Abstract: An electric brake comprises a brake mechanism that transmits a thrust generated by driving an electric motor to a piston that moves brake pads pressed against a disc rotor; a thrust sensor that detects the thrust applied to the piston; a rotation angle sensor that detects a rotational position of the electric motor; and a rear electric brake ECU that controls the driving of the electric motor on the basis of a braking command. The rear electric brake ECU detects an abnormality in the brake mechanism from a detected value of the thrust sensor and a detected value of the rotation angle sensor in response to the braking command which are obtained when the electric motor is driven.

Abstract: A braking control apparatus includes a braking force control unit, a first abnormality detecting unit, a regenerative brake stopping unit, and a braking force compensating unit. The braking force control unit is configured to perform a braking force control by causing an engine brake, a regenerative brake, and a friction brake to operate in cooperation with each other. The regenerative brake stopping unit is configured to disconnect the regenerative brake from the braking force control, when an abnormality of the regenerative brake is detected by the first abnormality detecting unit. The braking force compensating unit is configured to perform a braking force compensation that utilizes the friction brake, from the detection of the abnormality of the regenerative brake until the regenerative brake is disconnected from the braking force control, by performing a feedback control on a deceleration rate at a time when the abnormality of the regenerative brake is detected.

Abstract: A concentrating solar cell module including; a base portion having a plurality of mounting regions for mounting solar cells and a plurality of lead electrodes for electrically connecting the solar cells with external electrodes; a support composed of a thermosetting resin, the support surrounding each of the mounting regions of the base portion; the solar cells mounted on the mounting regions; and a condensing lens molded above the mounting regions so as to encapsulate the solar cells, wherein a surface of the mounting regions of the base portion is plated, the condensing lens is molded with a transparent thermosetting silicone resin, and the support is joined to a surface of the base portion, the surface to which the support is joined is on the same side of the base portion as the surface on which the solar cells are mounted.

Abstract: A method for producing a concentrating solar cell module having the steps of: preparing a base portion having a plurality of mounting regions for mounting solar cells and a plurality of lead electrodes for electrically connecting the solar cells with external electrodes, and a support composed of a thermosetting resin, the support surrounding each of the mounting regions of the base portion; mounting the solar cells on the mounting regions; molding a condensing lens above the mounting regions so as to encapsulate the solar cells, plating a surface of the mounting regions of the prepared base portion after the preparing step and before the mounting step; and joining the support to the base portion after the mounting step and before the molding step, wherein in the molding step, the condensing lens is molded with a transparent thermosetting silicone resin.

Abstract: A concentrating solar cell module including; a base portion having a plurality of mounting regions for mounting solar cells and a plurality of lead electrodes for electrically connecting the solar cells with external electrodes; a support composed of a thermosetting resin, the support surrounding each of the mounting regions of the base portion; the solar cells mounted on the mounting regions; and a condensing lens molded above the mounting regions so as to encapsulate the solar cells, wherein a surface of the mounting regions of the base portion is plated, the condensing lens is molded with a transparent thermosetting silicone resin, and the support is joined to a surface of the base portion, the surface to which the support is joined is on the same side of the base portion as the surface on which the solar cells are mounted.

Abstract: A building safety verification system and a building safety verification method for estimating a degree of damage of a building after an earthquake occurs are provided. The building safety verification system includes: an inter-story displacement measurement unit which obtains, from measurement data of acceleration sensors which measure accelerations of a plurality of stories in a building, an inter-story displacement of each of the stories; a natural period measurement unit which obtains a natural period of microtremor of the building from measurement data of a micro vibration sensor which measures micro vibration of a highest story of the building or a story near the highest story; and a building safety evaluation unit which evaluates soundness of the building from the inter-story displacement obtained by the inter-story displacement measurement unit and the natural period obtained by the natural period measurement unit.

Abstract: A method for producing a concentrating solar cell module having the steps of: preparing a base portion having a plurality of mounting regions for mounting solar cells and a plurality of lead electrodes for electrically connecting the solar cells with external electrodes, and a support composed of a thermosetting resin, the support surrounding each of the mounting regions of the base portion; mounting the solar cells on the mounting regions; molding a condensing lens above the mounting regions so as to encapsulate the solar cells, plating a surface of the mounting regions of the prepared base portion after the preparing step and before the mounting step; and joining the support to the base portion after the mounting step and before the molding step, wherein in the molding step, the condensing lens is molded with a transparent thermosetting silicone resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a concentrating solar cell module comprising: a base portion having a plurality of mounting regions for mounting solar cells and a plurality of lead electrodes for electrically connecting the solar cells with external electrodes; a support molded with a thermosetting resin such that each of the mounting regions of the base portion is surrounded; the solar cells mounted on the mounting regions; and a condensing lens molded above the mounting regions so as to encapsulate the solar cells, wherein a surface of the mounting regions of the base portion is plated and the condensing lens is molded with a transparent thermosetting silicone resin. The concentrating solar cell module has high heat dissipation properties and a high photoelectric conversion efficiency.

Abstract: A phase shift photomask and a photomask blank used to produce the same. A dry etching stopper layer, which is disposed between a substrate and a light-shielding layer or between the substrate and a phase shifter layer, is made of either a film mainly composed of tin oxide nitride, which has high etching selectivity and high permeability, or an alumina film formed by sputtering, followed by heat treatment carried out in an oxidizing atmosphere, thereby enabling the required overetching to be satisfactorily performed during etching of the phase shifter layer, and thus making it possible to effect precise phase control. In addition, it is possible to eliminate the occurrence of an in-plane transmittance distribution.