Abstract: An ultrafine bubble (UFB)-containing liquid manufacturing apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit having a thermal energy generating element, a flow path for leading liquid to the thermal energy generating element, a driving unit configured to drive the thermal energy generating element, and an ejection opening. The UFB-containing liquid manufacturing apparatus also includes a collecting unit configured to collect liquid ejected from the ejection opening. The driving unit drives the thermal energy generating element to cause film boiling in liquid led to the flow path and causes liquid containing ultrafine bubbles generated by the film boiling to be ejected from the ejection opening.

Abstract: A method for producing a solid-state secondary battery sheet, which includes: (1) preparing a composition for producing a secondary battery sheet by using a binder that is a powder which comprises a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a conductive aid homogeneously mixed and which is free of an active material, and (2) preparing the composition into a sheet by applying shear stress to the composition in solvent content of 10% mass or less relative to the composition. Also disclosed is a binder for a solid-state secondary battery, that is a powder which is composed of a composition essentially including a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a conductive aid in a weight ratio proportion of 90:10 to 65:35 and which is free of an electrode active material. Also disclosed is a binder for a solid-state secondary battery electrode including a mixed powder of a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and ketjen black and/or a carbon nanotube.

Abstract: A method for producing a secondary battery electrode using a non-aqueous electrolyte, which includes: (1) preparing a composition for producing an electrode substantially free of a liquid medium by using a binder that is a powder which is composed of a composition essentially including a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a conductive aid and which is free of an active material, and (2) preparing the composition into a sheet by applying shear stress to the composition in solvent content of 10% mass or less relative to the composition. Also disclosed is a binder for a secondary battery electrode using a non-aqueous electrolyte, that is a powder which is composed of a composition essentially including a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a conductive aid in a proportion of 90:10 to 65:35 in terms of weight ratio and which is free of an electrode active material.

Abstract: A binder containing a mixed powder including a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a single-walled carbon nanotube. A weight ratio of the polytetrafluoroethylene resin to the single-walled carbon nanotube is 99.9:0.1 to 80:20. Also disclosed is a composition for producing an electrode in a form of a powder including the binder and an electrode active material substantially free of a liquid medium; an electrode mixture including the composition for producing an electrode; an electrode using the electrode mixture; a secondary battery having the electrode; a method for producing the binder; and a method for producing the electrode.

Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery mixture, a secondary battery electrode mixture sheet containing the all-solid-state secondary battery mixture, and a secondary battery including the all-solid-state secondary battery sheet. Also provided is a method for producing an all-solid-state secondary battery sheet containing a polytetrafluoroethylene resin having a fine fiber structure. The all-solid-state secondary battery mixture includes a solid-state electrolyte and a binder. The binder is a polytetrafluoroethylene resin, and the polytetrafluoroethylene resin has a fibrous structure with a fibril diameter (median value) of 70 nm or less. In addition, the all-solid-state secondary battery mixture sheet contains the all-solid-state secondary battery mixture.

Abstract: A secondary battery electrode mixture, a secondary battery electrode mixture sheet containing the electrode mixture, and a secondary battery including the secondary battery electrode mixture sheet. Also provided is a method for producing an electrode mixture sheet containing a polytetrafluoroethylene resin having a fine fiber structure. The secondary battery electrode mixture includes an electrode active material and a binder. The binder is a polytetrafluoroethylene resin, and the polytetrafluoroethylene resin has a fibrous structure with a fibril diameter (median value) of 70 nm or less. In addition, the secondary battery electrode mixture sheet contains the electrode mixture.

Abstract: A suspension apparatus configured to support a wheel of a vehicle includes an in-wheel motor. The suspension apparatus includes a suspension member extending substantially in a front and rear direction of the vehicle and coupled to a carrier at a plurality of coupling portions spaced apart from each other in an up and down direction. The carrier holds the in-wheel motor. A reference point of an upper one of the plurality of coupling portions is located on an inner side of a reference point of a lower one of the plurality of coupling portions in a widthwise direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention provides a layered product in which a glass cloth and a fluororesin-containing sheet are firmly bonded to each other even without providing a layer of polytetrafluoroethylene fine particles and without recrystallizing the fluororesin. The layered product includes, in a layered structure, a fluororesin-containing sheet, a hot-melt resin layer, and a glass cloth. The glass cloth is a fabric including a bulked glass yarn.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display having transparency; a first detector which, in operation, detects a position indicated by an indicator on the display; a second detector which, in operation, detects position information and an orientation of the display; and a controller which, in operation, displays a virtual image corresponding to the position information and the orientation detected by the second detector on the display and changes a display mode of the virtual image according to the position indicated by the indicator and detected by the first detector.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder capable of providing a stretched body having high strength, a small pore size, and excellent homogeneity. The modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder of the present invention has non-melt-processability, has a standard specific gravity of 2.155 or lower, includes 0.015 mol % or more of a polymer unit derived from perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether) in all the monomer units, is obtained by emulsion polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene and at least the perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether) in the presence of a fluorosurfactant having a LogPOW value of 3.4 or lower, and has an extrusion pressure of 20.0 MPa or lower.

