Abstract: A motor drive device includes: a trailing arm that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and includes a vehicle body-side attachment portion and wheel-side support portion, the vehicle body-side attachment portion formed on a forward portion side of the trailing arm and coupled to a vehicle body via a rubber bush, the wheel-side support portion formed on a rear side of the trailing arm and supporting a rear wheel; and a motor that is supported by the trailing arm and drives the rear wheel. The motor and the rubber bush are disposed in such a way that motor and the rubber bush are seen as being substantially aligned in a vehicle up-down direction when viewed in a vehicle width direction.

Abstract: The thickness of one of a pair of panels (an inner panel (20) and an outer panel (30)) of each trailing arm (12) is greater than the thickness of the other panel, and a rear wheel support unit (an axle unit (51)) configured to support each rear wheel is coupled to one of the pair of panels (the inner panel (20) and the outer panel (30)).

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a first conveying member that nips and conveys a sheet; a guide member rotatable between a first guiding position where the guide member guides a sheet that is conveyed by the first conveying member toward a first direction and a second guiding position where the guide member guides the sheet toward a second direction that is different from the first direction; a second conveying member that conveys a sheet that has been guided toward the first direction; a third conveying member that conveys a sheet that has been guided toward the second direction; a driver that drives the guide member; an acquiring portion configured to acquiring a basis weight of a sheet; and a controller that controls the driver such as to change torque for driving the guide member based on a basis weight of a sheet acquired by the acquiring portion.

Abstract: Provided is a transparent substrate, a plurality of protrusions protruding from the first surface of the transparent substrate; and an antireflection film laminated on the second surface opposite to the first surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the plurality of protrusions are periodically arranged at a pitch shorter than a wavelength of light in a use band, each of the protrusions extends in in a first direction and includes a reflective layer, a dielectric layer, and an absorption layer in order from the first direction, the antireflection film has high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers that are alternately laminated, and the antireflection film is an ion beam assisted vapor deposition film or an ion beam sputtering film.

Abstract: A measuring device a measurement unit configured to measure an image on a sheet, the measurement unit including a light emitting portion configured to illuminate the sheet with light, and a detecting portion configured to detect light reflected by the sheet; a supporting unit supporting the measurement unit; and a driving unit configured to move the measurement unit supported by the supporting unit in a scanning direction. A size, in the scanning direction, of a detectable range of the detecting portion in which the detecting portion is capable of detecting the reflected light from the sheet is larger than a size, in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the scanning direction and a normal direction of a surface of the sheet, of the detectable range of the detecting portion.

Abstract: To provide an electrochromic compound, represented by the following general formula (I): where X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7 and X8 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; R1 and R2 are each independently a monovalent substituent; A? and B? are each independently a monovalent anion; and Y is represented by the following general formula (II) or (III): where X9, X10, X11, X12, X13, X14, X15, X16, X17, and X18 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent.

Abstract: An information processing system comprises: an acquisition means configured to acquire vibration of a device that vibrates during operation, as time-series data of a physical quantity A indicated by a plurality of axis components in a three-dimensional coordinate system; a calculation means configured to calculate a first evaluation value E indicating a degree of bias of the vibration of the device between axes, based on the time-series data of the physical quantity A; and an estimation means configured to estimate a degradation level G of the device based on the first evaluation value E.

Abstract: An evaporated fuel processing apparatus includes a canister to collect vapor generated in a fuel tank, a purge passage to purge vapor into an intake passage from the canister, a purge pump provided in the purge passage, a first trifurcated valve in the purge passage between an exhaust port of the purge pump and an outflow port of the purge passage, a second trifurcated valve provided in the purge passage between an inflow port of the purge passage and an intake port of the purge pump, a first bypass passage between the purge passage upstream of the second trifurcated valve and the first trifurcated valve, and a second bypass passage between the purge passage downstream of the first trifurcated valve and the second trifurcated valve. Passages for the vapor and others are switched by switching the first trifurcated valve and the second trifurcated valve during operation of the purge pump.

