Abstract: A battery electrode manufacturing device, which can suppress air from being contained in the active material and improve uniformity of an active material layer formed on a current collector, is provided. The battery electrode manufacturing device comprises: a first chamber whose interior is decompressed below atmospheric pressure; an active material supply unit that supplies a powdery active material onto a current collector, which is arranged in the first chamber; and a compressor that compresses the active material supplied on the current collector, wherein the active material supply unit and the compressor are arranged in the first chamber.

Abstract: A battery device comprises a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided with an electric power generating element and a pressing member which presses the electric power generating element in the stacking direction. The electric power generating element comprises: a positive electrode with a positive electrode active material layer of a positive electrode active material on the surface of a positive electrode collector; a negative electrode with a negative electrode active material layer of a negative electrode active material on the surface of a negative electrode collector; and a separator which holds an electrolyte solution. This battery device satisfies (1) 0.1<(T1?T2)/T1×100<5, where T1 is the thickness of the thickest portion of the electric power generating element in the stacking direction, and T2 is the thickness of the thinnest portion of the of the electric power generating element in the stacking direction.

Abstract: An off-road vehicle includes a seat located adjacent to an entrance in a vehicle compartment, and a storage located below the seat and having a housing space therein. The storage has an access opening opened to the entrance such that the housing space is accessible from the entrance.

Abstract: Provided is a surface treatment agent capable of imparting superior antifouling property as well as good and durable hydrophilicity to an inorganic substrate. The surface treatment agent is one comprising a pretreatment agent and a hydrophilizing treatment agent and being to be sequentially applied to an inorganic substrate, wherein the pretreatment agent comprises a silane compound having a reactive silyl group and an organic functional group and a polyfunctional monomer, and the polyfunctional monomer has one or more first reactive groups that react with the organic functional group and one or more second reactive groups that react with the hydrophilizing treatment agent.

Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body made of ceramics, a control unit, a supply source that enables water supply or power supply to the control unit, and a flexible elongated member connecting the supply source and the control unit. The toilet main body includes a rear storage configured to store at least a part of the control unit. The rear storage includes an upper storage region, a lower region, and a lower communication region. The flexible elongated member extends from an upper connecting end portion toward a lower connecting end portion, to be inserted from the upper storage region into the lower communication region, and then extends from inside of the lower communication region to outside of the toilet main body, without extending through the lower region.

Abstract: A utility vehicle 100 includes a vehicle body 1, seats 4R having seat bottoms 41 and seat backs 42 attached to the vehicle body 1, and an electric component box 65 having an access opening 67 positioned at the rear of the seat back 42. The seat 4R further has a detacher 43 that detachably attaches the seat back 42 to the vehicle body 1.

Abstract: A stabilizer bar support structure of an off-road vehicle includes a vehicle body frame having a seat base frame that supports a seat and a support frame that supports the seat base frame, a stabilizer bar that couples right and left suspensions to each other and is supported on the support frame, and a bracket attached to the support frame. The stabilizer bar is attached to the support frame through the bracket. The bracket receives the load of the seat base frame through the support frame.

Abstract: A utility vehicle 100 includes a vehicle body 1, seats 4R having seat bottoms 41 and seat backs 42 attached to the vehicle body 1, and an electric component box 65 having an access opening 67 positioned at the rear of the seat back 42. The seat 4R further has a detacher 43 that detachably attaches the seat back 42 to the vehicle body 1.

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a rear seat; a seat frame provided below the rear seat, the rear seat being attached to the seat frame; a supporter provided below the seat frame to support the seat frame; and a battery provided below the seat frame. The supporter further holds the battery.

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a vehicle body frame and a cargo bed supported by the vehicle body frame, the cargo bed including a side wall unit. The side wall unit includes a side wall, a tail lamp mounted on a rear end portion of the side wall, and a bolt including a shaft portion and a head portion. The tail lamp is secured to the side wall by the bolt oriented in a vehicle width direction. The head portion of the bolt is hidden by a part of the side wall unit when viewed from behind.

Abstract: A lithium-ion battery manufacturing device and a lithium-ion battery manufacturing method can suppress variation in thickness and shape distortion of a lithium-ion battery. The lithium-ion battery includes a cathode current collector, a cathode active material layer, a separator, an anode active material layer, and an anode current collector that are stacked. The lithium-ion battery has a circular frame member that fixes an outer edge of the separator, which is placed between the cathode current collector and the anode current collector, and that seals the cathode active material layer, the separator, and the anode active material layer. The lithium-ion battery manufacturing device includes: a holder that sandwiches the lithium-ion battery from both sides of the stacking direction; and a sealing device that has a frame-shaped heater, which heat-seals an outer edge of the lithium-ion battery by heating the frame member placed at the outer edge.

