Abstract: A press forming method for controlling a shape change of a press formed part over time after the press formed part springs back at a moment of a release from a press-forming die includes: a press forming step of press forming a metal sheet into the press formed part by using the press-forming die; a die releasing step of releasing the press formed part, which is press-formed, from the press-forming die; and a post-release die holding step of holding the released press formed part in a forming bottom dead center shape for 30 minutes or more by using the press-forming die.

Abstract: A case, a piezoelectric vibrator, and a wire are provided. The case has a bottomed cylindrical shape, the case including a bottom portion and a side wall portion. The piezoelectric vibrator includes piezoelectric ceramic containing Ti and Zr, and is attached to the bottom portion inside the case. The wire is connected to the piezoelectric vibrator and extends to an outside of the case. A resonance frequency in a spreading vibration mode of the piezoelectric ceramic not attached to the bottom portion becomes minimum at a temperature in a range of about ?30° C. or higher and about 10° C. or lower. A cross-sectional porosity in any longitudinal cross section of the piezoelectric ceramic is about 1% or less.

Abstract: The battery module includes: battery stack including a plurality of batteries that are stacked, each of the plurality of batteries having valve portion; duct plate configured to cover a surface of battery stack on which the plurality of valve portions are disposed, duct plate having gas discharge duct that is connected to valve portions of the respective batteries, and temporarily stores a blown-off gas; cover plate placed on duct plate; and flow path portion defined by duct plate and cover plate, flow path portion extending from gas discharge duct in a first direction that intersects with stacking direction and allowing leaking of the gas in gas discharge duct to an outside of battery module. Cover plate has opening through which a midst portion of flow path portion is communicable with the outside of the battery module.

Abstract: The battery module includes: battery stack including a plurality of batteries that are stacked, each of the plurality of batteries having valve portion; duct plate configured to cover a surface of battery stack on which the plurality of valve portions are disposed, duct plate having gas discharge duct that is connected to valve portions of respective batteries, and temporarily stores a blown-off gas; cover plate placed on duct plate; and flow path portion defined by duct plate and cover plate, flow path portion extending from gas discharge duct and allowing leaking of a gas in gas discharge duct to an outside of battery module. Cover plate is disposed in a state where a predetermined gap is formed between cover plate and first wall portion of gas discharge duct that faces valve portions, and opening that allows an inside of gas discharge duct and the gap to communicate with each other is formed in first wall portion of gas discharge duct.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing including an illumination opening at a position viewable by a user; a blower provided in an airflow path connecting an inlet and outlet; a light emitter provided in the housing viewable through the illumination opening and including a light incident portion to receive light emitted from a first light source and a first light emission portion to emit first light generated from the light and including light simulating natural light; and at least one light extractor emitting second light that is part of the light received by the light emitter that reaches an edge portion of the light emitter without being emitted as the first light or second light received from the first light source or a second light source different from the first light source without intervention of the light emitter. The at least one light extractor is provided in the airflow path.

Abstract: A treatment planning system that generates treatment planning for irradiating a target with a particle beam, includes an arithmetic processing device that sets at least two or more irradiation patterns for one treatment planning, calculates a plurality of predicted dose distributions for each irradiation pattern based on a target dose set for each region for at least one region including a region of the target, and calculates an index for evaluating validity of the irradiation pattern based on the plurality of predicted dose distributions.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of an electronic device, including a step of preparing an electronic substrate including a wiring board, an electronic component, and a ground electrode, a first step of forming an insulating layer on the electronic component, and a second step of forming, on the insulating layer and on the ground electrode, an electromagnetic wave shielding layer that covers the insulating layer and is electrically connected to the ground electrode, to obtain an electronic device, in which, in the first step, the insulating layer is formed by applying an ink for an insulating layer and performing an irradiation with active energy ray on the applied ink for an insulating layer, in the second step, the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is formed by applying an ink for an electromagnetic wave shielding layer, containing a metal compound, and a jetting temperature of the ink for an insulating layer is higher than a jetting temperature of the ink for an electromagnetic wave shielding layer by

Abstract: Battery module includes: battery stack including a plurality of batteries that are stacked, each of the plurality of batteries having valve portion; duct plate configured to cover a first surface of battery stack on which a plurality of valve portions are disposed, duct plate having gas discharge duct that temporarily stores a gas blown off from valve portions of respective batteries; cover plate placed on duct plate; flow path portion defined by duct plate and cover plate, flow path portion being connected to gas discharge duct through opening, flow path portion extending in a first direction that intersects with stacking direction of the batteries, flow path portion allowing leaking of the gas in gas discharge duct to an outside of battery module; and gas restricting wall portion disposed in gas discharge duct between valve portion and opening.

Abstract: A parts mounting system includes a parts mounting device in a mounting area to mount parts on a board, a robot to transport a parts unit operable to hold the parts, and a placement section in a work area in which a worker works. The work area is separate from the mounting area, to allow a plurality of parts units to be placed therein or thereon, the plurality of parts units being to be transported or having been transported by the robot.

