Abstract: Provided is a polymer composition containing (A) a modified conjugated diene-based polymer which includes a monomer unit derived from a conjugated diene compound and has a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 1.50 to 3.00 and in which some or all of the molecules are modified, the molecular weight distribution being represented by a ratio of polystyrene-equivalent weight-average molecular weight Mw to number-average molecular weight Mn measured by gel permeation chromatography, and (B) a surfactant having HLB of 9.0 or less and having an oxypropylene group, the polymer composition further containing (C) an extender oil as an optional component, in which a total amount of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer (A), the surfactant (B) and the extender oil (C) is 95 mass % or more based on the entire composition.

Abstract: Provided is a composition capable of providing a formed article that, even when using continuous fibers, has excellent interfacial adhesion between the continuous fibers and a matrix resin, and as a result, has excellent mechanical strength (e.g., impact resistance and flexural strength). One aspect of a composition according to the present invention includes a polymer (A) including an amino group, fibers (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C), in which a content ratio of the fibers (B) is 70 parts by mass or more and 250 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (C). Another aspect of the composition according to the present invention includes a polymer (A) including an amino group, a non-woven fabric (B?), and a thermoplastic resin (C).

Abstract: A composition improves mechanical strength (e.g., impact resistance and flexural strength), and achieves improved mass productivity by reducing a situation in which a strand fuzzes during extrusion. The composition includes a conjugated diene-based polymer (A), fibers (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C), the composition including the conjugated diene-based polymer (A) in a ratio of 0.05 to 30 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (C), and including the fibers (B) in a ratio of 3 to 150 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (C), wherein the conjugated diene-based polymer (A) includes at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an alkoxysilyl group and an amino group.

Abstract: Provided is a composition capable of providing a formed article that, even when using continuous fibers, has excellent interfacial adhesion between the continuous fibers and a matrix resin, and as a result, has excellent mechanical strength (e.g., impact resistance and flexural strength). One aspect of a composition according to the present invention includes a polymer (A) including an amino group, fibers (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C), in which a content ratio of the fibers (B) is 70 parts by mass or more and 250 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (C). Another aspect of the composition according to the present invention includes a polymer (A) including an amino group, a non-woven fabric (B?), and a thermoplastic resin (C).

Abstract: A composition improves mechanical strength (e.g., impact resistance and flexural strength), and achieves improved mass productivity by reducing a situation in which a strand fuzzes during extrusion. The composition includes a conjugated diene-based polymer (A), fibers (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C), the composition including the conjugated diene-based polymer (A) in a ratio of 0.05 to 30 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (C), and including the fibers (B) in a ratio of 3 to 150 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (C), wherein the conjugated diene-based polymer (A) includes at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an alkoxysilyl group and an amino group.

Abstract: A single cylinder engine includes an engine body having a combustion chamber, an intake opening and an exhaust opening which face toward the combustion chamber, an intake passage in communication with the combustion chamber through the intake opening, and an exhaust passage in communication with the combustion chamber through the exhaust opening, an intake valve that opens and closes the intake opening, an exhaust valve that opens and closes the exhaust opening, an injector that injects a fuel toward the intake opening and into the intake passage, a ternary catalyst provided in the exhaust passage, and an engine control unit (ECU) that performs a decelerated operation to selectively execute a cycle for injection of a fuel from the injector, a quantity of which makes an air-fuel ratio in the combustion chamber substantially equal to a theoretical air fuel ratio, and a cycle for inhibition of fuel injection from the injector.

