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A battery-cell structure of a battery is constructed to have a resinous spacer 5 with a frame shape surrounding thick central portions between a battery cell 3 arranged at an upper side and a battery cell 4 arranged at a lower side, and ventilation portions 62 and 64 that are provided in the resinous lower case 6 to communicate the exterior with depressed portions 61 of the resinous lower case 6 and have an up- and down symmetrical shape and size. It is constructed so that the battery cell 3 arranged at the upper side and the battery cell 4 arranged at the lower side are put in a vertical direction between the resinous lower case 6, the spacer 5 and the upper case 2.

A stage device is provided with a mobile body retaining a mask illuminated with exposure light and moving along a predetermined plane, and a flow control section moving substantially together with the movement of the mobile body so as to control the flow of gas in proximity to the mask thereby.

A battery power supply system (1) for suppressing the overall temperature variation of a plurality of battery module groups (61 to 65) includes a box (2) having a cooling air inlet (3) on one end face and a suction fan (4) within a section at the other end, and a battery assembly (5) installed in an intermediate section within the box (2). The battery assembly (5) includes a plurality of battery module groups (61 to 65). Each of the battery module groups (61 to 65) includes a plurality of rod-shaped battery modules (7). When a gap between outer peripheral faces of two adjacent rod-shaped battery modules (7) of the first battery module group (61), which is closest to the cooling air inlet (3), is a, and a gap between the outer peripheral face of the rod-shaped battery modules (7) of the first battery module group (61) and the outer peripheral face of the adjacent rod-shaped battery modules (7) of the second battery module group (62) is b, the ratio a / b of the gaps a and b is set so that 1.0<a / b≦2.0.

In a battery pack including a plurality of prismatic rechargeable batteries arranged in parallel with ventilation spaces being provided therebetween, the battery pack is constituted so that cooling air is downwardly sent from above the battery pack through the ventilation spaces. In accordance with a temperature detected with a temperature detection sensor attached to the lower end of the rechargeable battery, a blower fan is controlled by a control section. Moreover, a sensor placement concave, which is separated from a space inside a battery case through a thin partition wall, is provided on a bottom wall of the battery case of the rechargeable battery. The temperature detection sensor is placed in the sensor placement concave so as to be pressed against the partition wall.

A plasma processing apparatus is provided which processes a sample held on a sample table arranged in a process chamber in a vacuum container by using a plasma formed in the process chamber. The plasma processing apparatus comprises: paths arranged in the sample table in which a coolant is supplied and vaporized as it flows; a refrigeration cycle having the sample table, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion valve connected in that order and having the coolant circulate therein; coolant passages to cause the coolant that has passed through the expansion valve to branch and then merge with a coolant returning from the paths in the sample table toward the compressor; and a regulator to adjust an amount of coolant passing through the paths in the sample table and circulating in the refrigeration cycle and an amount of coolant branching and flowing through the coolant passages.

The invention discloses a temperature compensation method for detecting the oxygen concentration in a glass bottle through wavelength modulation spectroscopy. The temperature compensation method comprises the following steps: firstly, collecting secondary harmonic and field temperature data of a sample to be detected under conditions of fixed air pressure and temperature in the bottle; secondly, carrying out data pre-processing on the secondary harmonic of the sample to be detected; conveying the pre-processed data into an oxygen concentration inversion model to obtain a direct predicated value N0; substituting the temperature data which is acquired in situ into a temperature calibration function f(T), and obtaining a temperature correction factor k; calculating according to a formula Nc=kN0 to obtain an actual oxygen concentration value Nc after temperature correction. The temperature compensation method provided by the invention has the beneficial effects that corresponding temperature correction factors are obtained through introducing the temperature calibration function and the temperature correction factors are directly multiplied by a result of direct concentration inversion prediction, so that the corrected oxygen concentration in the current bottle is obtained, and inhibition of temperature changes is realized; the predication precision of the oxygen concentration in the glass bottle can be effectively improved.