Abstract: This invention has an objective to increase the collected amounts of lithium contained in a lithium-ion battery. A recycling method for a lithium-ion battery comprising: a first discharging step, which increases an amount of lithium included in a cathode active material by discharging the lithium-ion battery via a load with a first resistance value; a second discharging step, which further increases the amount of lithium included in the cathode active material by discharging the lithium-ion battery via a load with a second resistance value lower than the first resistance value; and a collecting step, which collects the cathode active material from the lithium-ion battery after the second discharging step.

Abstract: An examination method of the present invention is characterized by including a step of bringing conductor probes into contact with surfaces of an examination target to measure voltage or electric resistance at a plurality of points on the surfaces of the examination target, the examination target being a resin current collector, an electrode sheet having an active material layer laminated on the resin current collector, a separator-attached electrode sheet in which a separator is combined with the electrode sheet, or a unit cell including one set of a positive electrode resin current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a separator, a negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode resin current collector, which are laminated in order, and a step of determining whether or not a point at which the voltage or the electric resistance is out of an allowable range is present in the examination target.

Abstract: A battery cell (1) has an electrode composition, a frame member (3) placed annularly so as to surround the electrode composition, and a positive electrode current collector and a negative electrode current collector for closing openings of the frame member (3) from both sides in the thickness direction. The frame member (3) has a fragile portion (9) for communicating inside and outside of the frame member (3) when the pressure inside the frame member increases above a certain level. The battery cell (1) in question allows increase in the pressure inside the frame member (3), thereby preventing damage.

Abstract: A fixing unit includes a film including a tubular shape and configured to rotate, a heater arranged inside the film and including a heating resistor configured to generate heat by passing alternating current therethrough and an insulator configured to cover the heating resistor, a sliding member arranged between the heater and the film and configured to be in sliding contact with an inner surface of the film, the sliding member having electric conductivity, a pressing member configured to be in pressure contact with the sliding member across the film to form a nip portion between the sliding member and the pressing member, and a conductive member electrically connected to a ground potential via at least one impedance element. The sliding member is electrically connected to the conductive member.

Abstract: A manufacturing device for an electrode of a lithium-ion battery, comprising: a placing section for placing an electrode material for a lithium-ion battery on a substrate, the electrode material for a lithium-ion battery consisting of an electrode composition including electrode active material particles and a frame-like member placed annularly so as to surround the electrode composition; a pressure reduction packaging section for reducing pressure and packaging the electrode material for a lithium-ion battery together with the substrate so as to fix the electrode composition by the frame-like member and a packaging material; and a pressure molding section for roll-pressing the electrode composition fixed by the frame-like member and the packaging material

Abstract: A power control device includes a heater, a zero-cross detecting unit, a triac, a supplying unit, and a controlling unit. The supplying unit discharges an electric charge when a control signal is outputted in a half-wave of each of a first polarity and a second polarity and charges the electric charge when the control signal is not outputted in the half-wave of the first polarity. The controlling unit outputs: in a first half-wave, a first control signal on the basis of the zero-cross point and a second control signal in a first phase different in timing from the first control signal, and in a second half-wave, a third control signal on the basis of the zero-cross point and a fourth control signal in a second phase different in timing from the second control signal. The first phase and the second phase are different from each other.

Abstract: An eccentric oscillation gear device includes a casing, a first member supported by the casing via a first bearing, a second member supported by the casing via a second bearing, and a fastening portion fastening the first and second members in an axial direction of the casing. The fastening portion includes an internally threaded portion formed in the first member, and a fastener having an externally threaded portion. The fastener has a Rockwell hardness (HRC) of 44 or higher, and the internally threaded portion has a lower hardness than the fastener.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a heater including a heating member, a heater holder configured to hold the heater, a detection element configured to detect a temperature of the heater and disposed at a position that faces the heater in a third direction, a first holding member configured to hold the detection element, an urging member configured to urge the first holding member, a flexible member extending in the first direction and configured to support the first holding member on a first end portion of the flexible member in the first direction, and a second holding member configured to hold a second end portion of the flexible member in the first direction. The flexible member is flexible such that the first holding member and the second holding member are movable relative to each other in the third direction.

Abstract: A fixing unit includes a film including a tubular shape and configured to rotate, a heater arranged inside the film and including a heating resistor configured to generate heat by passing alternating current therethrough and an insulator configured to cover the heating resistor, a sliding member arranged between the heater and the film and configured to be in sliding contact with an inner surface of the film, the sliding member having electric conductivity, a pressing member configured to be in pressure contact with the sliding member across the film to form a nip portion between the sliding member and the pressing member, and a conductive member electrically connected to a ground potential via at least one impedance element. The sliding member is electrically connected to the conductive member.