Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a continuously variable transmission and an intake duct including an intake passage that guides cooling air to an internal space of a CVT case of the continuously variable transmission. The intake duct includes: a peripheral wall that includes a downstream tube portion having an elongated section and defines the intake passage; a bridge that extends in a transverse direction of the downstream tube portion and couples a pair of opposing wall portions of the downstream tube portion to each other, the opposing wall portions being opposed to each other in the transverse direction; and two outflow openings that are defined by the peripheral wall and the bridge and are lined up in a longitudinal direction of the downstream tube portion.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes: a CVT mechanism; a CVT case; and a partition that extends in a radial direction of a driving pulley, divides an internal space of the CVT case into a first chamber and a second chamber, and includes a communication opening through which an axis of the driving pulley passes and through which the first chamber communicates with the second chamber. The first chamber communicates with an inflow opening of the CVT case. The second chamber accommodates the CVT mechanism and communicates with an outflow opening of the CVT case. The first chamber includes a curved portion having a shape that, when viewed from an axial direction in which the axis extends, spreads in the radial direction as the curved portion extends toward an upstream side around the communication opening.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes: a CVT mechanism including a driving pulley, a driven pulley, an annular belt wound around the driving pulley and the driven pulley, and a centrifugal fan blade disposed at the driving pulley; and a CVT case that defines an internal space accommodating the CVT mechanism. An inner surface of the CVT case includes: a peripheral surface portion that covers the CVT mechanism from an outer side in a radial direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the driving pulley; and a guide surface portion that projects toward an inner side in the radial direction from the peripheral surface portion.

Abstract: In an undercover structure according to the present invention, a first cover part that is a lowermost part of an undercover has a first rear end positioned ahead of a front wheel axle. This generates a strong negative pressure in a region ahead of the front wheel axle. Accordingly, a flow rate of air flowing to a wheelhouse decreases (a flow rate of airflow between a road and a vehicle generated along a bottom surface of the first cover part of the undercover increases). This causes an attraction force that attracts the vehicle to a road surface to act on a vehicle body of the vehicle, thereby making traveling stability more excellent.

Abstract: A pure water production system includes a reverse osmosis membrane device; an electric deionized water production device that is disposed downstream of the reverse osmosis membrane device; and a control device that controls a processing condition of the reverse osmosis membrane device. The control device controls a processing condition of the reverse osmosis membrane device such that a removal rate of a specific substance of the electric deionized water production device is equal to or lower than a threshold value, and concentration of the specific substance in the treated water of the electric deionized water production device is equal to or lower than a prescribed value and specific resistance of the treated water of the electric deionized water production device is equal to or higher than a prescribed value.

Abstract: An optical laminate includes two optically anisotropic layers, an A-plate and a C-plate, in which the adhesiveness between the layers, the liquid crystal alignment of the C-plate, and the adhesiveness between the A-plate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive, are excellent. The optical laminate includes first and second optically anisotropic layers which are A-plate and C-plate formed of a first and second liquid crystal compound, respectively, and a mixed layer disposed between the layers, including components derived from the first and second liquid crystal compounds, and an optical alignment compound, in which a surface energy of the first optically anisotropic layer on a side opposite to the mixed layer is 25 mN/m or more, and where a component in a depth direction is analyzed with time-of-flight type secondary ion mass spectrometry while irradiating ion beams from a surface of the optical laminate on the first, toward the second, optically anisotropic layer.

Abstract: Provided is a polarizing plate having an excellent adhesiveness between a polarizer and an optical film and having good durability; and an image display device having the same. The polarizing plate includes a polarizer, an adhesive layer, and an optical film exhibiting reverse wavelength dispersibility, adjacent to each other in this order, in which the adhesive layer is a layer formed of an adhesive composition containing a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator, and the polarizing plate satisfies Condition 1: a maximum absorption wavelength of the polymerization initiator is within ±70 nm of a minimum absorption wavelength of the optical film and Condition 2: a molar absorption coefficient of the polymerization initiator is 22,000 mol?1Lcm?1 or more.

Abstract: A bumper spoiler structure includes: a bumper panel provided in a bumper of a vehicle; a bumper spoiler capable of advancing and retreating relative to the bumper panel by being moved in an inside-outside direction of the vehicle; a first actuator movable in the inside-outside direction and configured to move the bumper spoiler in the inside-outside direction; a first controller configured to control the first actuator; a second actuator configured to move the bumper spoiler and the first actuator in the inside-outside direction; and a second controller configured to control the second actuator. When at least one of the first actuator and the first controller is lost in a deployed state in which the bumper spoiler protrudes with respect to the bumper panel, the second controller moves the bumper spoiler and the first actuator toward an inner side of the vehicle by using the second actuator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film-forming skin composition containing (a1) an ethyl acrylate-methyl methacrylate-trimethylammonium ethyl methacrylate chloride copolymer, and (a2) an ethyl acrylate-methyl methacrylate copolymer. The film formed from the composition of the present invention has high water resistance and/or high friction resistance. Meanwhile, this film can be easily washed off from the skin.

Abstract: A movable spoiler device includes a fixed plate fixed on a vehicle body of a vehicle; a movable plate arranged to be movable between a storing position and an unfolding position closer to the rear than the storing position; a link mechanism provided with one end pivotally supported on the fixed plate and the other end pivotally supported on the movable plate; an electrical component arranged in the vicinity of the movable plate; and a wire harness configured for connecting the electrical component to a battery arranged on the vehicle body. A first portion of the wire harness is fixed at the other end of the link mechanism corresponding to the movable plate, and a second portion of the wire harness is bent on the one end of the link mechanism corresponding to the fixed plate.

