Abstract: A method for producing a component, and an injection-molding device. In the method, the following steps are carried out, in particular in succession: closing an injection mold, injection molding a base body by introducing a first plastic material into a first injection-molding cavity, opening the injection mold, stamping one or more first film elements and removing the component from the mold.

Abstract: The application relates to a printing device for printing onto substrates, in particular solar cells, wafers or printed circuit boards, including a squeegee means and including at least one printing table, wherein the squeegee means is arranged above the printing table, and including at least one conveying means, by means of which a substrate can be transported away in each case to a printing nest below the squeegee direction and away out of the printing nest after the printing process has taken place. It is provided that the printing table has several conveying means, which are arranged side by side and aligned parallel to one another and which each have at least one printing nest, and that the squeegee means has at least one squeegee, which can be moved over each printing nest in order to print successively onto the substrates, which are arranged in the printing nests.

Abstract: A printer includes: a transfer unit configured to transfer printing paper in a printing direction; a printing unit configured to print information on transferred printing paper; a detection unit installed to face discharged printing paper on a printing paper discharge portion side, and configured to acquire measured values by detecting light while printing paper is transferred or when the transfer of printing paper is stopped; and a control unit configured to collect measured values of the detection unit while printing paper is transferred, to calculate a reference value by using the collected measured values, and to determine whether printing paper has been removed by comparing the calculated reference value with a measured value acquired by the detection unit when the transfer of printing paper is stopped.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveying unit which conveys a printing medium in a conveying direction; a printing unit which prints an image on the printing medium conveyed by the conveying unit; a processing unit which includes a processing member and which executes a processing action for processing the printing medium by moving the processing member while causing the processing member to contact the printing medium; and a controller. The controller executes a processing process for causing the processing unit to execute the processing action with respect to the printing medium by moving the processing unit from a first position to a second position in an intersecting direction; a first conveying process for causing the conveying unit to convey a processed printing medium in the conveying direction; and a first moving process for moving the processing unit from the second position to the first position after the first conveying process.

Abstract: A tape cassette includes a box-like housing, a tape mounted within the housing, a hole and a first indicator portion. The housing includes a top wall having a top surface, a bottom wall having a bottom surface and opposing the top wall, and a front wall having a specified height and being formed along peripheries of the top wall and the bottom wall. The hole is provided in the front wall. The first indicator portion includes at least one first aperture and indicates a first element among a plurality of elements of a type of the tape. The first indicator portion is provided in a portion, spaced from the front wall, of the bottom wall. The hole and the one first aperture is located to intersect a virtual line orthogonal to the front wall when viewing along a vertical direction orthogonal to the top wall and the bottom wall.

Abstract: The tape cassette includes a housing, a tape spool, a tape, a first guide, a second guide, and a plurality of pins. The housing has an outlet. The tape spool is held inside the housing. The tape is wound around the tape spool. The first guide is configured to guide the tape toward a detection position where tape information of the tape is detected by a sensor of a printer. The second guide is configured to guide the tape that has been conveyed through the detection position toward the outlet. The plurality of pins is disposed at positions away from a straight line connecting the tape spool with the first guide. The pins are configured to cause a conveyance path of the tape from the tape spool to the first guide to be curved, and guide the tape to the first guide along the conveyance path.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a liquid ejection unit that moves in a first direction relative to a medium and eject liquid, and a control unit that controls the liquid ejection unit. The liquid ejection unit includes a plurality of nozzles arranged in a direction different from the first direction and configured to eject the liquid, the control unit forms, by using a first nozzle of the nozzles, a first pattern with a first length in the first direction, the control unit forms, by using two or more nozzles different from the first nozzle, a second pattern including an image arrangement in which images are arranged so as to be displaced in a step-like manner in the first direction and a second direction different from the first direction, a region on the medium where the second pattern is formed has a second length in the first direction, and the first length is greater than the second length.

