Abstract: A scroll compressor with a stationary scroll, an orbiting scroll, and a discharge port through which a fluid that has been compressed by both the scrolls is discharged. An end plate of the orbiting scroll is provided with an end-plate side stepped portion formed such that, along a spiral of a spiral wrap, the height thereof increases toward a central side of the spiral and decreases toward an outer end side thereof. A spiral wrap of the stationary scroll is provided with a wall-portion side stepped portion formed corresponding to the end-plate side stepped portion such that the height thereof decreases toward the central side of the spiral and increases toward the outer end side thereof. A pair of compression chambers face each other. The ventral side compression chamber communicates with the discharge port before the dorsal side compression chamber communicates with the discharge port.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power transmission coils, a display layer, and a controller. The power transmission coils are arranged in a predetermined direction on a road and configured to transmit electric power in a non-contact manner to a power receiving coil mounted on a vehicle. The display layer is provided above the power transmission coils. The controller controls a display mode of the display layer so as to guide the vehicle in accordance with a traveling state of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method of collecting a fibrous filling material and ?-caprolactam includes adding a polyamide 6 resin composition (A) containing at least a fibrous filling material (D) and at least one of water (B) heated to 290° C. or higher and 350° C. or lower and a polyamide 6 oligomer aqueous solution (B1) heated to 290° C. or higher and 350° C. or lower to make contact with each other to obtain a mixture (C) containing at least the fibrous filling material (D), ?-caprolactam, a polyamide 6 oligomer, and the water (B), and collecting the fibrous filling material (D) and the ?-caprolactam from the mixture (C).

Abstract: A ceramic heat storage body includes a shell that contains alumina as a main component and has an average absorbance larger than 0.3 at 1.7 ?m to 2.7 ?m, which is a center wavelength of radiant heat at 800° C. to 1400° C. In addition to alumina, the shell contains oxides containing Cr, Fe, Mn, and Co in an amount of 1 weight % or more in compound equivalent. Furthermore, the shell is a shell that has an outer surface in a shape of a spheroid including a sphere and internally has a hollow portion. Moreover, in the shell, during heat storage, a center temperature of a hollow portion is higher than an inner surface temperature of the shell.

Abstract: A vinyl alcohol-based polymer useful as an additive for oil well cement is provided. The vinyl alcohol-based polymer is produced by saponification of a homopolymer of a vinyl ester monomer or a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer and a polyfunctional monomer, wherein the vinyl alcohol-based polymer has a difference between transmittance (A) of 1 mass % aqueous solution at 660 nm and transmittance (B) of 1 mass % aqueous solution at 430 nm, i.e. (A-B), of 5 to 25. It is preferable that 1 mass % aqueous solution of the vinyl alcohol-based polymer have a transmittance of 95% or less in an entire wavelength region of 200 nm to 800 nm, and the vinyl alcohol-based polymer have a yellow index of 10 or less.

Abstract: Provided are a joint component formed with fine recessed portions, a multiplate clutch device including the joint component, and a joint component manufacturing method. At the joint component, many fine recessed portions are formed at a joint surface joined to a joint object. The joint surface is formed in a circular ring shape along a peripheral direction of the base body, and is formed with a flatness of equal to or less than 0.15 mm. The fine recessed portions are formed at the joint surface such that adjacent ones of the fine recessed portions do not overlap with each other and a formation density per unit area at the joint surface is uniform. The fine recessed portions are formed as laser processing marks formed at the base body by irradiation with laser light.

Abstract: A PVA is excellent in heat resistance and pressure resistance. A polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer, as a saponificated product of a homopolymer composed of a vinyl ester monomer; a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer and a monofunctional monomer other than the vinyl ester; a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer and a polyfunctional monomer; or a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer, a monofunctional monomer other than vinyl ester, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer has a slope of 1.2 or less in a double logarithmic plot of storage elastic modulus G? (at 20° C.) in an angular frequency region of 1.0 to 10.0 rad/s, in measurement of an aqueous solution of the polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer filtered through a 100-mesh filter (opening: 0.154 mm) and then adjusted to a concentration of 10.0 mass %.

Abstract: A PVA excellent in resistance to melting at high temperature is provided. The polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer is a saponificated product of a homopolymer composed of a vinyl ester monomer, a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer and a monofunctional monomer other than the vinyl ester, a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer and a polyfunctional monomer, or a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer, a monofunctional monomer other than vinyl ester, and a polyfunctional monomer has a particle size of 50 nm or more at a cumulative frequency of 50% in particle size distribution by dynamic light scattering measurement of a 0.4 mass % aqueous solution of the polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer at 25° C.

Abstract: The present invention comprises: a synchronization start determination unit 110 for determining a synchronization start of a synchronization device 70; a half-clutch determination unit 130 for determining whether a clutch device 20 is in a half-clutch state where the clutch device has not been switched from a connection state to a disconnection state; and a damage determination unit 140 which, when the synchronization start determination unit 110 has determined the synchronization start and if the half-cutch determination unit 130 has determined a half-clutch state, determines that damage is applied to the synchronization device 70 caused by the differential rotation between the power transmitted from a driving force source 10 side via the clutch device 20 and the power transmitted from a driving wheels 16L, 16R side.

Abstract: The present invention comprises: a synchronization start determination unit 110 for determining a synchronization start of a synchronization device 70; a half-clutch determination unit 130 for determining whether a clutch device 20 is in a half-clutch state where the clutch device has not been switched from a connection state to a disconnection state; and a damage determination unit 140 which, when the synchronization start determination unit 110 has determined the synchronization start and if the half-cutch determination unit 130 has determined a half-clutch state, determines that damage is applied to the synchronization device 70 caused by the differential rotation between the power transmitted from a driving force source 10 side via the clutch device 20 and the power transmitted from a driving wheels 16L, 16R side.

