Abstract: A load applicator includes an elastic mechanism including elastic bodies, a first member configured to move in accordance with contraction of power storage cells, a second member provided opposite to the first member across the elastic mechanism, a switching device, and a restriction member. The elastic mechanism has a first form wherein a first restraint load is applied to a power storage module when the power storage module expands by a first dimension, and a second form wherein a second restraint load larger than the first restraint load is applied to the power storage module when the power storage module expands by the first dimension. The switching device performs an operation switching from the first form to the second form in a case where a restraint load smaller than the first restraint load is applied to the power storage module when the power storage module expands by the first dimension.

Abstract: A wearable device to accurately detect biometric information of the user. The wearable device includes a ring body; a light emitting element which is disposed in the ring body, and is configured to emit light toward a center side of a ring; and a first optical element which is disposed in the ring body to be closer to the center side of the ring than the light emitting element, and is configured to change a direction of travel of the light to a direction narrowing a directional angle of the light. The ring body includes a protrusion on an inner peripheral surface of the ring body where the first optical element is disposed, and the protrusion is formed to protrude closer to the center side of the ring than another part of the inner peripheral surface where the first optical element is not disposed.

Abstract: A multi-core fiber for accommodating multiple single mode cores in one optical fiber is provided with multiple types of non-identical cores having different propagation constants. Each of the multiple types of non-identical cores includes a core part and a cladding part covering an outer periphery of the core part. The cladding part has a double cladding structure including a first cladding for surrounding an outer periphery of the core part and a second cladding on the outer side of the first cladding. In the multiple types of non-identical cores, an optical electromagnetic profile in the core part and the first cladding is confined within a range of the core part and the first cladding, restricting a leakage thereof to the second cladding, and the propagation constant of each non-identical core is made different using the refractive index of the first cladding as a parameter.

Abstract: A multi-core fiber for accommodating multiple single mode cores in one optical fiber is provided with multiple types of non-identical cores having different propagation constants. Each of the multiple types of non-identical cores includes a core part and a cladding part covering an outer periphery of the core part. The cladding part has a double cladding structure including a first cladding for surrounding an outer periphery of the core part and a second cladding on the outer side of the first cladding. In the multiple types of non-identical cores, an optical electromagnetic profile in the core part and the first cladding is confined within a range of the core part and the first cladding, restricting a leakage thereof to the second cladding, and the propagation constant of each non-identical core is made different using the refractive index of the first cladding as a parameter.

Abstract: This invention provides an oil seal that can maintain an excellent friction reduction function over a long period of time, has excellent abrasion resistance, and further has excellent sealing properties. The oil seal comprises a seal lip (4) formed of a rubber-like elastic material comprising a lip edge part (9) and an air-side slope (8) and a sealing fluid-side slope (10) provided on both sides of the lip edge part (9). The air-side slope (8) has a coating film (14) on its surface. In the lip edge part (9) in its portion in contact with a shaft (13), a sealing fluid-side rubber part (2?) and an air-side coating film (14) are simultaneously brought into contact with the shaft (13). The coating film (14) is preferably formed of a coating agent comprising a fluororesin, a polyethylene resin, an isocyanate-modified polybutadiene resin, and a solvent.

Abstract: To maintain an excellent friction reducing function over a long period of time, with having excellent abrasion resistance and excellent sealing properties, the oil seal has a seal lip (4) made of a rubber-like elastic material and provided with an air-side slope (8) and a sealing fluid-side slope (10) on both sides of the lip edge part (9), the air-side slope (8) has a coating film (14) on its surface, a portion in contact with a shaft (13) in the lip edge part (9) is so made that a sealing fluid-side rubber part (2?) and an air-side coating film (14) simultaneously contact with the shaft (13), and the coating film (14) is preferably formed of a coating agent comprising a fluororesin, a polyethylene resin, an isocyanate-modified polybutadiene resin, and a solvent.