Abstract: Provided is a screw device capable of preventing occurrence of any elevation change at a joint between a ball return path of a circulation member and a loaded ball rolling groove of a nut. The circulation member 12 has end parts 14 and 15 each of which the periphery includes a rolling groove connecting part 22 positioned to the side of a loaded ball rolling groove 11a of a nut 11 and connected to the loaded ball rolling groove 11a of the nut 11 and a scooping part 23 positioned to the side of a ball rolling groove of a screw shaft 1 and scoops up balls 3 from a loaded ball rolling path. The rolling groove connecting part 22 of each of the end parts 14 and 15 is made of resin and formed integral with the nut 11.

Abstract: An impeller for a supercharger cast in molds to provide excellent aerodynamic performance by eliminating parting-line corresponding parts from a hub surface and vane surfaces in each space formed of a pair of long vanes adjacent to each other an a method of manufacturing the impeller. The method comprises a step for casting the impeller in the molds. Molten metal is poured in spaces formed by radially arranging, toward a center axis, the plurality of slide molds each having a short vane-shaped bottomed groove part and a shape for the space between the pair of long vanes adjacent to each other to mold the impeller. Then, the slide molds are moved in the radial direction of the center axis while rotating for mold-releasing. Thus, the impeller for the supercharger having no parting-line corresponding parts on both the hub surface and the vane surfaces in each space formed of the pair of long vanes adjacent to each other can be provided.

Abstract: A detection method for at least one of acting forces on tire among a back-and-forth directional force, a lateral force, vertical force, and a moment about a tire axis, detects the forces by strain outputs of strain sensors, which are attached on the tire and measure the strains of a sidewall portion. The method includes a strain measuring step to measure the strain of the sidewall portion with each of the above-mentioned strain sensors simultaneously at the rotational position P based on the tire rotational standard position X and to obtain the strain output per each strain sensor, and an acting force calculating step to calculate the above-mentioned force acting on the tire based on the strain output per strain sensor obtained on this strain measuring step.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor, comprising a support having thereon an image-recording layer containing (A) an infrared absorbing agent, (B) a radical polymerization initiator, (C) a radical polymerizable compound, (D) a polymer compound containing a polyoxyalkylene structure and (E) an ultraviolet absorbing agent and being capable of forming an image by supplying at least one of printing ink and dampening water on a printing machine after imagewise exposure to remove an unexposed area of the image-recording layer.

Abstract: Provided is a detection method for at least one of acting forces on tire among a back-and-forth directional force, a lateral force, vertical force, and a moment about a tire axis, to detect by strain outputs of strain sensors, which are attached on the tire and measure the strains of a sidewall portion. The above-mentioned strain sensors comprise first strain sensors that have the gain maximum line, in which the gain thereof becomes max, inclining to one side of the circumferential direction of the tire at an angle of 45 deg. with respect to the tire radial direction line, and second strain sensors that have the gain maximum line inclining to the other side of the circumferential direction of the tire at an angle of 45 deg. with respect to the tire radial direction line. At least four pairs of sensors, in which one of the above-mentioned first strain sensors and one of the above-mentioned second strain sensors are made a pair, are arranged at regular intervals on the circumference line of one circle.

Abstract: A plate surface treatment agent for a lithographic printing plate is provided that includes a vinyl copolymer containing a monomer unit having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a phosphonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, a carboxylic acid group, and a salt of these groups and a monomer unit having at least one group or structure selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic acid group, a salt thereof, an amide group, and a betaine structure. There is also provided a method for treating a lithographic printing plate that includes a step of imagewise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor, a step of processing using a developer, and a step of carrying out a plate surface treatment using the plate surface treatment agent for a lithographic printing plate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an aromatic polymer characterized in that an aromatic compound represented by the formula (I) below is polycondensed in the presence of a palladium complex containing a phosphine compound represented by the formula (II) below. (I) (In the formula (I), Ar represents a bifunctional organic group containing an aromatic ring; X represents a halogen atom, a nitro group or a group expressed as —SO3Q (wherein Q is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group); Y represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or the like; n is 0 or 1; and M represents a hydrogen atom, a —B(OQ1)2 group (wherein Q1 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group) or the like.) P(R1)3 (II) (In the formula (II), R1 represents a group represented by the formula (III) below or a group represented by the formula (IV) below, and three R1s may be the same as or different from one another, provided that at least one of R1s is a group represented by the formula (III) below.

Abstract: A lost-wax cast impeller for a supercharger having no parting line on a hub surface and a blade surface in each space demarcated by pairs of long blades adjacent to each other and having excellent aerodynamic performance. A method of manufacturing the impeller involves forming a lost form pattern in substantially the same shape as the impeller, forming a mold by eliminating the lost form pattern after the lost form pattern is coated with a refractory, and pouring a molten metal in the mold for casting. In the molding step, lost material is injection-molded in a space demarcated by radially arranging, toward a center shaft, a plurality of slide molds having short blade-shaped bottomed groove parts and space shapes between the pairs of long blades adjacent to each other, and the slide molds are released by moving in the radial direction of the center shaft while rotating.

Abstract: A compressor impeller and a method of manufacturing the compressor impeller. The magnesium alloy compressor impeller as a die-cast part comprises a hub shaft part, a hub disk part having a hub surface extending from the hub shaft part in the radial direction, and a plurality of vane parts disposed on the hub surface. The impeller can be manufactured by a die-cast method in which a magnesium alloy heated to a liquidus temperature or higher is supplied into molds with cavities corresponding to the shape of the impeller for a filling time of 1 sec. or shorter, a pressure of 20 MPa or higher is applied to the magnesium alloy in the cavities, and the pressurized state is maintained for a time of 1 sec. or longer.

