Abstract: A positive electrode active material that is unlikely to generate defects even when charging and discharging at a high voltage and/or at a high temperature is provided. A positive electrode active material in which crystal structures are unlikely to collapse even when charging and discharging are repeated is also provided. The positive electrode active material contains lithium, cobalt, oxygen, and an additive element. The positive electrode active material includes a surface portion, an inner portion. The positive electrode active material contains the additive element in the surface portion. The surface portion is a region extending from a surface of the positive electrode active material to a depth of 10 nm or less toward the inner portion, and the surface portion and the inner portion are topotaxy. A degree of diffusion of the additive element vary between crystal planes of the surface portion, and the additive element is at least one or two or more selected from nickel, aluminum, and magnesium.

Abstract: To provide an axial fan motor increasing the mounting area of a circuit board and further improving heat dissipation as compared with the axial fan motor in the related art. A fan device as an axial fan motor includes: a casing having a hollow tubular shape and provided with an intake opening at one end in an axial direction and an exhaust opening at another end in the axial direction; an impeller including a plurality of blades and accommodated in the casing; a motor accommodated in the casing and configured to rotate the impeller; and a plurality of circuit boards arranged along the axial direction at a side close to exhaust opening in the casing.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide: a resin-coated metallic plate which cannot undergo the occurrence of a retort brushing phenomenon (the formation of white spots) or the delamination of a film under retort sterilization treatment conditions; and others. [Solution] A resin-coated metallic plate having a resin layer (A) and a resin layer (B) is characterized in that the resin layer (A) contains 50 to 80 wt % of a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (I) and 20 to 50 wt % of a polybutylene terephthalate-based resin (II), wherein the resin layer (B) contains 50 to 80 wt % of a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (III) and 20 to 50 wt % of a polybutylene terephthalate-based resin (II), the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (I) has a melting point of 210 to 230° C. inclusive, the polybutylene terephthalate-based resin (II) has a melting point of 215 to 225° C. inclusive, and the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (III) has a melting point of higher than 230° C. and 205° C. or lower.

Abstract: Control calculation units of a back system in each actuator operate by a collaborative drive mode in which a torque is output to a motor drive unit by using an information transmitted and received mutually by a communication between the systems in common. Cooperative control calculation units in a reaction force actuator and a turning actuator can operate in cooperation with each other based on the information transmitted and received mutually by a communication between actuators. A communication between adjacent systems and a communication between adjacent actuators are restored, when a focus control calculation unit is restored, after the focus control calculation unit is stopped during operation and at least one of the communication between adjacent systems or the communication between adjacent actuators is interrupted.

Abstract: A memory system (100) includes a memory (2) including a plurality of pages (21) on each of which data can be arranged and a defragmenting device (4) that rearranges the data arranged on the plurality of pages (21). The memory (2) includes a plurality of tiles (22) each including one or more pages. Each of the plurality of tiles (22) is configured to be capable of transitioning among a plurality of states in which power consumption suppression rates are different. The plurality of states include a low power consumption state different from a power-off state. The defragmenting device (4) rearranges the data such that the tile (22) in which high access frequency data are collected and the tile (22) in which low access frequency data are collected are present.

Abstract: A transmission comprising: a primary pulley; a secondary pulley; a transmission member wound around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley; an oil pump configured to supply oil; a hydraulic control circuit configured to adjust a pressure of the oil supplied from the oil pump to a line pressure which is a source pressure of a primary pulley pressure supplied to the primary pulley and a secondary pulley pressure supplied to the secondary pulley; a line pressure detection unit configured to detect the line pressure; and a controller configured to control the hydraulic control circuit, wherein the controller is configured to select, as a target pulley pressure, a higher one of a target value of the primary pulley pressure and a target value of the secondary pulley pressure, variably set, according to an oil temperature, a target differential pressure including a detection variation of the line pressure detection unit that varies according to the oil temperature, set a target line pressure which is a target v

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a low-cost heat cycle system that can reduce power consumption; an in-wheel motor that is driven by using this heat cycle system; and a vehicle in which this heat cycle system is installed. This heat cycle system is provided with: a compressor; an accumulator; an electric drive unit comprising an electric motor; a refrigerant compressed by the compressor; and an indoor heat exchanger and an outdoor heat exchanger responsible for heat exchange of the refrigerant. The heat cycle system comprises a four-way valve that comprises a single circulation path for circulating the refrigerant and that can switch the connection destination of a refrigerant discharge section of the compressor to the indoor heat exchanger or the outdoor heat exchanger. A cooling unit of the electric drive unit is arranged upstream of the accumulator in the flow of the refrigerant.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a laminate having a first side surface and a second side surface, a first side covering portion covering the first side surface, and a second side covering portion covering the second side surface. The laminate includes first conductor layers, second conductor layers, dielectric layers and insulating layers laminated in the z direction. Each first conductor layer is connected to the first side covering portion and spaced apart from the second side covering portion. Each second conductor layer is connected to the second side covering portion and spaced apart from the first side covering portion. The insulating layers have a lower dielectric strength than the dielectric layers. Each dielectric layer is sandwiched between a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer. The insulating layers include one sandwiched between two first conductor layers and one sandwiched between two second conductor layers.

Abstract: A heat medium relay device includes a valve block provided in a third space, and including a plurality of valves to allow a secondary heat medium subjected to the heat exchange at a first heat exchanger and a secondary heat medium subjected to the heat exchange at a second heat exchanger to flow to at least one indoor unit, the valve block being lighter in weight than each of the first heat exchanger, a first pump, the second heat exchanger, and a second pump.

