Abstract: A thermoelectric cell includes a thermoelectric body including heat-utilizing power generating elements in each of which a thermoelectric conversion layer and a solid electrolyte layer are layered, and converting thermal energy into electrical energy, a conductive case including a first case body and a second case body which are combined in an insulated state and accommodating the thermoelectric body, an insulating member electrically insulating the first case body or the second case body and the solid electrolyte layer on a side surface of the thermoelectric body while electrically insulating the first case body and the second case body, and a compressible conductor accommodated in the case and compressed by being sandwiched between the thermoelectric body and the case. The first case body, the thermoelectric body, and the second case body are electrically connected in a stacked direction.

Abstract: The thermoelectric module includes a first thermoelectric element including a first thermoelectric conversion layer and a first electrolyte layer stacked each other along a stacked direction, a second thermoelectric element stacking the first thermoelectric element in the stacked direction and including a second thermoelectric conversion layer and a second electrolyte layer stacked each other along the stacked direction, a first current collector located on a side of one edge in the stacked direction, a second current collector located on a side of another edge in the stacked direction, and an electron transmission layer located between the first thermoelectric element and the second thermoelectric element in the stacked direction.

Abstract: The invention discloses a positive electrode active material for a magnesium secondary battery or lithium ion secondary battery, including: a particle including a nucleus and a crystal of vanadium oxide grown from the nucleus as a starting point and having a maximum length of 5 ?m or less in the major axis direction.

Abstract: The thermoelectric module includes a first thermoelectric element including a first thermoelectric conversion layer and a first electrolyte layer stacked in order along a stacked direction, a second thermoelectric element including a second electrolyte layer and a second thermoelectric conversion layer stacked in order along the stacked direction, and a first current collector located between the first thermoelectric element and the second thermoelectric element in the stacked direction.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an excellent method for storing and transporting hydrogen. The object can be solved by a structure comprising boron, hydrogen, and oxygen, that has B—H—B bonds, B—H bonds, and B—OH bonds, and in the measurement of FT-IR spectra, the following formulas are satisfied: (1) 0.80?a/c?0.96, and (2) 0.95?b/c?1.12, wherein when the baseline is defined as 100%, a is the transmittance at 1400 cm?1 in the FT-IR spectrum, b is the transmittance at 2500 cm?1 in the FT-IR spectrum, and c is the transmittance at 3200 cm?1 in the FT-IR spectrum.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a pipe joint including a circular tube-shaped housing and an elastically deformable circular tube-shaped seal member provided at an inner peripheral side of the housing. The pipe joint manufacturing method includes a process of placing the seal member inside a mold in a state in which the seal member is fitted to an outer periphery of a retaining pin, and a process of causing a molten resin to flow into the mold so as to mold the housing in a state in which the seal member is cooled through the retaining pin.

Abstract: A fuel distribution pipe that distributes and supplies fuel supplied from a fuel pipe to a plurality of fuel injection devices includes a pipe member configured to form a storage space for storing the fuel therein, and a connection member inserted into and joined to a tip end portion of the pipe member and having a through hole connected to the storage space. The connection member has an intermediate diameter portion adjacent to the storage space and a small diameter portion disposed on a side opposite to the storage space with respect to the intermediate diameter portion. The intermediate diameter portion has an inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the small diameter portion and smaller than an inner diameter of the pipe member.

Abstract: A fuel piping includes an outer pipe that has a connecting head extending outward in a radial direction in at least one end portion thereof and an inner pipe that is built in a part of the outer pipe and is connected to both end portions of the connecting head in an axial direction.

Abstract: A tube fitting includes: a zinc-based plated layer; and a resin coating layer that is positioned at an outermost surface at an outer side of the zinc-based plated layer and includes a polyethylene substance, a lubricant, and solid particles. When a fitting average plating thickness t relating to the thickness of the zinc-based plated layer is defined, 2.1<t<19.7 is true.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to propose a device capable of automatically insetting a tube into a bending die instead of doing so manually, even if the shape of a product exceeds two meters in length, the device comprising a bending die having a tube insetting portion, and a traveling body that includes a guide mechanism guiding a tube to an upper portion of the tube insetting portion, an auxiliary guide mechanism keeping the tube in the upper portion of the tube insetting portion, a insetting roll insetting the tube in the tube insetting portion, a pair of drive wheels rolling along lower rails, and a drive mechanism, wherein the traveling body moves and insets a tube into the bending die while having the auxiliary guide mechanism and the drive wheels grip the bending die.

Abstract: The thermoelectric module includes a first thermoelectric element including a first thermoelectric conversion layer and a first electrolyte layer stacked each other along a stacked direction, a second thermoelectric element stacking the first thermoelectric element in the stacked direction and including a second thermoelectric conversion layer and a second electrolyte layer stacked each other along the stacked direction, a first current collector located on a side of one edge in the stacked direction, a second current collector located on a side of another edge in the stacked direction, and an electron transmission layer located between the first thermoelectric element and the second thermoelectric element in the stacked direction.

