Abstract: A fixing device includes a heater, a holding member, and a pressure member. The heater heats a fixing belt. The holding member holds the heater such that the front surface of the heater is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt. The pressure member is pressed by the heater with the fixing belt interposed therebetween. The holding member includes a concave portion for accommodating the heater, a seating surface that is in contact with the back surface of the heater is formed in the concave portion, and the seating surface is formed such that an area of a contact surface with the heater in a circumferential direction of the fixing belt is narrower or wider at a location than at another location in a width direction that intersects the circumferential direction.

Abstract: An electric device comprises wireless communicator circuitry and electronic controller circuitry. The wireless communicator circuitry is configured to wirelessly communicate with first wireless communicator circuitry of a first electric device using a first communication protocol. The wireless communicator circuitry is configured to wirelessly communicate with second wireless communicator circuitry of a second electric device using a second communication protocol. The electronic controller circuitry is configured to control the wireless communicator circuitry to wirelessly transmit a first signal using the first communication protocol. The electronic controller circuitry is configured to execute pairing between the electric device and the first electric device based on a first response signal wirelessly transmitted from the first wireless communicator circuitry of the first electric device.

Abstract: A first electric device comprises a first wireless communicator, an electric actuator, and a first electronic controller. The first electronic controller is configured to control the electric actuator to generate the actuation force based on a user input received by the second electric device in a connection state where the first wireless communicator is paired with the second wireless communicator and where the first wireless communicator is wirelessly connected to the second wireless communicator. The first electronic controller is configured to control the first wireless communicator to reconnect to the second wireless communicator based on the user input received by the second electric device in a disconnection state where the first wireless communicator is paired with the second wireless communicator and where the first wireless communicator is wirelessly disconnected from the second wireless communicator.

Abstract: A memory device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The memory device basically includes a base, memory and an electronic controller. The memory is provided on the base. The electronic controller is configured to control the memory so that the memory stores log-related information received from at least one component provided on the human-powered vehicle. The base is arranged in a cavity of a frame of the human-powered vehicle.

Abstract: A block copolymer (P) that is a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer comprising a polymer block (A) mainly composed of a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and a polymer block (B) mainly composed of a conjugated diene monomer unit, the block copolymer (P) satisfying the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) a 5% by mass toluene solution viscosity at 25° C. is 5 mPa·s or more and 45 mPa·s or less (2) the block copolymer (P) comprises a functional group.

Abstract: A tape cassette includes a cassette case, a tape roll, a print tape wound around the tape roll, a ribbon roll, an ink ribbon wound around the ribbon roll, a recess, an arm portion, and a guide. The print tape and the ink ribbon are conveyed inside the cassette case and the arm portion. The arm portion includes a discharge port to discharge the print tape and the ink ribbon. The guide is provided at a position downstream of the discharge port, on a conveyance path of the print tape and the ink ribbon. A first end of the guide includes a roller members configured to rotate around a shaft extending in the up-down direction. The guide is configured to guide the ink ribbon, by the first end coming into contact with the ink ribbon, to a winding path branching from the conveyance path and toward the ribbon winding spool.

Abstract: A molded bale of a rubber-like block copolymer, the rubber-like block copolymer containing 5% by mass or more and 95% by mass or less of a polymer block (a) having a content of a vinyl aromatic monomer unit of 22% by mass or less; and 5% by mass or more and 95% by mass or less of a polymer block (b) having a content of a vinyl aromatic monomer unit of 23% by mass or more and less than 50% by mass, in which the rubber-like block copolymer has an iodine value of 10 to 250, an ethylene structure content of 3% by mass or more, and a vinyl aromatic monomer block content of less than 10% by mass.

Abstract: A human-powered vehicle component includes an input device, to which first information related to at least one of a human-powered vehicle, a rider of the human-powered vehicle, and environment of the human-powered vehicle is input. The human-powered vehicle component further comprises an electric actuator and an artificial intelligence processor configured to generate second information for controlling the electric actuator in accordance with the first information input to the input device.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a molded bale of a rubber composition that is difficult to cold flow and difficult to be thermally deteriorated. The present invention provides a molded bale of a rubber composition containing: a rubber-like polymer (A) having an iodine value of 10 to 250, 3% by mass or more of an ethylene structure, and less than 10% by mass of a vinyl aromatic monomer block; and aluminum (B), in which a content of the aluminum (B) is 2 ppm or more and 200 ppm or less.

Abstract: A molded bale of a rubber composition, containing: a rubber-like polymer (A) having an iodine value of 10 to 250, 3% by mass or more of an ethylene structure, and less than 10% by mass of a vinyl aromatic monomer block; and titanium (C), in which a content of the titanium (C) is 3 ppm or more and 120 ppm or less, and a content of aluminum (B) is less than 2 ppm.

