Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression member configured to compress fluid, an electric motor configured to drive the compression member, an inverter configured to drive the electric motor, a housing accommodating the compression member, the electric motor, and the inverter, and a soundproof cover covering the housing. The housing includes a plurality of housing elements. The soundproof cover has a facing portion facing the housing. The facing portion has a groove that surrounds a boundary between two of the housing elements that are adjacent to each other and is distant from the boundary.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aroma-producing body to be heated and an aromatic cartridge equipped therewith, as well as a manufacturing method and a manufacturing device for the heated aromatic producing body. The aroma-producing body to be heated includes an aroma-producing substrate to be heated and a packaging material winding up the aroma-producing substrate to be heated. The aroma-producing body to be heated has a gas flow path of voids formed by the aggregation of heated aromatic producing substrates into primary aggregates, and a gas flow path of voids formed by the aggregation of the aroma-producing substrate to be heated and the primary aggregate thereof into a secondary aggregate, and a gas flow path of voids formed by the heated aromatic producing substrate and its primary aggregate in contact with the packaging material. These gas paths have a deformed gas flow path that penetrates the aroma-producing body to be heated.

Abstract: A vehicle electric fluid machine includes: a housing provided with a mounting leg having an insertion hole; a fastener having a shaft portion inserted into the insertion hole and a head portion at one end of the shaft portion, the fastener fastening the other end of the shaft portion to a mounting object; a sleeve disposed between the mounting leg and the shaft portion, elastic vibration dampers disposed on opposite sides of the mounting leg in its axial direction, each of the elastic vibration dampers having a cylindrical portion disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the mounting leg and an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve, and a collar extending from one of opposite ends of the cylindrical portion in a radial outward direction of the cylindrical portion; and an annular plate through which the fastening force is applied to the mounting leg through the collar.

Abstract: A motor-driven compressor, a housing structure for a motor-driven compressor, and a method of installing a soundproof cover on a motor-driven compressor are provided. A soundproof cover includes layers that include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is placed over a housing, and the second layer is placed over the first layer. Each of the layers includes a first segment and a second segment. A second selection layer is located inward of a first selection layer. A boundary in the second selection layer is located above the boundary of the first selection layer.

Abstract: A vehicle electric fluid machine includes: a housing provided with a mounting leg; a fastener having a shaft portion and a head portion at one end of the shaft portion, the fastener fastening the other end of the shaft portion to a mounting object; a sleeve disposed between the mounting leg and the shaft portion; elastic vibration dampers each having a cylindrical portion and a collar extending from one of opposite ends of the cylindrical portion in its radial outward direction; and an annular plate through which a fastening force is applied to the mounting leg. The annular plate has an elongated protrusion protruding toward the mounting leg, the elongated protrusion spaced from the collar with a predetermined clearance formed radially outside the collar. A deformation limit of the collar is defined by the elongated protrusion being in contact with the collar.

Abstract: A support member capable of stably supporting an aerosol-forming base material at the time of inserting a heating element while securing a flow passage through which an aerosol is transferred in an electronic cigarette cartridge is provided. A support member for an electronic cigarette cartridge using a tobacco plant or a non-tobacco plant is provided. The support member has a central portion located along the longitudinal center axis of the electronic cigarette cartridge, and a plurality of side portions which extends outward from the central portion and is in contact with a packaging member located at the periphery of the electronic cigarette cartridge. The support member is disposed adjacent to an aerosol-forming base material located in one end portion of the electronic cigarette cartridge, or is disposed with other members sandwiched between the aerosol-forming base material and the support member and supports the aerosol-forming base material.

Abstract: A vehicle electric fluid machine includes: a housing provided with a mounting leg having an insertion hole; a fastener having a shaft portion inserted into the insertion hole and a head portion at one end of the shaft portion, the fastener fastening the other end of the shaft portion to a mounting object; a sleeve disposed between the mounting leg and the shaft portion, elastic vibration dampers disposed on opposite sides of the mounting leg in its axial direction, each of the elastic vibration dampers having a cylindrical portion disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the mounting leg and an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve, and a collar extending from one of opposite ends of the cylindrical portion in a radial outward direction of the cylindrical portion; and an annular plate through which the fastening force is applied to the mounting leg through the collar.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette cartridge suitable for electronic cigarettes includes an aerosol-forming substrate having a filler enclosed by a wrapping member on one end and a mouthpiece on the other end. The filler is a sheet-like member having an aerosol former. The sheet-like member is filled so as to form an air passage in the longitudinal direction of the electronic cigarette cartridge. The sheet-like member has cuts along the longitudinal direction of the electronic cigarette cartridge.

Abstract: A control method for an engine includes determining whether a predetermined fuel supply stop condition has been fulfilled, executing stop time vibration suppression control of, after stop of fuel supply in response to fulfillment of the predetermined fuel supply stop condition, temporarily performing fuel supply to the engine to suppress vehicle vibration, and stopping fuel supply to all cylinders after the execution of the stop time vibration suppression control. The stop time vibration suppression control includes determining whether a first predetermined number of cylinders have undergone a combustion stroke after the stop of the fuel supply, the first predetermined number being according to a engine revolution speed or a reduction ratio from the engine to drive wheels, and in a case where the first predetermined number of cylinders have undergone the combustion stroke, performing fuel supply to a second predetermined number of cylinders.

