Abstract: A method of manufacturing a structure is provided in which a burr portion can be more reliably cut. In a burr portion shaping step, the burr portion is sucked to an engaging portion by a suction part to shape the burr portion along the engaging portion, and in a cutting step, ae movable portion is moved relative to first and second split molds with the burr portion being shaped along the engaging portion, thereby the burr portion is cut from a molded main body along a cutting line.

Abstract: A turbo-type fluid machine includes a shaft configured to be rotationally driven, a compression mechanism having an impeller, and a coupling portion coupling an end portion of the shaft and the impeller with each other. The coupling portion is provided with a balance adjustment mechanism.

Abstract: An epoxy resin, comprising an epoxy compound having two or more mesogenic structures, and having a loss tangent of 1 or more at 35° C. before curing.

Abstract: A coil component includes a drum core including a winding core portion extending in a first direction and a pair of flange portions provided at both ends of the winding core portion. At least one flange of the pair of flange portions has at least one step or gradient portion. A terminal electrode is provided on the step or gradient portion, and a wire is wound around the winding core portion with an end bonded to the terminal electrode. The terminal electrode includes plural metal layers, an outermost layer of which is an Sn film having a flattened mounting surface. The flattened mounting surface overlaps the step or gradient portion when seen in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A direct-current bus power supply as a power supply device supplies power to a load capable of switching a state between a driving state in which driving is performed by receiving power supply and a standby state in which driving is stopped while receiving power supply. The power supply device includes: a diode bridge circuit and capacitors as a rectifier circuit that enables an alternating-current voltage to be rectified by respective rectification systems of full-wave rectification and voltage doubler rectification; and a switching unit that perform switching between the full-wave rectification and the voltage doubler rectification on the basis of a voltage value of the alternating-current voltage and the state of the load.

Abstract: A direct-current bus power supply as a power supply device supplies power to a load capable of switching a state between a driving state in which driving is performed by receiving power supply and a standby state in which driving is stopped while receiving power supply. The power supply device includes: a diode bridge circuit and capacitors as a rectifier circuit that enables an alternating-current voltage to be rectified by respective rectification systems of full-wave rectification and voltage doubler rectification; and a switching unit that perform switching between the full-wave rectification and the voltage doubler rectification on the basis of a voltage value of the alternating-current voltage and the state of the load.

Abstract: In a fuel supply device including a regulator and float-type level sensor, a fitting tube is formed integrally with an upper housing, a fuel pump being retained between the upper and lower housings. An outer periphery of a base part of the regulator is fitted into the tube. A regulator retaining member is formed as a separate member from the upper housing and retains the regulator in cooperation with the tube. The tube and the retaining member are joined via a snap-fit join part provided on fitting parts therebetween. The snap-fit join part is formed by engaging a projecting portion or a recess part, formed on an elastic piece provided on one of the fitting parts between the retaining member and the tube, with the recess part or the projecting portion formed on the other fitting part. A sensor support arm is molded as a unit with the retaining member.

Abstract: A mat mounting structure for mounting a mat on a seat back frame in a seat back may have a guide wire attachable to the mat configured to receive a force from a back of an occupant on the seat back. The guide wire may have a straight part extending linearly in a longitudinal direction of the seat back frame on a head side or a root side of the seat back frame. A bushing including a penetration hole in which the straight part is insertable in the longitudinal direction may be included in the structure. An attachment hole part in the seat back frame may also be part of the structure. The bushing may be detachably engageable with and attachable to the attachment hole part.

Abstract: In a fuel supply device including a regulator and float-type level sensor, a fitting tube is formed integrally with an upper housing, a fuel pump being retained between the upper and lower housings. An outer periphery of a base part of the regulator is fitted into the tube. A regulator retaining member is formed as a separate member from the upper housing and retains the regulator in cooperation with the tube. The tube and the retaining member are joined via a snap-fit join part provided on fitting parts therebetween. The snap-fit join part is formed by engaging a projecting portion or a recess part, formed on an elastic piece provided on one of the fitting parts between the retaining member and the tube, with the recess part or the projecting portion formed on the other fitting part. A sensor support arm is molded as a unit with the retaining member.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes an internal support member for supporting a seat occupant. The internal support member includes a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within a seat cushion frame, a pair of inclined portions extending laterally from a part of either lateral side of the main body with an upward slant, and front and rear mounting portions engaged by front and rear cross members of the seat cushion frame. A pressure sensor is mounted on a part of an upper surface of the internal support member located ahead of the inclined portions. The main body of the internal support member is provided with a pair of openings located on either side of the pressure sensor, and a connecting portion connecting the pressure sensor with a part of the front mounting portion. The pressure sensor and the openings are spaced from the front edge of the main body.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a frame provided in at least one of a seat cushion and a seat back; an internal support member for supporting an occupant, the internal support member including a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within the frame and extending substantially in parallel with the frame, and a pair of inclined portions extending laterally outward from at least a part of either lateral side of the main body with a slant away from the frame; a pad placed on a front side of the frame and the internal support member; a skin member covering the pad; and a clip securing another member to one of the inclined portions. The one inclined portion is formed with a tubular portion projecting from a back side thereof orthogonally to the main body, the tubular portion internally defining a mounting hole receiving the clip therein.

