Abstract: To provide a grinder for realizing granularity stabilization while having easy maintenance. A grinder including a rotation body 2 exhibiting an almost conical shape and having a rotation axis, the rotation axis passing a top of the almost conical shape and crossing a bottom face at a right angle, and a grinding mechanism, the grinding mechanism having a configuration for grinding an object to be ground by a stator body 3 exhibiting an almost cylinder shape and an inner face disposed opposite to a lateral face part of the rotation part 2 is provided, characterized in that a lateral face of the rotation body 2 and a surface of the inner face of the stator body 3 comprise concave/convex blades 20, the concave/convex blades 20 are formed as multi-stages along to a rotation axis direction, and the concave/convex blades of each stage are each separated along the rotational axis direction.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition, in particular, a compound suitable for preventing and/or treating inflammatory diseases and/or neurodegenerative disease. The present inventors have conducted intensive studies to find a compound having an inhibitory effect on NLRP3 inflammasome activation and found that an annulated pyridazine compound has an inhibitory effect on NLRP3 inflammasome activation, thus completing the present invention. The annulated pyridazine compound of the present invention is expected to serve as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for inflammatory diseases and/or neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: A propulsion control device includes: a first wire connectable to a power line supplied with direct-current power or a ground line connected to a reference potential; a second wire connectable to the power line or the ground line; and a brake chopper circuit in which a first switching element to which a first diode is connected in parallel and a second switching element to which a second diode is connected in parallel are connected in series, and in the brake chopper circuit, one end of the first switching element is connected to the first wire, another end of the first switching element is connected to one end of the second switching element at a connection point, another end of the second switching element is connected to the second wire, and the connection point is connected to the first wire or the second wire via a brake resistor.

Abstract: An electric vehicle control device includes an idling-sliding control unit that provides control to reduce or prevent idling and sliding that may occur on a wheel of an electric vehicle. The idling-sliding control unit includes an idling-sliding detection unit for detecting idling or sliding that has occurred on the electric vehicle, and a torque command value generation unit that generates a torque command value used for reducing or preventing idling or sliding, based on output of the idling-sliding detection unit. When a prediction signal representing an anticipated occurrence of idling or sliding is inputted, the torque command value generation unit performs narrowing of the torque command value regardless of whether or not the idling-sliding control unit is performing idling-sliding control.

Abstract: A propulsion control device includes: a first wire connectable to a power line supplied with direct-current power or a ground line connected to a reference potential; a second wire connectable to the power line or the ground line; and a brake chopper circuit in which a first switching element to which a first diode is connected in parallel and a second switching element to which a second diode is connected in parallel are connected in series, and in the brake chopper circuit, one end of the first switching element is connected to the first wire, another end of the first switching element is connected to one end of the second switching element at a connection point, another end of the second switching element is connected to the second wire, and the connection point is connected to the first wire or the second wire via a brake resistor.

Abstract: An electric vehicle control device includes an idling-sliding control unit that provides control to reduce or prevent idling and sliding that may occur on a wheel of an electric vehicle. The idling-sliding control unit includes an idling-sliding detection unit for detecting idling or sliding that has occurred on the electric vehicle, and a torque command value generation unit that generates a torque command value used for reducing or preventing idling or sliding, based on output of the idling-sliding detection unit. When a prediction signal representing an anticipated occurrence of idling or sliding is inputted, the torque command value generation unit performs narrowing of the torque command value regardless of whether or not the idling-sliding control unit is performing idling-sliding control.

Abstract: A gas purification catalyst device comprises: a substrate; and one or more catalyst layers on the substrate. Among the one or more catalyst layers, at least one catalyst layer contains both Cu-CHA-type zeolite particles and iron-supporting metal oxide particles in which iron is supported on metal oxide particles.

Abstract: A car control device includes a driving force calculating unit that calculates driving force necessary for a train to travel; an operating number calculating unit that determines the number of M cars to be operated on the basis of the driving force; and a driving force command calculating unit that calculates driving force commands to be given to the M cars that operate depending on the number of M cars to be operated, wherein the driving force command calculating unit continuously changes the driving force commands when the number of M cars to be operated changes.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst device including a substrate and an SCR catalyst layer on the substrate, the substrate containing catalyst precious metal particles directly supported on the substrate, the catalyst precious metal particles containing Pt, and the catalyst precious metal particles having an average particle diameter of 30 to 120 nm inclusive.

Abstract: An ammonia oxidation catalyst device, including a substrate, a first catalyst coat layer and a second catalyst coat layer, wherein: the first catalyst coat layer includes inorganic oxide particles and a catalytic noble metal supported on the inorganic oxide particles; the second catalyst coat layer includes an NOx selective reduction catalyst and a proton zeolite H-Zeolite; the first catalyst coat layer is present on the substrate; and the second catalyst coat layer is present on the first catalyst coat layer.

