Abstract: The object of the present application is to improve the absorption rate of a plasticizer into the voids between the molecular chains of polyvinyl chloride and to lower the absorption start temperature of a plasticizer into the voids between the molecular chains of polyvinyl chloride. The present invention provides a sealant containing a plastisol composition, wherein the plastisol composition contains a resin composition and a plasticizer A, wherein the resin composition is a polymer alloy containing polyvinyl chloride, a modifying resin, and a plasticizer B, and wherein the plasticizer B is the same type of plasticizer as the plasticizer A, or a different type of plasticizer from the plasticizer A.

Abstract: An article supply apparatus comprises a main body unit, an accommodation unit configured to be attachable to the main body unit and to accommodate the first article, a supply unit configured to supply the first article accommodated in the accommodation unit, wherein the supply unit is configured to supply a second article different from the first article on condition of responding to a questionnaire.

Abstract: An article supply apparatus comprises a main body, an accommodation unit, which is configured to be attached to the main body and to store a first article, a supply unit, which is configured to supply the first article stored in the accommodation unit, an acquisition unit, which is configured to acquire information related to at least one of second articles provided separately from the main body, wherein the supply unit is configured to supply the first article on a first condition that the information related to the at least one of the second articles is acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a heater, a holding member, and a pressure member. The heater heats a fixing belt. The holding member holds the heater such that the front surface of the heater is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt. The pressure member is pressed by the heater with the fixing belt interposed therebetween. The holding member includes a concave portion for accommodating the heater, a seating surface that is in contact with the back surface of the heater is formed in the concave portion, and the seating surface is formed such that an area of a contact surface with the heater in a circumferential direction of the fixing belt is narrower or wider at a location than at another location in a width direction that intersects the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A steel material according to the present disclosure consists of, in mass %, C: 0.15 to 0.45%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.30%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Cr: 0.30 to 1.10%, Mo: 0.40 to 2.00%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.020%, Nb: 0.002 to 0.100%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, N: 0.0100% or less, and O: less than 0.0040%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and has a yield strength of 862 MPa or more. In the steel material, a number density of Si oxides which have a major axis of 5.0 ?m or more is 5/100 mm2 or less, and in a case where the yield strength is 931 MPa or more, the number density of the Si oxides is 5/200 mm2 or less.

Abstract: A liquid composition including clay containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a montmorillonite, mica, hectorite, and fluorosilicate; and a dimer or higher phosphate is described. Such liquid compositions are capable of forming a fireproof layer having high fireproof performance on a surface of a base material to which a film for wallpaper or the like is applied. A fireproof layer which can be formed using the liquid composition, a laminated structure including the fireproof layer, and a fireproofing method using the liquid composition are also described.

Abstract: A traveling device (11) is provided with a cylindrical spindle (12), a rotation shaft (14) that is disposed on an inner peripheral side of the spindle (12) and is rotated by a traveling motor (13), a wheel attaching cylinder (16) that is rotatably disposed on an outer peripheral side of the spindle (12) and to which a wheel (7) is attached and in the inside of which the lubricating oil (L) is accommodated, a gear reduction mechanism (21) that decelerates the rotation of the rotation shaft (14) and transmits the decelerated rotation to the wheel attaching cylinder (16), a retainer (42) that is provided with a bearing fitting hole (42A) and is disposed on the inner peripheral side of the spindle (12), and a bearing (44) that is attached to the retainer (42) and supports the rotation shaft (14).

Abstract: A constant potential electrolytic gas sensor 1 of the present invention comprises a case with a case body 21, an electrode structure 3 comprising electrodes 31, 32, 33 provided in the case body 21, lead wires 41, 42, 43 connected to the surfaces of the electrodes 31, 32, 33, and external electrodes 51, 52, 53 that are provided in the case body 21 and are connected to the lead wires 41, 42, 43, wherein the electrodes are arranged so that a connection point CP of the external electrode to which the lead wire is connected is located at a height corresponding to the electrode structure 3, and wherein the case body 21 comprises a guide 7 that guides the lead wire along an introduction path from the outside of the case body 21 toward the electrode structure 3 via the connection point CP of the external electrode.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes: a rich phase; a poor phase; and a two-phase coexistence phase in which the rich phase and the poor phase coexist. A method of managing a battery includes, in a many particle model in which the positive electrode active material is represented by a plurality of particles each distinguished by a particle number indicating a reaction sequence of the positive electrode active material, assuming that the charge carriers are equal in content among one or more particles belonging to each of the rich phase, the poor phase, and the two-phase coexistence phase: calculating an overvoltage of each of the particles for each of the phases; calculating a reaction current density based on the overvoltage for each of the phases; and estimating an SOC of the storage battery based on the reaction current density in each of the phases.

