Abstract: An imaging device 100 includes a pixel array PA. A first period, a third period, and a second period appear in this order in a first frame. During the first period, pixel signal readout is performed on a first row in the pixel array PA. During the second period, pixel signal readout is performed on a second row in the pixel array PA. Each of the first period and the second period is a high-sensitivity exposure period. The third period is a low-sensitivity exposure period.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material includes a heat-sensitive recording layer on a support which layer produces a color upon heating, and a protective layer on the heat-sensitive recording layer. The protective layer is obtained from a composition (A) based on an emulsion of a copolymer resin (a). The copolymer resin (a) includes a vinyl monomer component having a carboxyl group, and a vinyl monomer component copolymerizable with the vinyl monomer component. The copolymer resin (a) contains 1 to 10 parts by weight of the vinyl monomer component having a carboxyl group. The copolymer resin has a SP value (solubility parameter) of not less than 9.5 (cal/cm3)1/2 and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 20 to 130° C. The emulsion of the copolymer resin (a) has a minimum film-forming temperature (MFT) of more than 5° C.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a plurality of semiconductor elements, a substrate on which the plurality of semiconductor elements are mounted, the substrate also having a plurality of terminals for connecting to external equipment, a fuse mounted on the outside of a mounting area of the plurality of semiconductor elements and mounted on a surface of the substrate near a power supply terminal among the plurality of terminals, and the power supply terminal and the plurality of semiconductor elements are connected via the fuse.

Abstract: A personal watercraft comprises an engine which is mounted in a body of the watercraft and is equipped with an open-loop water cooling system; a coolant passage in which water for cooling the engine flows; a water flow generator configured to operate in association with the engine to generate a water flow in the coolant passage; and a valve unit configured to restrict a flow of the water in the coolant passage.

Abstract: A element group includes a plurality of semiconductor elements stacked in a step-like shape on a wiring board. The semiconductor elements are electrically connect to connection pads of the wiring board through metal wires. Among the plural semiconductor elements stacked in a step-like shape, the uppermost semiconductor element has a thickness larger than that of the semiconductor element immediately below it.

Abstract: A personal watercraft comprises an engine which is mounted in a body of the watercraft and is equipped with an open-loop water cooling system; a coolant passage in which water for cooling the engine flows; a water flow generator configured to operate in association with the engine to generate a water flow in the coolant passage; and a valve unit configured to restrict a flow of the water in the coolant passage.

Abstract: In a personal watercraft equipped with a multi-cylinder engine including an exhaust collecting system configured to discharge an exhaust gas from the engine, the exhaust collecting system comprising a plurality of exhaust passages respectively corresponding to a plurality of cylinders provided in the multi-cylinder engine, an exhaust collecting passage which is located downstream of the plurality of exhaust passages in a flow direction of the exhaust gas and is configured to collect the plurality of exhaust passages, a water jacket formed at an outer peripheral region of each of the plurality of exhaust passages, for cooling the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust passages, and a connecting passage configured to connect at least two of the plurality of exhaust passages.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material includes a heat-sensitive recording layer on a support which layer produces a color upon heating, and a protective layer on the heat-sensitive recording layer. The protective layer is obtained from a composition (A) based on an emulsion of a copolymer resin (a). The copolymer resin (a) includes a vinyl monomer component having a carboxyl group, and a vinyl monomer component copolymerizable with the vinyl monomer component. The copolymer resin (a) contains 1 to 10 parts by weight of the vinyl monomer component having a carboxyl group. The copolymer resin has a SP value (solubility parameter) of not less than 9.5 (cal/cm3)1/2 and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 20 to 130° C. The emulsion of the copolymer resin (a) has a minimum film-forming temperature (MFT) of more than 5° C.

Abstract: A element group includes a plurality of semiconductor elements stacked in a step-like shape on a wiring board. The semiconductor elements are electrically connect to connection pads of the wiring board through metal wires. Among the plural semiconductor elements stacked in a step-like shape, the uppermost semiconductor element has a thickness larger than that of the semiconductor element immediately below it.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a plurality of semiconductor elements, a substrate on which the plurality of semiconductor elements are mounted, the substrate also having a plurality of terminals for connecting to external equipment, a fuse mounted on the outside of a mounting area of the plurality of semiconductor elements and mounted on a surface of the substrate near a power supply terminal among the plurality of terminals, and the power supply terminal and the plurality of semiconductor elements are connected via the fuse.

