Abstract: A piston compressor includes first and second cylinder blocks having an inlet port and a swash plate chamber, a drive shaft having first and second guide holes, and a swash plate having first and second supply ports. The swash plate chamber communicates with the inlet port and also with the first and second guide holes via the first and second supply ports, respectively. A distance from the inlet port to the first supply port when the first supply port is moved closest to the inlet port is greater than a distance from the inlet port to the second supply port when the second supply port is moved closest to the inlet port, and the smallest flow passage area in the first supply port and the first guide hole is greater than the smallest flow passage area in the second supply port and the second guide hole.

Abstract: A compressor includes a rotary shaft, a cam, a cylinder block, pistons, a thrust bearing, a rotary valve, and an oil passage. The rotary shaft has an in-shaft passage formed therein. The in-shaft passage has an outlet open to the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft. The cam rotates integrally with the rotary shaft. The pistons are coupled to the rotary shaft through the cam. The thrust bearing is provided between the cam and the cylinder block. The thrust bearing includes a first race in contact with the cam, a second race in contact with the cylinder block, and rolling elements retained between the first and second races to form a gap therebetween. The oil passage is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft so as to extend from the gap to the outlet of the in-shaft passage.

Abstract: A compressor includes a rotary shaft, a cam, a cylinder block, pistons, a thrust bearing, a rotary valve, and an oil passage. The rotary shaft has an in-shaft passage formed therein. The cam rotates integrally with the rotary shaft. The pistons are coupled to the rotary shaft through the cam. The thrust bearing is provided between the cam and the cylinder block. The thrust bearing includes a first race in contact with the cam, a second race in contact with the cylinder block, and rolling elements retained between the first and second races to form a gap therebetween. The oil passage extends from the gap to the in-shaft passage and includes an oil retaining space formed in at least one of the cam and the cylinder block.

Abstract: An image photographing device (1), which converts an optical image of a subject into an electric signal by an image pick up device, and stores image data by the electric signal in an information recording medium (21), includes a communication interface (25), which communicates the image data, a determination device (31), which determines whether a device connected to the communication interface is an external device (2) or a release device (3), a communication process device (10), which conducts a communication process with the external device if the determination device determines that the external device is connected, and a photographing process device (10), which conducts a photographing process if the determination device determines that the release device is connected.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a process container configured to accommodate a target substrate and to be vacuum-exhausted. A first electrode and a second electrode are disposed opposite each other within the process container. A process gas supply unit is configured to supply a process gas into the process container. An RF power supply is configured to apply an RF power to the first electrode or second electrode to generate plasma of the process gas. A DC power supply is configured to apply a DC voltage to the first electrode or second electrode. A control section is configured to control the RF power supply and the DC power supply such that the DC power supply causes the DC voltage applied therefrom to reach a voltage set value, when or after the RF power supply starts applying the RF power.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a gyro sensor 1240 that detects camera shakes, a feed forward value is calculated by multiplying a first coefficient c1 to an output value of the gyro sensor 1240 when the output value of the gyro sensor 1240 is less than a first predetermined value, another feed forward value is calculated by multiplying a second coefficient c2 smaller than the first coefficient c1 to an output value of the gyro sensor 1240 when the output value of the gyro sensor 1240 is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value, each of the products is respectively added by an addition device to an output value of a drive signal

Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte is made up of a polymer compound having a hydrocarbon aromatic group in the backbone thereof and including a side chain expressed by FORMULA 1: wherein “n” is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. The solid polymer electrolyte may be incorporated into a membrane and may be used in a solution for covering an electrode catalyst.

Abstract: A method is for heating a functional liquid of a droplet discharging device that has a storage which houses a container storing a functional liquid containing a functional material; a droplet discharge head discharging the functional liquid in a droplet; a cooling means included to the storage and cooling the functional liquid; and a supply tube supplying the functional liquid that is cooled in the storage to the droplet discharge head. The method includes: heating the functional liquid in the supply tube with waste heat that is generated correspondingly to cooling of the cooling means.

Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte is made up of a polymer compound having a hydrocarbon aromatic group in the backbone thereof and including a side chain expressed by FORMULA 1: CH2nSO3H??FORMULA 1 wherein “n” is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. The solid polymer electrolyte may be incorporated into a membrane and may be used in a solution for covering an electrode catalyst.

Abstract: A conductive pattern formation ink which can be stably ejected in the form of liquid droplets and form a conductive pattern having high reliability, a conductive pattern having high reliability, and a wiring substrate provided with the conductive pattern and having high reliability are provided. The conductive pattern formation ink is used for forming a conductive pattern by ejecting the ink in the form of liquid droplets on a surface of a ceramic molded body using a liquid droplet ejecting method, the ceramic molded body being made of a material containing ceramic particles and a binder. The ink contains a water-based dispersion medium, and metal particles dispersed in the water-based dispersion medium, wherein the water-based dispersion medium contains oxygen molecules and nitrogen molecules, and wherein when the water-based dispersion medium is analyzed using a gas chromatography method, a total amount of the oxygen and nitrogen molecules contained in the water-based dispersion medium is 12 ppm or less.