Abstract: This metal-FRP composite body comprises a metal member, an FRP layer and a bonding resin layer that is interposed between the metal member and the FRP layer. The bonding resin layer is a solidified product of a phenoxy resin (A) by itself, or alternatively, a cured product of a bonding resin composition that contains 50 parts by weight or more of the phenoxy resin (A) in 100 parts by weight of the resin components; and the bonding resin layer firmly bonds the metal member and the FRP layer to each other. The bonding resin composition may additionally contain 5-85 parts by weight of an epoxy resin (B) relative to 100 parts by weight of the phenoxy resin (A), and a crosslinking agent (C) that contains an acid dianhydride.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a surface of a prepreg (104), said surface being provided with a partially fused structure (102A), and a surface of a metal member (110) are brought into contact with each other, and heat and pressure are subsequently applied thereto. After completely melting a resin containing a thermoplastic resin and adhering to the prepreg (104) so that a reinforcing fiber substrate (101) is impregnated with the molten resin, the resin is cured to obtain a matrix resin (105), thereby forming a CFRP layer (120) that serves as a fiber-reinforced resin material, and the CFRP layer is simultaneously compression-bonded to the metal member (110), so that a metal-CFRP composite body (100) in which the CFRP layer (120) and the metal member (110) are firmly bonded to each other is formed.

Abstract: A canister includes a casing defining an adsorbent chamber. The casing includes a tank port in fluid communication with a fuel tank and an atmospheric port in fluid communication with the atmosphere. The canister includes at least three adsorbent sections arranged in series in the adsorbent chamber. The at least three adsorbent sections include a first adsorbent section proximate to the atmospheric port, a second adsorbent section disposed on a tank port side of the first adsorbent section, and a third adsorbent section disposed on a tank port side of the second adsorbent section. The first adsorbent section contains a first adsorbent, the second adsorbent section contains a second adsorbent, and the third adsorbent section contains a third adsorbent. An adsorption capacity of the first adsorbent is equal to or greater than an adsorption capacity of the second adsorbent. The adsorption capacity of the second adsorbent is greater than an adsorption capacity of the third adsorbent.

Abstract: A processing method of a workpiece in which the workpiece with a plate shape is processed by using a vacuum chamber is provided. In the processing method of a workpiece, a negative pressure is caused to act on a holding surface from a suction path, and suction holding of the workpiece is executed by a chuck table. Then, the gas pressure in the vacuum chamber is reduced to at least 50 Pa and at most 5000 Pa. Then, while the suction holding of the workpiece is executed, an inert gas in a plasma state is supplied to the workpiece, and voltages are applied to electrodes disposed in the chuck table to execute electrostatic adhesion of the workpiece by the chuck table. Then, a processing gas in a plasma state is supplied, and dry etching of the workpiece is executed.

Abstract: An evaporated fuel processing apparatus preventing evaporated fuel from being discharged out of a canister when residual purge gas is made to return to the canister and processed is provided. In the apparatus, an ECU performs residual purge gas processing operation of returning the residual purge gas into the canister and processing during halt of purge control. This operation includes a residual purge gas pressure-feeding process of pressure-feeding the residual purge gas with the air into the canister by the purge pump in a state in which the atmospheric passage is shut off and the purge passage and the second bypass passages are opened and an air discharge process of discharging the air in the canister outside via the atmospheric passage by opening the atmospheric passage while the purge passage and the second bypass passage are shut off.

Abstract: Provided is a centrifuge capable of improving user operability. The centrifuge has a rotor chamber and a door for opening and closing the rotor chamber, wherein the centrifuge includes a presence and absence detection part for detecting presence or absence of a rotor, a door locking mechanism capable of switching between a locked state for inhibiting opening of the door and an unlocked state for allowing opening of the door, and a first control part configured to perform an operation of setting the door locking mechanism to be the unlocked state when the rotor is accommodated in the rotor chamber and configured to set the door locking mechanism to be the unlocked state when an unlocking passcode is input.

