Abstract: A method of producing a sealing member for a fuel cell includes: setting a base material made of a modified polypropylene in a mold; bringing a hydrosilicone crosslinked ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene copolymer into contact with the base material and performing molding in the mold; and vulcanizing the hydrosilicone crosslinked ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene copolymer and at the same time, bonding the hydrosilicone crosslinked ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene copolymer and the base material by vulcanization, in the mold with a molding temperature set to a temperature that is higher than a vulcanization start temperature of the hydrosilicone crosslinked ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene copolymer and lower than a melting point of the modified polypropylene.

Abstract: The printing apparatus includes a carriage having a print head mounted thereon, a carriage guide configured to guide movement of the carriage and to support the carriage, an optical scale member having an optical scale, an optical sensor mounting member having an optical sensor mounted thereon to read the optical scale, the optical sensor mounting member being fixed to a support surface of a support wall of the carriage, and a head portion of the fixing screw configured to be switched between a fixed state in which the optical sensor mounting member is fixed to the carriage and a release state in which the fixed state is released. The head of the fixing screw is located on a side opposite to the support surface with respect to the support wall when the optical sensor mounting member is in the fixed state.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an endless transporting belt stretched over a plurality of rollers and configured to rotate while supporting a medium, by a support face that is a surface on an opposite side from a contact surface with the roller, to transport the medium in a transport direction, and a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject liquid onto the medium supported by the support face, wherein the transporting belt is formed without a coupling portion at which end portions of the transporting belt are coupled to each other along a width direction that intersects with a circumferential direction of the transporting belt.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a transporting belt having an endless shape stretched over a plurality of rollers and configured to rotate while supporting a medium, to transport the medium in a transport direction, a liquid discharging unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium, and a flat plate portion for supporting the transporting belt from a side of a contact face with the roller. the flat plate portion includes an edge extending from one end of the transporting belt to the other end of the transporting belt along an extending direction intersecting the transport direction, the edge being formed by a transporting belt support face for supporting the transporting belt and a face facing upstream in a rotation direction of the transporting belt when transporting the medium in the transport direction. the edge is disposed to abut against the transporting belt along the extending direction.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a transporting belt having an endless shape stretched over a plurality of rollers and configured to rotate while supporting a medium by a support face being a face on an opposite side from a contact face with the roller, to transport the medium in a transport direction, a liquid discharging unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium supported by the support face, and a drying section configured to dry, from a side of the contact face, the liquid adhering to the contact face.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting device that includes an endless transporting belt that is stretched over a plurality of rollers and transports a medium in a transport direction by rotating while supporting the medium at a support surface that is a surface on an opposite side from a contact surface with the rollers, and a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid onto the medium supported by the support surface. At the contact surface, recesses and protrusions are regularly formed in the circumferential direction of the transporting belt.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first substrate provided with a first connector, a second substrate provided with a second connector, and an optical cable that couples the first connector with the second connector and transmits an optical signal. The optical cable is arranged movable in a curved shape in a storage space between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A fuel tank valve having: a housing that is arranged in a fuel tank and has a communication port communicating with an outside of the fuel tank; and a float valve body that is installed in the housing and closes the communication port when fuel in the housing increases, where a wall part of the housing has an opening part through which the fuel flows in and out, and a projecting part that is formed to correspond to the opening part and projects outwardly from the wall part, and the projecting part is separated above from the opening part by a predetermined distance, is provided.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a discharge head configured to discharge a liquid toward a medium, a head control board configured to control the discharge head, a circuit case having a box-like shape configured to house the head control board, and a carriage configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction while supporting the discharge head and the circuit case. The circuit case includes an air intake port in one surface of the circuit case, with the one surface intersecting with the scanning direction, and an exhaust port in another surface of the circuit case, with the other surface intersecting with the scanning direction. At the exhaust port, an exhaust fan configured to exhaust, to outside of the circuit case, heat that is inside the circuit case is installed, the heat being generated by the head control board.

Abstract: Provided is a carriage including a head including a nozzle surface, the nozzle surface including nozzles configured to eject ink droplets, and a plasma actuator configured to apply an air current flowing along the nozzle surface.

Abstract: A method of producing a sealing member for a fuel cell includes: setting a base material made of a modified polypropylene in a mold; bringing a hydrosilicone crosslinked ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene copolymer into contact with the base material and performing molding in the mold; and vulcanizing the hydrosilicone crosslinked ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene copolymer and at the same time, bonding the hydrosilicone crosslinked ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene copolymer and the base material by vulcanization, in the mold with a molding temperature set to a temperature that is higher than a vulcanization start temperature of the hydrosilicone crosslinked ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene copolymer and lower than a melting point of the modified polypropylene.

