Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a cylindrical film, and a heater having a substrate, and a heat generating element provided on the substrate. The heater has an elongated plate-like shape, and a first surface contacting the film, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a heater lateral surface facing outwardly in a widthwise direction of the heat generating element. A supporting member supports the heater, and includes a recess and a supporting lateral surface that is parallel to and opposes the heater lateral surface. The supporting lateral surface is provided in the recess, and is bonded to the heater lateral surface using an adhesive material. A high heat conduction member has a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the substrate, and contacts the second surface of the heater and is sandwiched between the heater and the supporting member.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a tubular film, a heater including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface being to contact an inner surface of the film, a supporting member including a supporting surface for supporting the heater from a side of the second surface, and a heat conductive member arranged between the second surface of the heater and the supporting surface of the supporting member, wherein a toner image is fixed on a recording material with heat of the heater via the film, and wherein the heat conductive member is attached to at least one of the second surface of the heater and the supporting surface of the supporting member via an adhesive member including silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive or silicone-based adhesive.

Abstract: A suspension structure of a utility vehicle includes a frame, a wheel, and a trailing arm including an arm extending anteroposteriorly and supported by the frame, a knuckle rotatably supporting the wheel, and a rotary shaft configured to angularly displace the knuckle in a vehicle width direction with respect to the arm.

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a pair of right and left front wheels and a pair of right and left rear wheels. The vehicle body frame has, at a bottom thereof, a bottom main frame extending in an anteroposterior direction and provided with a frame front portion located between the front wheels, a frame rear portion located between the rear wheels, and a frame intermediate portion located between the frame front portion and the frame rear portion and extending in the anteroposterior direction. In a vehicle side view, the bottom main frame has a frame highest portion in the frame intermediate portion, which has a highest ground level in the bottom main frame, and the bottom main frame has a ground level gradually increasing from the frame front portion and the frame rear portion toward the frame highest portion.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an electrode for a lithium ion battery which has excellent electron conductivity even when the thickness of the electrode is increased. The electrode for a lithium ion battery according to the present invention includes a first principal surface located on a separator side of the lithium ion battery, and a second principal surface located on a current collector side, wherein the electrode has a thickness of 50 to 5000 ?m, and the electrode includes, between the first principal surface and the second principal surface, short fibers (A) having an average fiber length of 50 nm or more and less than 100 ?m, long fibers (B) having an average fiber length of 100 ?m or more and 1000 ?m or less, and active material particles (C), and the short fibers (A) and the long fibers (B) are electroconductive fibers.

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a pair of right and left front wheels and a pair of right and left rear wheels. The vehicle body frame has, at a bottom thereof, a bottom main frame extending in an anteroposterior direction and provided with a frame front portion located between the front wheels, a frame rear portion located between the rear wheels, and a frame intermediate portion located between the frame front portion and the frame rear portion and extending in the anteroposterior direction. In a vehicle side view, the bottom main frame has a frame highest portion in the frame intermediate portion, which has a highest ground level in the bottom main frame, and the bottom main frame has a ground level gradually increasing from the frame front portion and the frame rear portion toward the frame highest portion.

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a pair of right and left front wheels disposed at a front end of the vehicle body frame, and a pair of right and left rear wheels disposed at a rear end of the vehicle body frame. The vehicle body frame has, at a bottom thereof, a bottom main frame extending in an anteroposterior direction at a center in a vehicle width direction, and a pair of right and left bottom side frames located width direction extending in the anteroposterior direction between the front wheels and the rear wheels at outer ends in the vehicle, and the bottom side frames are located above the bottom main frame.

Abstract: An image fixing apparatus includes a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on one side of the substrate and a second electrode provided on the other side of the substrate; and a connector, connected with the heater, for receiving electric power, the connector including an electrically insulative housing, and a contact terminal provided inside the housing and having first spring contact contacted to the first electrode and a second spring contact contacted to the second electrode, wherein the first spring contact and the second spring contact are disposed at positions different as seen in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.

Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for preventing, treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a malignant tumor associated with KRAS mutation in a mammal in need thereof, by identifying a tumor cell in the mammal, the tumor cell comprising at least one of: (i) a mutation of the KRAS gene, and (ii) an aberrant expression level of KRAS protein; and administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more RNAi molecules that are active in reducing expression of GST-?.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion for heating and fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material, the fixing portion including a cylindrical film, a heater provided in an inside space of the film, a switch portion actuatable by heat from the heater, and a protection element for shutting off electric power supplied to the heater; a DC voltage source for generating a DC voltage from a commercial AC voltage source. The protection element is connected in a DC circuit operable by the DC voltage source, and when the switch portion is rendered off, the electric power supply to the heater is shut off.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a heater including a substrate and a heat generating element provided on the substrate; a supporting member supporting the heater, the supporting member being provided with a recess for receiving the heater; a high heat conduction member having a thermal conductivity at least in a direction parallel with a surface higher than a thermal conductivity of the substrate, the high heat conduction member being sandwiched between the heater and the supporting member. A side surface of the heater and a surface, defining the recess and opposing the side surface of the heater, of the supporting member are bonded by adhesive material with each other to fix the heater and the supporting member to each other.

Abstract: The image heating apparatus includes an endless belt, a connector and a heater including an insulated substrate, a heat generating resistor, an electrode brought into contact with a contact of the connector; and a conductor provided on a surface of the insulated substrate opposite to a surface on which the electrode wherein the insulated substrate includes multiple through holes electrically connecting the electrode and the conductor to each other, in an area in which the electrode is provided, wherein the distances between a position on the electrode brought into contact with the contact and the multiple through holes are substantially equal to each other, so that burning of the through hole and conduction failure caused by the burning can be prevented.

Abstract: The image heating apparatus includes an endless belt, a connector and a heater including an insulated substrate, a heat generating resistor, an electrode brought into contact with a contact of the connector; and a conductor provided on a surface of the insulated substrate opposite to a surface on which the electrode wherein the insulated substrate includes multiple through holes electrically connecting the electrode and the conductor to each other, in an area in which the electrode is provided, wherein the distances between a position on the electrode brought into contact with the contact and the multiple through holes are substantially equal to each other, so that burning of the through hole and conduction failure caused by the burning can be prevented.

Abstract: An image fixing apparatus includes a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on one side of the substrate and a second electrode provided on the other side of the substrate; and a connector, connected with the heater, for receiving electric power, the connector including an electrically insulative housing, and a contact terminal provided inside the housing and having first spring contact contacted to the first electrode and a second spring contact contacted to the second electrode, wherein the first spring contact and the second spring contact are disposed at positions different as seen in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion for heating and fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material, the fixing portion including a cylindrical film, a heater provided in a cylindrical shape of the film, a switch portion actuatable by heat from the heater, and a protection element for shutting off electric power supplied to the heater; a DC voltage source for generating a DC voltage from commercial AC voltage source, wherein the protection element is disposed in the shape of cylinder of the film is connected in a DC circuit operable by the DC voltage source, and wherein when the switch portion is rendered off, the electric power supply to the heater is shut off.

Abstract: An image fixing apparatus includes a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on one side of the substrate and a second electrode provided on the other side of the substrate; and a connector, connected with the heater, for receiving electric power, the connector including an electrically insulative housing, and a contact terminal provided inside the housing and having first spring contact contacted to the first electrode and a second spring contact contacted to the second electrode, wherein the first spring contact and the second spring contact are disposed at positions different as seen in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A scanning device includes a first scanning unit having a first line sensor and a first light source that emits a first light beam and is arranged only at one side of the first scanning unit in a main scanning direction, and a second scanning unit having a second line sensor and a second light source that emits a second light beam and is arranged only at one side of the second scanning unit in the main scanning direction. The first scanning unit and the second scanning unit face each other and are disposed such that the first light source and the second light source are arranged at the same side of the main scanning direction, and centers of the first line sensor and the second line sensor are located at the same position in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: A scanning device includes a first scanning unit having a first scanning element array to scan a first surface of a scan-target medium to acquire a first image, a second scanning unit having a second scanning element array to scan a second surface of the scan-target medium to acquire a second image, and an output unit that outputs a first image signal of the first image and a second image signal of the second image. The first scanning unit and the second scanning unit face each other to scan the first surface and the second surface concurrently. When the scanning directions of the first scanning element array and the second scanning element array are the same, a mirrored image acquired from one of the first image signal and the second image signal is inverted so that the output unit outputs normal images of the first surface and the second surface.

Abstract: A scanning device includes a first scanning unit, a second scanning unit, and a light source corresponding to each of the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit. The light sources are arranged on the same side of the first and second scanning units with respect to the main scanning direction.

Abstract: A scanning device includes a first scanning unit, a second scanning unit, and a light source corresponding to each of the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit. The light sources are arranged on the same side of the first and second scanning units with respect to the main scanning direction.