Abstract: A drum member includes: a substantially cylindrical drum body having a hollow part extending in an axial direction; a sheet member wound on the drum body; an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust tension in the sheet member, the adjusting mechanism including a moving member that holds an end of the sheet member in a circumferential direction and moves in a depth direction of the hollow part, and a fixing member that fixes the moving member to the drum body; and one or more positioning members that position the moving member such that the moving member does not move in the circumferential direction of the drum body when the moving member is fixed with the fixing member.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an annular transfer belt having an outer surface on which an image is transferred; a transferring unit including a transfer cylinder having a transfer area that sandwiches a recording medium with the outer surface of the transfer belt to transfer the image from the outer surface of the transfer belt to the recording medium, and a pair of first rotating bodies disposed on both axial end sides of the transfer cylinder; a pair of circulating members each being wound around the first rotating body and being circulated by rotation of the first rotating bodies; and a holding unit attached to the circulating members, the holding unit configured to hold the recording medium, transport the recording medium with circulation of the circulating members, and pass the recording medium through the transfer area.

Abstract: There is provided an all-solid-state lithium battery including: a positive-electrode plate composed of a lithium complex oxide sintered body having a layered rock-salt structure; a solid electrolyte layer composed of a lithium-ion-conductive antiperovskite material; a negative-electrode plate containing Ti and permitting intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions at 0.4 (vs. Li/Li+) V or more; a positive-electrode current collecting layer provided on a face, remote from the solid electrolyte layer, of the positive-electrode plate; a negative-electrode current collecting layer provided on a face, remote from the solid electrolyte layer, of the negative-electrode plate; a positive-electrode covering metal membrane provided at an interface between the positive-electrode plate and the solid electrolyte layer; and a negative-electrode covering metal membrane provided at an interface between the negative-electrode plate and the solid electrolyte layer.

Abstract: A sheet transport device includes: a chain that circulates and moves; a driving unit that circulates and moves the chain; a holding unit that is provided on the chain and holds an end portion of a sheet along a transport direction of the sheet; and a first positioning portion that positions the holding unit on both sides along a direction intersecting both the transport direction of the sheet and a width direction of the sheet while the chain moves along the driving unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a rotating body having a recess in an outer peripheral surface thereof; a sprocket provided coaxially with the rotating body to rotate integrally with the rotating body; a chain having plural links, the chain being wound around the sprocket to circulate in a circulating direction so as to shift from a rotary movement in which the chain rotates in an arc shape conforming to an outer periphery of the sprocket along with the sprocket, to a linear movement; a holder fixed to at least one link of the links of the chain, the holder being configured to hold a leading end portion of a recording medium, the holder being configured to transport the recording medium by performing the rotary movement along with the rotating body and the chain in a state of (i) holding the leading end portion of the recording medium placed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body and (ii) being located in the recess, and then shifting to the linear movement along with the chain; and an imag

Abstract: A jacket includes: a first layer that is on a cylinder body side when the jacket is attached to a rotating cylinder body; and a second layer that is a layer located on a side opposite to the cylinder body with respect to the first layer, has a hardness lower than that of the first layer, and does not exist at a position where at least one of end edges of the cylinder body in a rotation axis direction is located inward of the first layer in the rotation axis direction.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a device chip includes removing a film in regions corresponding to streets, forming a modified layer inside a wafer by irradiating a laser beam from the back surface side of the wafer along regions corresponding to the regions from which the film has been removed, and giving an external force to the wafer to divide the wafer into individual device chips. In film removal, the distance from an end part of the street in the width direction to the region from which the film is to be removed is set equal to or shorter than a predetermined upper limit value to cause formation of a step between a region in which a substrate is exposed and a region coated with the film at an outer edge part of the device chip when the wafer is divided into the individual device chips in the dividing step.

Abstract: A transfer member includes: an inner layer; and an outer layer that is adhered to the inner layer and has a hardness lower than a hardness of the inner layer.

Abstract: A transfer member includes: an inner layer; an outer layer provided on an outer periphery of the inner layer; and a surface layer provided on an outer periphery of the outer layer, both end portions of the surface layer in circumferential directions extending in the circumferential directions from both end portions of the outer layer in the circumferential directions.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an annular transfer belt having an outer surface on which an image is transferred; a transferring unit including a transfer cylinder having a transfer area that sandwiches a recording medium with the outer surface of the transfer belt to transfer the image from the outer surface of the transfer belt to the recording medium, and a pair of first rotating bodies disposed on both axial end sides of the transfer cylinder; a pair of circulating members each being wound around the first rotating body and being circulated by rotation of the first rotating bodies; and a holding unit attached to the circulating members, the holding unit configured to hold the recording medium, transport the recording medium with circulation of the circulating members, and pass the recording medium through the transfer area.