A treatment chamber for heating and pressing workpieces and a heat insulating structure which covers the treatment chamber sideways and from above are provided within a high-pressure vessel. Below the treatment chamber are disposed a base heater for heating a pressure medium gas and a fan for supplying the pressure medium gas in a heated state into the treatment chamber and stirring the heated gas. The workpieces can be held on the heat insulating structure side, and the heat insulating structure and the workpieces can be taken out from the interior of the high-pressure vessel and can be conveyed together separately from a lower lid of the high-pressure vessel. A hot isostatic pressing apparatus is provided less expensively which can heat and press workpieces at a relatively low temperature of not higher than 600° C. Besides, it is possible to shorten the cycle time in HIP.

A battery pack including a battery module and a heater is provided. The battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical batteries, a thermal diffusing plate, a first chamber, and a second chamber. The thermal diffusing plate houses and holds the plurality of cylindrical batteries. The first chamber is configured to distribute cooling air to cool each of the plurality of cylindrical batteries. The second chamber is formed at least in part by the thermal diffusing plate. The heater is configured such that convection occurs in the second chamber.

A region of an SiC solution in the vicinity of an SiC seed crystal is cooled while suppressing the temperature variation in a peripheral region of the SiC solution. An apparatus includes a seed shaft and a crucible for an SiC solution. The seed shaft has a lower end surface for attachment to an SiC seed crystal. The crucible comprises a main body, an intermediate cover, and a top cover. The main body includes a first cylindrical portion and a bottom portion at a lower end portion of the first cylindrical portion. The intermediate cover is within the first cylindrical portion and above the liquid level of the SiC solution in the main body. The intermediate cover has a first through hole for the seed shaft. The top cover is disposed above the intermediate cover and has a second through hole for the seed shaft to pass through.

A temperature sensor (100) includes a heat-sensitive element (21) having a thermistor sintered-body (22), an insulating support (31), an insulation sheath (41) and a housing tube (11). The insulating support (31) is in contact with the rear end of the heat-sensitive element (21) and the insulation sheath (41) is in contact with the rear end of the insulating support (31). The housing tube (11) accommodates the heat-sensitive element (21), the insulating support (31) and the insulation sheath (41). The housing tube (11) includes a sheath accommodation portion (14) which accommodates the insulation sheath (41) and a distal accommodation portion (13). The distal accommodation portion (13) is located toward the distal end of the housing tube (11) with respect to the sheath accommodation portion (14), is smaller in outside diameter than the sheath accommodation portion (14), and accommodates at least half of the insulating support (31) as measured from the axially distal end of the insulating support (31).

A magnet for magnetic resonance imaging has an interior working space within the magnet frame sufficient to accommodate a physician and a patient. Because the physician is positioned inside the magnet frame, the physician has unimpeded access to the patient. Elements of the magnet frame desirably encompass a room, and the magnet frame may be concealed from view of a patient within the room. Preferred embodiments facilitate MRI imaged guided surgery and other procedures performed while the patient is being imaged, and minimize claustrophobia experienced by the patient. Also provided is a magnet having field coils disposed about the of pole portions of the magnet. A diagnostic facility for high volume MRI use is also disclosed.

A radiation detecting apparatus is provided. The radiation detecting apparatus includes a plurality of detector modules arranged in a channel direction, each detector module including a plurality of detecting elements arranged in matrix form in the channel direction and a slice direction, and a heat radiating unit thermally coupled to the detecting elements and provided on an X-ray outgoing side of the detecting elements, a wind blowing unit configured to send wind to the heat radiating units of the detector modules in the slice direction, first wind shielding portions provided on a radiation outgoing side of the heat radiating units and configured to shield the wind in a radiation irradiating direction, and second wind shielding portions provided on a radiation incoming side of the heat radiating units and configured to shield the wind in the radiation irradiating direction.

