Abstract: A heat exchanger including an aluminum substrate, and a water-repellent coating provided on a surface of the aluminum substrate, wherein the aluminum substrate has an anodized film on the surface, and the water-repellent coating is a film formed of a fluoropolyether group-containing compound.

Abstract: A vehicle compelling force detection apparatus includes one or more processors configured to: obtain, from a first sensor, a road surface disturbance force received from a road surface on which the vehicle drives via a wheel of the vehicle, and store the road surface disturbance force in one or more memories, the first sensor being disposed below a damper supporting the wheel in a direction of gravity; obtain, from a second sensor, a body disturbance force applied to the vehicle, and store the body disturbance force in the one or more memories, the second sensor being disposed above the damper in the direction of gravity; and detect the compelling force due to the wind disturbance to which the vehicle is subjected, based on the body disturbance force applied to the vehicle and the road surface disturbance force, which are stored in the one or more memories.

Abstract: To provide a simple blower which can suppress the infiltration of a target gas into a shaft hole and having a small size and cost reduction, a blower comprising a first casing (11) formed with a gas passage (11c) for introducing a high temperature gas and a shaft hole (11e) for communicating therewith, a rotating shaft (14) inserted to be freely rotatable within the shaft hole (11e), an impeller (13) housed within the first casing (11) which integrally rotates with the rotating shaft (14), a motor (15) for driving the rotating shaft (14) from the rear end side, a second casing (12) having an interior space (21) which communicates with the shaft hole (11e) and supporting the rotating shaft (14) via bearing (22A, 22B), and a purge gas introduction means (16) which introduces to the interior space (21), a purge gas having a higher pressure than a pressure of the shaft hole (11e), wherein the inflow of an exhaust gas into the shaft hole (11e) from the gas passage (11c) side of the first casing (11) is suppressed

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression mechanism that compresses refrigerant, an electric motor that drives the compression mechanism, a drive circuit that drives the electric motor, a housing that forms therein a motor chamber in which the electric motor is accommodated, a cover that is attached to the housing, a rotary shaft, and a relay terminal portion. The cover is configured to cooperate with the housing to form a drive circuit chamber in which the drive circuit is accommodated. Rotation of the electric motor is transmitted to the compression mechanism through the rotary shaft. The relay terminal portion provides electrical connection between a wire of the drive circuit and a wire of the electric motor. The housing includes a partition wall that separates the motor chamber and the drive circuit chamber from each other. The relay terminal portion is disposed between the partition wall and the rotary shaft.

Abstract: In a compressor, a gasket includes a plurality of slits that are arranged at intervals so as to extend along a peripheral edge of the gasket and a plurality of interval portions that are located between the slits. A first housing member has an end face that faces the gasket, and a plurality of grooves is formed in the end face at positions corresponding to the interval portions such that each groove faces its corresponding interval portion. In a state in which the first housing member and a second housing member are connected to each other with the gasket interposed therebetween, the plurality of slits communicate with each other via the grooves to thereby form part of an oil passage through which lubricant oil in the oil reservoir portion flows to a refrigerant compressor, and the slits form throttles of the oil passage.

Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes suction, discharge, and intermediate pressure housings. The accommodation housing includes a compression mechanism, which compresses refrigerant, and injection ports, which deliver intermediate pressure refrigerant to the compression mechanism from an external refrigerant circuit. The compressed refrigerant is discharged into the discharge housing. The intermediate pressure housing includes an intake port, which draws in the intermediate pressure refrigerant, an accommodation recess, which is connected to the intake port, and supply passages, which connect the accommodating recess to the injection ports. The accommodation recess accommodates the valve mechanism. The valve mechanism includes a valve plate, which has a valve hole that connects the intake port and the supply passages, and a reed valve formation plate including a reed valve, located between the valve plate and the supply passages, to open and close the valve hole.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a housing having therein a discharge pressure region, a compression pressure region and a suction pressure region; a fixed scroll to form a discharge chamber as the discharge pressure region; and a movable scroll cooperating with the fixed scroll to form a compression chamber as the compression pressure region. The discharge pressure region includes an oil separation chamber connected to at least one of the compression pressure region and the suction pressure region through an oil supply passage having a flow restrictor. The flow restrictor is provided by a gap between an oil supply hole formed in the fixed scroll and an insertion member inserted in the oil supply hole. The gap is in the form of a spiral groove provided in at least one of an inner peripheral surface of the oil supply hole and an outer peripheral surface of the insertion member.

