Abstract: A rubber composition with which a conveyor belt having high energy saving performance can be obtained while maintaining breaking resistance and a conveyor belt having high energy saving performance while maintaining breaking resistance are provided. A conveyor belt rubber composition includes: a diene-based polymer; and a bismaleimide compound.

Abstract: A slow change detection system includes: an image acquisition unit adapted to acquire a photographed image including consecutive images of a monitored object; a reference image acquisition unit adapted to acquire a reference image corresponding to the photographed image of the monitored object; a reference image area extraction unit adapted to extract, from the reference image, a reference image area that is an area corresponding to a photographed area of the photographed image; a change detection unit adapted to acquire a change area that is an area of the photographed image which is different from the reference image area and acquire a slow change area by excluding, from the acquired change area, a sudden change area derived from a history of the change area; and a display control unit adapted to superimpose and display information indicating the slow change area on the photographed image.

Abstract: A rail and carrier system for first and second removable seats for a motor vehicle includes two lower rails fixedly attached to and positioned laterally along a floor of the motor vehicle. Two upper rails are nested with and laterally slidable within each of the first lower rails. Cross brackets are laterally spaced apart and arranged perpendicular to the upper rails. Covers are connected to and extend between the cross brackets. Spacers are located laterally between upper rails within the lower rails. The spacers include a first shoe located in the lower rail, a second shoe located in the lower rail, and a first bracket connecting the first shoe and second shoe. The first and second shoes prevent the upper rails from contacting each other.

Abstract: A rail and carrier system for first and second removable seats of a motor vehicle is described. The rail and carrier system includes two lower rails fixedly attached to and positioned laterally along a floor of the motor vehicle. Two upper rails are nested with and laterally slidable within each of the lower rails. The rail and carrier system further includes four cross brackets laterally spaced apart and arranged perpendicular to the upper rails, two connecting the left upper rails, and two connecting the right upper rails. Covers are connected to and extend between the cross brackets.

Abstract: A removable seat of a motor vehicle includes first and second cross brackets laterally spaced apart and arranged perpendicular to first and second upper rails located in a floor of the motor vehicle, the first and second cross brackets being connected to the first and second upper rails, a cover connected to and extending between the first and second cross brackets, a handle extending laterally outward from the cover, a spring-loaded lock that holds the first upper rail in place with one of a first lower rail and second lower rail the floor, and a towel bar that releases the lock, enabling the first and second upper rails to slide within the first and second lower rails.

Abstract: A seat for a motor vehicle includes a seatbelt integrated into a seat back of the seat and a seatbelt mechanism for providing access to the seatbelt. The seat further includes an extended base attached to the seat, a raised and curved section of the extended base for transitioning the seatbelt from a vertical orientation inside the seatback to a horizontal orientation for use, an arcuate slot atop the extended base, the seatbelt being threaded through the arcuate slot, the arcuate slot preventing the seatbelt from becoming tangled and misaligned, a garnish for covering the seatbelt mechanism, a fastener, and a cap for covering the fastener. The fastener fastens the garnish and the cap to the extended base.

Abstract: A bracket for use in a rail and carrier system for a removable seat for a motor vehicle, the rail and carrier system having first and second lower rails, first and second upper rails nested within the first lower rail, third and fourth upper rails nested within the second lower rail, includes a generally U-shaped end that is substantially similar to a U-shaped cross-sectional profile of the first and second lower rails, the U-shaped end having a center portion and two upper portions, and a generally L-shaped extension extending from a bottom of the center portion, the L-shaped extension having a first portion that is attached to the one of the first and second lower rails and a second portion that extends upward from the first portion. The second portion blocks movement of one of the first, second, third, and fourth upper rails.

Abstract: An inner protective cover 130 of a gas sensor forms an element-chamber inlet 127 having a first outside opening 128a, a second outside opening 128b, and an element-side opening 129. The second outside opening 128b is disposed such that the path of a measurement-object gas from the first outside opening 128a to the element-side opening 129 of the element-chamber inlet 127 communicates in the middle thereof with a first gas chamber 122, and that there is a path shorter than the shortest path of the measurement-object gas extending from an outer inlet 144a through the first outside opening 128a to a gas inlet 111.

Abstract: A gas sensor 100 includes a sensor element 110 having a gas inlet 111; an inner protective cover 130 which has a sensor element chamber 124 thereinside and in which at least one element-chamber inlet 127 and at least one element-chamber outlet are arranged; and an outer protective cover 140 in which at least one outer inlet 144a and at least one outer outlet are arranged. A minimum path length P from the outer inlet 144a to the gas inlet 111 is 5.0 mm or more and 11.0 mm or less.

Abstract: A gas sensor 100 includes a sensor element 110 having a gas inlet 111; an inner protective cover 130 which has a sensor element chamber 124 thereinside and in which an element-chamber inlet 127 and an element-chamber outlet 138a are arranged; and an outer protective cover 140 including a body portion 143, which has a cylindrical shape and in which an outer inlet 144a is arranged, and a front end portion 146, which has an inner diameter smaller than that of the body portion 143 and in which an outer outlet 147a is arranged. The outer inlet 144a includes a horizontal hole 144b arranged in a side portion 143a of the body portion 143 of the outer protective cover 140. The outer outlet 147a is not arranged in a side portion 146a of the front end portion 146 of the outer protective cover 140.

