Abstract: A shock absorbing device according to one embodiment includes an elastic member and an attenuation device. The elastic member is compressed by a force transmitted from the exterior of a vehicle through a front grill which is a vehicle exterior component, and returns the front grill to the vehicle exterior by means of the restoration force against the compression. The attenuation device attenuates the speed of the front grill when the front grill is being returned by the restoration force of the elastic member.

Abstract: A storage case including a fusion splicer accommodating portion, an optical fiber cutter accommodating portion, an optical fiber cutter holder, and a support portion. The fusion splicer accommodating portion includes a first placement surface. The optical fiber cutter holder has a second placement surface configured to fix a bottom surface of an optical fiber cutter, and is supported to be rotatable around a rotating shaft separated from a plane including the first placement surface. The support portion is disposed between the fusion splicer accommodating portion and the optical fiber cutter accommodating portion. The support portion is in contact with the optical fiber cutter holder which has rotated such that an angle formed by a line normal to the first placement surface and a line normal to the second placement surface is an acute angle, to support the optical fiber cutter holder.

Abstract: The present inventors conducted intensive studies for solving the problems. As a result, they found a heat-sealable polyester resin which can be used for food application and which exhibits excellent adhesiveness to various containers made of polystylene, polyvinyl chloride, A-PET (amorphous polyethylene terephthalate) , or polypropylene, each having different property. The aim of the present invention is to provide a polyester resin which exhibits excellent adhesiveness to various substrates such as polystylene, polyvinyl chloride, or A-PET. According to the present invention, there is provided a polyester resin containing a polycarboxylic acid component and a polyhydric alcohol component as constitution units, wherein, when the total amount of the polyhydric alcohol component is taken as 100 mol%, the content of diethylene glycol component is 60 mol% or more, and wherein the glass transition temperature of the polyester resin is 20° C. or lower.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an adhesive composition excellent in storage stability, adhesiveness, blocking resistance, and water resistance. A crystalline polyester resin containing a polycarboxylic acid component and a polyhydric alcohol component as copolymerization components, wherein 30 to 70 mol % of terephthalic acid and 10 to 60 mol % of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid are contained as the polycarboxylic acid component, and 50 mol % or more of 1,4-butanediol is contained as the polyhydric alcohol component, wherein the acid value of the crystalline polyester resin is 100 to 600 eq/t, wherein the glass transition temperature of the crystalline polyester resin is ?30 to 30° C., and wherein the melting point of the crystalline polyester resin is 70 to 160° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell stimulation device capable of uniformly electrically stimulating cells intended to be electrically stimulated, and of preventing medium components from decomposing and depositing. [Solution] The cell stimulation device according to the present invention is intended to stimulate the cells being cultured in a culture medium, and is characterized in that the cell stimulation device includes an electron emission element for feeding electric charges to the culture medium via a gas phase, and an electric charge collecting electrode for collecting the electric charges from the culture medium, the electron emission element includes a lower electrode, a surface electrode, and an intermediate layer disposed between the lower electrode and the surface electrode, and the electric charge collecting electrode is disposed so as to be contactable with the culture medium.

Abstract: A storage case including a fusion splicer accommodating portion, an optical fiber cutter accommodating portion, an optical fiber cutter holder, and a support portion. The fusion splicer accommodating portion includes a first placement surface. The optical fiber cutter holder has a second placement surface configured to fix a bottom surface of an optical fiber cutter, and is supported to be rotatable around a rotating shaft separated from a plane including the first placement surface. The support portion is disposed between the fusion splicer accommodating portion and the optical fiber cutter accommodating portion. The support portion is in contact with the optical fiber cutter holder which has rotated such that an angle formed by a line normal to the first placement surface and a line normal to the second placement surface is an acute angle, to support the optical fiber cutter holder.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell stimulation device capable of uniformly electrically stimulating cells intended to be electrically stimulated, and of preventing medium components from decomposing and depositing. [Solution] The cell stimulation device according to the present invention is intended to stimulate the cells being cultured in a culture medium, and is characterized in that the cell stimulation device includes an electron emission element for feeding electric charges to the culture medium via a gas phase, and an electric charge collecting electrode for collecting the electric charges from the culture medium, the electron emission element includes a lower electrode, a surface electrode, and an intermediate layer disposed between the lower electrode and the surface electrode, and the electric charge collecting electrode is disposed so as to be contactable with the culture medium.

Abstract: A fluororubber composition including a fluororubber, a silicone rubber, and perfluoropolyether. The fluororubber composition contains the silicone rubber in an amount of 5 to 55 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the fluororubber and the perfluoropolyether in an amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the fluororubber.

Abstract: An electrolyzed water generating device of the present invention includes an electrolytic solution supplying unit and an electrolysis unit including an electrolysis electrode pair. The electrolytic solution supplying unit is provided so as to supply an aqueous solution of an electrolyte for generating electrolyzed water to the electrolysis unit. The electrolysis unit is provided so that the aqueous solution of the electrolyte for generating electrolyzed water is electrolyzed using the electrolysis electrode pair to generate an electrolyzed water. The electrolyte for generating electrolyzed water contains an alkali metal chloride and a substance that makes an aqueous solution acidic. The electrolyzed water generating device generates an electrolyzed water having a pH of more than 6.5 and less than 8.0.