Abstract: A tape cassette includes a recess formed on a part of a side wall of a cassette case, an arm portion, a roller partly exposed from the tape cassette, a first protrusion including a first leading end, and a second protrusion including a second leading end. The first leading end and the second leading end protrudes toward first side. The first leading end is positioned on a first virtual line or further to the first side than the first virtual line. The first virtual line connects an exposed part of an outer peripheral surface of the roller with a connection portion between the recess and a wall comprising the arm portion. The second leading end is positioned further to the first side than a second virtual line. The second virtual line connects the exposed part of the outer peripheral surface of the roller with the first leading end.

Abstract: A controller executes a dither control that cyclically increases and decreases an exciting current in a linear solenoid valve so as to vibrate a spool of the linear solenoid valve. A vibration cycle of the spool obtained through the dither control is referred to a dither cycle. The dither control includes a first dither control that vibrates the spool in a first dither cycle and a second dither control that vibrates the spool in a second dither cycle that is shorter than the first dither cycle. The controller executes the first dither control and the second dither control when an oil temperature of the hydraulic oil is between a first oil temperature and a second oil temperature that is higher than the first oil temperature.

Abstract: A tape cassette includes a recess formed on a part of a side wall of a cassette case, an arm portion, a roller partly exposed from the tape cassette, a first protrusion including a first leading end, and a second protrusion including a second leading end. The first leading end and the second leading end protrudes toward first side. The first leading end is positioned on a first virtual line or further to the first side than the first virtual line. The first virtual line connects an exposed part of an outer peripheral surface of the roller with a connection portion between the recess and a wall comprising the arm portion. The second leading end is positioned further to the first side than a second virtual line. The second virtual line connects the exposed part of the outer peripheral surface of the roller with the first leading end.

Abstract: A tape cassette includes a cassette case, a tape roll, a print tape wound around the tape roll, a ribbon roll, an ink ribbon wound around the ribbon roll, a recess, an arm portion, and a guide. The print tape and the ink ribbon are conveyed inside the cassette case and the arm portion. The arm portion includes a discharge port to discharge the print tape and the ink ribbon. The guide is provided at a position downstream of the discharge port, on a conveyance path of the print tape and the ink ribbon. A first end of the guide includes a roller members configured to rotate around a shaft extending in the up-down direction. The guide is configured to guide the ink ribbon, by the first end coming into contact with the ink ribbon, to a winding path branching from the conveyance path and toward the ribbon winding spool.

Abstract: A hydrogenated conjugated diene-based polymer of the present invention has a branch number (Bn) measured by viscosity detector-equipped GPC-light scattering measurement of 2.5 or more, and a hydrogenation rate of a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound of 30% or more and less than 99%.

Abstract: A controller for a linear solenoid valve is configured to: calculate an average value of an exciting current within a period including a natural number multiple of the dither cycle as an average current value; execute a feedback control on a control value of the pulse width modulation signal such that a target value of the exciting current and the average current value match; and calculate a dither correction amount by multiplying a ratio between the control value of the pulse width modulation signal obtained by the feedback control and the average current value by a dither current value that is a current value corresponding to the dither correction amount and calculating the dither correction amount such that an increase in the exciting current due to the dither correction amount is canceled out by a decrease in the exciting current due to the dither correction amount within one dither cycle.

Abstract: A human-powered vehicle component includes an input device, to which first information related to at least one of a human-powered vehicle, a rider of the human-powered vehicle, and environment of the human-powered vehicle is input. The human-powered vehicle component further comprises an electric actuator and an artificial intelligence processor configured to generate second information for controlling the electric actuator in accordance with the first information input to the input device.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an artificial intelligence processor that is configured to generate second information for controlling an electric component including at least one of a drive unit that applies propulsion force to a human-powered vehicle, an electric adjustable seatpost, and an electric suspension in accordance with first information related to at least one of the human-powered vehicle, a rider of the human-powered vehicle, and an environment of the human-powered vehicle. The artificial intelligence processor changes a process for generating the second information in accordance with the first information and in accordance with an operation of a first operation unit for operating the at least one of the drive unit, the electric adjustable seatpost, and the electric suspension.

Abstract: A human-powered vehicle control device includes an artificial intelligence processor, an operation device, and a communication device. The artificial intelligence processor is configured to generate second information for controlling an electric component of a human-powered vehicle in accordance with first information related to at least one of the human-powered vehicle, a rider of the human-powered vehicle, and an environment of the human-powered vehicle. The operation device operates the electric component. The communication device is configured to communicate with an external device. The artificial intelligence processor is configured to change a process for generating the second information in accordance with the first information and an operation of the operation device. The communication device is configured to transmit third information related to a process for generating the second information to the external device.

Abstract: A human-powered vehicle component includes an input device, to which first information related to at least one of a human-powered vehicle, a rider of the human-powered vehicle, and environment of the human-powered vehicle is input. The human-powered vehicle component further comprises an electric actuator and an artificial intelligence processor configured to generate second information for controlling the electric actuator in accordance with the first information input to the input device.