Abstract: A power converter includes a bus bar, a semiconductor device, a lead, and solder. The bus bar has a vertical wall. The semiconductor device includes an electrode. The lead has one end connected to the bus bar and another end connected to the semiconductor device to supply power from the bus bar to the electrode of the semiconductor device via the lead. The one end of the lead includes a bending part which is spaced away from the bus bar by a predetermined distance and which is inclined in a vertical downward direction. The vertical wall of the bus bar and the bending part are bonded to each other via the solder. The vertical wall extends in a substantially vertical direction to face the bending part.

Abstract: A cable for transmitting signals between two systems is disclosed. The cable provides a connector, which encloses a circuit unit comprising at least one of a transmitter and a receiver and plugged with the system, and a co-axial cable pulled out from the connector. The circuit unit includes at least a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter receives an input signal in the differential form from the system and outputs a transmitting signal in the single-ended form to the co-axial cable. The receiver receives the transmitting signal in the single-ended form from the co-axial cable and outputs an output signal in the differential form to the system.

Abstract: An intelligent cable is disclosed. The cable provides a connector and a metal core. The connector is pluggably coupled with an external apparatus and enclosing a circuit unit electrically connected to an external apparatus. The metal core is electrically connected to the circuit unit in the connector. The circuit unit includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter receives input signals from the external apparatus and outputs a transmitted signal to the metal core. The receiver receives the transmitted signal from the metal core and provides output signals to the external apparatus. A feature of the cable is that the transmitter modulates the input signals and the receiver de-modulates the transmitted signal both by the PAM configuration.

Abstract: A power conversion apparatus 2 has a configuration in which a plate-like bus-bar 80, 80? is disposed vertically so that a width direction thereof is set in a vertical direction, electrically connected to positive electric potential of a battery and fixed to a resin case 50 to include a flat plate-like bus-bar body 81, 82, to which positive electric potential of the battery is applied, and a voltage measuring terminal 82 to 85 branched from the bus-bar body 81, 82. The voltage measuring terminal 82 to 85 includes a projecting portion 83 projecting from the bus-bar body 81, 82, an upright portion 84 extending from the projecting portion 83 upward toward a circuit board 100, and a measuring terminal portion 85 that is an upper part of the upright portion 84 and electrically connected to the circuit board 100.

Abstract: A power conversion apparatus has a configuration in which plate-like bus-bars are laminated via an insulating material to define a pair of bus-bars. A laminated bus-bar, in which the pair of bus-bars is disposed vertically so that a width direction thereof is in a vertical direction, includes a pair of voltage measuring terminals that is correspondingly branched from a part of the pair of bus-bars to extend toward a circuit board. The pair of voltage measuring terminals is arranged symmetrically with respect to the pair of bus-bars to extend upward toward the circuit board, while extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the pair of bus-bars, to be electrically connected to the circuit board.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device comprising a cooler in which, by improving the shape of the connecting portions of an inlet/outlet of a coolant or the like, the pressure loss in the connecting portion or the like can be reduced. A cooler 20 of a semiconductor device 1 includes: an inlet 27 and an outlet 28 provided on side walls 22b1, 22b2 of a case 22 opposing to each other at diagonal positions; an introduction path 24 which is connected to the inlet 27 and formed in the case 22; a discharge path 25 which is connected to the outlet 28 and formed in the case 22; and a cooling flow channel 26 between the introduction path 24 and the discharge path 25. The height of the opening of the inlet 27 is larger than the height of the introduction path 24, and a connecting portion 271 between the inlet 27 and the introduction path 24 includes an inclined surface 271b which is inclined from the bottom surface of the connecting portion 271 toward the longitudinal direction of the introduction path 24.

Abstract: A signal transmission cable of the present invention comprises a terminal part electrically connectable to an external device, and a cable including metal wires of eight or more channels that are electrically connectable to the terminal part, the terminal part has a substrate including a plurality of connection parts that are electrically connectable to the external device and connected respectively to the metal wires of the individual channels included in the cable, and the metal wires of the mutually different channels that are adjacently connected at the plurality of connection parts are arranged so as not to be adjacent to each other inside the cable.

Abstract: A cable for transmitting signals between two systems is disclosed. The cable provides a connector, which encloses a circuit unit comprising at least one of a transmitter and a receiver and plugged with the system, and a co-axial cable pulled out from the connector. The circuit unit includes at least a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter receives an input signal in the differential form from the system and outputs a transmitting signal in the single-ended form to the co-axial cable. The receiver receives the transmitting signal in the single-ended form from the co-axial cable and outputs an output signal in the differential form to the system.

Abstract: A gel actuator includes: a gel having a projected part made of an inductive high-polymer material; a positive electrode disposed so as to be in contact with a top of the projected part; and a negative electrode disposed in a position sandwiching the projected part in a height direction in cooperation with the positive electrode. When voltage is applied between the positive and negative electrodes, creep deformation occurs so that the projected parts adhere to the positive electrode side, and the gel contracts in the thickness direction.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device comprising a cooler in which, by improving the shape of the connecting portions of an inlet/outlet of a coolant or the like, the pressure loss in the connecting portion or the like can be reduced. A cooler 20 of a semiconductor device 1 includes: an inlet 27 and an outlet 28 provided on side walls 22b1, 22b2 of a case 22 opposing to each other at diagonal positions; an introduction path 24 which is connected to the inlet 27 and formed in the case 22; a discharge path 25 which is connected to the outlet 28 and formed in the case 22; and a cooling flow channel 26 between the introduction path 24 and the discharge path 25. The height of the opening of the inlet 27 is larger than the height of the introduction path 24, and a connecting portion 271 between the inlet 27 and the introduction path 24 includes an inclined surface 271b which is inclined from the bottom surface of the connecting portion 271 toward the longitudinal direction of the introduction path 24.

