Abstract: A rubber composition for tires is provided, which is capable of improving fuel efficiency and wet grip performance, and also a pneumatic tire using the same. A rubber composition for tires, including a rubber component, an inorganic filler, and a thermoplastic elastomer containing a functional group that reacts or interacts with a surface functional group of the inorganic filler and having a specific gravity of 1.00 or less.

Abstract: An electric conductive fiber structure includes an electric conductive resin containing electric conductive polymer(s), the electric conductive resin being filled in gaps between single fibers included in a fiber structure, the electric conductive fiber structure having 15% or more area ratio of the electric conductive resin present in an area of 15 to 30 ?m from a surface when a cross section in a thickness direction of the fiber structure is observed.

Abstract: A wearable electrode includes: a garment including an outer member and a backing member configured to cover at least a part of an inner surface of the outer member; and an electrode unit configured to come into contact with a living body clothed in the garment to acquire a biological signal emitted by the living body and attached to an opposite side of the backing member from the outer member. The outer member and the backing member are connected to each other in a part other than a part of the backing member, to which the electrode unit is attached.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an R-T-B based permanent magnet having a low coercive force and a low magnetizing field, and having a high residual magnetic flux density and a high minor curve flatness even in the low magnetizing field. Provided is an R-T-B based permanent magnet including a main phase crystal grain including a compound having an R2T14B type tetragonal structure and a grain boundary phase existing between the main phase crystal grains, in which R is at least one rare earth element including scandium and yttrium, T is at least one transition metal element including iron, or at least two transition metal elements including iron and cobalt, an average diameter D50 of the main phase crystal grain is 1.00 ?m or less, and a content of carbon included in the R-T-B based permanent magnet is 3,000 ppm or more.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an R-T-B based permanent magnet having a low coercive force and a low magnetizing field, and having a high residual magnetic flux density and a high minor curve flatness even in the low magnetizing field. Provided is an R-T-B based permanent magnet including a main phase including a compound having an R2T14B type tetragonal structure and a grain boundary phase existing between the main phases, in which R is at least one rare earth element including scandium and yttrium, T is at least one transition metal element including iron, or at least two transition metal elements including iron and cobalt, the grain boundary includes an R-T-B—C based compound having a higher R concentration, B concentration and C concentration than that of the main phase and having a lower T concentration than that of the main phase.

Abstract: A soil resistant fiber structure, including a fiber and a soil resistant resin fixed to at least a part of a surface of the fiber, wherein the resin has, in at least a part inside the resin, one or more regions dyed with osmium oxide as observed with a transmission electron microscope, at least one of the regions is circular, the regions have a maximum diameter of 100 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and the soil resistant fiber structure has a mass concentration ratio of oxygen atoms to fluorine atoms (O/F) of 3 or more as obtained by measuring the surface of the fiber with an energy dispersive X-ray analyzer. The present invention provides a fiber structure having high anti-adhesion property against aqueous soils and oily soils as well as soil release property by washing.

Abstract: A biomedical electrode which is detachably attached to a garment and includes: an electrode coming into contact with a living body clothed in the garment to acquire a biological signal emitted by the living body; and a locked section which is conductive, is electrically connected to the electrode, is detachably locked to a locking section which is conductive and is provided in the garment, and is electrically connected to the locking section when locked to the locking section.

Abstract: An R-T-B based rare earth permanent magnet is expressed by formula: (R11-x(Y1-y-z Cey Laz)x)aTbBcMd in which, R1 is one or more kinds of rare earth element not including Y, Ce and La. “T” is one or more kinds of transition metal, and includes Fe or Fe and Co as an essential component, “M” is an element having Ga or Ga and one or more of Sn, Bi and Si, 0.4?x?0.7, 0.00?y+z?0.20, 0.16?a/b?0.28, 0.050?c/b?0.070, 0.005?d/b?0.028, 0.25?(a-2c)/(b-14c)?2.00 and 0.025?d/(b-14c)?0.500. The magnet has a structure having a main phase, having a compound having a R2T14B type tetragonal structure, and a grain boundary phase, on an arbitrary cross sectional area, an area ratio of R-T-M, T-rich and R-rich phases, with respect to a total grain boundary phase area is 10.0% or more, 60.0% or less and 70.0% or less, respectively, and the coating rate of the grain boundary phase is 70.0% or more.

Abstract: An R-T-B based rare earth permanent magnet is expressed by a compositional formula: (R11-x(Y1-y-z Cey Laz)x)aTbBcMd in which R1 is one or more kinds of rare earth element not including Y, Ce and La, “T” is one or more kinds of transition metal, and includes Fe or Fe and Co as an essential component, “M” is an element having Ga or Ga and one or more kinds selected from Sn, Bi and Si, and 0.4?x?0.7, 0.00?y+z?0.20, 0.16?a/b?0.28, 0.050?c/b?0.075 and 0.005?d/b?0.028. The magnet includes a main phase, including a compound having a R2T14B type tetragonal structure, and a grain boundary phase. D10, D50, D90 of crystal grain diameter according to the main phase crystal grains satisfies the following formula: D50?4.00 ?m and (D90?D10)/D50?1.60. A coating rate of the grain boundary is 70.0% or more.

