| NGK Insulators, Ltd. Patent applications |
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| 20120133279 | ARC TUBE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An arc tube includes a light emitting body for light therein and a ceramic tube having a first capillary and a second capillary integral with respective opposite sides of the light emitting body. A first electrode is inserted and sealed in the first capillary, and a second electrode is inserted and sealed in the second capillary. The first electrode is sealed in the first capillary by shrink fitting. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120126293 | EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An epitaxial substrate, in which a group of group-III nitride layers is formed on a single-crystal silicon substrate so that a crystal plane is approximately parallel to a substrate surface, comprises: a first group-III nitride layer formed of AlN on the base substrate; a second group-III nitride layer formed of In | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120121979 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY CATHODE - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery cathode which can more improve characteristics of the battery. The cathode of the present invention includes an electroconductive cathode current collector, a plurality of plate-like particle formed of a cathode active material, and a binder containing microparticles formed of the cathode active material and being smaller than the plate-like particles. The plate-like particles are formed so as to have an aspect ratio of 4 to 50. The plate-like particles are arranged such that the particles cover the surface of the cathode current collector surface at a percent area of 85 to 98%. The binder is disposed so as to intervene between two adjacent plate-like particles. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121978 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY CATHODE - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery cathode which can more improve characteristics of the battery. The cathode of the present invention includes a first layer composed of a plate-like cathode active material and a second layer containing particles of the cathode active material and a binder, the second layer being joined to the first layer in a stacked state. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121817 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON FILM BODY - Provided is a method of manufacturing a DLC film formed body in which peeling-off of a DLC film is suppressed. In manufacturing a DLC film formed body having a film hardness of 10 GPa or more, prior to the formation of the DLC film, a surface of a base is pretreated with a discharge plasma and a silicon carbide film being an interlayer is formed on the surface of the base. The surface of the base is pretreated by supplying an inside of the chamber with a gas mixture obtained by mixing 1 part by volume or more and 10 parts by volume or less of argon gas into 100 parts by volume of helium gas while adjusting a pressure inside of the chamber in which the base is housed to 20 hPa or higher and an atmospheric pressure or lower, and generating a discharge plasma in the mixed. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119224 | COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE - A metal film | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117769 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - There is provided a method for manufacturing a piezoelectric element, the method having a step of polarizing the fired piezoelectric body while fixing at least two positions in a direction perpendicular to the polarization direction. The method is a means for obtaining a piezoelectric element provided with a thin and flat fired piezoelectric body with no warpage. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120107716 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - A solid oxide fuel cell includes two or more power generating elements each having a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte layer placed between the cathode and the anode; an interconnector electrically connecting the power generating elements and containing a chromite-based material; and a sealing portion provided between the electrolyte layer and the interconnector and not containing either Ni or ZrO | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107715 | STRUCTURE OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - On each of upper and lower surfaces of a flat-plate-like support substrate having a longitudinal direction and having fuel gas flow channels formed therein, a plurality of power-generating elements A connected electrically in series are disposed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction. On each of the upper and lower surfaces of the support substrate, a plurality of recesses are formed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction. Each of the recesses is a rectangular-parallelepiped-like depression defined by four side walls arranged in a circumferentially closed manner and a bottom wall. That is, in the support substrate, frames are formed to surround the respective recesses. Fuel electrodes of the power-generating elements A are embedded in the respective recesses, and inter connectors are embedded in respective recesses formed on the outer surfaces of the fuel electrodes. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104309 | LEAD-BASED PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A lead-based particulate piezoelectric material has a median diameter of less than 1 μm and a particle size distribution expressed by [arithmetic deviation/mean] of no greater than 15% and in which no less than 85% of all particles are cubic. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120091056 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON FILM, CARBON FILM AND SEPARATOR - A method for producing a carbon membrane of the present invention is a production method where a carbon membrane obtained by subjecting a carbon-containing layer to thermal decomposition in an oxygen inert atmosphere while sending a gas mixture containing an oxidizing gas thereinto is thermally heated. The carbon membrane is subjected to a heating oxidation treatment with controlling the ratio of the flow rate of the gas mixture to the areas of the carbon membrane to 0.5 cm/min. or more to control (temperature ° C.) | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120086403 | END-OF-DISCHARGE VOLTAGE CORRECTION DEVICE AND END-OF-DISCHARGE VOLTAGE CORRECTION METHOD - An end-of-discharge voltage correction section subtracts, from an end-of-discharge open voltage, the product I×RO of a discharge current I of a block and an ohmic resistance RO of the block and the product ITD×RP of a discharge current ITD obtained by performing a time delay process on the discharge current and a polarization resistance RP of the block. Then, a resulting value is set as an end-of-discharge voltage VL. The ohmic resistance RO is increased as an equivalent cycle count CY increases, and is increased as a healthy parallel number NPH decreases. An increment ΔCY of the equivalent cycle count CY in each charge/discharge cycle becomes greater as a discharge depth DD increases. The healthy parallel number NPH is derived by multiplying a healthy parallel number NPHR of a reference block by the ratio of a capacity CPR of the reference block to a capacity CPS of a target block. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120085967 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to realize more effective intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions in a cathode active material. The preset invention provides a cathode active material plate-like particle for a lithium secondary battery, the particle having a layered rock salt structure, wherein lithium-intercalation/deintercalation-plane-oriented grains (primary crystal grains whose (003) plane is oriented so as to intersect a plate surface of the plate-like particle) are present in a dispersed state among numerous (003)-plane-oriented grains (primary crystal grains whose (003) plane is oriented in parallel with the plate surface of the plate-like particle). | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120085887 | FORMING MOLD - A forming mold having a base member, a resin layer bonded to the base member and serving as a forming surface, and a bonding layer between the base member and the resin layer, which bonds the base member to the resin layer. The base member has a rigidity higher than that of the resin layer. The forming mold is produced through bonding the resin layer to the base member by use of an adhesive, and the surface of the bonded resin layer is worked, to form the “forming surface” of the resin layer. Alternatively, the forming mold is produced through forming the resin layer having a “forming surface” and bonding the formed resin layer to the base member by use of an adhesive. The present invention enables provision of a forming mold having enhanced dimensional precision of the resin layer actually serving as a forming surface. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120074061 | CERAMIC PERVAPORATION MEMBRANE AND CERAMIC VAPOR-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE - A ceramic pervaporation membrane and a ceramic vapor-permeable membrane where the total aperture length of discharge channels parallel to the channel direction of water collection cells is at least 10% of the length of filtration cells and where the ratio m/n of the number m of rows of filtration cells to the number n of rows of water collection cells is between 1 and 4 have a high water permeation rate and a high separation coefficient. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120071042 | CONTACT MEMBER FOR A GAS SENSOR, METHOD FOR CONNECTING A CONTACT MEMBER WITH A SENSOR ELEMENT IN A GAS SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A GAS SENSOR - In a contact member for a gas sensor configured to fix a sensor element by sandwiching the sensor element in an insertion port defined by a pair of housing members to thereby obtain electrical connection with the sensor element, a restraint member provided at an outer circumference of the pair of housing members and having a restraint function for restraining a displacement of the pair of housing members within a predetermined range is used. The restraint member includes: two pressing surface portions to which a compression force that occurs when the annular member shrinkingly deforms is applied; a first side portion coupled perpendicularly to the two pressing surface portions; and a second side portion having an upper side portion coupled perpendicularly to one of the pressing surface portions and a lower side portion coupled perpendicularly to the other of the pressing surface portions. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120070346 | HONEYCOMB FILTER - A honeycomb filter includes a partition portion having a thickness t | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120064803 | METHOD OF POLISHING OBJECT TO BE POLISHED AND POLISHING PAD - The present invention provides: a method of polishing an object to be polished for processing a surface of the object to be polished into a concave or convex state with a high degree of accuracy; and a polishing pad.
