A ferrule is formed with an optical fiber insertion hole into which an optical fiber is inserted, and includes a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and a filler, wherein a size of coarse particles originated from the filler is 50 μm or less, or a size of aggregates originated from the filler is 50 μm or less.
A magnetic disk device includes a plurality of disk-shaped magnetic disks 30, spacers 80, a hub 90, a clamp 70, and a fastening member 72. Each of the magnetic disks 30 includes a through-hole in a center section thereof. Each of the spacers 80 includes a through-hole in a center section thereof, and is disposed among the magnetic disks 30. The hub 90 is inserted into the through-holes of the magnetic disks 30 and the spacers 80. The clamp 70 presses and holds the magnetic disks 30 and the spacers 80. The fastening member 72 fastens the clamp 70 to the hub 90. The clamp 70 is fastened to the hub by the fastening member 72 with a torque of from 5 cN·m to 45 cN·m.
A medical device includes an extracorporeal unit including a power transmitting unit that transmits electric power from outside of a living body into the living body in a non-contact manner, and a medical instrument embedded in the living body. The medical instrument includes a power receiving unit that receives the electric power transmitted from the power transmitting unit, a soft portion through which an injection needle is inserted, and a plurality of light emitting units that are provided along an outer edge of the soft portion and are each configured to emit light using the electric power received by the power receiving unit. A light amount adjusting unit that adjusts a light amount of a light-irradiated region including one or more light-irradiated portions to be projected on a body surface from the plurality of light emitting units.
A61B 34/20 - Surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
A61M 5/32 - Syringes - Details - Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub; Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body; Devices for protection of needles
A61M 25/01 - Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
H02J 50/10 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling
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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING AND SPLICING OPTICAL FIBERS
A system of aligning concatenated sections of multicore optical fiber incorporates the capability of intentionally changing core assignments as part of the azimuthal alignment process. The intentional changing of core assignments, referred to as offset clocking, compensates for differences in properties of the individual core regions in a way that reduces variations between the spatial channels supported in the transmission system. The offset clocking technique can be used, e.g., to improve the attenuation (or other selected properties of the propagating signals). The offset clocking technique may be used to step through sequential changes core assignments at one or more splice locations (passive clocking) or identify a particular pairing of cores from one fiber section to the next (e.g., “good quality” core assigned to a “poor quality” signal exiting the first section) and rotate the fiber sections with respect to each other to achieve this particular core assignment.
This bolt holding structure (100) comprises a bolt (13) and a holder (12). The bolt (13) holds a conductor (bus bar (14) and terminal (15)) between a nut (17) and the bolt (13). The holder (12) holds the bolt (13). The bolt (13) comprises a fixing part, a shaft part (33), and a reception part (32). The fixing part can affix to the holder (12). The shaft part (33) has a screw groove formed thereon and has the nut (17) fastened thereto. The reception part (32) is located between the fixing part and the shaft part (33) in the axial direction and has a portion located further outward in the radial direction than the fixing part is when viewed in the axial direction.
H02G 3/16 - Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes structurally associated with support for line-connecting terminals within the box
H01R 4/34 - Conductive members located under head of screw
H02G 1/14 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for joining or terminating cables
With this method for laser-cutting a metal foil, for example, a metal foil that constitutes a battery electrode and serves as a workpiece is laser-cut by irradiating said workpiece in stages with pulses of laser light, the energy per pulse of which is 2-100 [mJ] and the rise time of which is 2 [μs] or less. The pulses may be emitted in stages at a frequency of 500 [kHz] or less. The thickness of the metal foil may be 500 [μm] or less, and the metal foil may have a portion that is coated with a film and a portion that is not coated with a film.
Described herein are systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for high back-scattering waveguides (e.g., optical fibers) and sensors employing high back-scattering optical fibers. Briefly described, one embodiment comprises a high back-scattering fiber, or enhanced scattering fiber or “ESF,” that features resistance specifications that remain intact over lengths of fiber in excess of 1 m, or preferably >100 m, or preferably >1 km, wherein the reflectivity of the ESFs may be precisely tuned within a range from −100 dB/mm to −70 dB/mm, and wherein the enhanced scattering may be spatially continuous or, alternatively, may be at discrete locations spaced apart by 100 microns to >10 m.
Provided is a thermally conductive film-like adhesive capable of sufficiently advancing a curing reaction under milder conditions, capable of effectively suppressing residual voids between the adhesive and a wiring board in a semiconductor package to be obtained when used as a die attach film, and capable of obtaining a semiconductor package excellent in heat releasing property inside the package. In addition, provided are a semiconductor package using the thermally conductive film-like adhesive and a method of producing the same.
H01L 25/065 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices all the devices being of a type provided for in the same subgroup of groups , or in a single subclass of , , e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes the devices not having separate containers the devices being of a type provided for in group
An energy storage system is described that is capable of efficiently performing charging with respect to a power supply in which a cycle of supplied power fluctuates. The energy storage system is connected to a power supply in which a cycle of supplied power fluctuates. The energy storage system includes a first storage battery and a second storage battery having an internal resistance lower than an internal resistance of the first storage battery at a same voltage and a same capacity. The first storage battery and the second storage battery are connected in parallel.
In an optical fiber comprising a central axis (z) with a cladding that extend along z and a coating that is disposed about the cladding, a twist with a twist period (τ) is imparted on the optical fiber about z. The twist mitigates micro-bend-induced cross-talk. The cladding comprises a substantially circular axial cross section. The substantially circular axial cross-section comprises a cladding center and a cladding outer diameter (ODclad). Multiple cores (e.g., a first core, a second core, etc.) are disposed within the cladding. At least one core is disposed helically about z to form a helical core, with the helical core comprising a helical pitch (p) that is approximately equal to τ (meaning, p ≈ τ). The twist has a twist period (τ) that is less than 9.1 centimeters (meaning, τ < 9.1cm).
A colored optical fiber includes a bare optical fiber, a primary layer formed of a first ultraviolet curing resin covering the bare optical fiber and a secondary layer formed of a second ultraviolet curing resin covering the primary layer. An outer diameter of the secondary layer is smaller than or equal to 210 μm. A Young's modulus of the primary layer is smaller than or equal to 88% with respect to a saturated Young's modulus of the primary layer.
An example thin substrate built-in hard disk drive includes a magnetic disk in a disk shape having a through-hole at the center, a spindle motor inserted into the through-hole of the magnetic disk and co-rotatably supporting the magnetic disk, and a base plate made of an aluminum alloy and supporting the spindle motor. The base plate has a metallographic structure in which a perimeter of a second phase particle having a longest diameter of 10 μm or more is 3 mm/mm2 or more, and the number of second phase particles having a longest diameter of 500 μm or more is 0 particles/mm2.
Provided is a method for producing useful hydrocarbons, the method comprising: a useful hydrocarbon generation step for generating, from a mixed gas comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen, a first gas comprising useful hydrocarbons; a recycle step for separating, from the first gas, a dry reforming recycle gas comprising at least carbon dioxide and a low hydrocarbon-containing gas containing a low hydrocarbon with a carbon number of 1 to 4; and a dry reforming step for generating, from the carbon dioxide and the low hydrocarbon-containing gas in the dry reforming recycle gas supplied from the recycle step, a second gas comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and supplying the second gas to the useful hydrocarbon generation step.
C10G 2/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures of undefined composition from oxides of carbon
C07C 1/04 - Preparation of hydrocarbons from one or more compounds, none of them being a hydrocarbon from oxides of carbon from carbon monoxide with hydrogen
Provided is a useful hydrocarbon production method comprising: a methanation step for generating a first gas containing methane from a mixed gas containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide; a dry reforming step for generating a second gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen from the first gas; a useful hydrocarbon generation step for generating a third gas containing a useful hydrocarbon from the carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the second gas; and a recycling step for separating a recycle gas for dry reforming, which contains at least carbon dioxide, from the third gas and supply same to the dry reforming step.
C10G 2/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures of undefined composition from oxides of carbon
C07C 1/04 - Preparation of hydrocarbons from one or more compounds, none of them being a hydrocarbon from oxides of carbon from carbon monoxide with hydrogen
33Sn-based superconducting wire, and a thermoplastic fusible resin layer composed of a thermoplastic fusible resin that coats the outer peripheral surface of the superconducting wire. In a lateral cross-section of the superconducting wire material for a superconducting coil, the superconducting wire has a circular outer shape, and the thermoplastic fusible resin layer has a polygonal outer shape.
