Abstract: A gas sensor includes a sensor element, and a protection cover accommodating a part of the sensor element that includes one end in a longitudinal direction. When a length in the longitudinal direction from the one end of the sensor element to a middle point of a gas inflow hole of the protection cover is represented as La, and a length index between the sensor element and a circle determined by an inner surface of the protection cover is represented as Lb, a ratio La/Lb is 0.9 or more, and, when sum of respective surface areas of two principal surfaces and two side surfaces of the sensor element corresponding to a portion of the length La is represented as S, and a volume of space in the protection cover existing corresponding to the portion of the length La is represented as V, a ratio S/V is 0.15 mm?1 or more.

Abstract: A pretreatment liquid is a pretreatment liquid to be used for a pretreatment that is performed on an impermeable base material before an image is recorded on the impermeable base material, including a resin and an aqueous medium, in which the resin has at least one selected from the group consisting of a structural unit (1), and a structural unit (2), a glass transition temperature of the resin is ?40° C. or higher and lower than 100° C., and a content of an alkyl (meth)acrylate unit containing a C2 or more chain alkyl group in the resin is less than 5% by mass. In the formulae, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, A2 represents —NH— or —N(L4-Y4)—, L2 and L4 represent a divalent group or a single bond, L3 represents a divalent group, Y2 and Y4 represent a monovalent group such as an alkyl group, and Y3 represents a monovalent group such as —OH.

Abstract: This inspection device includes an infrared acquisition unit for acquiring infrared light detected by an infrared camera for detecting infrared light from an inspected object that includes an electroconductive member, an intensity-determining unit for determining the detection intensity of the infrared light, and a scratch-determining unit for determining whether or not there is a scratch on the electroconductive member on the basis of the detection intensity of the infrared light.

Abstract: Power supply device includes: battery stack in which a plurality of battery cells each including, on a top surface thereof, gas discharge valve that opens when an internal pressure of outer covering can increases are stacked; first cover provided on a top surface of battery stack and defining first gas duct communicating with gas discharge valve; and second cover provided on a top surface of first cover and defining second gas duct on a top surface of first gas duct. A plurality of communication holes through which first gas duct and second gas duct communicate with each other are formed on the top surface of first cover.

Abstract: After a first recess whose bottom is of a shape represented by a side surface of an inverted cone is formed in a reverse side of a wafer and before a second recess whose bottom is of a circular shape is formed in the reverse side of the wafer, a chuck table and a spindle are spaced from each other to separate a plurality of grindstones and the reverse side of the wafer from each other, and then a tilt of at least one of the chuck table or the spindle is adjusted to change an angle formed between a rotational axis about which the chuck table is rotatable and a rotational axis about which the spindle is rotatable.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one embodiment of this invention includes a base metal steel sheet and a composite coating film composed of a Zn-containing phosphate and an organic resin, the composite coating film being formed on a surface of the base metal steel sheet. A molar ratio of Zn to all metal components in the composite coating film is 10 mol % or more, and after the non-oriented electrical steel sheet is boiled for 20 minutes in boiled distilled water, an amount of soluble Zn in the distilled water is 1.0 mg/m2 or more. The method for determining the amount of soluble Zn is in accordance with JIS K 0102: 2016 “Testing Methods for Industrial Wastewater”, 53.3 “ICP Emission Spectroscopy”.

Abstract: Provided is an image recording method including applying a pretreatment liquid containing water and a resin X and an ink containing water and a colorant onto a resin base material A which has a specific distortion rate and to which a tension is applied, to obtain an image, heating the image to a temperature Td and drying the image, and cooling the image to a temperature Tr, in which ?total calculated by Equation (1) is 40 kgf/cm2 or less. E(Td) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at the temperature Td, ?(Td) represents an expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions, E(T) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at a temperature T of the image in the cooling, ?r(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin X at the temperature T, and ?s(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions.

Abstract: A brushless motor is at least partially located in a hermetically sealed space. An electric work machine includes a brushless motor, an output unit, a motor case, a lead wire, and a first seal. The brushless motor includes a stator, a rotor rotatable with respect to the stator, and a rotor shaft fixed to the rotor. The output unit is drivable by the rotor shaft. The motor case includes an internal space and a wiring passage. The internal space accommodates the stator and the rotor. The lead wire is located in the wiring passage connecting the internal space and an external space of the motor case. The first seal seals between the lead wire and the motor case.

