Abstract: A receiving apparatus for stopping intermittently reception processing including path detection, the receiving apparatus includes a control portion for shifting a window having a predetermined time width indicating a section in which the path detection is performed from a position before a reception stop in accordance with a state of travel of the receiving apparatus before the reception stop, and a path detecting portion for performing the path detection processing on a receive signal within the section expressed by the window after shifted by the control portion, after a lapse of the reception stop period.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte interposed between the anode and the cathode; and a purifying apparatus including a catalyst layer that purifies an effluent discharged from the anode. The purifying apparatus has a porous sheet including the catalyst layer and two flow paths disposed on both sides thereof. One of the flow paths has an inlet into which the effluent discharged from the anode is introduced, and the other flow path has an inlet into which air is introduced and an outlet. The effluent discharged from the anode is passed through the porous sheet for purification and then discharged from the outlet.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode 4; a negative electrode 6; a separator 5; and a battery case 1 in which an electrode plate group 7 including the positive electrode 4 and the negative electrode 6 spirally wound or stacked with the separator 5 interposed therebetween is stored with an electrolyte. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, after charging, when the separator 5 is removed to bring a surface of the positive electrode mixture layer and a surface of the negative electrode mixture layer in contact with each other, terminals are respectively provided on the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector and a resistance value between the terminals is measured, the resistance value is 1.6 ?·cm2 or more, and the battery case 1 is electrically insulated from the positive electrode 4 and the negative electrode 6.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode group 4 in which a positive electrode plate 1 and a negative electrode plate 2 are wounded with a porous insulation layer interposed therebetween, wherein an electrode plate end portion 1a protrudes from the porous insulation layer and abuts the current collector plate 5, and the current collector plate 5 is placed in relation to the electrode group 4 so as to entirely cover the end portion 1a of the electrode group 4. Parts of the electrode plate end portion 1a abutting the current collector plate 5 are welded to the current collector plate 5 at discrete joint portions 6 on the current collector plate 5, and the joint portions 6 are discretely provided on a surface of the current collector plate 5 so that a current flowing from the electrode plate 1 to the current collector plate 5 is uniformly distributed.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and an insulating layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode. The positive electrode includes a lithium nickel composite oxide having a layer structure, and the lithium nickel composite oxide is represented by the general formula: LixNiyM1?yO2 where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Na, Mg, Sc, Y, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Al, Cr, Pb, Sb, and B, 0<x?1.2, and 0.5<y?1.0. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a solute and a non-aqueous solvent dissolving the solute, and the non-aqueous solvent contains 40% by weight or more of a cyclic carbonic acid ester. The insulating layer includes an insulating polymeric material.

Abstract: The electrolyte membrane of the present invention is an electrolyte membrane (1) having ionic conductivity that includes a base material (2) and organic molecules having ion exchange groups, wherein the organic molecules are chemically bonded to the surface of the base material (2) to form an organic layer (3), and ions are conducted via the ion exchange groups in the organic layer (3). By providing this type of electrolyte membrane, it is possible to obtain an electrolyte membrane having ionic conductivity whose configuration is different to that of a conventional electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: A Ni-containing positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is formed of secondary particles each constituted by aggregated primary particles. In cross sections of the secondary particles, a total cross-sectional area of part of the primary particles at least partially exposed at the surfaces of the secondary particles is at least 40% of a total cross-sectional area of the primary particles constituting the secondary particles.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a dilute tank that stores an aqueous solution of liquid fuel and supplies the solution to the anode of a fuel cell; a fuel tank connected to the dilute tank via a first controlling section; a water tank connected to the dilute tank via a second controlling section; and controlling means including a current detector which measures the amount of the fuel consumed by the fuel cell from the amount of power generation. The controlling means controls the first controlling section based on the measured amount of fuel consumption and further includes correcting means for measuring a component of a gas discharged from the cathode, calculating the amount of the fuel which has crossed over from the anode to the cathode based on the measured component, and correcting the measured amount of fuel consumption based on the calculated amount of fuel crossover.