Abstract: A bioelectrode includes a fitting member (1106) formed by an electrically insulating member fixed on a surface of a garment (1100) that comes in contact with a living body (1000), an electrode part (1101a) formed by a conductive member fixed on a surface of the fitting member (1106) that comes in contact with the living body (1000), a connector (1102a) fixed to the fitting member (1106) and configured to connect a bioelectric signal measurement device, a wiring line (1103a) fixed to the fitting member (1106) and configured to electrically connect the connector (1102a) and the electrode part (1101a), and an electrically-insulating insulating member (1105) configured to cover a portion within the surface of the wiring line (1103a) that comes in contact with the living body (1000).

Abstract: To provide a permanent magnet which uses Ce of an abundant resource and has a great magnetic anisotropy in rare earth permanent magnets. To obtain a permanent magnet having a high magnetic anisotropy due to the trivalent Ce state by setting the abundance ratio C3/(C3+C4) in the main phase grains to be 0.1?C3/(C3+C4)?0.5 where C3 denotes the number of trivalent Ce atoms and C4 denotes the number of tetravalent Ce atoms.

Abstract: A biosignal detecting garment includes at least two electrodes each including a conductive fiber structure, a measurement device configured to detect and process a bioelectric signal acquired by the electrodes that are in contact with a living body, a wiring portion conductively connecting the electrodes to the measurement device, and a garment body on which the electrodes, the measurement device, and the wiring portion are placed at predetermined positions.

Abstract: An electrode material includes a fiber structure containing a conductive polymer. The conductive polymer is supported on surfaces of filaments constituting the fiber structure and/or in a gap between the filament. A device includes an electrode material, the electrode material being used as at least part of an electrode, wherein the electrode material includes a fiber structure containing a conductive polymer, the conductive polymer being supported on surfaces of filaments constituting the fiber structure and/or in a gap between the filaments.

Abstract: For the purpose of letting a fiber structure formed of polyester-based fibers have high hydrolysis resistance, spun fibers are treated by a terminal blocking agent, to have the terminal blocking agent taken up inside the fibers, for blocking the terminal carboxyl groups, followed by washing with water, drying and heat treatment.

Abstract: A terminal blocking processing agent of a polyester-based fiber structure allows a treated product to efficiently take up a terminal blocking agent.

Abstract: A deodorizing fiber structure contains a material composed of a hydroxy acid derivative is secured to a polyester-based fiber structure, and a method for producing a fiber structure including the steps of immersing a polyester-based fiber structure in a hydroxy acid aqueous solution, subsequently drying, and then heat-treating.

Abstract: For the purpose of letting a fiber structure formed of polyester-based fibers have high hydrolysis resistance, spun fibers are treated by a terminal blocking agent, to have the terminal blocking agent taken up inside the fibers, for blocking the terminal carboxyl groups.

Abstract: This invention provides a moisture-permeable, waterproof film characterized in that it consists of two or more resin layers comprising, as polymerizing components, bishidroxyalkyl aliphatic acid and alkyleneglycol, said bishydroxyalkyl aliphatic acid content is 0.08 mmol/g to 0.5 mmol/g, at least a part of said alykyleneglycol is polyethylene glycol contained in an amount of 40 wt % to 80 wt % based on said solid resin, and a moisture permeability by JIS L-1099 “Potassium Acetate Method” (B-1 method) at average film thickness of 20 micrometers being not less than 3×103 g/m2·24 h and not more than 200×103 g/m2·24 h, and a moisture-permeable waterproof composite material to which said moisture-permeable, waterproof film is provided at least on one surface of a substrate material and its moisture permeability by JIS L-1099 “Potassium Acetate Method” (B-1 method) being not less than 1×103 g/m2·24 h and not more than 50×103 g/m2·24 h.

Abstract: An operating device for controlling a display screen, which includes a rotatable operating member of cylindrical shape, and a slidable operating member having a cylindrical tip portion located above an upper end of the rotatable operating member. The diameter of an upper surface of the slidable operating member cylindrical tip portion is reduced relative to a diameter of a lower surface of the cylindrical tip portion, and the diameter of the lower surface of the slidable operating member cylindrical tip portion is equal to or less than a diameter of an upper surface of the rotatable operating member. An operating device is provided which prevents a misoperation in slide operation and rotation operation and improves operability.

Abstract: To provide a resin composition and a fiber structure object, which do not cause dripping of a material upon combustion in applications used as flame retardant materials, for example, textile products, film products and resin molded products, and are also excellent in flame retardancy. Disclosed is a polyester-based resin composition comprising a polyester-based resin and a silicone-based compound, the silicone-based compound being a silicone-based compound containing at least a structural unit represented by RSiO1.5 (R is an organic group), wherein the content of a silanol group of the silicone-based compound is 2% or more and 10% or less in terms of a weight ratio based on the entire silicone-based compound and a mixing ratio of the silicone-based compound to the polyester-based resin is 100:0.1 or more and 100:10 or less in terms of a weight ratio.