Ykk Corporation

Denka Company Limited

Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Pioneer Corporation

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Increment P Corporation

Hitoshi Kaneko

Toru Arai

Ryoichiro Uehara

Ayumu Tsukamoto

Yoko Horikoshi

Shinichiro Kinebuchi

Tatsuya Okamoto

Masahiro Kato

Hiroshi Sato

Yasutaka Nishida

Hiroshi Matoba

Masahiro Kawase

Tatsuya Nagai

Kayo Fujimoto

Yu Hashimoto

Tomoko Yagami

Shinichi Tazaki

Ryoko Niihara

Motoki Ishiguro

Yuko Kinoshita

Norihisa Urayama

Akira Tajiri

Iwao Okamura

Ryuichi Murasaki

Hiroshi Uchida

Koji Hirose

Masami Suzuki

Hiroshi Yokota

Isao Endo

Yoshinobu Takahashi

Tomohisa Ishida

Masaya Hashida

Kenji Mito

Ichiro Hatano

Akira Miyama

Junichi Nishida

Naoyuki Ito

Ryoko Kataguchi

Toshiharu Baba

Yuki Tsukuda

Masahiko Sakaguchi

Yukio Kamagata

Masaya Umeyama

Sakiko Minami

Yoko Tamura

Yoshiaki Matsumoto

Shunei Saito

Keizo Sugita

Kentaro Ishizuka

Akihiro Aoyama

Yuzo Tanaka

Shunichi Ichikawa

Madoka Nambu

Yuko Moriguchi

A method for a carbon nanofiber composite, which can obtain a carbon nanofiber composite with high productivity and high activity, and which does not require removal of fluidizing materials or dispersing materials, provides a carbon nanofiber composite having improved dispersibility. The method for producing the carbon nanofiber composite includes bringing at least one catalyst and at least one particulate carbon material into contact with at least one gas containing at least one gaseous carbon-containing compound while mechanically stirring the catalyst and the particulate carbon material in a reactor. The carbon nanofiber composite includes carbon nanofibers and at least one particulate carbon material, wherein the particulate carbon material has 70% by volume or more of particles with a particle diameter of 1 μm or less, and/or a median diameter D50 by volume of 1 μm or less.

Method for producing carbon nanofiber composite and carbon nanofiber composite

The distance estimation device acquires distances from a movable body at a first time and a second time to two ground objects, respectively, and acquires a distance between the two ground objects. Then, the distance estimation device calculates a moving distance of the movable body from the first time to the second time based on the acquired results. Thus, the distance estimation device calculates the moving distance of the movable body by using arbitrary ground objects measurable from the movable body.

Distance estimation device, distance estimation method and program

A storage unit () stores a hash table that corresponds to a predetermined field of a packet and has a set of a hash value from a value in the corresponding field and a pointer registered, and an ANY point table that corresponds to the predetermined field and has a pointer registered. A search unit () refers to a hash value calculated from a value in a field of a packet to be searched and to a pointer registered in the hash table and the ANY point table, to perform hash search for a rule corresponding to the packet to be searched.

Search device, search method, and search program

Provided is a conductive composition for electrodes, the conductive composition having excellent electrical conductivity and dispersibility. Also provided are: a positive electrode for non-aqueous batteries, the positive electrode using the conductive composition and having low electrode plate resistance and excellent binding properties; and a non-aqueous battery having high energy density, high output characteristics, and high cycle characteristics. The conductive composition for electrodes contains a conductive material, an active material, a binder, and a dispersant, wherein the conductive material contains carbon black and a multi-walled carbon nanotube having a powder resistivity of 0.035 &#x3a9;&#xb7;cm or less as measured under a load of 9.8 MPa, and a median volumetric diameter D50 value, which is as a measure of dispersibility, in the range of 0.3-8 &#x3bc;m The positive electrode which is for non-aqueous batteries and has low electrode plate resistance and excellent binding properties; and the non-aqueous battery having high output characteristics and high cycle characteristics are obtained by using the conductive composition in which the content of the multi-walled carbon nanotube in the conductive material is 3-50 mass %.

Conductive composition for electrodes, and electrode and battery using same

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for a carbon nanofiber composite, which can obtain a carbon nanofiber composite with high productivity and high activity, and which does not require removal of fluidizing materials or dispersing materials. The present invention also provides a carbon nanofiber composite having improved dispersibility. The method for producing the carbon nanofiber composite includes bringing at least one catalyst and at least one particulate carbon material into contact with at least one gas containing at least one gaseous carbon-containing compound while mechanically stirring the catalyst and the particulate carbon material in a reactor. The carbon nanofiber composite includes carbon nanofibers and at least one particulate carbon material, wherein the particulate carbon material has 70% by volume or more of particles with a particle diameter of 1 &#x3bc;m or less, and/or a median diameter D50 by volume of 1 &#x3bc;m or less.

