Abstract: A grease composition includes a base oil, a thickener, and an additive. The base oil contains a synthetic oil. The thickener contains a compound having a urea group. The additive contains a phosphoric compound, a calcium-based compound, and a hydrocarbon-based wax. A hub unit includes the grease composition enclosed therein.

Abstract: A grease composition includes a base oil, a thickener, and an additive. The base oil contains a synthetic oil. The thickener contains a compound having a urea group. The additive contains a phosphoric compound, a calcium-based compound, and a hydrocarbon-based wax. A hub unit includes the grease composition enclosed therein.

Abstract: Provided is a grease composition containing a base oil, a thickener, and an additive. The base oil contains a poly-?-olefin and has a kinematic viscosity of 20-60 mm2/s at 40° C. The thickener contains a urea compound produced by reacting a diisocyanate compound with a mixed amine containing an alicyclic amine and an aromatic amine. The additive contains a phosphorous acid ester, an ether compound, and an oxidized paraffin.

Abstract: A liquid developer for electrophotography or electrostatic recording includes colored resin particles, which are constituted by at least a pigment, a binder resin containing acid group-containing resin, a basic group-containing pigment dispersion agent, and a granulating aid, with the colored resin particles formed in an insulating solvent by utilizing the coacervation method. A carbodiimide compound having at least one carbodiimide group is used as the granulating aid, with the ratio of the number of active hydrogens in the acid group-containing resin to the number of carbodiimide groups in the carbodiimide compound adjusted to 1:0.01 or more but less than 1:1.00, and the colored resin particles are dispersed in the insulating solvent by a particle dispersion agent. The liquid developer has good uniformity, preservation stability, fixing property, and electrophoretic migration property of particles.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a liquid developing agent for electrophotography or electrostatic recording obtained by utilizing the coacervation method, wherein such liquid developing agent has good abrasion resistance. To this end, a liquid developing agent is provided which is obtained by utilizing the coacervation method, comprising insulating liquid in which colored resin particles formed by at least pigment, pigment dispersant, acid-group-containing resin, binder resin, and resin whose glass transition temperature is ?120 to ?60° C. are dispersed, wherein the resin whose glass transition temperature is ?120 to ?60° C. is contained in the colored resin particle by 1.0 to 5.0 percent by mass.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a liquid developing agent for electrophotography or electrostatic recording obtained by utilizing the coacervation method, wherein such liquid developing agent has good abrasion resistance. To this end, a liquid developing agent is provided which is obtained by utilizing the coacervation method, comprising insulating liquid in which colored resin particles formed by at least pigment, pigment dispersant, acid-group-containing resin, binder resin, and resin whose glass transition temperature is ?120 to ?60° C. are dispersed, wherein the resin whose glass transition temperature is ?120 to ?60° C. is contained in the colored resin particle by 1.0 to 5.0 percent by mass.

Abstract: An embodiment of manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device having a display panel and a transparent protector sheet; comprises: setting a bi-directionally Y-shape branched line pattern within a rectangular to-be-bonded area, which is formed of two Y-shaped intersections of a center line and angle bisector lines of the corners, of the to-be-bonded area; and applying adhesive resin onto the protector sheet or onto the display panel by forming circular or ellipsoidal dot patterns of applied adhesive resin so that: the dot patterns are arranged on the center-line segment and on the branch lines or their vicinities; and the dot patterns are arranged in symmetry with respect to the center line and to its perpendicular bisector.

Abstract: Through-holes are formed in an axially intermediate portion of a cylindrical portion of a first metal core, at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction, and the through-holes pass through the cylindrical portion in a radial direction. A first elastic seal has a lip that is in sliding contact with an outer peripheral face of a cylindrical portion of a second metal core, a first cylindrical portion that is in close contact with an inner peripheral face of an axially inner-side portion of the cylindrical portion of the first metal core, a second cylindrical portion that is in close contact with an outer peripheral face of an axially outer-side portion of the cylindrical portion of the first metal core, and connecting pieces that are inserted into the through-holes of the cylindrical portion of the first metal core and that connect the first cylindrical portion with the second cylindrical portion.

