Abstract: A compressor includes a stack of electrochemical cells each including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane sandwiched therebetween, an end plate at an end in a stacking direction of the stack, and a voltage applicator that applies a voltage between the anode and the cathode, wherein, the compressor causes, by using the voltage applicator to apply the voltage, hydrogen in a hydrogen-containing gas fed to the anode to move to the cathode and produces compressed hydrogen, the end plate has a first channel through which a heating medium flows, the stack has a second channel extending therethrough and connected to the first channel, the first channel has a smaller cross-sectional area than the second channel and includes an annular channel and a transverse passage extending across the annular channel, and an external channel disposed outside the stack and through which the heating medium flows is connected to the transverse passage.

Abstract: A compression apparatus includes at least one compression unit, an anode end plate provided on an anode separator, a cathode end plate provided on a cathode separator, and a plate-like member. The compression apparatus causes, by using the voltage applier to apply a voltage, protons taken out from an anode fluid that is supplied to the anode to move to the cathode via the electrolyte membrane and generates compressed hydrogen. The plate-like member is provided with a recess in which to store the compressed hydrogen and a groove portion that surrounds an outer periphery of the recess. The groove portion is provided with a seal material and a ring material that is adjacent to an outer edge of the seal material and that surrounds the seal material. An outer peripheral surface of the groove portion and an outer peripheral surface of the ring material are both provided with gradients so as to become wider toward an opening of the groove portion.

Abstract: The compression apparatus includes an electrolyte membrane, an anode on a principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, a cathode on another principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, an anode separator on the anode, a cathode separator on the cathode, and a voltage applicator. Upon the voltage applicator applying the voltage between the anode and the cathode, protons are extracted from an anode fluid fed onto the anode to migrate onto the cathode through the electrolyte membrane and compressed hydrogen is produced. The cathode separator has a first manifold hole and a first O-ring groove surrounding the first manifold hole. The compression apparatus includes a first O-ring held by the first O-ring groove and a face seal disposed on an outer periphery of a region of an anode-side principal surface of the anode separator which faces the anode. The first O-ring is arranged to abut against the anode-side principal surface.

Abstract: A compression apparatus includes a stack of electrochemical cells each including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane interposed therebetween, a pair of insulating plates disposed at respective ends of the stack in a stacking direction, a pair of end plates disposed on outside surfaces of the respective insulating plates, and a voltage applicator that applies a voltage between the anode and the cathode. The end plate having the cathode gas channel includes a first region that includes an outer peripheral surface of the cathode gas channel and is composed of a first steel material and a second region other than the first region which is composed of a second steel material. The first steel material has higher hydrogen embrittlement resistance than the second steel material, and the second steel material has higher stiffness than the first steel material.

Abstract: A compression apparatus includes a stack of electrochemical cells each including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane interposed therebetween, a pair of insulating plates disposed at respective ends of the stack in a stacking direction, a pair of first end plates disposed on outside surfaces of the respective insulating plates, and a voltage applicator that applies a voltage between the anode and the cathode. Upon the voltage applicator applying the voltage, the compression apparatus causes hydrogen included in a hydrogen-containing gas fed to the anode to move to the cathode and produces compressed hydrogen. One of the first end plates have a first channel formed therein, through which the hydrogen-containing gas fed to the anode flows, and a second channel formed therein, through which a heating medium flows. The compression apparatus further includes a heater that heats the heating medium.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a medicament for cyanide poisoning, hydrogen sulfide poisoning, and azide poisoning, wherein the medicament does not cause side effects, is excellent in immediate effectiveness, and has a high antidotal effect. Specifically, the present invention relates to a medicament for cyanide poisoning, hydrogen sulfide poisoning, and azide poisoning, wherein the medicament comprises, as an active ingredient(s), one or more selected from the group consisting of a heme protein capable of binding to cyanide ions (CN?), hydrogen sulfide ions (HS?) and azide ions (N3?), a substance containing a heme protein capable of binding to CN?, HS? and N3?, and a heme derivative capable of binding to CN?, HS? and N3?. More specifically, the present invention relates to a medicament or a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of cyanide poisoning, hydrogen sulfide poisoning, and azide poisoning.

