Abstract: A belt device includes a rotatable belt, a pressure rotator opposite to the belt, a nip formation pad, a belt guide, a member, and lubricant. The nip formation pad is disposed inside a loop of the belt to form a nip between the belt and the pressure rotator. The belt guide is disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the belt. The member comes into contact with an end of the belt guide in a width direction of the belt. The lubricant is applied between the inner circumferential surface of the belt and the nip formation pad. A difference between a solubility parameter of the lubricant and a solubility parameter of the belt guide is 0.5 MPa0.5 or more.

Abstract: A catalyst having an excellent oxygen reduction catalytic ability, and showing excellent durability when used for an electrode for fuel cells and metal-air batteries; and a production method of a catalyst having an excellent oxygen reduction catalytic ability, and showing excellent durability when used for an electrode for fuel cells and metal-air batteries are provided. The production method of a catalyst includes: a step (a) of dissolving a metal complex in a solvent to prepare a solution; a step (b) of dispersing a conductive powder in the solution to prepare a dispersion liquid; and a step (c) of removing the solvent from the dispersion liquid, in which a complex is formed by adsorbing the metal complex on a surface of the conductive powder to use the complex as a catalyst.

Abstract: A belt device includes a rotatable belt, a pressure rotator opposite to the belt, a nip formation pad, a belt guide, a member, and lubricant. The nip formation pad is disposed inside a loop of the belt to form a nip between the belt and the pressure rotator. The belt guide is disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the belt. The member comes into contact with an end of the belt guide in a width direction of the belt. The lubricant is applied between the inner circumferential surface of the belt and the nip formation pad. A difference between a solubility parameter of the lubricant and a solubility parameter of the belt guide is 0.5 MPa0.5 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a compound having higher fluorescence quantum yield and higher optical stability than a conventional FLAP and a polymer compound containing the compound. A: seven or eight-membered ring structure, Y1, Y2, Y3: halogen atom or the like, a1: number of Y1, a2: number of Y2, B: number of Y3, 0?m and n?3: when 1?m?3, Y1 may be substituted with a structure portion defined by m, when 1?n?3, Y2 may be substituted with a structure portion defined by n, and B1, B2: Formulas (2-1) to (2-3): C1, C2, C3: structure containing a cyclic hydrocarbon compound, D1, D2, D3: substructure that inhibits aggregation, E1, E2, E3: polymerizable substructure, Z1: hydrogen atom or the like, c: number of substituent groups Z1, Z2, Z3: hydrogen atom or the like, and may form a ring with C2.

Abstract: A sheet for folding batteries includes a sheet that has one surface and another surface, and has a plurality of intended fold lines parallel to each other set on the sheet, at least one electrolyte part that is placed between a pair of the intended fold lines on the sheet, and a plurality of electrode parts that is placed, on the sheet, next to the electrolyte part with the intended fold line interposed therebetween. The electrolyte part includes a through hole provided between the one surface and the other surface of the sheet, and an electrolyte layer that is formed on the one surface and the other surface of the sheet so as to face each other across the through hole and is integrated via the through hole.

Abstract: Provided is a compound having higher fluorescence quantum yield and higher optical stability than a conventional FLAP and a polymer compound containing the compound. A: seven or eight-membered ring structure, Y1, Y2, Y3: halogen atom or the like, a1: number of Y1, a2: number of Y2, B: number of Y3, 0?m and n?3: when 1?m?3, Y1 may be substituted with a structure portion defined by m, when 1?n?3, Y2 may be substituted with a structure portion defined by n, and B1, B2: Formulas (2-1) to (2-3): C1, C2, C3: structure containing a cyclic hydrocarbon compound, D1, D2, D3: substructure that inhibits aggregation, E1, E2, E3: polymerizable substructure, Z1: hydrogen atom or the like, c: number of substituent groups Z1, Z2, Z3: hydrogen atom or the like, and may form a ring with C2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst which has oxygen reduction catalytic ability surpassing that of a platinum-carrying carbon material. This catalyst comprises a carbon material and a metal complex represented by formula (1). In formula (1), X1 to X8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, D1 to D4 each represent a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom wherein the carbon atom has bound thereto a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and M represents a metallic atom.

