Abstract: Examples of a cleaning method includes supplying a cleaning gas into an exhaust duct that provides an exhaust flow passage of a gas supplied to an area above a susceptor, the exhaust duct having a shape surrounding the susceptor in plan view, and activating the cleaning gas to clean an inside of the exhaust duct.

Abstract: The present invention provides a program, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of increasing the diversity of rewards that can be obtained when game mediums are consumed, thus making it possible to attract a player's interest. The content of a reward that can be obtained when a character that satisfies a recruitment condition(s) set for each mission is consumed is set on the basis of the status linked with the character, and the content of a reward for a character that is specified as a consumption target is displayed in a character selection screen that serves as an input interface for accepting an input for specifying a character as a consumption target.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus includes a memory to store meta-information associating a position of a logical area with a position of a physical area, and a processor to, when a first data block including data, a check code corresponding to the data, and first information related to a position within the logical area is stored in the physical area, and a second data block including the data, the check code, and second information related to a position within the logical area is written in the logical area, obtain a first position at which the first data block is present in the physical area, based on meta-information of the first data block in the meta-information, associate the first position as a position of the physical area in meta-information of the second data block in the meta-information with the position to which the second data block is written in the logical area.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus includes a memory configured to store meta-information for associating addresses of a logical area and a physical area with each other, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to read out first meta-information corresponding to a first logical area from the memory, specify a first address of the physical area corresponding to a copy source address of the data based on the first meta-information, read out second meta-information corresponding to a second logical area that is set as a copy destination of the data in the logical area from the memory, specify a second address of the physical area corresponding to a copy destination address of the data based on the second meta-information, and execute copy of the data by associating the first address and the second address with each other as storage areas of the data.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus includes a memory configured to store meta-information for associating addresses of a logical area and a physical area with each other, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to read out first meta-information corresponding to a first logical area from the memory, specify a first address of the physical area corresponding to a copy source address of the data based on the first meta-information, read out second meta-information corresponding to a second logical area that is set as a copy destination of the data in the logical area from the memory, specify a second address of the physical area corresponding to a copy destination address of the data based on the second meta-information, and execute copy of the data by associating the first address and the second address with each other as storage areas of the data.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute a capacity expansion on a storage group including a plurality of storage devices, generate a plurality of first data storage regions in accordance with the number of storage devices within the storage group after the capacity expansion, and execute data rearrangement within the storage group after the capacity expansion for each of the plurality of first data storage regions.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus includes a memory to store meta-information associating a position of a logical area with a position of a physical area, and a processor to, when a first data block including data, a check code corresponding to the data, and first information related to a position within the logical area is stored in the physical area, and a second data block including the data, the check code, and second information related to a position within the logical area is written in the logical area, obtain a first position at which the first data block is present in the physical area, based on meta-information of the first data block in the meta-information, associate the first position as a position of the physical area in meta-information of the second data block in the meta-information with the position to which the second data block is written in the logical area.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus configured to control a storage device including a storage medium having a limited number of writes, includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to store, in the memory, address conversion information associating logical addresses used for data identification by an information processing apparatus accessing to the storage device, and physical addresses indicating positions where the data is stored on the storage medium, write the data additionally and collectively to the storage medium, and when the data is updated, maintain storing a reference logical address associated with the data before updated and the data before updated on the storage medium.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus configured to control a storage device including a storage medium with a limited number of writes, includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to record, to the storage medium, address conversion information associating logical addresses by which an information processing apparatus that uses the storage device identifies data with physical addresses indicating positions where the data is stored on the storage medium, and execute garbage collection of the storage medium based on the recorded address conversion information.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus configured to control a storage device including a storage medium having a limit of a number of writes, includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to store, in the memory, address conversion information in which a logical address used to identify data by an information processing device using the storage device and a physical address indicating a memory location of the data in the storage medium are associated with each other, and execute a bulk writing of a piece of the address conversion information into the storage medium sequentially.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge that can trigger discharge in a short time even in the case of use over a long period of time without needing a complicated apparatus. It has the structure in which a rod-like anode is located in an internal part of a measuring element container (cathode) having a discharge space with one end thereof which is sealed, and a discharge starting auxiliary electrode is mounted on this anode. The discharge starting auxiliary electrode triggers the discharge in a short time by the formation of a carbon nanotube layer on a discharge starting auxiliary electrode plate.

Abstract: A cooling structure and a rotating electric machine with the cooling structure are provided. The cooling structure produces sufficient reductions in the temperature of the stator core while at the same time not causing a large reduction in the output of the rotating electric machine. The rotating electric machine is provided with a first cooling medium passage formed in the slot. In addition, a second cooling medium passage is provided which extends in parallel to the first cooling medium passage and allows flow of the same cooling medium as the first cooling medium passage. The stator core comprises at least a section of the passage wall of the second cooling medium passage. The second cooling medium passage is disposed so that the second cooling medium passage does not impede the flow of magnetic flux in the stator core.