Abstract: An inkjet ink for an impermeable base material includes water, a resin-coated pigment in which at least a part of the pigment is coated with a crosslinked resin, a solvent A which is an alkanediol compound having a boiling point of 180° C. to 200° C., and a solvent B which is at least one of a monoalcohol compound having a boiling point of 70° C. to 160° C. or a glycol monoether compound having a boiling point of 70° C. to 160° C. An image recording method includes applying of the inkjet ink for an impermeable base material to record an image.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery that can operate in a high-temperature environment of 85° C. The lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material that can store and release lithium ions Li?, a positive electrode binder that binds the positive electrode active material, a negative electrode active material that can store and release lithium ions Li+, a negative electrode binder that binds the negative electrode active material, and an electrolytic solution containing an organic solvent and an imide-based lithium salt. The negative electrode active material is previously doped with lithium ions. The positive electrode binder has a Hansen solubility parameter-based relative energy difference (RED) value of more than 1 with respect to the electrolytic solution.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic device including: a wiring board having a mounting surface; a ground electrode that defines a ground region on the mounting surface; an electronic component that is located on the mounting surface and is disposed in the ground region; a conductive component that is disposed adjacent to an outer edge of the ground electrode; an internal insulating protective layer that is disposed in the ground region and covers the electronic component; an external insulating protective layer that is disposed outside the ground region and covers the conductive component; and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer that is provided to extend over the internal insulating protective layer and the ground electrode and that covers the internal insulating protective layer and is electrically connected to the ground electrode, the electromagnetic wave shielding layer being a solidified product of an ink for forming an electromagnetic wave shielding layer, and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: Provided are: an electronic device including a wiring board having a mounting surface, a ground electrode that defines a ground region on the mounting surface, an electronic component that is located on the mounting surface and is disposed in the ground region, an insulating protective layer that is disposed in the ground region and covers the electronic component, and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer that is provided to extend over the insulating protective layer and the ground electrode and that covers the insulating protective layer and is electrically connected to the ground electrode, the electromagnetic wave shielding layer being a solidified product of an ink for forming an electromagnetic wave shielding layer, in which a void ratio S1, which is a void ratio of a portion of the electromagnetic wave shielding layer located on the ground electrode, is lower than a void ratio S2, which is a void ratio of a portion of the electromagnetic wave shielding layer located on the insulating protective laye

Abstract: A gas sensor includes a sensor element and one or more hollow columnar dense bodies. The sensor element includes an element main body having a side surface, a porous layer and a water-penetration reduction portion that cover at least a front end-side part of the side surface. The water-penetration reduction portion disposed on the side surface so as to divide the porous layer or to be located closer to the rear end than the porous layer, an overlap length W that is the length of a continuous overlap between a range in which the water-penetration reduction portion is present in a longitudinal direction and a range in which inner peripheral surfaces of the one or more dense bodies are present in the longitudinal direction being 0.5 mm or more, and having a dense layer covers the side surface, the water-penetration reduction portion reduces the capillarity of water.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic device including: a wiring board having a mounting surface; a plurality of electronic components mounted on the mounting surface; a ground electrode that surrounds at least one electronic component among the plurality of electronic components; an insulating protective layer that covers the at least one electronic component; an electromagnetic wave shielding layer that covers the insulating protective layer and is electrically connected to the ground electrode, the electromagnetic wave shielding layer being a solidified product of an ink for forming an electromagnetic wave shielding layer; and an insulating partition wall that is provided along an outer edge of the ground electrode, and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: An automotive-structural-part joint structure is formed by bending one metal sheet, includes a groove portion including a top portion and a pair of side wall portions, is provided at an end part of one automotive structural part in a longitudinal direction, and is configured to join the one automotive structural part to another automotive structural part in an intersecting direction. The automotive-structural-part joint structure includes: a pair of vertical rib portions configured to stand upward from both side ends of the top portion; and an outward-directed flange portion configured to extend outward from three side edges of the groove portion on an end part side where the other automotive structural part is joined, the flange portion being continuously formed along the three side edges.

Abstract: A top-blowing lance nozzle is configured to freely switch an adequate expansion condition so as to control an oxygen-blowing amount and a jetting velocity independently of each other without requiring a plurality of lance nozzles or a mechanically movable part. A lance nozzle is configured to blow refining oxygen to molten iron charged in a reaction vessel while a gas is blown from a top-blowing lance to the molten iron. One or more blowing holes for blowing a working gas are on an inner wall side surface of the nozzle, at a site where the lance nozzle has a minimum cross-sectional area in a nozzle axis direction or at a neighboring site of the site.

Abstract: Provided are an ink set which is used for recording an image on a surface having a surface energy of 40 mN/m or greater and included in an impermeable base material, the ink set including an ink containing water, a colorant, and resin particles, and a pretreatment liquid containing water and resin particles, in which the resin particles contained in the pretreatment liquid include at least one of a mixture of acrylic resin particles and polyester resin particles or composite particles including an acrylic resin and a polyester resin, and the resin particles contained in the ink include at least one of acrylic resin particles or polyurethane resin particles; an image recording method; a method of producing a laminate; an image recorded material; and a laminate.

Abstract: A time required for online adaptive treatment is reduced with a workflow management system that executes a plurality of processes for radiotherapy according to a predetermined workflow. The plurality of processes include at least a first process and a second process, and the workflow management system executes the following modules, in parallel, including a first module that is included in the first process, displays a result of a first calculation based on a patient image captured during treatment by an imaging apparatus that captures a predetermined region of a patient, and requests an input from an operator; and a second module that is included in the second process, and executes a second calculation based on the patient image during the treatment.