Provided is a refrigerator including: an adiabatic basket configured by a plurality of adiabatic partitions; an adiabatic partition unit to partition the adiabatic basket; a storage chamber separated by the partition unit; an infrared sensor having a temperature detection unit which detects an infrared ray amount emitted from an object stored in the storage chamber; and an infrared ray collectingmember arranged deeper inside the storage chamber as compared to the infrared sensor. At least the inner wall of the infrared ray collecting member is formed so as to have a large heat holding effect.

A quantum interference device includes an atomic cell, a light source, a light detector, a package, and a reflective portion. The atomic cell has alkali metal atoms disposed within, and the light source emits light to excite the alkali metal atoms in the atomic cell. The light detector detects light transmitted through the atomic cell. The package defines an internal space and houses at least the light source. The reflective portion is provided between an inner surface of the package and the light source, and has reflectance to an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 4 μm, where the reflectance is greater than or equal to 50%.

A radiographic system includes: a first grating; a second grating having a period that substantially coincides with a pattern period of a radiological image formed by radiation having passed through the first grating; a radiological image detector that detects the radiological image masked by the second grating and outputs image data of the detected radiological image, and a control unit that performs a switching between a first mode in which a plurality of imaging is performed with the second grating being positioned at relative positions having different phases with regard to the radiological image and a second mode in which the radiological image detector is driven without radiation exposure. The control unit repeatedly drives the radiological image detector in the second mode until the radiological image detector is in a steady state and shifts to the first mode after the radiological image detector is in the steady state.

The invention provides an air filter mechanism for a small-sized vehicle, in an air filter supported at a swing power unit, space for installing an air temperature sensor and a preferable air temperature detecting environment are guaranteed, and a more effective air structure is formed. The mechanism has an air filter (6) provided on one side of a driving wheel and supported by a swing power unit (5). The swing power unit is swingably mounted in a vertical direction to a body frame (4). The air filter mechanism for a small-sized vehicle is characterized in that, a rear end of the air filter housing is disposed at a position closer to the back part than a back buffer member, and a filter portion is disposed at a position overlapped with the back buffer member from a side view. A clean air chamber is provided in an air filter housing such that a front side of the chamber close to the housing is enlarged. A connection pipe is connected to an internal combustion engine and mounted to the chamber. The air temperature sensor determines a temperature of the fed air and is mounted to an outer surface of the housing such that a probe of the sensor is inserted into the chamber.

A method for making a positive photosensitive planographic printing plate including of a base having formed thereon in this order an undercoat layer and an image recording layer, wherein the undercoat layer is obtained by applying an undercoat layer solution containing a solvent and an acrylic resin having an alkali-soluble group, followed by drying the coating, the image recording layer contains a novolac resin and an infrared absorbing agent, and the applied undercoat layer solution is dried in an undercoat layer drying step which includes a steam-containing hot air drying step using steam-containing hot air having a temperature of 90° C. to 200° C., and a relative humidity of 8% to 70%.

To rapidly heat a liquid for discharge by heating of a piezoelectric element. In a device which discharges the liquid for discharge as liquid droplets from an opening by mechanically deforming the piezoelectric element by a normal drive signal, a drive signal for heating which prevents liquid droplets from being discharged from the opening and has a repetition frequency of an ultrasonic wave band is applied to the piezoelectric element.

A method of making a semiconductor manufacturing equipment component, such as an electrostatic chuck, includes an application step of applying a photosensitive metal paste onto a ceramic green sheet, which is to become the body substrate, the photosensitive metal paste being a heating element material; an exposure-and-development step of exposing the photosensitive metal paste, which has been applied onto the ceramic green sheet, to light and developing the photosensitive metal paste to form an intermediate heating element, which is to become the heating element, on the ceramic green sheet; and a firing step of co-firing the ceramic green sheet and the intermediate heating element to form the body substrate and the heating element.