Abstract: A printhead control circuit outputs a first signal to a second wire while a first wire coupled to a first terminal is being supplied with a first voltage signal; outputs a second signal to the second wire coupled to a second terminal while the first wire is being supplied with a second voltage signal; outputs a third signal to the second wire while a third wire coupled to a third terminal is being supplied with a third voltage signal; outputs a fourth signal to the second wire while the third wire is being supplied with a fourth voltage signal; and thereby causes the printhead to perform abnormality detection in response to the first to fourth signals and the first to fourth voltage signals.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection portion that ejects a reactive ink, a driving circuit that generates a driving signal to drive the ejection portion, a heat sink that dissipates heat generated in the driving circuit due to generation of the driving signal, and a heat conduction member that conducts the heat generated in the driving circuit to the heat sink. The heat conduction member includes a heat conductive material with an insulating property whose state is not changed by a chemical reaction with the reactive ink, and a reinforcing member with an insulating property whose state is not changed by a chemical reaction with the reactive ink.

Abstract: A print head ejecting a liquid with respect to a medium and assembled to a liquid ejecting apparatus includes: an ejecting portion ejecting the liquid by receiving a drive signal; an electrically erasable non-volatile memory; and a wireless communication module, in which history information changing in accordance with an operation state of the print head is stored in the non-volatile memory, and the wireless communication module transmits the history information in accordance with a request from an outside.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid from a nozzle, the liquid discharge head including: a liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle; a pressure generator configured to deform the liquid chamber to apply pressure to the liquid in the liquid chamber; and circuitry configured to apply a drive signal to the pressure generator to drive the pressure generator, the drive signal including at least one drive pulse. The drive pulse includes: an expansion element to expand the liquid chamber to a first volume; a holding element to hold the first volume of the liquid chamber expanded by the expansion element for a predetermined time; and a contraction element to contract the liquid chamber from the first volume held by the holding element to a second volume.

Abstract: A liquid discharge device in which an inter-wiring region between a first wiring through which a first drive signal, and a second wiring through which a second drive signal propagates includes a wide inter-wiring region in which an inter-wiring distance between the first wiring and the second wiring is larger than a sum of a wire width of a fourth wiring and a minimum diameter of a via wiring, and a narrow inter-wiring region in which the inter-wiring distance is smaller than the sum of the wire width of the fourth wiring and the minimum diameter of the via wiring, and larger than a wire width of the via wiring, and a third wiring is not located in the narrow inter-wiring region between a virtual line coupling a first terminal and a second terminal, and the wide inter-wiring region, in the inter-wiring region of a first wiring layer.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle layer including a piezoelectric layer and having a nozzle penetrating through the nozzle layer, a liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle, and a drive circuit to apply a drive waveform to the piezoelectric layer to drive the piezoelectric layer. The drive waveform has a first waveform and a second waveform. The first waveform has a first voltage to discharge a liquid in the liquid chamber from the nozzle. The first voltage has a first rising edge from which the first voltage rises. The second waveform has a second voltage having a second rising edge from which the second voltage rises. The second rising edge is delayed from the first rising edge by (m?0.5)×Tc, where m represents a positive integer, and Tc represents a natural period of vibration of the piezoelectric layer.

Abstract: A method for forming at least one plurality of printed dots on a surface, with help of at least one plurality of drops generated by a printhead of a continuous inkjet printer. The method comprises, for each plurality of printed dots: deciding, whether all drops of the at least one plurality of drops are protected from perturbations due to the air resistance or whether at least one drop of the at least one plurality of drops is not protected from the perturbations; generating and charging each drop of the at least one plurality of drops according to whether it is protected from the perturbations or not protected from the perturbations; and printing the at least one plurality of drops on the surface.