Abstract: A motor/generator (1) comprises a permanent magnets (3) having a V-shaped surface projecting in the center of a rotor (2). These permanent magnets (3) are disposed so that the V-shaped surface faces the center of the rotor (2). In this way, the permanent magnets (3) are prevented from sliding on the fitting surfaces (21) of the insertion holes (20), and the permanent magnets (3) can be fixed at predetermined positions. Further, magnetic losses caused by the rotor (2) can be reduced, and efficiency of the motor/generator can be improved.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is provided that lowers the cost of series hybrid vehicles in order to make it easier for series hybrid vehicles to gain popularity. A hybrid vehicle equipped with an engine, a first rotary electric machine and a second rotary electric machine. The first rotary electric machine is coupled to the output shaft of the engine, while the second rotary electric machine is electrically coupled to the first rotary electric machine and coupled to the drive wheels of the vehicle. The maximum generated electric power of the first rotary electric machine is substantially equal to the maximum output power of the second rotary electric machine.

Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine is provided to curb decreases in output caused by magnetic flux leakage. The stator has a stator core with stator coils that are wound around tooth parts of the stator core. The tooth parts of the stator core are arranged to form a rotational space with respect to a rotor, and housed inside the slots and cooling medium passages are formed inside the slots by blocking the openings of the slots. The protrusions are provided that protrude into the slots from both lateral surfaces of the tips of the tooth parts. The plates formed with grooves on both sides thereof that fit on the tips of the protrusions are arranged between adjacent ones of the protrusions so as to block the openings of the slots. A sealing member is formed on the rotor side of the plates.

Abstract: A rotor structure for a permanent-magnet motor is disclosed as including an annular laminated stack (2) of electromagnetic steel sheets incorporating magnets, annular end plates (1a, 1b) located at both ends of the annular laminated stack to hold the same, a cylindrical core buck (3) carrying thereon the annular laminated stack and the annular end plates, and a rotor shaft (5) integrally connected to the cylindrical core buck for rotating movement. The annular laminated stack has a plurality of first fixing portions (8a, 8a′, 8a″; 8b, 8b′, 8b″), and each of the annular end plates has a plurality of second fixing portions (7a, 7a′, 7a″; 7b, 7b′, 7b″) which are held in engagement with the first fixing portions of the annular laminated stack, with the annular end plates and the annular laminated stack being fixed to one another by caulking at the first and second fixing portions.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine using an inner section of a slot of a stator as a cooling passage obtains highly effective cooling performance with a small amount of cooling medium. An opening for a slot in a stator is closed by an under plate having a closing member. A regulating plate is disposed which is a member for regulating the cross-sectional area of the passage in substantially a central section of the slot. In this manner, the cross-sectional area of the cooling passage with the plate in the slot is smaller than the cross-sectional area when the regulating plate is not provided by an area corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the regulating plate. This arrangement allows increases in cooling efficiency.

Abstract: A motor or a generator which has permanent magnets on a moveable member effectively reduces eddy current loss in the permanent magnets. A permanent magnet 1 which is provided for the moveable member of a motor or a generator, for example the rotor of a rotating motor, is divided into magnet sections (1A-1E) having divided widths (t1-t5) in response to the rate of change in the flux density in each divided magnet. Thus the eddy current loss in each magnet section (1A-1E) can be substantially equalized.

Abstract: This invention provides a rotating electric machine using an inner section of a slot of a stator as a cooling passage and allowing a high cooling efficiency. Furthermore, it provides a manufacture method for the rotating electric machine which allows streamlining of the manufacture of the cooling passage. A plate is attached to the plate retaining groove formed in proximity to the opening of the slot of the stator. A resin layer is formed by injection of resin into a space formed between the outer face of the plate and the mold set on an inner peripheral face of the stator. The plate is pressed by the injection pressure of the resin to come into close contact with the stopper and to create a seal which prevents leakage of resin into the slot. A leg is provided on the plate and extends into the slot for reducing the cross sectional surface area of the cooling passage.

Abstract: A stator structure is provided with a stator core having a plurality of cooling passages or slots and an annular resin layer formed on an inner peripheral surface of the stator core that defines a rotor receiving opening. The stator core has a plurality of protrusions disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the stator core to control the depth of the annular resin layer formed on the inner peripheral surface of the stator core. The protrusions have radial thicknesses that are substantially equal to the radial thickness of the annular resin layer.