Abstract: An annular groove, in which a lower end of a boot is fitted, is formed in an outer periphery of an open end of a housing so as to extend in a circumferential direction of the housing. The annular groove is defined by a cylindrical face, an upper inner wall, and a lower inner wall. By fitting a clip onto a cylindrical portion of the lower end of the boot, the cylindrical portion is pushed against the cylindrical face, and an inner end portion and a folded-back portion are pushed against the upper inner wall and the lower inner wall, respectively. The inner end portion has an annular protrusion that is engaged with the upper inner wall and elastically contracted when the lower end of the boot is fitted in the annular groove.

Abstract: An embodiment of manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device having a display panel and a transparent protector sheet; comprises: applying of adhesive resin onto the transparent protector sheet or the display panel to form dot patterns of applied adhesive resin; seizing the protector sheet and the display panel on upper and lower chucking parts; colliding of undermost tip of the applied resin onto the panel or the protector sheet at an approaching rate no more than a predetermined rate, preferably in a range of 0.01-0.5 mm/sec; and squeezing of the layer by moving the upper or lower chucking part at a rate no less than three times of the approaching rate at a time of the colliding, preferably in a range of 1-10 mm/sec.

Abstract: A ball joint includes a tubular boot, an upper end portion and a lower end portion of which are fitted onto an intermediate portion of a shaft of a ball stud and an open end of a housing, respectively. An annular lip portion is formed at the upper end portion of the boot. The lip portion has a first sliding contact face that is in contact with an outer periphery of the shaft, a second sliding contact face that is in contact with a lower face of the knuckle arm, and an annular rib that is formed so as to project inward beyond the first sliding contact face from an upper end portion of the first sliding contact face. The rib is elastically deformed due to contact with the shaft so as to extend along the first sliding contact face and project upward beyond the second sliding contact face.

Abstract: Through-holes are formed in an axially intermediate portion of a cylindrical portion of a first metal core, at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction, and the through-holes pass through the cylindrical portion in a radial direction. A first elastic seal has a lip that is in sliding contact with an outer peripheral face of a cylindrical portion of a second metal core, a first cylindrical portion that is in close contact with an inner peripheral face of an axially inner-side portion of the cylindrical portion of the first metal core, a second cylindrical portion that is in close contact with an outer peripheral face of an axially outer-side portion of the cylindrical portion of the first metal core, and connecting pieces that are inserted into the through-holes of the cylindrical portion of the first metal core and that connect the first cylindrical portion with the second cylindrical portion.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbodiimide type compound having high dispersibility and dispersion stability of pigments, fine resin particles, and pigment-resin composite fine particles particularly in a silicone dispersion medium; a pigment dispersion composition and a pigment-resin composite fine particles-containing dispersion composition preferably usable in a wide range of fields such as inks for solvent ink jet, liquid developers, and the like by using the compound; and a liquid developer using such a pigment dispersion composition and/or pigment-resin composite fine particles-containing dispersion composition. The present invention provides a carbodiimide type compound obtained by introducing a polysiloxane chain by reaction of a functional group of a polysiloxane chain-containing compound having the functional group reactive with a carbodiimide group with a carbodiimide group of a carbodiimide compound having a carbodiimide equivalent weight of 100 to 50000.

Abstract: An embodiment of manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device having a display panel and a transparent protector sheet; comprises: applying of adhesive resin onto the transparent protector sheet or the display panel to form dot patterns of applied adhesive resin; seizing the protector sheet and the display panel on upper and lower chucking parts; colliding of undermost tip of the applied resin onto the panel or the protector sheet at an approaching rate no more than a predetermined rate, preferably in a range of 0.01-0.5 mm/sec; and squeezing of the layer by moving the upper or lower chucking part at a rate no less than three times of the approaching rate at a time of the colliding, preferably in a range of 1-10 mm/sec.