Abstract: A process for producing a carboxyl group-containing (co)polymer, which comprises a reaction step of (co)polymerizing, in the presence of a polymerization catalyst component, at least a particular, functional group-containing olefin compound represented by predetermined general formula and a reaction termination step of terminating the (co)polymerization. The process is simplified in production steps and can produce a carboxyl group-containing (co)polymer easily at a high yield.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a novel (co)polymer having a silyl carboxylate residue, a production process thereof and a production process of a carboxyl group-containing (co) polymer. A (co)polymer of the invention comprises a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1). Another (co)polymer of the invention comprises a structural unit represented by the following general formula (2). wherein n is 0 or 1, R1, R2, R3 and R4 mean, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, halogen atom or monovalent organic group, and X denotes an ethylene or vinylene group.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head, a cylinder having an opposed surface opposed to the cylinder head and including a water jacket, which is concave in an axial direction of the cylinder, and a piston provided in the cylinder. An oil ring is provided on the piston on a side that is farthest from the cylinder head. At least a portion between a cylinder inner surface and the water jacket in the cylinder is made of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than that of iron. A bottom wall of the water jacket is positioned in the cylinder axial direction between the opposed surface of the cylinder and a lower end of the oil ring when the piston is disposed at a top dead center position.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head, a cylinder having an opposed surface opposed to the cylinder head and including a water jacket, which is concave in an axial direction of the cylinder, and apiston provided in the cylinder. An oil ring is provided on the piston on a side that is farthest from the cylinder head. At least a portion between a cylinder inner surface and the water jacket in the cylinder is made of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than that of iron. A bottom wall of the water jacket is positioned in the cylinder axial direction between the opposed surface of the cylinder and a lower end of the oil ring when the piston is disposed at a top dead center position.

Abstract: A single cylinder engine includes an engine body having a combustion chamber, an intake opening and an exhaust opening which face toward the combustion chamber, an intake passage in communication with the combustion chamber through the intake opening, and an exhaust passage in communication with the combustion chamber through the exhaust opening, an intake valve that opens and closes the intake opening, an exhaust valve that opens and closes the exhaust opening, an injector that injects a fuel toward the intake opening and into the intake passage, a ternary catalyst provided in the exhaust passage, and an engine control unit (ECU) that performs a decelerated operation to selectively execute a cycle for injection of a fuel from the injector, a quantity of which makes an air-fuel ratio in the combustion chamber substantially equal to a theoretical air fuel ratio, and a cycle for inhibition of fuel injection from the injector.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder inner surface, a cylinder head that cooperates with the cylinder inner surface to define a combustion chamber and has a head inner surface including an intake opening through which an intake gas is introduced into the combustion chamber, an intake valve that opens and closes the intake opening, an ignition plug provided on the cylinder head, and an intake drifting mechanism that causes the intake gas to drift toward an axis of the cylinder in the intake opening and generates a vortex flow in the combustion chamber. When the intake valve is opened, a minimum gap between the intake valve and the head inner surface is equal to or larger than a gap between the intake valve and the cylinder inner surface in a diametrical direction of the cylinder.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an engine body including a cylinder that defines a combustion chamber, an intake opening that faces the combustion chamber, and an intake passage in communication with the combustion chamber through the intake opening, a piston provided in the cylinder, an intake valve that opens and closes the intake opening, a throttle valve provided in the intake passage, and an injector that injects fuel between the throttle valve in the intake passage and the intake opening. A ratio of a volume of the portion that extends from the throttle valve in the intake passage to the intake opening, to a stroke volume of the cylinder is at most approximately 0.61. The time period in which fuel injection from the injector is terminated during an idling operation is set within a period of time after one intake stroke has been completed and before the next intake stroke is begun.

Abstract: A plurality of grooves 25 are formed in an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical rubber magnet 17. The grooves 25 extend in a direction in which the cylindrical rubber magnet 17 is inserted into a yoke 3. The grooves 25 are open on both ends in the direction of insertion and are also open outwardly in a radial direction of the cylindrical rubber magnet 17. The grooves are formed at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction of the cylindrical rubber magnet 17. When the cylindrical rubber magnet 17 is inserted into the yoke 3, an adhesive 15 gets into the grooves 25 without being pushed out of a lower end surface 21 of the cylindrical rubber magnet 17. The adhesive located between adjacent grooves also readily gets into the grooves 25. By presence of the adhesive got into the grooves 25, a necessary and sufficient amount of the adhesive can be uniformly interposed between a peripheral wall section 11 of the yoke 3 and the cylindrical rubber magnet 17.