Abstract: A device chip manufacturing method includes adhering a protective member to a side of one surface of a front surface and a back surface of a workpiece including a device wafer, positioning the one surface on a lower side and holding the workpiece under suction by a holding surface, measuring the height of a lower surface and the height of an upper surface of the workpiece, applying a laser beam to the workpiece while adjusting the height of a focal point of the laser beam, to thereby form two or more modified layers at different heights inside the workpiece, and dividing the workpiece into device chips. The applying the laser beam includes forming a first modified layer on the lower surface side according to the height of the lower surface, and forming a second modified layer on the upper surface side according to the height of the upper surface.

Abstract: A heat treatment method is provided in which a first steel component (11) formed with a coating (111) thereon is fitted in first holes (123, 124) of a second steel component (12) subjected to a quenching treatment. The heat treatment method includes a heating step of heating the second steel component to a first temperature (T1) equal to or higher than a tempering temperature (T0) of the second steel component and higher than a temperature of the first steel component by a temperature difference (?T) for achieving shrink fitting and a shrink-fitting step of shrink-fitting the first steel component in the first holes of the second steel component in a state of maintaining the temperature difference for achieving shrink fitting between the first steel component and the second steel component.

Abstract: A composite substrate includes a supporting substrate and a functional substrate that are directly joined together, the supporting substrate being a sintered sialon body.

Abstract: An antenna device including a first rod-shaped core having a flange portion and a second rod-shaped core having a flange portion, which are arranged in series and including a first coil and a second coil, wherein the end surface of the first rod-shaped core and the end surface of the second rod-shaped core are spaced.

Abstract: There is provided an all-solid-state lithium battery including: a positive-electrode plate composed of a lithium complex oxide sintered body having a layered rock-salt structure; a solid electrolyte layer composed of a lithium-ion-conductive antiperovskite material; a negative-electrode plate containing Ti and permitting intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions at 0.4 (vs. Li/Li+) V or more; a positive-electrode current collecting layer provided on a face, remote from the solid electrolyte layer, of the positive-electrode plate; a negative-electrode current collecting layer provided on a face, remote from the solid electrolyte layer, of the negative-electrode plate; a positive-electrode covering metal membrane provided at an interface between the positive-electrode plate and the solid electrolyte layer; and a negative-electrode covering metal membrane provided at an interface between the negative-electrode plate and the solid electrolyte layer.

Abstract: A belt-type transport device includes a belt, a pressure unit, a nip forming unit, a belt stretching roller, an inclination controller, a contact unit, and a support unit. The belt is an endless belt, has an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface, and is to be rotated. The pressure unit is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the belt. The nip forming unit presses the belt against the pressure unit so as to form a nip through which a recording medium is to be transported. The belt stretching roller is disposed inside the belt and stretches the belt. The inclination controller controls inclination of the belt stretching roller. The contact unit is provided along a width direction of the belt and is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the belt. The support unit supports the contact unit such that the contact unit is able to follow inclination of the belt which is changed due to the inclination of the belt stretching roller.

Abstract: A belt-type transport device includes a belt, a pressure unit, a nip forming unit, a belt stretching roller, an inclination controller, a contact unit, and a support unit. The belt is an endless belt, has an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface, and is to be rotated. The pressure unit is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the belt. The nip forming unit presses the belt against the pressure unit so as to form a nip through which a recording medium is to be transported. The belt stretching roller is disposed inside the belt and stretches the belt. The inclination controller controls inclination of the belt stretching roller. The contact unit is provided along a width direction of the belt and is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the belt. The support unit supports the contact unit such that the contact unit is able to follow inclination of the belt which is changed due to the inclination of the belt stretching roller.

Abstract: A heat treatment method is provided in which a first steel component (11) formed with a coating (111) thereon is fitted in first holes (123, 124) of a second steel component (12) subjected to a quenching treatment. The heat treatment method includes a heating step of heating the second steel component to a first temperature (T1) equal to or higher than a tempering temperature (T0) of the second steel component and higher than a temperature of the first steel component by a temperature difference (?T) for achieving shrink fitting and a shrink-fitting step of shrink-fitting the first steel component in the first holes of the second steel component in a state of maintaining the temperature difference for achieving shrink fitting between the first steel component and the second steel component.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an antenna including: forming an integrated assembly that is configured with a core, a bobbin disposed around the core and having a flange, and a coil disposed around the bobbin; supplying a liquid filler material into an inner space of a case, the case having an opening; inserting the integrated assembly into the inner space of the case via the opening before or after the supplying of the liquid filler material; closing the opening with the flange; concentrating the liquid filler material toward the flange in the inner space; curing the liquid filler material after the concentrating so as to form a cured filler material; and fixedly supporting the integrated assembly within the case via the cured filler material at a position directly adjacent to the opening of the case.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a core, a bobbin member having a partition, and a coil provided around the bobbin member. The coil is configured with a tight winding portion and a loose winding portion. The tight winding portion is provided between one bobbin side and the partition. The loose winding portion is provided between the other bobbin side and the partition. The loose winding portion is configured with a first winding layer and a second winding layer. A wire winding direction of the first winding layer is opposite to a wire winding direction of the second winding layer so that the wire of the first winding layer and the wire of the second winding layer cross and overlap to each other along part of the bobbin member.