Abstract: A turning tool (1) that does not easily interfere with other tools and can supply a sufficient amount of coolant is provided. The turning tool (1) includes: a cutting insert (10) which is mirror-image symmetric with respect to a first and second symmetric surfaces (M1, M2); and a tool body (2) which has a first discharge port (5) to supply coolant to a first cutting edge (21E) of the cutting insert (10) from a first rake surface (21R) side. The first discharge port (5) is disposed between a second flat surface (32) and a first reference surface (Vxz) which is parallel with the second flat surface (32) and includes an edge line of the first cutting edge (21E).

Abstract: The storage battery apparatus includes storage cells, a first cover disposed below the storage cells, a second cover disposed below the first cover, and a first fiber-containing resin member. The first fiber-containing resin member is in contact with at least one of the first cover or the second cover, and is disposed to be superposed with the storage cell as seen in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A component comprising: a first case portion having a tunnel portion having an opening end opening toward an axial direction; and a second case portion having a catch tank portion opening upward, wherein the first case portion and the second case portion face each other such that a bottom portion of the tunnel portion and a bottom portion of the catch tank portion are coupled to each other, an opening area of the opening end of the tunnel portion on the second case portion side is larger than an opening area of the opening end of the tunnel portion on a side opposite to the second case portion side, the tunnel portion as a whole is inclined downward from the second case portion side of the tunnel portion to the side opposite to the second case portion side of the tunnel portion, and the second case portion side of the tunnel portion is inclined downward toward the catch tank portion.

Abstract: Provided is a tool head in a head replaceable cutting tool configured on the basis of a novel idea so as to allow external measurement to be easily performed, while allowing cutting performance to be maintained. The tool head in the head replaceable cutting tool has a substantially cylindrical shape, and can be fastened to a shank held on a machine tool, and moreover includes an insert mounting seat on which a cutting insert is to be detachably mounted, the tool head further including a point, a line, or a surface that defines a reference surface from which a cutting edge of the cutting insert has a predetermined length to a predetermined portion thereof.

Abstract: A damage evaluation apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of detection data from a plurality of sensors installed in a steam turbine, a calculation unit configured to calculate the operating state quantity of a nozzle diaphragm in the steam turbine based on a plurality of detection data, a computation unit configured to compute the creep deformation velocity of the nozzle diaphragm based on the operating state quantity, and an estimation unit configured to estimate the deformation amount of the nozzle diaphragm based on the creep deformation velocity according to a future operation plan for the steam turbine.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes an inner housing and an outer housing. An inner circumferential surface of the outer housing includes a first cylindrical surface contacting first sealing member, a second cylindrical surface contacting a second sealing member, and a third cylindrical surface in which an end part of the inner housing is press-fitted into. The second cylindrical surface has a smaller diameter than the first cylindrical surface and the third cylindrical surface has a smaller diameter than the second cylindrical surface and is provided closer to the bottom than the second cylindrical surface. The first sealing member contacts the first cylindrical surface and the second sealing member contacts the second cylindrical surface to form a gap in an axial direction between the end part of the inner housing and the third cylindrical surface where the inner housing has been inserted into the outer housing.

Abstract: The first drive device includes a first motor connected to the left front wheel via a first gear unit, and a second motor connected to the right front wheel via a second gear unit, and a first oil pump connected to the first gear unit or the second gear unit. The second drive device includes a third motor connected to the left rear wheel via a third gear unit, a fourth motor connected to the right rear wheel via a fourth gear unit, and a second oil pump connected to the third gear unit or the fourth gear unit. One of the first oil pump and the second oil pump is connected to the first gear unit or the third gear unit, and the other of the first oil pump and the second oil pump is connected to the second gear unit or the fourth gear unit.

Abstract: A drive unit may be configured to drive a pair of wheels independently from each other. A casing of the drive unit may include a first portion disposed on one side of the pair of wheels and a second portion disposed on another side of the pair of wheels when the drive unit is mounted in a vehicle. A first motor, a first reduction drive, a first inverter, and a lock mechanism configured to mechanically lock and unlock the first reduction drive may be disposed in the first portion. The second motor, the second reduction drive, and the second inverter may be disposed in the second portion. A motor central plane located between and equidistant from the first and second motors may be offset closer to the second portion relative to an inverter central plane located between and equidistant from the first and second inverters.

Abstract: An intake manifold includes a curved passage extending in a curved manner. The curved passage includes a first segmental body and a second segmental body that are separate from each other in a longitudinal direction of the curved passage and are welded together by a weld portion. The weld portion includes a main weld part and an auxiliary weld part. The main weld part annularly extends in a peripheral direction of the curved passage. The auxiliary weld part is arranged on an inner portion of the curved passage with respect to a curvature direction of the curved passage at a position separated from the main weld part in a radially outward direction of the curved passage.

Abstract: A SiN film embedding method includes: an operation of adsorbing an aminosilane-based precursor inside a recess formed on a surface of a substrate; an operation of forming a SiN film inside the recess by plasmarizing and supplying a nitrogen gas into the recess to nitride the aminosilane-based precursor; and an operation of forming an adsorption-inhibiting region for the aminosilane-based precursor on an upper portion inside the recess by plasmarizing and supplying a non-halogen gas substantially more to the upper portion than a lower portion inside the recess.