Abstract: A method of using an active stylus and a sensor controller is provided including generally four steps. The active stylus, in response to a trigger indicative of a pen lowering operation, sends replaceable pen tip information indicating a type of a replaceable pen tip that forms a pen tip of the active stylus. The sensor controller receives the replaceable pen tip information and identifies the replaceable pen tip type of the active stylus. The active stylus repeatedly sends a data signal including a pen pressure value applied to the replaceable pen tip. The sensor controller derives a position of the active stylus based on the data signal using a position deriving method that corresponds to the replaceable pen tip information.

Abstract: A method of using an active stylus and a sensor controller is provided including generally four steps. The active stylus, in response to a trigger indicative of a pen lowering operation, sends replaceable pen tip information indicating a type of a replaceable pen tip that forms a pen tip of the active stylus. The sensor controller receives the replaceable pen tip information and identifies the replaceable pen tip type of the active stylus. The active stylus repeatedly sends a data signal including a pen pressure value applied to the replaceable pen tip. The sensor controller derives a position of the active stylus based on the data signal using a position deriving method that corresponds to the replaceable pen tip information.

Abstract: A strut-type suspension apparatus, including: a steering knuckle rotatably holding a wheel; a shock absorber configured to damp a relative movement of the wheel and a vehicle body in an up-down direction; and an in-wheel motor unit including a motor, a speed reducer configured to transmit rotation of the motor while reducing a speed of the rotation, and a housing in which the motor and the speed reducer are housed, wherein the in-wheel motor unit is fixed to the steering knuckle while the shock absorber is fixed to the in-wheel motor unit, so that the shock absorber is connected to the steering knuckle via the in-wheel motor unit, wherein the housing includes a first bracket in which a through-hole is formed and a second bracket disposed under the first bracket, and wherein the shock absorber passes through the through-hole of the first bracket and is fastened to the second bracket.

Abstract: A method of using an active stylus and a sensor controller is provided including generally four steps. The active stylus, in response to a trigger indicative of a pen lowering operation, sends refill body information indicating a type of a refill body that forms a pen tip of the active stylus. The sensor controller receives the refill body information and identifies the refill body type of the active stylus. The active stylus repeatedly sends a data signal including a pen pressure value applied to the refill body. The sensor controller derives a position of the active stylus based on the data signal using a position deriving method that corresponds to the refill body information.

Abstract: The invention provides a layered product in which a glass cloth and a fluororesin-containing sheet are firmly bonded to each other even without providing a layer of polytetrafluoroethylene fine particles and without recrystallizing the fluororesin. The layered product includes, in a layered structure, a fluororesin-containing sheet, a hot-melt resin layer, and a glass cloth. The glass cloth is a fabric including a bulked glass yarn.

Abstract: An electronic pen includes a first casing that includes a side switch operating element that is operable by a user; an electronic pen main body that performs an electronic pen function, the electronic pen main body being housed within the first casing; and a second casing that encloses the electronic pen main body, the second casing including a contact or an operation receiving portion of a switch that is exposed on the second casing and that is operable by the side switch operating element of the first casing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a porous body having high strength, a small pore size, and excellent homogeneity. The porous body of the present invention includes polytetrafluoroethylene and has a microstructure that includes nodes and fibrils. The microstructure further includes, in addition to the nodes and the fibrils, fused points where a fibril that links two nodes and another fibril that links another two nodes are fused with each other.

Abstract: A wheel driving unit including a casing in which an electric motor and a speed reducer are incorporated, the wheel driving unit being disposed in a rim of a wheel so as to rotate the wheel, wherein a portion of the wheel driving unit located below the electric motor and the speed reducer is a lubricant reservoir for storing lubricant in the casing, and wherein a protrusion is provided at a lower portion of the lubricant reservoir so as to protrude in a direction toward an inner circumferential surface of the rim.

Abstract: A suspension apparatus configured to support a wheel of a vehicle includes an in-wheel motor. The suspension apparatus includes a suspension member extending substantially in a front and rear direction of the vehicle and coupled to a carrier at a plurality of coupling portions spaced apart from each other in an up and down direction. The carrier holds the in-wheel motor. A reference point of an upper one of the plurality of coupling portions is located on an inner side of a reference point of a lower one of the plurality of coupling portions in a widthwise direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A wheel driving unit including a casing in which an electric motor and a speed reducer are incorporated, the wheel driving unit being disposed in a rim of a wheel so as to rotate the wheel, wherein a portion of the wheel driving unit located below the electric motor and the speed reducer is a lubricant reservoir for storing lubricant in the casing, and wherein a protrusion is provided at a lower portion of the lubricant reservoir so as to protrude in a direction toward an inner circumferential surface of the rim.