Abstract: An article processing apparatus includes: a configuration determination unit configured to determine a configuration of at least one transport unit including articles and stacked article groups each including a pallet, and at least one of the articles placed on the pallet, wherein first article groups are article groups excluding uppermost one of the stacked article groups; a palletizing mechanism configured to place the at least one of the articles on the pallet so as to form each of the stacked article groups; and a stacking mechanism configured to stack the article groups formed by the palletizing mechanism so as to form the transport unit, wherein the configuration determination unit is configured to determine the configuration of the at least one transport unit such that a load applied to each of the first article groups is smaller than a load index set to each of the first article groups.

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: The system includes a bed on which an irradiation target is mounted, an irradiation device that irradiates the irradiation target with a particle beam, and a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus that captures an image of an irradiation object and includes a magnet that generates a static magnetic field in an image capturing space in which the irradiation target is disposed, and a yoke disposed outside the image capturing space and through which a magnetic flux of the generated magnetic field passes. The irradiation device 21 is disposed on a back surface side of the yoke when viewed from the image capturing space, and irradiates the irradiation target with the particle beam from a through-hole or gap provided in the yoke. A direction in which the particle beam enters the image capturing space intersects with a direction of a static magnetic field applied to the image capturing space by the magnet.

Abstract: A pressure tank unit may include: a tank including a container space which contains compressed gas; and a plurality of protectors bonded to a surface of the tank, wherein the tank may include: a body part having a cylindrical shape; and a dome part provided at an end of the body part and having a hemispherical shape, the plurality of protectors may be arranged along a boundary between the body part and the dome part in a circumferential direction of the tank, each of the plurality of protectors may have a first portion covering the dome part and a second portion covering the body part, and an inner surface of the second portion facing the body part may include at least one bonding area bonded to the body part via a bonding material.

Abstract: A heater device includes a flexible heat generating portion, a surface layer that covers a front side of the heat generating portion, and a heat insulating portion that covers a back side of the heat generating portion and blocks heat generated by the heat generating portion. The heat generating portion, the surface layer, and the heat insulating portion are configured as a laminate in which the surface layer, the heat generating portion, and the heat insulating portion are laminated in this order via an adhesive. The laminate has a plurality of slits for suppressing deformation due to differences in the linear expansion coefficients of the heat generating portion, the surface layer and the heat insulating portion.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method of a conductive layer, in which storage stability and jetting stability of an ink are excellent and a conductive layer having excellent conductivity can be formed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method of a conductor capable of forming a conductive film having excellent rub resistance. Another object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method of an electromagnetic wave shielding body, and a conductor.

Abstract: A control system for a work machine includes a plurality of hydraulic pumps that discharge hydraulic oil, a hydraulic cylinder that moves a working equipment element, a plurality of flow rate control valves that are respectively connected to the hydraulic pumps and adjust a flow rate of the hydraulic oil supplied to the hydraulic cylinder, a plurality of supply flow paths respectively connected to the of flow rate control valves, a meter-in flow path that connects a collective part of the supply flow paths and an inlet of the hydraulic oil in the hydraulic cylinder, a plurality of discharge flow paths respectively connected to the flow rate control valves, a meter-out flow path that connects a collective part of the discharge flow paths and an outlet of the hydraulic oil in the hydraulic cylinder, and a throttle disposed in the meter-out flow path.

Abstract: A method for separating a fluorocarbon, the method including separating a fluorocarbon having n carbon atoms from a mixture including the fluorocarbon having n carbon atoms and a fluorocarbon having n+m or more carbon atoms, where the fluorocarbon having n carbon atoms is separated by bringing the mixture and an adsorbent into contact with each other, n is an integer of 1 or more; and m is an integer of 1 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a printed circuit board, which has excellent coverage of an electromagnetic wave shielding layer and excellent electromagnetic wave shielding characteristics.

Abstract: A method of predicting a shape change of a press-formed product, includes: generating a blank model which is divided into a plurality of pieces in a sheet thickness direction such that the blank model can be analyzed; acquiring a shape and residual stress in the sheet thickness direction of the press-formed product immediately after the spring back by performing press forming analysis and spring back analysis using the blank model and a die model; setting a value of residual stress relaxed and reduced to an element or an integration point of a sheet thickness surface layer of the press-formed product immediately after spring back; and determining a shape in which moment of force is balanced in the press-formed product for which a value of residual stress of only the sheet thickness surface layer has been set to be relaxed and reduced.

Abstract: A pretreatment liquid for an impermeable medium is a pretreatment liquid including water, a resin, and an organic acid, in which a ratio of a content of the resin to a content of the organic acid is greater than 0 and less than 4 on a mass basis, and the organic acid is a compound represented by Formula 1. In Formula 1, l represents 1 or greater, m represents 0 or 1, n represents 1 or greater, and l+m+n is 2 or greater. R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxy group, an amino group, or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.