Abstract: To prevent fracture of a box under a tensile load without increasing the outer diameter of the box. The presently disclosed threaded joint for pipes includes a pin provided with a male thread portion at one end of a first pipe, and a box provided with a female thread portion at one end of a second pipe, where each of a plurality of thread grooves of the female thread portion has a corner portion on a load flank side and a corner portion on a stabbing flank side on a thread bottom side, a corner portion on a load flank side of a first thread groove includes a first arc portion that has a first curvature radius, and a second arc portion that has a second curvature radius, and a ratio of the second curvature radius to the first curvature radius is 3 or more.

Abstract: A charge forming device for a combustion engine includes a throttle body having a throttle bore, an air passage having at least a portion in which air flows separate from the throttle bore and a throttle valve with a valve head movable relative to the throttle body. A nozzle body has a fuel passage and a feed passage, the fuel passage is arranged to receive fuel that exits a fuel outlet of a fuel metering valve, and the fuel passage is communicated with a fuel chamber through which fluid flows into the throttle bore, and the feed passage is communicated with the air passage to receive air from the air passage and the feed passage is communicated with the fuel passage upstream of the fuel chamber, wherein air in the feed passage is mixed with fuel in the fuel passage upstream of the fuel chamber.

Abstract: A throttle body has a throttle bore with an inlet, an outlet and an air passage. A throttle valve has a valve head received within the throttle bore. A fuel metering valve is mounted on the throttle body and has a valve element and a fuel outlet, the valve element is movable relative to a valve seat to control fuel flow through the fuel outlet. And the nozzle body is carried by the throttle body and has a fuel passage and a feed passage. The fuel passage is arranged to receive fuel that exits the fuel outlet, and is communicated with a fuel chamber through which fluid flows into the throttle bore. The feed passage is communicated with the air passage and with the fuel passage upstream of the fuel chamber. Air in the feed passage is mixed with fuel in the fuel passage upstream of the fuel chamber.

Abstract: A speaker outputting sound from a speaker portion arranged facing upward. The speaker is provided with: a first head portion including the speaker portion; a first base portion; a transparent first housing arranged between the first head portion and the first base portion; at least one LED unit arranged inside the first housing; and a control portion for driving LED elements of the LED unit on the basis of a sound signal from the outside. Each LED unit is provided with: a second head portion; a second base portion; and a transparent second housing arranged between the second head portion and the second base portion. As a result, light linked to the sound, emitted from the LED elements of the LED units, can be efficiently delivered to the eye of the user.

Abstract: A speaker outputting sound from a speaker portion arranged facing upward. The speaker is provided with: a first head portion including the speaker portion; a first base portion; a transparent first housing arranged between the first head portion and the first base portion; at least one LED unit arranged inside the first housing; and a control portion for driving LED elements of the LED unit on the basis of a sound signal from the outside. Each LED unit is provided with: a second head portion; a second base portion; and a transparent second housing arranged between the second head portion and the second base portion. As a result, light linked to the sound, emitted from the LED elements of the LED units, can be efficiently delivered to the eye of the user.

Abstract: In at least some implementations, a fuel metering valve, includes a bobbin defining a passage and having one or more voids in the surface of the bobbin that defines the passage, aa wire coil around the bobbin and an armature. The armature is received within the passage in the bobbin and movable relative to the bobbin from a first position to a second position when electricity is supplied to the wire coil.

Abstract: To prevent fracture of a box under a tensile load without increasing the outer diameter of the box. The presently disclosed threaded joint for pipes includes a pin provided with a male thread portion at one end of a first pipe, and a box provided with a female thread portion at one end of a second pipe, where each of a plurality of thread grooves of the female thread portion has a corner portion on a load flank side and a corner portion on a stabbing flank side on a thread bottom side, a corner portion on a load flank side of a first thread groove includes a first arc portion that has a first curvature radius, and a second arc portion that has a second curvature radius, and a ratio of the second curvature radius to the first curvature radius is 3 or more.

Abstract: A throttle body has a throttle bore with an inlet, an outlet and an air passage. A throttle valve has a valve head received within the throttle bore. A fuel metering valve is mounted on the throttle body and has a valve element and a fuel outlet, the valve element is movable relative to a valve seat to control fuel flow through the fuel outlet. And the nozzle body is carried by the throttle body and has a fuel passage and a feed passage. The fuel passage is arranged to receive fuel that exits the fuel outlet, and is communicated with a fuel chamber through which fluid flows into the throttle bore. The feed passage is communicated with the air passage and with the fuel passage upstream of the fuel chamber. Air in the feed passage is mixed with fuel in the fuel passage upstream of the fuel chamber.

Abstract: A simple short-time method for modifying a fluorine resin film so that hydrophilicity is not likely to deteriorate over time. The method for modifying a fluorine resin film is characterized in that the surface of the fluorine resin film is provided with hydrophilicity by bringing the fluorine resin film into contact with a process gas, which contains gas containing fluorine atoms and at least one of gas containing oxygen atoms or inert gas.