Abstract: A gas sensor 100 includes a sensor element 110 having a gas inlet 111; an inner protective cover 130 which has a sensor element chamber 124 thereinside and in which at least one element-chamber inlet 127 and at least one element-chamber outlet 138a are arranged; and an outer protective cover 140 in which at least one outer inlet 144a and at least one outer outlet 147a are arranged. A cross-sectional area ratio S1/S2, which is a ratio of a total cross-sectional area S1 [mm2] of the outer inlet 144a to a total cross-sectional area S2 [mm2] of the outer outlet 147a, is more than 2.0 and 5.0 or less.

Abstract: An evaporated fuel processing device for processing evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank includes a hollow case and an elastic adsorption member press-fit in the hollow case. The elastic adsorption member has a rectangular prismatic block shape. The elastic adsorption member includes an air-permeable elastic body and constituent granules of a granular adsorbent material disposed in the air-permeable elastic body. The constituent granules of a granular adsorbent material are configured to adsorb and desorb evaporated fuel.

Abstract: A thinning detection system includes a current applying apparatus configured to apply an AC current to electrodes installed on metal equipment which is a monitoring object, a magnetic-field measuring apparatus including an array of magnetic sensors configured to measure a magnetic field distribution of a surface side of the metal equipment; and a measurement managing apparatus configured to estimate a thinning distribution of the metal equipment based on a magnetic field distribution difference which is a difference between a reference magnetic-field distribution which is obtained in a case where thinning has not occurred in the metal equipment and a measurement magnetic-field distribution which is an actual measurement result.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section configured to form a toner image on a sheet having a paste component; and an end pressing section provided on an upstream side of the image forming section in a sheet conveyance direction, and configured to exert a pressure on an end portion of the sheet while moving from a center toward an end of the sheet in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction.

Abstract: A massaging apparatus has two massaging systems arranged proximate to each other for performing more elaborate massage on target body areas. The massaging apparatus includes a first massaging member pair for massaging target areas; a second massaging member pair, provided independently of the first massaging member pair, for massaging target areas; a rotation shaft rotatably driven; a paired first conversion mechanisms, each disposed on a corresponding one of the first massaging members, for converting rotation of the rotation shaft into mutually approaching and separating movements of the first massaging members; and a second conversion mechanism for converting rotation of the rotation shaft into mutually approaching and separating movements of the paired second massaging members. The second massaging member pair is disposed between the paired first massaging members, and the second conversion mechanism is disposed between the paired first conversion mechanisms.

Abstract: A bracket for use in a rail and carrier system for a removable seat for a motor vehicle, the rail and carrier system having first and second lower rails, first and second upper rails nested within the first lower rail, third and fourth upper rails nested within the second lower rail, includes a generally U-shaped end that is substantially similar to a U-shaped cross-sectional profile of the first and second lower rails, the U-shaped end having a center portion and two upper portions, and a generally L-shaped extension extending from a bottom of the center portion, the L-shaped extension having a first portion that is attached to the one of the first and second lower rails and a second portion that extends upward from the first portion. The second portion blocks movement of one of the first, second, third, and fourth upper rails.

Abstract: To provide a legless chair-type massage machine autonomously keeping a standing state without falling rearward when placing on a floor surface while making a compact massage mechanism. A legless chair-type massage machine of the present invention includes: a rotating drive shaft for transferring rotating drive power to a massage member; a hoisting and lowering shaft for vertically moving a base; a first drive motor for driving the rotating drive shaft; and a second drive motor for driving the hoisting and lowering shaft, and further includes a massage mechanism having: the drive motors adjacently arranged left and right; motor rotating shafts oriented in the vertical direction; the rotating drive shaft provided in the front side of the motor rotating shafts; and the hoisting and lowering shaft provided in the rear side of the two motor rotating shafts, and a fall prevention mechanism is provided in a rear portion of a seat part for preventing a backrest part from falling down rearward.

Abstract: A removable seat of a motor vehicle includes first and second cross brackets laterally spaced apart and arranged perpendicular to first and second upper rails located in a floor of the motor vehicle, the first and second cross brackets being connected to the first and second upper rails, a cover connected to and extending between the first and second cross brackets, a handle extending laterally outward from the cover, a spring-loaded lock that holds the first upper rail in place with one of a first lower rail and second lower rail the floor, and a towel bar that releases the lock, enabling the first and second upper rails to slide within the first and second lower rails.

Abstract: A removable seat for a motor vehicle includes two hook fasteners for removably attaching the seat to front strikers that are rotatable about a lateral axis through the front strikers. A bar extends between the first hook fastener and the second hook fastener that is parallel to the lateral axis. The bar contacts the cover to prevent further rotation when the seat is rotated about the lateral axis to prevent over-rotation of the seat.

Abstract: A seat for a motor vehicle includes a cap in the seat back for covering an ISOFIX bar. The cap includes a cap body and a grip portion. The grip portion includes a scoop portion in the cap body for receiving a hand and an indented portion longitudinally forward of the scoop. A second seat for a motor vehicle includes a frame and an inner cover on the frame. The inner cover being generally L-shaped and located on a laterally inward side of the frame. The inner cover includes a smooth lower external surface and a smooth and recessed external upper surface.