A rotary connector device includes a stator, a rotator, an electrical cable, an electrical connector, and a connector coupling portion. The stator includes a first stator and a second stator. The connector coupling portion is configured to couple the electrical connector to the first stator. The connector coupling portion is configured to support the electrical connector in a cantilever manner with respect to the first stator such that a second surface becomes a free end in a state where the electrical connector is positioned in a first position and where the second stator is detached from the first stator.
H01R 43/20 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
H01R 43/26 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device
This optical device comprises, for example: a socket having a first substrate having a first surface facing in a first direction and intersecting the first direction, an optical transceiver provided offset in the first direction relative to the first substrate, a plurality of connecting conductors positioned between the first substrate and the optical transceiver and electrically connecting conductors of the first substrate and the optical transceiver, and an insulator supporting the plurality of connecting conductors; and a positioning pin extending in the first direction between the first substrate and the optical transceiver and passing through the socket to position the first substrate, the optical transceiver, and the socket in a direction intersecting the first direction.
A light emitting device according to the present invention includes: a base having a mounting surface; a plurality of semiconductor laser elements each emitting a laser beam in a first direction and arranged on the mounting surface along a second direction intersecting the first direction; a plurality of first mirror members each having a first reflecting surface that reflects the laser beam emitted from the corresponding semiconductor laser element and changing the traveling direction of the laser beam in a direction away from the mounting surface; a cover body that transmits the laser beams reflected by the first reflecting surfaces; and one or more second mirror members arranged on the cover body, having second reflecting surfaces that reflect the laser beams transmitted through the cover body, and further changing the traveling direction of the laser beams. The plurality of first mirror members are arranged on the mounting surface such that positions of the first reflecting surfaces in the first direction are different from one another. With the mounting surface serving as a reference surface, the heights of the optical axes of the laser beams reflected by the second reflecting surfaces from the reference surface are different from one another.
A chip on submount includes: a submount including a first surface directed in a first direction; a covering layer mounted on the first surface, extending to intersect the first direction, and including a second surface directed in the first direction; a laser element mounted on the second surface and including: a third surface directed in the first direction; and a light emission unit positioned at an intermediate portion of the laser element along a second direction intersecting the first direction, extending in a third direction intersecting the first direction and second direction, and configured to output laser light in the third direction; and a bonding wire attached onto the third surface and configured to exert a pressing force on the laser element, the pressing force including a component force directed in a direction opposite to the first direction.
A multi-core optical fiber comprises at least two (2) helical cores. When the multi-core optical fiber is bent, such that it has a bend length (L) and a bend radius (R), each core experiences a different strain, thereby resulting in an effective optical length difference (δl) between the cores. In the present disclosure, the helical cores have a pitch (P) that reduces δl/L to a value that is less than 5·10−6 (i.e., δl/L<5·10−6).
Described herein are systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for a coated fiber modified by actinic radiation to increase back-scattering, which experiences very little back-scattering decay at a temperature and time of exposure that is sufficient to noticeably degrade the coating and/or noticeably degrade the optical fiber due to outgassing of hydrogen from the coating. In one embodiment, an optical fiber comprises a fiber length, a coating having a treated coating weight, wherein the treated coating weight is at least 25% less of an original coating weight prior to an annealing treatment, and an optical back-scatter along the fiber length greater than a Rayleigh back-scattering over the fiber length, wherein the optical back-scatter does not decrease along the fiber length by more than 3 dB after exposure to annealing treatment. A further embodiment relates to a method comprising receiving an optical fiber at an inlet of at least one heat source, the optical fiber including a coating having an original coating weight and an optical back-scatter along a fiber length and applying an annealing treatment to the optical fiber by the least one heat source at a predetermined temperature Ta during a predetermined time ta, wherein the original coating weight is reduced by at least 25% to a treated coating weight during the annealing treatment, wherein the optical back-scatter does not decrease along the fiber length by more than 3 dB after the annealing treatment.
A lead-acid battery management system and a lead-acid battery management program are described that appropriately manage bipolar lead-acid batteries to reduce a degree to which the lead-acid batteries impose a load on environment as much as possible and are necessary to cause a circulation cycle from manufacturing to reuse to reliably function. A lead-acid battery system includes multiple bipolar lead-acid batteries and a management and support apparatus configured to manage the lead-acid battery system. The management and support apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record operation history information of the bipolar lead-acid batteries and a state determination unit configured to determine necessity of replacement of respective ones of the bipolar lead-acid batteries.
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H01M 10/18 - Lead-acid accumulators with bipolar electrodes
H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators
The present invention provides a light radiating fiber probe that can emit light with high beam quality in a direction inclined relative to an axial direction of an optical transmission cable. A light radiating fiber probe 1 is mounted in medical equipment for treatment, and includes: an optical transmission cable 10 through which light emitted from a light source is transmitted; and a light refracting unit 20 provided on a leading end 13 side of the optical transmission cable 10 and refracting, via two or more refracting surfaces 21, laser light L emitted from the optical transmission cable 10 to emit light inclined by a predetermined angle or larger relative to an axial direction X of the optical transmission cable 10.
Provided is an optical fiber probe 1 that can emit light having a high beam quality in a direction inclined with respect to the insertion direction of an optical transmission cable 10, while suppressing heat generated during irradiation. This optical fiber probe 1 for medical use comprises: an optical transmission cable 10 that transmits light emitted from a light source and emits the transmitted laser light L from a tip 13; an elongated curve maintaining member 40 that is disposed along the optical transmission cable 10 on at least the tip 13 side of the optical transmission cable 10, and that can maintain a curved state; a tubular member 30 into which the optical transmission cable 10 and the curve maintaining member 40 are inserted; and a holding part 60 that holds such that the relative position between the optical transmission cable 10, the curve maintaining member 40, and the tubular member 30 does not change.
A61N 5/067 - Radiation therapy using light using laser light
A61B 18/22 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser the beam being directed along or through a flexible conduit, e.g. an optical fibre; Hand-pieces therefor
26.
SCREENING APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL FIBER AND SCREENING METHOD FOR OPTICAL FIBER
The present invention intends to improve accuracy of screening an optical fiber. A screening apparatus for an optical fiber according to the present invention comprising: a feeding unit that feeds out an optical fiber; a tension application unit that applies a tension to the optical fiber fed out from the feeding unit; and a winding unit that winds the optical fiber to which the tension is applied by the tension application unit; wherein the tension application unit includes a first pulley, a second pulley, a first capstan, and a second capstan, a diameter of the first pulley is smaller than a diameter of the second pulley, or the diameter of the first capstan is smaller than a diameter of the second capstan.
A lead block includes a lead block body and a plurality of bus bars. The plurality of bus bars include a plurality of connection pins and a plurality of conductor connecting portions. At least one of the plurality of conductor connecting portions includes an exposed surface and a connection projection. The connection projection protrudes from the exposed surface in a perpendicular direction and is configured to be connected to a conductor of an electrical cable. The connection projection is disposed in a first region with respect to the exposed surface in the perpendicular direction. The lead block body includes a cable-facing surface provided facing the electrical cable in a state where the connection projection is connected to the conductor of the electrical cable. The cable-facing surface is offset in the perpendicular direction from the exposed surface and is disposed in the first region with respect to the exposed surface.
An access optical node includes an optical signal processing unit that transmits a received optical signal to a destination node. The optical signal processing unit includes a path switching unit that switches between a first path for transmitting the received optical signal to the destination node as it is as an optical signal, and a second path for transmitting the received optical signal to an electric signal processing unit and transmitting the optical signal processed by the electric signal processing unit to the destination node.
An optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of colored single fibers that are arranged side by side, and the adjacent single fibers are coupled by coupling resin. The single fibers are disposed leaving a gap between the single fibers. The adjacent single fibers are bonded to each other intermittently by coupling parts at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction. That is, the coupling parts between the adjacent single fibers are disposed intermittently with regard to the longitudinal direction of the single fibers. The coupling parts are formed of opaque coupling resin. A haze value of the coupling resin according to JIS K 7136 is preferably between 1.5% and 3%, for example.
