Abstract: A film production method for producing a layer containing a metal oxide, the film production method including: a heating step of heating a metal foil containing a first metal by bringing a part of the metal foil into contact with at least one heat generator; a first contact step of letting first gas containing a second metal to be in contact with both surfaces of the metal foil in a state where the part of the metal foil is supported; and a second contact step of letting second gas containing an oxidant to be in contact with the both surfaces of the metal foil in a state where the part of the metal foil is supported.

Abstract: Objective of the present invention is to provide a resin composition having excellent alkaline resistance and a production method of this resin composition. Object of the present invention is to provide an electrochemical device that uses the above-described resin composition and allows improvement of an output power and durability.

Abstract: A support shaft capable of supporting a wound body with a long sheet wound therearound includes a first projection located at a proximal end of an outer peripheral part, and a second projection located at a distal end of the outer peripheral part. A core body of the wound body includes a one-end-side first recess part located at one end of an inner peripheral part, an other-end-side firsts recess part located at an other end of the inner peripheral part, and a second recess part located to extend from the one end to the other end. In a state where the core body is mounted on an outer periphery of the support shaft, the first projection engages the one-end-side first recess part or the other-end-side first recess part.

Abstract: There is provided a gas treatment apparatus for performing gas treatment on a substrate. The gas treatment apparatus includes: a chamber in which the substrate is accommodated; a gas supply mechanism configured to individually supply a fluorine-containing gas and an alkaline gas; and a gas introduction member configured to cause the fluorine-containing gas and the alkaline gas supplied from the gas supply mechanism to merge with each other and introduce a mixed gas in which the fluorine-containing gas and the alkaline gas are mixed into the chamber. A portion of the gas introduction member including a merging point of the fluorine-containing gas and the alkaline gas is made of an aluminum-based material. A resin coating is formed on at least the portion including the merging point.

Abstract: Provided is a droplet discharging device that can efficiently couple a droplet discharging head and a head driving circuit by a cable. A droplet discharging device includes a droplet discharging head, a head driving circuit configured to drive the droplet discharging head, a carriage configured to move while supporting the droplet discharging head and the head driving circuit, and a cable configured to electrically couple a head connector of the droplet discharging head and a circuit connector of the head driving circuit, the cable being detachably coupled to the head connector and to the circuit connector. The droplet discharging head and the head driving circuit are disposed such that the head connector and the head driving circuit do not overlap in a direction of pull-out of the cable from the head connector and the circuit connector and the droplet discharging head do not overlap in a direction of pull-out of the cable from the circuit connector.

Abstract: A cylinder bore wall thermal it includes bore wall insulating sections provided for each of bore walls of cylinder bores and for insulating a wall surface on the cylinder bore side of the groove-like cooling water channel and a supporting section to which the bore wall insulating sections are framed. The bore wall insulating, sections include rubber members for covering the wall surface on the cylinder bore side of the groove-like cooling water channel, rear surface pressing members provided on rear surface sides of the rubber members and for pressing the entire rubber members toward the wall surface on the cylinder bore side of the groove-like cooling water channel from the rear side, and elastic members that urge the rear surface pressing members to press the rubber members toward the wall surface on the cylinder bore side of the groove-like cooling water channel.

Abstract: A cylinder bore wall thermal insulator includes a base member made of synthetic resin and having a shape conforming to a shape of the groove-like cooling water channel in a setting position of the thermal insulator, an opening for heat-sensitive expanding rubber swelling for heat-sensitive expanding rubber disposed on a rear surface side to pass through a base member during heat-sensitive expansion being formed in a position opposed to an insulating part of a cylinder bore wall, heat-sensitive expanding rubber disposed on the rear surface side of the base member and covering the opening for heat-sensitive expanding rubber swelling, and a rear-surface metal plate covering the rear surface side of the heat-sensitive expanding rubber, fixed to the base member, and holding an outer edge portion of the heat-sensitive expanding rubber between the rear-surface metal plate and the base member to thereby fix the heat-sensitive expanding rubber to the base member.

Abstract: A cylinder bore wall thermal insulator includes one or more rubber sections in contact with a wall surface on the cylinder bore side of a groove-like cooling water channel, a base section having a shape conforming to a shape of a one-side half of the groove-like cooling water channel, the one or more rubber sections or one or more members to which the one or more rubber sections are fixed being fixed to the base section, and one or more elastic members for urging the entire one or more rubber sections to be pressed from a rear surface side toward the wall surface on the cylinder bore side of the groove-like cooling water channel. The thermal insulator includes a vertical wall near a boundary of each bore section of the base section and on a near side of the boundary of each bore section of the base section.

Abstract: A display panel is attached to an appliance that includes first and second light sources, in which one of the first and second light sources is capable of being turned off when the other is turned on. The display panel basically includes a molded body, a front-side decorative layer, and a sheet-like member. The display panel is capable of individually illuminating a plurality of graphics, which is simultaneously molded and decorated, with light passing through a molded resin. In particular, a first graphic is illuminated in a first window by turning on the first light source, while a first back-side light-shielding region and a second front-side light-shielding region prevent a second graphic from being illuminated. The second graphic is illuminated in a second window by turning on the second light source, while a second back-side light-shielding region and a first front-side light-shielding region prevent the first graphic from being illuminated.

