Abstract: High pressure fuel pump includes a cylinder which is fitted in a concave portion formed in a pump housing and which defines a compression chamber of the pump and a plunger which pressurizes, by sliding against the cylinder, the fluid in the compression chamber. It is structured such that the fluid sucked into the compression chamber by reciprocating motion of the plunger is pressurized and is then discharged from the compression chamber. The cylinder is formed of a cylindrical member which has a ceiling portion and in which the compression chamber is partitionedly formed. A fuel suction path formed in the pump housing reaches the compression chamber through the cylinder and a fuel discharge path formed in the pump housing is connected to the compression chamber through the cylinder. The cylinder is pressed against the pump body by a fuel pressurizing force applied to the cylinder.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump in which a relief valve mechanism is not detached by a force generated by a differential pressure between an inlet side and an output side of a relief valve mechanism is obtained. According to the present invention, in order to obtain the high-pressure fuel supply pump, the relief valve mechanism of the high-pressure fuel supply pump is oriented from a downstream side of a discharge valve to an upstream side of the discharge valve, and the output side of the relief valve mechanism is inserted from the upstream side of the discharge valve into the pump housing, and the relief valve mechanism is fixed with press fitting. Therefore, a force exerted by the differential pressure between the inlet side pressure and the output side pressure of the relief valve mechanism is exerted in a direction in which the relief valve mechanism is inserted, so that the relief valve mechanism can be prevented from being detached.

Abstract: A pump for supplying high-pressure includes a plunger, a cylinder, a body, and a holder. The uppermost end surface of the cylinder is an end of the cylinder that is closest to the pressurizing chamber. A first gap formed between the outer periphery of the cylinder and the body in the radial direction is smaller than a second gap formed in the radial direction between the inner diameter of the pressurizing chamber and the outer diameter of the plunger. A radial gap is formed in an entire area of the cylinder in an axial direction thereof.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicably connected with at least one device, including circuitry to: calculate a predetermined-amount reaching time at which a usage amount of a function of the at least one device reaches a predetermined usage amount; obtain a communication time taken for communication with the at least one device; obtain a suspension time taken for the at least one device to suspend the function; calculate a notification expiration time that is a time obtained by subtracting the communication time and the suspension time from the predetermined-amount reaching time; and request the at least one device to suspend the function when the notification expiration time is reached.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump includes a pressurizing chamber, a piston plunger, and an electromagnetically-driven intake valve mechanism. The piston plunger reciprocates within the pressurizing chamber. The electromagnetically-driven intake valve mechanism is provided at an inlet of the pressurizing chamber. The electromagnetically-driven intake valve mechanism includes an anchor which pulls a plunger rod, a fixed core which attracts the anchor, and a yoke in which inner peripheral part has the fixed core and the anchor. The fixed core is fixed to a bottom part of the yoke. A through hole is formed at a bottom part of the fixed core.

Abstract: A high pressure fuel pump includes a pump housing, pressure and damper chambers, a metal diaphragm, a press-fitted portion, and a weld portion. The pressure chamber is provided in the pump housing. The damper chamber is formed by the pump housing and a damper cover. The metal diaphragm damper is arranged in the damper chamber. At the press-fitted portion, an annular surface of the damper cover is press fitted to an annular surface of the pump housing. The weld portion fixes the damper cover to the pump housing at an entire circumference of the press-fitted portion.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump including an electromagnetically driven intake valve is configured such that a pressure equalizing hole is provided in the valve stopper positioned between the valve and a pressurizing chamber. The pressure equalization hole connects a spring storage space, provided between a valve and a valve stopper, with a surrounding fluid passage. The high-pressure fuel supply pump is further configured such that an opening of the pressure equalizing hole at the spring storage chamber side is open at a position at the inner side of a diameter of the spring. Since the pressure in the pressurizing chamber can be introduced into the inner side of the spring without traversing the spring, the unstable behavior of the spring or the valve due to the introduced pressure eliminated. Since the force applied to the valve when the valve closes is stabilized, the closing timing of the valve is stable.

Abstract: A mechanism for reducing pressure pulsation includes a pair of metal dampers formed by joining two disk-shaped metal diaphragms over an entire circumference and forming a hermetically sealed space inside a joined portion. Gas is sealed in the aforementioned hermetically sealed space of the damper, and a pair of pressing members give pressing forces to both outer surfaces of the aforementioned metal dampers at a position at an inner diameter side from the joined portion. The mechanism is unitized, with the pair of pressing members being connected in a state in which they sandwich the metal damper.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump including an electromagnetically driven intake valve is configured such that a pressure equalizing hole is provided in the valve stopper positioned between the valve and a pressurizing chamber. The pressure equalization hole connects a spring storage space, provided between a valve and a valve stopper, with a surrounding fluid passage. The high-pressure fuel supply pump is further configured such that an opening of the pressure equalizing hole at the spring storage chamber side is open at a position at the inner side of a diameter of the spring. Since the pressure in the pressurizing chamber can be introduced into the inner side of the spring without traversing the spring, the unstable behavior of the spring or the valve due to the introduced pressure eliminated. Since the force applied to the valve when the valve closes is stabilized, the closing timing of the valve is stable.

