| FUJIKURA LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120125698 | SEATING SENSOR - The present invention relates to a seating sensor | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120122339 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR - A surface mount type coaxial connector | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119966 | DIPOLE ANTENNA - A dipole antenna of the present invention is more compact and has a wider bandwidth as compared with a conventional dipole antenna. A dipole antenna (DP) includes antenna elements (E | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120112966 | WIDE BAND ANTENNA - An object of the invention is to provide a small antenna which can cope with a wide band as well as has radiation characteristics stable in the wide band. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120105947 | AMPLIFICATION OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER AND RESONATOR USING THE SAME - The invention provides an amplification optical fiber, which can output light with a good beam quality even when a higher-order mode is excited, and an optical fiber amplifier using the amplification optical fiber. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103679 | THROUGH WIRING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A through wiring substrate includes a substrate having a first face and a second face; and a through-wire formed by filling, or forming a film of, an electrically-conductive substance into a through-hole, which penetrates between the first face and the second face. The through-hole has a bend part comprising an inner peripheral part that is curved in a recessed shape and an outer peripheral part that is curved in a protruding shape, in a longitudinal cross-section of the through-hole, and at least the inner peripheral part is formed in a circular arc shape in the longitudinal cross-section. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103677 | THROUGH WIRING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A through wiring substrate includes a substrate including a first face and a second face, and a plurality of through-wires formed by filling, or forming a film of, an electrically-conductive substance in through-holes that penetrate between the first face and the second face. The through-wires are separated from each other, and, include at least one overlap section in a plan view of the substrate. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120088384 | POWER-FEED CONNECTOR - A power-feed connector comprises a tubular case that has a front end opening portion; a connector body that is housed in the tubular case and can slide along a center axis direction of the tubular case; and an operating mechanism that operates the sliding of the connector body along the center axis direction, wherein the operating mechanism at least comprises an operating lever that is pivotally supported at the tubular case rotatably and a first end of which protrudes outside of the tubular case, and a conversion mechanism that converts a rotating force of the operating lever generated by moving the first end only into a force in the center axis direction of the tubular case; and a moving direction of the first end of the operating lever is coincident with a moving direction of the connector body which moves in association with the rotation of the operating lever. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120082418 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR FERRULE - An optical connector comprises a housing, a regulating portion which is protrudes toward an inner surface of the housing, a ferrule which is secured to an optical fiber and which is accommodated inside the housing so as to be movable. The ferrule includes a base portion and a thinned portion that has a thickness smaller than that of the base portion. If the ferrule moves forward in the butt-connection direction, the regulating portion and the base portion approach each other, so that the regulating portion regulates the movement of the ferrule in the thickness direction. If the ferrule moves backward in the butt-connection direction, the ferrule reaches a position where the thinned portion faces the regulating portion, so that the movement of the ferrule in the thickness direction is not regulated by the regulating portion. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082416 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR, CONNECTOR ADAPTER, OPTICAL FIBER LINE, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There are provided an optical connector having one or more protruding portions protruding and one or more recessed portions depressed relative to a reference plane corresponding to a reference face of a coupling of a standard optical connector in a connecting end face of a coupling into which a housing receiving a ferrule is inserted, a connector adapter to which the optical connector can be inserted and coupled, an optical fiber line using the optical connector and the connector adapter to connect optical fibers, and an optical communication system. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120080297 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS - A keyboard apparatus is provided which allows the brightness of illumination within keytops to be improved. Keyboard apparatus | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120066849 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR CLEANING TOOL - An optical connector cleaning tool which wipes to clean a joining end face of an optical connector by a feeding movement of a cleaning body. It includes a tool body which incorporates a feeding mechanism that supplies and takes up the cleaning body, and an insertion part which inserts into a connector housing hole of a positioning housing for connectors. The insertion part has a head member on which is formed a pressing face that presses the cleaning body against the joining end face within the connector housing hole, and is capable of moving in a direction of extension or contraction relative to the tool body. Movement of the tool body in an insertion direction relative to the insertion part in a state where the cleaning body is in contact with the joining end face causes the head member to axially rotate while the state of contact is maintained. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120063729 | CONNECTOR HOLDER, OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL CONVERTER WITH ATTACHED CONNECTOR HOLDER, OPTICAL CONNECTOR FIXING STRUCTURE AND CONNECTOR HOLDER ASSEMBLY METHOD - A connector holder fixes an optical connector assembled at a leading end of an optical fiber to an optical module having a light input/output end so that the optical fiber and the light input/output end is optically connected. The connector holder is provided with a holding section for storing at least a part of the optical connector, and a cover section attached to the holding section to be freely opened and closed. The cover section is provided with a cover section main body, and a pressing section which presses the optical connector toward the optical module. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120061226 | SWITCH DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A switch device includes: a circuit board provided with a fixed contact; a deformable contact arranged above the circuit board, and configured to deform and come into contact with the fixed contact in response to pressure from above; a switch holding sheet covering a surface of the circuit board provided with the deformable contact, and configured to retain the deformable contact on the circuit board; a light-guide sheet placed over the switch holding sheet, and allowing light to pass through its inside; a light-emitting diode configured to cause the light to fall incident and enter the inside of the light-guide sheet; and a protrusion forming a gap between the switch holding sheet and the light-guide sheet in a position corresponding to the deformable contact. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060561 | GLASS PREFORM MANUFACTURING METHOD - A glass preform manufacturing method, includes: preparing a glass element having a rough surface; turning a raw material of an alkali metal compound or a raw material of an alkaline earth metal compound into particles; depositing particles of the alkali metal compound or the alkaline earth metal compound on the rough surface of the glass element; oxidizing the particles of the alkali metal compound or the alkaline earth metal compound while diffusing alkali metal oxide or alkaline earth metal oxide in the glass element; and manufacturing a glass preform into which the alkali metal oxide or the alkaline earth metal oxide is doped. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120057826 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND INSERTION AND REMOVAL METHOD OF OPTICAL CONNECTOR - Provided is an optical connector including: a ferrule housing; a coupling, wherein the housing is insertable into the coupling; a coupling engagement member provided at a rear of the housing; and a boot formed to accommodate ant optical fiber therethrough and extending rearward from the coupling engagement member. The optical connector is moveable into a first position by pressing the boot in a forward direction, thus exerting a forward pressure on the coupling engagement member and into a second position by pulling the boot in a rearward direction, thus exerting a rearward pressure on the coupling engagement member. In the first position, the coupling engagement member abuts the housing, such that the forward pressure on the coupling engagement member is exerted on the housing. In the second position, the coupling engagement member engages the coupling such that the rearward pressure on the coupling engagement member is exerted on the coupling. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057824 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An optical connector that is optically connected to another optical connector inside a connector adapter includes: a housing that receives a ferrule; and plural first keys that protrude from an outer surface of the housing and that extends in a coupling direction. Here, at least one of the plural first keys is disposed outside two points corresponding to both ends in the width direction of a key groove of a standardized connector adapter. At least one groove formed between the plural first keys is disposed inside two points corresponding to both ends in the width direction of a key of a standardized optical connector. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120045185 | HEAT-RESISTANT OPTICAL UNIT - An optical unit is comprised of a plurality of optical base fibers twisted together without any member serving as a center of twisting so that each optical base fiber comes in contact with adjacent optical base fibers along the whole length, each of the optical base fibers including an optical fiber and a sleeve consisting essentially of silicone, a filler having the plurality of optical base fibers embedded therein, the filler consisting essentially of silicone, and a sheath covering the filler and the plurality of optical base fibers embedded in the filler. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044971 | POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER AND OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR USING SAME - The polarization-maintaining fiber of the invention includes a core ( | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044482 | MEASURING METHOD OF HOLE DIAMETER, HOLE POSITION, HOLE SURFACE ROUGHNESS, OR BENDING LOSS OF HOLEY OPTICAL FIBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HOLEY OPTICAL FIBER, AND TEST METHOD OF OPTICAL LINE OF HOLEY OPTICAL FIBER - A measuring method of a hole diameter of a holey optical fiber includes calculating an arithmetical mean value I(x) from two backscattering light intensities at a position x of two backscattering light waveforms of the holey optical fiber, in which the two backscattering light waveforms are obtained by OTDR measurement; and obtaining the hole diameter at the position x, based on a correlation between an arithmetical mean value I(x) and an hole diameter of the holey optical fiber that is obtained in advance. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042696 | MEASURING METHOD OF LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION OF BENDING LOSS OF OPTICAL FIBER, MEASURING METHOD OF LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION OF ACTUAL BENDING LOSS VALUE OF OPTICAL FIBER, TEST METHOD OF OPTICAL LINE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER CABLE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER CORD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER - A measuring method of a longitudinal distribution of bending loss of an optical fiber includes calculating an arithmetical mean value I(x) from two backscattering light intensities of two backscattering light at a position x obtained by bidirectional OTDR measurement of the optical fiber; and obtaining a bending loss value at the position x from a mode field diameter 2W(x) and a relative refractive index difference Δ(x) at the position x calculated from the arithmetical mean value. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120041648 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING POSITION OF HEADREST AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING POSITION OF HEADREST - To automatically adjust a position of a headrest accurately by preventing an unnecessary movement of the headrest, a headrest position adjusting device includes a sensing electrode | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039789 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ALUMINUM NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ALUMINUM NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL, AND ALUMINUM NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - Provided is a manufacturing device of an aluminum nitride single crystal including a crucible. An aluminum nitride raw material and a seed crystal are stored in an inner portion of the crucible. The seed crystal is placed so as to face the aluminum nitride raw material. The crucible includes an inner crucible and an outer crucible. The inner crucible stores the aluminum nitride raw material and the seed crystal inside the inner crucible. The inner crucible is also corrosion resistant to a sublimation gas of the aluminum nitride raw material. The inner crucible includes either, a single body of a metal having an ion radius larger than an ion radius of an aluminum, or includes a nitride of the metal. The outer crucible includes a boron nitride. The outer crucible covers the inner crucible. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039055 | DEVICE MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND DEVICE MOUNTING METHOD - Provided is a device mounting structure that includes: a interposer substrate including a substrate and a plurality of through-hole interconnection; a first device including a plurality of electrodes arranged so as to face the first principal surface of the substrate; and a second device including a plurality of electrodes whose arrangement is different from that of the first device, with the electrodes arranged so as to face the second principal surface of the substrate. Each through-hole interconnection includes a first conductive portion provided at a position on the first principal surface corresponding to the electrode of the first device, and a second conductive portion provided at a position on the second principal surface corresponding to the electrode of the second device. Each electrode of the first device is electrically connected with the first conductive portion. Each electrode of the second device is electrically connected with the second conductive portion. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120037394 | MICRO COAXIAL CABLE AND LASER BEAM SHIELDING RESIN COMPOSITION - An micro coaxial cable is disclosed, which includes: a center conductor ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120036936 | PRESSURE SENSOR MODULE AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A pressure sensor module includes a pressure sensor, a bump, and a laminated substrate. The pressure sensor includes a semiconductor substrate; a cavity; a pressure-sensitive element; and a conductive section. The cavity is disposed inside the semiconductor substrate such that a thin-plate region of the semiconductor substrate is provided and the thin-plate region being defined as a diaphragm. The pressure-sensitive element is arranged at the diaphragm. The conductive section is electrically connected to the pressure-sensitive element and disposed on the face of the semiconductor substrate at a region excluding the diaphragm. The bump is electrically connected to the conductive section. The laminated substrate includes a wiring base material electrically connected to the pressure sensor via the bump. The wiring base material is disposed inside the laminated substrate. A face of the wiring base material is electrically connected to the bump and has an exposed area from the laminated substrate. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120033923 | HOLEY SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING SAME - Provided is a holey single-mode optical fiber including a core not having holes, and a clad having holes extending in a longitudinal direction, in which a refraction index of the core is larger than that of a portion of the clad other than the holes, a radius r | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033442 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHTING WINDOW - A display apparatus includes a transparent light guide plate, a light source provided on at least one end surface of the light guide plate, and a mask provided on a front surface of the light guide plate. The light guide plate is formed of a plurality of reflecting and scattering portions having reflecting and scattering surfaces that reflect a light emitted from the light source and emit the reflected light from a front surface side. The mask allows an observer to visually recognize the light reflected from a reflective portion for the right eye, using the right eye, and the light reflected from a reflective portion for the left eye, using the left eye, whereby the reflected light beams can be stereoscopically recognized due to binocular parallax. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033205 | SENSOR HEAD AND OPTICAL SENSOR - A sensor head for an optical pressure sensor according to the present invention includes: a light-emitting optical fiber for transmitting light emitted from a light source; a reflecting plate whose position relative to an end surface of the light-emitting optical fiber moves in accordance with a pressure and which reflects the light emitted from the end surface of the light-emitting optical fiber; a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber, each of which has an end surface that the light reflected by the reflecting plate enters, the first optical fiber transmitting the light thus entered to a first photodetector and the second optical fiber transmitting the light thus entered to a second photodetector; and a light-intensity variation section that changes a transmission loss in the light-emitting optical fiber in accordance with a change in humidity in the sensor head. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032691 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING DISTANCE BETWEEN HEADREST AND HEAD, METHOD FOR MEASURING DISTANCE BETWEEN HEADREST AND HEAD, HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD - A headrest position adjusting device | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032488 | HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTING DEVICE AND HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD - To automatically adjust the position of a headrest accurately with a simple configuration while preventing an unnecessary movement of the headrest, a headrest position adjusting device | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031657 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MOUNTING METHOD - An electronic device mounting structure including: a supporting member that includes a supporting substrate, and a through electrode that penetrates the supporting substrate from a first principal surface that is one principal surface of the supporting substrate to a second principal surface that is the other principal surface, and that includes a projecting portion that projects from the second principal surface; and an electronic device that includes a device substrate on which a circuit is formed, and a through hole that penetrates between both principal surfaces of the device substrate, wherein the electronic device is arranged on the second principal surface of the supporting substrate so that the projecting portion of the supporting member is inserted into the through hole, and the circuit of the electronic device is electrically connected with the projecting portion. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120027359 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR CONNECTION SYSTEM - An optical connector includes: an engaging member having a pair of elastic pieces that can be engaged with locking portions on both sides of a receiving-side optical connector; and a movable tubular housing externally fitted to the engaging member, wherein the pair of elastic pieces approaches each other by an engagement with the locking portions on both sides of the receiving-side optical connector, and thereby, the housing becomes movable forward with respect to the portion of the engaging member that engages with the locking portions, and wherein an engagement state between the elastic pieces and the locking portions on both sides of the receiving-side optical connector is maintained as the pair of elastic pieces abuts an inside of the housing thereby regulating a movement in a direction of being separated from each other when the housing has moved forward with respect to the engaging member. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025850 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING DISTANCE BETWEEN HEADREST AND HEAD, METHOD FOR MEASURING DISTANCE BETWEEN HEADREST AND HEAD, HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD - A headrest position adjusting device | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024568 | CABLE ASSEMBLY - An object of the present invention is to provide a cable assembly excellent in water-tightness. A cable assembly | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024012 | OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM MANUFACTURING METHOD - An optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus includes a booth, a reaction chamber disposed inside the booth, a target member disposed within the reaction chamber, a burner that deposits glass particles on the target member, a partition plate that partitions the internal space of the booth into a first space where the reaction chamber and the burner are disposed and a second space, and that has a plurality of through holes that allows the first space and the second space to communicate with each other, an air supply unit that supplies clean air into the first space; and an exhaust unit that discharges air within the second space. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120020632 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE AND LAYING METHOD THEREOF - An optical fiber cable includes an elongated optical element portion having an optical fiber, a pair of tensile strength members and an outer jacket. The optical fiber is composed of one or more plastic coated optical fibers, tight-buffered optical fibers or optical ribbon fibers. The pair of tensile strength members is arranged in parallel at both sides of the optical fiber in a width direction of the optical fiber. The outer jacket covers outer circumferences of the optical fiber and the pair of tensile strength members. A frictional coefficient of the outer jacket is equal to or less than 0.20. Shore D hardness of the outer jacket is equal to or more than 60. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020080 | SHEET SWITCH MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A sheet switch module of the present invention includes: a light source; a light guide that guides light from the light source; a sheet switch disposed on the back side of the light guide in a thickness direction of the light guide; and a groove formed in the thickness direction of the light guide in at least one of a surface and the back of the light guide. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017384 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR CLEANING TOOL - An optical connector cleaning tool according to the present invention includes a tool main body and an extension section that extends from the tool main body, wherein the tool main body includes a supply reel and a winding reel, which perform supply and take-up of the cleaning body, a housing body that houses the supply reel and the winding reel, and a biasing member that is located in the housing body and biases the housing body. The biasing member biases backward in the extending direction the housing body that is in a state where the housing body has relatively moved forward in the extending direction of the extension section, and a position in a front-and-back direction of the biasing member is close to the front compared to positions in a front-and-back direction of the supply reel and the winding reel. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120015180 | DECORATIVE MEMBER - A decorative member includes a base material, a metal vapor-deposited film that is provided on the base material; and a light scattering transparent film that is provided on the metal vapor-deposited film, in which two or more types of fillers having light transmissive properties and light scattering properties are dispersed within the light scattering transparent film, and the dispersion amount of the fillers in the light scattering transparent film is 0.2 to 4.0% by mass. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014653 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM AND OPTICAL FIBER - Provided is a manufacturing method for an optical fiber preform of which the core is doped with a rare earth element. The method includes: depositing glass particles within a silica tube by the modified chemical vapor deposition method, the glass particles mainly consisting of silicon dioxide; adding the rare earth element and aluminum to the glass particles within the silica tube by the solution doping method; heating the silica tube while flowing a phosphorous-containing gas into the silica tube to sinter the glass particles within the silica tube while adding the phosphorous; and heating and collapsing the silica tube to which the rare earth element, the aluminum, and the phosphorous are added. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120010308 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF FOAMED ELECTRIC WIRE - The present invention discloses a production method of a foamed electric wire, whereby a foamed electric wire is obtained via a foamed insulation layer formation step of forming a foamed insulation layer on a conductor, wherein the foamed insulation layer formation step includes: a step of introducing a base resin into an extruding machine, a step of introducing a foaming agent into the extruding machine, and a step of extruding a mixture containing the base resin and the foaming agent from the extruding machine and forming the foamed insulation layer on the conductor, and wherein the resin contained in the mixture has a shear stress of 0.40 to 0.80 Mpa, and the base resin is a propylene-based resin. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120006406 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes: a pair of electrodes facing one another; a oxide semiconductor layer provided on one of the pair of electrodes; an electrolyte disposed between the electrodes; and a sealing part that connects the electrodes, and surrounds and seals the oxide semiconductor layer and the electrolyte. At least a portion of the sealing part comprises an inorganic sealing part formed of an inorganic material and on a surface of at least one of the electrodes and a resin sealing part that is connected to the inorganic sealing part along the direction connecting the electrodes and comprises a material including a resin. A region on a surface of the inorganic sealing part on a side closer to the electrolyte than a region connected to the resin sealing part is covered with a protective resin layer that is resistant to the electrolyte. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120000249 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM - Provided is a method for producing an optical fiber preform including a dehydration step and a sintering step. In the dehydration step, a porous glass base material is provided to a furnace core tube of a dehydration-sintering furnace, and the porous glass base material is dehydrated using a dehydration agent added with an argon gas. In the sintering step, the porous glass base material dehydrated in the dehydration step is sintered. Further, in the dehydration step, a temperature of the porous glass base material begins to be increased in a condition such that a high heat conductivity gas, having a heat conductivity higher than a heat conductivity of the argon gas, is remaining inside the porous glass base material. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110318701 | DENTAL PROBE - A dental probe according to the invention is provided with a tip portion including a water flow path, an air flow path, a multi-lumen tube including a duct formed therein in which an optical fiber is inserted, and the optical fiber inserted in the duct. The optical fiber includes a resin-coated layer provided on an outer circumference of a cladding and a metal-coated layer provided on the outer circumference of the resin-coated layer, and the resin-coated layer is formed of a polymer compound having a refractive index lower than that of the cladding. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317959 | FERRULE AND FERRULE WITH OPTICAL FIBER - Provided is a ferrule which includes a positioning mechanism configured to position an optical fiber having a predetermined outer diameter, and a recess configured for an adhesive to be disposed therein and having a first inner wall from which a front end of the optical fiber portion positioned by the positioning mechanism is protrudable, and a second inner wall opposite to the first inner wall. A distance between the first inner wall and the second inner wall is less than or equal to four times the outer diameter of the optical fiber. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110314874 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS PREFORM - An apparatus for manufacturing a glass perform, includes: a dummy tube section, a reservoir portion, and a cooling portion; and a glass tube section in which particles of an alkali metal compound or an alkaline earth metal compound which have flowed into the glass tube section from the dummy tube section are heated by a second heat source which performs traverse, and oxides of the particles being deposited on an inner wall and dispersed in the glass tube section. In the cooling portion of the dummy tube section, vapor of the alkali metal compound or the alkaline earth metal compound generated by heating of a first heat source is cooled and condensed by a dry gas flowing into the dummy tube section, and thereby the particles are generated. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110313622 | OCCUPANT POSTURE SENSING APPARATUS AND OCCUPANT POSTURE SENSING METHOD - To be configured inexpensively to enable cost reduction and sense sitting posture of an occupant highly accurately, occupant posture sensing apparatus | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311220 | OPTICAL LINE MONITORING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL LINE MONITORING METHOD - An optical line monitoring apparatus, including: a group information recording portion which records group information about to which splitter respective terminators are connected; a normal information recording portion which records intensities of reflected lights from a plurality of terminators in a state in which a failure is not occurring in optical lines; a monitored information recording portion which records intensities of reflected lights from the plurality of terminators in failure monitoring time; an attenuation amount determination portion which determines a terminator the reflected light intensity of which is attenuated compared with the corresponding reflected light intensity in normal information; and a control portion which determines, if the intensities of the reflected lights of all the terminators connected to the same splitter are attenuated by the same value, that a failure has occurred between the test apparatus and the splitter to which all the terminators are connected. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311218 | OPTICAL LINE MONITORING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL LINE MONITORING METHOD - An optical line monitoring apparatus, including: a group information recording portion which records group information about to which splitter respective terminators are connected; a normal information recording portion which records intensities of reflected lights from a plurality of terminators in a state in which a failure is not occurring in optical lines; a monitored information recording portion which records intensities of reflected lights from the plurality of terminators in failure monitoring time; an attenuation amount determination portion which determines a terminator the reflected light intensity of which is attenuated compared with the corresponding reflected light intensity in normal information; and a control portion which determines, if the intensities of the reflected lights of all the terminators connected to the same splitter are attenuated by the same value, that a failure has occurred between the test apparatus and the splitter to which all the terminators are connected. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110308358 | SHEATH REMOVING UNIT AND OPTICAL FIBER-SHEATH REMOVING DEVICE - A sheath removing unit according to the invention includes a sheath removing blade that includes a pair of blade bodies disposed so as to face each other, and an optical fiber guide that includes first guide body and the second guide body. The first guide body includes a first protruding portion that is disposed so as to be superimposed on a first blade body of the blade bodies and protrudes from the first blade body toward a second blade body. The second guide body includes a second protruding portion that is disposed so as to be superimposed on the second blade body and protrudes from the second blade body toward the first blade body. The first protruding portion includes a lower inclined portion, which is inclined outward toward a protruding direction of the first protruding portion, on the surface thereof facing the second guide body. The second protruding portion includes an upper inclined portion, which is inclined outward toward a protruding direction of the second protruding portion, on the surface thereof facing the first guide body. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110305251 | MULTI-CLADDING OPTICAL FIBER, OPTICAL FIBER MODULE, FIBER LASER, AND FIBER AMPLIFIER - Provided is a multi-cladding optical fiber which includes: a core with an average refractive index n | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110303993 | SEMICONDUCTOR SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SENSOR DEVICE, PACKAGE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PACKAGE, MODULE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A semiconductor sensor device is provided which is composed of: a semiconductor sensor chip that includes a first substrate, a sensor circuit formed on the first substrate, a first conductive portion electrically connected to the sensor circuit, and a first redistribution layer electrically connected to the first conductive portion; a semiconductor chip that includes a second substrate, a processing circuit, formed on the second substrate, that processes an electrical signal output from the sensor circuit, a second conductive portion electrically connected to the processing circuit, and a second redistribution layer electrically connected to the second conductive portion; and a conductive connection component that electrically connects the first redistribution layer and the second redistribution layer, wherein at least one of the thickness of the first redistribution layer and the thickness of the second redistribution layer is 8 to 20 μm. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110303392 | FLAT HEAT PIPE - A thin flat heat pipe capable of transporting heat even if it is bent is provided. The flat heat pipe comprises: a working fluid to be evaporated when heated and to be condensed when the heat dissipates; and a wick, which is formed by bundling a plurality of thin wires while twisting along a center axis thereof, and which is adapted to create a capillary pressure for returning the liquid phase working fluid to a portion where evaporation takes place. The wick is arranged over the entire length of the flat container while being in contact with both upper and lower inner faces of the container or with an inner side face of the container in a manner such that an inner space of the container for letting through an evaporated working fluid is not closed, and a contact portion between the wick and the container is fixed by sintering over the entire length of the wick. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110299817 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MODULE - A method of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an optical module ( | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110297521 | SHEET SWITCH MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A sheet switch module of the present invention includes a light source; a light guide having a first end-face on which light emitted from the light source is incident, the light guide guiding the light in at least the thickness direction thereof; a sheet switch disposed on the back side of the light guide in the thickness direction of the light guide; and a light shielding member disposed at a distance from a second end-face different from the first end-face of the light guide. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110294340 | CONNECTOR AND CABLE ASSEMBLY - An object is to provide a connector with which a cable assembly with suppressed generation of a noise during high-speed signal transmission can be formed, and a cable assembly using the connector. The connector | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293224 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector that is assembled at the terminal of an optical fiber cable that integrates an optical fiber and a tension-resisting member extending in the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber, the optical connector including: a connector body having a stationary portion at the rear end thereof, the stationary portion having a threaded portion formed on the outer periphery surface, and a fixing cap that is screwed onto the threaded portion of the stationary portion, wherein the fixing cap fixes the tension-resisting member that has been drawn out from the optical fiber cable terminal by sandwiching the tension-resisting member between the fixing cap and the connector body when the fixing cap is screwed onto the stationary portion. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293222 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector of the present invention includes a ferrule to which an internal optical fiber is embedded and an end face grinding is performed; and a connection mechanism which extends to an opposite side of a connection end face of the ferrule, wherein the optical connector butt connects the internal optical fiber and an insert optical fiber which is inserted from outside within a positioning groove provided at the connection mechanism; and a back end side of an end face of the internal optical fiber which butts to the insert optical fiber is made a beveled end face by cutting process. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110290545 | THROUGH WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A through wiring board provided with through wiring extending through the through hole of the board. The through wiring board comprises a through hole made through the board, through extension wiring provided in the through hole and extending on one side of the through wiring board up to a position at a predetermined distance from the through hole, and a conductive bump formed on the through extension wiring except the through hole position. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110286475 | FIBER LASER DEVICE - A fiber laser device capable of performing processing and measurement stably even when the temperature of the use environment changes is provided. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286474 | FIBER LASER DEVICE - Provided is a fiber laser device capable of preventing laser light from damaging a laser oscillator even if the laser light is reflected by an object to be irradiated or at an output end. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110279891 | OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER - An object of the present invention is to provide an optical fiber amplifier capable of suppressing oscillation of ASE. The optical fiber amplifier includes a second amplifier fiber | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278043 | TRANSMISSION CABLE - A transmission cable of the invention includes a twisted-pair signal wire; a plurality of signal wire pairs; and a power wire pair. The twisted-pair signal wire, the plurality of signal wire pairs, and the power wire pair are bundled together so that the twisted-pair signal wire is surrounded by the plurality of signal wire pairs and the power wire pair when viewed in cross-section vertical to a longitudinal direction thereof. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110275243 | RF PLUG CONNECTOR, RF RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR, AND RF CONNECTOR - Provided is an RF plug connector which includes: a conductive terminal portion; and an annular conductive coaxial portion that is arranged around the terminal portion, wherein a pair of conductive lead portions extending in the same direction is provided at the outer circumference of the coaxial portion, the terminal portion comprises a lead portion that is arranged between the pair of lead portions so as to be parallel to an extension direction thereof, and impedance control is performed by adjusting the distance between the lead portion of the terminal portion and the lead portions of the coaxial portion. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274404 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER - A method for manufacturing an optical fiber in which a flow of a cooling gas within a cooling device is made to be an upward flow and the cooling gas is discharged to outside from an upper end of the cooling device by connecting the cooling device and a coating device in an airtight manner, and closing a flow of the cooling gas which flows toward a coating device within the cooling device using a meniscus of resin within the coating device. A temperature of the cooling gas is increased toward an upper portion of the cooling device from a lower portion of the cooling device by adjusting the flow rate of the cooling gas. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274125 | OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER AND FIBER LASER - An object of the present invention is to provide an optical multiplexer and a fiber laser for obtaining high-output light of a single wavelength. The optical multiplexer according to the present invention is provided with input units | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110268141 | OPTICAL DEVICE, LASER IRRADIATION DEVICE, AND LASER TREATMENT APPARATUS - An optical device that allows laser beams to be incident to one end of an image fiber and receives a two-dimensional image of a laser irradiation target transmitted through the image fiber. The optical device includes: a mirror that is arranged on the one end side of the image fiber, reflects the laser beams, and transmits the two-dimensional image; a laser beam source that allows the laser beams to be incident to the one end of the image fiber through reflection of the mirror; an imaging device that receives the two-dimensional image from the one end of the image fiber through transmission of the mirror; and an incidence control device that allows the laser beams to be incident to some cores out of the plurality of cores in the one end of the image fiber and changes cores to which the laser beams are incident. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267798 | HARNESS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE WIRING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A harness for electronic device wiring of the present invention, wherein a portion covered by a jacket in a state where each of the electrical wires is bundled so as to be arranged in parallel with each other forms a flat cable part wound around a rotary shaft so that a parallel direction thereof is perpendicular to the overlapping surface, and a portion which is continuous with the flat cable part and in which each of the electrical wires is exposed forms a jacket strip part which is more distant from the rotary shaft than the flat cable part is. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110265522 | OPTICAL FIBER MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL FIBER MANUFACTURING METHOD - An optical fiber manufacturing apparatus including: a heating furnace in which an optical fiber is formed by melt-drawing an optical fiber preform; a sealing mechanism which is provided on an opening portion located at an upstream of the heating furnace and seals the heating furnace with an inert gas; a first pipe which is connected to the heating furnace and introduces the gas into the heating furnace; a second pipe which is connected to a lowermost compartment closest to the heating furnace among the compartments and introduces the gas into the lowermost compartment; and a gas flow rate control unit which controls a total sum of a flow rate of a gas supplied from the first pipe into the heating furnace and a flow rate of a gas supplied from the second pipe into the lowermost compartment to be substantially constant. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110264332 | HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD - To highly precisely adjust a position of a headrest automatically and to an appropriate condition with simple configuration, when the distance between the headrest and .a head is within a certain range, a detecting circuit of a headrest position adjustment device calculates an estimated height-direction center position of the head based on sensing signals from a plurality of sensing electrodes. Based on the calculated value, the detecting circuit detects the height position of the head. When the distance between the headrest and the head is not within the certain range, the detecting circuit detects the height position of the head based on sensing signals from at least the sensing electrode located at a lowermost position and the sensing electrode located at an uppermost position among the plurality of sensing electrodes. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110262085 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE AND RESIN COMPOSITION USED THEREFOR - This optical fiber cable is provided with a covering resin including an outermost layer. The outermost layer is formed by a resin composition including: (a) a base resin prepared by adding at least one copolymer selected from an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer to a high density polyethylene; (b) 25 to 90 parts by weight of a phosphate salt with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base resin; and (c) 0.75 to 15 parts by weight of either a silicone dispersed polyethylene or a silicone grafted polyethylene with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base resin. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110262079 | OPTICAL FERRULE, OPTICAL FERRULE MOLDING DIE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FERRULE, AND FERRULE WITH OPTICAL FIBER - An optical ferrule that holds an optical fiber, the optical ferrule having an ejector pin mark formed by an ejector pin during molding, the optical ferrule includes a ferrule body, ferrule body having an optical fiber insertion opening to be inserted with the optical fiber, optical fiber hole from which a tip end of the optical fiber is to be exposed, and a lower surface of the ferrule body that is to be a reference plane, lower surface of the ferrule body including a recessed section, ejector pin mark being located on a bottom surface of the recessed section, side surface of the recessed section being formed higher than a molding burr of the ejector pin mark. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110254572 | CAPACITANCE-TYPE SENSOR - To measure the distance between a sensing target and sensors accurately by suppressing differences in amount of change in outputs from sensors and differences in initial capacitances thereof and detect the sensing target highly accurately, capacitance-type sensor includes: sensor electrodes configuring a sensor electrode group; and a pair of guard electrodes. The sensor electrodes are driven being supplied with a sensor potential or a guard potential, and the guard electrodes are driven being supplied with the guard potential. Even when the outermost sensor electrode of the sensor electrode group is activated, the amount of change in the outputs from the sensor electrodes configuring the sensor electrode group and their capacitance values can be made substantially uniform because the guard electrodes are driven at the guard potential. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254571 | POSITION DETECTOR - To enable position or distance of sensing target making approach, etc. to the range of sensing area to be detected securely with simple configuration at low cost and improve latitude of designing, position detector includes capacitance sensor unit and detecting circuit unit. Capacitance sensor unit includes first and second sensing electrodes and dielectric material therebetween. Dielectric material has range L of sensing area defined on its sensing surface. Detecting circuit unit includes selector switches SWA and SWB, capacitance sensing circuits, A/D converters, and arithmetic processing circuit. Arithmetic processing circuit judges and detects the position of sensing target in range L of sensing area based on detected values of capacitances C | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110248892 | FILM ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a film antenna includes: a process of sticking a bonding surface of a bonding sheet to a surface of a metal thin film of a plastic film fitted with metal thin film; a process of forming the antenna circuit part by completely cutting the plastic film fitted with metal thin film in a thickness direction thereof from the bonding surface, and half-cutting the bonding sheet in a thickness direction thereof; a process of peeling away portions of the plastic film fitted with metal thin film around the antenna circuit part; a process of laminating a first flexible plastic film onto the plastic film fitted with metal thin film side; a process of peeling away the bonding sheet; and a process of laminating a second flexible plastic film onto the surface of the metal thin film. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110247863 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - [Object] To provide a flexible printed board improved in bendability. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110247348 | Cooling device, cooling system, and auxiliary cooling device for datacenter - A cooling system for a data center, in which a plurality of servers having exothermic electronic components is installed in a housing. The cooling system comprises: a cooling circuit, a main cooling device to cool cooling medium heated by electronic components, and an auxiliary cooling device to assist the main cooling device in cooling the cooling medium. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110244733 | PLUG FOR UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR, AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A plug for a universal serial bus connector in the USB 3.0 standard to which a cable is connected to form a connector assembly, the cable including a signal line for the USB 2.0 standard and a ground line and being fixed by a cable fixing section of a connector shell, the plug includes an electrode which approximately abuts a distal end of the cable fixing section in the connector assembly, and to which at least one of the signal line for the USB 2.0 standard and the ground line is connected. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110244723 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF COAXIAL HARNESS - A connection structure of a coaxial harness includes a coaxial harness, a ground bar, and a substrate. The coaxial harness includes a plurality of coaxial cables lined up. The coaxial cable includes a center conductor, an inner insulator, an outer conductor, and a jacket. The inner insulator and the outer conductor and the jacket are placed at an outer side of the center conductor in an order of the inner insulator, the outer conductor, and the jacket. The ground bar sandwiches a plurality of the outer conductor exposed at an end terminal part of the coaxial harness. The substrate is provided with a ground bar connection terminal and a center conductor connection terminal group. The ground bar connection terminal is connected with the ground bar. The center conductor connection terminal group includes an alignment of a center conductor connection terminal connected respectively to the center conductor. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242835 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE - Disclosed is a light-emitting module including an LD, an optical fiber, and a housing accommodating the LD. The optical fiber includes a core and a first cladding, and has a covered fiber section including a second cladding and a bare fiber section which has a lens for receiving laser light emitted by an light-emitting end surface of the LD and is not covered with the second cladding. The optical fiber is a multi-mode fiber. The housing includes an optical fiber penetration pipe for fixing a portion of the bare fiber section so that the light-emitting end surface and the lens face each other. In the optical fiber penetration pipe, the portion of the bare fiber section is fixed by a resin having a refractive index lower than that of the first cladding. This reduces light leakage in the vicinity of the bare fiber section. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110239709 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER - In an optical fiber manufacturing method, the cooling device and the coating device are connected in an airtight manner and by preventing a cooling gas, flowing inside the cooling device, from flowing into the coating device by a meniscus of resin inside of the coating device, a flow of the cooling gas inside the cooling device is discharged to an outside of an upper end of the cooling device as an upward stream; helium gas as the cooling gas flows into a lower portion of the cooling device and carbon dioxide gas as the cooling gas which is separated from the helium gas flows into a side lower than a position where the helium gas flows in, during the forcible cooling; and a flow rate of the helium gas and a flow rate of the carbon dioxide gas are individually controlled. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110239438 | ALIGNING METHOD AND ALIGNING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method for adjusting a relative location of an optical fiber having a coating and a semiconductor laser for emitting multimode laser toward the optical fiber, the method including: sub-aligning steps in each of which the relative location of the optical fiber and the semiconductor laser is adjusted based on an emission amount of fiber emitting light; and a determining step between each two of the sub-aligning steps, in which determining step an emission amount of the multimode to be emitted in a latter one of the each two of the sub-aligning steps is determined based on an emission amount of multimode laser having been emitted in a former one of the each two of the aligning steps, so that no coating of the optical fiber will be damaged during the latter one of the each two of the sub-aligning steps. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110235982 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING OPTICAL FIBERS AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF OPTICAL FIBERS - A method for connecting optical fibers and a connection structure of optical fibers capable of suppressing axial misalignment between cores in end-to-end connection of optical fibers at least one of which has a clad for a non-circular shape. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235969 | OPTICAL FIBER-TYPE OPTICAL FILTER - An optical fiber-type optical filter includes: two fiber regions, namely, the first and second PBGF regions, each of which includes: a core section extending in a waveguide direction of incident light; and a clad section extending in the waveguide direction and surrounding the core section, wherein the clad section includes a plurality of high rods which have a refractive index higher than that of a base material of the clad section, extend in the waveguide direction, and are arranged periodically in a cross section perpendicular to the waveguide direction, and a light loss region between mutually-facing end surfaces of the first and second fiber regions, for coupling a radiation mode with a waveguide mode in which light intensity is observed in the high refractive-index sections in the clad section. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235165 | AMPLIFICATION OPTICAL FIBER WITH OPTICAL COMPONENT AND FIBER LASER DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An amplification optical fiber with an optical component capable of efficiently absorbing pumping light and a fiber laser device including the same are provided. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234473 | CABLE CONNECTOR AND ANTENNA COMPONENT - Provided is a cable connector of the present invention includes: a wiring board with a signal transmission line; and a plug connector that is provided on one surface of the wiring board and that is electrically connected with the signal transmission line. The wiring board comprises a first conductor, an insulating material, and a second conductor laminated in this order. In a slit formed in the second conductor, the signal transmission line that is a part of the second conductor cut out from the second conductor is arranged at a predetermined distance from the second conductor. The second conductor and the signal transmission line are arranged on the same plane. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233197 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MODULE - A method of the present invention for manufacturing an optical module is a method for manufacturing an optical module including an optical fiber and an optical fiber insertion pipe in which the optical fiber is inserted, the method including a hermetic sealing step in which the optical fiber insertion pipe is hermetically sealed, the hermetic sealing step including: a providing step in which a guide is provide to a side surface of the optical fiber insertion pipe; and a heating step in which the optical fiber insertion pipe is heated to melt a wire solder contained in the guide. As such, the method for manufacturing an optical module is provided in which the hermetic sealing is improved in performance. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110229100 | OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON HOLDING MEMBER, METHOD FOR HOLDING OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON, AND BUNDLE OF OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON - Provided with a holding member main body having an upward U-shaped cross section and having a space to which a plurality of optical fiber ribbons can be accommodated in a laminated state; and a lid body having a downward U-shaped cross section, wherein latch structures that engage to each other when lid body covers holding member main body are provided at wall portions of lid body and holding member main body, the lid body includes an optical fiber ribbon pressing portion that presses the laminated optical fiber ribbons accommodated in holding member main body. Heating operation is not required unlike a heat shrinkable tube, and the optical fiber ribbons are held by only a simple operation of covering the lid body, so that the operation of holding the optical fiber ribbons in a laminated state is easily performed and readjustment of the position of the optical fiber ribbons in a longitudinal direction can be performed. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110229092 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector, assembled to a front end of an optical fiber and attached to an optical component that is provided with an optical element having an optical axis different from that of the optical fiber, includes a main body having a connection end surface, and a reflective portion changing an angle of an optical path. At least one of a fitting protruding portion and a fitting recessed portion are provided so as to be capable of positioning the optical connector to the optical component by respectively fitting a fitted protruding portion and a fitted recessed portion provided on the optical component in each of a first region on the front end side and a second region on the opposite side thereto with the optical path interposed therebetween. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110226507 | TRANSMISSION CABLE AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CABLE USING THE SAME - A transmission cable | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110223704 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A dye-sensitized solar cell manufacturing method of the invention comprises the steps of: preparing a first electrode having an oxide semiconductor layer and a second electrode; forming a first sealing portion by melting and bonding a thermoplastic resin at a first annular section of the first electrode; forming a second sealing portion by melting and bonding a thermoplastic resin at a second annular section of the second electrode; loading a photosensitive dye on the oxide semiconductor layer; forming an electrolyte layer by arranging an electrolyte on the first electrode within the first sealing portion; and forming a sealing portion through bonding the first and second sealing portions, wherein the electrolyte layer is formed after forming the first sealing portion; the sealing portion is formed after loading the dye and forming the electrolyte layer; and the sealing portion is formed through melting the first and second sealing portions, applying pressure. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110223703 | SEALING LAMINATED SHEET FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME - The present invention is a sealing laminated sheet for an electronic device in which a first sheet and a second sheet | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110217610 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DIRECT ALCOHOL FUEL CELL - A control system for a direct alcohol fuel cell, comprising: a fuel tank; a fuel cell stack; a pump feeding the fuel in the fuel tank to the fuel cell stack; a switching mechanism connecting the pump selectively with the fuel and air in the fuel tank; and a control unit switching the switching mechanism to connect the pump with the air when stopping power generation of the fuel cell stack. When the generation of the fuel cell stack is stopped, feeding of the fuel to the fuel cell stack is stopped and the air is supplied to the fuel cell stack thereby pushing out the remaining fuel. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110217004 | DEVICE FOR BENDING OPTICAL FIBER AND RECEIVING LIGHT - A device for bending an optical fiber and receiving light is provided with a recessed holding member having a recess, a projecting holding member having a projection projecting toward the recess, light receiving elements for receiving leak light from an optical fiber held between the recess and the projection, and a supplemental support mechanism that is substantially independent of the recess or the projection and supplementarily supports the optical fiber between the recess and the projection such that the leak light from the optical fiber is received by center of the light receiving elements. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110214271 | METHOD OF ATTACHING AND DETACHING PREFORM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER - A method of attaching and detaching a preform to and from a support body, the preform being used to manufacture an optical fiber, the method including: inserting a connection pin through a penetration hole provided in the preform and a penetration hole provided in the support body; attaching the preform to the support body by hanging the preform on the connection pin inserted through the penetration holes; and detaching the preform from the support body by taking out the connection pin from the penetration holes after the connection pin is rotated about an insertion axis due to an action of a moment based on gravity when the hung state of the preform hung on the connection pin is released. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110210804 | RESIN MULTILAYER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided is a resin multilayer device having a balun, wherein the resin multilayer device comprises: a substrate; a first resin layer formed on the substrate; two balanced signal transmission lines that are electrically independently disposed on the first resin layer; a second resin layer formed on the two balanced signal transmission lines and the first resin layer; an unbalanced signal transmission line disposed on the second resin layer and facing the two balanced signal transmission lines; and a third resin layer formed on the unbalanced signal transmission line and the second resin layer. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110209916 | SHEATHED WIRE, SHEATHED WIRE WITH TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SHEATHED WIRE WITH TERMINAL - Provided are a sheathed wire that can be processed without being covered with a protective material, a sheathed wire with a terminal, and a method of producing a sheathed wire with a terminal. In a sheathed wire ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110206341 | YTTERBIUM-DOPED OPTICAL FIBER - Provided is an ytterbium-doped optical fiber including a core containing at least ytterbium, aluminum and phosphorous and a clad surrounding the core, wherein a molar concentration of diphosphorus pentoxide with respect to phosphorus in the core is equal to a molar concentration of aluminum oxide with respect to aluminum in the core, wherein a ratio of a molar concentration of diphosphorus pentoxide with respect to phosphorus in the core to the molar concentration of ytterbium oxide with respect to ytterbium in the core is higher than or equal to 10 and lower than or equal to 30, and wherein a relative refractive index difference between the core and the clad is higher than or equal to 0.05% and lower than or equal to 0.30%. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110206340 | OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON HOLDING MEMBER, OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON HOLDING METHOD, OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON BUNDLE AND HOLDING MEMBER FIXTURE - An optical fiber ribbon holding member capable of readjusting a position of an optical fiber ribbon without requiring a heating operation is provided. A holding member main body that has a U-shaped cross section and a space to which a plurality of optical fiber ribbons can be accommodate in a laminated state, and a lid body an opening surface of which has a reverse U-shaped cross section are employed. A latch structure is formed on wall portions of a lid body and a holding member main body, and engages to each other when the lid body covers the holding member main body. Heating operation is not required, and the optical fiber ribbons are held by only a simple operation of covering the lid body, so that the operation of holding the optical fiber ribbons is easily performed and readjustment of the position of the optical fiber ribbons can be performed. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110206068 | OPTICAL FIBER EMISSION CIRCUIT AND FIBER LASER - Object An object of the present invention is to reuse unavailable excitation light without deteriorating reliability of a fiber laser. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110192458 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device in which changes in photoelectric conversion efficiency with time can be inhibited. The photoelectric conversion device according to the present invention includes: a pair of electrodes; an electrolytic solution disposed between the pair of electrodes; and a sealing portion that links the pair of electrodes and is provided around the electrolytic solution. At least part of the sealing portion includes at least one inorganic sealing portion constituted by an inorganic material and at least one resin sealing portion constituted by a material including a resin. The inorganic sealing portion and the resin sealing portion are disposed along a direction connecting the pair of electrodes. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110170832 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE - An optical transceiver module that is capable of being inserted into and removed from a cage includes a housing that houses a photoelectric conversion element, the housing having a guiding section formed along a front-rear direction, an operating lever that has an operating section and a lever-side contact section, the operating lever being attached to the housing in a rotatable manner about an axis of rotation; and a slider that has a wedge section that engages with a latching section provided to the cage, and a slider-side contact section that comes into contact with the lever-side contact section, the slider being guided in the front-rear direction by the guiding section, the lever-side contact section being located opposite the operating section with respect to the axis of rotation, and as the operating section is pushed rearward, the lever-side contact section pushes the slider-side contact section forward and the slider moves forward to a position where the wedge section is unlatched from the latching section. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110167925 | WATERPROOFING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL CABLE END, AND METHOD OF WATERPROOFING ELECTRICAL CABLE END - Provided is a waterproofing apparatus for an electrical cable end of the invention, in which, for waterproofing of an electrical cable end, the electrical cable end is placed in a high pressure atmosphere such that a liquid waterproofing agent dispensed onto the electrical cable end permeates the inside of a sheathed electrical cable, the apparatus is provided with; a first accommodating section that accommodates the electrical cable end to which a liquid waterproofing agent is applied, a sealing device that seals the first accommodating section, and a pressurizing device that feeds air into the first accommodating section. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110163763 | ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE SENSOR - Disclosed is an electrical capacitance sensor comprising: a board | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110154599 | CLEANING DEVICE OF OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector cleaning device which cleans a connecting terminal surface of a to-be-cleaned object protruding from an optical connector with a cleaning body, and includes: a main body; an extending part which extends from the main body; and a guiding part attached to a tip portion of the extending part, wherein the extending part includes an extending tube body and a tip extending part; the guiding part includes a fitting part and a tube-shaped guiding body, which is flexible and extends from the fitting part towards an extending direction; an insertion hole is formed; and the to-be-cleaned object is cleaned by inserting the to-be-cleaned object into the insertion hole, and by pressing the cleaning body against the connecting terminal surface of the to-be-cleaned object. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110150482 | Transmission control system, subscriber-side communication device, and office-side communication device - Provided is a subscriber-side communication device including a subscriber-side processing unit that continuously performs signal processing regardless of computer restart and includes a transmission processing unit that performs a data transmission process according to transmission control information contained in a received signal from the office-side communication device. Also provided is an office-side communication device including an office-side processing unit that continuously performs signal processing regardless of computer restart, and a transmission control information computing unit that computes transmission control information for each subscriber-side communication device, the office-side processing unit including a transmission control information storing unit that stores transmission control information of each subscriber-side communication device computed by the transmission control information computing unit, and a transmission control processing unit that performs a transmission control process with each subscriber-side communication device by using the transmission control information of each subscriber-side communication device stored in the transmission control information storing unit. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110150400 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH REFLECTOR - Disclosed is an optical connector which terminates an optical fiber inside the optical connector. The optical connector includes a main body. The main body includes: a reflector for reflecting light; a groove portion formed in a top surface of the main body; an optical fiber insertion hole opened in the groove portion, the optical fiber being inserted in the optical fiber insertion hole; an optical fiber placement stage provided in the groove portion, a front end portion of the optical fiber being placed on the optical fiber placement stage. The groove portion includes two side surfaces which face each other in the depth direction of the optical fiber insertion hole, and the optical fiber placement stage is separated away from the two side surfaces. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110150399 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH REFLECTOR - Disclosed is an optical connector which terminates an optical fiber inside the optical connector. The optical connector includes a main body. The main body includes: a reflector for reflecting light; a groove portion formed in a top surface of the main body; an optical fiber insertion hole opened in the groove portion, the optical fiber being inserted in the optical fiber insertion hole; an optical fiber placement stage provided in the groove portion, a front end portion of the optical fiber being placed on the optical fiber placement stage. The groove portion includes a side surface formed to face the optical fiber insertion hole. The optical fiber placement stage is formed by projecting from the side surface of the groove portion. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149383 | AMPLIFICATION OPTICAL FIBER, AND OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER AND RESONATOR USING THE SAME - There are provided an amplification optical fiber, and an optical fiber amplifier and a resonator using the same capable of outputting light of high beam quality even when a higher-order mode that is axially symmetric is excited in addition to LP01 mode. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110142083 | YTTERBIUM-DOPED OPTICAL FIBER, FIBER LASER AND FIBER AMPLIFIER - An ytterbium-doped optical fiber includes: a core which contains at least ytterbium, aluminum, and phosphorus; and a cladding which encircles the core, wherein an aluminum oxide equivalent concentration of the aluminum in the core is 0.2 mol % or more, a diphosphorus pentaoxide equivalent concentration of the phosphorus is higher than the aluminum oxide equivalent concentration, and the core either does not contain germanium or contains less than 1.1 mol % of germanium in a germanium dioxide equivalent concentration. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110136342 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor apparatus including a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer, a via hole, and a through-hole interconnection is provided. The insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The via hole is formed through the semiconductor substrate and the insulating layer. The through-hole interconnection has a conductive layer formed on an insulating layer in the via hole. The surface of the insulating layer formed on the inner surface of the via hole is substantially planarized by filling a recessed portion on a boundary between the semiconductor substrate and the insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110133343 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate having a through hole formed towards one surface side from the other surface side; an electrode pad arranged on the one surface side of the semiconductor substrate and partially exposed to the through hole; and a through electrode arranged at an inner side of the through hole and electrically connected to the electrode pad, wherein a connection portion between the electrode pad and the through electrode is arranged in a region within a plane of the electrode pad which is close to the center of the semiconductor substrate rather than to a center of the electrode pad. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110132037 | HOLE DIAMETER MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HOLEY OPTICAL FIBER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HOLEY OPTICAL FIBER - A hole diameter measuring method for a holey optical fiber of the present invention is a hole diameter measuring method for a holey optical fiber having: continuously irradiating a side of a holey optical fiber bare wire with parallel light rays, the holey optical fiber bare wire obtained by drawing an optical fiber base material; continuously detecting, with a detecting portion, forward scattering light that is generated by the irradiation of the holey optical fiber bare wire with the parallel light rays; and calculating a diameter of at least one hole in the holey optical fiber bare wire using a correlation relationship between a scattering intensity pattern of the detected forward scattering light and the diameter of the at least one hole. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110129999 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including: an electrode formation step of forming an electrode on one surface of a semiconductor substrate; a through hole formation step of forming a through hole starting from a position on the other surface corresponding to the position of the electrode; a first insulating layer formation step of forming a first insulating layer on at least an inner circumferential surface, a periphery of an opening, and a bottom surface of the through hole; a modifying step of reforming a first portion of the first insulating layer formed on the bottom surface of the through hole; a modified region removal step of removing the modified region; and a conductive layer formation step of forming a conductive layer on the electrode exposed inside the through hole and on the first insulating layer such that the conductive layer is electrically connected with the electrode. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110126879 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE - A photoelectric conversion element module | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110122902 | LASER OSCILLATOR AND FILTERING METHOD - Provided is a fiber laser including a mode filter for selectively attenuating, among modes included in laser light propagating through a multi-mode fiber, any mode other than a radially polarized mode. Among the modes included in the laser light propagating through the multi-mode fiber, the fiber laser causes the radially polarized mode to resonate, so as to emit radially polarized laser light. The mode filter includes a long-period fiber grating obtained by writing, to a multi-mode fiber capable of guiding the radially polarized mode, a grating for selectively attenuating any waveguide mode other than the radially polarized mode. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110120550 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion element in which bending resistance and impact resistance can be improved. The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention comprises a structure, a case into which the structure is built, and a deformable body disposed between the structure and the case. The structure is composed of at least a conductive first electrode provided with a porous oxide semiconductor layer on which a sensitizing dye is supported, a second electrode disposed opposing the first electrode, and an electrolyte arranged at least at a portion between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110120520 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion element in which current collection is conveniently performed without degrading a photoelectric conversion characteristic. The photoelectric conversion element in accordance with the present invention has: a structural body composed of at least a conductive first electrode provided with a porous oxide semiconductor layer supporting a sensitizing dye, a second electrode provided opposite the first electrode, and an electrolyte provided in at least part of the space between the first electrode and the second electrode; a cover member that covers the structural body and forms a separation portion between the cover member and the second electrode, and a conductive member provided in the separation portion, and having a connection site that is electrically connected to either the first electrode or the second electrode. Moreover, the conductive member is sandwiched between the cover member and the first electrode or the second electrode. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110100455 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - A photoelectric conversion element includes: a first electrode having a porous oxide semiconductor layer which supports a sensitizing dye on a surface thereof and functioning as a photo electrode; a second electrode disposed so as to oppose the first electrode; an electrolyte disposed in at least a part of a space between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a sump portion for the electrolyte disposed in at least a part of the space between the first electrode and the second electrode. According to the present invention, air bubbles can be exhausted effectively from power generating area, so that a photoelectric conversion element possessing an improved power generation property and a long-term durability can be provided. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110097044 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector that is assembled onto a terminal of an optical fiber cable including tension bodies. The optical connector includes a housing, a ferrule that is provided in the housing, and a fixing cap that is mounted on the housing. The housing includes a fixing portion of which an outer peripheral surface is provided with a screw portion. While the tension bodies leading from the terminal of the optical fiber cable are interposed between the housing and the fixing cap, the fixing cap is screwed onto and fixed to the fixing portion. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110091167 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector body is formed by an optically-transparent resin molding. The optical connector body includes an optical fiber insertion hole formed parallel to a board surface, a wall with which an optical fiber provided at a front of the optical fiber insertion hole contacts, and an internal reflection surface adjacent to and in front of the wall. The internal reflection surface is formed at a bottom surface of a bottomed hole opened from outside in the optical connector body. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110088773 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element includes: a semiconductor forming step of forming a porous oxide semiconductor layer on a surface of a catalytic layer of a first electrode including a metal plate made of titanium or an alloy including titanium and the catalytic layer, or a surface of a transparent conductor of a second electrode including the transparent conductor; a dye supporting step of supporting a photo-sensitized dye on the porous oxide semiconductor layer; a sealing step of surrounding and sealing the porous oxide semiconductor layer and an electrolyte between the first electrode and the second electrode with a sealing material; and a terminal forming step of forming a terminal on the metal plate. In the terminal forming step, the terminal is formed by applying an ultrasonic wave to a high-melting-point solder while the high-melting-point solder is heated to melt. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110088772 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element includes: a first step of forming a porous oxide semiconductor layer on a surface of a catalytic layer of a first electrode including a metal plate made of titanium or a titanium alloy and the catalytic layer, or a surface of a transparent conductor of a second electrode including the transparent conductor; a second step of supporting a photo-sensitized dye on the porous oxide semiconductor layer; a third step of surrounding and sealing the porous oxide semiconductor layer and an electrolyte between the first electrode and the second electrode with a sealing material; and a fourth step of forming a terminal on the metal plate. In the fourth step, the terminal is formed by pressing a metal member including at least one of copper and nickel against the metal plate and applying an ultrasonic wave to the metal member. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110088745 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE - A photoelectric conversion element module | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110079930 | CONNECTION METHOD, CONNECTION TOOL, AND CONNECTION JIG FOR OPTICAL FIBER - A method of butting and connecting a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber in an optical connector comprises placing said optical connector that holds said first optical fiber in wherein an optical fiber connection tool; mounting said optical fiber holder on a holder mounting base of a front end bevel processing tool; processing a front end face of said second optical fiber such that said front end face of said second optical fiber is beveled relative to the surface perpendicular to the optical fiber axis direction; transferring said optical fiber holder to said holder support base; and moving said optical fiber holder toward said optical connector along said guide part, and butting and connecting the beveled front end face of said second optical fiber to the front end face of said first optical fiber such that their bevel directions are aligned. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110073170 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - A photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes: a first electrode being linear; a second electrode; and an electrolyte. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed via the electrolyte. The first electrode includes a first linear material which includes a copper wire and a metal coating which coats the copper wire and a dye-carrying porous oxide semiconductor layer disposed on an outer circumference of the first linear material. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110072600 | CLEANING DEVICE OF OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector cleaning device which cleans a connecting terminal surface formed inside an insertion hole of an optical connector, by wiping the connecting terminal surface with a cleaning body, the optical connector cleaning device including: a main body including a feeding mechanism which supplies and wraps up the cleaning body; an extending part which extends from the main body and includes an extending tube body and a head part, the head part being inserted into the insertion hole, wherein the head part includes a tip extending part which presses the cleaning body to the connecting terminal surface; the extending tube body includes a tube base part and a tip tube part, the tip tube part being energized in an extending direction with respect to the tube base part; the tip extending part protrudes from a tip of the tip tube part; and the tip extending part is flexible. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110064358 | OPTICAL PATH CHANGE MEMBER AND HOLDING MEMBER BODY - Provided is an optical path change member including a holding member body formed of a transparent material. The holding member body includes: at least two rows of optical-fiber insertion holes which hold optical fibers inserted therein, such that the optical axes of the optical fibers are inclined with respect to an optical axis of the optical device, and a reflective inner surface which totally internally reflects light incident from the optical-fiber insertion holes to a surface of the holding member body configured to face an optical device on a board. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110064353 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL PATH CHANGE OPTICAL CONNECTOR, AND OPTICAL PATH CHANGE OPTICAL CONNECTOR - A method of manufacturing an optical path change optical connector, the method including: resin-molding a core part, the core part including an optical-fiber-hole-formed portion having an optical fiber hole, and a positioning structure portion for positioning the core part with respect to the circuit board; inserting an optical fiber into the optical fiber hole; and over-molding the core part with light-transmitting resin, covering a front end face of the optical-fiber-hole-formed portion and forming an inclined internal reflective surface opposite to the front end face of the optical-fiber-hole-formed portion, such that the inclined internal reflective surface is positioned to reflect light between the optical fiber inserted into the optical fiber hole and an optical element disposed on a circuit board on which the core part is mounted. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110060479 | Electronic device, wiring unit, and assembling method thereof - An electronic device includes an electronic control unit, a wire, and a wiring-side connector. When a movable member is arranged in a first arrangement relative to a wiring-side connector main body, the movable member is in a position where the movable member does not prevent the wire from projecting from the main body to extend straight in a counter-fitting direction. When the movable member rotates from the first arrangement to a second arrangement relative to the main body, a restricting member approaches a portion of the main body from which the wire projects, to press and bend the wire, so a direction in which the wire projects from the main body is limited to a direction crossing the counter-fitting direction. When the movable member is arranged in the second arrangement and the main body is fitted to an ECU-side connector, the second arrangement is maintained. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058819 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - Provided is an optical transmission device which includes: an optical transmission unit including a light-emitting element; an optical reception unit including a static current source generating bias current for driving the light-emitting element; a light-transmitting medium optically connecting the light-emitting element and a light-receiving element to each other; and an electricity-transmitting medium transmitting the bias current from the static current source to the light-emitting element. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110053095 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE WITH GRATING STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a planar optical waveguide device including a core of which a top face is provided with a groove section filled with a groove section filler made of a low refractive index material having a refractive index lower than that of the core, the method including; a first high refractive index material layer forming step of forming a high refractive index material layer; a low refractive index material layer forming step of forming a low refractive index material layer made of the low refractive index material on the high refractive index material layer; a groove section filler forming step of forming the groove section filler by trimming both lateral portions of the low refractive index material layer; and a second high refractive index material layer forming step of forming a high refractive index material layer so as to fill the both sides of the lateral portions of the groove section filler. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051393 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Both end portions of a light guide body ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049735 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE WITH GRATING STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a planar optical waveguide device of which a core includes a plurality of alternatively arranged fin portions and valley portions to form a grating structure, in which the core widths of the valley portions vary along the longitudinal direction, the method including: a high refractive index material layer forming step of forming a high refractive index material layer; a photoresist layer forming step of forming a photoresist layer on the high refractive index material layer; a first exposure step of forming shaded portions on the photoresist layer using a phase-shifting photomask; a second exposure step of forming shaded portions on the photoresist layer using a binary photomask; a development step of developing the photoresist layer; and an etching step of etching the high refractive index material layer using the photoresist pattern resulted from the development step. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110044589 | OPTICAL FERRULE - An optical ferrule butt-connected in an optical adapter, includes: a ferrule main body; a connection end face in a front surface of the main body; a pair of grooves on the connection end face of the main body; guide pin insertion holes in bottom surfaces of the respective grooves; optical fiber insertion holes in the connection end face, the holes being arranged in a line; and foreign material collecting portions at least at a pair of corresponding sides of the connection end face. The groove has a width larger than a diameter of the guide pin insertion hole. The foreign material collecting portions respectively have a wall for connecting the connection end face with a side surface of the ferrule main body to form a space for collecting a foreign material with an opposite connection end face of a corresponding optical ferrule and an inner wall of the optical adapter. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110041909 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - There is provided a dye-sensitized solar cell that may improve power generation efficiency by suppressing light absorption of a wiring part. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110038137 | LIGHT GUIDING BODY AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Light emitted from light sources is reflected toward a dial plate by reflecting surfaces of a plurality of grooves radially formed on a light guide body from the center position of the light guiding body which is arranged on the rear surface side of the dial plate and has a circular arc shape in plane view. Then, the reflected light is diffused by a light diffusion film, and the diffused light transmissively illuminates a scale marks section and a numerical characters section of the dial plate. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110026106 | YTTERBIUM-DOPED OPTICAL FIBER, FIBER LASER, AND FIBER AMPLIFIER - An ytterbium-doped optical fiber of the present invention includes: a core which contains ytterbium, aluminum, and phosphorus and does not contain germanium; and a cladding which surrounds this core. The ytterbium concentration in the core in terms of ytterbium oxide is 0.09 to 0.68 mole percent. The molar ratio between the phosphorus concentration in the core in terms of diphosphorus pentoxide and the above ytterbium concentration in terms of ytterbium oxide is 3 to 30. The molar ratio between the aluminum concentration in the core in terms of aluminum oxide and the above ytterbium concentration in terms of ytterbium oxide is 3 to 32. The molar ratio between the above aluminum concentration in terms of aluminum oxide and the above phosphorus concentration in terms of diphosphorus pentoxide is 1 to 2.5. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110024279 | SEATING DETECTION SWITCH - A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110018112 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a semiconductor package which includes: a semiconductor substrate; a functional element that is disposed on one surface of the semiconductor substrate; a protection substrate that is disposed in an opposite side of that surface of the semiconductor substrate with a predetermined gap from a surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a junction member that is disposed to surround the functional element and bonds the semiconductor substrate and the protection substrate together, wherein the functional element has a shape different from a shape of a plane surrounded by the junction member in that surface of the semiconductor substrate, or is disposed in a region deviated from a central region of the plane surrounded by the junction member in that surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110017579 | SLIDE SWITCH - Disclosed is a slide switch comprising: an operating member which moves circular arcuately in a predetermined movement stroke relative to a main surface of a printed wiring board for outputting a plurality of electrical signals and selects between the electric signals; a converting mechanism for converting a circular arcuate movement of the operating member into a rectilinear movement relative to the main surface of the printed wiring board; and a moving member rectilinearly moved relative to the main surface of the printed wiring board by the converting mechanism and determining, in cooperation with the printed wiring board, an electrified state corresponding to an electric signal selected by the operating member. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110017396 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element that includes a working electrode, an counter electrode that is bonded to the working electrode through a bonding layer disposed in an outer periphery area of one surface of the working electrode, and an electrolyte layer that has an electrolyte arranged in a gap thereof as a main body, and is a manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion element at least including: a step of forming the electrolyte layer by filling the gap with the electrolyte through a through hole that is disposed in the working electrode or the counter electrode in advance under a decompressed environment; and a step of acquiring the photoelectric conversion element by sealing the through hole while maintaining the decompressed environment. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110013411 | Door Mirror Device - Disclosed in a door mirror device capable of continuously emitting light from two light guides. The door mirror device comprises: a first light-emitting light guide arranged in the visor part of a door mirror foldably mounted on the door mirror support part of a vehicle; a second light-emitting light guide provided in the door mirror support part, an end of the second light-emitting light guide facing to an end of the first light-emitting light guide so as to have continuity with the first light-emitting light guide; and a light source configured to emit light toward the first light-emitting light guide and the second light-emitting light guide, the light source being provided in the visor part. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013269 | PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATOR, OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL RESONATOR AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING THE ELEMENT, CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATOR, OPTICAL FILTER AND OPTICAL RESONATOR - There is provided a planar optical waveguide element in which an optical waveguide core comprises an inner side core having protruding portions that form a rib structure, and an outer side core that is provided on top of the inner side core and that covers circumferential surfaces of the protruding portions, wherein a refractive index of the outer side core is lower than an average refractive index of the inner side core. The structure of the planar optical waveguide element can be applied even when the core is formed from a material having a higher refractive index than that of a silica glass-based material such as silicon (Si) or silicon nitride (Si | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110008007 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE - An optical fiber cable is comprised of: a slotted core elongated along an axis of the optical fiber cable, the slotted core including a slot running in parallel with the axis and a groove accessible through the slot; one or more optical fibers placed in the groove; a sheath enclosing the slotted core and the optical fibers; a bonding portion where the slotted core is bonded with the sheath; a first strength member embedded in the slotted core and running in parallel with the axis; and a second strength member embedded in the sheath and running in parallel with the axis, wherein the first and second strength members are aligned on a plane including the axis. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110000262 | METHOD FOR DEHYDRATING AND SINTERING POROUS BASE MATERIAL FOR OPTICAL FIBER - A dehydration-sintering furnace includes a core tube configured to dehydrate and sinter a porous base material in fabrication of an optical fiber and having an outlet configured to discharge a vapor. The furnace includes a pressure-variation damper connected to the outlet of the core tube. The furnace includes a trap between the core tube and the pressure-variation damper for collecting the vapor. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100330746 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, including at least a step A that forms a first transforming portion by irradiating a laser beam on at least a portion of a first substrate; a step B that joins together the first substrate and a second substrate in which a functional element is disposed; a step C that removes the first transforming portion that is disposed on the first substrate by etching; and a step D that forms a conductive portion in the first substrate by filling a conductive material in a portion where the first transforming portion has been removed. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100329608 | PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATOR, METHODS FOR DESIGNING CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATOR, OPTICAL FILTER, METHODS FOR DESIGNING OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL RESONATOR AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING OPTICAL RESONATOR - There is provided a planar optical waveguide element comprises a core of an optical waveguide; and first Bragg grating pattern and second Bragg grating pattern that are provided on the core, wherein the first Bragg grating pattern and the second Bragg grating pattern are mutually parallel along a propagation direction of guided light. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100329288 | OPTICAL FIBER LASER - An optical fiber laser including: a master oscillator; and a power amplifier, the power amplifier including: a plurality of excitation light sources; excitation ports each of which is connected to the excitation light sources and which an excitation light emitted from each of the excitation light source enters; a signal port which a laser beam emitted from the master oscillator enters; an optical coupler with an exit port that outputs the excitation lights from the excitation ports together with the laser beam from the signal port; and an optical fiber connected to the exit port, in which the optical fiber is a photonic bandgap fiber, and the optical fiber has a loss wavelength characteristic in that a photonic bandgap region is narrower than a gain wavelength band in a graph with an axis of abscissa representing a wavelength and an axis of ordinate representing a loss amount. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100326500 | ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT USING SAME - An electrolyte composition is in solid form, and includes a polymer compound containing a cation structure selected from a group consisting of ammonium, phosphonium and sulfonium structures in either the principal chain or a side chain of the polymer, and a halide ion and/or a polyhalide as a counter anion. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100322559 | PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATOR, OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL RESONATOR AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING THE ELEMENT, CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATOR, OPTICAL FILTER AND OPTICAL RESONATOR - There is provided a planar optical waveguide element in which an optical waveguide comprises a core, and a gap portion that is positioned in a center of a width direction of the core so as to extend in a propagation direction of guided light, and that has a lower refractive index than that of the core; and wherein the core comprises two areas that are separated by the gap portion, and a single mode optical waveguide, in which a single mode is propagated span crossing these two areas, is formed. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100322558 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATOR, METHODS FOR DESIGNING CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATOR, OPTICAL FILTER, METHODS FOR DESIGNING OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL RESONATOR AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING OPTICAL RESONATOR - There is provided an optical waveguide element comprises: a core of an optical waveguide; and a Bragg grating pattern that is provided on the core, wherein a pitch of the Bragg grating pattern takes a value from among three or more predetermined discrete values; the pitches that take the respective discrete values are present in a plurality of locations over an entire length of the optical waveguide respectively; and if a value from among all of the discrete values which has the highest distribution frequency is taken as M, and if the closest value to the M which is larger than the M is taken as A, and if the closest value to the M which is smaller than the M is taken as B, then a difference expressed as A−M is equal to a difference expressed as M−B. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100319972 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A printed circuit board having a connection terminal which includes: an insulating substrate including first and second surfaces, and an end surface along an outline normal to an insertion direction of the connection terminal; at least one lead wiring layer formed on the first surface of the insulating substrate; an insulating protection film covering the lead wiring layer; at least one lead terminal layer constituting an end portion of the lead wiring layer, the lead terminal layer being formed into a strip, and having an end surface along the outline; a reinforcement body adhered on the second surface of the insulating substrate at a backside position of the lead terminal layer; wherein a distance between an outer surface of the lead terminal layer and an outer surface of the reinforcement body on the outline side is smaller than a distance therebetween on the lead wiring layer side. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100319762 | ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT USING SAME - An electrolyte composition is in solid form, and includes a polymer compound containing a cation structure selected from a group consisting of ammonium, phosphonium and sulfonium structures in either the principal chain or a side chain of the polymer, and a halide ion and/or a polyhalide as a counter anion. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100319405 | OPTICAL FIBER MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND OPTICAL FIBER MANUFACTURING METHOD - An optical fiber manufacturing device includes a bare optical fiber-forming unit that forms a bare optical fiber by pulling an optical fiber preform; a coating unit that forms an optical fiber by coating the bare optical fiber outputted from the bare optical fiber-forming unit with a coating layer; a first direction-converter, which is a solid body that comes into contact with the optical fiber outputted from the coating unit and thereby first changing its traveling direction; and a winder that winds the optical fiber obtained from the first direction-converter, in which: the first direction-converter is a rotating body having a circumferential face that contacts with the optical fiber and is formed around an axis of rotation thereof; and the contact angle, centered on the axis of rotation, between this rotating body and the optical fiber is in the range of 10° to 80°. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100317806 | CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a conductive material obtained by bringing a π conjugated polymer into contact with an ionic liquid and a conductive film obtained by bringing a π conjugated polymer film into contact with the ionic liquid. Method of producing them is provided. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100316341 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE-TYPE WAVELENGTH DISPERSION COMPENSATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The optical waveguide-type wavelength dispersion compensation device of the present invention has an optical waveguide as a reflection-type wavelength dispersion compensation device. The equivalent refractive index of a core changes unevenly along a light propagation direction by changing physical dimensions of the core that is embedded in a cladding. The core is designed by (a) setting a first desired reflection spectrum, ignoring transmission losses of the optical waveguide, and designing an optical waveguide that is capable of compensating the wavelength dispersion of an optical fiber to be compensated; (b) deriving a wavelength dependency characteristic of a transmission loss amount of the optical waveguide from an effective length of the optical waveguide designed in process (a); and (c) adding a reverse dependency characteristic of the wavelength dependency characteristic to the first reflection spectrum to correct it to a second reflection spectrum, and redesigning an equivalent refractive index distribution of the optical waveguide designed in the process (a) by using this second reflection spectrum. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100313938 | COUNTER ELECTRODE AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT INCLUDING THE COUNTER ELECTRODE - The present invention provides a counter electrode that is excellent in photoelectric conversion efficiency and may achieve a photoelectric conversion element where a short circuit between a working electrode and a counter electrode hardly occurs, and a photoelectric conversion element including the counter electrode. The present invention is a counter electrode that includes an intermediate layer made of porous carbon, and an insulating separator that is disposed on one surface of the intermediate layer. The porous carbon includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100307797 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - To improve reliability by preventing separation of a sheet material attached on a flexible printed circuit, provided is a flexible printed circuit including a printed board body and a reinforcing board. A leaked portion of an adhesive agent is formed to leak in an outward direction relative to an end surface of the reinforcing board. The leaked portion adheres to part of the end surface of the reinforcing board to be continuous from a lower end of the end surface to form an inclined surface tapered in the outward direction. The leaked portion is formed such that a portion thereof that covers the end surface has an adhesion height hA, as measured from an adhesive surface of the reinforcing board, of greater than 0% and not greater than 80% of the thickness H1 of the reinforcing board. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100303103 | FIBER LASER DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide a fiber laser device capable of stabilizing intensity of laser light output therefrom. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100296781 | OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON CAPABLE OF BRANCHING AND METHOD FOR MAKING FIBER RIBBON BRANCH - An optical fiber ribbon is capable of branching by means of any tool. The optical fiber ribbon is comprised of a plurality of optical fibers running in parallel, each of the optical fibers having an allowable radius of curvature; a blanket sheath totally covering the plurality of the optical fibers; one or more concavities formed at any one or more intermediates among the optical fibers; and slits respectively arranged in series at a regular interval along the concavities, the slits penetrating the blanket sheath and allowing the tool to be inserted and the blanket sheath to split by means of movement of the tool along the concavities. The length of each slit prior to insertion of the tool is so determined that flexures of the optical fibers induced by the tool widening the slits do not exceed the allowable radius of curvature. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296157 | OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER AND OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER - [Object] An optical fiber coupler in which damage to an pumping light source can be suppressed even if signal light leaks and an optical fiber amplifier using the optical fiber coupler are provided. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295175 | WAFER LEVEL CHIP SCALE PACKAGE - A semiconductor device of the invention includes a semiconductor substrate having a first insulating section formed on one surface thereof. A first conductive section is disposed on the one surface of the semiconductor substrate. A second insulating section is superimposed over the first insulating section and covers the first conductive section. A second conductive section is superimposed over the second insulating section. A third insulating section is disposed over the second insulating section and covers the second conductive section. These first conductive section, second insulating section, second conductive section, third insulating section, and terminal altogether constitute a structure. A third opening is formed between adjacent structures. The third opening is formed passing through the third and second insulating sections to expose the first insulating section. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100289709 | ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The present invention is to provide an antenna that is small in size, has such input characteristics as to secure consistency in each band, and is capable of maintaining omnidirectionality, and a wireless communication device that has the antenna mounted thereon. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100284429 | PULSED LIGHT GENERATOR AND PULSED FIBER LASER - A pulsed light generator of the invention includes: an excitation light source; a fiber grating into which excitation light from the excitation light source enters; a rare-earth doped optical fiber optically coupled with the fiber grating, in which a rare-earth element is doped into a core, serving as an optical transmitting section; an optical switch including a deflection element for causing a Q-switching operation; a first optical fiber that causes light from the rare-earth doped optical fiber to enter into the optical switch; and a second optical fiber for waveguiding pulsed light output from the optical switch. One surface side of the optical switch, into which light enters, is subjected to anti-reflection treatment with a reflectance with respect to a wavelength of the pulsed light output from the optical switch being 0.1% or less. A low-reflection section having a reflectance with respect to the wavelength of the pulsed light output from the optical switch of from 1% to 60% inclusive, is arranged on an other surface side of the optical switch, from which light is emitted. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100282501 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR FORMING THE PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND BOARD INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE - A board interconnection structure having a first printed wiring board in which a first conductive circuit is arranged on a first insulating layer, the first conductive circuit having, on an end portion thereof, a first connection terminal in which an upper surface width is narrower than a bottom surface width; a second printed wiring board in which a second conductive layer having a second connection terminal is arranged on a second insulating layer; and a connection layer that forms fillets along longitudinal side surfaces of the first connection terminal, and interconnects the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first connection terminal may have a projection portion. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100282499 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR FORMING THE PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND BOARD INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE - A board interconnection structure having a first printed wiring board in which a first conductive circuit is arranged on a first insulating layer, the first conductive circuit having, on an end portion thereof, a first connection terminal in which an upper surface width is narrower than a bottom surface width; a second printed wiring board in which a second conductive layer having a second connection terminal is arranged on a second insulating layer; and a connection layer that forms fillets along longitudinal side surfaces of the first connection terminal, and interconnects the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first connection terminal may have a projection portion. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100279541 | WATERPROOF CONNECTOR FOR FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE - A waterproof connector for a flexible substrate includes: a flexible substrate which includes an insulating film with a conductive pattern formed thereon; a connection terminal joined to the conductive pattern at a terminal section of the flexible substrate; a housing which accommodates the connection terminal; a retainer which includes a vertically assembled pair of members, a forward end thereof holding the connecting section of the conductive pattern and the connection terminal and a rear end thereof surrounding the flexible substrate; a hot-melt adhesive provided on an inner circumference of the retainer at non-joint areas with the flexible substrate and provided on an outer circumference of the retainer so as to make the flexible substrate and the retainer adhere closely to each other; engaging member provided in the outer circumference of the retainer; and receiving member provided in the housing. The engaging member and the receiving member are engaged together to fix the retainer and the housing. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100276822 | RARE EARTH-DOPED CORE OPTICAL FIBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A rare earth-doped core optical fiber of the present invention includes a core comprising a silica glass containing at least aluminum and ytterbium, and a clad provided around the core and comprising a silica glass having a lower refraction index than that of the core, wherein the core has an aluminum concentration of 2% by mass or more, and ytterbium is doped into the core at such a concentration that the absorption band which appears around a wavelength of 976 nm in the absorption band by ytterbium contained in the core shows a peak absorption coefficient of 800 dB/m or less. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100276765 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: a bonding step of bonding a first substrate with optical transparency and a second substrate having a surface on which a functional element is provided to each other such that the functional element faces the first substrate; a thinning step of thinning at least one of the first and second substrates; and a through-hole forming step of forming a cavity and a through-hole communicated with the cavity in at least part of a bonding portion between the first and second substrates. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent irregularities or cracks caused by the presence or absence of the cavity and more regularly thin the substrate. In addition, it is possible to manufacture a semiconductor device capable of contributing to the miniaturization of devices and electronic equipment having the devices, using a more convenient process. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100272448 | OPTICAL BURST SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE - An optical burst signal receiving device includes: a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts an input optical burst signal into a current burst signal and outputs the current burst signal; a transimpedance amplifier that converts the current burst signal output from the photoelectric conversion unit into a phase-inverted voltage burst signal; an equalizing amplifier that performs equalizing amplification on the output signal from the transimpedance amplifier and then outputs the resulting signal; a level detection circuit that detects the level of the output signal from the transimpedance amplifier; and an automatic gain control circuit that controls at least one of the transimpedance amplifier and the equalizing amplifier such that the optimum gain is attained for the level of a burst cell detected by the level detection circuit, in which the level detection circuit has: a monitor window generating unit that generates a monitor window signal that regulates a level detection block, which is a predetermined period commencing from the start point of a preamble portion of the burst cell; a reference voltage generating circuit that generates a reference voltage signal; a threshold value comparator that compares the level of the output signal from the transimpedance amplifier with the level of the reference voltage signal; and an AND circuit that performs an AND operation on the monitor window signal output from the monitor window generating unit and the output from the threshold value comparator. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100272128 | LASER DEVICE - [Object] An object of the invention is to provide a laser device having high optical amplification efficiency. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100260212 | FIBER OUTPUT STABILIZER - A fiber output stabilizer according to an aspect of the invention stabilizes output light from a rare-earth doped optical fiber in which at least one kind of a rare-earth element is added to a core. The fiber output stabilizer includes: a monitoring light source that emits monitoring light having a wavelength shorter than that of excitation light exciting the rare-earth element; an optical multiplexer that multiplexes the monitoring light into the excitation light; an optical demultiplexer that demultiplexes the monitoring light passing through the rare-earth doped optical fiber; and a passing light detector that detects light intensity of the monitoring light from the optical demultiplexer. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259283 | CAPACITIVE PROXIMITY SENSOR AND PROXIMITY SENSING METHOD - A capacitive proximity sensor ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100258341 | MOUNTING BOARD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A mounting board of the invention includes: an insulative base; a plurality of first conductive elements provided on the insulative base and having lands; a plurality of second conductive elements disposed on the lands; a plurality of solder pieces each disposed on each of the second conductive elements; and an electronic component which includes electrode sections each contacting each of the solder pieces, wherein the first conductive elements are made from a first element that contains at least silver; the second conductive elements are made from a second element that contains at least copper; and the solder pieces are made from a third element that contains at least tin. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100254669 | PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBER - A photonic bandgap fiber of the present invention functions as a polarization maintaining fiber, and includes: a core made from a solid material; a cladding provided around the core; a periodic structure region which is provided in a part of the cladding in a vicinity of the core and in which a plurality of high refractive index parts with a refractive index higher than that of the cladding are arranged in a periodic structure; a low refractive index region which is provided in another part of the cladding in a vicinity of the core and has an average refractive index lower than that of the core; and stress applying parts which are provided in a part of the low refractive index region close to the periodic structure region and have a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of another part of the low refractive index region. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100254656 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, AND OPTICAL DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - An optical waveguide comprising a cladding and a core embedded in the cladding. An equivalent refractive index of the core changes unevenly along a light propagation direction by changing physical dimensions of the core. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100252843 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT MOUNTING SUBSTRATE, LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT PACKAGE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A light emitting element mounting substrate that enables a high quality light emitting element package to be readily manufactured with minimal variations in the chromaticity when manufacturing a white LED, a light emitting element package that employs the substrate, and a display device and illumination device that employs this package, are provided. In the light emitting element mounting substrate, at least a light emitting element mounting portion of a surface of a core metal is coated with a fluorescent enamel layer that consists of a fluorescent material-containing glass. In the light emitting element package, a light emitting element is mounted on the light emitting element mounting substrate, and the light emitting element is sealed with a transparent sealing resin. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100243293 | CABLE WIRING STRUCTURE OF SLIDING-TYPE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WIRING HARNESS - A cable wiring structure of a sliding-type electronic apparatus is provided which includes a plurality of casings with circuits attached to be movable relatively to each other wherein the circuits within the casings are electrically connected to each other by an electronic apparatus wiring harness. The electronic apparatus wiring harness has a cable laminated portion in which a plurality of micro two-core parallel coaxial cables are laminated, and the cable laminated portion is wired in a U shape when viewed from slide surfaces of the casings. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100233531 | ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT INCORPORATING THE SAME - An electrolyte composition includes an ionic liquid and a solvent, wherein the solvent contains a material made of at least one of sulfolane and derivatives thereof, and a content of the material is 5 to 40 mass % of the total content of the electrolyte composition. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100232743 | OPTICAL-PATH TURNING MEMBER AND OPTICAL-PATH TURNING OPTICAL CONNECTOR - In a light path converting member ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100229941 | ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - An electrode substrate for a photoelectric conversion element includes: current collecting wires; and a protective layer covering the current collecting wires, wherein the protective layer includes a first protective layer containing glass components and a second protective layer which is composed of an insulating resin layer and provided on the first protective layer. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100226447 | MODULE CONNECTING SYSTEM - An object of the present invention is to provide a module connecting system that can comply flexibly with the number of expansion modules and has an inexpensive and simple configuration. In the configuration of the module connecting system of the present invention, a basic module transmits a repetitive pulse signal to an expansion module, the repetitive pulse signal whose frequency is divided by a frequency dividing circuit included in the expansion module is output as frequency dividing information to the basic module, and the number of expansion modules is determined based on the frequency dividing information. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225153 | HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD - To perform highly precise position adjustment for head restraint in short time regardless of distance between head restraint and human body and head shape. Head restraint position adjusting device | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100222969 | HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD - Head restraint position adjusting device | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100218823 | ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - A method of manufacturing an electrode substrate for a photoelectric conversion element which includes: forming a transparent conductive layer and a collector wire on a substrate; forming an oxide semiconductor layer in a region of the transparent conductive layer different from a region in which the collector wire is formed; forming an porous oxide semiconductor layer by firing the oxide semiconductor layer; after firing, forming a protective layer covering the collector wires, the protective layer composed of an insulating resin having a thermal resistance at 250° C. or higher; heating the substrate at 250° C. or higher during or after the formation of the protective layer; and after the heating, allowing adsorption of dyes in the porous oxide semiconductor layer. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100214761 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WIRING HARNESS - An electronic apparatus wiring harness is provided that includes: a fixed-side casing and a moving-side casing each having a circuit and rotatably journalled by a shaft having a through hole at its center, the moving-side casing being provided with a moving-side casing base which is rotatably journalled to the fixed-side casing, and a sliding portion which is provided so as to be slidable on a slide surface provided in the moving-side casing base. The circuit of the sliding portion and the circuit of the fixed-side casing are electrically connected together by an electric wire. The electric wire is a wiring harness having a flat cable portion in which a number of electric wire bodies are arranged in parallel and which is formed in a tape shape by jackets, and a jacket strip portion in which a number of the electric wire bodies are bundled; the flat cable portion is arranged in a bent manner so as to form a U shape on the slide surface of the moving-side casing base. The jacket strip portion is inserted through the through hole of the shaft, and extends from the slide surface toward the fixed-side casing. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214760 | HARNESS-INTEGRATED SLIDE HINGE AND SLIDING-TYPE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A harness-integrated slide hinge is provided that connects between a plurality of casings having circuits therein while allowing the casings to move relatively. The harness-integrated slide hinge includes: a first sliding plate fitted to the one casing; a second sliding plate fitted to the other casing; a sliding mechanism that connects between the first sliding plate and the second sliding plate while allowing them to move relatively; and a harness that has a plurality of wirings, and connection sections provided on both ends of these wirings, and that is routed between the first sliding plate and the second sliding plate, wherein a wiring lamination section having a plurality of the wirings laminated therein is bent in a U-shape and accommodated in a space section between the first sliding plate and the second sliding plate. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214174 | ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an antenna that is small in size and has band frequencies corresponding to multibands, and a wireless communication apparatus including the antenna. The antenna according to the present invention has two radiation elements | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100212939 | MODULE, CIRCUIT BOARD, AND MODULE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A module of the present invention is provided with; a circuit board in which conductors are patterned on an insulating layer, and a functional element that is mounted on the conductor pattern face down via bumps. An aperture section is formed in an area of the circuit board which is the functional element mounting position, which is smaller than, a projected surface of the functional element, and is inside of a region where the bumps are joined with the conductors. A gap between the functional element and the circuit board, and the aperture section are sealed by a sealing resin. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100210120 | CONNECTOR - A connector is provided which includes a plug having a plurality of cables disposed on one side of the plug, and a socket mounted on a base substrate that is used to connect the plug. The plug includes a plate-like member and a flexible substrate fixed to the surroundings of the plate-like member. The plate-like member includes a planar portion approximately parallel to a substrate face of the base substrate, and a bent portion provided on the other side of the plug and extending in a direction approximately perpendicular to the base substrate. The socket includes a mating space which receives the bent portion from a direction approximately perpendicular to the base substrate when the plug and socket are connector-connected. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100194500 | LEAKY CABLE - A leaky cable with a central conductor, and an outer conductor having a rectangular cross section surrounding the central conductor. The outer conductor has a first and a second surface parallel to each other, and at least one slot row formed in at least one of the first and second surface. The slot row is formed in a first direction of the outer conductor and includes a plurality of slots each configured to form a leaky electromagnetic field. An insulator is disposed between the central conductor and the outer conductor. The width of the rectangular cross section in a direction parallel to the first and second surfaces is less than half of a wavelength of an electric signal transmitted through the leaky cable. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100189396 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE - An optical fiber cable | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100189393 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND RESONATOR - [Object] An optical amplifier and a resonator capable of outputting output light having a high intensity are provided. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100178006 | OPTICAL PATH CHANGER COMPONENT, OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical connector is comprised of a main body and a wall formed in the main body and having a wall face which has guiding slots curving at an angle of about 90 degrees or one or more optical fiber holes. Optical fibers inserted into the main body along the lateral direction are made curved by the guiding slots or the optical fiber holes toward photoelectric devices disposed on an upper or lower face thereof. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177792 | FIBER FUSE TERMINATOR, FIBER LASER, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE - A fiber fuse terminator which is used to terminate a fiber fuse, comprising: an optical fiber which includes a core and a cladding having holes extending in a longitudinal direction thereof, in which: a refractive index of the core of the optical fiber is higher than a refractive index of a portion of the cladding excepting portions of the holes; when it is assumed that a mode field diameter at a used wavelength of the optical fiber is MFD, and a distance in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber between a center of the core and a position, closest to the center of the core, of the hole that is closest to the core is Rmin, a value expressed by 2×Rmin/MFD is no less than 1.2 and no more than 2.1; when it is assumed that a width, in a diameter direction, of a region where the holes present in the cladding is W, a value expressed by W/MFD is no less than 0.3; and when it is assumed that a diameter of the cladding of the optical fiber is D | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100176311 | OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE AND OPTICAL IRRADIATOR - For an enhanced coupling efficiency between a light source and an optical fiber bundle: the optical fiber bundle is made up by a dense bundle of optical fibers, with an integrated portion composed of fusion-integrated distal ends of the bundled optical fibers, and the integrated portion has, in a longitudinal sectional plane along a center axis of the optical fiber bundle, a lateral side thereof formed, in a shape of arc radially outwardly convex with respect to a straight line interconnecting an end point at a front end face side of the integrated portion and an end point at a rear end side thereof, to locate at a radially inner side with respect to an extension toward the integrated portion of a line constituting an outline of a portion else than the integrated portion of the optical fiber bundle. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100163289 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD OF CONNECTING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board including: an insulated substrate; a conductive circuit provided on one side of this insulated substrate; a cover layer covering the insulated substrate and the conductive circuit; and a conductive particle buried in this cover layer, wherein the conductive particle is buried in the cover layer so that the conductive particle contacts the conductive circuit and protrudes from the cover layer; and the conductive particle serves as an electric contact point. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100158452 | METHOD CONNECTING OPTICAL FIBER OF OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH OPTICAL TRANSMISSION ELEMENT, CONNECTOR-ATTACHED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION ELEMENT, OPTICAL CONNECTOR, AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF OPTICAL CONNECTOR - A connection method connects an optical connector and an optical transmission element. The optical connector includes a connector housing, a stop-ring structure, and an optical fiber which protrudes from an end part of the stop-ring structure. The optical transmission element includes a tensile-strength fiber body. The connection method includes fuse-connecting a first end of the optical fiber with a second end of an optical fiber protruding from a transmission element terminal part of the optical transmission element; inserting a fuse-connected optical fiber part and the tensile strength fiber body inside a reinforcing sleeve provided with a hot melt body, and covering and bridging the transmission element terminal part and at least the end part of the stop-ring structure; and integrating the fuse-connected optical fiber part, the tensile strength fiber body, the transmission element terminal part, and the stop-ring structure, by a hot melt resin melted from the hot melt body. | 06-24-2010 |
