Abstract: To provide an electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte batteries, which traps hydrogen sulfide gas, generated from the inside thereof for some reason, in the electrode, and suppresses the outflow of hydrogen sulfide gas to the outside of the battery. An electrode for lithium ion batteries includes a coating material which contains a silanol group and is present on at least a surface of an active material layer. The active material layer contains a sulfur-based material and a resin-based binder. The sulfur-based material is an active material capable of alloying with lithium metal or an active material capable of occluding lithium ions. The coating material containing the silanol group is a silicate having a siloxane bond or a silica fine particle aggregate having a siloxane bond as a component.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode that is for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, includes a porous metal body as a current collector, contains a skeleton-forming agent highly infiltrated in the current collector so that it is less likely to suffer from structural degradation and provides improved cycle durability; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including such a negative electrode. The negative electrode for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a current collector including a porous metal body; a first negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body and including a conductive aid, a binder, and a negative electrode active material including a silicon-based material; and a second negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body and including a skeleton-forming agent including a silicate having a siloxane bond.

Abstract: A system and method control an automobile by decelerating the automobile at a first deceleration using a braking mechanism in response to detecting that a parking brake switch is turned on, a second deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to not detecting that the parking brake switch is turned on and determining that the driver is incapacitated, and a third deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to determining that an SOS switch is turned on, detecting that the parking brake switch is changed from on to off, and not determining that the driver is incapacitated.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a lower electrode layer, a lower insulator, an upper electrode layer and an upper insulator along a first direction. The device further includes a first insulator provided on a side of a second direction of the upper electrode layer, and a second insulator provided between the upper electrode layer and the lower/upper/first insulator. The device further includes a charge storage layer, a third insulator and a semiconductor layer sequentially provided on a side of the second direction of the first insulator. A side face of the first insulator on a side of the upper electrode layer has a convex shape, the charge storage layer includes a first portion having a first thickness, and a second portion having a second thickness less than the first thickness, and the first portion is in contact with the first insulator.

Abstract: A reciprocating tool includes a housing, a first tubular member, a slider, a second tubular member and a lock member. The first tubular member is pivotable around a first axis and has a single first protrusion protruding radially inward. The second tubular member is disposed in the first tubular member, is coupled to a first end portion of the slider to be pivotable around a second axis, and has a single second protrusion protruding radially outward. The second tubular member has a protruding portion configured to allow the lock member to move from a lock position to an unlock position. The single first protrusion is configured to engage with the single second protrusion and cause the second tubular member to pivot when the first tubular member pivots. The single second protrusion is provided on a portion of the second tubular member other than the protruding portion.

Abstract: A reciprocating tool includes a housing, a support body, a slider, a motor, a driving mechanism, a first biasing member, a manipulation member and a first change mechanism. The housing has a first axis that defines a front-rear direction of the reciprocating tool. The support body is supported within the housing. The slider is supported by the support body to be linearly movable. The driving mechanism is operably coupled to the slider and configured to reciprocally move the slider relative to the support body using power of the motor. The first change mechanism is operably coupled to the manipulation member and configured to selectively enable and disable the first biasing member to bias the slider in response to manipulation of the manipulation member. When biasing of the slider by the first biasing member is enabled by the first change mechanism, the first biasing member biases the slider downward.

Abstract: A reciprocating cutting tool switches stably between the on and off states of orbital action or between the degrees of orbital action. The reciprocating cutting tool includes a rod-like slider reciprocable in a front-rear direction, a blade holder at the front end of the slider, an orbital unit that causes the blade holder to perform orbital action vertically in response to reciprocation of the slider, and an orbital switcher that switches between orbital modes operable by the orbital unit. The orbital switcher includes a lever body extending laterally. The lever body includes a first flat surface to support the slider indirectly. The first support flat surface includes a first portion frontward from a lateral central axis of the lever body and a second portion rearward from the central axis.

