Abstract: In an automobile fuel tank with a tank body (12) of which an outer wall (19) is formed of a synthetic resin layer composed of a multilayer configuration, the synthetic resin layer includes an inner body layer and an outer body layer with a barrier layer (26) interposed therebetween. The outer wall (19) is formed of, in order from an outer side toward an inner side, an upper skin layer (20), an outer base layer (22), an outer adhesive layer (24), the barrier layer (26), an inner adhesive layer (28), an inner base layer (30), and a structural member (32). The structural member (32) is retrofitted to the inner base layer (30) by welding in formation of the inner body layer and the outer body layer.

Abstract: A device for controlling the distribution of drive force includes a driven wheel drive force distribution reference command value calculator configured to determine a driven-wheel-oriented drive force distribution reference command value from the estimated value of the drive force sent to the drive wheels and a drive force reference distribution ratio, and a driven wheel drive force distribution command value calculator configured to determine a driven-wheel-oriented drive force distribution command value by correcting the driven wheel drive force distribution reference command value by a correction amount that differs between the electric motor operating mode and the electric motor non-operating mode, and to make the correction amount for the electric motor operating mode greater than the correction amount for the electric motor non-operating mode.

Abstract: A fluid storage apparatus includes a guiding mechanism that linearly guides a flexible container in accordance with expansion and contraction of the flexible container. The guiding mechanism includes a guiding column that is disposed adjacent to the flexible container and that extends linearly and a slider that has a guiding hole, in which the guiding column is inserted, and that is formed on an upper edge portion of the flexible container.

Abstract: A method is for producing an electrode terminal connector for electrically connecting together a positive terminal and a negative terminal of mutually dissimilar metals. The method includes pressing a first plate of a similar metal to the positive terminal to form a mounting hole in the first plate, pressing a second plate of a similar metal to the negative terminal to form a metallic member which is larger in diameter than the mounting hole, and inserting the metallic member into the mounting hole by press fitting to join the first plate and the metallic member together. The method further includes providing the metallic member with an intervening layer of metal having an ionization tendency between an ionization tendency of metal constituting the first plate and an ionization tendency of metal constituting the second plate, and the first plate and the metallic member are joined together via the intervening layer.

Abstract: A fuel tank includes a tank body having an outer wall formed of a synthetic resin layer having a multilayer structure. The tank body has at least an inner body layer (an inner adhesive layer and an inner base layer) and an outer body layer (a skin layer, an outer base layer, and an outer adhesive layer) between which a barrier layer is interposed. A structure having an air layer therein is attached to the outer side of the skin layer of the outer body layer.

Abstract: A device for controlling the distribution of drive force includes a driven wheel drive force distribution reference command value calculator configured to determine a driven-wheel-oriented drive force distribution reference command value from the estimated value of the drive force sent to the drive wheels and a drive force reference distribution ratio, and a driven wheel drive force distribution command value calculator configured to determine a driven-wheel-oriented drive force distribution command value by correcting the driven wheel drive force distribution reference command value by a correction amount that differs between the electric motor operating mode and the electric motor non-operating mode, and to make the correction amount for the electric motor operating mode greater than the correction amount for the electric motor non-operating mode.

Abstract: A fuel supplying system includes a socket component, a filler pipe, a connection, and a fuel tank. The socket component is positioned close to a fuel filler opening in a side of a vehicle body. The filler pipe is connected to the socket component at one end thereof and is connected to the connection at the other end thereof. The fuel tank houses a main part of the connection and stores fuel. The filler pipe extends through a space between a side portion of a wheelhouse and a rear wheel to the fuel tank, which is positioned at a bottom portion of the vehicle body. The fuel pipe is formed of a flexible material such that the fuel pipe is expanded by the fuel during refueling and is flat at times other than refueling.

Abstract: A fuel-level measuring apparatus measures the level of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank. The apparatus can ensure a sufficient capacity of the fuel tank and sense the fuel level even when the fuel tank has a thin or complicated shape. A fuel-level measuring apparatus that senses the level of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank disposed below a floor panel of a vehicle includes a tank band that secures the fuel tank to a body of the vehicle, and a strain gauge attached to the tank band. The fuel level can be obtained from strain in the tank band detected by the strain gauge.

Abstract: A solder joint material includes a Zn-based metal material including mainly of Zn, an Al-based metal material including mainly of Al and provided on the Zn-based metal material, a Cu-based metal material including mainly of Cu and provided on the Al-based metal material, and a surface-treated layer provided on the Cu-based metal material and including an amorphous layer including oxygen and a metal with a higher oxygen affinity than a copper.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a substrate, and a wiring provided on the substrate. The wiring includes a copper-based metal wire provided on the substrate and a surface-treated layer provided on the copper-based metal wire. The copper-based metal wire includes mainly a copper. The surface-treated layer includes an amorphous layer including oxygen and a metal with a higher oxygen affinity than the copper.

Abstract: A connection structure for connecting an outer conductor of a differential signal transmission cable to a substrate includes a connecting member including a main body portion and a protruding portion protruding from the main body portion. The outer conductor is connected via the connecting member to the substrate. The connecting member is solder-connected to the outer conductor via the main body portion and is solder-connected to the substrate via the protruding portion.