Abstract: In a personal watercraft equipped with a multi-cylinder engine including an exhaust collecting system configured to discharge an exhaust gas from the engine, the exhaust collecting system comprising a plurality of exhaust passages respectively corresponding to a plurality of cylinders provided in the multi-cylinder engine, an exhaust collecting passage which is located downstream of the plurality of exhaust passages in a flow direction of the exhaust gas and is configured to collect the plurality of exhaust passages, a water jacket formed at an outer peripheral region of each of the plurality of exhaust passages, for cooling the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust passages, and a connecting passage configured to connect at least two of the plurality of exhaust passages.

Abstract: Disclosed are organic particles for an inkjet recording sheet comprising a copolymer (a) which is obtained by copolymerizing alicyclic (meth)acrylate (A) represented by the formula (1) and other monomer (B) copolymerizable with (A): wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R1 represents an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A memory main body including a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector and a connector protection member protecting the USB connector and removed in a usage state, the memory main body including a first member provided at a side of the USB connector, and a second member provided at a side opposite thereto, the first member and the second member being connected with each other so as to rotate relative to each other around an axis of the memory main body, and the memory main body further including a protection member housing space portion housing and holding the connector protection member in a removal state.

Abstract: An engine for a personal watercraft uses an open-looped cooling system and comprises a cylinder block having a water jacket within which cooling water flows, and a piston that reciprocates within the cylinder block, and a dimension of the water jacket in a reciprocation direction of the piston is equal to or less than a half of a reciprocation distance of the piston.

Abstract: An oil cooler of an engine for small watercraft. The oil cooler typically includes a mounting portion configured to mount the oil cooler on an outer wall face of an engine of the small watercraft, an oil passage configured to allow oil to flow therethrough and lead to outside of the oil cooler at the mounting portion, and a coolant passage through which coolant for cooling the oil flows, wherein the oil cooler is capable of being disassembled such that an inside of at least the coolant passage is exposed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a buried insulating film formed in a substrate; a protective film formed on the buried insulating film covering corresponding diffusion regions of a P-type MISFET and a N-type MISFET, wherein the protective film is etch resistant to a hydrofluoric acid based solution; and a wiring layer formed on the protective film and being electrically connecting the diffusion regions of the P-type MISFET and the N-type MISFET.

Abstract: A small watercraft including an engine mounted in a body such that an axial direction of a crankshaft corresponds with a longitudinal direction of the body, an oil tank provided such that a longitudinal direction thereof corresponds with the axial direction of the crankshaft, a first communicating port and a second communicating port formed in the oil tank at least two positions spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, a gas-release chamber having a third communicating port and a fourth communicating port provided at two positions spaced apart from each other, and at least one fifth communicating port located to communicate with an ambient side, the gas-release chamber having a bottom face located higher than a liquid level of oil inside the oil tank, wherein the first communicating port communicates with the third communicating port and the second communicating port communicates with the fourth communicating port.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device disclosed herein, comprises: forming a buried insulating film in a semiconductor substrate; forming semiconductor elements isolated by the buried insulating film; cleaning a surface side of the semiconductor substrate with a cleaning solution; and covering a surface side of the buried insulating film with a protective film before the step of cleaning the surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein a protective film is resistant to the cleaning solution.

Abstract: There are provided a memory main body including a USB connector and a connector protection member protecting the USB connector and removed in a usage state, the memory main body including a first member provided at a side of the USB connector, and a second member provided at a side opposite thereto, the first member and the second member being connected with each other so as to rotate relative to each other around an axis of the memory main body, and the memory main body further including a protection member housing space portion housing and holding the connector protection member in a removal state.

Abstract: A small watercraft comprises an engine for propelling a body of the watercraft, an oil tank configured to reserve oil for lubricating the engine, an oil separator configured to separate the oil from a blow-by gas of the engine, and an oil return passage configured to return the separated oil to the oil tank, wherein a baffle member is provided in the vicinity of an opening portion at which the oil return passage opens in the oil tank so as to inhibit the oil from moving from a predetermined direction toward the opening portion of the oil return passage within the oil tank.