Abstract: A vane compressor includes a housing having therein a suction chamber, a discharge chamber having a cover, and a rotor chamber, a rotor having therein a plurality of vane slots, and a plurality of vanes. The housing includes a partition that has a first surface forming the other surface of the rotor chamber and a second surface and separates the rotor chamber from the discharge chamber. An intermediate pressure chamber having a pressure that is lower than the discharge chamber and higher than the suction chamber is formed between the partition and the cover. A part of the second surface and a part of a covering surface of the discharge chamber cover are spaced away from each other by the intermediate pressure chamber. The intermediate pressure chamber is disposed so as to overlap at least a part of the other surface of the rotor chamber.

Abstract: In a vane compressor, a transmission pin is accommodated in a communication hole that provides communication between a first vane slot and a second vane slot. The transmission pin includes a loose-fit portion that is loosely inserted in a recessed portion formed in a bottom surface of each of first and second vanes, a shaft portion, and a flange portion formed between the loose-fit portion and the shaft portion and in contact with the bottom surface. A coil spring is disposed in the communication hole to urge the first vane and the second vane in opposite directions away from each other via the flange portion. The coil spring is disposed around the shaft portion and supported by the flange portion so as to urge and support the transmission pin.

Abstract: Provided is a motor-driven compressor capable of realizing reduction in manufacturing costs. A compression mechanism of the motor-driven compressor according to the present invention includes a rotor rotatable by a rotation shaft and provided with a plurality of vane grooves, a plurality of vanes disposed advanceably and retractably in the respective vane grooves, a cup member formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape and enclosing the rotor, and a side plate closing an opening of the cup member The contour of the compressor is formed by a first housing and a second housing, and a suction pressure region in the first housing is hermetically closed from outside at a position where the first housing and the second housing are joined together.

Abstract: A compressor according to the present invention includes an oil separation mechanism and an oil supply mechanism. The oil separation mechanism includes an oil separation chamber and an oil drain path. The oil supply mechanism includes an oil supply port. The oil drain path includes a first flow path formed by penetrating a second partition of a housing and configured to open toward a first partition of a housing from the oil separation chamber, and a second flow path recessed in at least one of the first partition and the second partition and formed by the cooperation of the first partition and the second partition so as to get communicated with the first flow path. An outlet of the second flow path is located at a higher level in a vertical direction than an inlet of the second flow path while avoiding a direction facing the oil supply port.

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression mechanism that compresses refrigerant, an electric motor that drives the compression mechanism, a drive circuit that drives the electric motor, a housing that forms therein a motor chamber in which the electric motor is accommodated, a cover that is attached to the housing, a rotary shaft, and a relay terminal portion. The cover is configured to cooperate with the housing to form a drive circuit chamber in which the drive circuit is accommodated. Rotation of the electric motor is transmitted to the compression mechanism through the rotary shaft. The relay terminal portion provides electrical connection between a wire of the drive circuit and a wire of the electric motor. The housing includes a partition wall that separates the motor chamber and the drive circuit chamber from each other. The relay terminal portion is disposed between the partition wall and the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A compound having a V2 receptor agonistic activity is provided. Providing a pharmaceutical composition which contains, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by general formula (I) described below: [R1 is formula described below: (A is a lower alkylene group which may be substituted with lower alkyl group; R6 is a hydrogen atom; R7 is a hydroxyl group, an aromatic heterocyclic group which may be substituted with lower alkyl group, carbamoyl group); R2 is a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl group; R3 is lower alkyl group which may be substituted with 1-3 fluorine atoms, or halogen atom; R4 is a five-membered aromatic monocyclic heterocyclic group, five-membered non-aromatic monocyclic heterocyclic group, (provided each heterocyclic groups contain at least one nitrogen atom and may be substituted with a lower alkyl group); and R5 is a lower alkyl group, halogen atom], or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A vane compressor includes a housing having therein a suction chamber, a discharge chamber having a cover, and a rotor chamber, a rotor having therein a plurality of vane slots, and a plurality of vanes. The housing includes a partition that has a first surface forming the other surface of the rotor chamber and a second surface and separates the rotor chamber from the discharge chamber. An intermediate pressure chamber having a pressure that is lower than the discharge chamber and higher than the suction chamber is formed between the partition and the cover. A part of the second surface and a part of a covering surface of the discharge chamber cover are spaced away from each other by the intermediate pressure chamber. The intermediate pressure chamber is disposed so as to overlap at least a part of the other surface of the rotor chamber.