Abstract: Provided is a compound having higher fluorescence quantum yield and higher optical stability than a conventional FLAP and a polymer compound containing the compound. A: seven or eight-membered ring structure, Y1, Y2, Y3: halogen atom or the like, al: number of Y1, a2: number of Y2, B: number of Y3, 0?m and n?3: when 1?m?3, Y1 may be substituted with a structure portion defined by m, when 1?n?3, Y2 may be substituted with a structure portion defined by n, and B1, B2: Formulas (2-1) to (2-3): C1, C2, C3: structure containing a cyclic hydrocarbon compound, D1, D2, D3: substructure that inhibits aggregation, E1, E2, E3: polymerizable substructure, Z1: hydrogen atom or the like, c: number of substituent groups Z1, Z2, Z3: hydrogen atom or the like, and may form a ring with C2.

Abstract: Provided is a compound having higher fluorescence quantum yield and higher optical stability than a conventional FLAP and a polymer compound containing the compound. A: seven or eight-membered ring structure, Y1, Y2, Y3: halogen atom or the like, a1: number of Y1, a2: number of Y2, B: number of Y3, 0?m and n?3: when 1?m?3, Y1 may be substituted with a structure portion defined by m, when 1?n?3, Y2 may be substituted with a structure portion defined by n, and B1, B2: Formulas (2-1) to (2-3). C1, C2, C3: structure containing a cyclic hydrocarbon compound, D1, D2, D3: substructure that inhibits aggregation, E1, E2, E3: polymerizable substructure, Z1: hydrogen atom or the like, c: number of substituent groups Z1, Z2, Z3: hydrogen atom or the like, and may form a ring with C2.

Abstract: A catalyst having an excellent oxygen reduction catalytic ability, and showing excellent durability when used for an electrode for fuel cells and metal-air batteries; and a production method of a catalyst having an excellent oxygen reduction catalytic ability, and showing excellent durability when used for an electrode for fuel cells and metal-air batteries are provided. The production method of a catalyst includes: a step (a) of dissolving a metal complex in a solvent to prepare a solution; a step (b) of dispersing a conductive powder in the solution to prepare a dispersion liquid; and a step (c) of removing the solvent from the dispersion liquid, in which a complex is formed by adsorbing the metal complex on a surface of the conductive powder to use the complex as a catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst which has oxygen reduction catalytic ability surpassing that of a platinum-carrying carbon material. This catalyst comprises a carbon material and a metal complex represented by formula (1). In formula (1), X1 to X8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, D1 to D4 each represent a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom wherein the carbon atom has bound thereto a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and M represents a metallic atom.

Abstract: Provided is a compound having higher fluorescence quantum yield and higher optical stability than a conventional FLAP and a polymer compound containing the compound. A: seven or eight-membered ring structure, Y1,Y2,Y3: halogen atom or the like, a1: number of Y1, a2: number of Y2, B: number of Y3, 0?m and n?3: when 1?m?3, Y1 may be substituted with a structure portion defined by m, when 1?n?3, Y2 may be substituted with a structure portion defined by n, and B1, B2: Formulas (2-1) to (2-3). C1, C2, C3: structure containing a cyclic hydrocarbon compound, D1, D2, D3: substructure that inhibits aggregation, E1, E2, E3: polymerizable substructure, Z1: hydrogen atom or the like, c: number of substituent groups Z1, Z2, Z3: hydrogen atom or the like, and may form a ring with C2.