Abstract: In some examples, a fluidic die includes an arrangement of fluidic elements to dispense a fluid, where each fluidic element of the fluidic elements includes a fluidic actuator and a fluid chamber. The fluidic die includes an array of fluid feed holes in a plurality of dimensions to communicate the fluid with the fluidic elements, where each of multiple fluid feed holes along a first dimension of the plurality of dimensions is distinct from multiple fluid feed holes along a second dimension of the plurality of dimensions. The fluidic die includes circuit elements interspersed in regions between the fluidic elements along different axes of the fluidic die, where each circuit element of the circuit elements includes an active device. The fluidic elements and the circuit elements are formed on a common substrate.

Abstract: A holder assembly that holds a head module including an inkjet head on a mounting table, the holder assembly including a pressure member and an operation member. The pressure member presses a portion of the head module adjacent to the mounting table. The operation member transitions the pressure member from a first state to a second state when work of mounting the head module on the mounting table is performed. In the first state, the pressing by the pressure member is deactivated, and in the second state, the pressing by the pressure member is activated. The operation member exists outside an enveloping surface of the head module during the work of mounting the head module on the mounting table.

Abstract: A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of increasing pressure generated while achieving power saving are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a flow channel member, an actuator plate, and drive electrodes. The drive electrodes include a first electrode disposed on a first surface of the actuator plate so as to overlap one of a pressure chamber and a partition wall when viewed from a first direction, a second electrode which is disposed on the first surface of the actuator plate so as to be adjacent to the first electrode, and which generates a potential difference from the first electrode, and a first opposed electrode which is individually disposed on a second surface of the actuator plate at a position opposed to the first electrode, and which generates a potential difference from the first electrode.

Abstract: A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of achieving a reduction in size and an increase in nozzle density are provided.

Abstract: A water-repellent member includes a base layer formed on the substrate, projections dispersedly arranged on the base layer, a first water-repellent material provided on the base layer in contact with the base layer, and a second water-repellent material provided on the projections in contact with the projections. The first water-repellent material and the second water-repellent material are perfluoropolyether compounds. An oxygen concentration of the base layer is lower than an oxygen concentration of the projections.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge head including a discharge surface formed with a plurality of discharge openings from which a liquid is discharged, a cap configured to be detachably attached to the discharge head and form a holding space for a cleaning liquid such that the cleaning liquid contacts the discharge surface, a supply portion configured to connect to the cap and to supply the cleaning liquid to the holding space, and an outlet portion configured to connect to the cap and to drain the cleaning liquid from the holding space. The supply portion is formed at a position facing the discharge surface. The outlet portion is formed at a position outside the supply portion in an inside-outside direction of the discharge surface.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid supplying apparatus including: a liquid container including an internal space, and a tank having a storing chamber. The liquid container has: an upper surface, a nozzle, and a circular wall projecting upward from the upper surface. The tank has: a body; a projecting wall defining a tank recessed part, and a communicating tube positioned in the tank recessed part and having first and second channels which communicate the storing chamber with outside. The circular wall is inserted into the tank recessed part, and the communicating tube is inserted into the opening of the nozzle so as to allow the liquid to flow out from the internal space to the storing chamber. In a case that the liquid container is connected to the tank, the circular wall is positioned inside the projecting wall.

Abstract: A liquid storage container includes a liquid absorber to absorb and hold a liquid, a storage portion storing the liquid absorber, a lid member having ribs, an air communication port provided in the lid member, and a liquid holding path. The storage portion has an opening facing a first surface of the liquid absorber and to be covered by the lid member. The ribs are in contact with the first surface when the lid member covers the opening. The air communication port communicates air to an internal space of the storage portion. The liquid holding path is provided on a rib adjacent to the air communication port and extends toward the lid member from a contact surface of the adjacent rib. The liquid holding path holds a liquid that has oozed from the first surface of the liquid absorber.