Abstract: An impeller for a supercharger cast in molds to provide excellent aerodynamic performance by eliminating parting-line corresponding parts from a hub surface and vane surfaces in each space formed of a pair of long vanes adjacent to each other an a method of manufacturing the impeller. The method comprises a step for casting the impeller in the molds. Molten metal is poured in spaces formed by radially arranging, toward a center axis, the plurality of slide molds each having a short vane-shaped bottomed groove part and a shape for the space between the pair of long vanes adjacent to each other to mold the impeller. Then, the slide molds are moved in the radial direction of the center axis while rotating for mold-releasing. Thus, the impeller for the supercharger having no parting-line corresponding parts on both the hub surface and the vane surfaces in each space formed of the pair of long vanes adjacent to each other can be provided.

Abstract: Provided is a screw device capable of preventing occurrence of any elevation change at a joint between a ball return path of a circulation member and a loaded ball rolling groove of a nut. The circulation member 12 has end parts 14 and 15 each of which the periphery includes a rolling groove connecting part 22 positioned to the side of a loaded ball rolling groove 11a of a nut 11 and connected to the loaded ball rolling groove 11a of the nut 11 and a scooping part 23 positioned to the side of a ball rolling groove of a screw shaft 1 and scoops up balls 3 from a loaded ball rolling path. The rolling groove connecting part 22 of each of the end parts 14 and 15 is made of resin and formed integral with the nut 11.

Abstract: A runflat tire system comprises a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim on which the pneumatic tire is mounted, and a support ring made of an elastic material and disposed in a cavity surrounded by an inner surface of the rim and an inner surface of the tire mounted thereon, wherein the support ring comprises an annular body extending in a circumferential direction of the tire and being provided with a plurality of recesses each opening at the cavity, and at least two sound reflectors each being attached to the recess and including an outer surface made of a non-porous material so as to reflect sound in the cavity.

Abstract: A vibration damping device for use in a automotive suspension system, adapted to be disposed at a linking portion between a body of the vehicle and a suspension member that connects and supports a wheel on the body is disclosed. The vibration damping device comprises a load sensing unit adapted to sense a signal corresponding to a load exerted between the body and the suspension member. A suspension system equipped with the same is also disclosed.

Abstract: A vibration damping device for use in a automotive suspension system, adapted to be disposed at a linking portion between a body of the vehicle and a suspension member that connects and supports a wheel on the body is disclosed. The vibration damping device comprises a load sensing unit adapted to sense a signal corresponding to a load exerted between the body and the suspension member. A suspension system equipped with the same is also disclosed.

Abstract: A vibration damping device for use in a automotive suspension system, adapted to be disposed at a linking portion between a body of the vehicle and a suspension member that connects and supports a wheel on the body is disclosed. The vibration damping device comprises a load sensing unit adapted to sense a signal corresponding to a load exerted between the body and the suspension member. A suspension system equipped with the same is also disclosed.

Abstract: A puncture sealant supplying/removing apparatus includes a pressure-resistant bottle, an apparatus body on which the pressure-resistant bottle can be mounted, supply hose means which supplies or returns a puncture sealant accommodated in the pressure-resistant bottle to or from a tire, and a high pressure air source. The apparatus body comprises a venturi flow-path having a venturi portion, a first flow-path extending from the venturi portion into the pressure-resistant bottle, and a second flow-path extending from an inside of the pressure-resistant bottle and connected to one end of the supply hose means. The venturi flow-path is provided at its one end with an air intake which is connected to the high pressure air source, the venturi flow-path is provided at its other end with an opening/closing tool capable of opening and closing the other end.

Abstract: [Problems]To provide a lost-wax cast impeller for a supercharger having no parting line corresponding part on a hub surface and a blade surface in each space demarcated by pairs of long blades adjacent to each other and having excellent aerodynamic performance. [Means for Solving Problems]This method of manufacturing the impeller comprises a step for forming a lost form pattern formed in the substantially same shape as the impeller for the supercharger, a step for forming a mold by eliminating and removing the lost form pattern after the lost form pattern is coated with a refractory, and a step for pouring a molten metal in the mold for casting.

Abstract: A runflat tire system comprises a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim on which the pneumatic tire is mounted, and a support ring made of an elastic material and disposed in a cavity surrounded by an inner surface of the rim and an inner surface of the tire mounted thereon, wherein the support ring comprises an annular body extending in a circumferential direction of the tire and being provided with a plurality of recesses each opening at the cavity, and at least two sound reflectors each being attached to the recess and including an outer surface made of a non-porous material so as to reflect sound in the cavity.

Abstract: A puncture sealant supplying/removing apparatus includes a pressure-resistant bottle, an apparatus body on which the pressure-resistant bottle can be mounted, supply hose means which supplies or returns a puncture sealant accommodated in the pressure-resistant bottle to or from a tire, and a high pressure air source. The apparatus body comprises a venturi flow-path having a venturi portion, a first flow-path extending from the venturi portion into the pressure-resistant bottle, and a second flow-path extending from an inside of the pressure-resistant bottle and connected to one end of the supply hose means. The venturi flow-path is provided at its one end with an air intake which is connected to the high pressure air source, the venturi flow-path is provided at its other end with an opening/closing tool capable of opening and closing the other end.

Abstract: A process and an apparatus for treating exhaust gases, comprising an aeration stirring tank (5) employing an aqueous alkaline liquid, and, as a posterior stage, a gas-liquid contact device (7) and/or a packed column (11). The apparatus can remove at the posterior stage harmful gases that the aeration stirring tank fails to remove, for example, water-soluble organic compounds such as ethanol, halogenated silicon compounds such as SiCl4, and halogen gases such as F2 and Cl2. The process and apparatus are particularly suitable for purifying exhaust gases discharged from a semiconductor production device.