Abstract: Provided is a method for recovering lithium from a material containing fluorine and lithium. The method includes: mixing the material with an aqueous sulfuric acid solution or water to prepare a mixed liquid; and mixing the mixed liquid with a slightly or sparingly soluble calcium-containing alkaline agent to form a precipitate containing fluorine and calcium, followed by solid-liquid separation to obtain a purified solution having lithium dissolved therein. In the preparation of the a mixed liquid, the material and the sulfuric acid aqueous solution or water are mixed and heated at 60° to 90° C.

Abstract: A work machine is capable of making a working attachment operate accurately along a construction target surface in the vicinity thereof and of allowing an operator to operate the work machine while recognizing the load acting on a front work implement thereof when the working attachment is not in the vicinity of the construction target surface. To accomplish this, a controller calculates target velocitys for actuators on the basis of an operation amount from an operation input device, postures of a machine main body and the front work implement, and the distance between the working attachment and the construction target surface. The controller calculates operation command values for the actuators on the basis of the target velocities, calculates correction amounts for the operation command values on the basis of loads on the actuators sensed by a load sensor, and adds the correction amounts to the operation command values.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes a housing having a first chamber and a second chamber, a left gear unit accommodated in the first chamber and having a first rotation shaft, and a right gear unit accommodated in the second chamber and having a second rotation shaft located coaxially with the first rotation shaft. The housing has a center housing located between the first chamber and the second chamber. The center housing has a flat plate portion, a first bearing support portion supporting a first bearing located at a first end of the first rotation shaft, and a second bearing support portion supporting a second bearing located at a first end of the second rotation shaft. The flat plate portion is provided with a gap in at least a part of an annular region located between the first bearing support portion and the second bearing support portion.

Abstract: A film forming method includes forming a silicon nitride film in a recess in a substrate surface. Forming of the silicon nitride film includes: supplying an adsorption-inhibiting gas for inhibiting adsorption of a silicon-containing gas to the substrate surface in a form of a plasma; supplying the silicon-containing gas to the substrate surface; and supplying a nitriding gas for nitriding an adsorbate of the silicon-containing gas to the substrate surface in a form of a plasma. Nitriding gas contains N2 gas. Forming of the silicon nitride film includes supplying an adsorption-promoting gas for promoting adsorption of the silicon-containing gas to the substrate surface. Performing a process: including supplying of the adsorption-inhibiting gas; supplying of the silicon-containing gas; and supplying of the nitriding gas one or more times, and performing supplying of the adsorption-promoting gas one or more times are performed a plurality of times repeatedly.

Abstract: There is provided a film forming method of forming a film in a recess formed on a surface of a substrate. The film forming method includes: forming an adsorption-inhibiting region by supplying an adsorption-inhibiting gas to the substrate; adsorbing a silicon-containing gas to a region other than the adsorption-inhibiting region by supplying the silicon-containing gas to the substrate; and forming a silicon nitride film by exposing the substrate to a nitrogen-containing gas so that the nitrogen-containing gas reacts with the adsorbed silicon-containing gas, wherein the adsorbing the silicon-containing gas includes controlling a dose amount of the silicon-containing gas to be supplied to be equal to or greater than an adsorption saturation amount of the silicon-containing gas to be adsorbed on the substrate on which no adsorption-inhibiting region is formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous layer structure containing a base material and a polyurethane porous layer formed on the base material, wherein a moisture permeability A of the porous layer structure measured by JIS L1099 A-1 (calcium chloride method) is 2000 to 10000 g/(m2·24 h), a moisture permeability loss rate obtained by a predetermined formula from a moisture permeability B of the base material alone measured by JIS L1099 A-1 (calcium chloride method) and the moisture permeability A is 75% or less, and a peel strength at a bonding surface between the base material and the polyurethane porous layer is 0.7 kgf/inch or more.

Abstract: IDs are appropriately assigned to a plurality of slave devices. A power storage system includes: a master device including a first controller, and a pair of first communication terminals; and a slave device including a second controller, a pair of second communication terminals, and a battery unit, wherein the slave device includes a pair of first switches series-connected to the pair of second communication terminals; the pair of first communication terminals and the pair of second communication terminals are connected to each other; when the slave device is notified of a predetermined communication signal from the master device, the second controller controls and turns the pair of first switch from on to off; and the first controller assigns an ID to the slave device.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes: preparing a substrate having a front surface and a back surface with an element formed on the front surface; forming a film on an entire back surface of the substrate; and adjusting a stress of the film by locally performing a plasma processing on a portion of the film formed on the back surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A film forming method includes: preparing a substrate including a first film containing boron and a second film made of material different from that of the first film on different regions of a surface of the substrate; and forming a third film selectively on the second film, wherein the forming the third film includes supplying a raw material gas containing halogen and an element X to the surface and supplying a reactant gas reacting with adsorbate of the raw material gas to the surface, thus forming the third film containing the element X, and includes supplying a replacement gas to replace adsorbate of the reactant gas on a surface of the first film during repetition of alternately or simultaneously performing the supplying the raw material gas and the supplying the reactant gas, to prevent adsorption of the raw material gas on the surface of the first film.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle configured to travel in a one-pedal mode in which driving and braking are controlled in response to operations on only an accelerator pedal is configured to control a braking force of the vehicle by using deceleration maps in which decelerations in a plurality of traveling directions are set for any points based on traveling history data, and calculate, during traveling in the one-pedal mode, a deceleration level based on deceleration information associated with a current traveling direction and a current position of the vehicle among pieces of deceleration information included in the deceleration maps.