Provided is an estimation device capable of estimating a current position with a high degree of accuracy. A driving support system includes: a vehicle mounted devicethat is mounted on a vehicle and performs a control concerning vehicle driving support; a LIDAR; a gyroscope sensor; and a vehicle speed sensor. The vehicle mounted deviceacquires, from the LIDAR, a measurement value zindicating a positional relationship between a reference landmark Lk of an index k and the own vehicle. The vehicle mounted devicecalculates a post estimated value x{circumflex over (&#x2003;)}by correcting a prior estimated value xestimated, on the basis of the measurement value zand a position vector mof the reference landmark Lk included in a map DB, from a moving speed measured by the vehicle speed sensorand an angular rate measured by the gyroscope sensor

Estimation device, control method, program and storage medium

The distance estimation device acquires distances from a movable body at a first time and a second time to two ground objects, respectively, and acquires a distance between the two ground objects. Then, the distance estimation device calculates a moving distance of the movable body from the first time to the second time based on the acquired results. Thus, the distance estimation device calculates the moving distance of the movable body using arbitrary ground objects measurable from the movable body.

In a cross-section perpendicular to the extending direction of a support part, a first bar has a holding part that holds a belt together with a leading end part and a winding part on which the belt is wound. A third bar is positioned on one side of a virtual line &#x3b1; connecting a point at the holding part at which the belt is held together with the leading end part of a moving part and a point at the support part of the moving part before being moved. An operating part of the moving part extends from the support part to the other side relative to the virtual line &#x3b1;, and a biasing part of the moving part generates biasing force in such a direction that the leading end part is moved toward the first bar.

Belt holding structure

A conductive composition for electrode is provided that is excellent in conductivity and dispersibility. Further, an electrode for lithium ion secondary battery with lower plate resistance and a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in rate characteristics are provided that use this conductive composition. A conductive composition for electrode, including: carbon nanofiber with a median diameter D50 value by volume from 0.1 to 8 pm; an active material; and a binder enables production of an electrode for lithium ion secondary battery with lower plate resistance and a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in rate characteristics.

Conductive composition for electrode, electrode using same, and lithium ion secondary battery

By using CNF excellent in dispersibility, conductivity, and crystallinity, a conductive polymer material having high conductivity even with a low CNF content and a shaped article thereof and a conductive polymer material with a less CNF content for same conductivity and a shaped article thereof are provided. A conductive polymer material with high conductivity is produced by using carbon nanofiber with a median diameter D50 value from 0.1 to 8 &#x3bc;m, powder resistivity of 0.03 &#x3a9;cm or less measured under a load of 9.8 MPa, and D/G from 0.5 to 1.3.

Conductive polymer material and molded article using same

A buckle includes a female part having a housing and an engaging portion provided at an inner surface of the housing, and a male part including a base and an inserted portion to be inserted into the housing of the female part. The inserted portion includes a base end coupled to the base, a free end opposite to the base end, and an engaged portion to be engaged with the engaging portion. When a force is applied to the male part for pulling the male part out of the housing, the engaged portion has a contact surface that is in contact with the engaging portion. Relative to a first center point at the center of the base end in the thickness direction of the inserted portion, a second center point at the center of the contact surface in the thickness direction is positioned downward.

Buckle

Provided is a method for producing carbon nanofibers having excellent conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility. A method for producing carbon nanofibers, which uses an activated species mainly composed of cobalt as a catalyst, while using carbon monoxide as a carbon source. The catalyst is obtained by having a carrier, which is composed of an oxide having a specific surface area of 0.01-5 m/g and containing magnesium, support 3-90% by mass of the activated species. By controlling the reaction temperature, the carbon monoxide partial pressure and the gas flow rate of the carbon monoxide, CNF having more excellent conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility can be produced, thereby obtaining carbon nanofibers having excellent conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility.

Method for producing carbon nanofibers

A hook part includes a hook main body; a latch for closing the hook main body; and a shaft to which the base end of the latch is integrally coupled, the shaft extending away from the hook main body along the rotational axis such that coupling between the attachment part and the hook part is ensured. A latch includes a spring portion provided closer to the base end of the latch; and a latch main body coupled with the coupled portion via the spring portion. The spring portion is elastically configured to enable urging of the latch away from the hook main body. The connection point of the latch and the shaft is farther from the hook main body along the rotational axis than the connection point of the hook main body and the coupled portion.

Fastening device and hook part

A buckle includes a male member and a female member. The male member is provided with an engagement section which protrudes from a body section. The female member includes a pressing elastic member which is provided with an engagement receiving section with which the engagement section engages; and a housing body in which a housing space for housing the pressing elastic member is housed. The housing body has an opening which connects to the housing space and into which the engagement section is inserted. The pressing elastic member is integrally provided with: a pair of pressing sections-which protrudes from the housing space of the housing body; elastic body sections which connect the pair of pressing sections together, elastically support the pressing sections, and enable the pressing sections to elastically move into the housing section; and the engagement receiving section which is supported by the elastic body sections.

A buckle includes: a plug; and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base; a leg that projects from the base and is elastically deformable in a direction intersecting with an insertion direction of the plug; and an engaging portion that is continuous with the leg and projects from the leg in a thickness direction of the plug. The socket includes an engaged portion engageable with the engaging portion and a guide portion guiding the engaging portion to the engaged portion. A thickness of a portion of the leg continuous with the engaging portion is smaller than a thickness of a base end of the leg. A thickness of a portion of the guide portion continuous with the engaging portion is larger than a thickness of a base end of the guide portion.

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Toyama, Japan

Hitoshi Kaneko