An optical connector ferrule is a member in which an optical fiber is fixed inside a body section, and the distal-end side thereof forms a connection end surface for the optical fiber. An internal space in which the optical fiber is accommodated is formed inside the body section. The internal space runs through from the rear end to the distal end of the body section. An adhesive injection window that is open to the outside is formed in the upper surface of the body section. The adhesive injection window and the internal space are communicated inside the body section via a reduced-diameter section. In plan view, the area (area of the smallest section) of the reduced-diameter section is smaller than the open area of the adhesive injection window.
A bipolar battery is provided with improved productivity and reliability of bonding between a positive electrode and a substrate (bipolar plate) or a negative electrode and the substrate. The bipolar battery includes a bipolar electrode including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a substrate having a first surface on which the positive electrode is provided and a second surface on which the negative electrode is provided. A first adhesion layer is provided between the bipolar plate and the positive electrode and/or between the bipolar plate and the negative electrode. A second adhesion layer is provided at the outer periphery of the first adhesion layer of the positive electrode and/or the negative electrode on which the first adhesion layer is provided. The bipolar plate is formed from resin, the first adhesion layer is formed from an adhesion sheet, and the second adhesion layer is formed from an adhesive cured product.
A rotational connector device (6) comprises: a stator (10); a rotator (20); a holder attachment part (70); and a cable holder (80). The holder attachment part (70) includes a holder attachment hole (71). The cable holder (80) is detachably attached to the holder attachment hole (71), and in a state where a harness connector (8A) is connected to a rotator-side connector (22) of the rotator (20), the cable holder holds a cable (8B). The cable holder (80) and the holder attachment part (70) have an engagement structure.
Disclosed are: an adhesive composition including an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a polyurethane resin (C), and an inorganic filler (D), in which the polyurethane resin (C) has a storage elastic modulus at 25° C., in a dynamic viscoelastic analysis, of 8.0 MPa or higher, a proportion of the polyurethane resin (C) based on a total content of the epoxy resin (A) and the polyurethane resin (C) is from 2.0 to 50.0 mass %, and a maximum tensile stress in a stress-strain curve when a tensile strength is applied to a film adhesive formed using the adhesive composition is 7.0 MPa or higher; a film adhesive using the adhesive composition; a semiconductor package; and a producing method thereof.
C09J 7/40 - Adhesives in the form of films or foils characterised by release liners
H01L 21/78 - Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate with subsequent division of the substrate into plural individual devices
H01L 23/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
H01L 25/065 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices all the devices being of a type provided for in the same subgroup of groups , or in a single subclass of , , e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes the devices not having separate containers the devices being of a type provided for in group
This film removal method is for removing, from an electric wire having a core wire and an insulating film made of an organic polymer material, the insulating film through irradiation with laser light. The insulating film is removed from each site in a region of the surface of the electric wire from which the insulating film is to be removed, through irradiation with laser light performed a plurality of times. The film removal method optionally comprises: a first step for reducing the thickness of the insulating film by irradiating the surface of the electric wire with laser light; and a second step for removing the insulating film by irradiating the insulating film having the thickness reduced in the first step with laser light. In the first step, the thickness of the film may be reduced to at most 1 [μm].
H02G 1/12 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof
B23K 26/00 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
B23K 26/082 - Scanning systems, i.e. devices involving movement of the laser beam relative to the laser head
B23K 26/351 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring for trimming or tuning of electrical components
The present invention relates to a heat sink (1) comprising a base section (20) including a first surface (21) and a second surface (22) opposing to the first surface (21) and to which heating elements (100) are thermally connected, and radiating fins (10) erected on the first surface (21) of the base section (20), the base section (20) and the radiating fins (10) being integrally formed, wherein a part of a heat conduction member is embedded in the heat sink (1).
H01L 23/36 - Selection of materials, or shaping, to facilitate cooling or heating, e.g. heat sinks
H01L 23/427 - Cooling by change of state, e.g. use of heat pipes
F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes
H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
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CONDUCTOR-BONDED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONICALLY BONDING CONDUCTORS
Provided is a bonded structure in which conductors of a plurality of electric wires are ultrasonically bonded together. The conductors include both a conductor 5a that is relatively less likely to be deformed, and a conductor 5b that is relatively more likely to be deformed. That is, two or more types of electric wires comprising conductors of mutually different materials are present. In an axial view of the electric wires, when the direction of ultrasonic bonding is the vertical direction of a conductor bonded portion, and a direction orthogonal thereto is the width direction of the conductor bonded portion, the conductors 5a, 5b made of mutually different materials are disposed substantially symmetrically with respect to the center line A in the width direction.
H01R 43/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for soldered or welded connections
A rotary connector apparatus includes a stator, a rotator, and an adjustment structure. The stator is configured to be attached to a vehicle body. The rotator is provided rotatably about a rotation axis with respect to the stator. The stator and the rotator define a cable housing space provided to surround the rotation axis. The adjustment structure is configured to allow the rotation axis to move with respect to the vehicle body in a state where the stator is attached to the vehicle body. The adjustment structure includes a coupling structure configured to couple the stator to the vehicle body. The coupling structure supports the stator movably with respect to the vehicle body to change an angle of the rotation axis with respect to the vehicle body in a state where the coupling structure couples the stator to the vehicle body.
B60R 16/027 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems between relatively movable parts of the vehicle, e.g. between steering wheel and column
B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric
B62D 1/10 - Hubs; Connecting hubs to steering columns, e.g. adjustable
F16D 3/04 - Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive adapted to specific functions specially adapted to allow radial displacement, e.g. Oldham couplings
Provided is a fluororesin composition comprising (A) and (B) below, wherein the amount of (B) is 10% by mass or more: (A) a fluororesin including a tetrafluoroethylene component and a component other than a tetrafluoroethylene component as a constituent component, the melting heat quantity of this fluororesin being the largest in the fluororesin composition; and (B) a fluororesin, the melting heat quantity of which is smaller than that of the fluororesin (A).
C08J 9/04 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materials; After-treatment thereof using blowing gases generated by a previously added blowing agent
C08J 9/12 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materials; After-treatment thereof using blowing gases generated by a previously added blowing agent by a physical blowing agent
39.
ALUMINUM-BASED WIRE, ALUMINUM-BASED STRAND WIRE, AND ALUMINUM-BASED CABLE
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an aluminum-based wire, an aluminum-based strand wire, and an aluminum-based cable, which have sufficient conductivity, and in which an improved balance is achieved between bendability and tensile strength which are properties that have conventionally contradicted each other. This aluminum-based wire has a compositional makeup containing 3.00 mass% or less of Fe and 0.50 mass% or less of Si, the remaining portion being Al and unavoidable impurities. When a crystal orientation analysis is performed by an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) method in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the aluminum-based wire, the area percentage of a region having a GOS value lower than 2° among the measured regions is 15-40%.
C22F 1/00 - Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working
C22F 1/04 - Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of aluminium or alloys based thereon
H01B 1/02 - Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials; Selection of materials as conductors mainly consisting of metals or alloys
H01B 5/02 - Single bars, rods, wires or strips; Bus-bars
Provided is a prism which has, for example, an entrance surface, a reflection surface, and an exit surface extending in respective differing directions that each intersect a first direction, which changes the direction of travel of light substantially along a virtual plane perpendicular to the first direction, and which has a refractive index of n (where n>1), wherein as viewed in the first direction, the difference in angle between the entrance surface and the exit surface is 90 [deg], the light entering the entrance surface travels in a second direction, the entrance surface extends toward the second direction with increasing proximity to the exit surface from the position at which the light enters the entrance surface, and when the difference in angle between the entrance surface and a virtual plane perpendicular to the second direction is regarded as θ (where θ>0 [deg]) and the difference in angle between the exit surface and the reflection surface is regarded as x [deg], the following expression (1) is satisfied: (1) 45
Embodiments of the invention include an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a multi-fiber unit tube that is substantially circular and dimensioned to receive a plurality of optical fibers. The optical fiber cable also includes a plurality of partially bonded optical fiber ribbon units positioned within the multi-fiber tube. The partially bonded optical fiber ribbon units are partially bonded in such a way that each partially bonded optical fiber ribbon is formed in a substantially circular shape or a random shape. The optical fiber cable also includes at least one elastomeric strength layer formed around the partially bonded optical fiber ribbon units. The optical fiber cable also includes an outer jacket surrounding the multi-fiber tube.