Abstract: A vehicle rear structure is provided, including a spoiler device disposed at a rear bumper of a vehicle. The spoiler device includes a movable portion and at least one fixed portion. The movable portion is disposed movable between a storage position connected to the rear bumper and an expansion position protruding from the rear bumper toward a rear side of the vehicle. The at least one fixed portion includes a driving component for driving the movable portion to move in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. A gap exists between the movable portion and the rear bumper. An upper surface of a rear side portion of the movable portion has a protrusive portion formed into a protrusive shape protruding toward an upper side of the vehicle, such that the movable portion shields the gap at the storage position.

Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes a spoiler device at a rear bumper of a vehicle; a floor panel; left and right side frames at two sides of the floor panel and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and an impact beam extending along a left-right direction of the vehicle and connected to rear ends of the left and right side frames through a connecting portion. The spoiler device includes a movable portion movable between a storage position connected to the rear bumper and an expansion position protruding from the rear bumper toward a rear side of the vehicle; and at least one fixed portion including a driving component for driving the movable portion to move in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, at a further rear side of the floor panel, and at the connecting portion connected between the left and right side frames and the impact beam.

Abstract: A vehicle lower structure includes a deflector panel provided on a vehicle body of a vehicle and movable between a stored position covering a lower portion of the vehicle body and an unfolded position protruding downwards. The deflector panel includes a front deflector panel and a rear deflector panel. The front deflector panel is rotatably arranged on the vehicle body along a first rotation axis with a front end thereof. The rear deflector panel is rotatably arranged on a rear end of the front deflector panel along a second rotation axis with a front end thereof and is rotatably and slidably arranged on the vehicle body along a third rotation axis in a vehicle front-rear direction with a rear end thereof. The rear deflector panel is provided with a guide member protruding upwards. The guide member is covered from above by a covering portion formed on the vehicle body.

Abstract: A coil component includes a core that includes a core part having a first end portion and a second end portion; and a first wire and a second wire that are wound around the core part from the first end portion to the second end portion in substantially helical shapes so as to have substantially the same number of turns. The first wire is wound so as to form a first layer that contacts the peripheral surface of the core part, the second wire is wound such that at least part of the second wire forms a second layer on the outside of the first layer, and a first coil length formed by the first wire is longer than a second coil length formed by the second wire.

Abstract: The invention provides a movable spoiler device, which may be easily stored and operated stably. The movable spoiler device includes a fixed plate fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable plate disposed to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed plate and an unfolding position closer to the rear position than the storage position; a linkage mechanism that is pivotally supported on the fixed plate at one end and pivotally supported on the movable plate at the other end; a sliding mechanism including a track portion disposed on one of the fixed plate and the movable plate, and a sliding portion disposed on the other of the fixed plate and the movable plate; and an actuator driving the linkage mechanism or the sliding mechanism to drive the movable plate to move relative to the fixed plate.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for removing boron and a method for removing boron for reducing the boron concentration in water to be treated, and an apparatus and a method for producing pure water wherein the boron concentration is reduced. An apparatus for removing boron includes: a first electrodeionization device to which water to be treated is supplied; an ultraviolet oxidation device to which the water treated by the first electrodeionization device is supplied; an oxide removal device to which the water treated by the ultraviolet oxidation device is supplied; and a second electrodeionization device to which the water treated by the oxide removal device is supplied. A method for removing boron using the apparatus is provided. The oxide removal device is equipped with a platinum group metal catalyst, and the water that has been treated by the oxide removal device has a hydrogen peroxide concentration of less than 1 ppb.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal composition capable of suppressing a decrease in phase transition temperature from a smectic phase to a nematic phase and suppressing alignment defects in a liquid crystal cured layer thus formed, a liquid crystal cured layer, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The liquid crystal composition includes a liquid crystal compound exhibiting a smectic phase and a freezing point depressant, in which the liquid crystal compound is a compound represented by Formula (I) SP1-MG-SP2, and the liquid crystal composition satisfies Expression (1) |Am?Asl?0.2 and Expression (2-1) in a case of Am?As, Aa?(Am+As)/2 or Expression (2-2) in a case of Am>As, Aa?(Am+As)/2.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle body lower structure. The vehicle body lower structure includes: a deflector, disposed on a vehicle body and movable between a stowed position covering a lower part of the vehicle body and a deployed position protruding downward; and a shaft member, extending in a vehicle left-right direction and rotatably connecting a front end of the deflector to the vehicle body. The deflector is maintained in the deployed position protruding downward by its own weight, and receiving an impact load from below, the deflector moves from the deployed position to the stowed position.

Abstract: An epoxy resin includes a reaction product between an epoxy compound and a compound having a naphthalene structure and a functional group that is reactive with an epoxy group.

Abstract: A method of removing boron from water to be treated includes subjecting the water to be treated to reverse osmosis membrane treatment, subjecting at least part of permeated water after the reverse osmosis membrane treatment to cation-removing treatment, and measuring a concentration of boron in the resulting permeated water after the cation-removing treatment, in which a measured value for the concentration of boron is used to regulate at least one of: (a) the recovery rate of water to be treated in the above reverse osmosis membrane treatment, (b) the temperature of the water to be treated, (c) the pH of the water to be treated, (d) the supply pressure of the water to be treated, which pressure is applied to the reverse osmosis membrane during the reverse osmosis membrane treatment, and (e) when the reverse osmosis membrane used for the reverse osmosis membrane treatment should be changed.