Abstract: An embodiment of manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device having a display panel and a transparent protector sheet; comprises: setting a bi-directionally Y-shape branched line pattern within a rectangular to-be-bonded area, which is formed of two Y-shaped intersections of a center line and angle bisector lines of the corners, of the to-be-bonded area; and applying adhesive resin onto the protector sheet or onto the display panel by forming circular or ellipsoidal dot patterns of applied adhesive resin so that: the dot patterns are arranged on the center-line segment and on the branch lines or their vicinities; and the dot patterns are arranged in symmetry with respect to the center line and to its perpendicular bisector.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid developer in which in liquid developers for electrophotography or electrostatic recording obtained using the coacervation method, electric resistance of the liquid developer and the electrophoretic property or the charging characteristic of the toner particles are adequately maintained, and the dispersibility of a pigment and the dispersion stability of the toner particles are good. A liquid developer formed by dispersing colored resin particles comprising at least a pigment, a dispersant and a resin in a hydrocarbon insulating medium using a coacervation method, wherein said dispersant is a carbodiimide compound having at least one basic nitrogen-containing group and at least one polyester side chain introduced through a reaction with a carbodiimide group in its molecule, and said resin is an acid group-containing resin and the acid value of the resin is 1 to 100.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid developer in which in liquid developers for electrophotography or electrostatic recording obtained using the coacervation method, electric resistance of the liquid developer and the electrophoretic property or the charging characteristic of the toner particles are adequately maintained, and the dispersibility of a pigment and the dispersion stability of the toner particles are good. A liquid developer formed by dispersing colored resin particles comprising at least a pigment, a dispersant and a resin in a hydrocarbon insulating medium using a coacervation method, wherein said dispersant is a carbodiimide compound having at least one basic nitrogen-containing group and at least one polyester side chain introduced through a reaction with a carbodiimide group in its molecule, and said resin is an acid group-containing resin and the acid value of the resin is 1 to 100.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbodiimide type compound having high dispersibility and dispersion stability of pigments, fine resin particles, and pigment-resin composite fine particles particularly in a silicone dispersion medium; a pigment dispersion composition and a pigment-resin composite fine particles-containing dispersion composition preferably usable in a wide range of fields such as inks for solvent ink jet, liquid developers, and the like by using the compound; and a liquid developer using such a pigment dispersion composition and/or pigment-resin composite fine particles-containing dispersion composition. The present invention provides a carbodiimide type compound obtained by introducing a polysiloxane chain by reaction of a functional group of a polysiloxane chain-containing compound having the functional group reactive with a carbodiimide group with a carbodiimide group of a carbodiimide compound having a carbodiimide equivalent weight of 100 to 50000.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid developer in which, in liquid developers for electrophotography or electrostatic recording, the adverse effect on electric resistance of the liquid developer and the electrically charged characteristics of toner particles is minimized and the dispersibility of a pigment and the dispersion stability of the toner particles are improved. The present invention relates to a liquid developer, which is obtained by dispersing colored resin particles encapsulating a pigment in an insulating hydrocarbon organic solvent by a wet-grinding method using a dispersant, wherein the dispersant is a polyester side chain-containing carbodiimide type compound formed by introducing a polyester side chain into a molecule of a carbodiimide compound through a reaction with a carbodiimide group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pigment dispersion composition which has good fluidity and dispersion stability even in the case of having a high pigment concentration and exhibits excellent development characteristics when it is used for the areas requiring development characteristics such as a resist composition for a color filter or a resist composition for a black matrix. The pigment dispersion composition of the present invention is a pigment dispersion composition formed by dispersing a pigment in a dispersion medium, wherein the surface of said pigment is coated with an acid radical-containing reactant produced by the reaction of a carbodiimide compound having at least one carbodiimide group with an acid radical-containing resin having an acid value of 20 to 300 mgKOH/g and a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 100000.