Abstract: Provided is a method of lubricating a sliding part by applying a lubricating base oil containing an ester compound to the sliding part. The ester compound contains a mixture of one or more compounds represented by a general formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen, a methyl, a benzoyloxy, a naphthoyloxy, or general formula (2) (—O—C(?O)—R5), R3 and R4 independently represent a benzoyloxy group, a naphthoyloxy group, or general formula (2), and R5 represents a linear C5-21 alkyl group, a branched chain C9-21 alkyl group, or a C5-21 cycloalkyl group that may also be substituted with an alkyl chain. The mixture contains a compound in which at least one among R1 to R4 is general formula (2), and the proportion, in the mixture, of a compound in which at least one among R1 to R4 is a benzoyloxy group or a naphthoyloxy group is 5-100 mole %.

Abstract: A grommet arranged between a pipe and an outer cover that surrounds a braided member connected to the pipe, the grommet including a body with a pass-through space through which a caulking portion of a caulking ring for caulking the braided member to an end portion of the pipe can move in an axial direction.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a rubber composition which provides a balanced improvement in tensile properties, fuel economy, and abrasion resistance. The present invention relates to a rubber composition including a rubber component containing a diene rubber; silica and/or carbon black; and a masterbatch containing sulfur and a resin having an acid value of 5 or higher.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tread rubber composition that is excellent in wet grip performance during the initial phase of running and tensile properties, and a pneumatic tire including the tread rubber composition. The present invention relates to a tread rubber composition containing: a diene rubber; silica; and sulfur and/or a sulfur-containing compound, the tread rubber composition satisfying the following relationships (1) to (3): EB/M300?50 ??(1); M100?1.7 MPa ??(2); and EB?500% ??(3).

Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire that can exhibit sufficient wet grip performance on roads in different areas. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a tread, the tread showing a loss tangent (tan ?) versus temperature curve whose peak position is at ?20.0° C. to 0.0° C. and whose tan ? at the peak position is 0.80 or higher, the curve being obtained by plotting tan ? as a function of measurement temperature, the curve having a tan ? at an intersection of a tangent line to the curve at a temperature lower by 20° C. than the peak position temperature and a tangent line to the curve at a temperature higher by 20° C. than the peak position temperature that satisfies the following relationship (1): (tan ? at peak position?0.05)?(tan ? at intersection)?(tan ? at peak position+0.05)??(1).

Abstract: This lubricant base oil includes a condensation ester of an alcohol (A) and a carboxylic acid (B), wherein the alcohol (A) contains a polyhydric alcohol represented by general formula (1) (in formula (1), R1-R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a hydroxyl group, and at least two of R1-R4 each represents a hydroxyl group), and the carboxylic acid (B) contains a C4-C8 cycloalkane monocarboxylic acid. The lubricant base oil has excellent heat resistance and lubricating property.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition which has excellent processability owing to its low rubber viscosity during kneading, despite containing a white filler, and which further has excellent fuel economy and excellent abrasion resistance. Also provided is a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition including: a rubber component, a white filler, and a compound represented by the formula (1) below, wherein X represents —CONH— or —COO—; R1 represents a C7-C23 alkyl group or a C7-C23 alkenyl group; R2 represents a C1-C3 alkylene group; and R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C3 alkyl group, or a C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl group, and at least one of R3 or R4 is the hydroxyalkyl group.

Abstract: Power module includes: first transistors Q1, Q4 forming at least one half bridge, and disposed at upper and lower arms thereof; second transistors QM1, QM4 of which drains are respectively connected to gates G1 and G4 sides of the first transistors, and sources are respectively connected to the sources S1, S4 sides thereof; source signal wiring patterns SSP1, SSP4 respectively connected to the sources S1, S4 of the first transistors; first connected conductors MSW1, MSW4 for respectively connecting between the source signal wiring patterns and the sources of the second transistors; second gate signal wiring patterns MGP1, MGP4 respectively connected to gates MG1, MG4 of the second transistors; and second connected conductors MGW1, MGW4 for respectively connecting between the gate signal wiring patterns and the gates of the second transistors. Lengths of the first connection conductors are respectively equal to or shorter than lengths of the second connection conductors.

Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition having improved initial dry grip performance, durability of dry grip performance, and chipping resistance (elongation at break). The rubber composition includes: a diene polymer; carbon black and/or silica; and a sulfur-containing oligomer having a weight average molecular weight of 4,000 or more, determined by GPC in chloroform solvent using polystyrene standard oligomers.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprising a rubber component and 0.3 to 3 parts by mass of a branched alkane having 40 to 70 carbon atoms, 1.2 parts by mass or less of a linear alkane having 45 or more carbon atoms and 0.1 to 100 parts by mass of a hydrocarbon resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 300 to 15,000 based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition that achieves a balanced improvement in grip performance during the initial to late phases of running and abrasion resistance, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing a rubber component, sulfur, and a molten mixture of a solid resin and a plasticizer, the solid resin having an SP value of 9.2 to 13 and/or a softening point of 130° C. or higher, the plasticizer including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid esters, phthalic acid esters, aliphatic polybasic acid esters, trimellitic acid esters, acetic acid esters, and ricinoleic acid esters, the solid resin being present in an amount of 1 part by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Abstract: This lubricant base oil includes a condensation ester of an alcohol (A) and a carboxylic acid (B), wherein the alcohol (A) contains a polyhydric alcohol represented by general formula (1) (in formula (1), R1-R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a hydroxyl group, and at least two of R1-R4 each represents a hydroxyl group), and the carboxylic acid (B) contains a C4-C8 cycloalkane monocarboxylic acid. The lubricant base oil has excellent heat resistance and lubricating property.