A bipolar lead-acid storage battery has both life performance to withstand long-term operation and high capacity performance. Positive electrode current collector plates include a lead alloy sheet, a mass loss per total surface area of a test piece is 100 mg/cm2 or less when measured after the test piece is placed in sulfuric acid at a concentration of 38 mass % maintained at a temperature of 60° C., and a continuous anodization performed at a constant potential of 1,350 mV on a reference electrode for 28 days. A thickness of the collector plate arranged on one surface of a substrate that covers both a side of a positive electrode and a side of a negative electrode of a cell member is between 0.10 mm and 0.50 mm, and a ratio of a volume of the current collector plate to a rated capacity of the battery is between 0.11 and 0.67.
H01M 10/18 - Lead-acid accumulators with bipolar electrodes
H01M 50/477 - Spacing elements inside cells other than separators, membranes or diaphragms; Manufacturing processes thereof characterised by their shape
An optical waveguide structure according to the present invention comprises, for example: a first member that has a first surface facing in a first direction; a waveguide layer having a core layer that extends in a second direction crossing the first direction at a position away from the first surface, a cladding layer that surrounds the core layer on the first surface and has a protruding part protruding in the first direction at least in a region on the opposite side of the core layer from the first member with respect to a surrounding portion of the region, and an inclined part that is provided at a boundary between the protruding part and the surrounding portion; a second member that is provided on the opposite side of an end in the longitudinal direction of the waveguide layer from the first member; and an adhesive that bonds the cladding layer and the second member at a position displaced from the inclined part.
G02B 6/122 - Basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths
G02B 6/12 - Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
A lead foil and a bipolar lead acid storage battery capable of preventing breakage of the lead foil due to growth deformation are described. The lead foil is for a current collector in a bipolar lead acid storage battery, in which at least one of a front surface or a back face has a maximum valley depth Rv of 4 μm or less in a profile curve acquired, orthogonally to a rolling direction, by surface roughness measurement with a stylus.
A lead foil and a bipolar lead acid storage battery capable of suppressing a voltage drop in the battery due to peeling of the lead foil from a substrate are described. The lead foil is for a current collector in a bipolar lead acid storage battery. A back face of the lead foil opposed to a substrate of the bipolar lead acid storage battery has a contact length of between 150 μm and 1800 μm, inclusive, in a profile curve acquired, orthogonally to a rolling direction, by surface roughness measurement with a stylus, and with a scanning distance of 4 mm and a measurement interval of 0.5 μm, the contact length is a sum total of respective absolute values of differences in height between adjacent measurement points.
According to the present invention, holding of an active material which is filled, while being prevented from the occurrence of a reaction that generates heat, is adequately maintained, thereby ensuring adhesion between the active material and a collector. A bipolar storage battery according to the present invention comprises: a cell member (110) that is provided with a positive electrode (111), a negative electrode (112) and a separator (113); and a space formation member (120). With respect to this bipolar storage battery, an active material layer (111b) for the positive electrode and an active material layer (112b) for the negative electrode each contain an active material; the active material layer (111b) for the positive electrode and/or the active material layer (112b) for the negative electrode have an active material holder (180) that holds the active material; and the active material holder (180) is arranged within the active material layer (111b) for the positive electrode or the active material layer (112b) for the negative electrode when viewed from the thickness direction of the active material layer (111b) for the positive electrode or the active material layer (112b) for the negative electrode, while being provided with a plurality of first bones (181) and a plurality of second bones (182), which intersect with the plurality of first bones (181), the first and second bones being formed of a material that is not chemically bonded to and is not reactive with the active material.
H01M 50/103 - Primary casings, jackets or wrappings of a single cell or a single battery characterised by their shape or physical structure prismatic or rectangular
H01M 50/184 - Sealing members characterised by their shape or structure
H01M 50/186 - Sealing members characterised by the disposition of the sealing members
A control unit 5 functions as an end part information acquisition means that acquires, from an end part image obtained of a coil, various kinds of end part information for each end part to be welded of each portion. That is, the control unit 5 is able to acquire end part information from an image of the end parts of a pair of segment coils to be welded. The control unit 5 functions as a welding condition setting means that sets a welding condition on the basis of the end part information obtained. The control unit 5, with respect to each end part pair, controls the operation and the like of a laser irradiation unit 11 on the basis of the welding condition set, so that the end parts of the pair of segment coils to be welded are irradiated with laser and integrated by welding.
The present invention provides: a colored optical fiber core wire which is capable of reducing the Young's modulus of a primary layer to a desired value without making a major change in the resin composition, and which is also capable of suppressing or preventing an increase in the Young's modulus; and a method for producing this colored optical fiber core wire. A colored optical fiber core wire according to the present invention comprises a bare optical fiber, a primary layer which is formed of a first ultraviolet curable resin and covers the bare optical fiber, and a secondary layer which is formed of a second ultraviolet curable resin and covers the primary layer. With respect to this colored optical fiber core wire, the primary layer has a carbon-sulfur bond and contains 0.03 wt% to 0.65 wt% of sulfur atoms; and the amount of increase in the Young's modulus of the primary layer due to additional ultraviolet irradiation on the primary layer is 0.09 MPa or less.
A Bismuth-doped fiber-optic amplifier (BDFA) system in which a Bismuth-doped optical fiber (BDF) is pumped by a fiber-laser pump (rather than by a semiconductor pump). Because higher-power fiber-laser pumps permit over-pumping of the BDF, there are benefits to the fiber-laser-pumped BDFA that cannot be realized with inherently lower-power semiconductor pumps.
Provided is a heat sink in which the thermal resistance when heat is transmitted from a heat-generating body to a heat-receiving part of a heat pipe is reduced, thereby making it possible to exhibit exceptional cooling characteristics even with respect to a heat-generating body having a high calorific value. A heat sink comprising: a heat pipe that has a heat-receiving part, which is thermally connected to a heat-generating body; and a heat exchanger that is thermally connected to a heat-releasing part of the heat pipe. The heat pipe has an internal space in which a working fluid is sealed, the internal space allowing communication from the heat-receiving part to the heat-releasing part. The portion of the heat-receiving part that faces the heat-generating body is a flat part that is flat along the extension direction of the heat-generating body. The flat part is directly in contact with the heat-generating body.
H01L 23/427 - Cooling by change of state, e.g. use of heat pipes
F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes
H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
This light-emitting module comprises: a support substrate having a plurality of placement surfaces arranged side by side in a first direction; a plurality of light-emitting devices, the corresponding light-emitting devices being disposed on the respective placement surfaces, and each including a semiconductor laser element, a first mirror member, a cover, and a second mirror member; a plurality of third mirror members; and a light condensing lens. The first mirror member changes the traveling direction of laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser element, the cover transmits the laser light having the changed traveling direction, the second mirror member further changes the traveling direction of the laser light transmitted through the cover to a second direction, and each third mirror member changes the traveling direction of the laser light from the second direction to the first direction. The light condensing lens couples a plurality of laser light beams to optical fibers.
H01S 5/02257 - Out-coupling of light using windows, e.g. specially adapted for back-reflecting light to a detector inside the housing
H01S 5/40 - Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups
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CATHODE ELECTRODE, COMPOSITE OF CATHODE ELECTRODE AND SUBSTRATE, ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION DEVICE COMPRISING CATHODE ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE OF CATHODE ELECTRODE AND SUBSTRATE
The present invention provides: a cathode electrode that makes it possible to maintain, stably and with high efficiency over a long period, a catalytic reaction that produces an alcohol such as ethanol or an olefin-based hydrocarbon such as ethylene via a reduction reaction of carbon dioxide; and a composite of a cathode electrode and a substrate. Provided is a cathode electrode that electrically reduces carbon dioxide, said cathode electrode comprising copper and at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, boron, gallium, zinc, titanium, and silicon, wherein the copper includes zero-valent copper, monovalent copper, and/or divalent copper.
