Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Zeon Corporation

Yusuke Adachi

Takashi Ikeda

Takuya Teramoto

Yuki Ugajin

Shingo Hamada

Kenya Sonobe

Hiroya Ito

Naoki Takahashi

Norikazu Yamamoto

Seiji Nakashima

Katsuyuki Yamamoto

Mitsuhiro Shirota

Yasuhide Hayamaru

Yasuhiro Isshiki

Yoshinori Tanikawa

Takahiro Shishido

Masakazu Sato

Ai Masuda

Hiroaki Makino

Yusuke Tashiro

Hiroshi Omura

Takuya Kaneda

Shuhei Yokota

Atsushi Kawashima

Komei Nakajima

Hironori Nagai

Syogo Namatame

Provided is a binder composition for a secondary battery with which a slurry composition for a secondary battery having low foaming can be produced, and that can improve handleability of a functional layer or electrode layer formed using the produced slurry composition for a secondary battery. The binder composition for a secondary battery contains a polymer A and a solvent. The polymer A includes an amide group-containing monomer unit and a carboxylic acid ester-containing monomer unit including an alkyl chain having a carbon number of not less than 2 and not more than 9. Content of the carboxylic acid ester-containing monomer unit in the polymer A is not less than 12 mass % and not more than 28 mass %.

Binder composition for secondary battery, slurry composition for secondary battery, functional layer for secondary battery, electrode layer for secondary battery, and secondary battery

In an air-conditioning apparatus, a first flow passage selection device and a second flow passage selection device each are a constant-energized-type three-way valve in which a position of a main valve can be fixed in a de-energized state. When the refrigerant circuit is switched to the cooling circuit by a flow switching device, when at least one of the first flow passage selection device and the second flow passage selection device is in a de-energized state, the first flow passage selection device or the second flow passage selection device in the de-energized state is configured to output refrigerant discharged from the compressor and input therein via the flow switching device and the bypass pipe to a corresponding one of an upper-side outdoor heat exchanger and a lower-side outdoor heat exchanger.

Air-conditioning apparatus

A propeller fan includes: a rotation-axis part that serves as a center of rotation; and a plurality of blades provided on an outer circumferential side of the rotation-axis part, the plurality of blades being joined to adjoining blades at leading edges and trailing edges thereof. A first rib projecting towards the center of rotation of the rotation-axis part to surround the rotation-axis part, and second ribs projecting towards the center of rotation to extend from the rotation-axis part toward the first rib are provided on pressure surfaces of the plurality of blades. Among ends of the second ribs in the direction of the center of rotation, the ends distant from the pressure surfaces project away from the pressure surfaces farther than an end of the first rib distant from the pressure surfaces, among the ends of the first rib in the direction of the center of rotation.

Propeller fan, outdoor unit, and refrigeration cycle apparatus

Provided is a binder composition for lithium ion secondary battery electrode-use that reduces internal resistance of a lithium ion secondary battery while also providing the lithium ion secondary battery with excellent life characteristics. The binder composition contains a copolymer X and a solvent. The copolymer X is obtained from a monomer composition X that contains at least 20.0 mass % and no greater than 75.0 mass % of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid compound (A) composed of either or both of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid salt, and at least 20.0 mass % and no greater than 75.0 mass % of a copolymerizable compound (B) that has an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a solubility of at least 7 g in 100 g of water at 20&#xb0; C. The copolymer X has a degree of swelling in electrolysis solution of less than 120 mass %.

Binder composition for lithium ion secondary battery electrode-use, slurry composition for lithium ion secondary battery electrode-use, electrode for lithium ion secondary battery-use, and lithium ion secondary battery

A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains a water-soluble polymer including, in a proportion of at least 0.1 mass % and not more than 20 mass %, a monomer unit derived from a monomer represented by general formula (1): CH&#x2550;C(R) &#x2014;C&#x2550;O&#x2014;NH&#x2014;R&#x2014;OH (Ris hydrogen or an alkyl group and Ris (CHR)(O(CHR))[n=1 to 10; m=1 to 4; 1=0 to 3; and Ris hydrogen or an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 4]).

