Abstract: A vehicle drive system includes a motor (drive motor), a generator, a reduction drive that reduces output of the motor, and a housing. At a position above a motor shaft, an oil passage, through which oil is supplied to each of the motor, the reduction drive, and the generator, is integrally formed with the housing. An oil pipe is attached to the housing and supplies the oil from an oil reservoir to the oil passage. At a position between the motor and the generator, the reduction drive is offset from the motor shaft in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The oil pipe is located between the motor and the generator in the first direction, and at least part of the oil pipe is located on an opposite side of the reduction drive with the motor shaft being interposed therebetween in the second direction.

Abstract: A food or beverage product comprising: ethyl butyrate; and 5 mass or more of collagen.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly palatable collagen-rich beverage. An object of a preferred embodiment of the present invention is to provide a beverage having both an improved collagen-specific taste and a balanced sweetness. The present invention to solve the above problems is a beverage containing 5 mass % or more of collagen, which contains 0.0003 mass % to 0.15 mass % of a stevia extract and 0.1 mass % to 16 mass % of sugar (sucrose) in a content mass ratio of from 1:40000 to 1:0.6.

Abstract: An arm (20) that faces a male member (10) is provided with a claw (30) that protrudes toward the male member (10). An adapter (1) can be connected to a female connector with the male member being inserted into the female connector and the claw engaging with the female connector. The arm is elastically deformable so that the claw can move away from the male member. The claw includes a slidable portion (33a) that slides on the female connector during a process in which the adapter is connected to the female connector. The slidable portion moves the claw in a direction away from the male connector while the slidable portion slides on the female connector. A contour shape of the slidable portion seen in a direction that is orthogonal to a central axis (1a) that passes through the male member includes a smooth convex curve.

Abstract: A vial shield (1) has a shield main body (10) and a valve element (20). The shield main body (10) includes an annular top plate (11) that is to be laid on top of an upper surface of a stopper (86) that seals a mouth (83) of the vial bottle (80), a plurality of legs (15) extending downward from the top plate (11), and a plurality of claws (16) provided in the plurality of legs (15), the claws being engageable with the mouth (83) of the vial bottle (80). The valve element (20) blocks an opening at the center (12) of the top plate (11). A cut (22) passing through the valve element (20) in a vertical direction is formed in the valve element (20).

Abstract: An exercise tool 1 for improving oral function inserted and used in an oral cavity includes: a base 10 inserted in the oral cavity; and a hollow bulge 20 which is made of an elastic body and protrudes from the base 10. Level difference portions 41-43 and 51-53 are provided in a vertically intermediate region of at least one of an outer surface and an inner surface of the bulge 20.

Abstract: An arm (20) that faces a male member (10) is provided with a claw (30) that protrudes toward the male member (10). An adapter (1) can be connected to a female connector with the male member being inserted into the female connector and the claw engaging with the female connector. The arm is elastically deformable so that the claw can move away from the male member. The claw includes a slidable portion (33a) that slides on the female connector during a process in which the adapter is connected to the female connector. The slidable portion moves the claw in a direction away from the male connector while the slidable portion slides on the female connector. A contour shape of the slidable portion seen in a direction that is orthogonal to a central axis (1a) that passes through the male member includes a smooth convex curve.

Abstract: An exercise tool 1 for improving oral function inserted and used in an oral cavity includes: a base 10 inserted in the oral cavity; and a hollow bulge 20 which is made of an elastic body and protrudes from the base 10. Level difference portions 41-43 and 51-53 are provided in a vertically intermediate region of at least one of an outer surface and an inner surface of the bulge 20.

Abstract: A vial shield (1) has a shield main body (10) and a valve element (20). The shield main body (10) includes an annular top plate (11) that is to be laid on top of an upper surface of a stopper (86) that seals a mouth (83) of the vial bottle (80), a plurality of legs (15) extending downward from the top plate (11), and a plurality of claws (16) provided in the plurality of legs (15), the claws being engageable with the mouth (83) of the vial bottle (80). The valve element (20) blocks an opening at the center (12) of the top plate (11). A cut (22) passing through the valve element (20) in a vertical direction is formed in the valve element (20).