C25B 11/091 - Electrodes formed of electrocatalysts on a substrate or carrier characterised by the electrocatalysts material consisting of two or more catalytic elements or catalytic compounds
C23C 28/00 - Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of main groups , or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses and
C25B 11/077 - Electrodes formed of electrocatalysts on a substrate or carrier characterised by the electrocatalysts material consisting of a single catalytic element or catalytic compound the compound being a non-noble metal oxide
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FERRULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FERRULE, FERRULE-EQUIPPED FIBER RIBBON, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FERRULE-EQUIPPED FIBER RIBBON
An optical connector ferrule 1 is a member inside which an optical fiber is secured, and a tip side thereof serves as a connection end surface 7 for an optical fiber. The optical connector ferrule 1 is formed by injection molding, for example, and is formed from polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin that contains a filling material (e.g., inorganic fibers or a filler). An internal space 13 is communicated with the tip side of the optical connector ferrule 1, and serves as a hole 9 into which the optical fiber is inserted. Here, the 260°C×1 minute shrinkage factor of the optical connector ferrule 1 in the present embodiment is 0.13% or less.
Provided is a heat sink with which it is possible to reduce pressure loss occurring when cooling air flows along a heat-dissipating fin while ensuring exceptional heat exchange performance in the heat-dissipating fin. A heat sink having: a heat-receiving part that is thermally connected to a heat-generating body; a flat first heat-dissipating fin that is thermally connected to the heat-receiving part, the first heat-dissipating fin having a first main surface; and a flat second heat-dissipating fin that is thermally connected to the heat-receiving part, the second heat-dissipating fin having a second main surface, and the area of the second main surface being less than the area of the first main surface. The second heat-dissipating fin is disposed between a plurality of the first heat-dissipating fins, specifically at a position such that the second main surface overlaps the first main surface in plan view.
F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes
H01L 23/427 - Cooling by change of state, e.g. use of heat pipes
H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
An optical fiber includes: a core portion; a side core layer circumferentially surrounding the core portion; a cladding portion circumferentially surrounding the side core layer; and a coating layer circumferentially surrounding the cladding portion. When an average maximum relative refractive-index difference of the core portion to an average refractive index of the cladding portion is Δ1, a relative refractive-index difference of an average refractive index of the side core layer to the average refractive index of the cladding portion is Δ2, a relative refractive-index difference of the average refractive index of the cladding portion to pure silica glass is ΔClad, Δ1 >ΔClad>Δ2 and 0>Δ2 hold, the Δ1 is 0.18% or more and 0.24% or less, the Δ2 is −0.27% or more and −0.12% or less, and (Δ1−Δ2) is 0.36% or more and 0.45% or less.
A power storage system and an equalizing charge method capable of performing equalizing charging more efficiently are provided. In the power storage system, a plurality of assembled storage batteries connected to an external power supply system including rotary machine power generation and solar power generation are charged with surplus power in daytime generated by the rotary machine power generation and the solar power generation to store the surplus power and are discharged according to insufficient power generation by the rotary machine power generation to handle the insufficient power generation. An equalizing charging operation is performed on one or two or more assembled storage batteries selected from the plurality of assembled storage batteries at time of charging with the surplus power when it is determined that equalizing charging is required.
Provided is an optical fiber base material producing device which can reduce unevenness in the surface of an optical fiber base material. The optical fiber base material producing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized by comprising: a support portion which rotates a core rod around a rotation axis of the core rod at a rotation speed r, the rotation axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the core rod; and a burner array which includes N (N is an integer equal to or greater than 2) pairs of burners and raw material jetting ports that are provided at an interval of a distance d, reciprocates around the core rod at a speed v in the longitudinal direction, and forms a porous glass portion on the periphery of the core rod, wherein, when the burner array moves by the distance d in the longitudinal direction, the rotation number (L+x) of the core rod is denoted as rd/v=L+x, L is any natural number, and, when the offset x is greater than -0.5 and equal to or smaller than +0.5, the absolute value of the rotation number x is greater than 2/(2N+1) and smaller than 3/(3N-1).
C03B 37/018 - Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments made entirely or partially by chemical means by glass deposition on a glass substrate, e.g. by chemical vapour deposition
C03B 8/04 - Production of glass by other processes than melting processes by gas phase reaction processes
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SUPPORTING AND ROUTING DROP LINES FROM AN ALL-DIELECTRIC SELFSUPPORTING (ADSS) FIBER OPTIC TRUNK CABLE
Drop lines are supported and routed from a an ADSS trunk cable to designated users. Each of a number of non-metallic elongated support members has a main passage, and a first slit for enabling the cable to be urged into the passage from outside. Each member also has a number of aligned outer passages, and associated second slits for enabling a drop line to be urged into a given outer passage from outside. A band may be applied about each support member to prevent the cable and the drop lines from escaping the member through the slits. One end of each drop line is connected to the cable fibers inside a closure fixed at one end of a cable span. A drop line exiting an outer passage in a given support member is routed either through an outer passage in a successive member, or away from the cable to a designated user.
A bipolar storage battery includes cell members arranged with spacing in a stacked manner, each of the cell members including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and separators interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, space-forming members including a substrate that forms a plurality of spaces individually accommodating the plurality of cell members, and a frame body surrounding a side surface of the cell member. Each of the plurality of separators has a first surface and a second surface with different surface roughness, and a surface in contact with at least the positive active material layer is a surface having a smaller (finer) surface roughness than the first surface or the second surface. This configuration may suppress local use of active material during charging and discharging to achieve uniform use of active material in a cell.
A bipolar storage battery includes cell members arranged with spacing in a stacked manner, each of the cell members including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and space-forming members forming a plurality of spaces individually accommodating the plurality of cell members. A value obtained by dividing the distance between a positive active material layer and a negative active material layer placed in a position facing the positive active material layer by the sum of the thickness of the positive active material layer and the thickness of the negative active material layer is 1.1 or more. The bipolar storage battery may suppress local use of active material during charging and discharging to achieve uniform use of active material in a cell.
During welding for manufacturing a bipolar storage battery, it is possible to reduce heat accumulation inside an electrical conductor and heat conductivity to a periphery of a through-hole by connecting current collector plates on both surfaces of a substrate. In the battery in which a positive electrode current collector plate and a negative electrode current collector plate of cell members adjacent to each other are electrically connected to each other by an electrical conductor arranged in a through-hole and a plurality of cell members are electrically connected in series, an area of at least one of a connection surface of the electrical conductor with the positive electrode current conductor plate and a connection surface of the electrical conductor with the negative electrode current collector plate is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the electrical conductor parallel to the connection surface in a middle portion in a plate thickness direction.
H01M 4/68 - Selection of materials for use in lead-acid accumulators
H01M 50/503 - Interconnectors for connecting terminals of adjacent batteries; Interconnectors for connecting cells outside a battery casing characterised by the shape of the interconnectors
22=45°-90°) orientation density of 6.0-10.0, as measured using EBSD; a tensile strength of 420-700 MPa in the direction parallel to the rolling direction; and a conductivity of 65-90% IACS.
C22F 1/00 - Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working
C22F 1/08 - Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of copper or alloys based thereon
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COPPER ALLOY MATERIAL FOR HEAT-RADIATING COMPONENTS, AND HEAT-RADIATING COMPONENT
Provided is a copper alloy material for heat-radiating components which, even after being subjected to a thermal history at high temperatures as a result of bonding such as brazing or welding, is capable of maintaining the rigidity of the copper alloy sheet material itself, which exhibits improved rigidity compared to pure copper alloy sheet materials, and also stably maintaining high thermal transport properties of the obtained heat-radiating component over the long term. This copper alloy material for heat-radiating components has an alloy composition which contains Mn in the amount of 3.00-18.00 mass%, inclusive, with the remainder comprising Cu and inevitable impurities. The Vickers hardness (HV1) thereof is 80 or higher.
C22C 9/05 - Alloys based on copper with manganese as the next major constituent
C22F 1/00 - Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working
C22F 1/08 - Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of copper or alloys based thereon
F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes
The present invention measures internal resistance of a battery at an appropriate timing when there is less influence of polarization. This internal resistance measurement system for measuring internal resistance of a rechargeable battery comprises: an acquisition part that acquires a current value of current flowing from the battery and a voltage value of the battery; a determination part that determines the propriety of measurement of internal resistance of the battery on the basis of the voltage value and/or the current value acquired by the acquisition part at the time of stoppage of charging of the battery; a discharge control part that discharges the battery so that discharging of the battery is performed with a prescribed pattern when the determination part has determined that internal resistance is measurable; and a measurement unit that measures internal resistance of the battery on the basis of the current value and the voltage value acquired by the acquisition part at the time of discharging of the battery performed with the prescribed pattern.
