Abstract: Provided are a variable geometry turbocharger in which a drain pipe from a hydraulic servo drive device can be omitted and in which a member for transmitting power of the hydraulic servo drive device can be efficiently lubricated, and a method of returning oil from the hydraulic servo drive device. The variable geometry turbocharger includes a slide mechanism for changing an opening degree of a nozzle, the hydraulic servo drive device for driving the slide mechanism by hydraulic pressure, and drain flow paths for delivering oil exhausted from the hydraulic servo drive device into an oil return chamber adjacent to a turbocharger body.

Abstract: A hydraulic servo drive device for driving a swing mechanism of a variable geometry turbocharger includes a servo piston connected to a driveshaft of the swing mechanism and a pilot spool that is accommodated in a center hole of the servo piston and slides by pilot pressure. A first hydraulic chamber to and from which pressure oil flows are provided in a housing. The servo piston separately includes a pressure port for introducing pressure oil from an outside, a first piston port for intercommunicating the center hole and the first hydraulic chamber, a second piston port for intercommunicating the center hole and the second hydraulic chamber, and a return port for exiting pressure oil.

Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive polymer suspension for providing a conductive polymer material having a high conductivity and a method for producing the same, and in particular, a solid electrolytic capacitor having a low ESR and a method for producing the same. The conductive polymer suspension can be is produced by: synthesizing a conductive polymer by chemical oxidative polymerization of a monomer giving the conductive polymer by using an oxidant in an aqueous solvent containing a dopant consisting of a low-molecular organic acid or a salt thereof, or a polyacid having a weight average molecular weight of less than 2,000 or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive polymer suspension for providing a conductive polymer material having a high conductivity and a method for producing the same, and in particular, a solid electrolytic capacitor having a low ESR and a method for producing the same. The conductive polymer suspension is produced by: synthesizing a conductive polymer by chemical oxidative polymerization of a monomer giving the conductive polymer by using an oxidant in a solvent containing a dopant consisting of a low-molecular organic acid or a salt thereof; purifying the conductive polymer; and mixing the purified conductive polymer and an oxidant in an aqueous solvent containing a polyacid component.

Abstract: A hydraulic servo drive device for driving a slide mechanism of a variable geometry turbocharger includes a servo piston connected to a driveshaft of the slide mechanism and a pilot spool that is accommodated in a center hole of the servo piston and slides by pilot pressure. A first hydraulic chamber and a second hydraulic chamber to and from which pressure oil flows are provided in a housing. The servo piston separately includes a pressure port for introducing pressure oil from an outside, a first piston port for intercommunicating the center hole and the first hydraulic chamber, a second piston port for intercommunicating the center hole and the second hydraulic chamber, and a return port for exiting pressure oil.

Abstract: The present invention provides an air cleaner, in which a casing has an air inlet pipe making air inflow along a direction perpendicular to the axis of a cylindrical filter element, and an air outlet pipe making filtered air outflow along the axis, and the casing has a supporter clingingly supporting the end outer circumference of the filter element on closed valley portions side along the circumference direction continuously, and another supporter supporting the end inner circumference of the filter element on closed mountain portions side along the circumference direction continuously to close a hollow portion, and air to be filtered inflows to the filter element from a first inflow space on the top side of the mountain portions as well as from the end of a second inflow space side, and filtered air outflows from the end on an outflow space side as well as from the hollow portion.

Abstract: The compound represented by formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof specifically binds CCR5, so it is useful for preventing and/or treating CCR5-related diseases, for example, various inflammatory diseases (asthma, nephritis, nephropathy, hepatitis, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, ulcerative colitis, etc.), immunological diseases (autoimmune diseases, rejection in organ transplantation, immunosuppression, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, etc.), infectious diseases (infection with human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, etc.), allergic diseases (atopic dermatitis, urticaria, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, allergic eosinophilic gastroenteritis, etc.), ischemic reperfusion injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, shock accompanying bacterial infection diabetes cancer metastasis and so on.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor manufacturing method includes a process of removing a roughened surface layer (10a?) from a distal portion (13) of a metal member (10) and from part of an intermediate portion (12) adjacent to the distal portion (13), a process of forming a resist (40) on the distal portion (13) and the intermediate portion (12) of the metal member (10), a process of forming a conductive polymer layer (30) of a conductive polymer on a proximal portion (11) of the metal member (10), and a process of removing a resist (40?) and a surface layer portion (13?) of the metal member (10) from the distal portion (13) of the metal member (10).

Abstract: In a solid electrolytic capacitor including a porous valve-acting metal, an anode conductor has a large number of pores having openings on the surface thereof according to the porosity of the valve-acting metal. A solid electrolyte layer is formed on the surface of the anode conductor so as to be filled in at least a portion of each of the pores and to close the openings thereof. Further, a cathode conductor is formed on the solid electrolyte layer. Preferably, the solid electrolyte layer has a two-layer structure with two layers having different particle sizes.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode and an electrochemical cell which have a high capacity and are excellent in long term reliability. The present invention relates to a cell electrode comprising at least one organic compound polymer and a carbon material as a conductive auxiliary material wherein the included organic compound polymer is a compound causing an oxidation-reduction reaction based on the electrochemical proton adsorption and desorption and wherein the carbon material is heat treated at 500° C. or higher; and relates to an electrochemical cell using the same.