Abstract: According to an ink replacement method in an ink-jet recording apparatus that includes a recording head having an ink ejection face in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink onto a recording medium are arranged, a sub-tank that temporarily stores the ink fed from an ink container, and an ink flow passage through which the ink circulates from the sub-tank via the recording head to the sub-tank, gas is inserted between first ink present in the ink flow passage and second ink newly supplied to the recording head via the ink flow passage to form a gas-liquid interface between the first and second ink and gas, and then the first ink is replaced with the second ink.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid storage container comprising: a liquid reservoir reserving a liquid; an air communication passage for communicating the liquid reservoir with an atmosphere; a partition wall separating an inside and outside of the liquid reservoir; a through hole penetrating the partition wall in a first direction; a movable support member capable of moving in the through hole in the first direction; a first seal member disposed in the liquid reservoir and fixed to the movable support member; and a biasing member biasing the movable support member to locate the first seal member at a closing position to close the air communication passage, wherein the movable support member has receiving part receiving an external force to move the first seal member from the closing position so that the inside of the liquid reservoir part communicates with the outside of the liquid reservoir via the air communication passage.

Abstract: A print head assembly includes a dynamically shifting circuit board. The circuit board is forced into a rear position toward a cavity for a print ink cartridge and is allowed to move forward away from the cavity for removal of the cartridge, which allows vertical removal and installation rather than requiring angular shifting. The circuit board may be biased in the forward direction away from the cavity and held in place by a plate. The plate is movable between two positions which respectively move the circuit board to the rear position against the bias and allow the circuit boar to move to the forward position via the bias force.

Abstract: Provided is a consumable package assembly including a consumable container and an outer packaging portion. The consumable container includes a chip, and the outer packaging portion includes an accommodating portion for accommodating the consumable container. The outer packaging portion includes a first through hole configured to expose at least a part of the chip, and a second through hole configured to expose at least apart of the accommodating portion so as to position the consumable container. Operation to the chip on the consumable container can be performed without removing the outer packaging portion so as to avoid scrapping of the outer packaging portion, thereby reducing the procedures of the production or the reprocessing and resulting in lower cost and higher efficiency. The second through hole is configured to prevent the unfixed position of the consumable container in the outer packaging portion from resulting inaccurate operation to the chip.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a cartridge detachably attached to the image forming apparatus and including a first compartment configured to store a colorant, a container configured to be connected with the cartridge and including a second compartment configured to store the colorant flowing from the cartridge, and a display configured to display a first object indicating a first remainder amount and a second object indicating a second remainder amount in a single screen, is provided. The first remainder amount is a remainder amount of the colorant stored in the first compartment, and the second remainder amount is a remainder amount of the colorant stored in the second compartment.

Abstract: A circulation device according to an aspect includes a storage unit for storing liquid and a liquid droplet discharge unit for discharging liquid, and controls circulation of liquid flowing through a channel communicating the storage unit and the liquid droplet discharge unit with each other. Such a circulation device includes a robotic portion, a first pressure portion, a second pressure portion, a first valve portion, and a second valve portion. The robotic portion is mounted with the liquid droplet discharge unit. The first pressure portion feeds the liquid stored in the storage unit to the liquid droplet discharge unit through a first channel communicating the storage unit and the liquid droplet discharge unit with each other. The second pressure portion feeds the liquid recovered in the liquid droplet discharge unit to the storage unit through a second channel communicating the storage unit and the liquid droplet discharge unit with each other.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: an ejection element configured to generate a pressure for ejecting the liquid; a supply channel through which the liquid is supplied to a pressure chamber; a collection channel connected to the supply channel through the pressure chamber and through which the liquid is collected from the pressure chamber; a circulation pump capable of supplying the liquid from the supply channel into the pressure chamber, and collecting the liquid in the pressure chamber through the collection channel and sending the liquid to the supply channel; a first pressure adjustment unit disposed between an outlet channel of the circulation pump and the supply channel and configured to adjust a pressure in the supply channel; and a second pressure adjustment unit disposed between an inlet channel of the circulation pump and the collection channel and configured to adjust a pressure in the collection channel.

Abstract: An ink supply device includes: a main tank that stores ink; a sub-tank that stores the ink supplied from the main tank and supplies the ink stored to a plurality of inkjet heads connected; and a heater that heats the ink before the ink flows into the sub-tank, wherein the heater includes a plurality of ink outlet ports that can supply the ink with different temperatures to the sub-tank midway in a flow path of the ink to be heated.

