target phase and a current first actual phase and reducing power to be supplied to the electric motor as the deviation decreases; and a control target setting unit setting a first target phase displaced to a side of the first actual phase in an operation direction where the deviation is reduced when the target phase is set to a most retarded or most advanced angle phase, in which the phase controller executes a first phase control of reducing a deviation between the set first target phase and the current first actual phase.

Abstract: A control device for an onboard engine is configured to control the oil discharge pressure of an oil pump and execute, when determining that there may be an abnormality in the control of the oil discharge pressure, a change process that increases the target discharge pressure to a value that is greater than that before it is determined that there may be an abnormality in the control. When a discharge pressure sensor value in a situation in which the discharge pressure is being controlled based on the target discharge pressure increased through execution of the change process does not become greater than or equal to a discharge pressure threshold, the control device sets an upper limit for the engine rotation speed and increases the upper limit as the discharge pressure sensor value increases.

Abstract: A valve timing controller includes: a driving side rotation member that rotates synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotation member that integrally rotates with a cam shaft of the internal combustion engine; a phase regulating mechanism with which a relative rotation phase of the driving and driven side rotation members around a rotation axis is set by a driving force of an electric motor; a phase sensing portion that acquires the relative rotation phase; and a phase controlling section that controls the electric motor to set the relative rotation phase based on an acquisition result by the phase sensing portion. The phase sensing portion includes a cam angle sensor, a reference determination sensor, and a pattern storage unit. The valve timing controller further includes a phase acquisition portion.

Abstract: A transport device transports a container used in a sample measurement device or a rack housing the container. The transport device may include: a robotic arm configured to transport the container or the rack between a first sample measurement device and each of other sample measurement devices different from the first sample measurement device; and a controller that controls operation of the robotic arm.