Binder composition for non-aqueous secondary battery electrode, slurry composition for non-aqueous secondary battery electrode, electrode for non-aqueous secondary battery, and non-aqueous secondary battery

A heat exchanger includes a plurality of plate-shaped fins disposed at intervals, and a plurality of heat transfer tubes disposed to be inserted into through holes of the fins in a direction perpendicular to the fins. In each of the fins, a starting hole is formed between adjacent through holes, and the starting hole serves as a start point of bending of the fins and has a vertex portion at a bending portion of each fin which is close to an edge thereof. In each of the fins, a cut is made to connect the other edge of the fin and a side of the starting hole which is located opposite to the vertex portion of the starting hole. The above each fin is bent at the vertex portion of the starting hole, by opening the cut from the starting hole.

Heat exchanger, refrigeration cycle apparatus, and method for manufacturing heat exchanger

A propeller fan includes a shaft disposed on a rotation axis and a blade disposed adjacent to an outer circumferential surface of the shaft. The blade has a leading edge and a trailing edge. At least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge has a notch. The notch includes a pair of side edge-parts forming an acute included angle and bottom edge-part located between the pair of side edge-parts. The bottom edge-part includes at least one protrusion having an obtuse included angle.

Propeller fan

A propeller fan includes a boss on a rotation axis, and a blade at an outer circumferential portion of the boss. The blade includes a leading edge and a trailing edge. The blade includes a first area, a first sub-area located inward of the first area, and a second sub-area located outward of the first area. The first area includes a notch formed in the trailing edge. Each of the first sub-area and the second sub-area include plural notches formed in the trailing edge. The notch in the first area is larger than each of the plural notches in each of the first sub-area and the second sub-area.

Propeller fan, air-conditioning apparatus and ventilator

An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus eliminates a possibility of condensation on a front panel without deteriorating a quality of design. In an off state, an auxiliary air-directing plate is positioned above an up-down air-directing plate inside an air outlet such that a free end of the auxiliary air-directing plate opposite from one end of the auxiliary air-directing plate fixed to a rotating shaft is positioned closer to a rear surface of a casing than is the rotating shaft. In an on state, the auxiliary air-directing plate is rotated in a direction from the rear surface to a front surface of the casing, and the free end is protruded from the air outlet to an outside of the casing.

Indoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus

An air conditioner includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and a temperature detection unit. The temperature detection unit is attached to the condenser and is configured to detect a temperature of the refrigerant in the condenser. The expansion valve is configured to be capable of adjusting a flow rate per unit time of the refrigerant flowing through the expansion valve by adjusting a degree of opening of the expansion valve. The degree of opening of the expansion valve is increased when the temperature of the refrigerant detected by the temperature detection unit rises, and the degree of opening of the expansion valve is decreased when the temperature of the refrigerant detected by the temperature detection unit falls.

Air conditioner

An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing, an up-down airflow direction plate rotatably supported in the air outlet, and an auxiliary airflow direction plate rotatably supported below, and on an upstream side of, the up-down airflow direction plate. The up-down airflow direction plate has a main blade part formed of a flat plate and a rear edge part formed of a flat plate. When the main blade part is in a horizontal state, the rear edge part is inclined upward to a back face of the casing from the main blade part. When an angle &#x3b1; formed between the main blade part and the rear edge part and an angle &#x3b5; formed between the main blade part and a virtual line through a center of a tip part of the auxiliary airflow direction plate, &#x3b5; is greater than &#x3b1;.

Indoor unit for air-conditioning apparatus

A propeller fan includes a boss on a rotation axis, and a blade at an outer circumferential portion of the boss. The blade includes a leading edge and a trailing edge. The blade includes a first area, a second area inward of the first area, and third areas outward of the second area. The third areas are located inward and outward of the first area, with the first area interposed between the third areas. The first area, the second area and the third areas each include at least one notch in the trailing edge. The notches satisfy the relationship 'P&#x3e;P&#x3e;P', where Pis the width of the notch in the first area, Pis the width of the notch in the second area, and Pis the width of the notch in each of the third areas.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yusuke Adachi