Abstract: The present invention provides isolated stabilized EPO-derived peptides and their mimics that protect against tissue damage in subjects having diverse forms of neural and non-neural organ system injury, pharmaceutical compositions containing the isolated stabilized EPO-derived peptides, methods for treating symptoms of a disease, disorder or condition having an inflammatory or an autoimmune component in a subject in need thereof, and methods for downregulating immune mediator activity in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: A power converter includes a bus bar, a semiconductor device, a lead, and solder. The bus bar has a vertical wall. The semiconductor device includes an electrode. The lead has one end connected to the bus bar and another end connected to the semiconductor device to supply power from the bus bar to the electrode of the semiconductor device via the lead. The one end of the lead includes a bending part which is spaced away from the bus bar by a predetermined distance and which is inclined in a vertical downward direction. The vertical wall of the bus bar and the bending part are bonded to each other via the solder. The vertical wall extends in a substantially vertical direction to face the bending part.

Abstract: An electrode chip for detecting a biomolecule includes a substrate; and an electrode that includes an electrode substrate, at least one of a metallic salt or a metallic oxide provided on an outermost surface on an opposite side of the electrode substrate from a side provided with the substrate, and a biomolecular probe-immobilizing material which is provided on the outermost surface and to which a biomolecular probe is fixed.

Abstract: The present invention provides isolated stabilized EPO-derived peptides and their mimics that protect against tissue damage in subjects having diverse forms of neural and non-neural organ system injury, pharmaceutical compositions containing the isolated stabilized EPO-derived peptides, methods for treating symptoms of a disease, disorder or condition having an inflammatory or an autoimmune component in a subject in need thereof, and methods for downregulating immune mediator activity in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: A gel actuator includes: a gel having a projected part made of an inductive high-polymer material; a positive electrode disposed so as to be in contact with a top of the projected part; and a negative electrode disposed in a position sandwiching the projected part in a height direction in cooperation with the positive electrode. When voltage is applied between the positive and negative electrodes, creep deformation occurs so that the projected parts adhere to the positive electrode side, and the gel contracts in the thickness direction.

Abstract: In a control apparatus for a powertrain that includes an automatic transmission, occurrence of slip in a one-way clutch is determined when one gear is formed if a first rotation member and a second rotation member of the one-way clutch rotate relatively. If slip in the one-way clutch is detected, it is determined whether the rotational speed difference between the first rotation member and the second rotation member has increased. If the rotational speed difference between the first rotation member and the second rotation member has increased when slip is detected in the one-way clutch, a control is executed to engage a predetermined frictional engagement element.

Abstract: A control device executes a gear change control based on a first gear change map, in which the accelerator operation amount and the vehicle speed are used as parameters to define gear change timings, if a brake device is not actuated while the vehicle is running, and executes the gear change control based on a second gear change map, in which the brake actuation pressure and the vehicle speed are used as parameters to define gear change timings that positively utilize engine braking, if the brake device is actuated while the vehicle is running. The control device allows an automatic transmission to execute the gear change control in which engine braking is positively utilized according to conditions, contributing to diversified gear change control.

Abstract: A hybrid motor vehicle includes a differential having a differential mechanism equipped with a first rotating element that is connected to an engine, a second rotating element that is connected to a first electric motor and a third rotating element connected to both a second electric motor and a transfer member; and a transmission provided in a power transmission path, extending from the transfer member to driven wheels, that establishes a plurality of transmission ranges by selectively operating a plurality of coupling devices. An irreversible rotation member connected to a non-rotation member against reverse rotation through a one-way clutch is provided in the transmission. When the second electric motor is malfunctioning, an engine start control unit starts the engine by driving the first electric motor while selectively engaging the coupling devices to connect the transfer member to the irreversible rotation member.

Abstract: The present invention provides isolated stabilized EPO-derived peptides and their mimics that protect against tissue damage in subjects having diverse forms of neural and non-neural organ system injury, pharmaceutical compositions containing the isolated stabilized EPO-derived peptides, methods for treating symptoms of a disease, disorder or condition having an inflammatory or an autoimmune component in a subject in need thereof, and methods for downregulating immune mediator activity in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: In a control apparatus for a powertrain that includes an automatic transmission, occurrence of slip in a one-way clutch is determined when one gear is formed if a first rotation member and a second rotation member of the one-way clutch rotate relatively. If slip in the one-way clutch is detected, it is determined whether the rotational speed difference between the first rotation member and the second rotation member has increased. If the rotational speed difference between the first rotation member and the second rotation member has increased when slip is detected in the one-way clutch, a control is executed to engage a predetermined frictional engagement element.