Abstract: In a vane compressor, a transmission pin is accommodated in a communication hole that provides communication between a first vane slot and a second vane slot. The transmission pin includes a loose-fit portion that is loosely inserted in a recessed portion formed in a bottom surface of each of first and second vanes, a shaft portion, and a flange portion formed between the loose-fit portion and the shaft portion and in contact with the bottom surface. A coil spring is disposed in the communication hole to urge the first vane and the second vane in opposite directions away from each other via the flange portion. The coil spring is disposed around the shaft portion and supported by the flange portion so as to urge and support the transmission pin.

Abstract: A wheel reaction force detecting apparatus includes a mount fixed to a suspension device, a hub to which a wheel is fixed, a sensing unit including a cylinder disposed inside the hub and substantially coaxial with an axle of the wheel, and a component force detector to detect a component force on the wheel. The hub is rotatably supported around the axle with respect to the mount. The cylinder has a first end fixed to the mount and a second end connected to the hub with a hub bearing disposed therebetween. The component force detector is disposed on the cylinder in the sensing unit. The hub bearing includes an inner race fit on a sensitive unit and an outer race fit on the hub. A position of the outer race is adjustable in an axial direction of the axle with respect to the inner race.

Abstract: Provided is a motor-driven compressor capable of realizing reduction in manufacturing costs. A compression mechanism of the motor-driven compressor according to the present invention includes a rotor rotatable by a rotation shaft and provided with a plurality of vane grooves, a plurality of vanes disposed advanceably and retractably in the respective vane grooves, a cup member formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape and enclosing the rotor, and a side plate closing an opening of the cup member The contour of the compressor is formed by a first housing and a second housing, and a suction pressure region in the first housing is hermetically closed from outside at a position where the first housing and the second housing are joined together.

Abstract: A bush component force detection device detects a component force acting on a cylindrical bush inserted into a hole provided in a frame of a vehicle to pivotally support a rod-like member inside thereof. The bush component force detection device includes: an outer ring provided between the bush and the hole with predetermined space from the bush and configured to surround an outer circumferential surface of the bush and to be attached on an inner circumferential surface of the hole; and a sensing unit. The sensing unit is a cylindrical member disposed between the bush and the outer ring and configured to surround the bush, and has one end of connected with an outer side of the bush, the other end connected with the outer ring, and strain gauges disposed on an outer circumferential surface thereof.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a housing, a fixed scroll, and a movable scroll. A compression chamber is formed between the movable scroll and the fixed scroll. An opposing wall is located in and fixed to the housing. A back pressure region is formed between the opposing wall and the movable scroll, and a back pressure in the back pressure region urges the movable scroll toward the fixed scroll. An annular sealing member is arranged between the movable scroll and the opposing wall. The movable scroll includes a holding portion that holds the sealing member. The sealing member includes a rubber portion, which elastically deforms in the holding portion, and a resin portion, which is made of a material harder than the rubber portion. The resin portion at least partially projects out of the holding portion toward the opposing wall. The resin portion is in contact with the opposing wall.

Abstract: A compound having a V2 receptor agonistic activity is provided. Providing a pharmaceutical composition which contains, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by general formula (I) described below: [R1 is formula described below: (A is a lower alkylene group which may be substituted with lower alkyl group; R6 is a hydrogen atom; R7 is a hydroxyl group, an aromatic heterocyclic group which may be substituted with lower alkyl group, carbamoyl group); R2 is a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl group; R3 is lower alkyl group which may be substituted with 1-3 fluorine atoms, or halogen atom; R4 is a five-membered aromatic monocyclic heterocyclic group, five-membered non-aromatic monocyclic heterocyclic group, (provided each heterocyclic groups contain at least one nitrogen atom and may be substituted with a lower alkyl group); and R5 is a lower alkyl group, halogen atom], or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.