Abstract: Provided is a droplet discharging device that can efficiently couple a droplet discharging head and a head driving circuit by a cable. A droplet discharging device includes a droplet discharging head, a head driving circuit configured to drive the droplet discharging head, a carriage configured to move while supporting the droplet discharging head and the head driving circuit, and a cable configured to electrically couple a head connector of the droplet discharging head and a circuit connector of the head driving circuit, the cable being detachably coupled to the head connector and to the circuit connector. The droplet discharging head and the head driving circuit are disposed such that the head connector and the head driving circuit do not overlap in a direction of pull-out of the cable from the head connector and the circuit connector and the droplet discharging head do not overlap in a direction of pull-out of the cable from the circuit connector.

Abstract: A supporting member is configured to support at least one pipe connecting a temperature adjusting unit with a substrate processing apparatus, wherein the temperature adjusting unit adjusts a temperature of an arbitrary component of the substrate processing apparatus, wherein an inside of the supporting member includes a hollow portion and the at least one pipe is arranged in the hollow portion.

Abstract: Provided is a carriage including a head including a nozzle surface, the nozzle surface including nozzles configured to eject ink droplets, and a plasma actuator configured to apply an air current flowing along the nozzle surface.

Abstract: A display panel is attached to an appliance that includes first and second light sources, in which one of the first and second light sources is capable of being turned off when the other is turned on. The display panel basically includes a molded body, a front-side decorative layer, and a sheet-like member. The display panel is capable of individually illuminating a plurality of graphics, which is simultaneously molded and decorated, with light passing through a molded resin. In particular, a first graphic is illuminated in a first window by turning on the first light source, while a first back-side light-shielding region and a second front-side light-shielding region prevent a second graphic from being illuminated. The second graphic is illuminated in a second window by turning on the second light source, while a second back-side light-shielding region and a first front-side light-shielding region prevent the first graphic from being illuminated.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber including a process chamber for performing a process on a substrate by a gas introduced thereto and an exhaust chamber for evacuating the gas in the process chamber, a shield member for separating the process chamber from the exhaust chamber provided in at least a part of a neighborhood of a side wall of the chamber, and a hollow relay member penetrating through the shield member for communicating the chamber with a pipe connected to a pressure gauge outside the chamber. The relay member is configured to receive a first gas flowing from the chamber into the relay member. The first gas has a first conductance. The first conductance is greater than a second conductance of a second gas flowing from the exhaust chamber into a gap between the relay member and the side wall of the chamber.

Abstract: A cylinder bore wall thermal insulator includes a base member made of synthetic resin and having a shape conforming to a shape of the groove-like cooling water channel in a setting position of the thermal insulator, an opening for heat-sensitive expanding rubber swelling for heat-sensitive expanding rubber disposed on a rear surface side to pass through a base member during heat-sensitive expansion being formed in a position opposed to an insulating part of a cylinder bore wall, heat-sensitive expanding rubber disposed on the rear surface side of the base member and covering the opening for heat-sensitive expanding rubber swelling, and a rear-surface metal plate covering the rear surface side of the heat-sensitive expanding rubber, fixed to the base member, and holding an outer edge portion of the heat-sensitive expanding rubber between the rear-surface metal plate and the base member to thereby fix the heat-sensitive expanding rubber to the base member.

Abstract: Provided is a carriage including a head including a nozzle surface, the nozzle surface including nozzles configured to eject ink droplets, and a plasma actuator configured to apply an air current flowing along the nozzle surface.

Abstract: A cylinder bore wall thermal it includes bore wall insulating sections provided for each of bore walls of cylinder bores and for insulating a wall surface on the cylinder bore side of the groove-like cooling water channel and a supporting section to which the bore wall insulating sections are framed. The bore wall insulating, sections include rubber members for covering the wall surface on the cylinder bore side of the groove-like cooling water channel, rear surface pressing members provided on rear surface sides of the rubber members and for pressing the entire rubber members toward the wall surface on the cylinder bore side of the groove-like cooling water channel from the rear side, and elastic members that urge the rear surface pressing members to press the rubber members toward the wall surface on the cylinder bore side of the groove-like cooling water channel.

Abstract: A cylinder bore wall thermal insulator includes one or more rubber sections in contact with a wall surface on the cylinder bore side of a groove-like cooling water channel, a base section having a shape conforming to a shape of a one-side half of the groove-like cooling water channel, the one or more rubber sections or one or more members to which the one or more rubber sections are fixed being fixed to the base section, and one or more elastic members for urging the entire one or more rubber sections to be pressed from a rear surface side toward the wall surface on the cylinder bore side of the groove-like cooling water channel. The thermal insulator includes a vertical wall near a boundary of each bore section of the base section and on a near side of the boundary of each bore section of the base section.

Abstract: A cylinder bore wall insulating member has a contact surface that comes in contact with a wall surface of a cylinder bore wall that forms a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine and defines a groove-like coolant passage. An internal combustion engine in which the cylinder bore wall has a uniform temperature may be obtained using the insulating member.

Abstract: A water jacket spacer is inserted into a water jacket. The water jacket spacer includes an expansion member, a plate-shaped holder to which the expansion member is fixed, and a leaf spring that abuts the inner wall of the water jacket. The leaf spring projects from a face on the holder on the side opposite of the expansion member. The holder curves to match the shape of the water jacket. The position of the water jacket spacer in the water jacket is maintained by the biasing force of the leaf spring.