Abstract: A recording-head position adjustment mechanism adjusts a position of a recording head that discharges liquid droplets. The recording-head position adjustment mechanism includes a supporting member and a discharge angle adjuster. The supporting member includes an upper support to support an upper portion of the recording head and a lower support to support a lower portion of the recording head. The discharge angle adjuster swings the lower portion around the upper portion as a fulcrum to adjust a discharge direction of the liquid droplets from the recording head.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a frame, a cover configured to open and close relative to the frame, and an open-close mechanism. The open-close mechanism includes a base attached to the frame, a holder attached to the base, a shaft attached to the holder, an arm attached to the shaft, the cover being attached to the arm, and a lockscrew configured to fix the holder to the base. The base includes an attachment hole used to attach the holder to the base, and a protrusion protruding toward the holder. The holder includes a holder hole overlapping with the attachment hole, and a guide hole into which the protrusion is inserted. The guide hole is an elongated hole elongated in one direction. The holder hole is an elongated hole elongated in the one direction. The lockscrew is inserted into the attachment hole and the holder hole.

Abstract: An inkjet printed flexible film for decor applications is provided. In particular the present invention relates to an inkjet printed flexible film comprising a polymer film and an ink-receptive layer comprising polymerizable and/or crosslinkable compounds or a polymer crosslinked via (meth)acrylate moieties. Ink pigments can be applied to the ink-receptive layer in a print pattern by ink jet printing. The ink-receptive layer can be printed by means of industrial digital inkjet printing. The decor applications include any decorated surfaces for flooring, wall covering, furniture, ceilings and the like.

Abstract: In a seal-type thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, the total thickness thereof is 250 ?m or less, a seal portion has a layered structure in which a pressure-adhesive layer, a seal portion substrate, and a receiving layer are layered in this order from a release portion side. A release portion has a layered structure in which a surface resin layer, a release portion paper substrate, and a back face resin layer are layered in this order from a seal portion side. One or both of the seal portion substrate and the surface resin layer includes a layer made of polyethylene terephthalate is 50 ?m or more. The sum of the thickness of the seal portion substrate and the thickness of the surface resin layer is four times or more the thickness of the back face resin layer, and the thickness of the back face resin layer is 20 ?m or more.

Abstract: The disclose provides an optical anti-counterfeiting element and a manufacturing method of the optical anti-counterfeiting element, the optical anti-counterfeiting element includes: a substrate, the substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other; and an interference color layer located on the first surface of the substrate, the interference color layer is located in a non-hollow area of the optical anti-counterfeiting element and is not located in a hollow area, the interference color layer is a Fabry-Perot filter structure, an absorbing layer of the Fabry-Perot filter structure is in contact with the substrate, and a material of the absorbing layer is an alloy.

Abstract: A printing device includes a providing unit configured to provide to a printed material an identifier for managing the printed material. The providing unit prints the identifier with invisible ink on the printed material. The identifier is visually recognizable under special light and invisible under normal light.

Abstract: An electric vehicle motor with double disc brakes is provided, and relates to the field of electric vehicle motors. The electric vehicle motor includes a first disc brake, a motor body, fixed bolts and a second disc brake. A wheel rim is fixedly arranged on an outer surface of the electric vehicle motor. An upper shell is fixedly arranged at an upper end of the wheel rim, and a lower shell is fixedly arranged at a lower end of the wheel rim. The problem of braking may be well solved through double disc brakes, and traffic accidents due to poor braking of the electric vehicle at high speed, in long-time downhill periods or on rainy days may be effectively solved. Moreover, the first disc brake and the second disc brake are both made of aluminum alloy materials.