Abstract: A charging circuit includes: a connecting terminal for connection to a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery; a heating portion heating the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery; a charging portion charging the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery connected to the connecting terminal; and a control unit which allows the charging portion to charge the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery after allowing the heating portion to heat the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, lowers the temperature of the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, and allows the charging portion to further charge the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: The secondary battery of this invention includes: an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode and a second electrode which are wound or laminated with only a heat-resistant porous insulating layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a first current collector plate electrically connected to the first electrode. The first electrode includes a first electrode mixture layer formed on a first electrode core member. The second electrode includes a second electrode mixture layer formed on a second electrode core member. An end of the first electrode protrudes from an end of the second electrode and an end of the porous insulating layer at an end face of the electrode assembly. The protruding end of the first electrode has a part where the first electrode core member is exposed. The part where the first electrode core member is exposed is welded to the first current collector plate.

Abstract: An electrochemical device comprising an electrolyte and at least one electrode plate, the electrochemical device having a metal part constituting the electrode plate or being connected to the electrode plate; the electrolyte comprising a solute and a solvent dissolving the solute; the metal part having an insulating oxide layer for preventing the electrolyte from creeping on at least part of the surface of the metal part.

Abstract: A center pin is inserted in a hollow cavity of an electrode group of a lithium ion secondary battery. The center pin includes a center portion, a perimeter portion and an end portion. The center portion extends in the radial direction of the hollow cavity. The perimeter portion extends along an inner wall surface of the hollow cavity from an end of the center portion in the radial direction of the hollow cavity. The end portion extends from an end of the perimeter portion in the circumferential direction toward the inside of the hollow cavity to be away from the inner wall surface of the hollow cavity but separated from the center portion.

Abstract: In order to prevent the crossover of an organic fuel such as methanol in a fuel cell and to exhibit excellent electricity generation characteristics without impairing the utilization efficiency of the fuel, at least either of (1) a discontinuous catalyst layer being formed on a surface of an anode catalyst layer and having a higher density (existence probability) of platinum type catalyst than the anode catalyst layer and (2) an electrolyte polymer layer is formed at the interface between the anode catalyst layer and a polymer electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: A motor generally has a contradictory relation between decrease of cogging torque and increase of torque density. To overcome this problem, continuous direction control is provided for anisotropy with modification of magnetic poles so that the average absolute value of differences between M? and 90×sin [?{2?/(360/p)}] is set to be 3° or less, where M? is a direction of anisotropy with respect to a radial tangent line of a magnetic pole plane, ? is a mechanical angle, and p is the number of pole pairs.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a porous insulating layer, and nonaqueous electrolyte. The porous insulating layer is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The nonaqueous electrolyte is contained at least in the porous insulating layer. The mixture layer of the positive electrode and the porous insulating layer each include a structure retainer.

Abstract: To provide a proton conducting material with which an electrode and a fuel cell capable of functioning in a stable manner even without humidification in a temperature range from room temperature to about 200° C. can be achieved. The proton conducting material includes a porous structural material having pores and a heterocyclic organic compound having proton conductivity. The organic compound contained inside the pores has a crystallite size D of 50 nm or less.

Abstract: An electrically conducting structure includes: an electrically conductive bar member; a frame member supporting the bar member; and a conducting metal plate, provided with a base portion for mounting the conducting metal plate to the frame member and provided with a contact portion, extending out from the base portion and bending to make contact with a side face of the bar member.

Abstract: An electrochemical device comprising an electrolyte and at least one electrode plate, the electrochemical device having a metal part constituting the electrode plate or being connected to the electrode plate; the electrolyte comprising a solute and a solvent dissolving the solute; the metal part having an insulating oxide layer for preventing the electrolyte from creeping on at least part of the surface of the metal part.

Abstract: A fuel cell system, comprising a fuel cell having an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte interposed therebetween and a purification device having a catalyst layer purifying substances discharged from the anode. The fuel cell system is characterized in that the purification device comprises a porous sheet having a catalyst layer and two flow passages disposed on both sides of the porous sheet, an inlet to which the substances discharged from the anode is led is formed in one flow passage, an inlet to which air is led and an outlet are formed in the other flow passage, and the substances discharged from the anode are discharged from the outlet after being purified through the porous sheet.

Abstract: In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including an electrode assembly including a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a separator interposed therebetween; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, 80 wt % or more of the positive electrode active material is primary particles, and the separator is formed by a porous film, or the porous film is formed at at least one position from the following: between the positive electrode and the separator main body, between the negative electrode and the separator main body, and inside the separator main body, to capture the metal ions leached from the positive electrode active material. Such an arrangement enables a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with significantly less decline in battery capacity, excellent charge and discharge cycle life performance, and capable of stable output for a longer period of time.