Abstract: A battery device comprises a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided with an electric power generating element and a pressing member which presses the electric power generating element in the stacking direction. The electric power generating element comprises: a positive electrode with a positive electrode active material layer of a positive electrode active material on the surface of a positive electrode collector; a negative electrode with a negative electrode active material layer of a negative electrode active material on the surface of a negative electrode collector; and a separator which holds an electrolyte solution. This battery device satisfies (1) 0.1<(T1?T2)/T1×100<5, where T1 is the thickness of the thickest portion of the electric power generating element in the stacking direction, and T2 is the thickness of the thinnest portion of the of the electric power generating element in the stacking direction.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a carriage on which a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid is mounted, the carriage being reciprocally movable in a scanning direction; a guide member that extends in the scanning direction and that guides movement of the carriage in the scanning direction; and a sliding member that is provided on the carriage and has a sliding surface that slides with a guide surface of the guide member via a lubricant, in a case where the carriage moves in the scanning direction. The carriage has a projecting portion that projects farther toward one side in the scanning direction than the sliding member. A gap formed between the projecting portion and the guide surface becomes smaller toward the sliding member in the scanning direction.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device capable of improving a system throughput. Provided is a communication device including a control unit that transmits a second signal including a transmission request for a first signal for measuring reception power or propagation loss to another communication device, receives the first signal transmitted from the other communication device, measures the reception power or the propagation loss on the basis of the received first signal, and controls transmission power on the basis of the measured reception power or propagation loss. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a wireless LAN system.

Abstract: A vibration damping device including a vibration-damping device main unit inserted into a mounting space of a bracket from a lateral side and securely supported by the bracket. The bracket includes engaging pieces on respective opposed inside faces of the mounting space, and engaging action of the engaging pieces with respect to respective detent engaging faces formed on a fixture member of the vibration-damping device main unit prevents the vibration-damping device main unit from becoming dislodged from the mounting space of the bracket. Opposed walls of the mounting space are each penetrated by an aperture window, and inspection flat surfaces are separately provided to an outside surface of each engaging piece visible from an outside through the aperture window and a corresponding external side surface of the bracket that is off the aperture window. The inspection flat surfaces are parallel to each other.

Abstract: There is provided a solid-state image-capturing element capable of reducing the capacitance by using a hollow region. At least a part of a region between an FD wiring connected to a floating diffusion and a wiring other than the FD wiring is a hollow region. The present disclosure can be applied to a CMOS image sensor having, for example, a floating diffusion, a transfer transistor, an amplifying transistor, a selection transistor, a reset transistor, and a photodiode.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device and a communication method capable of achieving low-delay communication stably on an unlicensed band. The communication device includes a first communication unit configured to communicate on a first frequency band that is an unlicensed band and a second communication unit configured to communicate on a second frequency band that is an unlicensed band different from the first frequency band. A controller of the communication device is configured to control transmission of data using either one frequency band of communication on the first frequency band or communication on the second frequency band on the basis of information regarding a resource on the second frequency band transmitted from a first communication device. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a communication device and the like that conducts wireless communication standardized by IEEE 802.11.

Abstract: A leaf spring device includes a plurality of leaf springs, in which a restricting protrusion is provided on one leaf spring, a recessed part is formed on the other leaf spring, a first side surface of the restricting protrusion and a third side surface of the recessed part face each other in a plate width direction, a second side surface of the restricting protrusion and a fourth side surface of the recessed part face each other in the plate width direction, a first inclined surface is formed on one of the first and third side surfaces to be further away from the other thereof from a central portion toward a first direction, and a second inclined surface is formed on one of the second and fourth side surfaces to be further away from the other thereof from the central portion toward a second direction.

Abstract: To provide a 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer being excellent in storage stability when dissolved in a solvent and solubility, and being excellent in at least one of heat resistance, and a coating appearance when a coating film is stretched, for example, when such a film is bended or used in a flexible application. A 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer (A) being a copolymer of 4-methyl-1-pentene and at least one selected from linear ?-olefins having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, the 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer (A) satisfying the following requirements (I) and (II): (I) an endotherm end temperature (TmE) in a melting (endothermic) curve measured by DSC is 230° C. or lower; and (II) an exotherm start temperature (TcS) in a crystallization (exothermic) curve measured by DSC is 210° C. or lower.

Abstract: There is provided a pit initiation evaluation system or the like capable of predicting pit initiation effectively and at low cost. In a pit initiation evaluation system of an embodiment, a pit initiation evaluation unit creates and retains, based on a dry-wet alternate time data, a deposit impurity concentration data, and a pit initiation data on pitting corrosion initiated in each of a plurality of turbine stages when an operation is actually performed in the steam turbine, a pit initiation evaluation table presenting a relationship between a dry-wet alternate time, a deposit impurity concentration, and pit initiation. Further, the pit initiation evaluation unit is configured to evaluate, by using the pit initiation evaluation table, pitting corrosion to be initiated in each of the plurality of turbine stages in an operation planned for the steam turbine.