Abstract: A device includes a first requester, an acquirer, a transmitter, a storage controller, a second requester, and an executor. The first requester is configured to issue a request for launching a program to a server. The acquirer is configured to acquire identifying information from the server in response to the launching request and identifies the program. The transmitter is configured to transmit device information that identifies the device to the server in response to a transmission request transmitted from the server. The storage controller is configured to store, in association with the identifying information, request information which allows accessing the server and the device information in a storage unit. The second requester is configured to transmit the request information to the server. The executor is configured to execute the program which is launched in the server and associated with the request information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicably connected with at least one device, including circuitry to: calculate a predetermined-amount reaching time at which a usage amount of a function of the at least one device reaches a predetermined usage amount; obtain a communication time taken for communication with the at least one device; obtain a suspension time taken for the at least one device to suspend the function; calculate a notification expiration time that is a time obtained by subtracting the communication time and the suspension time from the predetermined-amount reaching time; and request the at least one device to suspend the function when the notification expiration time is reached.

Abstract: A fuel pump includes an intake valve unit which is provided between a low-pressure chamber and a pressurizing chamber. The intake valve unit includes an intake valve configured to move in an axial direction of the intake valve unit and a valve stopper arranged between the intake valve and the pressurizing chamber. A plurality of fuel passages configured to allow fuel to communicate between the low-pressure chamber and the pressurizing chamber are formed on a radially outward of an outer peripheral surface of the valve stopper.

Abstract: Responsiveness is improved in valve opening and valve closing of an electromagnetically driven intake valve unit in which a valve is provided on a pressurizing chamber side of a valve seat. The valve includes an annular abutting surface that abuts the valve seat to shut off a fuel intake passage and a bottomed cylindrical part provided at an inner peripheral part of the annular abutting surface. The bottomed cylindrical part is inserted into a fuel introduction hole formed in the valve housing inside the valve seat, and the outer surface of an end part of the bottomed cylindrical part is exposed to fuel in a low pressure fuel chamber provided upstream of the fuel introduction hole.

Abstract: A mechanism for reducing pressure pulsation includes a pair of metal dampers formed by joining two disk-shaped metal diaphragms over an entire circumference and forming a hermetically sealed space inside a joined portion. Gas is sealed in the aforementioned hermetically sealed space of the damper, and a pair of pressing members give pressing forces to both outer surfaces of the aforementioned metal dampers at a position at an inner diameter side from the joined portion. The mechanism is unitized, with the pair of pressing members being connected in a state in which they sandwich the metal damper.

Abstract: A device includes a first requester, an acquirer, a transmitter, a storage controller, a second requester, and an executor. The first requester is configured to issue a request for launching a program to a server. The acquirer is configured to acquire identifying information from the server in response to the launching request and identifies the program. The transmitter is configured to transmit device information that identifies the device to the server in response to a transmission request transmitted from the server. The storage controller is configured to store, in association with the identifying information, request information which allows accessing the server and the device information in a storage unit. The second requester is configured to transmit the request information to the server. The executor is configured to execute the program which is launched in the server and associated with the request information.

Abstract: A mechanism for reducing pressure pulsation includes a pair of metal dampers formed by joining two disk-shaped metal diaphragms over an entire circumference and forming a hermetically sealed space inside a joined portion. Gas is sealed in the aforementioned hermetically sealed space of the damper, and a pair of pressing members give pressing forces to both outer surfaces of the aforementioned metal dampers at a position at an inner diameter side from the joined portion. The mechanism is unitized, with the pair of pressing members being connected in a state in which they sandwich the metal damper.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of receiving, from a first external device that stores first information, the first information being information for an operation in the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes: an external-device access controller configured to detect an access from the first external device and receive the first information; and a screen display configured to display an operating screen for accepting an action performed on the image forming apparatus based on the received first information.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump in which a relief valve mechanism is not detached by a force generated by a differential pressure between an inlet side and an output side of a relief valve mechanism is obtained. According to the present invention, in order to obtain the high-pressure fuel supply pump, the relief valve mechanism of the high-pressure fuel supply pump is oriented from a downstream side of a discharge valve to an upstream side of the discharge valve, and the output side of the relief valve mechanism is inserted from the upstream side of the discharge valve into the pump housing, and the relief valve mechanism is fixed with press fitting. Therefore, a force exerted by the differential pressure between the inlet side pressure and the output side pressure of the relief valve mechanism is exerted in a direction in which the relief valve mechanism is inserted, so that the relief valve mechanism can be prevented from being detached.

Abstract: Provided is a novel plant growth regulator. The disclosed plant growth regulator comprises flubendiamide as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump housing formed with a recess, a cylinder combined with the pump housing to define the recess as a pressurizing chamber, a holder securing the cylinder to the pump housing, and a plunger sliding against the cylinder to pressurize fluid in the pressurizing chamber. The holder includes an outer cylindrical surface portion fitted to an attachment fitting hole of an engine block of an internal combustion engine, and a cylindrical fitting portion fitted to an outer circumference of the cylinder. The outer cylindrical surface portion and the cylindrical fitting portion are formed in a single piece resulting from machining one and the same member.