Abstract: A tube fitting is provided with a resin coating layer over a coated region surfaces of a threaded portion and a contact portion. The resin coating layer includes a polyethylene based substance, a lubricant, and solid particles. When mass per unit area w (g/m2) is defined as a value obtained by dividing the mass difference between a state with the resin coating layer and a state without the resin coating layer by the surface area of the coated region, the mass per unit area w satisfies a relation 0.79<w<10.07.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a stable thermoelectric battery. The object can be solved by a thermoelectric battery comprising a working electrode containing a n-type silicon and germanium, a counter electrode, and a solid electrolyte having a polymer having a specific repeating unit with a molecular weight of 200 to 1,000,000, or a derivative thereof, wherein the solid electrolyte contains copper ions or iron ions as an ion source.

Abstract: A thermoelectric cell includes a thermoelectric body including heat-utilizing power generating elements in each of which a thermoelectric conversion layer and a solid electrolyte layer are layered, a conductive case including a first case body and a second case body and accommodating the thermoelectric body, an insulating member electrically insulating the first case body or the second case body or the second case body and the solid electrolyte layer on a side surface of the thermoelectric body while electrically insulating the first case body and the second case body, and a compressible conductor accommodated in the case and disposed between the thermoelectric body and the case. The first case body, the thermoelectric body, and the second case body are electrically connected in a stacked direction by disposing the compressible conductor on a side of at least one of the first case body and the second case body.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bending die that has a simple configuration and is capable of bending a rod-shaped body in a three-dimensional XYZ direction quickly and reliably, the bending die comprising a pair of forming dies clamped in a Z direction, wherein the forming dies have, respectively, rod-shaped body-forming recess portions, and rod-shaped body guide portions for guiding a rod-shaped body to the rod-shaped body-forming recess portions, the rod-shaped body-forming recess portions are each formed into a shape with a semicircular cross section that defines, between the forming dies when clamping the forming dies, a long, cylindrical cavity for forming the rod-shaped body bent in a three-dimensional XYZ direction, and the rod-shaped body guide portions are each formed into a V-shape that spreads outward from both sides of each of the rod-shaped body-forming recess portions having a semicircular cross section.

Abstract: A seal apparatus provides sufficient sealing and is compact and inexpensive. The seal apparatus includes a thread part screwed to the screw fastening part of a hollow component; a seal part that moves along an axis of the screw part and comes into pressure contact with the screw fastening part of the hollow component; a stopper part fixed to the screw part that restricts the movement of the seal part; a pressed part that moves the seal part into pressure contact with the screw fastening part; a spring disposed between the pressed part and the stopper part; and an accumulator formed between the stopper part and the seal part and into which a test fluid which is introduced into the hollow component for inspection flows.

Abstract: An anchor position adjustment device includes a guide rail having a plurality of engagement recess portions formed to be arranged, a moving member attached to the guide rail, a lock pin-provided in the moving member, a first biasing member biasing the lock pin in an inserting direction of the lock pin with respect to the engagement recess portions, a release pin extending from the lock pin, and an operation member attached to the moving member in a slidable manner. The operation member has a release inclination surface guiding the release pin in a pulling direction of the lock pin with respect to the engagement recess portions in accordance with sliding of the operation member, and a release inhibition surface inhibiting the lock pin from being pulled out from the engagement recess portion in a pre-slide state.

Abstract: Provided is a fuel pipe connected to a fuel distribution pipe distributing and supplying fuel to a plurality of fuel injection devices. The fuel pipe includes a pipe body and a connection head part fastened to the fuel distribution pipe by a cap nut. The connection head part includes a first curved portion curved in a circular shape in a reference cross-section including a central axis A of the fuel pipe and abutting against a seat surface formed on an inner peripheral surface of the fuel distribution pipe, a second curved portion curved in a circular shape in the reference cross-section and locked on a locking surface formed on an inner peripheral surface of the cap nut, and a straight portion extending linearly in the reference cross-section and interconnecting the first curved portion and the second curved portion.

Abstract: A gas-tight plug is attachable by pressing it against an opening portion of a hollow component, the gas-tight plug being inserted into the opening portion using the force of pressing to be automatically aligned so that if the positions of a plurality of opening portions vary within an allowable tolerance, the axial directions of all the opening portions and the axial directions of the respective gas-tight plugs are automatically caused to coincide. A gas-tight plug includes an end portion, a contact part of a base portion end of the gas-tight plug coming into contact with a base of the pressing mechanism has a circular flat surface coaxial with the end portion, and the circular flat surface has a diameter more than 0.12 times and less than 0.2 times a total length of the gas-tight plug.

Abstract: A cooling device includes: a case equipped with a supply port for a coolant and a discharge port for the coolant and a laminated core disposed in the case, the laminated core comprising a plurality of punched plates, each with the same shape, and each punched plate including: a plurality of linear portions that extend in waveform shapes in a flow direction of the coolant and that are spaced apart in an amplitude direction of the waveforms, and linking portions that are spaced apart in an extension direction of the linear portions and that link the linear portions to one another in the amplitude direction, the punched plates being alternately disposed front-to-back and the linear portions being superposed over one another, and the linking portions of the superposed punched plates being disposed spaced apart in the extension direction.