Nissan Motor Company Limited

Renault S.a.s.

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.

Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.

Hiroto Kikuchi

Masanori Nakamura

Katsuo Suga

Hironori Wakamatsu

Kazuyuki Shiratori

Tetsuro Naito

Jun Ikezawa

Toshiharu Miyamura

Yukio Okada

Tsutomu Yoshioka

Junji Ito

Masahiro Takaya

Motohisa Kamijo

Hirofumi Yasuda

Yoshiaki Hiramoto

Takahide Ishizaka

Hideaki Morisaka

Kenji Uesugi

Maki Shimada

Toshikatu Miura

Toshikatsu Miura

Tsuguhiro Ohnuma

Hiroshi Tochigi

Yasunori Hirose

Naito Tetsuro

A tire includes a pair of shoulder main grooves and one or more center main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and four or more rows of land portions defined by the pair of shoulder main grooves and the one or more center main grooves. Each of the pair of shoulder main grooves includes a groove opening portion having a wave-like shape with an amplitude in a tire width direction. Each of the pair of shoulder main grooves includes a groove bottom portion having a zigzag shape with an amplitude in the tire width direction. The groove opening portion in each of the pair of shoulder main grooves has an amplitude A1_sh having a relationship A1_sh<A2_sh with respect to an amplitude A2_sh of the groove bottom portion.

Tire

An exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: a catalyst particle unit having at least noble metal with a catalytic function, first oxides on which the catalyst noble metal is supported, and second oxides covering the first oxides on which the noble metal is supported. In catalyst powder formed of an aggregate of plural pieces of the catalyst particle units, at least one type of compounds selected from the group consisting of a transition element, an alkali earth metal element, an alkali metal element, and a rare earth element, which is a promoter component, are contained.

Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and producing method thereof

An exhaust gas purifying catalyst is constituted by: noble metal particles (); first compounds () which support the noble metal particles (); second compounds () different in type from the first compounds (); and oxides () which surround the noble metal particles (), the first compounds () and the second compounds (). A median diameter of the first compounds () and a median diameter of the second compounds () satisfy a relationship of a following inequality:median diameter of first compounds&#x3c;median diameter of second compounds.

Exhaust gas purifying catalyst

An exhaust gas purifying catalyst () according to the present invention includes noble metal particles (), a first compound () supporting the noble metal particles (), and a second compound () disposed not in contact with the noble metal particles () and having an oxygen storage capacity. An average distance between the first compound () and the second compound () is between 5 nm and 300 nm.

Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and method for manufacturing the same

An exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes a monolithic substrate (), and a transition metal oxide layer () formed in the monolithic substrate (). The transition metal oxide layer () contains transition metal oxide powder including: transition metal oxide particles (); a first compound () on which the transition metal oxide particles () are supported; and a second compound () that surrounds a single body or an aggregate of the transition metal oxide particles () and the first compound ().

A high heat-resistant catalyst includes: noble metal particles; first compounds which contact the noble metal particles and suppress movement of the noble metal particles; and second compounds which envelop the noble metal particles and the first compounds, suppress the movement of the noble metal particles, and suppress coagulation of the first compounds following mutual contact of the first compounds. The first compounds support the noble metal particles, and single piece or aggregate of the first compounds supporting the noble metal particles are included in a section partitioned by the second compounds. A coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the second compounds is 1.2&#xd7;10[K] or less.

High heat-resistant catalyst and manufacturing method thereof

Disclosed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst exhibiting excellent purification performance for a long period of time by suppressing coagulation of a noble metal. A catalyst powder comprises a noble metal and first and second compounds. In the catalyst powder, the first compound carries the noble metal and is separated from another first compound carrying a noble metal by the second compound. At least one catalyst layer comprising the catalyst powder is formed on an inner surface of a substrate. The catalyst layer has fine pores. A fine pore volume of fine pores having a fine pore diameter of greater than 0.1 &#x3bc;m to less than or equal to 1 &#x3bc;m is 10% to 60% of the fine pore volume of fine pores having a pore diameter of 1.0 &#x3bc;m or less.

Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and method of producing the same

An exhaust gas purifying catalyst that includes noble metal particles, first compounds which support the noble metal particles and suppress movement of the noble metal particles, and second compounds which encapsulate the noble metal particles and the first compounds. The second compounds suppress the movement of the noble metal particles and suppress coagulation of the first compounds following mutual contact of the first compounds.

Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and manufacturing method thereof

An exhaust gas purifying catalyst including: a plurality of first compoundswhich have precious metal particlessupported thereon and are formed into a particle shape; and second compoundswhich are arranged among the plurality of first compoundsand separate the first compoundsfrom one another, wherein pore volumes of the precious metal particles, the first compoundsand the second compoundsare 0.24 to 0.8 cm/g.

Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and production method thereof

An exhaust gas purifying catalyst for purifying exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine of an automotive vehicle. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprises a substrate on which a catalytic coat layer containing a catalyst component is formed. The catalytic coat layer is formed by coating a slurry containing the catalyst component on a surface of the substrate. A crack-preventing coat layer is formed on an upper-most surface of the catalytic coat layer. The crack-preventing coat layer has a thickness of not larger than 50 &#x3bc;m.

Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and method of producing same

A hydraulic fluid composition for power steering is disclosed, which comprises (a) at least one phosphorus containing compound selected from the group of alkyl, or alkyl substituted or unsubstituted phenyl phosphorus acid compounds, alkyl, or alkyl substituted or unsubstituted phenyl phosphorus thioacid compounds, alkyl, or alkyl substituted or unsubstituted phenyl phosphorus dithioacid compounds, and (b) one or more thiadizaole derivatives represented by the formula: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently denote a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbons. The composition enables hydraulic systems to be used for longer times without accelerating deterioration of rubber materials employed in the hydraulic system.

Hydraulic fluid composition for power steering containing a phosphorous

A reinforcing member includes a reinforcing resin layer which is elastic in its semi-hardened or unhardened state before the reinforcing member is applied to an object to be reinforced and which is rigid in its hardened state; an expandable member centered along the reinforcing resin layer; the expandable member being narrower than the reinforcing resin layer; the expandable member being elastic at least before the reinforcing member is applied to the object; the expandable member being expandable to form a bead-like projection before the reinforcing resin layer hardens; the reinforcing resin layer having its edge portions extending beyond the expandable member, the underside of the edge portions thereof being adapted to adhere to the object.

Reinforcing member

A panel for an automotive vehicle and the method of making same. A main reinforcing member is bonded to an outer panel, the reinforcing member being made of a hardened thermosetting material. An auxiliary reinforcing member is attached to and covers the entire inner side of the main reinforcing member. A core element of foamed resin is encapsulated between the outer panel and the main reinforcing member and causes the latter to bulge in the inward direction to form a rib-like projection to strengthen the panel.

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Hiratsuka, Japan

Hiroto Kikuchi