An optical device and a method for controlling the same. The optical device includes an optical element, a detector and a controller. The optical element has an optical waveguide. Refractive index of the optical waveguide is controlled by a heater. A temperature of the optical element is controlled by a temperature control device. The detector detects a current flowing in the heater and / or a voltage applied to the heater. The controller controls an electrical power provided to the heater so as to be kept constant according to the detection result of the detector.

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a step A of forming a polycrystalline or amorphous preliminary semiconductor layer on a surface of a substrate so as to have an opening portion and a step B of simultaneously forming an epitaxial growth layer on an exposed portion of a surface of the substrate through the opening portion and a non-epitaxial growth layer on the preliminary semiconductor layer using a CVD method while heating the substrate inside a reaction chamber by means of a heat source inside the reaction chamber, the epitaxial growth layer being made of single crystalline semiconductor, and the non-epitaxial growth layer being comprised of a polycrystalline or amorphous semiconductor layer.

A battery power supply system ( 1 ) for suppressing the overall temperature variation of a plurality of battery module groups ( 6 1 to 6 5) includes a box ( 2 ) having a cooling air inlet ( 3 ) on one end face and a suction fan ( 4 ) within a section at the other end, and a battery assembly ( 5 ) installed in an intermediate section within the box ( 2 ). The battery assembly ( 5 ) includes a plurality of battery module groups ( 6 1 to 6 5). Each of the battery module groups ( 6 1 to 6 5) includes a plurality of rod-shaped battery modules ( 7 ). When a gap between outer peripheral faces of two adjacent rod-shaped battery modules ( 7 ) of the first battery module group ( 6 1), which is closest to the cooling air inlet ( 3 ), is a, and a gap between the outer peripheral face of the rod-shaped battery modules ( 7 ) of the first battery module group ( 6 1) and the outer peripheral face of the adjacent rod-shaped battery modules ( 7 ) of the second battery module group ( 6 2) is b, the ratio a / b of the gaps a and b is set so that 1.0<a / b<=2.0.

An electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic dielectric substrate, a base plate, and a heater plate. The heater plate is provided between the ceramic dielectric substrate and the base plate. The heater plate includes first and second support plates, first and second resin layers, and a heater element. Each of the first and second resin layers is provided between the first support plate and the second support plate. The heater element includes first and second electrically conductive portions. The first electrically conductive portion is provided between the first resin layer and the second resin layer. The second electrically conductive portion is separated from the first electrically conductive portion in an in-plane direction. The first resin layer contacts the second resin layer between the first electrically conductive portion and the second electrically conductive portion.

A photocurrent sensing circuit includes a logarithmic compression circuit; a cancellation circuit logarithmically compressing a current substantially equal in temperature coefficient of the photocurrent to convert the same into a voltage, and performing an addition or a subtraction on the converted voltage and a voltage converted from a photocurrent by logarithmically compression; a logarithmic operation circuit logarithmically compressing the voltage received from the cancellation circuit to produce a first voltage, logarithmically compressing a voltage proportional to a thermal voltage of the photocurrent to produce a second voltage, logarithmically compressing a current having thermal dependence of nearly zero to produce a third voltage and performing an addition or a subtraction of each of the second and third voltages with respect to the first voltage to produce a fourth voltage; and an inverse logarithmic transformation circuit performing inverse logarithmic transformation on the fourth voltage to output a current.

An optical pickup apparatus having first and second light sources emitting first and second light fluxes having wavelength of λ1 and λ2, respectively, an light-converging optical system including first and second objective optical elements, and a lens holder to hold the first and second objective optical elements. When the optical pickup apparatus converges the first or the second light flux onto first or second information recording surface of first or second information recording medium through one protective substrate, which has a thickness of t1 or t2 and is provided on the first or second information recording surface, with utilizing the first or second objective optical element for conducting information recording and / or information reproducing of the first or second information recording medium, a variation of each of a coma aberration and an astigmatism is not more than 0.02 λ1 rms or 0.02 λ2 rms, respectively.