Abstract: A motor includes a rotor to rotate about a motor axis, and a stator radially outside of the rotor. The rotor includes a shaft extending along the motor axis, a rotor core surrounding the shaft from radially outside, a plate-shaped end plate at an axial end portion of the rotor core, and a cover portion at the axial end portion of the rotor core with the end plate intervening between the cover portion and the rotor core. The end plate includes a plate through hole extending in an axial direction, a first recessed portion extending radially inward from the plate through hole, and a second recessed portion extending radially outward from the plate through hole. The first recessed portion opens radially inward in the end plate. The first recessed portion includes an axially-facing opening covered with the rotor core. The second recessed portion includes an axially-facing opening including a covered portion covered with the cover portion, and an open portion not covered with the cover portion.

Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor and a stator, a gear connected to the rotor, a housing including a housing space to house the motor and the gear, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing space, and an oil passage to lead the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing space to be fed to the motor. The housing space includes a motor chamber to house the motor; and a gear chamber to house the gear. The housing includes a partition to divide the motor chamber and the gear chamber. A bottom portion of the motor chamber is higher than a bottom portion of the gear chamber. A portion of the oil fed to the motor is in a vertically lower region of the motor chamber. A vertically lower region of the partition includes a partition opening to bring the gear chamber and the motor chamber into communication with each other.

Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor to rotate about a motor axis extending in a horizontal direction, a differential connected to the motor, a housing including a housing space to house the motor and the differential, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing space, and an oil passage to feed the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing space to the motor. A pump is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the housing and is located in a channel of the oil passage. The pump is on an opposite side of the motor axis with respect to the differential when viewed in an axial direction of the motor axis.

Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor to rotate about a motor axis extending in a horizontal direction, and a stator radially outside of the rotor, a housing including a housing space to house the motor, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing space, and an oil passage to feed the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing space to the motor. A channel of the oil passage includes a main reservoir and an auxiliary reservoir to store the oil. Each of the main reservoir and the auxiliary reservoir includes an outflow port to feed the oil to the motor. The main reservoir is located on an upstream side of the auxiliary reservoir in the oil passage. The auxiliary reservoir is structured to receive a portion of the oil overflowing from the main reservoir.

Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor, a housing including a housing space to house the motor, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing space, and an oil passage to lead the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing space through the motor to the vertically lower region of the housing space. The oil passage includes a first oil passage extending through an inside of the motor, and a second oil passage extending through an outside of the motor. One of the first oil passage and the second oil passage is includes a cooler to cool the oil therein.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor to rotate about a motor axis, and a stator radially outside of the rotor. The rotor includes a shaft extending along the motor axis, and a rotor core surrounding the shaft from radially outside. The shaft includes a hollow portion including an inner circumferential surface extending along an axial direction, and a communicating hole extending in a radial direction to bring a space outside of the shaft and the hollow portion into communication with each other, the hollow portion being structured to allow oil to be fed thereinto. The inner circumferential surface of the hollow portion includes a recessed groove extending along a circumferential direction. The communicating hole opens into the hollow portion at the recessed groove.

Abstract: A drive apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle includes a motor body including a rotor to rotate about a central axis extending in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a direction of travel of the vehicle, and a stator radially outside of the rotor, a housing including a housing portion to house the motor body, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing portion, and a pump to move the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing portion to feed the oil to the motor body. A liquid surface of the oil in the vertically lower region of the housing portion approaches the central axis to bring the oil into contact with the rotor as a result of the vehicle being inclined forward or rearward in the direction of travel.

Abstract: A damper device includes a first rotary element, a second rotary element, and a third rotary element being each rotatable about a rotary center, a first elastic member elastically expanding and contracting in response to a relative rotation of the first rotary element and the second rotary element, a first stopper being provided at the first rotary element and the second rotary element, the first stopper restricting the relative rotation of the first rotary element and the second rotary element by a contact thereof, a second elastic member elastically expanding and contracting in response to a relative rotation of the second rotary element and the third rotary element, and a second stopper being provided at the first rotary element and the third rotary element, the second stopper restricting the relative rotation of the first rotary element and the third rotary element by a contact thereof.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an optical transmission element comprising: a fiber including a core made of a first glass and a cladding made of a second glass and covering an outer periphery of the core; and a covering layer covering an outer periphery of the cladding and including a plurality of nonionic surfactant molecules wherein each of the nonionic surfactant molecules is hydrogen-bonded to the cladding.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inducing the differentiation of corneal epithelial cells from pluripotent stem cells. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for autonomously differentiating pluripotent stem cells, such as human iPS cells, into ectodermal cell lineage in a serum-free medium without using feeder cells and inducing the differentiation of the resultant ocular surface ectodermal lineage cells into corneal epithelial cells.