Abstract: A control unit is configured to generate a first switching signal based on a voltage command value and a first carrier and a second switching signal based on the voltage command value and a second different carrier, and a characteristic calculation unit estimates and calculates at least one of a resistance value of an electric motor and a dead time error, which is the difference between an effective value of a dead time and a set value of the dead time, based on a first operating characteristic of a power conversion unit obtained when switching elements are driven with the first switching signal and a second operating characteristic of the power conversion unit obtained when the switching elements are driven with the second switching signal. The resistance value of the electric motor and the dead time error can be quickly calculated and estimated by a common structure.

Abstract: An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst of the present invention comprising a substrate, a first catalyst layer comprising a first supported catalyst, a second supported catalyst, palladium, and a first nitrogen oxide storage material, and a second catalyst layer comprising a third supported catalyst having an alloying rate of platinum and palladium of 40% or more and a second nitrogen oxide storage material, wherein a mass of the second supported catalyst is greater than a mass of the first supported catalyst and greater than a mass of the third supported catalyst.

Abstract: An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst of the present invention comprising a substrate, a first catalyst layer comprising a first supported catalyst, a second supported catalyst, palladium, and a first nitrogen oxide storage material, and a second catalyst layer comprising a third supported catalyst having an alloying rate of platinum and palladium of 40% or more and a second nitrogen oxide storage material, wherein a mass of the second supported catalyst is greater than a mass of the first supported catalyst and greater than a mass of the third supported catalyst.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst is provided for which a purification performance is excellent and particle growth of a catalyst metal is suppressed. The exhaust gas purification catalyst is provided with a substrate and a catalyst layer formed on the substrate. The catalyst layer contains a catalyst metal that functions as an oxidation and/or reduction catalyst and contains a support that supports the catalyst metal. The support is constituted of a porous ceramic that, in its volumetric pore diameter distribution measured based on a nitrogen gas adsorption method, has a pore diameter P10 corresponding to a cumulative 10% from a small pore side and a pore diameter P90 corresponding to a cumulative 90% from the small pore side that are both in a range from 5 to 50 nm.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve housing having an injection hole and a valve seat surface tapering toward a downstream side, a valve component that is accommodated in the valve housing and is coaxially separated from or seated on the valve seat surface, and an elastic component biasing the valve component toward the valve seat surface. The valve component includes an inner convex surface curved in a partial spherical shape with a predetermined curvature radius, and an outer convex surface that is provided continuously to the outer peripheral side of the inner convex surface and curved in a partial spherical shape having a smaller curvature radius than the inner convex surface. A boundary portion between the inner convex surface and the outer convex surface protrudes toward the valve seat surface so as to be able to be separated from or seated on the valve seat surface.

Abstract: An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst of the present invention comprising a substrate, a first catalyst layer comprising a first supported catalyst, a second supported catalyst, palladium, and a first nitrogen oxide storage material, and a second catalyst layer comprising a third supported catalyst having an alloying rate of platinum and palladium of 40% or more and a second nitrogen oxide storage material, wherein a mass of the second supported catalyst is greater than a mass of the first supported catalyst and greater than a mass of the third supported catalyst.

Abstract: An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst of the present invention comprising a substrate, a first catalyst layer comprising a first supported catalyst, a second supported catalyst, palladium, and a first nitrogen oxide storage material, and a second catalyst layer comprising a third supported catalyst having an alloying rate of platinum and palladium of 40% or more and a second nitrogen oxide storage material, wherein a mass of the second supported catalyst is greater than a mass of the first supported catalyst and greater than a mass of the third supported catalyst.

Abstract: A ground device includes a control unit, a storage unit, and a ground transmitting and receiving unit. A ground antenna is connected to the ground transmitting and receiving unit. Train information from an on-board device is received by the ground transmitting and receiving unit via the ground antenna, and is then transmitted to the control unit. Meanwhile, information from the control unit is transmitted to the on-board device via the ground transmitting and receiving unit and the on-board antenna. The control unit accumulates the train information on a train in the storage unit, and also transmits, to the on-board device, command information for a device installed in the train.

Abstract: A car control device includes a driving force calculating unit that calculates driving force necessary for a train to travel; an operating number calculating unit that determines the number of M cars to be operated on the basis of the driving force; and a driving force command calculating unit that calculates driving force commands to be given to the M cars that operate depending on the number of M cars to be operated, wherein the driving force command calculating unit continuously changes the driving force commands when the number of M cars to be operated changes.

Abstract: A power converter includes a control unit that generates a modulated wave synchronized with an output voltage command and a carrier wave having a frequency higher than a frequency of the modulated wave, the control unit controlling the power converter by comparing the modulated wave and the carrier wave to output a switching signal for driving a switching element. When a modulation factor in converting DC power into AC power is equal to or higher than a mode switching modulation factor and is lower than ?/4, the power converter converts the DC power into the AC power in an over-modulation mode, in which switching of the switching element is stopped for a period longer than one cycle of the carrier wave, in a first period in which an output voltage command is positive and timing of a positive peak value of the output voltage command is included.