Abstract: A handcart may include a drive wheel; a prime mover configured to rotate the drive wheel; a grip portion configured to be gripped by a user; and a visibly noticeable portion that is clearly noticeable from behind the user when the user stands behind the handcart, gripping the grip portion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include molded modules and methods for forming molded modules. According to an embodiment the molded modules may be integrated into an electrical package. Electrical packages according to embodiments of the invention may include a die with a redistribution layer formed on at least one surface. The molded module may be mounted to the die. According to an embodiment, the molded module may include a mold layer and a plurality of components encapsulated within the mold layer. Terminals from each of the components may be substantially coplanar with a surface of the mold layer in order to allow the terminals to be electrically coupled to the redistribution layer on the die. Additional embodiments of the invention may include one or more through mold vias formed in the mold layer to provide power delivery and/or one or more faraday cages around components.

Abstract: A handcart may include a drive wheel; a prime mover configured to rotate the drive wheel; a grip portion configured to be gripped by a user; and a visibly noticeable portion that is clearly noticeable from behind the user when the user stands behind the handcart, gripping the grip portion.

Abstract: A handcart may include a drive wheel; a prime mover configured to rotate the drive wheel; a grip portion configured to be gripped by a user; and a visibly noticeable portion that is clearly noticeable from behind the user when the user stands behind the handcart, gripping the grip portion.

Abstract: A handcart may include: a front wheel; a rear wheel; a support frame supporting the front wheel and the rear wheel; a receptacle pivotable relative to the support frame; a load sensor configured to detect a load applied to the rear wheel; and a control unit. When the load detected by the load sensor is less than or equal to a predetermined load, the control unit may be configured to determine that the rear wheel is predicted to lift from a ground.

Abstract: A handcart may include a drive wheel; a prime mover configured to rotate the drive wheel; a grip portion configured to be gripped by a user; and a visibly noticeable portion that is clearly noticeable from behind the user when the user stands behind the handcart, gripping the grip portion.

Abstract: A grating device includes an optical material layer; a channel type optical waveguide region provided in the optical material layer; extension regions provided on the outsides of the channel type optical waveguide region, respectively; a Bragg grating provided in the channel type optical waveguide region; and periodic microstructures provided in the extension regions, respectively. The periodic microstructures are provided in 50 percent or larger of a total of areas of the extension regions.

Abstract: A grating device includes an optical material layer; a channel type optical waveguide region provided in the optical material layer; extension regions provided on the outsides of the channel type optical waveguide region, respectively; a Bragg grating provided in the channel type optical waveguide region; and periodic microstructures provided in the extension regions, respectively. The periodic microstructures are provided in 50 percent or larger of a total of areas of the extension regions.

Abstract: It is produced an optical element including a support substrate, a clad layer provided on the support substrate, an optical material layer provided on the clad layer and a fine pattern formed in the optical material layer. The optical element has a warpage of +70 ?m or more and +2.0 mm or less. At least a resin layer is formed on the optical material layer. It is used a mold with a design pattern corresponding to the fine pattern formed therein. The design pattern is transferred to the resin layer by an imprinting method. The fine pattern is formed in the optical material layer by a dry etching method. The mold is capable of being deformed conforming to a curve of the resin layer.

Abstract: An optical element includes a support substrate and an optical material layer provided over the support substrate. A first fine pattern is formed on the surface of the support substrate. When forming the optical material layer, a second fine pattern, to which the first fine pattern P3 is transferred, is formed on the surface of the optical material layer.

Abstract: A metal-air battery system includes: a metal-air battery including a case and a charge/discharge member arranged in the case and having a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte; a CO2 absorbing member having a CO2 selective absorber selectively absorbing CO2 over O2; an outside air supplying member supplying outside air to the CO2 absorbing member; a purified air supplying member supplying purified air to the cathode, the purified air having undergone absorptive CO2 removal by the CO2 selective absorber; and a recycling mechanism recycling the CO2 selective absorber.

Abstract: A selectively oxygen-permeable substrate has a magnetic material dispersion layer having carbon as the main component and a magnetic material dispersed therein. The magnetic material dispersion layer has a gas introduction face for introducing gas into the inside thereof, and the magnetic material dispersion layer is preferably a layer where a magnetic material is dispersed in a porous carbon membrane and can be used as a substrate for a metal-air battery positive electrode. More preferably, the selectively oxygen-permeable substrate has the magnetic material dispersion layer and a porous substrate. A selectively oxygen-permeable substrate can selectively introduce oxygen in the air and have high durability against an electrolytic solution.

