Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat, including: a first support configuration section that includes a first cover; a second support configuration section that is disposed adjacent to the first support configuration section, and that includes a second cover; a double hinge that couples the first support configuration section and the second support configuration section together; an intermediate shutter that is disposed along a space between the first cover and the second cover; a first shutter that blocks a gap formed between the first cover and the intermediate shutter accompanying relative displacement between the first support configuration section and the second support configuration section; and a second shutter that blocks a gap formed between the second cover and the intermediate shutter accompanying relative displacement between the first support configuration section and the second support configuration section.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a left and right pair of cushion frames that structure a framework of a seat cushion, the seat cushion including a pad main body portion that supports a buttock area and thigh area of a seat occupant; a left and right pair of seat back frames; and at least one of: a seat cushion push-up mechanism that is provided inside the seat cushion uniformly across a whole of the pad main body portion in the seat width direction, or a seat back push-out mechanism that is provided inside the seat back uniformly across a whole of the back pad main body portion in the seat width direction.

Abstract: A stabilizer includes a stabilizer bar and a rubber bush. The stabilizer bar includes a bar body made of a steel and a coating film covering the bar body. The coating film is formed on the surface of the bar body by using a resin having a water contact angle of more than 65°. By performing surface treatment for reducing the contact angle of the coating film present on an attachment part, the contact angle of the attachment part is changed to 65° or less. A pre-cured liquid adhesive agent is applied to an inner surface (adhesion surface) of the rubber bush. After a region including the attachment part of the stabilizer bar is heated, the rubber bush is overlaid on the attachment part. The adhesive agent is cured in a state where the rubber bush is pressed.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a disc device suspension includes forming a load beam blank including the load beam and a first frame continuous to the load beam, forming a flexure blank including the flexure and a second frame continuous to the flexure, forming a convex in the first frame, forming an opening in the second frame in a position corresponding to the convex to receive the convex, overlapping the load beam blank with the flexure blank to insert the convex into the opening, fixing the flexure to the load beam, and separating the load beam from the first frame and the flexure from the second frame after the fixing.

Abstract: A suspension includes a load beam, a flexure including first and second outriggers, and first and second damper members. The first outrigger is formed to oppose the first surface and across the first opening. The second outrigger is formed to oppose the first surface and across the second opening. The first damper member is attached to the first outrigger at the first opening and the first surface. The second damper member is attached to the second outrigger at the second opening and the first surface. An edge portion of the first opening and the first damper member are spaced apart and an edge portion of the second opening and the second damper member are spaced apart.

Abstract: A lift mechanism of a die set apparatus includes a guide pin, a linear motion guide member, a first washer, a second washer, a first coil spring, and a second coil spring. A first positioning portion and a second positioning portion control a first end turn portion and a second end turn portion from moving in a radial direction of the guide pin in a state where a first gap is formed between the first coil spring and the guide pin. A third positioning portion and a fourth positioning portion control a third end turn portion and a fourth end turn portion from moving in the radial direction of the guide pin in a state where a second gap is formed between the second coil spring and the guide pin.

Abstract: The flexure tail includes a tail body, a first bent portion extending in a width direction of the tail body, a second bent portion extending in a length direction of a flexure, a tail pad portion, a conductor bent portion where a direction of a conductor changes, an extension portion, and a test conducting portion. The test conducting portion includes a conductor connecting portion conductive to a conductor, a jumper conductor, and a test pad arranged in the extension portion. The jumper conductor has a first end portion connected to the conductor connecting portion, and a second end portion connected to the test pad.

Abstract: An insulation resistance measurement device includes a jig unit, a control unit and a transfer mechanism. The jig unit includes a lower jig having a reference surface, an upper jig having an abutting surface, a probe unit and a servomotor. When the upper jig is lowered toward the lower jig by the servomotor, the probe contacts a portion to be measured. When the upper jig is lowered further and the abutting surface of the upper jig abuts the reference surface, a torque of the servomotor increases. When the torque reaches a predetermined value, an insulation resistance is measured by the probe in a state where the torque is maintained.

Abstract: An axial ball joint includes a ball stud including a stud portion and a ball portion; a metal housing configured to rotatably support the ball portion of the ball stud; a resin ball sheet provided in an interposed manner between the ball portion and the housing. The housing is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape by press work. The housing has a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall which are set respectively to thicknesses substantially equal to each other. The bottom wall and the peripheral side wall of the housing have therebetween a boundary portion formed with multiple rib portions which project in a brace shape from outside to inside of the housing.

Abstract: A method of restoring a suspension of a hard disk drive includes detaching a slider, which is mounted on a tongue portion of the suspension via an adhesive, from the suspension, measuring a thickness of the adhesive in a cleaning area of the tongue portion, specifying a first residual area in which the thickness of the adhesive exceeds a threshold value, irradiating a first irradiation area including the first residual area locally with a first laser beam, and irradiating the cleaning area entirely with a second laser beam.

