A pump device (10) includes: a drive unit (30); a cover body (150); a circuit board (130) which faces the cover body (150) and the drive unit (30) in an electrically non-contact state therewith; and a spring member (160) disposed across front and rear sides of the circuit board (130) and in contact with the cover body (150) and the drive unit (30) in an electrically conductive state. The drive unit (30), the spring member (160), and the cover body (150) constitute a static elimination path. The spring member (160) comprises: a spring deformation part (163) which enables spring deformation such that neighboring wires (161) can move toward or away from each other, and an electrically conductive bypass path (162) which is continuously disposed with at least one end of the spring deformation part (163) and is positioned across the front and rear sides of the circuit board (130).

A valve spring is provided. The valve spring may include a first turn. The first turn of the valve spring may be disposed at a first angular orientation. The valve spring may further include a second turn. The second turn may be disposed at a second angular orientation. The second angular orientation may be different from the first angular orientation.

To provide a suspension coil spring capable of reducing a bowing amount and friction generated in a shock absorber, under a compressed state. A suspension coil spring (10) that is mounted between an upper seat (22) and a lower seat (24) in a strut suspension (12) for an automobile, includes an upper end turn (32) that sits on the upper seat (22); a spring active portion (11) that includes one or more coils each of which is formed such that a portion whose curvature is the largest is positioned at an automobile outer side under a mounted state; and a lower end turn (34) that sits on the lower seat (24) while substantially contacting the lower seat (24) at a single lower contacting point (P3) that is positioned at the automobile outer side with respect to a center point of the lower end turn (34).

The present invention provides a coil spring, in which a corresponding portion is provided at an end portion in a direction of a coil axis, the corresponding portion having a whole size in the direction of the coil axis of the plurality of wire materials adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis equal to a maximum value of a gap in the direction of the coil axis between wire materials adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis of the coil spring, a gap in the direction of the coil axis between the corresponding portion and a wire material adjacent to the corresponding portion on an inner side in the direction of the coil axis is smaller than a wire height in an active coil portion of the coil spring, and at the end portion of the direction of the coil axis, a gap in the direction of the coil axis between a portion extending around the coil axis from the corresponding portion to a distal end portion side of the wire material and a wire material adjacent to the portion on the inner side in the direction of the coil axis gradually decreases from the corresponding portion toward the distal end portion side of the wire material around the coil axis.

In the coil spring of the present invention, a helical space defined by a space between coils has a first end region whose space is increased as it extends towards the other side in the axial direction from a first reference point where the space is zero, a reference region whose space is set at a reference value L (L>0), and a second end region whose space becomes narrow as it extends toward the other side in the axial direction and zero at a second reference point. The first end region has a first end outer part and a first end inner end. In a case where a pitch angle of the space between coils that causes the displacement of the space between coils per turn of the helical space to be L is a reference pitch angle Pa, the pitch angle in the first end outer part is set at Pa while the pitch angle in the first end inner part is set at Pb (Pb>Pa).

A solenoid valve includes a housing, having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the solenoid valve also includes a valve element and a valve seat. To provide a solenoid valve to be used with high maximum operating pressure differences between inlet and outlet, the solenoid valve includes at least one progressive spring, wherein the valve element is forced by the at least one progressive spring. Thereby, the spring force acting on the valve element in the closed position of the valve may be decreased, while still retaining a large spring force in the opened position of the solenoid valve.

A laundry treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes a casing; an outer tub disposed in the casing; a support rod connected at one end thereof to the casing; an outer tub support part, which is moved along the support rod and which supports the outer tub; at least one elastic member fixedly disposed on the support rod so as to elastically support the outer tub support part from below; a first friction part disposed above the outer tub support part so as to create frictional force between the support rod and the first friction part; and a housing defining therein a space for accommodating the first friction part, the housing being disposed at the top of the outer tub support part and being moved along with the outer tub support part when the outer tub vibrates, and the housing being independently moved alone when the outer tub support part is moved within a predetermined displacement range and being moved while pushing the first friction part when the outer tub support part is moved beyond the predetermined displacement range.

A coil spring has an effective section that functions as a spring when a load in a coil axis direction has been applied, end turn sections that are formed on both ends of the effective section, and rising sections that are formed between the effective section and the end turn sections, wherein the rising sections are formed in such a way that, when 1 represents the pitch angle of the rising sections and 2 represents the pitch angle of the effective section, pitch angle 1>pitch angle 2 holds true in at least one of the rising sections.

This coil spring has a part of high hardness and a part of lower hardness than the part. Also, it is preferable that the hardness of the part that comes into contact with other members is lower than the hardness of the part other than the part that comes into contact with the other members. Moreover, it is preferable that the hardness of an end turn part of the coil spring is lower than the hardness of the part other than the end turn part. Furthermore, it is preferable that the hardness of the part that comes into contact with a receiving member adapted to receive the end turn part of the coil spring is lower than the hardness of the part other than the part that comes into contact with the receiving member.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a coil spring and for determining a propelling condition for a shot medium. In a case where it is confirmed that the coating film remains in a third step, at least one or more of conditions of the shot peening treatment including a propelling speed of the shot medium, a propelling time of the shot medium, a material of the shot medium, and an average particle diameter of the shot medium are changed and the second step and the third step are repeated until the coating film does not remain. In a case where it is confirmed that the coating film does not remain in the third step, the condition of the shot peening treatment in the second step in which the coil spring is obtained with no remaining coating film is determined as the propelling condition for the shot medium.