Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tubular medical instrument transfer device which includes a tubular medical instrument and a tubular tube body comprise a step S1 for accommodating at least a part of the tubular medical instrument into a lumen of the tubular tube body and a step S2 for cooling the tubular medical instrument to a temperature of a martensitic phase transformation start temperature of the shape memory alloy+7° C. or less and a tubular medical instrument transfer device characterized in that a sliding load under 50° C. warm water and a sliding load under 25° C. warm water satisfy a relationship represented by Expression (1). increase rate of sliding load [%]=(sliding load under 50° C. warm water [N]?sliding load under 25° C. warm water [N])/sliding load under 25° C.

Abstract: To improve a performance for removing soluble lead and finely particulate lead. A molded adsorbent (1) includes an adsorption material (3) and a fibrous binder (5). The adsorption material (3) contains activated carbon (3A) and zeolite (3B). A central particle size D50 of the activated carbon (3A) is 27 ?m or more and 35 ?m or less, a central particle size D50 of the zeolite (3B) is 24 ?m or more and 31 ?m or less, and a content rate of the zeolite (3B) is 10 mass % or more and 70.5 mass % or less.

Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a base, a stator, a rotor, a bearing, and at least one or more temperature adjusters. The shaft extends along a central axis extending in an axial direction. The base extends in a radial direction from an end of the shaft in an axially one direction. The stator has an annular shape surrounding the shaft, and is disposed further in an axially other direction than the base. The rotor is rotatable about the central axis. The bearing rotatably supports the rotor. The temperature adjuster adjusts an ambient temperature of the bearing. The shaft has a shaft hole recessed in the axial direction from an axial end of the shaft. The temperature adjuster is disposed in the shaft hole and overlaps at least a portion of the bearing as viewed in the radial direction.

Abstract: A stopper according to one or more embodiments may include: a stopper body; and a rotation restriction portion provided at the stopper body and configured to restrict rotations of the drive transmission member. The stopper may be configured such that the rotation restriction portion restricts the rotations of the drive transmission member in a state where the stopper body is attached to the adaptor main body and the rotation restriction portion releases the restriction of the rotations of the drive transmission member in a state where the stopper body is detached from the adaptor main body.

Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor hub including a through-hole to which the shaft is fixed. An upper end and a lower end of an opposing region where an outer peripheral surface of the shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole oppose each other in a radial direction are respectively provided with an upper gap portion and a lower gap portion opposing each other through a space in the radial direction. The upper gap portion and the lower gap portion each include a bottom portion extending in a direction intersecting the center axis and a peripheral wall portion connected to a radial outer edge of the bottom portion and extending along the center axis.

Abstract: A spindle motor includes a base, a shaft arranged on the base and extending in a vertical direction, a stator having a coil defined by a wound conductive wire and arranged on an upper surface of the base, and a rotor rotatably supported around the shaft. The base has a through hole that penetrates the base from the upper surface to a lower surface. The conductive wire is drawn out to the lower surface side through the inside of the through hole. The through hole is sealed by a sealing material. The through hole includes a columnar lower column body and a columnar upper column body. The lower column body is arranged on the lower surface side of the base. A cross-sectional area of the upper column body orthogonal to an axial direction is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the lower column body orthogonal to the axial direction.

Abstract: An adaptor according one or more embodiments may include a base body and an arm engagement part including an engagement portion to be engaged with the robot arm at an engagement position and a contact portion with which a release tool comes in contact. The arm engagement part may be configured such that the contact portion comes in contact with the release tool when the release tool is inserted through the tool insertion hole, a part of the arm engagement part is moved into an escape space in the base body when the contact portion is moved in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the release tool, and the engagement portion of the arm engagement part is moved, when the release tool is further inserted, from the engagement position to the disengagement position, which disengages the engagement portion of the arm engagement part from the robot arm.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus forms a pattern of an imprint material in a shot area of the substrate using the mold, and includes a heating mechanism that changes a shape of the substrate by irradiating the shot area of the substrate with light, wherein the heating mechanism includes a plurality of optical modulators that forms an illuminance distribution in the shot area of the substrate, and light beams from the plurality of optical modulators illuminate mutually different areas of the shot area.