Abstract: For proper fitness of a core portion of an abutment to a patient, a wax model base for an abutment of a dental implant includes an engagement portion 1 engaging with an implant fixture analog embedded in a gypsum model without rotation, a truncated conical portion 2, a building portion 4 provided directly on an inner peripheral edge of a ring-like first stepped portion 3, which is provided on an oral cavity inner side of the truncated conical portion 2, or through a cylindrical portion 4a having a low height to have a conical shape expanding toward the oral cavity inner side and have a cutoff portion 5 on an outer peripheral surface, a cylindrical portion 7 provided on an inner peripheral edge of a ring-like second stepped portion 6 provided on the building portion 4, and a screw hole 8 along a center axis of the base.

Abstract: For proper fitness of a core portion of an abutment to a patient, a wax model base for an abutment of a dental implant includes an engagement portion 1 engaging with an implant fixture analog embedded in a gypsum model without rotation, a truncated conical portion 2, a building portion 4 provided directly on an inner peripheral edge of a ring-like first stepped portion 3, which is provided on an oral cavity inner side of the truncated conical portion 2, or through a cylindrical portion 4a having a low height to have a conical shape expanding toward the oral cavity inner side and have a cutoff portion 5 on an outer peripheral surface, a cylindrical portion 7 provided on an inner peripheral edge of a ring-like second stepped portion 6 provided on the building portion 4, and a screw hole 8 along a center axis of the base.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that has improved usability, while maintaining good positional relationship of units detachably installed inside the apparatus body. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of rotatable image carriers, each incorporated in a respective image producing unit, and an intermediate transfer unit including an intermediate transfer body which is installed between a plurality of roller members and to which transfer toner images formed on each image carrier are transferred. The shaft of each image carrier and the shaft of each roller are disposed on a positioning plate, and each image carrier and the intermediate transfer body are fixed in normal positions by applying pressure independently to each shaft.

Abstract: For each communication interface of a communication device, its address and a destination address reached via the communication interface are stored in a table while correlating them to each other. A communication interface corresponding to the destination address of a reception packet is selected from the table. When the reception packet contains information on a transmission source address or communication interface, a communication interface corresponding to the information is selected and transmitted to the communication interface. When the reception packet contains no information on a transmission source address or a communication interface, an arbitrary communication interface is selected from the communication interfaces selected and the reception packet is transmitted from this communication interface.

Abstract: To improve gingival sealing property without decreasing aesthetic property, an abutment coping 3 for a dental implant fixture has a male screw 2a engaged to a female screw 1a formed at the intra-oral side of a dental implant fixture 1, and is cylindrically or taperedly projected at the intra-oral side of the fixture 1, and an end part of the abutment coping 3 at the fixture 1 side is made of a white ceramic and fixed at the abutment 2 so as to expose an outer peripheral surface of the abutment 2 from a part between the end part and the intra-oral side surface of the fixture 1, or to have a clearance G being 1.3 mm or less and starting from an outer peripheral surface of the abutment 2 at a part between the end part and the intra-oral side surface of the fixture 1.

Abstract: A mobile node receives cell-site transmitted signals and determines their channel quality while establishing a unicast packet session, and transmits a report to the current cell-site if there is at least one neighbor cell-site detected whose channel quality is higher than that of the current cell-site for informing the identifier and channel quality of the detected cell-site, and requesting the resource necessary to support the session. In one embodiment, the current cell-site selects candidate cell-sites based on the report and informs the mobile node of the selected cell-sites. The mobile node selects a new cell-site from the candidate cell-sites and informs the current cell-site of the new cell-site. The requested resource is then reserved in the new cell-site and an IP address and at least one channel identifier are assigned. The mobile node uses the channel identifier to establish a wireless link of the reserved resource to the new cell-site and the IP address to reestablish the session.