Abstract: Tread (1) for a pneumatic tyre, comprising a sequence of tread elements (5) forming an overall “V” shape with two lateral wings (7, 7?), each of said wings being formed from three tread blocks (11, 21, 31) separated therebetween by first and second grooves (15, 16); said three tread blocks (11,21,31) comprise at least one shoulder block (11) provided with at least a first sipe (111) having a “zig-zag” shape; each shoulder block (11) further comprises a channel (112) with a longitudinally evolution which extends on the shoulder block (11), until it reaches and emerges upon the corresponding second groove (15); the channel (112) with a longitudinal evolution comprises an end portion (300, 301) that opens onto said second groove (15), said end portion (300) having a variable depth, said terminal portion having at least one inclined portion (300) wherein the depth gradually decreases from the outside towards the inside of the pneumatic tyre, as the interface with this second groove (15) approaches.

Abstract: Machines that plant crop seed generally compact the seed rows with their tires. The solution to this problem is to cut or mold notches into the tire lugs in the area that would pass directly above the planted seeds and adjacent to the planted seeds. Tires could also be molded with the notches in place during the tire manufacturing process. If lateral beaming strength is needed in the tire, ribs can be formed on the inside of the tire either intermittent or continuous across the width of the tire. Notching also could be done selectively on tires after molding.

Abstract: A tire for two-wheeled motorized vehicle having tread connected by sidewalls to beads, each having circumferential reinforcing bead wire, each contacting a rim on which the tire is mounted, the tire has an indicator system of a plurality of cavities formed on tread surface, each cavity having maximum depth less than 1 mm and average width of less than 3 mm, and arranged in a plurality of circumferential sets of cavities) representing different camber angles of the tire, each circumferential set having plurality of cavities arranged in circular arc, wherein two adjacent cavities are spaced along circular arc by circumferential pitch (Pc) between 1 mm and 10 mm, the circumferential sets arranged in specific radial pattern defined by a radial pitch (Pr) corresponding to spacing in radial direction between circular arcs of two adjacent circumferential sets of cavities, the radial pitch (Pr) being between 1 mm and 10 mm.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire that has reduced rolling resistance during high-speed running as well as excellent durability performance. This pneumatic tire comprises a sidewall and a clinch section in each of a pair of side sections. When the loss tangent of the sidewall is tan ?sw and the loss tangent of the clinch section is tan ?c when measured under the conditions of 70° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, an initial strain of 5%, and a dynamic strain rate of 1%, then (tan ?sw+tan ?c)?0.3 and |tan ?sw?tan ?c|?0.07. When the cross-sectional width of the tire is Wt (mm) and the external diameter is Dt (mm) when the pneumatic tire is installed on a standardized rim and internal pressure is set to 250 kPa, and if the volume of space occupied by the tire is a virtual volume V (mm3), then (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied. 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.88×105??(formula 2).

Abstract: Methods, system, apparatuses, and computer program products for securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device in accordance with the present disclosure includes a vehicle sensor device pairing with a vehicle control system (VCS) using a pre-shared passkey. The pre-shared passkey is shared between the vehicle sensor device and the VCS via an out-of-band exchange. This embodiment also includes the vehicle sensor device transmitting an identifier for a resolvable private address (RPA) to the VCS. In addition, the vehicle sensor device communicates with the VCS using the RPA. In this example embodiment, the RPA is periodically regenerated by the vehicle sensor device.

Abstract: A valve stem to be mounted to a valve mounting hole of a tire wheel includes a stem body that is pipe-shaped, contains a valve core inside, and has a proximal end to which an electrical circuit unit is fixed, and a cover member made of elastomer and covering an outer side of the stem body. The valve stem includes an engagement groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of a proximal end of the cover member to engage with an opening edge of the valve mounting hole, and a weight adjustment member having a higher specific gravity than the cover member and made of a material different from that of the stem body. The weight adjustment member is embedded in the cover member and positioned closer to a distal end of the cover member than the engagement groove.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire for which rolling resistance at high speed running is sufficiently reduced and durability is sufficiently improved. The pneumatic tire has a side portion, a thickness S (mm) of a rubber layer radially outside a carcass on the side portion at the maximum tire width position is 3 mm or less, the loss tangent of the rubber layer measured under the conditions of 70° C., a frequency of 10 Hz, an initial distortion of 5%, and a dynamic distortion rate of 1% is 0.15 or less, and when the cross-sectional width of the tire is Wt (mm) and the outer diameter is Dt (mm) when installed on a regular rim and the internal pressure is 250 kPa, the volume of the space occupied by the tire is the virtual volume V (mm3), the following (formula 1) and (formula 2) are satisfied. 1700?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(formula 1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]?2.