Abstract: An electrolysis device of the present invention includes an electrolysis unit. The electrolysis unit includes a channel for fluid to be treated, at least one electrolysis electrode pair, a flow inlet, and a flow outlet. The electrolysis electrode pair is disposed so as to incline with respect to a vertical direction and includes an upper electrode and a lower electrode disposed so as to face each other. The channel for fluid to be treated is disposed so that a fluid that has flowed in from the flow inlet flows through an interelectrode channel between the upper electrode and the lower electrode from a lower side to an upper side and flows out from the flow outlet.

Abstract: An optical fiber fusion splicer includes optical fiber holders that hold optical fibers. Each optical fiber holder includes a base, a cover, and a connecting portion. The base includes a setting table on which an optical fiber F is placed so as to be oriented in the longitudinal direction of the base. The cover has pressing members that press the optical fiber F placed on the setting table against the setting table. The connecting portion joins the cover to the base such that the cover is openable away from and closeable over the base and movable in the longitudinal direction of the base.

Abstract: An end in an axial direction of a cage includes a first end face located so as to surround a pocket, a plurality of claw-shaped protrusions that protrude from a periphery of the pocket in a first end face outward in an axial direction and toward a center of the pocket and extend along the periphery at intervals, and a second end face that is connected to an end of the first end face, which is located on the opposite side of the first end face from the pocket side, via a step and is located further outward in the axial direction than the first end face. A recess is defined by the claw-shaped protrusions, the first end face, and the step.

Abstract: An information display apparatus for a vehicle which is advantageous in displaying an energy flow in an easy-to-understand way to the driver is provided. A battery icon represents a driving battery. An engine icon represents an engine. A front-wheel icon and a rear-wheel icon represent front wheels and rear wheels, respectively. An energy transmission state displaying portion indicates the transmission state of energy and is displayed while being directly bridged between the battery icon, the engine icon, the front-wheel icon, and the rear-wheel icon. The energy transmission state displaying portion indicates the presence or absence and the direction of transmission of energy between the driving battery, the engine, the front wheels, and the rear wheels.

Abstract: A friction stir welding apparatus includes a rotating tool provided with an upper rotating body arranged to be axially adjustable in position by an upper actuator, a lower rotating body integral with a rotating main rod extending through the upper rotating body and arranged to be axially adjustable in position by a lower actuator, and a stirring part formed in the rod. The upper rotating body and the lower rotating body clamp therebetween a joint of members to be joined placed with their end faces butting each other. The stirring part is rotated to stir the joint by frictional heat to join them. The rotating tool includes a slide plate attached, through a thrust bearing, to one or both of end portions of the upper rotating body and the lower rotating body facing each other to provide good finished surfaces of the joint.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning device that does not cause degradation of cleaning performance even if there is an obstacle on a surface to be cleaned. A cleaning device includes a housing, blades used for cleaning, a cleaning liquid supply section for supplying cleaning liquid to a surface of a solar cell module, and a wheel for travelling on a solar photovoltaic power generation device. Moreover, the blades are arranged in such a manner that regions which pass through a fixation member are shifted and overlap each other in a front-rear direction with respect to an advancing direction.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a nozzle that discharges water toward a light-receiving surface, and a blade that wipes away the water on the light-receiving surface. A hole in the nozzle is arranged so as to face the surface to be cleaned or arranged so as to be inclined to a side of the blade with respect to a reference plane.

Abstract: An end in an axial direction of a cage includes a first end face located so as to surround a pocket, a plurality of claw-shaped protrusions that protrude from a periphery of the pocket in a first end face outward in an axial direction and toward a center of the pocket and extend along the periphery at intervals, and a second end face that is connected to an end of the first end face, which is located on the opposite side of the first end face from the pocket side, via a step and is located further outward in the axial direction than the first end face. A recess is defined by the claw-shaped protrusions, the first end face, and the step.

Abstract: A friction stir welding apparatus includes a rotating tool provided with an upper rotating body arranged to be axially adjustable in position by an upper actuator, a lower rotating body integral with a rotating main rod extending through the upper rotating body and arranged to be axially adjustable in position by a lower actuator, and a stirring part formed in the rod. The upper rotating body and the lower rotating body clamp therebetween a joint of members to be joined placed with their end faces butting each other. The stirring part is rotated to stir the joint by frictional heat to join them. The rotating tool includes a slide plate attached, through a thrust bearing, to one or both of end portions of the upper rotating body and the lower rotating body facing each other to provide good finished surfaces of the joint.

Abstract: An information display apparatus for a vehicle which is advantageous in displaying an energy flow in an easy-to-understand way to the driver is provided. A battery icon 34 represents a driving battery 12. An engine icon 36 represents an engine 18. A front-wheel icon 38 and a rear-wheel icon 40 represent front wheels 22 and rear wheels 24, respectively. An energy transmission state displaying portion 42 indicates the transmission state of energy and is displayed while being directly bridged between the battery icon 34, the engine icon 36, the front-wheel icon 38, and the rear-wheel icon 40. The energy transmission state displaying portion 42 indicates the presence or absence and the direction of transmission of energy between the driving battery 12, the engine 18, the front wheels 22, and the rear wheels 24.

Abstract: An optical fiber fusion-splicing device is equipped with a fusing unit disposed on a housing, which fuses optical fibers F to each other, and a windproof cover that prevents winds from entering the fusing unit. The windproof cover is provided with a blocking elastic body arranged so as to block, in cooperation with a blocking elastic body of the housing, an inlet for introducing the optical fiber F into the fusing unit, a bias spring that biases the blocking elastic body toward the blocking elastic body, and a transmission member that transmits a biasing force of the bias spring to the blocking elastic body.