Abstract: A protection element includes: an insulating substrate; a fuse element provided on the insulating substrate; a heating element to blow the fuse element; a heating element power supply electrode; a first extraction electrode leading from the heating element power supply electrode and connected to a first end of the heating element; an intermediate electrode connected to the fuse element; a heating element connecting electrode connecting the heating element and the intermediate electrode; a second extraction electrode leading from the heating element connection electrode and connected to a second end of the heating element; and an insulating layer that covers the heating element, the first extraction electrode, and the second extraction electrode, and on which the intermediate electrode is laminated. The intermediate electrode does not overlap with the first extraction electrode and overlaps with the second extraction electrode with the insulating layer interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A terminal includes a substrate made of metal, an electrode portion that is formed of the same material as the substrate and functions as an electrode, and an insulating resin that is provided between the substrate and the electrode portion so as to surround the electrode portion and insulates the substrate and the electrode portion from each other.

Abstract: A film-forming powder containing a rare earth oxyfluoride has an average particle size D50 of 0.6-15 ?m, a total volume of 10 ?m pores of 0.51-1.5 cm3/g as measured by mercury porosimetry, and a BET surface area of 3-50 m2/g is suitable for forming a dense film in high yields or deposition rates and high productivity. The film-forming powder having a greater pore volume can be prepared by forming a rare earth ammonium fluoride complex salt on surfaces of rare earth oxide particles to provide precursor particles, and heat treating the precursor particles at a temperature of 350 to 700° C.

Abstract: This thermal spray material including composite particles containing an yttrium oxide and an ammonium yttrium fluoride complex salt is used to form a thermal spray film comprising yttrium oxyfluoride formed by thermal-spraying in the air. When the thermal spray film is formed through thermal-spraying in the air by using the thermal spray material of the present invention, the loss of fluorine from the thermal spraying material during thermal-spraying is reduced, and a thermal spray film containing yttrium oxyfluoride can be formed by controlling a composition, so that a thermal spray film having a desired composition, particularly a desired F/Y, can be easily formed.

Abstract: A film-forming powder containing a rare earth oxyfluoride has an average particle size D50 of 0.6-15 ?m, a total volume of ?10 ?m pores of 0.51-1.5 cm3/g as measured by mercury porosimetry, and a BET surface area of 3-50 m2/g is suitable for forming a dense film in high yields or deposition rates and high productivity. The film-forming powder having a greater pore volume can be prepared by forming a rare earth ammonium fluoride complex salt on surfaces of rare earth oxide particles to provide precursor particles, and heat treating the precursor particles at a temperature of 350 to 700° C.

Abstract: Provided are a protecting device capable of safely and quickly interrupting a current path by restricting heat absorption to a lower case, and a battery pack using the same. A protecting device includes: a meltable conductor 3; and a housing 6 including a lower case 4 and an upper case 5, the housing being formed by joining the lower case 4 and the upper case 5, and the lower case 4 is provided with a recessed portion 23 having support portions 21 provided at opposing side edges of the recessed portion 23 and hollow portions 22 provided on the side edges substantially orthogonal to the side edges of the recessed portion 23 on which the support portions 21 are provided.

Abstract: A ranging device includes a light emitting circuit configured to emit light and a splitter configured to split the light into multiple beams. The ranging device includes a scanning circuit configured to perform scanning in two axial directions while aiming the multiple beams toward an emission area. The ranging device includes multiple light receiving circuits configured to respectively receive beams obtained from the multiple beams that are reflected or scattered by an object existing in the emission area, the light receiving circuits being configured to respectively output light reception signals. The ranging device includes a distance-information outputting circuit configured to output distance information about the object, the distance information being obtained based on each of the light reception signals that is output from a corresponding light receiving circuit among the multiple light receiving circuits.

Abstract: A light scanning apparatus includes a light source configured to intermittently emit light based on an irradiation timing signal; a mirror configured to reflect the light emitted by the light source; an actuator configured to cause the mirror to be deflected based on drive signals; a sensor configured to output a signal according to deflection of the mirror; an irradiation timing adjusting-unit configured to adjust the irradiation timing signal based on the output signal of the sensor; and an irradiation timing storage configured to store the adjusted irradiation timing signal.

Abstract: Provided is a protecting device that can prevent damage of the device by releasing the pressure inside the housing by providing openings in the housing and can secure appropriate insulation. The protecting device includes: a meltable conductor 3; first and second external connection terminals 7, 8 connected to both ends of the meltable conductor 3; and a housing 6 having a lower case 4 and an upper case 5, wherein one end of the first external connection terminal 7 and one end of the second external connection terminal 8 are led out from the housing 6, and the housing is provided with a first opening 24 formed facing a front surface of the first external connection terminal 7 and a second opening 25 formed facing a front surface of the second external connection terminal 8.

Abstract: A light scanning device includes a light emitter configured to emit light; an optical scanner configured to cause the light to scan; a light receiver configured to receive returning light as scanning light from the optical scanner being reflected or scattered on an object; and an optical scanning controller including processing circuitry configured to control the optical scanner. The optical scanner includes a rotating polyhedron configured to include a plurality of reflective surfaces, to cause the light to scan around a first axis by reflecting the light on a reflective surface while rotating around the first axis; a supporter configured to support the rotating polyhedron; and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the supporter around a second axis that crosses the first axis, to cause the light reflected on the reflective surface to scan around the second axis.