Abstract: A fuel pump unit includes a suction filter and a fuel pump. The fuel pump includes: a rotatable shaft placed along a rotational axis; a rotor portion that rotates in response to rotation of the rotatable shaft; a suction hole portion, through which the fuel is suctioned into an inside of a rotor receiving chamber; and an outer peripheral wall that surrounds the suction hole portion. The suction filter includes: a filter element that filters the fuel and conducts the filtered fuel into an inside space; and a columnar hole portion having an inner peripheral wall, while the outer peripheral wall and the inner peripheral wall are fitted with each other, so that the columnar hole portion communicates between the inside space and the suction hole portion. The columnar hole portion is placed such that the rotational axis extends on an inner side of the inner peripheral wall.

Abstract: A fuel pump is connected to a suction filter which is provided with a filter connecting portion having a cylindrical hole and a projecting portion protruding radially inward from an inner peripheral wall of the cylindrical hole. The fuel pump suctions the fuel filtered by the suction filter. The fuel pump is provided with a suction port having multiple suction openings at a side of the suction filter so as to suction the fuel therethrough, and a pump connecting portion provided at outer side of the multiple suction openings and connected with the filter connecting portion. The pump connecting portion has an outer peripheral wall of which outer shape corresponds with a shape of the inner peripheral wall, and a dent portion denting inward from the outer peripheral wall, which the projecting portion is engaged with.

Abstract: An inner gear includes: sliding surface parts that are provided annularly at an outer peripheral part including a plurality of outer teeth on both sides of the inner gear in its axial direction and that slide on a pump housing; recessed parts that are respectively provided radially inward of the sliding surface parts to respectively form fuel chambers, into which fuel flows, between the recessed parts and the pump housing; and a communication hole that communicates between the recessed parts. The inner gear further includes an inclined surface part that is provided at an edge portion of a communicating edge portion on a rotation advance side of the inner gear, to avoid an adjacent part adjacent to an inner peripheral edge portion of each of the sliding surface parts and that is inclined further toward a rear side in a direction to a central part of the communication hole.

Abstract: An outer gear and an inner gear expand and contract volume of pump chambers formed between both the gears, and rotate to suction fuel into the pump chambers and then discharge fuel from the pump chambers sequentially. The inner gear includes an insertion hole that is depressed along its axial direction. A joint member includes a main body portion that is fitted to a rotary shaft, a foot portion that extends from the main body portion along the axial direction and is inserted in the insertion hole with a clearance therebetween, and a protruding portion that protrudes from the foot portion toward a rotation progress side of the inner gear and has its width in the axial direction further narrowed toward a top portion of the protruding portion.

Abstract: A casing of a housing of a fuel pump has a bearing surface that rotatably supports an inner gear in an axial direction from a motor side while a plain bearing extends through the bearing surface. The plain bearing includes: an inner-peripheral-side step that is stepped by increasing an inner diameter of the plain bearing on a counter-motor side of the inner-peripheral-side step in the axial direction; and an outer-peripheral-side step that is stepped by increasing an outer diameter of the plain bearing on the motor side of the outer-peripheral-side step at a position that is on the motor side of the bearing surface in the axial direction.

Abstract: A fuel pump includes: an outer gear having a plurality of inner teeth; an inner gear having a plurality of outer teeth and eccentrically meshing with the outer gear; and a pump housing that defines a cylindrical gear housing chamber housing the outer gear and the inner gear to be rotatable. The outer gear and the inner gear rotate, while expanding and contracting a volume of a plurality of pump chambers formed between the outer gear and the inner gear, to sequentially draw fuel into and discharge from the pump chamber. An inner circumference part of the pump housing has a radially-inside corner part opposing a radially-outside corner part of an outer circumference part of the outer gear, and the pump housing has an annular groove formed in an annular shape all around the radially-inside corner part.

Abstract: A pump housing includes: a slide surface, along which inner and outer gears are slid; a suction guide passage, which is recessed from the slide surface and guides the fuel at a suction side; a discharge passage, which is recessed from the slide surface-and guides the fuel at a discharge side; and a communication groove, which is recessed from the slide surface and is shaped into an arcuate form that extends along a circumcircle of the inner gear. The communication groove is communicated with the suction groove and the discharge passage through two opposite groove end parts, respectively, of the communication groove.