Abstract: An optical transmission element according to an embodiment comprises a fiber and a covering layer. The fiber includes a core made of glass and a cladding made of glass covering an outer periphery of the core. The covering layer covers an outer periphery of the cladding and includes a plurality of alkyl groups which are not fluorine-substituted wherein each of the alkyl groups is bonded to the cladding via a siloxane bond and wherein the alkyl groups are represented by CH3(CH2)n— wherein m is an integer of 7 or more.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an optical transmission element comprising: a fiber including a core made of a first glass and a cladding made of a second glass and covering an outer periphery of the core; and a covering layer covering an outer periphery of the cladding and including a plurality of nonionic surfactant molecules wherein each of the nonionic surfactant molecules is hydrogen-bonded to the cladding.

Abstract: The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body that has excellent adhesiveness upon heat pressing and thermal decomposability and, especially when used as a binder for a ceramic green sheet, provides a ceramic green sheet having sufficient mechanical strength and flexibility. The present invention also provides a paste for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body, a ceramic green sheet, and a ceramic laminate individually manufactured using the binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body. The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body containing a graft copolymer having a unit including polyvinyl butyral and a unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound, the polyvinyl butyral having a polymerization degree of 800 to 5000, a hydroxy group content of 20 to 40 mol %, and a butyralization degree of 60 to 80 mol %, the unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound having a glass transition temperature of 0 to 110° C.

Abstract: An optical transmission element according to an embodiment comprises a fiber and a covering layer. The fiber includes a core made of glass and a cladding made of glass covering an outer periphery of the core. The covering layer covers an outer periphery of the cladding and includes a plurality of alkyl groups which are not fluorine-substituted wherein each of the alkyl groups is bonded to the cladding via a siloxane bond and wherein the alkyl groups are represented by CH3(CH2)n— wherein m is an integer of 7 or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin layer-attached supporting substrate and particularly relates to a resin layer-attached supporting substrate which includes a layer of a polyimide resin produced using a predetermined method. Further, the present invention relates to a method for producing the resin layer-attached supporting substrate, a glass laminate which includes the resin layer-attached supporting substrate and a method for producing the same, and a method for producing an electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible substrate and particularly relates to a flexible substrate which includes a resin layer of a polyimide resin produced using a predetermined method. Further, the present invention relates to a method for producing the flexible substrate, a glass laminate which includes the flexible substrate and a method for producing the same, and a method for producing an electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body that has excellent adhesiveness upon heat pressing and thermal decomposability and, especially when used as a binder for a ceramic green sheet, provides a ceramic green sheet having sufficient mechanical strength and flexibility. The present invention also provides a paste for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body, a ceramic green sheet, and a ceramic laminate individually manufactured using the binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body. The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body containing a graft copolymer having a unit including polyvinyl butyral and a unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound, the polyvinyl butyral having a polymerization degree of 800 to 5000, a hydroxy group content of 20 to 40 mol %, and a butyralization degree of 60 to 80 mol %, the unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound having a glass transition temperature of 0 to 110° C.

Abstract: A fluctuation absorbing apparatus includes a first plate secured to a flywheel, a second plate disposed at a distance from the first plate, a third plate slidably sandwiched between the first plate and the second plate, and a resilient section that is supported by, fixed to or integrated with the first plate or the second plate and biases the second plate toward the first plate.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a usage state of a sound output unit, and a signal processing unit configured to tune sound signals to be outputted to the sound output unit, based on the usage state of the sound output unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modified polyvinyl alcohol enabling to produce polyvinyl acetal that is excellent in solubility in a solvent even with a low degree of polymerization while hardly causing reaction inhibition, coloring, and particle coarsening, and a method for producing the modified polyvinyl alcohol. The present invention also provides a modified polyvinyl acetal that is excellent in solubility in a solvent even with a low degree of polymerization, and has high elasticity, mechanical strength, and a film forming property. The present invention further provides a method for producing the modified polyvinyl acetal, a polyvinyl acetal film produced from the modified polyvinyl acetal, a method for producing the polyvinyl acetal film, a ceramic slurry composition, a method for producing the ceramic slurry composition, and a ceramic green sheet.