Abstract: A screw joint in which an efficient screw length of a joint portion is achieved. This screw joint is for an oil well pipe of an integral type and includes: (i) a pin that is provided with a male screw portion which is a male taper screw, at one end of a steel pipe; and (ii) a box that is provided with a female screw portion which is a female taper screw fitted to the male screw portion, at one end of the steel pipe, in which a structure, in which the pin and the box are in metal contact with each other to seal a fluid, is provided at least at one place of a seal portion on an outer peripheral surface side of a pipe end side of the pin and a seal portion on an inner peripheral surface side of a pipe end side of the box.

Abstract: In at least some implementations, a fuel metering valve, includes a bobbin defining a passage and having one or more voids in the surface of the bobbin that defines the passage, aa wire coil around the bobbin and an armature. The armature is received within the passage in the bobbin and movable relative to the bobbin from a first position to a second position when electricity is supplied to the wire coil.

Abstract: In at least some implementations, a charge forming device for a combustion engine includes a throttle body and a throttle valve. The throttle body has a throttle bore with an inlet through which air flows into the throttle bore and an outlet from which a fuel and air mixture exits the throttle bore. The throttle bore has a throat between the inlet and outlet and the throat has a reduced flow area compared to at least one of the inlet and outlet. The throttle valve has a valve head received within the throat of the throttle bore and movable relative to the throttle body between a first position and a second position wherein the flow area between the valve head and the throttle body is greater when the valve head is in the second position than in the first position.

Abstract: A vehicle seat, wherein in order to ensure that air reliably flows through the entire sir channel formed on the seat obverse surface side when a blower on the seat reverse surface side is operated while an occupant is seated on the seat, a hole part passing from the surface on the side for seating the occupant through to the surface on the opposite side from the surface on the side for seating the occupant is formed through each urethane pad in a seat back and a seat cushion of the vehicle seat, the interiors of the hole parts formed in the urethane pads are filled with a material that is more breathable than the urethane pads, a plurality of grooves extending from the hole parts are formed on the surface of each of the urethane pads on the side for seating the occupant, and a blower for discharging or intaking air from the surface of each of the urethane pads on the side for seating the occupant through the hole parts filled with the breathable material is provided on the surface of each of the urethane pads

Abstract: A threaded joint for oil well steel pipe is provided. The threaded joint includes a pin provided with a male thread, and a box provided with a female thread threadedly engaged with the male thread, and at an outer periphery side sealing portion, a cross-sectional area S1 of the pin at a seal point, and a cross-sectional area S0 of a pipe body portion, which is an unprocessed pin portion, satisfy an expression (S1/S0)×100?15(%), at an inner periphery side sealing portion, a cross-sectional area S2 of the box at a seal point, and a cross-sectional area S0? of a pipe body portion, which is an unprocessed box portion satisfy an expression (S2/S0?)×100?20(%), and a surface area S3 of a contact portion of an intermediate shoulder between thread rows and the cross-sectional area S0 satisfy the expression (S3/S0)×100?10(%).

Abstract: [Object] To provide a hemostasis aid and a tourniquet by which a blood vessel at a puncture site can be more reliably distended. [Solving Means] A hemostasis aid 1 includes a tourniquet 10 including a plurality of pressurizing layers 11a to 11e divided in a width direction and a control device 20 that pressurizes the pressurizing layers 11a to 11e sequentially from the pressurizing layer 11a on one end side A in the width direction W to on the other end side B. Accordingly, a puncture site can be reliably distended by wrapping the tourniquet 10 such that the puncture site is positioned on a patient's distal side with respect to the other end side.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seating part that constitutes the vehicle seat; a support member that rotatably supports a portion of the seating part; an elastic member having a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to a movable portion of the seating part which is capable of rotating about the support member and the second end being attached to the seat frame; and an attenuation device that attenuates a motion of the movable portion when the movable portion moves from a seated state with a load applied, back to a normal state in which the applied load is removed. The movable portion of the seating part may include a base member, a slab member provided on the base member, and a surface member that covers the slab member.

Abstract: A screw joint in which an efficient screw length of a joint portion is achieved.

Abstract: Provided is a threaded joint for an oil well tubing which possesses sufficient sealability when the external pressure is applied to the threaded joint by suppressing the plastic deformation of a nose portion and sufficient galling resistance. The sufficient galling resistance is provided by preventing the occurrence of galling at the time of making up the threaded joint during verification test performed in accordance with ISO13679:2002 even when the threaded joint for an oil well tubing has a small thickness. Parameters including sizes of the threaded joint at positions of a seal point and shoulder portions satisfy formula 1 ((Ds12?Ds02)/(D12?D02)?0.30), formula 2 (tan ?>(?D+?)/{2(Lt?Ls)}), and Ls/Ln is set to 0.2 to 0.6.