Abstract: A valve element includes: a loosely insertable wall portion that is loosely inserted in an inside of a connecting portion on a downstream side of a valve seat; a fittable tubular portion that is fitted to the inside of the connecting portion on a downstream side of the loosely insertable wall portion; and a projecting annular portion-that projects from the fittable tubular portion toward a radially inner side of the fittable tubular portion. An outlet portion projects into the fittable tubular portion. A valve spring is located on a radially outer side of the outlet portion and on the radially inner side of the fittable tubular portion to urge the valve element toward the valve seat.

Abstract: The pump housing includes a pair of sliding surfaces clamping the outer and inner gears from both their sides to allow both the gears to slide on the sliding surfaces, a suction port part suctioning fuel from outside into inside of the gear accommodation chamber, and a discharge port part discharging fuel from inside into outside of the gear accommodation chamber. At least one of the suction port part and the discharge port part includes an elongated groove that is depressed from the corresponding sliding surface and extends along a circumferential direction of the pump housing in a region opposed to the pump chambers, opening bores that open on the elongated groove from outside of the gear accommodation chamber, and ribs each of which is arranged between the corresponding adjacent two opening bores. The opening bores and the ribs are arranged alternately along an extending direction of the elongated groove.

Abstract: A fuel pump has a pump function of sucking fuel in a fuel tank and discharging fuel, and a detection function of detecting a capacitance correlated to a concentration of alcohol in fuel in the fuel tank. The fuel pump includes a pump main body that is received in the fuel tank to perform the pump function, a housing electrode that covers the pump main body in the fuel tank, and an outside electrode that is located outside of the housing electrode in the fuel tank. A gap is formed between the outside electrode and the housing electrode to give the capacitance.

Abstract: A fuel pump includes a pump cover at one end portion of the housing, a cover end at the other end portion of the housing, a bearing supported by the cover end and rotatably supporting an end portion of the shaft on the cover end-side. The cover end includes a base part that covers the other end portion, a discharge part that is connected to the base part, a bearing accommodating part which is formed such that a cross-section of the bearing accommodating part perpendicular to a rotation axis of the shaft has an annular shape and which includes an accommodating space accommodating the bearing, and a connection part that connects together the base part and the bearing accommodating part. A length of the connection part is shorter than a length of the base part and a length of the bearing accommodating part, in a direction of the rotation axis.

Abstract: A suction side end part of a suction guide passage and a discharge side end part of a discharge guide passage are opposed to each other with a gap therebetween. At a deviation angle at which contraction of a pump chamber starts, an outer peripheral part of the discharge side end part is formed along an inner tooth, and an inner peripheral part of the discharge side end part is formed along an outer tooth. A working tool that rotates and cuts circularly is moved around on a pump housing in a single continuous line to form an outline of the discharge guide passage, thereby forming the discharge guide passage. The working tool is moved around on the pump housing in a single continuous line to form an outline of the suction guide passage, thereby forming the suction guide passage.

Abstract: A fuel pump includes: an outer gear; an inner gear that is meshed with the outer gear and includes a receiving hole; a rotatable shaft; a contact portion that is formed to be contactable with the receiving hole; and a pump housing that rotatably receives the outer gear and the inner gear and includes a first housing component and a second housing component, between which the inner gear is held in the axial direction. At least one of the receiving hole and the contact portion includes a tilt surface, which is tilted relative to the axis direction. When the rotatable shaft is rotated to a drive rotation side, the receiving hole contacts the contact portion through the tilt surface, so that the receiving hole is urged in a circumferential direction and is also urged toward the first housing component in the axial direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial red blood cell containing purified and enriched hemoglobin that substantially has no enzymatic activity to reduce methemoglobin, transformation of the hemoglobin into methemoglobin. Provided is an artificial red blood cell which comprises: an aqueous solution that contains NADH and/or NADPH and hemoglobin; and a capsule that includes the aqueous solution, wherein the aqueous solution and the capsule substantially have no enzymatic activity to reduce methemoglobin.