Abstract: To provide a protecting device and a battery pack using the same, which are less likely to cause a spark even when a high voltage is applied and can safely and quickly interrupt the current path.

Abstract: A microparticle trapping device includes: a fluid channel configured to be injected with a fluid including a microparticle; first and second electrodes configured to generate an electric field in the fluid channel; and an electrical insulator formed with at least one opening between the first and second electrodes in the fluid channel. The electrical insulator is disposed between the first and second electrodes so that an inhomogeneous electric field is made through the at least one opening between the first and second electrodes in the fluid channel, and the still other aspect is configured to trap the microparticle through dielectrophoresis.

Abstract: This method for acquiring weld pass information pertaining to execution conditions for a weld pass for welding two workpieces, which are to be welded by the welding robot, includes: a step in which a weld pass for welding the two workpieces is extracted from 3D CAD data; a step in which a wall determination model having a predetermined 3D shape is prepared; a step in which the wall determination model is positioned in the direction extending towards the outside of the weld pass, the end of welding which is the starting point or ending point of the weld pass serving as a reference; and a step in which, for the positioned wall determination model, a determination is made as to whether there is interference from a wall surface demarcated by another member different from the two workpieces.

Abstract: A method for selecting cells highly responsive to a target substance according to the present invention comprises step of: (1a) bringing a sample containing a target substance into contact with a plurality of cells, wherein the cells are cells having a receptor for the target substance and a fluorescent indicator, and the fluorescent indicator emits fluorescence as a result of binding between the target substance and the receptor; (1b) calculating a fluorescence intensity increase rate for each of the cells; and (1c) selecting arbitrary cells exhibiting a fluorescence intensity increase rate within the top 50% among the plurality of cells. According to the present invention, it is possible to detect the target substance in the sample with high sensitivity.

Abstract: In a liquid supply device, the pump unit has a discharge port for discharging a fluid. The connecting portion is connected to the discharge port. The first and second pipe portions and branch off from the connecting portion. The first introduction unit is connected to the first pipe portion and introduces a first liquid into the first flow channel at a flow rate corresponding to a flow rate of the fluid flowing through the first pipe portion. The second introduction unit is connected to the second pipe portion and introduces a second liquid into the first flow channel at a flow rate corresponding to a flow rate of the fluid flowing through the second pipe portion. The stopping portion stops the flow of the fluid in the second pipe portion.

Abstract: Provided are a protecting device and a battery pack capable of preventing floating of a blowout member, preventing deformation of a meltable conductor, and maintaining predetermined current capacity and blowout properties. The protecting device 1 includes: a meltable conductor 2; and a blowout member 4 connected to one surface of the meltable conductor 2, wherein the blowout member 4 includes: an insulating substrate 3; and a deformation suppressing electrode 5 formed on a front surface 3a connected to the meltable conductor 2 of the insulating substrate 3 and connected to the meltable conductor 2 to suppress deformation of the meltable conductor 2.

Abstract: A cell adhesion composition according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: an amphiphilic compound; and a conjugate of a DNA and a hydrophilic molecule, wherein the amphiphilic compound has a hydrophobic group that can non-covalently bond to a cell membrane, and a hydrophilic group, and wherein a weight-average molecular weight of the hydrophilic molecule of the conjugate is larger than a weight-average molecular weight of a hydrophilic molecule from which the hydrophilic group of the amphiphilic compound derives. According to such a cell adhesion composition, it is possible to impart a cell adhesion ability to a base material at an arbitrary timing by using light having an arbitrary wavelength.

Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes a light irradiation device configured to irradiate a laser beam, an optical scan device configured to deflect the laser beam to make an optical scan, and project an image on a display region, an optical sensor arranged outside the display region, and including a first light receiving region and a second light receiving region that are arranged at different positions along a vertical scanning direction of the optical scan, and a deflection angle controller. The deflection angle controller corrects a deflection angle in the vertical scanning direction of the optical scan device, based on a number of times the laser beam is detected by the first light receiving region and a number of times the laser beam is detected by the second light receiving region.

Abstract: A light scanning apparatus includes a light source configured to output laser light, and a mirror configured to reflect the laser light from the light source. The light scanning apparatus includes a mirror driving unit configured to resonantly drive the mirror in a first direction and non-resonantly drive the mirror in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction. The light scanning apparatus includes a first sensor configured to output a signal in accordance with a first deflection angle at which the mirror is oriented with respect to the first direction. The light scanning apparatus includes a second sensor configured to output a signal in accordance with a second deflection angle at which the mirror is oriented with respect to the second direction.

Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus that oscillates a mirror in at least one direction, includes a mirror driving circuit including a digital-to-analog converter and an amplifier and generating a pair of driving signals for driving the mirror based on digital driving waveform data, a reference waveform data generator generating a reference waveform data, and an offset setting circuit setting an offset value of the reference waveform data, based on a dead band of the amplifier and a periodic integral non-linearity error of the digital-to-analog converter, to generate the driving waveform data.