Abstract: A lubrication apparatus for a four-stroke engine that prevents lubrication failure from occurring around the crankshaft and reliably prevents oil from remaining in a valve operating chamber includes: an intake part positioned below the level of an oil A in an oil reservoir even if the oil reservoir is tilted and the level of the oil A changes; an oil feeding passageway that sucks up the oil A from the intake part and supplies the oil A to the crank chamber; and an direct passageway that allows communication between a valve operating chamber and a crank chamber when a negative pressure is created in the crank chamber. Open end parts of the oil feeding passageway and the direct passageway which are open in the crank chamber are provided to open as the piston moves from a position near the top dead center to the top dead center.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a portable four-stroke engine includes an opening end of the breather passage is disposed at substantially a center of a valve-operating chamber, and the valve-operating chamber is formed by attaching a valve-operating chamber cover. An inner cover is attached to an inner surface of the valve-operating chamber cover so as to be provided along and in contact with the inner surface of the valve-operating chamber cover. A suction passage is formed as a gap between the circumferential edge of the top plate portion and the inner cover. Three or more suction tubes that are in communication with the suction passage are provided in the inner cover, each of the suction tubes having an opening end. At least one of the opening ends of the suction tubes is provided lower than the opening end of the breather passage in an attitude of the engine during use.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a four cycle engine that lubricates the valve mechanism with the oil mist of the concentration, lowered by the liquefying means. The lubrication system has an oil feeding passage for connecting an oil reservoir with the crank chamber and sending the oil retained in liquid form in the oil reservoir to the crank chamber under a negative pressure of the crank chamber, a communication passage for connecting the crank chamber with the oil reservoir and sending oil mist generated in the crank chamber to the oil reservoir when under a positive pressure of the crank chamber, liquefying means in the oil reservoir for liquefying the oil mist sent from the communication passage to the oil reservoir to decrease the concentration of the oil mist, and a supply passage for supplying the oil mist from the oil reservoir to the valve operating chamber through the liquefying means.

Abstract: There is provided a zeolite membrane which is thinner than a conventional membrane and which has improved permeability and a method for manufacturing the zeolite membrane. The method includes a surface layer forming step for forming a surface layer by attaching a low polar polymer on a first surface of a porous substrate to cover the surface, a filling step for filling a masking polymer into pores in the porous substrate from a surface different from the first surface of the porous substrate up to the surface layer by impregnating the porous substrate with the masking polymer and solidifying the masking polymer, and a surface layer removing step for removing the surface layer. After the surface layer removing step, a zeolite membrane is formed on the first surface of the porous substrate.

Abstract: A selectively oxygen-permeable substrate has a magnetic material dispersion layer having carbon as the main component and a magnetic material dispersed therein. The magnetic material dispersion layer has a gas introduction face for introducing gas into the inside thereof, and the magnetic material dispersion layer is preferably a layer where a magnetic material is dispersed in a porous carbon membrane and can be used as a substrate for a metal-air battery positive electrode. More preferably, the selectively oxygen-permeable substrate has the magnetic material dispersion layer and a porous substrate. A selectively oxygen-permeable substrate can selectively introduce oxygen in the air and have high durability against an electrolytic solution.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a DDR type zeolite membrane, including a membrane formation step of immersing a porous substrate having a DDR type zeolite seed crystal adhered thereon, in a raw material solution containing 1-adamantaneamine, silica (SiO2) and water, and conducting a hydrothermal synthesis of DDR type zeolite to form a 1-adamantaneamine-containing DDR type zeolite membrane on the porous substrate to produce a precursor of DDR type zeolite membrane-containing body, and a burning step of heating the precursor at 400° C. or above and at 550° C. or below to burn and remove the 1-adamantaneamine contained in the DDR type zeolite membrane.

Abstract: There is provided a zeolite separation membrane-provided article having gaps or pores larger than pores inherent to zeolite crystals and controlled within an appropriate range and being capable of achieving both high permeability and high separability for components with small difference in adsorption properties or a component having a smaller molecular diameter than the diameter of the pores, a method for producing the same, a method for separating mixed fluids, and a device for separating mixed fluids. The zeolite separation membrane-provided article is provided with a zeolite membrane having an N2 gas permeation speed at room temperature of 1.0×10?6 mol·m?2·s?1·Pa?1 or more and a permeation speed ratio of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene/N2 at room temperature of 0.17 or more and being free from dyeing caused by the impregnation with Rhodamine B.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a DDR zeolite membrane element including the steps of: immersing a porous substrate in a raw material solution, forming a DDR zeolite membrane containing 1-adamanthanamine on a surface of the porous substrate by subjecting a DDR zeolite to hydrothermal synthesis in the presence of DDR zeolite seed crystals, applying a glass paste onto the surface of the porous substrate so as to contact the membrane, and heating the membrane at 500 to 800° C., thereby burning away the 1-adamanthanamine contained in the membrane and melting the glass paste to form a membrane-like glass seal contacting the membrane on the surface of the porous substrate. The method for manufacturing a DDR zeolite membrane element can inhibit the permeation of the DDR zeolite membrane from being hindered in a contact portion between the membrane and the glass seal and inhibit poor seal of the glass seal.