Abstract: A fixing belt includes a polyimide layer. The polyimide layer includes polyimide and an aprotic solvent. The solvent has a boiling point not lower than 230° C. and a solubility parameter not less than 24.5 (J/cm3)1/2 and not greater than 30.7 (J/cm3)1/2. The solvent has a content not less than 0.1 ppm and not greater than 1000 ppm in the polyimide layer.

Abstract: A fixing belt includes a polyimide layer. The polyimide layer includes polyimide and an aprotic solvent. The solvent has a boiling point not lower than 230° C. and a solubility parameter not less than 24.5 (J/cm3)1/2 and not greater than 30.7 (J/cm3)1/2. The solvent has a content not less than 0.1 ppm and not greater than 1000 ppm in the polyimide layer.

Abstract: A stator of a torque converter is divided into a first stator on an upstream side and a second stator on a downstream side, and the first and second stators are supported on a fixed part via first and second one-way clutches, respectively. Since, with regard to a blade of the first stator, when viewed in the axis direction, the blade tip part is inclined relative to the blade base part in the disengagement direction of the first one-way clutch, it is possible to ensure the blade area without increasing the dimension in the radial direction and the dimension in the axis direction of the blade of the first stator, and it is possible, by smoothly guiding oil along the blade of the first stator to thus suppress the occurrence of a vortex, to reduce energy loss in a low speed ratio region where the vortex easily occurs.

Abstract: A fluid type power transmission device in which a torque transmission path for transmitting torque from a vehicular engine is provided with a dynamic damper mechanism formed by disposing a plurality of damper springs between an inertial rotating body and a rotation-transmitting member forming part of the torque transmission path. An elastic member always linked to one of the rotation-transmitting member and the inertial rotating body is added to the dynamic damper mechanism. Play occurs in a torque direction between the elastic member and the other of the rotation-transmitting member and the inertial rotating body at a time of low speed rotation, but the elastic member exhibits resilient force between the rotation-transmitting member and the inertial rotating body in response to deformation due to centrifugal force at a time of high speed rotation that is a predetermined rotational speed or greater.

Abstract: A toner carrier includes a metal core, a barrel formed on an outer circumference of the metal core and including at least an elastic layer, and a coating formed on outer circumferences of both ends of the barrel. The coating has a thickness and a width of an outer circumference of the coating is different from a width of an inner circumference of the coating. The width is from an end surface of the barrel along an axis of the barrel, and the width of the outer circumference is larger than the width of the inner circumference so that the end surface of the coating is reversely inclined.

Abstract: A toner carrier includes a metal core, a barrel formed on an outer circumference of the metal core and including at least an elastic layer, and a coating formed on outer circumferences of both ends of the barrel. The coating has a thickness and a width of an outer circumference of the coating is different from a width of an inner circumference of the coating. The width is from an end surface of the barrel along an axis of the barrel, and the width of the outer circumference is larger than the width of the inner circumference so that the end surface of the coating is reversely inclined.

Abstract: Among first and second stators of a torque converter supported on a fixed part by a one-way clutch corresponding to the stators, the number of second stator blades of the second stator on the downstream side in the direction of flow of oils larger than the number of first blades of the first stator on the upstream side, and the maximum value t2 for blade thickness of the second stator blade is smaller than the minimum value t1 for blade thickness of the first stator blade. Therefore, it is possible to ensure that there is a sufficient gap (?) between a trailing edge of the first stator blade and a leading of the second stator blade, thus preventing the flow of oil from being stopped by the gap (?), and it is possible to align effectively the flow of oil by means of the second stator blades.

Abstract: A toner carrier includes a metal core, a barrel formed on an outer circumference of the metal core and including at least an elastic layer, and a coating formed on outer circumferences of both ends of the barrel. The coating has a thickness and a width of an outer circumference of the coating is different from a width of an inner circumference of the coating. The width is from an end surface of the barrel along an axis of the barrel, and the width of the outer circumference is larger than the width of the inner circumference so that the end surface of the coating is reversely inclined.