Abstract: A gear including: a hub provided on an inner peripheral side and configured to be connected to a main shaft; a rim provided on an outer peripheral side and formed with external teeth; and a gear web connecting the hub and the rim. The gear web includes a first web extending obliquely upward from the rim to the hub; and a second web extending obliquely downward from the rim to the hub. The first web includes a plurality of first web pieces formed so as to be spaced apart in a circumferential direction, and the second web includes a plurality of second web pieces formed so as to be spaced apart in the circumferential direction. The first web pieces and the second web pieces are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction and are located at mutually different circumferential positions.

Abstract: A fibrous granulation binder that is for active carbon granules that are formed from aggregates of active carbon particles and has a D50 particle size, as measured by laser diffraction, of 3.5-86.7 ?m. When a fibrous binder is used to produce active carbon granules, setting an appropriate particle size for the fibrous binder makes it possible to reliably produce high-strength active carbon granules.

Abstract: An active carbon molded body that comprises a plurality of active carbon granules that are foiled from aggregates of active carbon particles. The active carbon granules include a fibrous granulation binder. A plurality of communicating holes are foamed in the active carbon molded body. A pore size distribution curve obtained for the active carbon molded body by a mercury intrusion has: a first peak that is from first pores that are famed between active carbon particles; and a second peak that is from second pores that are foamed between active carbon particles and is for a smaller pore size than the first peak. The present invention thereby provides an active carbon molded body that has high water purification capacity and has a filtration flow rate that is at least a prescribed value.

Abstract: An active carbon molded body that comprises a plurality of active carbon granules that are formed from aggregates of active carbon particles. The active carbon granules include a fibrous granulation binder. The active carbon molded body is formed as a result of the plurality of active carbon granules being aggregated by means of the fibrous granulation binder in the active carbon granules. The present invention is also an active carbon molded body production method in which active carbon granules that have been formed by aggregating active carbon particles by means of a fibrous binder are molded by simultaneous application of heat and pressure without separate addition of a molding binder. The present invention thereby provides: an active carbon molded body that has high purification capacity and good production efficiency; and a production method for the active carbon molded body.

Abstract: Provided is an imprint method of performing an imprint process including a contacting step of bringing a mold into contact with an imprint material on a substrate, a curing step of curing the imprint material, and a separating step of separating the mold from the cured imprint material. The method includes acquiring global alignment information, performing a pre-alignment measurement including moving, based on the acquired global alignment information, a second shot region to a measurement position at which a measurement device performs measurement, and measuring a first relative positional shift between the second shot region and the mold using the measurement device, and moving, based on the global alignment information and the measured first relative positional shift, a first shot region to an imprint position at which the imprint process is performed, and starting the contacting step.

Abstract: An adapter set is provided with an adapter placed between a robot arm and a surgical instrument, and a stopper mounted on the adapter. The stopper includes a rotation restricting part configured to restrict a rotation of a driving transmission member of the adapter. The driving transmission member includes a first member that includes an engaging depressed part configured to fit together with a driven member of the surgical instrument and another engaging depressed part that is provided separately from the engaging depressed part and is configured to fit together with the rotation restricting part of the stopper, and a second member that includes an engaging depressed part configured to fit together with a driving member. The stopper is configured to be removed from the adapter after the driving member fits together with the second member of the adapter.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus that molds an imprint material on a shot region of a substrate by using a mold, comprising a detection unit configured to detect first light with which a first mark of the mold and a second mark of the substrate are irradiated and measure a position deviation between the first mark and the second mark, a heating unit configured to irradiate the substrate with second light for heating the substrate and deforming the shot region, and a control unit configured to control alignment between the mold and the substrate based on the position deviation, wherein a parameter of the detection unit or the heating unit is set not to detect the second light by the detection unit while the first light is detected and the substrate is irradiated with the second light.