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
A strain-compensated optical cable comprises a strength member extending substantially along a length of the optical cable. The optical cable has a first buffer tube and a second buffer tube, both of which extend along the length of the optical cable. Positioned within the first buffer tube is a strain-measuring single-mode fiber (SMF). Positioned within the second buffer tube is a hollow-core fiber (HCF). The SMF is used as a means for measuring strain (s), thereby allowing for strain mitigation experienced by the HCF. A stranding material extends substantially along the length of the optical cable and strands together the first buffer tube and the second buffer tube. An outer jacket surrounds the stranding material and extends substantially along the length of the optical cable.
A storage device for an optical fiber ribbon. A spool includes a hub, a bottom flange, and a top flange. A spool opening extends axially through the hub and the flanges, and a circular array of recesses are formed along the edge of the opening in the bottom flange. A base has a number of circularly arrayed, pawls for engaging the recesses along the edge of the spool opening in the bottom flange so that when the bottom flange is engaged with the pawls on the base, the spool can rotate in only one winding direction. The hub has a hook member on its circumference which is formed to engage an optical fiber ribbon at a midpoint along its length while maintaining a specified minimum bend radius. When the ribbon is looped around the hook m ember and the spool is wound, two equal lengths of the ribbon are wound next to one another on the hub for storage. Designated fibers of the ribbon then are accessible from the stored lengths of the ribbon for splicing or other handling.
An optical apparatus includes: at least one optical component configured to reflect first light that travels in a first direction toward a second direction, transmit second light that travels in the second direction, and generate leaked light traveling in the first direction, the leaked light including a first component transmitted in the first direction in the first light and a second component reflected toward the first direction in the second light; a first processing unit configured to absorb the leaked light, and reflect the leaked light in a predetermined direction; and at least one second processing unit configured to absorb the leaked light coming from the first processing unit.
A bipolar storage battery that can prevent outward leakage of an electrolytic solution and reduction of mechanical strength by strongly joining plates each holding a cell member, thereby ensuring hermeticity of the inside of a cell and the mechanical strength, and also making the bipolar storage battery compact while reducing the number of components. The bipolar storage battery includes an internal frame unit including a bipolar plate in which a positive pole is provided on one surface and a negative pole is provided on an other surface, and an internal rim is provided in an outer edge of the bipolar plate. A plurality of the internal frame units are stacked and adjacent internal rims are welded to each other. A ratio of a width of the internal rim to a depth of welding between the rims is between 2.7 times and 16.0 times, inclusive.
H01M 10/18 - Lead-acid accumulators with bipolar electrodes
H01M 50/184 - Sealing members characterised by their shape or structure
H01M 10/14 - Assembling a group of electrodes or separators
H01M 50/131 - Primary casings, jackets or wrappings of a single cell or a single battery characterised by physical properties, e.g. gas-permeability or size
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Current Collector Sheet For Lead-Acid Storage Battery, Lead-Acid Storage Battery, And Bipolar Lead-Acid Storage Battery
A positive electrode current collector plate, which is a current collector sheet for a lead-acid storage battery, includes a rolled sheet including a lead alloy in which a content ratio of tin (Sn) is between 1.0 mass % and 1.9 mass %, inclusive, a content ratio of calcium (Ca) is between 0.005 mass % and 0.028 mass %, inclusive, and a balance is lead (Pb) and inevitable impurities. A hole penetrating in a plate surface direction is not formed, and the number of crystal grains having a grain size of 10 μm or more present in a range excluding top and bottom 10% in a thickness direction of the rolled sheet in an arbitrary cross section is between 25 and 55, inclusive, per area of 1 mm2 in the range.
H01M 4/68 - Selection of materials for use in lead-acid accumulators
H01M 10/18 - Lead-acid accumulators with bipolar electrodes
H01M 50/209 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells
H01M 50/291 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders characterised by spacing elements or positioning means within frames, racks or packs characterised by their shape
An aluminum alloy disc blank for a magnetic disc made of an aluminum alloy containing Mg: 3.40 to 3.90 mass % with the balance being A1 and inevitable impurities, wherein a conductivity of the aluminum alloy disc blank is 36.0% IACS or higher.
C22F 1/047 - Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of aluminium or alloys based thereon of alloys with magnesium as the next major constituent
An aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disc is made of an aluminum alloy, containing Fe: 1.80 mass % or less, Mn: 0.70 mass % or less, Ni: 2.50 mass % or less, Si: 2.50 mass % or less, Cu: 1.00 mass % or less, Zn: 0.48 mass % or less and Mg: 1.00 to 3.50 mass %, wherein a total content of Fe, Mn and Ni is 1.60 to 4.50 mass % and a mass ratio of Cu/Zn is 0.01 to 0.35 or 6.00 to 50.00, with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities.
The present invention suppresses complication of a power converter and realizes control based on a reference function. A power control device according to the present invention, which controls a power converter that converts and outputs input power, comprises: a setting unit which sets a control mode of the power converter to constant voltage control, constant current control, constant power control, or output cessation in accordance with an input value and which sets, on the basis of the control mode and a reference function defined in accordance with the input value, a target value of an output of the power converter corresponding to the control mode; and an output unit which outputs, to the power converter, the control mode that is set by the setting unit and the target value that is set by the setting unit.
H02J 3/38 - Arrangements for parallelly feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
G05F 1/00 - Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or val
H02J 3/32 - Arrangements for balancing the load in a network by storage of energy using batteries with converting means
H02J 7/35 - Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other dc sources, e.g. providing buffering with light sensitive cells
H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
H02M 3/00 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output
The present invention measures the internal resistance of a battery at an appropriate timing when the influence of polarization is minimal. The internal resistance measurement system for measuring the internal resistance of a rechargeable battery comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires a voltage value of the battery and a current value of a current flowing from the battery; a discharge control unit that discharges the battery so that the battery is discharged in a predetermined pattern; and a measurement unit that measures the internal resistance of the battery on the basis of the voltage value and current value acquired by the acquisition unit, in a case where a difference between a reference voltage value acquired by the acquisition unit before the battery is discharged by the discharge control unit and a voltage value acquired by the acquisition unit after the battery is discharged by the discharge control unit is equal to or less than a threshold value determined in advance.
G01R 31/389 - Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
A heat pipe includes a container having an internal space for a working fluid, and an evaporating portion that evaporates a liquid-phase working fluid to change it into a gas-phase working fluid. A condensing portion separated from the evaporating portion condenses a gas-phase working fluid to change it into a liquid-phase working fluid, and an intermediate portion located between the evaporating portion condensing portion. The heat pipe includes a first sintered body layer on an inner peripheral surface of the evaporating portion and includes a product of sintering a first copper powder. A second sintered body layer continuously extends to at least a part of an inner peripheral surface of the intermediate portion and stacked on an inner peripheral surface of the first sintered body layer and includes a product of sintering of a second copper powder having a larger average particle size than the first copper powder.
F28D 15/04 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes with tubes having a capillary structure
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VAPOR CHAMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VAPOR CHAMBER
A vapor chamber which enables to raise the heat transfer coefficient by improving the transport efficiency of the working fluid, and a manufacturing method thereof. A vapor chamber includes a working fluid in a sealed internal space formed by joining a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet, in which in an opposite surface of at least one metal sheet (at least opposite surface 12a in FIGS. 1A and 1B) among opposite surfaces 11a, 12a at which the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet are facing each other, main grooves extending continuously or discontinuously towards one direction (extending direction X of main groove) are formed in line at a predetermined interval, and connection grooves connecting main grooves 21a, 21b which are adjacent are formed at irregular arrangement pitches and irregular grooves widths toward a different direction than the one direction (extending direction X of main groove 21).