Abstract: The installation structure of a sensor includes a sensor body, a holder provided with a locking part and configured to install the sensor body by locking the sensor body with the locking part, the locking part configured to deform when installing the sensor body to the holder and configured to restore when installation of the sensor body to the holder is completed, and a holder-installation body provided with an installable portion where the holder is to be installed and configured to prevent a deformation of the locking part of the holder.

Abstract: A coil spring includes a wire rod including a round section portion and a flat section portion. The round section portion includes a first cross section whose cross section is round. The flat section portion includes a second cross section that is flat. The second cross section has a width greater than or equal to the diameter of the first cross section and a thickness less than the width. A polar moment of inertia of area of the second cross section is smaller than that of the first cross section. A variable section portion is formed between the round section portion and the flat section portion. The variable section portion changes its cross section from circular to flat from the round section portion towards the flat section portion.

Abstract: A matching circuit performs output impedance matching for an amplifier that amplifies an input signal and outputs an amplified signal. The matching circuit includes a low pass filter and a high pass filter. The ground of the low pass filter and the ground of the high pass filter are isolated from each other.

Abstract: An ink tank that enables to check whether a cover of an ink tank is normally bonded to the ink tank includes a first chamber having a supply port for supplying ink to a printing head that ejects ink, a second chamber having an external air introduction port capable of introducing external air, a partition wall configured to separate the first chamber and the second chamber, a communication path provided in the partition wall and configured to place the first chamber and the second chamber in communication with each other, a first cover member configured to cover an opening of the first chamber without extending over an opening of the second chamber, and a second cover member configured to cover the opening of the second chamber without extending over the opening of the first chamber.

Abstract: A communication apparatus and a communication method are provided by which an upper network including a plurality of network groups is formed. A base station transmits a first frame requesting communication for estimating a structure of an upper network to another base station and returns a reply of a second frame to a first frame from the other base station. Then, the base station estimates a structure of the upper network and decides a structure attribute of the base station itself in the upper network on the basis of information acquired through the communications. Then, the base station notifies the other base station or a subordinate terminal of a result of the decision of the structure attribute.

Abstract: The present technology aims to achieve flexible transition of a communication apparatus from a centralized communication mode to another mode. A communication apparatus includes: a transition information generation unit that generates a plurality of pieces of different transition information related to transition from a first mode in which centralized communication is performed by an access point to a second mode in which no centralized communication by an access point is performed; and a frame generation unit that generates a frame containing the transition information.

Abstract: A vehicle control device executes, when a driver is in an abnormal state, deceleration control for decelerating a vehicle to stop the vehicle, and the vehicle control device determines whether the vehicle is likely to stop at a specific spot based on an image acquired by an image sensor during the execution of the deceleration control. The specific spot is a spot at which another physical body moves in a direction intersecting with a travel direction of the vehicle. When the vehicle is likely to stop at the specific spot, the vehicle control device executes control for causing the vehicle to pass through the specific spot and stops the vehicle thereafter.

Abstract: The efficiency of wireless communication is improved. A communication system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus controls to determine an information amount to be used for a receipt acknowledgment response to packets to be transmitted to a second information processing apparatus on the basis of information relating to the packets and notifies the second information processing apparatus of that determined information amount. The second information processing apparatus controls to return the receipt acknowledgment response to the packets transmitted from the first information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus on the basis of the information amount notified from the first information processing apparatus.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a liquid storing container including a storage chamber configured to store a liquid supplied to a printing unit that prints an image by discharging the liquid, an outlet portion of the liquid, and a channel configured to connect the storage chamber and the outlet portion. The liquid storing container includes a first side portion on a side of a print region where printing is executed by the printing unit, and a second side portion on an opposite side of the first side portion, and the channel is formed in the second side portion.

Abstract: A parameter estimation device for estimating a plurality of parameters used for calculating high-resolution data from aggregated data aggregated to coarse granularity, the parameter estimation device comprising: a parameter estimation unit configured to estimate a plurality of parameters that are unknown variables in a model so as to maximize a marginal likelihood based on the assumption that actually observed aggregated data is generated from the model based on a multivariate Gaussian process in which a plurality of latent Gaussian processes for a plurality of types of aggregated data in a plurality of domains are represented by linear mixing; and a storage unit configured to store the plurality of parameters, wherein the plurality of parameters include a hyperparameter of a prior distribution to a mixing coefficient used in the linear mixing.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a first guide plate and a second guide plate facing with a given space in a thickness direction and having second and third openings, a sheet conveyance passage between the first and second guide plates, and a sheet conveyor including a drive source, a drive roller, a first driven roller, and a second driven roller. The drive roller protrudes from the first guide plate toward the sheet conveyance passage through the first opening. The first driven roller faces the drive roller and protrudes from the second guide plate toward the sheet conveyance passage through the second opening. The second driven roller protrudes from the second guide plate toward the sheet conveyance passage through the third opening. The second driven roller is disposed at a position shifted from the drive roller in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction and the thickness direction.