Abstract: A method of managing a lithium ion secondary battery is to manage a battery as a lithium ion secondary battery including a negative electrode containing a graphite-based negative electrode active material and a negative electrode current collector. A battery model is a multi-particle model representing the negative electrode active material by a plurality of types of particles that each indicate a likelihood of occurrence of a charge transfer reaction of lithium ions, and at least one of a structure parameter and a material property parameter is different among the plurality of types of particles. The method includes: for each of target particles, calculating a lithium amount based on a reaction current density; and calculating, as an SOC of the battery, an average value of the lithium amount in each of the plurality of types of particles.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a composite having high strength and high thermal conductivity. The method includes: an alloy preparation step including preparing an alloy which is a solid solution containing ?-Fe as a solvent and at least one type of ?-phase stabilizing element as a solute; a first mixing step including mixing at least one type of ?-phase stabilizing element in powder form and SiC to prepare a first mixture; a second mixing step including mixing the alloy and the first mixture to prepare a second mixture; and a sintering step including sintering the second mixture.

Abstract: An evaluation device includes: a first database that contains as data a measurement factor of a first type power storage device; a second database that contains as data a measurement factor of a second type power storage device which is different from the first type; and a conversion model that converts the data by machine learning. The evaluation device converts the data in the first database to the data in the second database using the conversion model, obtains a post-conversion database with data points greater in number than data points of the second database, and performs evaluation related to the second type power storage device using the post-conversion database.

Abstract: A shielded electric wire includes an electric wire including a conductor portion and a cover portion covering the conductor portion, a shielded braid formed of a conductive linear material, the shielded braid covering an outer periphery of the cover portion and a sheath formed of an insulating resin, the sheath being provided around the shielded braid. The electric wire and the shielded braid together form an electric wire assembly. A flexible value of the sheath is equal to or smaller than a flexible value of the electric wire assembly, the flexible value being a value of a load required for bending an object for a predetermined extent.

Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration damping device including a partition having a housing area, and a movable film housed in the housing area while including a central retainer held by the partition and spoke-shaped retainers extending radially outward from the central retainer. A first surface of the movable film is overlapped on a wall inner surface of the housing area. An elastic deformation zone provided circumferentially between the spoke-shaped retainers is allowed to deform in a direction away from the wall inner surface, and includes a cushion ridge projecting from a second surface of the movable film while extending radially outward from the central retainer. A height of the cushion ridge is varied in a direction of extension such that a timing of contact with an opposing wall inner surface in the housing area varies depending on an amount of deformation of the elastic deformation zone.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting element includes: an n-side nitride semiconductor layer growing process in which an n-side nitride semiconductor layer is grown; an active layer growing process in which an active layer comprising a plurality of nitride semiconductor well layers and a plurality of nitride semiconductor barrier layers is grown on the n-side nitride semiconductor layer, wherein the active layer is configured to emit ultraviolet light; and a p-side nitride semiconductor layer growing process in which a A-side nitride semiconductor layer is grown on the active layer. The active layer growing process includes: a first barrier layer growing process, a second barrier layer growing process, and a well layer growing process.

Abstract: A vibration damping device including a vibration-damping device main unit inserted into a mounting space of a bracket from a lateral side and securely supported by the bracket. The bracket includes engaging pieces on respective opposed inside faces of the mounting space, and engaging action of the engaging pieces with respect to respective detent engaging faces formed on a fixture member of the vibration-damping device main unit prevents the vibration-damping device main unit from becoming dislodged from the mounting space of the bracket. Opposed walls of the mounting space are each penetrated by an aperture window, and inspection flat surfaces are separately provided to an outside surface of each engaging piece visible from an outside through the aperture window and a corresponding external side surface of the bracket that is off the aperture window. The inspection flat surfaces are parallel to each other.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry sets a pulse sequence to collect plural echo signals by application of a refocusing pulse more than once after application of an excitation pulse once, and collects data on plural slices that are parallel to each other by executing the pulse sequence more than once. The processing circuitry sets the pulse sequence such that a slice thickness for the refocusing pulse becomes larger than a slice thickness for the excitation pulse, and collects the data on the plural slices by executing the pulse sequence without consecutively collecting data on adjacent ones of the plural slices.