Abstract: A management system includes a first management device (110) and a second management device (120). The first management device (110) includes a first updater (111) that updates first secret information that is managed in association with a first identifier; a first extractor (112) that extracts a first old fragment and a first new fragment, the first old fragment being included in the first secret information prior to an update but not included in the first secret information subsequent to the update, the first new fragment being not included in the first secret information prior to the update but included in the first secret information subsequent to the update; and a first sender (113) that sends a first notice that specifies the first identifier, the first old fragment, and the first new fragment to the second management device (120).

Abstract: A charged particle beam irradiation apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an optical column; a stage; a mount supporting the stage; a chamber provided on the mount and supporting the optical column; a detector configured to detect movement of the stage; actuator units each including a curved plate, a piezoelectric element, and a connector connected configured to transmit a first force generated by a change of the curvature of the curved plate to the mount; and an actuator control circuit configured to control the voltage applied to the piezoelectric element of each of the actuator units based on movement information, so that the first force is transmitted from the actuator units to the mount against a second force acting on the mount due to the movement of the stage.

Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes: a transmission power amplifier that includes first and second amplification transistors that are cascade connected to each other; and a mounting substrate that has first and second main surface that face each other, the transmission power amplifier being mounted on the first main surface. The first amplification transistor is arranged in a final stage and has a first emitter terminal. The second amplification transistor is arranged in a stage preceding the first amplification transistor and has a second emitter terminal. The mounting substrate has first to fourth ground electrode layers in order of proximity to the first main surface. The first emitter terminal and the second emitter terminal are not electrically connected to each other via an electrode on the first main surface and are not electrically connected to each other via the first ground electrode layer.

Abstract: A high frequency module includes a transmission power amplifier, a bump electrode connected to a principal surface of the transmission power amplifier and having an elongated shape in a plan view of the principal surface, and a mounting board on which the transmission power amplifier is mounted, wherein the mounting board includes a via conductor having an elongated shape in the plan view, the length direction of the bump electrode and the length direction of the via conductor are aligned in the plan view, and the bump electrode and the via conductor are connected in an overlapping area where the bump electrode and the via conductor overlap at least partially in the plan view, and the overlapping area is an area elongated in the length direction.

Abstract: To secure both flexibility and rigidity of a pressure-receiving member, a pressure-receiving member capable of moving rearward in a state of receiving a load from a back of an occupant is included in a seat back of a conveyance seat for supporting the back of the occupant. The pressure-receiving member has a load-receiving portion which receives the load from the back of the occupant at a front face, and the load-receiving portion includes a load-receiving portion piece formed so that a length in a vertical direction of the seat back is shorter than a length in a seat width direction, and a rear reinforcement rib protruding along a thickness direction of the load-receiving portion from the load-receiving portion piece and extending along the seat width direction.

Abstract: A contact via structure vertically extending through an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers is provided in a staircase region having stepped surfaces. The contact via structure is electrically isolated from each electrically conductive layer of the alternating stack except for an electrically conductive layer that directly underlies a horizontal interface of the stepped surfaces. A laterally-protruding portion of the contact via structure contacts an annular top surface of the electrically conductive layer. The electrical isolation can be provided by a ribbed insulating spacer that includes laterally-protruding annular rib regions at levels of the insulating layers, or can be provided by annular insulating spacers located at levels of the electrically conductive layers. The contact via structure can contact a top surface of an underlying metal interconnect structure that overlies a substrate to provide an electrically conductive path.

Abstract: A hand dryer includes: nozzles each provided on a wall of a hand insertion portion, transforming a high-pressure airflow from an air blower into a high-speed airflow, and blowing the high-speed airflow into the hand insertion portion. The hand dryer includes: a hand sensor including a plurality of electrode pairs and detecting a hand inserted into the hand insertion portion from a change in capacitance between two electrodes included in the plurality of electrode pairs, each of the plurality of electrode pairs consisting of a first electrode and a second electrode having different polarities to each other; and a controller that drives the air blower on the basis of a combination of the two electrodes with which a hand has been detected by the hand sensor.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a frame provided in at least one of a seat cushion and a seat back; an internal support member for supporting an occupant, the internal support member including a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within the frame and extending substantially in parallel with the frame, and a pair of inclined portions extending laterally outward from at least a part of either lateral side of the main body with a slant away from the frame; a pad placed on a front side of the frame and the internal support member; a skin member covering the pad; and a clip securing another member to one of the inclined portions. The one inclined portion is formed with a tubular portion projecting from a back side thereof orthogonally to the main body, the tubular portion internally defining a mounting hole receiving the clip therein.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes an internal support member for supporting a seat occupant. The internal support member includes a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within a seat cushion frame, a pair of inclined portions extending laterally from a part of either lateral side of the main body with an upward slant, and front and rear mounting portions engaged by front and rear cross members of the seat cushion frame. A pressure sensor is mounted on a part of an upper surface of the internal support member located ahead of the inclined portions. The main body of the internal support member is provided with a pair of openings located on either side of the pressure sensor, and a connecting portion connecting the pressure sensor with a part of the front mounting portion. The pressure sensor and the openings are spaced from the front edge of the main body.