Abstract: A control method for an engine includes determining whether a predetermined fuel supply stop condition has been fulfilled, executing stop time vibration suppression control of, after stop of fuel supply in response to fulfillment of the predetermined fuel supply stop condition, temporarily performing fuel supply to the engine to suppress vehicle vibration, and stopping fuel supply to all cylinders after the execution of the stop time vibration suppression control. The stop time vibration suppression control includes determining whether a first predetermined number of cylinders have undergone a combustion stroke after the stop of the fuel supply, the first predetermined number being according to an engine revolution speed or a reduction ratio from the engine to drive wheels, and in a case where the first predetermined number of cylinders have undergone the combustion stroke, performing fuel supply to a second predetermined number of cylinders.

Abstract: A coil component 1 such as a solenoid valve is provided with a wiring part 20 formed by winding a conducting wire 4 therearound, and terminal electrodes 3A, 3B having connection terminals 16A, 16B electrically connected to the conducting wire 4. A locking piece 15A is provided on the terminal electrode 3A on a side of a wiring part for the connection terminal 16A, a starting end part of the conducting wire 4 is locked to the locking piece 15A, and the conducting wire 4 is led up in a direction reverse to a direction in which the wiring part 20 is arranged at a predetermined position, is passed into the connection terminal 16A so as to be electrically connected to the connection terminal 16A, and further led up in the direction reverse to the direction in which the wiring part 20 is arranged at a predetermined position.

Abstract: A focus control device includes a first focus-lens group, a second focus-lens group, a wobbling control unit that generates a first wobbling control signal used to control a wobbling motion of the first focus-lens group and generates a second wobbling control signal used to control a wobbling motion of the second focus-lens group, and a phase control unit that controls the phase of the first and second wobbling control signals, wherein the phase control unit corrects the phase of the first wobbling control signal to cause the first focus-lens group to make a first target wobbling motion and corrects the phase of the second wobbling control signal to cause the second focus-lens group to make a second target wobbling motion.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a conductive roller that has at least an elastic layer above an outer periphery of a shaft member having conductivity is provided, the rubber composition including: a binary epichlorohydrin rubber; and a vulcanizing agent that contains at least sulfur, wherein the rubber composition does not contain a quinoxaline vulcanizing agent and a triazine vulcanizing agent.

Abstract: A lens for sunglasses is provided which is capable of blocking light incident also from the side, of sufficiently fitting the face of a wearer, and of being attached to any eyeglass frame. The polarizing lens for sunglasses is formed by subjecting a laminated plate having a laterally elongated shape to a bending process and has a curved lens surface which is convex in the front face and concave in the rear face. The curved lens surface is formed into an aspherical curved surface in which the degree of curvature along a lateral axis in the outer side with respect to the center of the lens surface is larger than those along the lateral axis in the inner side and along a vertical axis and continuously varies so as to gradually increase from the center of the lens surface toward the periphery thereof.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor is disclosed which has a valve construction using plural discharge ports, plural reed valves and plural valve backers to lower the discharge resistance and improve the compression efficiency.

Abstract: A lens for sunglasses is provided which is capable of blocking light incident also from the side, of sufficiently fitting the face of a wearer, and of being attached to any eyeglass frame. The polarizing lens for sunglasses is formed by subjecting a laminated plate having a laterally elongated shape to a bending process and has a curved lens surface which is convex in the front face and concave in the rear face. The curved lens surface is formed into an aspherical curved surface in which the degree of curvature along a lateral axis in the outer side with respect to the center of the lens surface is larger than those along the lateral axis in the inner side and along a vertical axis and continuously varies so as to gradually increase from the center of the lens surface toward the periphery thereof.

Abstract: An electro-conductive roll is provided that makes contact with a body to be charged in a state in which a voltage is applied thereto, and charges the body to be charged, a surface of the electro-conductive roll satisfying the following conditions (a) and (b): (a) the surface of the electro-conductive roll has a 10-point average roughness of 5 ?m or less; and (b) the surface of the electro-conductive roll has a dynamic ultra-microhardness in the range of 0.04 to 0.5.

Abstract: An electro-conductive roll is provided that makes contact with a body to be charged in a state in which a voltage is applied thereto, and charges the body to be charged, a surface of the electro-conductive roll satisfying the following conditions (a) and (b):

Abstract: It is possible to produce high purity Si by heating solid SiO at a temperature of at least 1000° C. and lower than 1730° C., for a disproportionation reaction in which the SiO solid is decomposed to liquid or solid Si and solid SiO2, and the produced Si is separated from the SiO2 and/or SiO. The SiO solid can be obtained by a process whereby a starting mixture of carbon C, silicon Si or ferrosilicon, or a combination thereof, with SiO2 is heated to generate SiO gas-containing gas, and the SiO-containing gas is cooled to produce SiO solid.

Abstract: A thin-film multilayer wiring board with first and second metallic wiring layers formed on a substrate and an organic insulating layer interposed between the metallic wiring layers. The insulating layer has the first metallic wiring layer and via holes in a thickness of the insulating layer. The lands of the first and second metallic wiring layers are electrically connected by via studs which are made of a conductive metal filled in the via holes.