Abstract: A steel cord for rubber reinforcement that has a construction with an outer layer and an inner strand surrounded by and adjacent to the outer layer, the inner strand having at least one steel filament with a number of N1 and an average diameter of d1 expressed in mm, the outer layer having steel filaments with a number of N2 and an average diameter of d2 expressed in mm. The inner strand has a torque T1 and the outer layer has a torque T2, the relation between T1 and T2 is defined. By doing this, the tip rise problem of the rubber ply reinforced by steel cords is reduced.

Abstract: A plug-in connector device for a vehicle for transmitting data includes a first interface for connection to a vehicle and a second interface for connection to a connecting line, wherein the first interface and/or the second interface is/are formed as a connecting element, in particular formed as a plug or a socket, for establishing a connection according to an industry standard. A data interface for connection to a data line is electrically connected to the first interface in order to transmit electrical signals and/or data between the data interface and the second interface. The first interface is electrically connected to the second interface to transmit electrical signals and/or data between the first interface and the second interface. A connecting line is configured for connection to a second interface of the plug-in connector device. A vehicle includes a system having the plug-in connector device, and a vehicle has such a system.

Abstract: This spring used for a suspension device for a vehicle is provided with: a metal wire material which constitutes a spring section and which has a cover layer provided on the surface thereof; and a seat section which is subjected to a load acting on the spring section, is formed from an elastically deformable material, and is bonded to the cover layer by an adhesive. The difference between the hardness of the seat section and the hardness of the adhesive is greater than the difference between the hardness of the adhesive and the hardness of the cover layer.

Abstract: An electric suspension apparatus includes a return prevention circuit and a discharge controller. The return prevention circuit is configured to operate in one of operation modes including a return prevention mode of preventing a current from flowing from power storage to a power supply and a return allowance mode of allowing a current to flow from the power storage to the power supply. The discharge controller is configured to determine whether an electric motor is in regenerative operation. In response to determining that the electric motor is in regenerative operation, the discharge controller is configured to set the return prevention circuit to operate in the return prevention mode. In response to determining that the electric motor is not in regenerative operation, the discharge controller is configured to set the return prevention circuit to operate in the return allowance mode.

Abstract: A method for controlling vehicle motion is described. The method includes accessing a set of control signals including a measured vehicle speed value associated with a movement of a vehicle. A control signal associated with user-induced input is also accessed. The method compares the measured vehicle speed value with a predetermined vehicle speed threshold value to achieve a speed value threshold approach status, and then compares the set of values to achieve a user-induced input threshold value approach status. The method monitors a state of a valve within the vehicle suspension damper, and determines a control mode for the vehicle suspension damper. The method also regulates damping forces within the vehicle suspension damper.

Abstract: A vehicle, including: a pair of front wheels; a pair of rear wheels; a saddle-style seat, positioned at an intermediate region in a width direction of the vehicle; a steering shaft provided ahead of the seat; a bar handle connected with an upper portion of the steering shaft, the bar handle having a pair of grips; a front fender provided above the pair of front wheels, striding over the pair of front wheels in a plan view of the vehicle; and a pair of suspensions, top ends of which are located ahead of the two grips, and are positioned, in the plan view of the vehicle, more inboard than widthwise ends of the two grips in the width direction of the vehicle. Each suspension includes, at an upper portion thereof, a suspension adjusting portion. The front fender includes a pair of openings through which the suspension adjusting portions are accessible.