Abstract: A weldment manufacturing method includes a recess forming step of forming recesses on a first target member and a second target member, the recesses delineating holes each of which spans across the first target member and the second target member and that are arranged along a boundary between the first target member and the second target member when the first and second target members that are the objects to be welded together are brought into abutment against each other; an abutting step of bringing the first and second target members into abutment against each other by aligning the recesses so that the recesses delineate the respective holes; and a welding step of placing filler material in the respective holes irradiating and scanning the filler material with the laser to cause the filler material to melt so as to fill the holes with the molten filler material.

Abstract: An engine includes: an exhaust manifold 7 close to one of left and right side surfaces of an engine; a turbocharger 60 having an exhaust-side inlet connected to the exhaust manifold 7; and a rocker-arm-chamber-integrated intake manifold 8 being disposed on an upper surface of a cylinder head 5 and integrally including a rocker arm chamber 90 and an intake manifold 6. The intake manifold 8 has a wall 101 dividing the rocker arm chamber 90 close to the one of the left and right side surfaces of the engine 1 and the intake manifold 6 close to the other of the left and right side surfaces to isolate the rocker arm chamber 90 and the intake manifold 6 from each other. The rocker arm chamber 90 has, in its upper portion, a positive crankcase ventilation device 69 protruding therefrom and being configured to return blowby gas to an intake system.

Abstract: An engine includes: an exhaust manifold 7 close to one of left and right side surfaces of an engine; a turbocharger 60 having an exhaust-side inlet connected to the exhaust manifold 7; and a rocker-arm-chamber-integrated intake manifold 8 being disposed on an upper surface of a cylinder head 5 and integrally including a rocker arm chamber 90 and an intake manifold 6. The intake manifold 8 has a wall 101 dividing the rocker arm chamber 90 close to the one of the left and right side surfaces of the engine 1 and the intake manifold 6 close to the other of the left and right side surfaces to isolate the rocker arm chamber 90 and the intake manifold 6 from each other. The rocker arm chamber 90 has, in its upper portion, a positive crankcase ventilation device 69 protruding therefrom and being configured to return blowby gas to an intake system.

Abstract: An engine includes: an exhaust manifold 7 close to one of left and right side surfaces of an engine; a turbocharger 60 having an exhaust-side inlet connected to the exhaust manifold 7; and a rocker-arm-chamber-integrated intake manifold 8 being disposed on an upper surface of a cylinder head 5 and integrally including a rocker arm chamber 90 and an intake manifold 6. The intake manifold 8 has a wall 101 dividing the rocker arm chamber 90 close to the one of the left and right side surfaces of the engine 1 and the intake manifold 6 close to the other of the left and right side surfaces to isolate the rocker arm chamber 90 and the intake manifold 6 from each other. The rocker arm chamber 90 has, in its upper portion, a positive crankcase ventilation device 69 protruding therefrom and being configured to return blowby gas to an intake system.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached optical film is disclosed, including a one-side-protected polarizing film including a thin polarizer and a transparent protective film (excluding a retardation film) on one surface of the polarizer, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on a side of the one-side-protected polarizing film on which the transparent protective film is not provided, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including a (meth)acrylic polymer (A) containing 80 mass % or more of a prescribed monomer (a) as a monofunctional monomer unit and 20 mass % or more of n-butyl acrylate or 70 mass % or more of an alkoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate are contained as the prescribed monomer (a), and a silane coupling agent (B), not containing polyether compound having a polyether skeleton and a reactive silyl group.