Abstract: An inlet chamber 40 and outlet chamber 50 for exhaust gas are integrated as an inflow/outflow section 80, and a first post treatment device 10 equipped with a DPF 13 at its central portion and second post-treatment device 20 equipped with a urea DeNOx catalyst 23 on its outer periphery side are integrated as a catalyst installation section 70. The catalyst installation section 70, the inflow/outflow section 80, and a communication chamber forming section 30 are provided separately and detachably from one another, and the catalyst installation section 70 is made installable in a reversible manner. As a result, by reversing the catalyst installation section 70, it is possible to easily reverse the DPF 13 without having to extract it from the central part. Further, since the urea DeNOx catalyst 23 is reversed simultaneously, it is possible to change the direction in which the exhaust gas flows therein, thereby enabling to prevent unbalanced deterioration of the urea DeNOx catalyst 23.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell containing, as an electrode active material, a polyphenylquinoxaline compound represented by formula 1:

Abstract: A blade of a hybrid type fan includes: a blade body 21 made of a synthetic resin; and a metallic insert 22 that is insert molded simultaneously with the blade body 21 and mounted to a mounting arm of a spider. At a corner on an outer side of a radial direction and a forward side of a rotary direction of the insert 22, a bulging portion 26 is provided to bulge toward the outer side of the radial direction and the forward side of the rotary direction. A bulging region 27 of the bulging portion 26 that the most prominently bulges toward the outer side of the radial direction is located to be forward in the rotary direction relative to a mounting center C of the insert 22 and the mounting arm along the radial direction.

Abstract: This invention provides an electrode for an electrochemical cell in which an active material in an electrode material is a proton-conducting compound, wherein the electrode material comprises a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound or a polymer having a unit containing a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic moiety.

Abstract: The conventional anticholinergic drugs for administration through inhalation have been considered to have the possibility of aggravating dysuria associated with prostatic hyperplasia mediated by blood, and it has been demanded that the conventional anticholinergic drugs for administration through inhalation will have to show reduced side effects or adverse reactions. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the general formula (I): (wherein A represents; and R1, R2, R3 and R1 each a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R5 is a substituent; X? is an anion; the symbol: denotes an exo-form or endo-form, or their mixture), its salt or solvation product thereof. They are useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent with reduced side effects or adverse reactions for the diseases mediated by the muscarinic receptor.

Abstract: A turbocharger as a turbo machine includes: a compressor impeller (13) having a projected portion (19) at a center of a rear surface; a drive shaft (15) connected to a bottomed coupling hole (20) provided in the projected portion (19) of the compressor impeller (13) through interference fit only; and a sleeve (30) with a cylindrical portion (33) connected to the outer peripheral portion of the projected portion (19) of the compressor impeller (13) by fitting only. The sleeve (30) is formed of a material whose coefficient of linear expansion is smaller than that of the compressor impeller (13). Accordingly, even when the coupling hole (20) in the projected portion (19) undergoes thermal expansion and the diameter of the coupling hole (20) increases, a connection between the drive shaft (15) and the coupling hole (20) can be prevented from being loosened since the radial increase thereof is suppressed by the cylindrical portion (33). Thus, the state of the connection thereof can be well maintained.

Abstract: This invention provides an electrode for an electrochemical cell in which an active material in an electrode material is a proton-conducting compound, wherein the electrode material comprises a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound or a polymer having a unit containing a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic moiety.

Abstract: To provide an exhaust emission control device of an internal combustion engine able to well atomize a reducing agent and ensure supply of combustion air. Since a controller of the exhaust emission control device also controls a nozzle opening degree of a variable geometry turbocharger for purpose of spraying a urea water, even in the state where the engine works in a low load range of T1 to T2 where supercharging pressure normally can not be increased, supercharging pressure P suitable to atomization of the urea water can be obtained by controlling the nozzle opening degree of the variable geometry turbocharger to be closer to a closing side compared to the conventional art (shown by the chain double-dashed line), while the urea water can be securely atomized by a part of the supercharged air.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel indole carboxylic ester trimer which is characterized by being represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R represents a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms; n is an integer of 1-4; Xa? represents at least one anion selected from a group of anions having a valency of 1-3 consisting of chloride ion, bromide ion, iodide ion, fluoride ion, nitrate ion, sulfate ion, hydrogen sulfate ion, phosphate ion, borofluoride ion, perchlorate ion, thiocyanate ion, acetic acid ion, propionic acid ion, methanesulfonic acid ion, p-toluenesulfonic acid ion, trifluoroacetic acid ion and trifluoromethanesulfonic acid ion; a represents the ionic valence number of X and is an integer of 1-3; and m is 0-0.5.

Abstract: An objective of this invention is to provide a proton-conducting polymer battery comprising an electrode containing a proton-conducting conductive compound as an active material and an aqueous electrolytic solution, which exhibits good battery properties and higher safety and higher reliability after reflow processing.