F28D 15/04 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes with tubes having a capillary structure
F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes
A laser device includes: a seed light source configured to output a laser light having a single mode; a multicore fiber including at least one core group having at least one core, each of the core in the core group being optically coupled to neighboring cores; and an optical coupler configured to input the laser light to the core group, wherein in the multicore fiber, the laser light propagates through the core group in a super mode representing propagation mode of the core group.
(Problem) To provide an electric cable connection method for joining terminal conductors in an assembled state and a joined electric cable. (Solution to the Problem) An electric cable connection method is a method for connecting exposed terminal conductors 21a of a plurality of covered electric cables 20 so as to be conductive. The electric cable connection method includes an assembly step s2 of assembling the covered electric cables 20; a fixing step s3 of fixing the terminal conductors 21a of the assembly of the plurality of electric cables 20 with a resin cover 50; and a joining step s4 of setting the plurality of covered electric cables having the plurality of terminal conductors 21a fixed with the resin cover 50 in an electric cable connection device 40, and joining the plurality of exposed terminal conductors 21a.
H02G 1/14 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for joining or terminating cables
A battery post terminal assembly includes a battery post terminal including a grasping portion capable of grasping a battery post on an inner side, and a fastening portion placed in a form of a pair to extend from end portions of the grasping portion, a holder placed on one side of the fastening portion, and a base member placed on an opposite side to the holder with the fastening portion between the holder and the base member. The base member has a base seat portion, a screw shaft that is provided on one surface of the base seat portion to be coupled to the holder, and a projection portion that is provided on a surface having the screw shaft of the base seat portion, and to project to an inner side of the fastening portion when coupled to the holder.
A current collector sheet suitable as a positive electrode current collector plate used by being attached to a resin substrate surface of a space forming member constituting a bipolar lead-acid storage battery is provided. A current collector sheet for a lead-acid storage battery has a Vickers hardness of 10 or less when measured by a micro Vickers hardness test specified in JIS Z2244:2009, has a thickness of less than 0.5 mm, and is formed of a lead alloy in which a content ratio of tin (Sn) is 1.0 mass % or more and less than 2.0 mass %, a content ratio of calcium (Ca) is 0.005 mass % or more and less than 0.030 mass %, and a balance is lead (Pb) and unavoidable impurities.
A laser apparatus includes: a laser unit including a light source unit configured to change a frequency of laser light to be output; and a monitor unit configured to acquire a monitor value corresponding to a frequency equivalent amount corresponding to the frequency of the laser light; and a control unit configured to control the frequency of the laser light by supplying a control amount to the laser unit. The monitor unit at least includes: a first frequency filter and a second frequency filter; a first detection unit; and a second detection unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a target frequency, acquire a first ratio and a second ratio, set, as a monitor value corresponding to the frequency of the laser light, one of the first ratio, the second ratio, a third ratio, acquire a target value, and control the control amount.
Provided is a joint connector formed by stacking connector cases each accommodating a connection terminal. The connector cases each include a main plate part that holds the connection terminal, and a pair of side plate parts perpendicular to the main plate part and parallel to each other. Inner-side surfaces of distal end portions of the respective side plate parts are provided with engaging claws protruding in a direction toward the opposing side plate parts, respectively, and outer-side surfaces of proximal end portions of the respective side plate parts are provided with engaging grooves recessed in a direction toward the opposing side plate parts, respectively. The connector cases are stacked with the engaging claws of one connector case and the engaging grooves of another connector case engaged with each other, respectively.
H01R 13/514 - Bases; Cases formed as a modular block or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING AND SPLICING OPTICAL FIBERS
A system of aligning concatenated sections of multicore optical fiber incorporates the capability of intentionally changing core assignments as part of the azimuthal alignment process. The intentional changing of core assignments, referred to as offset clocking, compensates for differences in properties of the individual core regions in a way that reduces variations between the spatial channels supported in the transmission system. The offset clocking technique can be used, e.g., to improve the attenuation (or other selected properties of the propagating signals). The offset clocking technique may be used to step through sequential changes core assignments at one or more splice locations (passive clocking) or identify a particular pairing of cores from one fiber section to the next (e.g., “good quality” core assigned to a “poor quality” signal exiting the first section) and rotate the fiber sections with respect to each other to achieve this particular core assignment.
In the present invention, a void section is provided in the vicinity of a cover plate so that even when an adhesive protrudes, the protruded adhesive is accommodated therein. A gap due to said protruded adhesive is then prevented from being generated between a current collector and an active material layer when said layer is placed. Detachment between the current collector and the active material layer is avoided, and so is infiltration by an electrolyte. Due to the foregoing, decrease in the capacity is delayed, and the lifetime thereof is extended. The present invention comprises: a cell member (110) provided with a positive electrode (111) that includes a positive electrode current collector (111a) and a positive electrode active material layer (111b), a negative electrode (112), and a separator (113); a space-forming member (120); a cover plate (170) that covers a peripheral section of the positive electrode current collector (111a); and an adhesive (150) that is disposed between the cover plate (170) and the positive electrode current collector (11a) and fixes the cover plate (170) to the positive electrode current collector (111a). A void section (171) is formed in the vicinity of fixing surfaces (F) of the cover plate (170) and the positive electrode current collector (111a).
Provided is an energy ray-curable film-shaped transparent adhesive comprising an epoxy resin, a phenoxy resin, and a photocationic polymerization initiator containing antimony at an anionic site. Also provided are a device comprising the film-shaped transparent adhesive, and a method for manufacturing the device using the film-shaped transparent adhesive.
A semiconductor laser device includes: a layered structure in which a first conductivity type cladding layer, an active layer, a second conductivity type cladding layer, and a contact layer are layered in a first direction, the layered structure including a facet in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the facet outputting laser light, a non-window region, and a window region, the window region having a bandgap larger than a bandgap of the non-window region; a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductivity type cladding layer; a second electrode that is formed on the contact layer and constitutes a current path through the layered structure with the first electrode; a passivation layer formed on the facet and having a bandgap larger than the bandgap of the window region; and a dielectric reflecting coating configured to cover an opposite side of the passivation layer from the facet.
H01S 5/343 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser
H01S 5/02 - Structural details or components not essential to laser action
An irradiation probe system, includes: an irradiation probe having a core and first cladding surrounding the core; at least one light source; and a coupling portion that couples light output by the at least one light source, to at least one of the core and the first cladding, wherein the core includes a first input end portion at one end of an axis of the core, and an output end portion that is at the other end of the axis, and the first cladding includes: a second input end portion at one end of the axis; and a leakage portion that is provided at a position separate from the second input end portion and leaks, radially outward, light transmitted inside the first cladding, from an outer peripheral surface of the first cladding.
An optical fiber includes: a core portion; and a cladding portion configured to surround an outer periphery of the core portion, the cladding portion having a refractive index lower than a maximum refractive index of the core portion, and containing a dopant to reduce the refractive index. The core portion includes a center core in which an average refractive index is maximized in the optical fiber, a relative refractive-index difference of the average refractive index of the center core with respect to an average refractive index of the cladding portion is 0.20% to 0.50%, an outer diameter of the cladding portion is 70 μm to 120 μm, a cable cutoff wavelength is equal to or smaller than 1530 nm, and a transmission loss at a wavelength of 1550 nm is equal to or less than 0.18 dB/km.
A colored optical fiber comprises a bare optical fiber, a primary layer formed of a first ultraviolet curing resin covering the bare optical fiber, and a secondary layer formed of a second ultraviolet curing resin covering the primary layer, wherein a Young's modulus of the primary layer is smaller than 70% with respect to a saturated Young's modulus of the primary layer, and wherein the saturated Young's modulus of the primary layer is smaller than or equal to 0.85 MPa.
A light transmission/reception probe system includes: a light source; a light transmission/reception probe including a first end portion in an axial direction, a second end portion on an opposite side of the first end portion, a core, a first cladding enclosing the core, and a leak enabling section configured to enable leakage of first light from an outer periphery of the first cladding toward an outside in a radial direction, the first light being output from the light source, coupled with the first cladding in the first end portion, and transmitted through the first cladding; a light receiving unit configured to receive second light arriving from an outside, coupled with the core in the second end portion, transmitted through the core, and output from the core in the first end portion; and a detecting unit configured to detect the second light received by the light receiving unit.