Abstract: An image display panel is disclosed with a bezel including an image display unit and a polarizing film provided on a viewing side of the image display unit via a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; and a narrow-frame external bezel provided via an elastic intermediate layer, wherein a distance from the viewing-side outermost surface of the image display panel to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is 75 ?m or more, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including a (meth)acrylic polymer (A) containing 80 mass % or more of a prescribed monomer (a) as a monofunctional monomer unit and 20 mass % or more of n-butyl acrylate or 70 mass % or more of an alkoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate are contained as the prescribed monomer (a), and a silane coupling agent (B), not containing polyether compound having a polyether skeleton and a reactive silyl group.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image display panel including an image display unit and an optical film including a polarizing film provided on a viewing side of the image display unit via a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a degree of swelling with oleic acid of more than 130% and 190% or less, and the image display panel has a flat edge face. The image display panel with a bezel can preventing peeling-off of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer even when placed in a humidified environment in a state where fat and oil or cream components are in contact with the elastic intermediate layer. The image display panel of the present invention can prevent peeling-off of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer even when placed in a humidified environment in a state where fat and oil or cream components are in contact with the elastic intermediate layer.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing, as monomer units, at least a (meth)acrylic polymer (A) that contains an alkyl (meth)acrylate, and a silicon compound (B), wherein: the silicon compound (B) is one or more silicon compounds selected from the group consisting of alkoxysilane compounds and organopolysiloxane compounds having an acidic group or an acid anhydride group derived from an acidic group and having no polyether group in the molecule, and/or a hydrolytic condensate thereof; and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer satisfies the conditions of the resistance value change ratio represented by general formula (1). Formula (1): R250/Ri?3.0. This pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has reworkability with respect to a transparent conductive layer, corrosion resistance, and high durability.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film is disclosed having an odd shape, and capable of reducing occurrence of a crack in a polarizer and preventing peeling and foaming of a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and warpage of a polarizing film. This pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film comprises a polarizing film, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface of the polarizing film. The pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film has an odd shape other than a rectangular shape, and when a strain gauge is attached to a surface not having the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the polarizing film such that a measurement axis and an absorption axis of the polarizing film intersect at right angles and strain amounts are measured, a difference between a strain amount at ?40° C. and a strain amount at 85° C. is 3000?? or less, and the creep value of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer at 85° C. is 15-600 ?m inclusive.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film is disclosed having an odd shape, and capable of reducing occurrence of a crack in a polarizer and preventing peeling and foaming of a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and warpage of a polarizing film. This pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film comprises a polarizing film, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface of the polarizing film. The pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film has an odd shape other than a rectangular shape, and when a strain gauge is attached to a surface not having the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the polarizing film such that a measurement axis and an absorption axis of the polarizing film intersect at right angles and strain amounts are measured, a difference between a strain amount at ?40° C. and a strain amount at 85° C. is 3000 ?? or less, and the creep value of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer at 85° C. is 15-600 ?m inclusive.

Abstract: An engine includes: an exhaust manifold 7 close to one of left and right side surfaces of an engine; a turbocharger 60 having an exhaust-side inlet connected to the exhaust manifold 7; and a rocker-arm-chamber-integrated intake manifold 8 being disposed on an upper surface of a cylinder head 5 and integrally including a rocker arm chamber 90 and an intake manifold 6. The intake manifold 8 has a wall 101 dividing the rocker arm chamber 90 close to the one of the left and right side surfaces of the engine 1 and the intake manifold 6 close to the other of the left and right side surfaces to isolate the rocker arm chamber 90 and the intake manifold 6 from each other. The rocker arm chamber 90 has, in its upper portion, a positive crankcase ventilation device 69 protruding therefrom and being configured to return blowby gas to an intake system.

Abstract: An engine including: an exhaust manifold provided near one side surface of an engine; a turbocharger having an exhaust-side inlet connected to the exhaust manifold; and a rocker-arm-chamber-integrated intake manifold disposed on a cylinder head and integrally including a rocker arm chamber and an intake manifold. The intake manifold has a wall dividing the rocker arm chamber provided near one side surface of the engine and the intake manifold provided near another side surface thereof to isolate the rocker arm chamber and the intake manifold from each other. The rocker arm chamber has, in its upper portion, a positive crankcase ventilation device protruding therefrom and returning blowby gas to an intake system. The positive crankcase ventilation device has a blowby-gas discharge port connected with a gas conduit through which blowby gas is delivered to an intake-side inlet of the turbocharger.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pressure-sensitive-adhesive composition for forming a pressure-sensitive-adhesive layer capable of keeping a high endurance even when this layer is exposed to a heated environment or allowed to stand still for a long term. Another object of the invention is to provide a pressure-sensitive-adhesive layer formed from the pressure-sensitive-adhesive composition, a pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film having the pressure-sensitive-adhesive layer, and an image display device including the pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film. The composition is a pressure-sensitive-adhesive composition including a (meth)acryl-based polymer, and an oligomer epoxy-group-containing silane coupling agent having an epoxy equivalent of 250 to 600 g/mol.