Abstract: Provided are a joint component formed with fine recessed portions so that degradation of the flatness of a metal base body, such as a core, to which a joint object such as a friction member is joined can be reduced, a multiplate clutch device including the joint component, and a joint component manufacturing method. At a friction plate (200) as the joint component, many fine recessed portions (204) are formed at a joint surface (203) as a portion of a core (201) joined to friction members (207). The joint surface (203) is formed in a circular ring shape along a peripheral direction of the core (201), and is formed with a flatness of equal to or less than 0.15 mm. The fine recessed portions (204) are formed at the joint surface (203) such that adjacent ones of the fine recessed portions (204) do not overlap with each other and a formation density per unit area (Ua) at the joint surface (203) is uniform.

Abstract: Provided are a wet friction plate configured so that drag torque can be reduced while a manufacturing burden is reduced with a simple configuration, a wet multiplate clutch device including the wet friction plates, and a wet friction plate manufacturing method. A wet friction plate (200) includes friction members (210) provided on a flat plate annular core metal (201), having oil grooves (203), and made of a paper material. The friction members (210) include higher friction members (211) and lower friction members (212). The higher friction member (211) is formed such that the height thereof from a surface of the core metal (201) is higher than that of the lower friction member (212). In addition, the higher friction member (211) is formed with a less-elastically-deformable structure than that of the lower friction member (212). The lower friction member (212) is formed such that the height thereof from the surface of the core metal (201) is lower than that of the higher friction member (211).

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polyvinyl alcohol having improved mechanical strength without significantly impairing productivity. A method for producing a polyvinyl alcohol having an average degree of polymerization of 5.0×103 or more and 1.5×104 or less, the method including steps of: subjecting a vinyl ester-based monomer to suspension polymerization at a polymerization temperature of 10° C. or more and 50° C. or less with a polymerization rate of 10% or more and 70% or less to obtain a vinyl ester-based polymer; dissolving the vinyl ester-based polymer in an alcohol-based solvent; and carrying out a saponification reaction by adding a saponification catalyst to an alcohol-based solution of the dissolved vinyl ester-based polymer.

Abstract: Provided are a wet friction plate configured so that drag torque can be reduced while a manufacturing burden is reduced with a simple configuration, a wet multiplate clutch device including the wet friction plates, and a wet friction plate manufacturing method. A wet friction plate (200) includes friction members (210) provided on a flat plate annular core metal (201), having oil grooves (203), and made of a paper material. The friction members (210) include higher friction members (211) and lower friction members (212). The higher friction member (211) is formed such that the height thereof from a surface of the core metal (201) is higher than that of the lower friction member (212). In addition, the higher friction member (211) is formed with a less-elastically-deformable structure than that of the lower friction member (212). The lower friction member (212) is formed such that the height thereof from the surface of the core metal (201) is lower than that of the higher friction member (211).

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that manages card-related information relating to a card used by a user for authentication, includes a memory configured to store a plurality of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to acquire identification information of the card. The one or more processors are further caused to store, in a memory, the identification information of the card and a request date and time in association with each other in response to acquiring an authentication request using the card. The one or more processors are further caused to, when a predetermined time period or more has passed from the request date and time at a predetermined timing, delete the card-related information associated with the identification information of the card corresponding to the request date and time from which the predetermined time period or more has passed.

Abstract: An additive for oil well cement contains a vinyl alcohol polymer and has good fluid loss reducing performance. The additive for oil well cement is a saponified product of a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer and a multifunctional monomer, and has a degree of saponification of 70 to 95 mol % and a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of 1000 to 10000.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polyvinyl alcohol having improved mechanical strength without significantly impairing productivity. A method for producing a polyvinyl alcohol having an average degree of polymerization of 5.0×103 or more and 1.5×104 or less, the method including steps of: subjecting a vinyl ester-based monomer to suspension polymerization at a polymerization temperature of 10° C. or more and 50° C. or less with a polymerization rate of 10% or more and 70% or less to obtain a vinyl ester-based polymer; dissolving the vinyl ester-based polymer in an alcohol-based solvent; and carrying out a saponification reaction by adding a saponification catalyst to an alcohol-based solution of the dissolved vinyl ester-based polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a vinyl alcohol polymer having good fluid loss reducing performance. The vinyl alcohol polymer is a saponified product of a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer and a multifunctional monomer, and has a degree of saponification of 70 to 95 mol % and a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of 1000 to 10000.

Abstract: Provided is an additive for oil well cement, containing a vinyl alcohol polymer, the additive having good fluid loss reducing performance. The additive for oil well cement is a saponified product of a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer and a multifunctional monomer, and has a degree of saponification of 70 to 95 mol % and a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of 1000 to 10000.

Abstract: An exhaust device for a saddle-type vehicle having a pipe section with respect to a vehicle body and housing a catalyzer therein, and a muffler connected to a rear end of the pipe section includes an upstream oxygen sensor disposed on the pipe section and positioned upstream of the catalyzer and a downstream oxygen sensor disposed on the pipe section and positioned downstream of the catalyzer. The pipe section includes a larger-diameter portion having an increased diameter for housing the catalyzer therein. The downstream oxygen sensor is disposed in the larger-diameter portion. The upstream oxygen sensor and the downstream oxygen sensor are positioned upwardly of a central line of the larger-diameter portion with respect to the vehicle body as viewed in side elevation of the vehicle body.