Abstract: A fuel vapor processing apparatus includes an adsorption passage has a first end connected to a fuel tank and a second end open to the atmosphere. The adsorption passage includes a first hollow chamber, a second hollow chamber, and a third hollow chamber. In addition, the adsorption passage includes a first adsorption chamber and a second adsorption chamber. The first adsorption chamber is positioned between the first hollow chamber and the second hollow chamber, and the second adsorption chamber is positioned between the second hollow chamber and the third hollow chamber. The adsorption chambers are configured to adsorb and desorb fuel vapor. A purge passage extends from the second hollow chamber toward an internal combustion engine. A bypass passage extends from the first hollow chamber to the third hollow chamber and bypasses the second hollow chamber. The bypass passage is provided with a shutoff valve that is open during a purge operation and is closed at other times.

Abstract: There is provided a processing method of a wafer. The processing method includes a frame unit preparation step of fixing the wafer in an opening of an annular frame by an adhesion tape to prepare a frame unit and a frame unit holding step of attracting and holding the wafer of the frame unit by an chuck table in an etching chamber with the intermediary of the adhesion tape. The processing method includes also a shielding step of covering the annular frame and (or) an annular region of the adhesion tape by a cover member to shield the annular frame and (or) the annular region from an external space and a dry etching step of supplying a gas to the etching chamber and executing dry etching for the wafer after execution of the frame unit holding step and the shielding step.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition exhibiting excellent heat resistance and superior impregnability into a reinforcing-fiber substrate, and being used in fiber-reinforced-plastic molding materials. The thermoplastic resin composition, which is used as a matrix resin of a fiber-reinforced-plastic molding material, contains a phenoxy resin (A) and a polyamide resin (B). The mass ratio (A)/(B) of the phenoxy resin (A) and the polyamide resin (B) is 10/90 to 90/10. The melt viscosity of the resin composition in any temperature range from 160° C. to 280° C. is from 300 Pa·s to 3,000 Pa·s. A fiber-reinforced-plastic molding material has a reinforcing-fiber substrate, the surface of which is at least partially coated with the above thermoplastic resin composition and an interfacial shear strength of 30 MPa or higher at an interface with reinforcing fibers, as measured by a micro-droplet method.

Abstract: An arm cover comprises a main part and a front part. These parts are configured such that when the rear suspension takes a standard vehicle-weight position, these parts are respectively inclined rearwardly and downwardly, wherein an angle of inclination of the inclined front part is smaller than that of the inclined main part. When the rear suspension takes the standard vehicle-weight position, a front edge of the front part is located at a higher level than a bottom face portion of a under cover, and when the rear suspension takes a rebound position, the front edge of the front part is located at a position which is higher than a level of the bottom face portion of the under cover and close to a rear end portion of the under cover.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck is provided and has a holding surface for holding a wafer with a tape attached to one side of the wafer where the tape is in contact with the holding surface. The electrostatic chuck includes a disk-shaped member having a plurality of fine holes communicating with a vacuum source, where the fine holes are exposed to the holding surface. The disk-shaped member also includes a plurality of asperities formed on the holding surface and connected to the fine holes, and an electrode embedded in the disk-shaped member. The vacuum source is operated to produce a vacuum on the holding surface through the fine holes and thereby hold the wafer through the tape on the holding surface under suction, where the asperities formed on the holding surface function as a suction passage communicating with the fine holes.

Abstract: The thickness of one of a pair of panels (an inner panel (20) and an outer panel (30)) of each trailing arm (12) is greater than the thickness of the other panel, and a rear wheel support unit (an axle unit (51)) configured to support each rear wheel is coupled to one of the pair of panels (the inner panel (20) and the outer panel (30)).