Provided are a bipolar storage battery and a production method therefor which make it possible to achieve favorable assembly workability for frames by eliminating a joining step for the frames in the lamination direction. A bipolar storage battery (100) comprises: a plurality of bipolar plates (110) laminated in the lamination direction; and one or more electrolyte layers (120). The bipolar storage battery (100) further comprises: bipolar plate assemblies (130) in each of which a negative electrode (115) and a positive electrode (112) of a corresponding one of the bipolar plates (110) are electrically connected to each other; and a plurality of frames (140a), (140b), (140c), (140d) that are integrally formed in advance and that have a plurality of reception parts (141) each of which receives at least one of edges of the respective substrates (111) of the plurality of bipolar plates (110) laminated in the lamination direction. The substrates (111) and the plurality of frames (140a), (140b), (140c), (140d) in which the substrates (111) are received in the reception parts (141) are joined by means of the joining parts (160).
H01M 50/103 - Primary casings, jackets or wrappings of a single cell or a single battery characterised by their shape or physical structure prismatic or rectangular
H01M 4/68 - Selection of materials for use in lead-acid accumulators
H01M 10/14 - Assembling a group of electrodes or separators
H01M 10/18 - Lead-acid accumulators with bipolar electrodes
H01M 50/131 - Primary casings, jackets or wrappings of a single cell or a single battery characterised by physical properties, e.g. gas-permeability or size
This thermoelectric conversion module comprises: a first member which is disposed on a first temperature side and has a first sheet part, a first electrode part, and a second electrode part; a second member which is disposed on the first temperature side and has a second sheet part, a third electrode part, and a fourth electrode part; a third member which is disposed on a second temperature side different from the first temperature and has a third sheet part having a fifth electrode part, a fourth sheet part having a sixth electrode part and a seventh electrode part, and a fifth sheet part having an eighth electrode part; a first thermoelectric conversion element electrically joined to the first electrode part and the fifth electrode part; a second thermoelectric conversion element electrically joined to the second electrode part and the sixth electrode part; a third thermoelectric conversion element electrically joined to the third electrode part and the seventh electrode part; and a fourth thermoelectric conversion element electrically joined to the fourth electrode part and the eighth electrode part, wherein the distance D1 from the fourth sheet part to the first sheet part is different from the distance D2 from the fourth sheet part to the second sheet part.
H10N 10/17 - Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects characterised by the structure or configuration of the cell or thermocouple forming the device
H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not provided for elsewhere; Alleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
A laser processing apparatus includes: at least two first input optical fibers; an output optical fiber; a coupler configured to optically couple a first end of a bundle portion, in which the at least two first input optical fibers are bundled, to a second end of the output optical fiber; at least one first light source optically connected to one of the first input optical fibers to output laser light; and an optical head optically connected to the output optical fiber to output laser light and passing through the first input optical fiber and the output optical fiber. In a cross section intersecting an axial direction of the first end, a cladding of the first input optical fiber has an extending portion extending linearly in a direction intersecting the axial direction between cores of two first input optical fibers adjacent in a circumferential direction.
G02B 6/28 - Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
A heat sink including a plurality of plate-like radiating fins erected on a base plate at a predetermined erection angle θ1 with respect to an extending direction of the base plate. The radiating fins each has: a fin base portion that extends from one end to another end in a width direction of the radiating fin; a perpendicular portion that extends from one end of the fin base portion to a fin tip portion of the radiating fin on a same plane as the fin base portion; an inclined portion that extends from the perpendicular portion to the other end at a predetermined inclination angle θ2 with respect to the fin base portion and the perpendicular portion and extends from the fin tip portion to a fin intermediate portion; and a twisted portion that connects the fin base portion, the perpendicular portion, and the inclined portion.
F28F 3/04 - Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations the means being integral with the element
F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes
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MULTICORE FIBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MULTICORE FIBER, MULTICORE FIBER PREFORM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MULTICORE FIBER PREFORM
A multicore fiber includes: a plurality of core portions made of glass; and a cladding portion made of glass and configured to surround outer periphery of the plurality of core portions. The cladding portion has tensile stress of 20 MPa or lower in a region on outer periphery side than a core portion that is closest to outer periphery of the cladding portion in the plurality of core portions.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coordination device, a roadside unit, a movement control system, a program, and a movement control method with which it is possible to safely support a moving body using a simple configuration and process. The roadside unit 1 comprises: a position-information-acquiring unit 112 that acquires position information that indicates a position of a moving body 3; and a signal output processing unit 130 that compares the position information and prohibited sector information that indicates a prohibited sector A in which movement of the moving body 3 is prohibited, and, on the basis of the compared result, outputs a prohibition signal P that prohibits movement of the moving body 3 in the prohibited sector A. The signal output processing unit 130 determines, on the basis of the compared result, whether or not the moving body 3 is present in the prohibited sector A, and outputs the prohibition signal when it has been determined that the moving body 3 is present in the prohibited sector A.
Provided are a supervision device, a roadside machine, a movement control system, a program, and a movement control method that can assist a moving body 3 in moving safely using a simple configuration and processing. A processing unit 10 is provided with: a location information acquisition unit 112 that acquires location information indicating the location of a moving body 3; and a signal output processing unit 130 that compares the location information with permitted zone information indicating a permitted zone A where the moving body 3 is permitted to move, and on the basis of the comparison result, outputs a permission signal P for permitting the moving body 3 to move in the permitted zone A. The signal output processing unit 130 determines whether or not the moving body 3 is located within the permitted zone A on the basis of the comparison result, and outputs the permission signal P if it is determined that the moving body 3 is located within the permitted zone A.
G08G 1/00 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles
G08G 1/09 - Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions
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COMPOSITE STRUCTURE OF ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PLACEMENT METHOD FOR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE-EQUIPPED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE PLACED BY SAID PLACEMENT METHOD
This composite structure 1 is a structure in which an illumination device 3 and a wireless communication device 17 have been integrated and composited. A light transmission member 7 is placed on the opening side of a micro-foamed resin sheet 15 having a depression-like recessed shape. A light guide space 19 is formed between the molded micro-foamed resin sheet 15 and the light transmission member 7. An LED light source 13 is placed on a substrate 11. A wireless communication device 17 is placed on the back surface side of the micro-foamed resin sheet 15 which is the side opposite to the light guide space 19. In the composite structure 1, the micro-foamed resin sheet 15 placed in front of the wireless communication device 17 functions as a portion of a housing of the illumination device 3, and is placed so as to contact a radio wave-emitting surface of the wireless communication device 17. As a result, it is possible to obtain a composite structure of an illumination device and a wireless communication device that not only excels in light diffusion reflectance properties and low radio wave transmission loss, but also excels in radio wave scattering loss.
F21V 7/24 - Reflectors for light sources characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings, e.g. dichroic reflectors characterised by the material
F21V 33/00 - Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
G08G 1/09 - Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions
G09F 13/04 - Signs, boards, or panels, illuminated from behind the insignia
F21W 111/02 - Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in groups for roads, paths or the like
F21Y 113/10 - Combination of light sources of different colours
Provided is a combined structure 1 in which an illumination device 3 and a wireless communication device 17 are integrated and combined. Disposed at a front surface of a microfoam resin sheet 15 is a light guide plate 19 that contacts the microfoam resin sheet 15 or is separated therefrom by a prescribed distance. An optically transparent member 7 is disposed on the side of the light guide plate 19 that is on the opposite side from the microfoam resin sheet 15. A substrate 11 is disposed along part of or the entirety of the outer peripheral part of the light guide plate 19. Optical connection with the light guide plate 19 is achieved by light from an LED light source 13 disposed on the substrate 11 entering the light guide plate 19 from an end face of the outer peripheral part of the light guide plate 19 or from a surface in the vicinity of an end part of the light guide plate 19. The wireless communication device 17 is disposed on the back surface side of the microfoam resin sheet 15.
F21S 2/00 - Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups or , e.g. of modular construction
F21V 7/24 - Reflectors for light sources characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings, e.g. dichroic reflectors characterised by the material
F21V 33/00 - Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
H01Q 1/22 - Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
F21Y 113/13 - Combination of light sources of different colours comprising an assembly of point-like light sources
F21Y 113/17 - Combination of light sources of different colours comprising an assembly of point-like light sources forming a single encapsulated light source