Abstract: A transparent substrate for a liquid crystal device includes an alignment layer that regulates an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules contained in a liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal device, and a base layer on which the alignment layer is formed. The transparent substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface is a surface of the alignment layer, and the second surface is a surface of the base layer. The coefficient of static friction between the first surface and the second surface is less than or equal to 1.3. The transparent substrate has a hardness of F or higher in a pencil harness test on the first surface or on a surface of the base layer opposite the second surface.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for detaching substrate components such as electronic components mounted on a substrate. The apparatus has a screw blade roller having a screw blade attached to a rotary shaft of the screw blade roller, wherein the apparatus causes the screw blade roller to come into contact with the electronic components mounted on the substrate and detaches the electronic components while the screw blade roller rotates. In the apparatus, two or more screw blades are arranged, and the winding direction of the screw blade(s) in one side of the screw blade roller is opposite to the winding direction of the screw blade(s) in the other side of the screw blade roller. Also, the screw blade roller is placed at a front side of the substrate where many components are typically mounted. A feed roller supporting a rear side of the substrate is placed at the rear side of the substrate.

Abstract: A tape reel according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a cylindrical reel hub that includes an outer periphery portion, a tape being wound on the reel hub. The reel hub is formed of a material in which a deformation amount when a load of 300 N is applied radially inward to an axial center of the outer periphery portion is 0.3 mm or less and a water absorption rate is 0.1% or less.

Abstract: A relay unit includes a housing having a lower portion having four side faces each having an outlet; a heat exchanger accommodated in the housing; and a drain pan located below the heat exchanger. At a front face of the lower portion of the housing, a removable sheet metal cover having the outlet is formed. The drain pan includes a plate having four side portions, a side wall portion extending upward from each of the four side portions, and a drain socket provided in the side wall portion located forward or rearward, and to which a drain hose is connected. The drain pan is freely inserted and removed in a front-rear direction in a state in which the sheet metal cover is removed from the housing, and the drain pan is freely reversed front to rear to be accommodated in the housing.

Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine, and a rotary electric machine using the same include a pair of first magnets arranged in a V shape, and a pair of second magnets, magnet holes are provided with a first magnetic vacancy facing a d-axis with the first magnet interposed therebetween, and a second magnetic vacancy facing the d-axis with the second magnet interposed therebetween, the distance from the d-axis to an end portion of the first magnetic vacancy is made larger than the distance from the d-axis to an end portion of the second magnet in an outermost diameter side when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the d-axis, the distance between the first magnetic vacancy and the second magnetic vacancy in an outermost diameter side is smaller than the distance between the second magnetic vacancies adjacent to each other in a plurality of magnetic poles, and the V-shape formed by the pair of first magnets has an inside angle with a magnitude which is larger than that of the inside angle formed by the pair o

Abstract: A control device (5) is a control device configured to control a plurality of operations that consumes environmentally generated power in at least one control mode of a plurality of control modes. The plurality of operations includes an operation A including writing of data (DAT) from a sensor (1), an operation B including recognition of the data (DAT) written by the operation A, and an operation C including transmission of the data (DATrecog) after the recognition by the operation B.

Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system, including a steering device including a dual-system steering motor including a main system and a sub system, wherein a power supply to the main system is conducted selectively by a main power source and a backup power source, and a power supply to the sub system is conducted by only the main power source, wherein, in a normal power-supply situation in which the power supply to the main system and to the sub system is conducted by the main power source, a controller controls the sub system to operate in accordance with the main system, and wherein, in a backup power-supply situation in which the power supply to the main system is conducted by the backup power source, the controller controls the main system not to operate or to operate while limiting the power supply to the main system and controls the sub system independently.

Abstract: A switch structure includes: first and second guided portions extending from a head at different positions relative to the head; first and second restriction portions provided in the housing and facing the first and second guided portions, respectively. During pressing of the head, the first guided portion moves while being guided by the first restriction portion, and the second guided portion moves while being guided by the second restriction portion, and a direction of movement of the first guided portion is restricted by the first restriction portion and is not parallel to a direction of movement of the second guided portion that is restricted by the second restriction portion.

Abstract: A device state recording system includes a ground system and an on-board system. The device state recording system records a state quantity of a device in the on-board system in response to an instruction from the ground system. The on-board system includes a state recording device provided in the device. A device-side parameter setter sets at least a parameter related to generation of a trigger condition for instructing start of recording of the state quantity of the device, and a parameter related to the state quantity of the device. A state record storage records therein a state quantity of a device that records the state quantity of the device based on the parameter related to generation of the trigger condition and the parameter related to the state quantity of the device.

Abstract: A paper sheet stacking device includes: a conveyance mechanism that conveys paper sheets; a stacking mechanism including a stacking space in which the paper sheets, which are conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, are stacked, a first space regulating member that moves in a thickness direction of the paper sheets in the stacking space, a support member that extends in the moving direction of the first space regulating member and supports one side of the paper sheets in the stacking space, and a second space regulating member that is provided to face the support member and moves in a direction toward and away from the support member; and a controller that controls the stacking mechanism. The controller controls a position of the second space regulating member in accordance with an outer dimension of the paper sheets that are conveyed into the stacking space by the conveyance mechanism.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first metal film forming an uppermost layer wiring that has a bonding pad. A concentration of impurities at a crystal grain boundary of the first metal film is higher than a concentration of impurities in crystal grains in the first metal film. The maximum grain size of crystal grains included in the first metal film is less than 5 ?m.