Abstract: A sealing structure of a fuel tank includes: a hollow circular cylinder part, having an inner circumferential part, formed near opening of the fuel tank to extend outward; a cap body having a hollow cylindrical part inserted into the inner circumferential part to face the inner circumferential part; and a seal member disposed between the inner circumferential part and the hollow cylindrical part. A protruding part is provided on an outer circumferential side of the hollow circular cylinder part of the fuel tank. A locking part formed on an outer circumferential part of the cap body and the protruding parts are fixed.

Abstract: There is proposed a method for preliminary treatment of molten iron wherein heat source for dissolving scrap is ensured sufficiently to improve iron yield while decreasing phosphorus concentration efficiently by suppressing the amount of flux solvent used in the process of desiliconization, dephosphorization and decarburization. In the method for preliminary treatment of molten iron by conducting desiliconization and dephosphorization of molten iron with a converter type container, molten iron is first charged into the converter type container to conduct desiliconization and then intermediate slag removal is conducted, and subsequently a lime-based flux solvent is added to the container while blowing oxygen to conduct dephosphorization of the molten iron, and thereafter newly untreated molten iron is charged into the container to conduct desiliconization, and subsequently the above treatments are repeatedly conducted with the same container.

Abstract: A flat wiring member includes a plurality of rectangular enamel coated wires arranged in the form of a flat plate, a wiring stem portion that the rectangular enamel coated wires are arranged in parallel to each other and adjacent ones of the rectangular enamel coated wires are bonded to each other at a surface of an enamel coat layer thereof, and a wiring branch portion with the rectangular enamel coated wires bent so as to branch off from the wiring stem portion.

Abstract: A cable connection structure includes a multi-core coaxial cable connected to a board. The multi-core coaxial cable includes a plurality of parallel-arranged coaxial cables each including a center conductor and an inner insulator, an outer conductor and an outer insulator sequentially formed on an outer periphery of the center conductor. The board includes a signal electrode connected to the center conductor and a ground electrode connected to the outer conductor. The cable connection structure further includes a positioning member lying between the signal electrode and the ground electrode for positioning the center conductor while the inner insulator is attached to the positioning member.

Abstract: A lid member includes a tubular section housed inside an opening section, an external flange section closing the tubular section and extending therefrom across an outer boundary, and a seal-member mounting section extending downward from the edge of the external flange section and having a seal member. A flange-equipped sleeve includes a sleeve section attached to a neck section and an internal flange section extended from the sleeve section across the outer boundary and attached to an inner wall of the tank body. The flange-equipped sleeve contains a resin having a higher heat-resistant temperature than a resin constituting the tank body. When the lid member closes the opening section, the tubular section is housed inside the sleeve section. The external flange section contacts the top of the neck section and the sleeve section. An inner circumference of the seal member is attached to the outer boundary of the neck section.

Abstract: An electrode terminal connection body, which is configured to electrically connect a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal that are formed of mutually different kinds of metals, includes a positive electrode terminal connection part formed of the same kind of metal as a metal of the positive electrode terminal, and a negative electrode terminal connection part formed of the same kind of metal as a metal of the negative electrode terminal. The positive electrode terminal connection part and the negative electrode terminal connection part are connected via an interposing part formed of a metal that has an ionization tendency between the metal of the positive electrode terminal and the metal of the negative electrode terminal.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an electrode terminal connection body includes applying a press processing to a plate member formed of the same kind of metal as a metal of a positive electrode terminal so as to form a mounting hole, slicing a covered metal rod more thickly than the plate member so as to form a covered metal member, the covered metal rod being configured to include an interposing layer formed of a metal that has an ionization tendency between the metal of the positive electrode terminal and the metal of a negative electrode terminal in the outer periphery of a metal rod formed of the same kind of metal as a metal of the negative electrode terminal and to have a diameter smaller than the mounting hole, and inserting the covered metal member into the inside of the mounting hole and simultaneously crushing the covered metal member.

Abstract: A flat wiring member and a manufacturing method thereof are provided which are capable of suppressing an increase in thickness of the flat wiring member even if a circuit element is connected to the flat wiring member and simplifying a manufacturing process of the flat wiring member. A flat wiring member includes a plurality of conductors disposed on a plane to be spaced from one another and one or more circuit elements connected to one or more of the plurality of conductors. Each of the conductors connected to the circuit elements includes electrically separated branch portions. Each of the circuit elements includes a body portion disposed on the plane not to overlap the conductors and a pair of terminals extending from the body portion and electrically connected to the branch portions.

Abstract: A method is for producing an electrode terminal connector for electrically connecting together a positive and a negative terminal formed of mutually dissimilar metals respectively. The method includes the steps of pressing a thin plate formed of a similar metal to the positive terminal to form a mounting hole in the thin plate, pressing a thick plate formed of a similar metal to the negative terminal to form a metallic member which is smaller in diameter than the mounting hole, and inserting the metallic member into the mounting hole and flattening the metallic member in the mounting hole to widen the mounting hole and join the thin plate and the metallic member together. The steps are continuously performed by a pressing device.