Abstract: Provided is a carriage including a head including a nozzle surface, the nozzle surface including nozzles configured to eject ink droplets, and a plasma actuator configured to apply an air current flowing along the nozzle surface.

Abstract: A piston section includes a valve seat that forms a first compression-side oil path through which oil flows in accordance with relative movement of a piston rod against a first cylinder, a first compression-side valve section that performs opening-closing of the first compression-side oil path of the valve seat, an inner annular section annularly formed as projecting in the axial direction of the valve seat from the valve seat toward the first compression-side valve, and an extending section that extends in the radial direction of the valve seat from an outer side of the inner annular section to a position at the inner side from a second oil path opening of the first compression-side oil path and projects in the axial direction from the valve seat toward the first compression-side valve section.

Abstract: A lower spring seat 31 is mounted on a cylinder including a damper device to support a wheel-side end portion of a coil spring 30 disposed between a vehicle body and a wheel. The lower spring seat 31 includes: a mounting portion on which the wheel-side end portion of the coil spring 30 rests; and an enlarged diameter portion disposed on a side of the mounting portion opposite to the cylinder 10 and disposed between the coil spring 30 and the wheel. The mounting portion and the enlarged diameter portion are each made of a resin material.

Abstract: The connector comprises a housing having a connection hole where a pipe with a flange is inserted, a retainer having a latching portion that retains the pipe by being arranged at a location facing the connection hole and engaged with the flange, and a checker that is supported by the housing at the retaining position and is movable from the retaining position to the connection confirmation position when the pipe is inserted into the connection hole up to the normal connection position. The checker is configured to release the engagement between the latching portion and the flange, when at the connection confirmation position, by having the retainer that is engaged with the flange of the pipe at the normal connection position pushed to expand the distance of the retainer so that the pipe can be pulled out from the connection hole.

Abstract: A fuel cutoff valve includes: a casing main body having a valve chamber and a connecting hole to connect the valve chamber to the exterior of the fuel tank; a cover which has a pipe passageway which communicates with the exterior and which is connected to the connecting hole; a bottom member which has an induction chamber which has an opening portion through which liquid fuel and fuel vapor are allowed to flow and a distribution hole which communicates with the valve chamber; and a float configured to ascend and descend according to a fuel level in the fuel tank to close and open the connecting hole, wherein the bottom member has a guiding plate in the induction chamber, the guiding plate being formed into a shape of a recess portion which is oriented towards the opening portion in an axial section.

Abstract: A piston section includes a valve seat that forms a first compression-side oil path through which oil flows in accordance with relative movement of a piston rod against a first cylinder, a first compression-side valve section that performs opening-closing of the first compression-side oil path of the valve seat, an inner annular section annularly formed as projecting in the axial direction of the valve seat from the valve seat toward the first compression-side valve, and an extending section that extends in the radial direction of the valve seat from an outer side of the inner annular section to a position at the inner side from a second oil path opening of the first compression-side oil path and projects in the axial direction from the valve seat toward the first compression-side valve section.

Abstract: A lower spring seat 31 is mounted on a cylinder including a damper device to support a wheel-side end portion of a coil spring 30 disposed between a vehicle body and a wheel. The lower spring seat 31 includes: a mounting portion on which the wheel-side end portion of the coil spring 30 rests; and an enlarged diameter portion disposed on a side of the mounting portion opposite to the cylinder 10 and disposed between the coil spring 30 and the wheel. The mounting portion and the enlarged diameter portion are each made of a resin material.

Abstract: A fuel cutoff valve comprises a casing having a primary valve chamber and a secondary valve chamber, a primary valve mechanism housed in the primary valve chamber, and a secondary valve mechanism housed in the secondary valve chamber. The casing has a first communication path that connects the inside of the fuel tank and the primary valve chamber, and a second communication path that connects the primary valve chamber and the secondary valve chamber, due to the differential pressure between the tank internal pressure and the primary valve chamber, by the fuel in the fuel tank flowing into the primary valve chamber through the first communication path, a connection conduit is closed by the primary valve mechanism. When the fuel level inside the fuel tank reaches a second fuel level, the second communication path is closed by the rising of the secondary valve mechanism.

Abstract: A fuel cutoff valve includes: a casing main body having a valve chamber and a connecting hole to connect the valve chamber to the exterior of the fuel tank; a cover which has a pipe passageway which communicates with the exterior and which is connected to the connecting hole; a bottom member which has an induction chamber which has an opening portion through which liquid fuel and fuel vapor are allowed to flow and a distribution hole which communicates with the valve chamber; and a float configured to ascend and descend according to a fuel level in the fuel tank to close and open the connecting hole, wherein the bottom member has a guiding plate in the induction chamber, the guiding plate being formed into a shape of a recess portion which is oriented towards the opening portion in an axial section.