Abstract: Provided is a method of lubricating a sliding part by applying a lubricating base oil containing an ester compound to the sliding part. The ester compound contains a mixture of one or more compounds represented by a general formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen, a methyl, a benzoyloxy, a naphthoyloxy, or general formula (2) (—O—C(?O)—R5), R3 and R4 independently represent a benzoyloxy group, a naphthoyloxy group, or general formula (2), and R5 represents a linear C5-21 alkyl group, a branched chain C9-21 alkyl group, or a C5-21 cycloalkyl group that may also be substituted with an alkyl chain. The mixture contains a compound in which at least one among R1 to R4 is general formula (2), and the proportion, in the mixture, of a compound in which at least one among R1 to R4 is a benzoyloxy group or a naphthoyloxy group is 5-100 mole %.

Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition for outer layers of tires with which it is possible to reduce the amount of phosphorus used, and further to improve initial grip performance and grip performance during the middle phase of running while maintaining or improving good abrasion resistance, thereby achieving a balanced improvement in these properties, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for outer layers of tires, containing a rubber component, a plasticizer, a resin having a softening point of 30° C. or higher, and sulfur, the plasticizer including an aliphatic polybasic acid ester having a freezing point of ?50 to ?10° C., the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 0.5 to 50 parts by mass of the aliphatic polybasic acid ester and 2 parts by mass or more of the resin.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition which is excellent in cord adhesiveness, steering stability and elongation at break. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for coating a steel cord comprising not less than 0.12 part by mass of zinc benzoate and/or zinc t-butylbenzoate, 0.03 to 0.30 part by mass of fatty acid cobalt salt in terms of cobalt element, and less than 0.5 part by mass in total of a fatty acid having 16 to 22 carbon atoms and a fatty acid derived from the fatty acid cobalt salt which has 16 to 22 carbon atoms based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, and a tire having a breaker and/or a carcass obtained by use of the rubber composition for coating a steel cord.

Abstract: Power module includes: first transistors Q1, Q4 forming at least one half bridge, and disposed at upper and lower arms thereof; second transistors QM1, QM4 of which drains are respectively connected to gates G1 and G4 sides of the first transistors, and sources are respectively connected to the sources S1, S4 sides thereof; source signal wiring patterns SSP1, SSP4 respectively connected to the sources S1, S4 of the first transistors; first connected conductors MSW1, MSW4 for respectively connecting between the source signal wiring patterns and the sources of the second transistors; second gate signal wiring patterns MGP1, MGP4 respectively connected to gates MG1, MG4 of the second transistors; and second connected conductors MGW1, MGW4 for respectively connecting between the gate signal wiring patterns and the gates of the second transistors. Lengths of the first connection conductors are respectively equal to or shorter than lengths of the second connection conductors.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition in which a rubber viscosity during kneading is low and processability is good though the rubber composition comprises a white filler, and fuel efficiency and abrasion resistance are good. A rubber composition comprising a rubber component, a white filler and a compound represented by the following formula (1), where R1 represents an alkyl group or alkenyl group having 8 to 14 carbon atoms, the alkyl group or alkenyl group may be linear, branched or cyclic, and R2 represents a hydroxyalkyl group or a hydroxyalkyl group having an oxyalkylene unit.

Abstract: A shopping basket includes a body, a storage section, a first sensor as a stack sensor, and a controller. The body is configured to hold a transportation object. The storage section is configured to store information. The first sensor is configured to detect occurrence of a stack state where the body and a detection target are stacked relative to each other. The controller is configured to reset the information stored in the storage section when a reset condition including detection of the occurrence of the stack state by the stack sensor is satisfied.

Abstract: A grommet arranged between a pipe and an outer cover that surrounds a braided member connected to the pipe, the grommet including a body with a pass-through space through which a caulking portion of a caulking ring for caulking the braided member to an end portion of the pipe can move in an axial direction.

Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition for tires which can prevent discoloration and improve ozone resistance while maintaining or improving good elongation at break, and further can be produced with high efficiency. Also provided are a pneumatic tire formed from the same, and a method for producing the same. Included is a rubber composition for tires, including: a rubber component; a phenylenediamine antioxidant; and a masterbatch, the masterbatch containing a specific nonionic surfactant and a silica having a BET value of 40-250 m2/g at a mass ratio of 1:5 to 1:0.15, the rubber component containing a diene rubber in an amount of 70-100% by mass per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition including, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 1.0-10.0 parts by mass of the phenylenediamine antioxidant and 0.1-5.0 parts by mass of the nonionic surfactant introduced in the form of the masterbatch.