Abstract: An optical pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which can suppress the occurrence of foaming, peeling, lifting etc. on an adherend (an optical film) even when exposed to heating and humidification conditions; has excellent durability; can suppress surface unevenness due to light leakage; can suppress increases in adhering strength; and has excellent reworkability. An optical pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a (meth)acrylic polymer that contains 3 to 25% by weight of an aromatic ring-containing monomer as a monomer unit and has a polydispersity (weight average molecular weight (Mw)/number average molecular weight (Mn)) of 3.0 or less, wherein the optical pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an adhering strength of 11 N/25 mm or less to glass.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing, as monomer units, at least a (meth)acrylic polymer (A) that contains an alkyl (meth)acrylate, and a silicon compound (B), wherein: the silicon compound (B) is an organopolysiloxane compound; and when a laminate, in which a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a polarizing film provided with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a polarizing film is laminated to an indium-tin composite oxide layer on a transparent conductive substrate having a transparent substrate and the indium-tin composite oxide layer, has been autoclaved for 15 minutes at 50° C. and 5 atm, and then the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has been peeled away, the ratio of elemental silicon relative to the total of elemental carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, indium, and tin detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 0.5-5 atomic % in the surface of the indium-tin composite oxide layer.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an optical pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is excellent in durability such that foaming, peeling, etc. does not occur under heating/humidification conditions on an adherend and does not cause light leakage even in a narrow frame panel; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached optical film, having the aforementioned optical pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one surface of the optical film; and further a liquid crystal display device using the aforementioned pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached optical film. 1. An optical pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a (meth)acrylic polymer, wherein the optical pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a gel fraction exceeding 90% and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 350,000 or more of a sol component.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a polarizing film from which a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for a polarizing film can be obtained which can suppress separator peeling strength and can specifically suppress increases in separator peeling strength even when stored for a long period of time after production, and further has excellent durability (heat resistance) even when exposed to high temperature heating conditions and heating/humidifying conditions; and to provide a method for a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for a polarizing film, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film polarizing film which includes the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and an image display device that includes the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an optical pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which can suppress the occurrence of foaming, peeling, lifting etc. on an adherend (an optical film) even when exposed to heating and humidification conditions; has excellent durability; can suppress surface unevenness due to light leakage; can suppress increases in adhering strength; and has excellent reworkability. An optical pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a (meth)acrylic polymer that contains 3 to 25% by weight of an aromatic ring-containing monomer as a monomer unit and has a polydispersity (weight average molecular weight (Mw)/number average molecular weight (Mn)) of 3.0 or less, wherein the optical pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an adhering strength of 11 N/25 mm or less to glass.

Abstract: In the engine device having an exhaust gas purification device which removes particulate matters in exhaust gas of the engine or nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of the engine, the exhaust gas purification device is firmly fixed to a support base, and an exhaust gas outlet pipe of the engine is provided with an exhaust connection portion which connects an exhaust gas inlet of the exhaust gas purification device, and a support base connection portion which connects the support base.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film of invention includes a polarizing film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the polarizing film, wherein the polarizing film comprises a polarizer and a transparent protective film provided on only one side of the polarizer, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on a side of the polarizer opposite to the side on which the transparent protective film is provided, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is made from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including a (meth)acryl-based polymer (A), an onium-anion salt (B1), and an alkali metal salt (B2). The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer possessing an antistatic function and satisfactory durability even after a humidity test under severe conditions and is less prone to degradation of optical properties even after a humidity test under severe conditions.