Abstract: Provided is a coil spring manufacturing method. In the coil spring manufacturing method, a coil spring of a vehicle suspension member is immersed in a fluidized bed in which powder coat is fluidized for coating. The fluidized bed includes a vertical stream area in which the powder coat moves upward and downward. The coil spring is immersed in the vertical stream area of the fluidized bed while an end coil of the coil spring faces upward, and is periodically subjected to a relative movement with respect to a direction containing components vertical to a central axis of the coil spring in relation to the vertical stream area.

Abstract: A stabilizer includes bend sections. With respect to positions in a circumferential direction of a radial cross section of each of the bend sections, a center of an inside of a bend is defined as 0°, and a center of an outside of the bend is defined as 180°. The bend sections each include a bend interior section located at 0°, a bend exterior section located at 180°, a first side section located at 90°, and a second side section located at 270°. The bend interior section has compressive residual stress from a surface to a first depth. The bend exterior section has compressive residual stress to a second depth. The first side section has compressive residual stress to a third depth. The second side section has compressive residual stress to a fourth depth.

Abstract: A caulking jig comprises a main body, a blade portion having a blade edge, a projection member fit in the main body, an urging member which urges the projection member, and an engagement mechanism configured to engage the projection member to the main body. In a state in which the projection member is not engaged, the projection member is held at a projected position where a distal end portion of the projection member is projected from the blade edge. In a state in which the projection member is engaged, the projection member is held at an entered position where the distal end portion is retracted to a more entered position than the blade edge.

Abstract: The flexure tail includes a tail body, a first bent portion extending in a width direction of the tail body, a second bent portion extending in a length direction of a flexure, a tail pad portion, a conductor bent portion where a direction of a conductor changes, an extension portion, and a test conducting portion. The test conducting portion includes a conductor connecting portion conductive to a conductor, a jumper conductor, and a test pad arranged in the extension portion. The jumper conductor has a first end portion connected to the conductor connecting portion, and a second end portion connected to the test pad.

Abstract: An axial ball joint is provided with: a ball stud including a stud section and a ball section; a metallic housing which rotatably supports the ball section of the ball stud; and a resin-made ball seat which is provided to be interposed between the ball section and the housing. The housing is formed into a bottomed cylinder shape by pressing. The thickness of a bottom wall and the thickness of a circumferential side wall of the housing are set to be equal to each other. A plurality of bead sections are formed on the inner bottom of the housing by press-molding or forging.

Abstract: A ball joint has a ball stud, a housing and a ball seat. The seat is an elastic body in a tubular shape with the top and the bottom being open, and has a spherical space to accommodate a ball portion. The housing has a spherical inner face that is close to an outer periphery of the ball portion, to accommodate the ball portion in the inner face via the seat so as to support the ball stud. A clamped portion arranged at a peripheral end of the housing is clamped to press the seat so that the ball stud can be swung and rotated.

Abstract: A plate material has a first portion, a second portion, and a fracture portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, and is separated into the first portion and the second portion by tearing the fracture portion. The first portion and the second portion are arranged in a first direction. The fracture portion has thin portions arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. Widths in the second direction of the thin portions are different from each other.

Abstract: An elastic member is an elastic member formed of a wire having a cross section that is substantially circular, the cross section being orthogonal to a longitudinal direction, and the elastic member being expandable and contractible in a predetermined direction; and including: a first alloy portion that is made of an aluminum alloy having a tensile strength larger than 950 MPa and equal to or less than 1100 MPa at room temperature; and a second alloy portion configured to cover the first alloy portion, the second alloy portion having a thickness in a radial direction smaller than a radius of the first alloy portion, and being made of an aluminum alloy having a tensile strength of 100 MPa to 650 MPa at room temperature.

Abstract: A suspension for a disk device includes a load beam, a flexure and first and second damper members. The load beam includes a first surface, a second surface and first and second openings. The flexure includes first and second outriggers. The first outrigger includes a first branch portion through the first opening, a distal end thereof being interposed between the second surface and the first damper member. The second outrigger includes a second branch portion through the second opening, a distal end thereof being interposed between the second surface and the second damper member.

Abstract: Provided is a foamed urethane containing a cushion material, the foamed urethane containing a hard segment and a soft segment, in which the foamed urethane is a reaction cured product formed using an isocyanate component of an MDI compound. In a first aspect, a spin-spin relaxation time (T2) of the hard segment in the foamed urethane is from 20 ?sec to 40 ?sec, and a volume abundance ratio of the hard segment is from 5% to 40%. In a second aspect, a foamed urethane includes: a first region in which T2 of the hard segment is from 30 ?sec to 40 ?sec, and a volume abundance ratio of the hard segment is from 10% to 40%, and a second region in which T2 of the hard segment is from 20 ?sec to less than 30 ?sec, and a volume abundance ratio of the hard segment is from 5% to 40% in a H1 solid-state pulse NMR measurement, and which is adjacent to the first region.