Abstract: A reciprocating tool includes a housing, a first tubular member, a slider, a second tubular member and a lock member. The first tubular member is pivotable around a first axis and has a single first protrusion protruding radially inward. The second tubular member is disposed in the first tubular member, is coupled to a first end portion of the slider to be pivotable around a second axis, and has a single second protrusion protruding radially outward. The second tubular member has a protruding portion configured to allow the lock member to move from a lock position to an unlock position. The single first protrusion is configured to engage with the single second protrusion and cause the second tubular member to pivot when the first tubular member pivots. The single second protrusion is provided on a portion of the second tubular member other than the protruding portion.

Abstract: A reciprocating tool includes a housing, a support body, a slider, a motor, a driving mechanism, a first biasing member, a manipulation member and a first change mechanism. The housing has a first axis that defines a front-rear direction of the reciprocating tool. The support body is supported within the housing. The slider is supported by the support body to be linearly movable. The driving mechanism is operably coupled to the slider and configured to reciprocally move the slider relative to the support body using power of the motor. The first change mechanism is operably coupled to the manipulation member and configured to selectively enable and disable the first biasing member to bias the slider in response to manipulation of the manipulation member. When biasing of the slider by the first biasing member is enabled by the first change mechanism, the first biasing member biases the slider downward.

Abstract: A lever device is configured such that, when first and second plates are relatively moved in a direction in which a second end part of the first plate and a fourth end part of the second plate are close to each other from a state in which the second end part and the fourth end part are separated from each other in an axial direction of a bolt, the first plate is rotated around a fulcrum positioned between a first engagement part and the second end part in the crossing direction so that the first plate is moved from an engaged position where the first engagement part and a non-circular part of the bolt or a nut are engaged to a non-engaged position where they are not engaged, and thereby removing a restriction of the relative rotation of the first plate to the non-circular part.

Abstract: A lever device is configured such that, when first and second plates are relatively moved in a direction in which a second end part of the first plate and a fourth end part of the second plate are close to each other from a state in which the second end part and the fourth end part are separated from each other in an axial direction of a bolt, the first plate is rotated around a fulcrum positioned between a first engagement part and the second end part in the crossing direction so that the first plate is moved from an engaged position where the first engagement part and a non-circular part of the bolt or a nut are engaged to a non-engaged position where they are not engaged, and thereby removing a restriction of the relative rotation of the first plate to the non-circular part.

Abstract: An image conversion unit according to an embodiment includes a gradation unit, a black line extraction unit, and a white line extraction unit. The gradation unit classifies a pixel of a pre-conversion image as one of four levels based on a brightness of the pixel, and expresses, in a color corresponding to the level as which the pixel has been classified, a corresponding pixel of a converted image. The black line extraction unit extracts pixels of an outline of an object in the pre-conversion image, and expresses corresponding pixels of the converted image in black. The white line extraction unit extracts pixels adjacent to an outline of an object in the pre-conversion image, and expresses corresponding pixels of the converted image in white.

Abstract: Provided is an example system in which a player character provided in a virtual space is caused to perform a motion including a first state and a second state, by a user operating a left controller and a right controller. When the player character is in the first state, the left controller vibrates more strongly than the right controller. When the player character is in the second state, the right controller vibrates more strongly than the left controller.

Abstract: An image conversion unit according to an embodiment includes a gradation unit, a black line extraction unit, and a white line extraction unit. The gradation unit classifies a pixel of a pre-conversion image as one of four levels based on a brightness of the pixel, and expresses, in a color corresponding to the level as which the pixel has been classified, a corresponding pixel of a converted image. The black line extraction unit extracts pixels of an outline of an object in the pre-conversion image, and expresses corresponding pixels of the converted image in black. The white line extraction unit extracts pixels adjacent to an outline of an object in the pre-conversion image, and expresses corresponding pixels of the converted image in white.

Abstract: Provided is an example system in which a player character provided in a virtual space is caused to perform a motion including a first state and a second state, by a user operating a left controller and a right controller. When the player character is in the first state, the left controller vibrates more strongly than the right controller. When the player character is in the second state, the right controller vibrates more strongly than the left controller.