Abstract: A conductive pattern forming ink for forming a conductive pattern on a substrate by a droplet discharge method includes: metal particles; an aqueous dispersion medium in which the metal particles are dispersed; xylitol; and a polyglycerol compound having a polyglycerol skeleton. H shown in the following formula (I) is 0.10 to 0.70, and H = OH ? ( A ) Mw ? ( A ) ? X ? ( A ) + OH ? ( B ) Mw ? ( B ) ? X ? ( B ) Formula ? ? ( I ) OH(A) represents an average number of hydroxyl groups in one molecule of the polyglycerol compound, Mw(A) represents a weight-average molecular weight of the polyglycerol compound, X(A) represents a content of the polyglycerol compound in the conductive pattern forming ink in weight percent; and OH(B) represents the number of hydroxyl groups in one molecule of the xylitol, Mw(B) represents a molecular weight of the xylitol, and X(B) represents a content of the xylitol in the conductive pattern forming ink in weight percent.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly durable solid polymer electrolyte that has a deterioration resistance equal to or higher than that of the fluorine-containing solid polymer electrolytes or a deterioration resistance sufficient for practical purposes, and can be produced at a low cost. According to the present invention, there is provided a solid polymer electrolyte comprising a polyether ether sulfone that is used as an electrolyte and has sulfoalkyl groups bonded to its aromatic rings and represented by the general formula —(CH2)n—SO3H.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer ceramic substrate includes: a) discharging a droplet of a conductive ink on each of a plurality of green sheets so as to draw a liquid pattern made of the conductive ink on each of the green sheets; b) drying the liquid pattern so as to form a dry pattern; c) laminating the green sheets including the dry pattern so as to form a laminated body, and applying hydrostatic pressure on the laminated body that is decompress-packaged so as to form a pressure-bonded body; and d) firing the pressure-bonded body so as to form a multilayer ceramic substrate. In the method, in the step a), the liquid pattern is drawn by drawing a wiring liquid pattern and a dummy liquid pattern drawn along a vicinity of the wiring liquid pattern.

Abstract: A conductive pattern formation ink which can be stably ejected from a liquid droplet ejection head, a conductive pattern having high reliability, and a wiring substrate provided with the conductive pattern and having high reliability are provided. The conductive pattern formation ink is used for forming a conductive pattern on a base member using a liquid droplet ejecting method and comprised of a dispersion solution. The dispersion solution includes a water-based dispersion medium, metal particles dispersed in the water-based dispersion medium, and a drying suppressant contained in the water-based dispersion medium, the drying suppressant being contained for preventing drying of the dispersion solution.

Abstract: A conductive pattern formation ink capable of producing a conductive pattern with reduced likelihood of generation of cracks, a conductive pattern which is small in the number of cracks generated, low in specific resistance and superior in high-frequency characteristics, and a wiring substrate provided with the conductive pattern which is small in the number of cracks generated, low in specific resistance and superior in high-frequency characteristics are provided. The conductive pattern formation ink is used for forming a conductive pattern on a base member by patterning and comprised of a dispersion solution. The dispersion solution includes a solvent, metal particles dispersed in the solvent, and an anti-cracking agent contained in the solvent, wherein the anti-cracking agent is contained for preventing generation of cracks in the conductive pattern during desolvation of the solvent.

Abstract: Engine noise of a construction machine is effectively reduced without reducing cooling performance and with an increase in the height of a body cover kept minimum. To achieve the above, an air-intake opening portion (10) and an air discharge opening portion (11) are arranged in a body cover (8) of an upper rotating body (1), and a cooling fan (5) in an engine room covered by the body cover (8) is driven, taking cooling air in from the air-intake opening portion (10) to cool a heat exchanger (7) in the body cover (8) and discharging the air from the air discharge opening portion (11). The air-intake opening portion (10) is laterally offset from a position facing to a ventilation surface of the heat exchanger (7). Alternatively, plural air-intake opening portions are located in a scattered manner such that the plural air-intake opening portions include the offset air-intake opening portion offset from the ventilation surface of the heat exchanger (7).

Abstract: In a ground contact load control apparatus for a vehicle having front and rear, left and right load bearing means (11, 12, 13, 14) which support the ground contact load of each of the front and rear, left and right wheels, respectively, a load changing means which can operate to change the ground contact load supported by these load bearing means, vehicle state sensing means (sensors) which sense the state of the vehicle, and a control means (electric control unit ECU) which controls the operation of the load changing means in accordance with signals from the vehicle state sensing means, load changing means (50, 60) which can increase and decrease the ground contact load of any pair of diagonally opposed wheels and the ground contact load of the other pair of diagonally opposed wheels in opposite directions and which can operate to increase or decrease the ground contact load of diagonally opposed wheels in the same direction are used as the load changing means.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine that includes a rotor, a stator, and an encasing member that encases the rotor and the stator is also provided with a guide member that guides coolant which cools the rotating electrical machine into a gap between the stator and the encasing member.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes an ejection head having an ejection surface with an ejection outlet for ejecting a droplet of a functional liquid, a first container connected to the ejection head via a flow path to form a first space for containing the functional liquid that is to be supplied to the ejection head, a second container for containing the first container to form a second space between the first and the second containers, a pressure regulator for adjusting a pressure of the second space, and a temperature regulator for adjusting a temperature of the functional liquid of the first container, at least a part of the first container being made of a film deformed in accordance with an operation of the pressure regulator.

Abstract: In a thermal processing apparatus, using a lamp for heating a substrate, an opening is formed for a camera unit, which is used to image portions of an auxiliary ring supporting the substrate, to obtain the position of the center of the auxiliary ring. The camera further images the substrate to determine the center of the substrate before the thermal processing apparatus receives and places the substrate on the auxiliary ring. The thermal processing apparatus moves the substrate so that the center thereof coincides with the center of the auxiliary ring, and thereafter places the former on the latter. Thus, the auxiliary ring can be designed to reduce overlaps of the auxiliary ring and the outer edge of the substrate while overlaps can be uniform over the entire circumference of the substrate to improve temperature uniformity of the substrate.