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| 20120064286 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY - A honeycomb structural body includes porous partition walls arranged to form a plurality of cells which become through channels of a fluid, porosities of the partition walls are from 45 to 70%, a pore diameter distribution of the partition walls is measured by mercury porosimetry, the pore diameter distribution indicates a bimodal distribution, in the bimodal distribution, a pore diameter at the maximum peak value of a small pore side distribution is from 1 to 10 μm, and a pore diameter at the maximum peak value of a large pore side distribution exceeds 10 μm, and a ratio between a pore volume of the small pores and a pore volume of the large pores is in a range of 1:7 to 1:1 in the honeycomb structural body. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062071 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ACTUATOR - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator, including a piezoelectric/electrostrictive element that includes at least one laminate including one piezoelectric/electrostrictive layer and one pair of electrodes disposed respectively on both sides of said piezoelectric/electrostrictive layer and has a moving part corresponding to a portion where said piezoelectric/electrostrictive layer is sandwiched by one pair of said electrodes and a non-moving part corresponding to a portion where said piezoelectric/electrostrictive layer is not sandwiched by one pair of said electrodes, and a moisture proof membrane disposed to cover at least the proximity of the boundary between said moving part and said non-moving part and consisting of silicone-based organic insulation material with storage elastic modulus of 100 kPa or less obtained by dynamic viscoelastic measurement using a parallel cone with diameter of 25 mm under a condition with strain of 0.1%, frequency of 1 Hz, gap of 0.5 mm and temperature of 22° C. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060785 | IGNITION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND ELECTRODE STRUCTURE OF THE IGNITION DEVICE - An ignition device having an electrode structure including an anode, a cathode, an auxiliary electrode, an anode coating, an auxiliary electrode coating, and an anode supporting body. A coated surface of the anode is opposed to a coated surface of the auxiliary electrode with the anode coating, a combustion space, and the auxiliary electrode coating therebetween. An exposed surface of the anode is opposed to an exposed surface of the cathode with the combustion space therebetween. A distance D | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060608 | PASSAGE DETECTION APPARATUS OF OBJECT - A passage detection apparatus is configured to detect the change in the properties (propagation state of sound wave, dielectric constant, etc.) of a specific space, which changes according to the passage of an object in the specific space and the size of the object. The passage detection apparatus includes a pair of detection units and configured to transmit and receive signals to and from an external device. The specific space is formed by the space between the detection unit and the detection unit. The detection unit is supported by a first substrate. The detection unit is supported by a second substrate that is parallel to the first substrate, and arranged at the position corresponding to the detection unit supported by the first substrate. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120059598 | PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTION DEVICE - A particulate matter detection device | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120058301 | MOLDED BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE MOLDED BODY - A second mold is placed on a planar surface of a first mold to form a first mold cavity, which is filled with a first material slurry containing a first material powder and the molded slurry is caused to set, thereby forming a first molded part on the planar surface of the first mold. A third mold is placed on the planar surface of the first mold from which the second mold is removed and on which the first molded part is formed, thereby forming a second mold cavity. The second mold cavity is filled with a second material slurry which contains a second material powder different from the first material powder so as to mold the slurry in contact with the first molded part. The molded slurry is caused to set, thereby forming a second molded part on the planar surface of the first mold. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120058020 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB FILTER - A honeycomb filter includes a plurality of porous partition portions each forming a cell, which is open at one end and closed at the other end and serves as an exhaust gas flow path, and a trapping layer, for trapping and removing solid components contained in the exhaust gas, formed on each of the partition portions. At least part of each of the partition portions is loaded with a catalyst. The amount of catalyst a (g/L) in an upstream partition portion and the amount of catalyst b (g/L) in a downstream partition portion satisfy 1.05≦a/b≦3.00. A method for, limiting a/b to this range includes the entire honeycomb structure, including the partition portions, into contact with a catalyst component to form a catalyst, and subsequently bringing only an upstream region of the honeycomb structure into contact with a catalyst component to form a catalyst. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120058019 | HONEYCOMB FILTER - A honeycomb filter includes a cell having one open end and another closed end that serves as a fluid flow path and a cell having one closed end and another open end, wherein the cells are alternately disposed. The honeycomb filter includes an undeposited region in an upstream region of a partition portion, which has no trapping layer and has a length of 5% or more and 30% or less of the length of the inlet cell. The upstream region of the partition portion includes an undeposited region having an area of 10% or more of that of the cell in a cross-section perpendicular to the exhaust gas flow direction. The undeposited region with no trapping layer in the upstream region decreases the permeation resistance of the partition portion in the upstream region and facilitates fluid passage through the partition portion in the upstream region. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056591 | BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE AND BATTERY CONTROL METHOD - A power storage device has a NaS battery for storing electric power, a Hall current detector for measuring charge/discharge current value I of the NaS battery, a bidirectional converter for converting electric power between a direct current and an alternating current bidirectionally, and a controller for controlling the power storage device. The controller integrates the charge/discharge current value I of the NaS battery and calculates the calculated value of the discharge capacity in the NaS battery. The controller calculates estimated error Er(t | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120055233 | PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTION DEVICE - A particulate matter detection device includes a plate-like element base material including, on one surface thereof, a formed recess portion to collect a particulate matter; a pair of measurement electrodes arranged on the bottom surface side of the recess portion of the element base material; and a high-voltage dust collection electrode embedded in a wall which forms the recess portion of the element base material on the one surface side of the element base material from a position where the pair of measurement electrodes are arranged. An electric field is generated from the high-voltage dust collection electrode to the pair of measurement electrodes, to collect, on the bottom surface side of the recess portion, the particulate matter flowing along the element base material, and a change of electric characteristics between the pair of measurement electrodes is measured to detect the particulate matter collected on the recess portion. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120041690 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING NUMBER OF HEALTHY STRINGS OF SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD USING SAME - A number (uo) of healthy strings of one block in a sodium-sulfur battery is determined according to expression (1), and a failure of the sodium-sulfur battery is detected on the basis of the determination of the value of the uo. This method makes it possible to properly determine a failure of the sodium-sulfur battery, which can be used to compensate for fluctuations of electric power generated by a renewable energy generating device. uo=(Qo/Qs)×us . . . (1) where Qs: used capacity of reference block; Qo: used capacity of target block; and us: number of healthy strings of reference block (us≦u). | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120034547 | STRUCTURE OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - On each of upper and lower surfaces of a flat-plate-like support substrate having a longitudinal direction and having fuel gas flow channels formed therein, a plurality of power-generating elements A connected electrically in series are disposed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction. On each of the upper and lower surfaces of the support substrate, a plurality of recesses are formed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction. Each of the recesses is a rectangular-parallelepiped-like depression defined by four side walls arranged in a circumferentially closed manner and a bottom wall. That is, in the support substrate, frames are formed to surround the respective recesses. Fuel electrodes of the power-generating elements A are embedded in the respective recesses. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031171 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - In a gas sensor, when an arithmetical mean roughness Ra of an inner periphery of a metal tube | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030916 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THIN BOARD-SHAPED FIRED PIEZOELECTRIC BODY - A manufacturing method for a thin board-shaped fired piezoelectric body has: a step of manufacturing, using a piezoelectric material, a green sheet having a ratio T/L of 0.000002 to 0.2, where T is the thickness and L is the maximum length within the surface after firing; and a step of obtaining the thin board-shaped fired piezoelectric body with reinforcing members for firing by performing firing after disposing the reinforcing members for firing by scattering at least on one surface of the green sheet so as to exclude the areas to be the thin board-shaped fired piezoelectric body later. The piezoelectric body which has excellent planarity and a thin board shape can be manufactured at low cost by the method. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120028057 | CERAMIC-METAL BONDED BODY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - To form an electrostatic chuck, a bonding sheet is applied onto the upper surface of a cooling plate and then the cooling plate is placed in a vacuum dryer at a pressure of 2,000 Pa or less for a pre-bake treatment at 120° C. to 130° C. for 15 to 40 hours, followed by natural cooling. A plate is then stacked on the bonding sheet so that the lower surface of the plate is aligned with the upper surface of the bonding sheet, which is applied onto the cooling plate. The resulting stacked body is placed in a heat-resistant resin bag, and is then placed in an autoclave and treated together for several hours under pressure and heat. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120021334 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL CONTAINING THE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - The electrode material contains a complex oxide and at least one of ZrO | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021330 | Electrode material and solid oxide fuel cell containing the electrode material - The electrode material contains a complex oxide having a perovskite structure represented by a general formula ABO | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019334 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING DEVICE - The present invention intends to provide a small-sized impedance matching device with a small variation in quality and large-current tolerance. The above described intention of the present invention is achieved by an impedance matching device, which comprises a wiring portion comprising a conductor pattern for wiring, embedded inside or formed on the surface of first dielectric material, and either one or both of an inductor portion comprising a conductor pattern for inductor, embedded inside or formed on the surface of the first dielectric material, or a capacitor portion comprising at least one pair of conductor patterns for capacitor and second dielectric material with a dielectric constant larger than that of the first dielectric material, existing between the pair of conductor patterns for capacitor wherein the thicknesses of the conductor pattern for wiring and the conductor pattern for inductor are 20 μm or more. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018416 | CERAMIC HEATER - The ceramic heater | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018370 | SILICA MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a silica membrane | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017555 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In honeycomb filter | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017554 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In honeycomb filter | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120012984 | METHOD FOR GROWING GROUP 13 NITRIDE CRYSTAL AND GROUP 13 NITRIDE CRYSTAL - To grow a gallium nitride crystal, a seed-crystal substrate is first immersed in a melt mixture containing gallium and sodium. Then, a gallium nitride crystal is grown on the seed-crystal substrate under heating the melt mixture in a pressurized atmosphere containing nitrogen gas and not containing oxygen. At this time, the gallium nitride crystal is grown on the seed-crystal substrate under a first stirring condition of stirring the melt mixture, the first stirring condition being set for providing a rough growth surface, and the gallium nitride crystal is subsequently grown on the seed-crystal substrate under a second stirring condition of stirring the melt mixture, the second stirring condition being set for providing a smooth growth surface. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120009471 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND CATHODE OF THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a lithium secondary battery which has high capacity while maintaining excellent cycle characteristic. The lithium secondary battery cathode of the present invention includes a cathode collector formed of a conductive substance, and a cathode active material layer formed of a sintered lithium composite oxide sheet. The cathode active material layer is bonded to the cathode collector by the mediation of a conductive bonding layer. A characteristic feature of the present invention resides in that the cathode active material layer has a thickness of 30 μm or more, a voidage of 3 to 30%, and an open pore ratio of 70% or higher. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009470 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND CATHODE OF THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a lithium secondary battery which has high capacity while maintaining excellent cycle characteristic. The lithium secondary battery cathode of the present invention includes a cathode collector formed of a conductive substance, and a cathode active material layer formed of a sintered lithium composite oxide sheet. The cathode active material layer is bonded to the cathode collector by the mediation of a conductive bonding layer. A characteristic feature of the present invention resides in that the cathode active material layer has a thickness of 30 μm or more, a mean pore size of 0.1 to 5 μm, and a voidage of 3% or more and less than 15%. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009346 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICA MEMBRANE - A simple method of manufacturing a silica membrane which has high separation performance and high permeation flux is provided. The method is a method for manufacturing a silica membrane | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009093 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HONEYCOMB FILTER - There is provided a honeycomb filter wherein particles having an average particle diameter smaller than the average pore diameter of partition walls are deposited at least in open pores formed in the surface layer of the partition wall and in the pores of the partition wall in a surface layer portion of the partition walls on the exhaust gas inflow side, thereby forming a composite region. The average pore diameter of the partition walls is 5 to 40 μm, and the porosity of the partition wall is 35 to 75%. The particles to be deposited have an average particle diameter of 1 to 15 μm, and the height of the composite region is not more than 80 μm in the direction from the outermost contour line of the partition walls to the surface of the partition walls. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009092 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HONEYCOMB FILTER - There is provided a honeycomb filter wherein particles having an average particle diameter smaller that of the particles constituting partition walls are deposited at least in open pores formed by the particles constituting the partition walls and/or gaps between the particles in a surface layer portion of the partition walls on the exhaust gas inflow side, thereby forming a composite region. The average pore diameter of the partition walls is 5 to 40 μm, and the porosity of the partition wall is 35 to 75%. The particles to be deposited have an average particle diameter of 1 to 15 μm, and the height of the composite region is not more than 80 μm in the direction from the outermost contour line of the partition walls to the surface of the partition walls. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007474 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element with improved moisture resistance while having less degradation in its piezoelectric/electrostrictive properties and a method of manufacturing such a piezoelectric/electrostrictive element are provided. A laminated vibrator of a piezoelectric/electrostrictive element has a structure in which an electrode film, a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film, another electrode film, another piezoelectric/electrostrictive film, and another electrode film are laminated one above the other. In the manufacture of the piezoelectric/electrostrictive element, the laminated vibrator and a counter electrode are immersed in an electrodeposition coating fluid containing a coating component so that the electrodeposition coating fluid is brought into contact with the surfaces of the laminated vibrator and the counter electrode. Thereafter, voltage is applied between an internal electrode film and the counter electrode to induce electrophoresis of the coating component toward a surface-exposed defect, whereby the coating material is selectively electrodeposited on the surface-exposed defect. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007015 | FERRITE MATERIAL AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A ferrite material and an electronic component which employs sintered ferrite formed from the ferrite material. The ferrite material is obtained by adding, as minor ingredients, 0.06-0.50 parts by weight of bismuth oxide in terms of Bi2O3, 0.11-0.90 parts by weight of titanium oxide in terms of TiO2, and 0.06-0.46 parts by weight of barium oxide in terms of BaO to a ferrite powder comprising iron oxide, copper oxide, zinc oxide, and nickel oxide as major ingredients. The weight ratio among the bismuth oxide, the titanium oxide, and the barium oxide is as follows: when the proportion of the bismuth oxide in terms of Bi2O3 is taken as 1.00, then the proportion of the titanium oxide in terms of TiO2 is 1.08-2.72 and that of the barium oxide in terms of BaO is 0.72-1.20. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120006094 | PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTOR, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PARTICULATE MATTER - A particulate matter detector of the present invention has an electrode portion, a signal measuring portion, and a calculation portion and further has a measurement signal memory portion for memorizing the values of the measurement signal measured by the signal measuring portion, a signal judgement portion for judging the necessity of correction by comparing a calculated amount of change with a value of a background signal noise after calculating an amount of change between values of the consecutive measurement signals of 10 or less samples memorized by the measurement signal memory portion, and a correction portion for correcting the value of the measurement signal, if the calculated amount of the change shows a decrease of at least twice the value of the background signal noise, by adding the decrease value to the value of the measurement signal where the decrease is confirmed. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120003902 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD - In the method for manufacturing a droplet discharge head, a mold | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120000595 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD - In a method for manufacturing a droplet discharge head, a first mold is prepared having first convexity portions shaped like pressure chambers of the droplet discharge head. A slurry is filled into the first mold, and the first mold is placed on a first porous plate. A solvent included in the slurry permeates into the first porous plate. The slurry is dried to form a first compact. Similarly, a second mold is prepared which has second convexity portions shaped like nozzle sections of the droplet discharge head. The slurry is filled into the second mold, and the second mold is placed on a second porous plate. The solvent included in the slurry permeates into the second porous plate. The slurry is dried to form a second compact. Thereafter, the first compact and the second compact are press bonded and fired. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120000358 | STRUCTURE PROVIDED WITH ZEOLITE SEPARATION MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, METHOD FOR SEPARATING MIXED FLUIDS AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING MIXED FLUIDS - There is provided a zeolite separation membrane-provided article having gaps or pores larger than pores inherent to zeolite crystals and controlled within an appropriate range and being capable of achieving both high permeability and high separability for components with small difference in adsorption properties or a component having a smaller molecular diameter than the diameter of the pores, a method for producing the same, a method for separating mixed fluids, and a device for separating mixed fluids. The zeolite separation membrane-provided article is provided with a zeolite membrane having an N | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110318641 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE OF CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, CATHODE OF THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a lithium secondary battery which has high capacity while maintaining excellent charge-discharge characteristic, and to provide a cathode of the lithium secondary battery and a plate-like particle for cathode active material to be contained in the cathode. The plate-like particle of cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention has a layered rock salt structure, a thickness of 5 μm or more and less than 30 μm, 2 or less of [003]/[104] which is a ratio of intensity of X-ray diffraction by the (003) plane to intensity of X-ray diffraction by the (104) plane, a voidage of 3% or more and less than 30%, and an open pore ratio of 70% or higher. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318640 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE OF CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, CATHODE OF THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a lithium secondary battery which has high capacity while maintaining excellent charge-discharge characteristic, and to provide a cathode of the lithium secondary battery and a plate-like particle for cathode active material to be contained in the cathode. The plate-like particle of cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention has a layered rock salt structure, a thickness of 5 μm or more and less than 30 μm, 2 or less of [003]/[104] which is a ratio of intensity of X-ray diffraction by the (003) plane to intensity of X-ray diffraction by the (104) plane, a mean pore size of 0.1 to 5 μm, and a voidage of 3% or more and less than 15% | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110313699 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING STATE OF CHARGE OF SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - An accurately and precisely calculation of the state of charge of a sodium-sulfur battery may be made by determining a state of charge Qr according to expression (1) given below even if the sodium-sulfur battery is applied to compensate for fluctuations in the power generated by a natural energy generating device: Qr=100×(1−(Qu/(Qa−Qsf))) . . . (1) where Qu: used capacity; Qa: product capacity; and Qsf: residual capacity in final year; and Qsf=f | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311437 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPINEL-TYPE LITHIUM MANGANATE - The production method of the present invention includes (A) a forming step of forming into a sheet-like compact a raw material containing at least a manganese compound and not containing a lithium compound; (B) a first firing step of firing the sheet-like compact formed through the forming step; and (C) a second firing step of firing a mixture of the fired compact obtained through the first firing step and a lithium compound at a temperature lower than the firing temperature employed in the first firing step. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311435 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPINEL-TYPE LITHIUM MANGANATE - The production method of the present invention includes (A) a raw material preparation step of preparing a raw material mixture containing at least a manganese compound; (B) a forming step of forming the raw material mixture prepared through the raw material preparation step into a compact having a longitudinal size L and a maximum size R as measured in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (i.e., in a thickness direction) such that L/R is 3 or more; (C) a firing step of firing the compact obtained through the forming step; and (D) a crushing step of crushing the fired compact obtained through the firing step. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110309291 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The method for producing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery is characterized by including (1) a forming step of forming a sheet-form compact containing, as raw substances, a lithium compound serving as a first ingredient, a compound of a transition metal other than lithium serving as a second ingredient, and at least one of boron oxide and vanadium oxide serving as a third ingredient; and (2) a firing step of firing the compact at 700 to 1,300° C. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110305973 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is provided that includes an anode, a cathode, a solid electrolyte layer, a barrier layer, and an buffer layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes zirconium and is provided between the anode and the cathode. The barrier layer includes cerium and is provided between the solid electrolyte layer and the cathode. The barrier layer has pores. The buffer layer includes zirconium and cerium and is provided between the barrier layer and the solid electrolyte layer. The barrier layer has a first barrier layer provided near to the buffer layer with a first pore ratio and a second barrier layer provided between the first barrier layer and the cathode with a second pore ratio. The first pore ratio of the first barrier layer is larger than the second pore ratio of the second barrier layer. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305972 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is provided that includes an anode, a cathode, a solid electrolyte layer, a barrier layer, and an intermediate layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes zirconium and is provided between the anode and the cathode. The barrier layer includes cerium and is provided between the solid electrolyte layer and the cathode. The intermediate layer includes zirconium and cerium, and has a first surface facing the solid electrolyte layer, a second surface facing the barrier layer, and pores. The pore ratio of the intermediate layer is higher than the pore ratio of the barrier layer. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304073 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLUGGED HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a plugged honeycomb structure includes: a step of forming a columnar honeycomb formed body, and a plugging step of forming plugging portions in each of cells of the honeycomb formed body; wherein the plugging step has a plugging slurry injection operation where plugging slurry is injected into the cells by inserting the honeycomb formed body into a bottomed cylindrical inside container containing the plugging slurry and having a Young's modulus of 5 to 550 MPa and a tensile stress of 0.5 to 11 MPa and being disposed in a bottomed cylindrical outside container and by pressing one end portion against the bottom face of the inside container, and then the honeycomb formed body is pulled out from the inside container. There is provided a method for manufacturing a plugged honeycomb structure, the method being capable of inhibiting depression and protrusion of plugging portions. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110301017 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DDR-TYPE ZEOLITE MEMBRANES - A process for production of a DDR-type zeolite membrane, which comprises: both a seed crystal-forming step of immersing a porous substrate in a seed crystal-forming raw material solution which contains a DDR-type zeolite powder dispersed therein and performing hydrothermal synthesis to form plural DDR-type zeolite crystal particles on surface of the porous substrate, and a membrane-forming step of immersing the resulting porous substrate with DDR-type zeolite crystal particles on the surface in a membrane-forming raw material solution which is free from DDR-type zeolite powder and performing hydrothermal synthesis to form a DDR-type zeolite membrane on the surface of the porous substrate. According to the process, a dense DDR-type zeolite membrane can be formed, and the vessel used in the synthesis can be prevented from being damaged. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110295534 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DROP IN CAPACITY OF SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - It is determined that a drop in the capacity of a sodium-sulfur battery has proceeded to an abnormal level when both the following expression (1) and expression (2) hold. Qe−Qn≧K1 . . . (1) where Qe: abnormal block depth-of discharge; Qn: normal block depth of discharge; and K1: block abnormality determination setting value (integer constant), and Qe≧K2 . . . (2) where K2: depth of discharge abnormality determination setting value (integer constant). | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291530 | CRYSTAL ORIENTED CERAMIC COMPOSITE BODY, AND PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT - A crystal oriented ceramic composite body including a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface, and a {100} oriented ceramic film that is disposed to face the first surface. The {100} oriented ceramic film includes a first sectional surface. The first sectional surface is perpendicular to the first surface, and a 90 degree domain includes a domain wall within a range of ±20 degrees of a normal to the first surface and occupies a surface area of at least ⅓ of the first sectional surface. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110289744 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element including a step of preparing a green sheet A including a portion which becomes a fired piezoelectric body later, by use of a piezoelectric material; a step of joining, to at least one surface of the green sheet A, a green sheet B having an opening in a portion facing the portion which becomes the fired piezoelectric body later, followed by firing to obtain the fired piezoelectric body provided with a reinforcing plate to which the reinforcing plate formed owing to the firing of the green sheet B is attached; and a step of forming a film-like electrode in a portion obtained by the firing of the green sheet A in the fired piezoelectric body provided with the reinforcing plate. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110287261 | DDR-TYPE ZEOLITE POWDER, AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DDR-TYPE ZEOLITE POWDER - There is provided a DDR-type zeolite powder composed of fine particles and exhibits a particle size distribution where the majority of the particles have particle diameters converging in the vicinity of the mean particle diameter, and a process for the production of the same. Specifically provided is a process for the production of a DDR-type zeolite powder, which comprises a step of heat-treating a raw material solution at 100 to 180° C., and thereby growing crystals until the mean particle diameter reaches to a level of 0.1 μm or more and below 2.5 μm. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110287222 | Group 3B nitride crystal - A sapphire substrate on a surface of which a thin film of gallium nitride is formed is prepared as a seed-crystal substrate and placed in a growth vessel. Gallium and sodium metals are weighed to achieve a molar ratio of 25 to 32:68 to 75 and added into the vessel. The vessel is put into a reaction vessel. An inlet pipe is connected to the reaction vessel. Nitrogen gas is introduced from a nitrogen tank through a pressure controller to fill the reaction vessel. While the internal pressure of the reaction vessel is controlled to be a predetermined nitrogen gas pressure and target temperatures are set such that the temperature of a lower heater is higher than the temperature of an upper heater, a gallium nitride crystal is grown. As a result, a group 13 nitride crystal having a large grain size and a low dislocation density is provided. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110284387 | METHOD FOR IMMOBILIZING PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLE-IMMOBILIZED SUBSTRATE - The present invention is a method for immobilizing particles | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110283775 | GAS CONCENTRATION DETECTION SENSOR - First outer gas apertures | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110283774 | GAS CONCENTRATION DETECTION SENSOR - The sensor element | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110281472 | CONNECTOR - Each of contact fittings is obtained by bending a die-cut member having a metal plate portion of substantially rectangular shape and a metal piece connecting to a long side of the metal plate portion. The metal piece is folded to be accommodated within a region directly above a surface of the metal plate portion opposite a surface in contact with a front-surface electrode or a back-surface electrode. Then, the metal piece is bent along the length of the metal plate portion to form a hook to be retained by a first housing or a second housing. Therefore, as compared to a structure in which hooks are orthogonal to the length of metal plate portions and bend outward from contact fittings, the arrangement width of the contact fittings arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to the length of the contact fittings can be reduced. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278257 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PIEZOELECTRIC MEMBRANE TYPE DEVICE - A substrate | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110274609 | Group 3B nitride crystal substrate - A group 13 nitride crystal substrate according to the present invention is produced by growing a group 13 nitride crystal on a seed-crystal substrate by a flux method, wherein a content of inclusions in the group 13 nitride crystal grown in a region of the seed-crystal substrate except for a circumferential portion of the seed-crystal substrate, the region having an area fraction of 70% relative to an entire area of the seed-crystal substrate, is 10% or less, preferably 2% or less. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110272899 | WAFER MOUNT DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An adhesive layer | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110266926 | DEVICE UTILIZING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A device using a piezoelectric element includes a layered piezoelectric element and a driven member. The layered piezoelectric element includes an active portion formed of stacked piezoelectric layers each being sandwiched between a first internal electrode layer and a second internal electrode layer, and an inactive portion (first end inactive portion) formed of a first end piezoelectric layer stacked on the active portion. The driven member is bonded to the top surface of the first end piezoelectric layer by means of an adhesive. The piezoelectric layers and the first end piezoelectric layer are formed such that the porosity of the inactive portion is greater than that of the active portion. Therefore, since numerous open pores are emerged on the top surface of the first end piezoelectric layer, the adhesive enters into the open pores to have the driven member be strongly bonded to the top surface. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110266922 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110262781 | TEMPERATURE INCREASING METHOD FOR SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - A temperature increasing method for a sodium-sulfur battery includes three or more temperature gradients, and inflection points of 90±5° C. and 150±5° C. at which the temperature gradient changes, and the temperature gradient in a section from 90±5° C. to 150±5° C. is 5° C./h or less, whereby it is possible to increase a temperature of the sodium-sulfur battery quickly without affecting the quality of the sodium-sulfur battery. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110262639 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLUGGED HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a plugged honeycomb structure includes: a step of mixing ceramic particles with a gas on one end face side of the plugged honeycomb structure, and a step of sucking the gas containing the ceramic particles from the other end face side of the plugged honeycomb structure to send the ceramic particles mixed in the gas into cells of the plugged honeycomb structure to allow the ceramic particles to adhere to surfaces in the cells of the plugged honeycomb structure. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110262071 | BRANCHED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SUBSTRATE AND OPTICAL MODULATOR - An optical waveguide is formed on a ferroelectric substrate having a thickness of 20 μm or less by diffusion of a dopant or ion exchange. The optical waveguide has a non-branched section | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110259261 | REACTION VESSEL FOR GROWING SINGLE CRYSTAL AND METHOD FOR GROWING SINGLE CRYSTAL - It is provided a method of growing a single crystal by flux process from a melt containing sodium, in that a flux is contained in a reaction vessel made of yttrium-aluminum garnet. Compared with the case that an alumina or yttria vessel is used, it can be successfully obtained a single crystal whose incorporation amounts of oxygen and silicon can be considerably reduced, residual carrier density can be lowered, and electron mobility and specific resistance can be improved. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110252866 | PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTING DEVICE - A particulate matter detecting device includes a sensor element having a measurement electrode and a heater electrode provided on one end portion of a plate-like element substrate, a cylindrical lead terminal cover member having the sensor element inserted into a penetration portion that penetrates in an axial direction thereof so that the sensor element is held inside a detecting device external cylinder, and the detecting device external cylinder. The penetration portion includes a first penetration portion having a size corresponding to that of a cross section of the sensor element, and a second penetration portion with a larger cross section perpendicular to the penetration direction than that of the first penetration portion. An electrical insulating sealant is filled in a gap between the second penetration portion and the sensor element inserted into the second penetration portion so that the sensor element and the lead terminal cover member are fixed. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110252865 | PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTING DEVICE - The particulate matter detecting device of the present invention includes: a sensor element having a plate-shaped element substrate, at least one pair of measurement electrodes arranged on one end face of this element substrate, a heater electrode arranged on either of end faces or inside of the element substrate, and a plurality of lead terminals arranged on the other end face of the element substrate and electrically connected to each of the measurement electrodes and the heater electrode; and an outer sheath body having a columnar barrel portion and a barrel-portion end face arranged on one end face of the barrel portion, in which the sensor element is arranged in the barrel portion of the outer sheath body such that the pair of measurement electrodes is exposed from an open frontal area of the barrel-portion end face. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110244176 | CERAMIC CLAY, CERAMIC FORMED ARTICLE, AND CERAMIC STRUCTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - The ceramic clay is available by kneading a forming raw material containing a ceramic forming material. The forming raw material contains, in addition to the ceramic forming material, a layered double hydroxide represented by a predetermined chemical formula in an amount of from 0.01 to 5 mass % based on the total amount of them. The layered double hydroxide turns into a gel by dispersing it in water and when it is dispersed in water at a concentration of 6 mass %, it has a viscosity of from 1000 to 20000 mPa·s. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241493 | CERAMIC, AND PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTION ELEMENT - A ceramic having a plurality of crystal grains that contain lead, lithium, and boron, are arranged in a planar direction, and have a mutually same crystal orientation with respect to the thickness direction. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241479 | CERAMIC, AND PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTION ELEMENT - A ceramic having a plurality of crystal grains that contain lithium and boron, the crystal grains are arranged in a planar direction, and the crystal grains have a mutually same crystal orientation with respect to the thickness direction, | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241263 | DRYING APPARATUS AND DRYING METHOD FOR HONEYCOMB FORMED BODY - A drying apparatus for honeycomb formed bodies includes: a drying chamber having a drying space to store undried honeycomb formed bodies; a microwave generator that generates microwaves; and a plurality of waveguides for introducing the microwaves into the drying chamber. On side surfaces of the drying chamber, provided is a plurality of microwave introduction ports for introducing the microwaves generated by the microwave generator into the drying space inside the drying chamber, the waveguides are disposed at the microwave introduction ports, and irradiation ports of the waveguides are provided directed to two or more different directions toward the drying space of the drying chamber. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110240487 | METHOD OF PROCESSING SENSOR ELEMENT AND SENSOR ELEMENT - A method of processing a sensor element includes the steps of: (a) preparing a gas atmosphere containing hydrocarbon, having an air-fuel ratio of 0.80 to 0.9999, and having a small amount of oxidizing gas added thereto; and (b) subjecting a sensor element to a heat treatment in the gas atmosphere at a temperature of 500° C. or higher for 15 minutes or longer. The sensor element includes an electrochemical pumping cell constituted of an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte and an electrode having a NOx reduction ability. A NOx gas in a measurement gas is reduced or decomposed in the electrode. A NOx concentration in the measurement gas is obtained based on a current which flows in the electrochemical pumping cell at a time of the reduction or decomposition. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110240469 | GAS SENSOR ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A gas sensor element ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110240205 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure includes the steps of: producing triangular segments as cut quadrangular prism honeycomb fired bodies in double by cutting half, forming a pseudo quadrangular segment by fitting a hollow auxiliary member whose outer peripheral shape is triangular on a cut triangular segment, disposing the honeycomb fired bodies and the pseudo quadrangular segments to form an assembly, bonding the assembly by applying a bonding material, and then applying pressure to thus bonded assembly to obtain a honeycomb block body with the hallow auxiliary members, drying the applied bonding material and then detaching the hollow auxiliary members to obtain a honeycomb block body, and grinding an outer peripheral portion of a resultant honeycomb block body to obtain a honeycomb structure. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110239601 | PLUGGED HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a plugged honeycomb structure | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110237425 | ZEOLITE HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - The zeolite honeycomb structure is constituted of a zeolite raw material containing zeolite particles | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110237423 | ZEOLITE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The zeolite structure is a porous zeolite structure constituted of a formed article obtained by extruding a zeolite raw material containing zeolite particles and an inorganic binding material including at least basic aluminum chloride, a ratio P1 (P1=V2/V1×100) of a volume V2 of the inorganic binding material in the zeolite structure with respect to a volume V1 of the zeolite structure is from 10 to 50 vol %, and a relation of equation (1) is satisfied: | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110236789 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL, FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A novel electrode that can be used at high temperature in air, a fuel cell using the material, and a method of manufacture of the same are provided. The electrode material containing a component expressed by La | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110236625 | FORMED ZEOLITE HONEYCOMB ARTICLE AND FIRED ZEOLITE HONEYCOMB ARTICLE - A formed zeolite honeycomb article comprises a formed article obtained by extruding a zeolite raw material containing zeolite particles, an inorganic binding material and a filler constituted of plate-like particles in a honeycomb shape including partition walls disposed to form a plurality of cells, a drying shrinkage of the partition walls in a thickness direction thereof is larger than a drying shrinkage of the partition walls in a cell extending direction thereof and a drying shrinkage of the partition walls in a diametric direction perpendicular to the cell extending direction thereof, and the drying shrinkage of the partition walls in the thickness direction thereof is 1.2 or more times the drying shrinkage of the partition walls in the diametric direction perpendicular to the cell extending direction thereof in the formed zeolite honeycomb article. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110236271 | ZEOLITE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The zeolite structure includes a zeolite material containing a plurality of zeolite particles and an inorganic binding material which binds the zeolite particles to one another, the plurality of zeolite particles include fine zeolite particles having a small average particle diameter and coarse zeolite particles which have an average particle diameter of three or more times the average particle diameter of the fine zeolite particles and which are not an agglomerated material of primary particles, a ratio of volumes of the coarse zeolite particles with respect to the whole volume of the plurality of zeolite particles is from 40 to 90 vol %, in the zeolite material, a ratio of a volume of the inorganic binding material is from 5 to 50 vol %, and a zeolite raw material containing the plurality of zeolite particles and the inorganic binding material is extruded to form a zeolite structure. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234044 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE CERAMIC, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE CERAMIC, PIEZOELECTRIC/ ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT - Provided is a piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic which produces large electric-field induced strain without performing an aging treatment for a long period of time. A piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic sintered body in which the ratio of the number of ions at A sites to the number of ions at B sites in a perovskite structure is at least 0.94 to at most 0.99 is subjected to an oxygen heat treatment at a temperature of 600 to 1050° C. for 2 to 100 hours under an atmosphere with an oxygen partial pressure of 0.05 to 1.0 atm. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233186 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE FORMING DIE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure forming die, the method includes: an introduction hole forming step for forming, in plate-shaped die substrate having one side end face and the other side end face, a plurality of introduction holes for introducing kneaded clay on the other side end face to function as a kneaded clay introduction face, and a slit forming step for forming slits communicating with the introduction holes in order to form the partition walls of the honeycomb structure by extruding the kneaded clay by performing a comb-like electro-discharge machining by a comb-like electrode | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233171 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE FORMING DIE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure forming die including a liquid groove forming step for forming linear processing liquid grooves | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233060 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor including a sensor element constituted by an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte as a main component and detecting a predetermined gas component in a measurement gas includes: an external communication part having an opening opened to the outside, and introducing the measurement gas from the outside under a predetermined diffusion resistance; an internal space communicating with the external communication part; a first electrode formed on a surface of the internal space; a second electrode formed in a space different from the internal space; and a pumping cell operable to pump out oxygen existing in the internal space when a predetermined voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode. The thickness of the external communication part is 50% or more and 100% or less of the thickness of the internal space. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110230329 | POWDERS USED FOR PRODUCING Ni-Cu-Zn SYSTEM FERRITE CERAMICS SINTERED BODY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The first invention relates to powders for producing a Ni—Cu—Zn system ferrite ceramics sintered body, comprising ferrite calcined powders and NiO powders, wherein the specific surface area of said ferrite calcined powders is within the range of 4.0 m | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110229980 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE AND USE THEREOF - The present teaching provides a fluorescent oligonucleotide probe having a high degree of design flexibility and wide applicability, as well as the use thereof. This is an oligonucleotide probe capable of forming a stem and loop, comprising at least one fluorophore located between adjacent nucleotides in the stem and is linked to a unit represented by Formula (1) and at least one quencher located at a site capable of pairing up with the at least one fluorophore located between the adjacent nucleotides in the stem and is linked to a unit represented by Formula (2). (In the formulae, X represents the fluorophore, Y represents the quencher, R1 represents an optionally substituted C | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110229635 | HONEYCOMB FILTER PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A honeycomb filter production apparatus includes: a workpiece securing section for securing a base of a honeycomb filter; a powder transfer section for transferring a powder together with an air current by utilizing pressurized gas; an introduction section for introducing the powder that has transferred from the powder transfer section into the base secured by the workpiece securing section when the apparatus is used; a suction section for sucking the gas that has passed through the base secured by the workpiece securing section using suction means; a cleaning section for removing a surplus powder adhering to an end face of the base after the introduction of the powder; a judgment section for judging an amount of the powder adhering to the base; and a workpiece transfer section for transferring the base among the workpiece securing section, the cleaning section, and the judgment section. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110229634 | HONEYCOMB FILTER PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A honeycomb filter production apparatus used for producing a honeycomb filter, the apparatus includes: a workpiece securing section for securing a base (workpiece) of a honeycomb filter; a powder transfer section for transferring a powder together with an air current by utilizing pressurized gas; an introduction section that is provided between the powder transfer section and the workpiece securing section, the powder transferred from the powder transfer section together with the air current being mixed with another gas in the introduction section, and introduced into the base (workpiece) secured by the workpiece securing section; and a suction section for sucking the gas that has passed through the base (workpiece) secured by the workpiece securing section by reducing pressure on the other side of the workpiece securing section as compared with the one side of the workpiece securing section using suction means. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227256 | METHOD OF DRYING HONEYCOMB FORMED BODY - A method of drying a ceramic formed body comprising the step of performing dielectric drying on an unfired honeycomb formed body formed with a ceramic material as a main raw material under a condition that a power density is 5 to 20 [kW/kg (water)]. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110226618 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor including an internal space, a first electrode, a second electrode, a pumping cell, a third electrode, a fourth electrode, a measuring cell, and a porous diffusion layer. The first and third electrodes, and the second and fourth electrodes are formed inside and outside the internal space, respectively. The pumping cell includes the first and second electrodes, and the measuring cell includes the third and fourth electrodes. The pumping cell pumps oxygen from the internal space when a predetermined voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes. The third electrode reduces an oxide gas component in a predetermined gas component to which a predetermined diffusion resistance has been applied by the porous diffusion layer. The measuring cell measures current flow between the third and fourth electrodes when a voltage corresponding to the degree of reduction in the third electrode is applied between the third and fourth electrodes. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110224071 | OUTER PERIPHERY-COATING MATERIAL, OUTER PERIPHERY-COATED HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The outer-peripheral coating material of the present invention contains a filler containing a laser-coloring powder containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of a metal and a metal compound each developing a color which differs from the original color when irradiated with a laser beam, and a ceramic powder composed of a ceramic other than the material which constitutes the laser-coloring powder, and a dispersing medium, wherein the filler contains the laser-coloring powder in an amount of 20 to 400 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the ceramic powder. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110224069 | HONEYCOMB CATALYST BODY - There is provided a honeycomb catalyst body comprising a honeycomb base body having porous partition walls forming a plurality of divided cells which extend from one end face of honeycomb base body to its other end face and which function as a fluid passage, and an outer wall present at the outermost peripheral portion of honeycomb base body, plugged portions provided so as to plug part of the plurality of divided cells, and a catalyst loaded on the partition walls of honeycomb base body. The plurality of divided cells include outermost peripheral cells formed by the partition walls and the outer wall, and of the outermost peripheral cells, those cells whose hydraulic diameter ratio to the hydraulic diameters of the cells other than the outermost peripheral cells is 5 to 75%, are through-cells having no plugged portion. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110219736 | HONEYCOMB FILTER - There is provide a honeycomb filter which can suppress generation of cracks in plugged portions due to heat generated by burning of a PM during regeneration and comprises a honeycomb basal body including porous partition walls arranged to form a plurality of cells disposed in parallel with one another and including inflow cells and outflow cells which are formed adjacent to the inflow cells; first plugged portions with which one end of each of the inflow cells is plugged; second plugged portions with which another end of each of the outflow cells is plugged; porous collecting layers formed on the inflow-cells side surfaces of the partition walls; and end aggregate layers made of a particulate aggregate material and formed on the inflow-cells-side surfaces of the first plugged portions, and a thickness of the end aggregate layers is from 0.5 to 5 mm. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110217557 | CERAMIC GREEN BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The ceramic green sheet is formed by molding and drying “a ceramic slurry containing a ceramic powder, an unreacted portion of an isocyanate, an unreacted portion of a polyol, a urethane resin that is produced by mixing isocyanate and polyol and serves as an organic binder, and a solvent”, the ceramic slurry being prepared by mixing the ceramic powder, the isocyanate, the polyol, and the solvent. A thin sheet-like molded body is formed by printing a molded body of a paste, which is prepared by mixing a ceramic powder, an organic binder that is a resin not containing a hydroxyl group, and a solvent, on the ceramic green sheet, and by drying the resultant. A dry shrinkage percentage of the ceramic green sheet upon forming the thin sheet-like molded body thereon can significantly be reduced. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110212831 | SUBSTRATE WITH SURFACE-COLLECTION-LAYER AND CATALYST-CARRYING SUBSTRATE WITH SURFACE-COLLECTION-LAYER - A substrate with a surface-collection-layer comprising a honeycomb substrate having a porous partition wall that defines and forms cells, and a plurality of plugging portions, a surface-collection-layer being formed on a surface of the partition wall that forms the remaining cells, the thickness of the surface-collection-layer on the outlet-side open end being larger than the thickness of the surface-collection-layer in a center area of the substrate, the partition wall having predetermined thickness, porosity and pore size, the surface-collection-layer having predetermined thickness, porosity, and average pore size, and the substrate having predetermined cell density. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210281 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE CERAMICS SINTERED BODY - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic sintered body has a microstructure in which a matrix phase and an additional material phase having different compositions coexist and the additional material phase is dispersed in the matrix phase. A residual strain ratio of the additional material phase alone is larger than a residual strain ratio of the matrix phase alone. The matrix phase and the additional material phase have a composition in which a Mn compound containing Mn atoms of 0 parts by mole or more and 3 parts by mole or less and a Ba compound containing Ba atoms of 0 parts by mole or more and 1 part by mole or less are contained in a composite of 100 parts by mole represented by a general formula {Li | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110207068 | HOUSING FOR HEATING AND USE METHOD OF THE SAME, HEATING JIG AND USE METHOD OF THE SAME, AND OPERATION METHOD OF HEATING DEVICE - A heating storage structure | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110206955 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - In a method for controlling a sodium-sulfur battery, a time of correcting or resetting a depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery is determined within a predetermined period based on weather information, and the depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery is corrected or reset in the determined time. According to this sodium-sulfur battery control method, the depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery can be accurately managed in a small-scale interconnected system. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110206954 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES - When charge power or discharge power of each individual sodium-sulfur battery included in a plurality of sodium-sulfur batteries becomes 1/n (n is a natural number) or less of a rated output, individual sodium-sulfur batteries are sequentially stopped. This prevents the discharge power (or the charge power) of the sodium-sulfur battery from becoming minute, so that a battery depth (or a stored energy) of the sodium-sulfur battery can be accurately managed. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110206953 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - A method for controlling a plurality of sodium-sulfur batteries that, in an interconnected system in which a power generation device that fluctuates in output and an electric power storage-compensation device are combined to supply power to an electric power system, are each included in the electric power storage-compensation device and compensate for output fluctuations of the power generation device, is provided. When one sodium-sulfur battery of the plurality of sodium-sulfur batteries reaches a discharge end, the sodium-sulfur battery reaching the discharge end is charged from a sodium-sulfur battery other than the sodium-sulfur battery reaching the discharge end. When one sodium-sulfur battery of the plurality of sodium-sulfur batteries reaches a charge end, the sodium-sulfur battery reaching the charge end is discharged to charge a sodium-sulfur battery other than the sodium-sulfur battery reaching the charge end. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110204059 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM - Provided is an internal combustion engine system ( | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110203242 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure wherein the thickness of each partition wall is 50.8 μm inclusive to 161.5 μm exclusive, the cell density is 15.5 to 62.0 cells/cm | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110201493 | HONEYCOMB CATALYST BODY - There is provided a honeycomb catalyst body including, a honeycomb substrate, plugging portions, and a three way catalyst. All the cells are open in the inflow side end face, the honeycomb substrate has two regions of an inflow side region and an outflow side region, the inflow side region of the honeycomb substrate is a region from the inflow side end face to a position of 10 to 90% of a length in an central axial direction of the honeycomb substrate from the inflow side end face, and 100 to 400 g/L of the three way catalyst is loaded on the partition walls in the inflow side region, no catalyst is loaded on the partition walls in the outflow side region, and a ratio of the length to a diameter of the inflow side end face of the honeycomb substrate is 1.1 to 2.0. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110200852 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - A plurality of sodium-sulfur batteries are divided into a plurality of groups. Power to be input or output, which is assigned to all sodium-sulfur batteries in order to compensate for fluctuations of output power of a power generation device, is distributed to each group. The plurality of sodium-sulfur batteries divided in the groups are periodically rotated. This enables a uniform utilization rate of the sodium-sulfur batteries to be achieved. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199603 | METHOD FOR OBSERVING FLUID AND FLUID FLOW OBSERVATION - A fluid observation apparatus | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199043 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - A remaining battery level of each individual sodium-sulfur battery constituting a plurality of sodium-sulfur batteries is managed, a remaining battery level target value common to all sodium-sulfur batteries is set, and input/output power distributed to each individual sodium-sulfur battery is controlled based on a difference between the target value and the remaining battery level of the sodium-sulfur battery. This enables a uniform remaining battery level among the sodium-sulfur batteries to be attained. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199042 | SECONDARY BATTERY POWER CONTROL METHOD - A secondary battery power control method controls power discharged from a secondary battery included in an interconnected system that supplies power to a power system, the interconnected system including a power generator that changes in output power, and an electric power storage-compensation device that includes a secondary battery, and a bidirectional converter that controls charging/discharging of the secondary battery, and compensates for a change in output power of the power generator. A temperature detection section that detects the temperature of the secondary battery is annexed to the secondary battery, and the maximum discharge power of the secondary battery is limited using the bidirectional converter when the temperature of the secondary battery detected by the temperature detection section has exceeded a preset temperature. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198930 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM - An interconnected system that supplies power to a power system, and includes a power generator that changes in output, and an electric power storage-compensation device. The interconnected system is controlled so that operation of a sodium-sulfur battery that is included in the electric power storage-compensation device and compensates for a change in output of the power generator is stopped, or the interconnected system is set in a non-power transmission mode in which a planned power generation value of a power generation schedule is set to the sum of power generated by the power generator and local load power of the system, when the planned power generation value is 0 kW or less, and the sum of the power generated by the power generator and the local load power of the system has reached a value at which power is supplied to the interconnected system from the power system. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198772 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB FILTER - There is provided a method for manufacturing a honeycomb filter, the method including: a step of depositing plugging material particles which burn away due to a thermal treatment on the inflow cell side surface layer portion of a honeycomb-shaped substrate having porous partition walls separating and forming plural cells, and plugging portions, a step of depositing membrane-forming particles on the surface layer portion where the plugging material particles deposit, and a step of subjecting the honeycomb-shaped substrate having the plugging material particles and membrane-forming particles depositing on the partition walls thereof to a thermal treatment. The number average particle diameter of the first particles is at most an average pore size of the pores formed in the partition walls. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110192211 | APPARATUS WITH ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALITY - The apparatus | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110186431 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A NOx sensor | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110178320 | GAS ADSORPTION MATERIAL, PRECURSOR OF SAME, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING GAS ADSORPTION MATERIAL - A gas adsorption material has a three-dimensional structure wherein a ligand (p-hydroxybenzoic acid) having an aromatic ring as a principal skeleton containing, a carboxyl group and a functional group capable of forming a coordinate bond, the functional group being other than the carboxyl group, and a metal nucleus (Zn) are bonded to each other at a ratio of 1:1. The ligand contains a functional hydroxyl group other than the carboxyl group, and the carboxyl group and the functional group other than the carboxyl group are bonded in at least one position to the metal nucleus. The gas adsorption material is produced by drying a precursor obtained by reacting the ligand and the metal nucleus, dissolving the dried precursor in an organic solvent, heating and stirring a resultant solution to form a three-dimensional structure that includes the organic solvent as a crystal solvent, and removing the crystal solvent. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110174049 | INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR SENSOR ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SENSOR ELEMENT - An inspection apparatus including a cylindrical chamber having an opening part and a bottomed end part. The chamber includes an element insertion/extraction part, a tapered part, and a gas introduction part. The element insertion/extraction part is a tubular space continuous from the opening part. The tapered part is connected to the element insertion/extraction part, and is a space having a tapered shape in a cross-sectional view sectioned perpendicularly so that a lengthwise direction is larger toward the inner side. The gas introduction part is a tubular space continuously extending from the tapered part to a bottom portion. A sensor element is inserted into the chamber such that a front end thereof reaches the tapered part while a gap is formed between the sensor element and the chamber, and in this condition, an inspection gas is supplied to the chamber through a supply port provided in the gas introduction part. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110169590 | COMBINER FOR DOHERTY AMPLIFIER - A combiner for a Doherty amplifier includes, on and in a dielectric substrate, a carrier input terminal, a peak input terminal, an output terminal, a combining point for combining an output signal from the carrier amplifier and an output signal from the peak amplifier, a first λ/4 line connected between the carrier input terminal and the combining point, a second λ/4 line connected between the combining point and the output terminal, and a first directional coupler. The first directional coupler includes a third λ/4 line electromagnetically coupled to one, to be monitored, of the first λ/4 line and the second λ/4 line. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110163761 | PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD OF THE PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTION DEVICE - The particulate matter detection device of the present invention is a particulate matter detection device | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110162877 | COMPOSITE ELECTRONIC PARTS - It is provided a composite electronic part having magnetic material | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110160039 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZEOLITE MEMBRANE, AND ZEOLITE MEMBRANE - There is provided a zeolite membrane which is thinner than a conventional membrane and which has improved permeability and a method for manufacturing the zeolite membrane. The method includes a surface layer forming step for forming a surface layer by attaching a low polar polymer on a first surface of a porous substrate to cover the surface, a filling step for filling a masking polymer into pores in the porous substrate from a surface different from the first surface of the porous substrate up to the surface layer by impregnating the porous substrate with the masking polymer and solidifying the masking polymer, and a surface layer removing step for removing the surface layer. After the surface layer removing step, a zeolite membrane is formed on the first surface of the porous substrate. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110159408 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF COMPACT OF DIVIDED MEMBER OF THE CELL - A compact of a support-member divided-member, which has a shape formed by dividing a support member into two in the thickness direction so as to divide the fuel channel into two in the thickness direction, is manufactured by a gel cast method in which slurry is filled in a molding die. A compact of a fuel-side electrode and a compact of an electrolyte are successively stacked on the upper surface of the compact of the support-member divided-member, whereby a compact of a cell divided member is obtained. The two compacts of the cell divided member are bonded and sintered, whereby an SOFC cell (sintered body) in which an oxygen-side electrode is not formed is formed. A compact of the oxygen-side electrode is formed respectively on the upper and lower surfaces of the sintered body, and then, the compact of the oxygen-side electrode is sintered, whereby the SOFC cell is completed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157673 | OPTICAL MODULATOR - An optical modulator includes an optical modulation substrate, an electrical length adjusting substrate, a package containing the substrates, and a plurality of input ports for inputting high frequency electrical signals. The optical modulation substrate includes a substrate body made of an electro-optic material, a ground electrode and a plurality of signal electrodes provided on the substrate body, optical waveguides propagating lights interacting with the signal electrodes, respectively, and electrode input ports inputting the high frequency electrical signals into the signal electrodes, respectively. The signal electrode includes an interacting part, an input end part provided between the electrode input port and interacting part, and a terminal part. The electrical length adjusting substrate includes conductive lines connected to the input ports for inputting the high frequency electrical signals, respectively. The conductive lines have electrical lengths different from each other for adjusting the phase differences among the ports. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110156737 | CONTACTOR - A contactor | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110148544 | DIRECTIONAL COUPLER - A directional coupler includes a dielectric substrate having at least an input terminal and an output terminal on a surface thereof, a main line disposed in the dielectric substrate and extending between the input terminal and the output terminal, a first coupling line for monitoring a level of an input signal which is input through the input terminal, the first coupling line being disposed in the dielectric substrate and having an end electrically connected to a first terminating resistor, and a second coupling line for monitoring a level of a reflected signal which is input through the output terminal, the second coupling line being disposed in the dielectric substrate and having an end electrically connected to a second terminating resistor. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110147214 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR ELEMENT - A gas sensor capable of a high-accuracy measurement which is realized by a high responsiveness and a strength that prevents a sensor element from being damaged by a stress occurring in assemblage and usage. This gas sensor includes a sensor element formed of an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte as a main component, and the sensor element includes: an internal space to which a measurement gas is introduced from the outside; a first electrode formed on a surface of the internal space; a second electrode formed in a space different from the internal space; and a pumping cell including the first and second electrodes. The pumping cell is operable to pump out oxygen existing in the internal space when a predetermined voltage is applied to between the first and second electrodes. The thickness of the internal space is 50 μm or more and 180 μm or less. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110139007 | HYDROGEN SEPARATOR AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A hydrogen separator comprising a porous substrate composed mainly of a ceramic having a large number of pores connecting from one surface of the substrate to other surface, and a hydrogen-separating layer made of a hydrogen permselective metal formed on the porous substrate via an intermediate layer made of an electron-conductive ceramic. The hydrogen separator hardly generates defects such as peeling, cracks or the like in the hydrogen-separating layer and is suitable for use even when the hydrogen separator is exposed to a heat cycle, used under high temperature conditions or/and used for long-term. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110138875 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR ELEMENT FOR GAS SENSOR - A method for manufacturing a gas sensor element includes (a) printing a wiring pattern of a conductive paste on a green sheet for an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte; (b) laminating a plurality of green sheets including the green sheet having been subjected to step (a) and integrating the plurality of green sheets; (c) cutting out a plurality of element bodies from the laminated body; (d) baking the element body cut out by step (c); (e) heating the element body having been subjected to step (d), in a reducing atmosphere; (f) driving the element body having been subjected to step (e), in an inspection-purpose gas atmosphere for a predetermined time period; and (g) inspecting electrical characteristics of the element body having been subjected to step (f). The element body having passed the inspection of step (g) is assembled as a sensor element in a gas sensor. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110136011 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE ELEMENT AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material containing a large number of crystal grains which contain, by 70 areal % or more, primary particles of non-octahedral shape, having particle diameters of 5 to 20 μm, and composed of lithium manganate of spinel structure containing lithium and manganese as the constituent elements. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110135542 | GAS REFORMING DEVICE - A gas reforming device including: a flow passage forming body flow passage through which process gas flows; a cathode provided on a cross section of the flow passage; an anode provided apart from the cathode, and including a bar-like portion; and a pulse power supply that applies a pulse voltage between the cathode and the anode. The cathode includes: an opening array body that has at least a surface thereof made of an insulator, and has a planar structure in which openings through which the process gas passes are arrayed; and a grounding electrode provided on a peripheral portion of the flow passage. A tip end of the bar-like portion of the anode is located in an inside of the flow passage of the process gas, and is spaced apart from the opening array body in a direction parallel to a direction where the process gas flows. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110135536 | Plasma processing apparatus - This invention concerns with the plasma inactivating method and processor that can inactivate the surface of the object without causing the degradation inside of it. The inactivation of toxins on the surface of the object proceeds as removing the toxins by nitriding or oxidizing the toxins by the following triple effects, the sharp pulsed electric field by the supply of the electric pulses, the generated N-radicals (N*) contained inside of the plasma in the surrounding gases composed mainly by N | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110126610 | Gas concentration detection sensor - A flow path from outer gas introduction apertures | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110121930 | COIL-BURIED TYPE INDUCTOR AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a coil-buried type inductor. The inductor comprises a conductive coil, a first fired ceramics body arranged at least in an area along an inner periphery of the coil, and a second fired ceramics body arranged so as to surround the entire of the coil along with the first fired ceramics body. The first fired ceramics body has porosity equal to or larger than 40 percent and smaller than 70 percent. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110117360 | SINTERED CERAMIC BODY, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CERAMIC STRUCTURE - A manufacturing method of a sintered ceramic body mixes barium silicate with aluminum oxide, a glass material, and an additive oxide to prepare a material mixture, molds the material mixture and fires the molded object. The barium silicate is monoclinic and has an average particle diameter in a range of 0.3 μm to 1 μm and a specific surface area in a range of 5 m | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110114352 | CERAMIC TUBE FOR HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a ceramic tube for a high-intensity discharge lamp, comprising a hollow member and a plug member. The hollow member contains a substantially cylindrical body and a closure for closing one end of the body, and the plug member is inserted into an insertion opening formed at the other end of the body. Before the insertion of the plug member, the insertion opening has a tapered portion with a diameter decreasing in the direction from the open end to the inside at least in an area into which the plug member is inserted. After the insertion of the plug member, an outer wall of the plug member is bonded to an inner wall of the insertion opening. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110111327 | COATING BODY - Powders of respective metal elements (Mn, Co) constituting a transition metal oxide (MnCo | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110111324 | BONDING MEMBER - Powders of respective metal elements (Mn, Co) constituting a transition metal oxide (MnCo | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110108201 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure having a plugged portion, which is faster and cheaper to manufacture, and a manufacturing apparatus thereof. A film is attached to an end face of a honeycomb structure in a state where the honeycomb structure is positioned in a table portion having a through hole into which the end face portion of the honeycomb structure is to be inserted, and the film is held in a flat state where a remaining portion of the film which is not attached to the end face is attached to the table portion. Then, holes opened so as to correspond to the openings of a part of cells are formed in the film to form the film as a mask, and a plugging material having fluidity is supplied onto the mask or onto the same plane as the mask to fill the cells with the plugging material. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110107795 | METHOD OF COLORING SURFACE OF ZIRCONIUM-BASED METALLIC GLASS COMPONENT - A method of coloring a surface of a zirconium-based metallic glass component that includes the step of imparting interference colors by carrying out an anodizing process using an alkaline solution to form a film having a thickness of 300 nm or less on the surface of the zirconium-based metallic glass component. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110105303 | ZEOLITE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A zeolite structure which has partition walls composed of a zeolite ion-exchanged with a metal ion and forming a plurality of cells extending from one end face of the zeolite structure to its other end face and functioning as a passage of fluid and which has a honeycomb shape, wherein the content per unit zeolite amount of the metal ion in the surface portion of the partition wall is larger than the content per unit zeolite amount of the metal ion in the inner portion of the partition wall and is preferably 1.1 to 5.0 times the content per unit zeolite amount of the metal ion in the inner portion of the partition wall. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110100523 | MEASURING EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR FORMING LAMINATED BODY - A method for improving an accuracy of measurement of the thickness of a green sheet, and additionally improving yield of a green sheet used for formation of a laminated body is provided. The thickness of each of a plurality of ceramic green sheets is measured, and an average and a variation of obtained thickness measurement values are checked against predetermined ranking criteria. Thereby, a ranking is performed in which the plurality of ceramic green sheets are classified into a plurality of ranks set in the ranking criteria. When forming the laminated body, only a ceramic green sheet belonging to at least one of the ranks which is in advance allowed to be used is used as a ceramic green sheet constituting each layer of the laminated body. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110094636 | Production equipment and production method for precipitation hardened alloy strip - In the production equipment for the precipitation hardened alloy strip, a solution treatment unit | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110083942 | CONVEYANCE RECEIVER FOR HONEYCOMB FORMED ARTICLE, AND CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND CONVEYANCE METHOD USING THE CONVEYANCE RECEIVER - There is provided a conveyance receiver | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110083490 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor includes an internal space, diffusion control part, pumping cell, and measuring cell. The diffusion control part communicates with the internal space and has a slit-like shape with a smaller thickness than that of the internal space. The pumping cell pumps out oxygen from the internal space when voltage is applied between a first electrode formed on a surface of the internal space and a second electrode formed outside the internal space. The measuring cell measures a current flowing between a third and fourth electrodes when a voltage is applied between the third and fourth electrodes. The third electrode is formed in the diffusion control part, and can reduce an oxide gas component in a predetermined gas component to which a predetermined diffusion resistance has been applied by the diffusion control part. The fourth electrode is formed in a part different from the diffusion control part. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110076443 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A honeycomb structure includes porous partition walls via which a plurality of cells constituting through channels for a fluid are partitioned; and an outer peripheral wall positioned in the outermost periphery of the structure. Open frontal areas of predetermined cells in an end face of the structure on a fluid inlet side thereof and open frontal areas of remaining cells in an end face of the structure on a fluid outlet side thereof have plugged portions. The outward end faces of the plugged portions are flat, the plugged portions do not have any bubble having a diameter of 0.3 mm or more, and a value obtained by dividing the standard deviation of the plugging depths of the plugged portions by the average plugging depth of the plugged portions is 0.15 or less. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110072786 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS - There is provided an exhaust gas treatment apparatus | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110070396 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A honeycomb structure | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110063771 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An electrostatic chuck | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110062493 | EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SCHOTTKY JUNCTION STRUCTURE, AND LEAKAGE CURRENT SUPPRESSION METHOD FOR SCHOTTKY JUNCTION STRUCTURE - Provided is an epitaxial substrate for semiconductor device that is capable of achieving a semiconductor device having high reliability in reverse characteristics of schottky junction. An epitaxial substrate for semiconductor device obtained by forming, on a base substrate, a group of group III nitride layers by lamination such that a (0001) crystal plane of each layer is approximately parallel to a substrate surface includes: a channel layer formed of a first group III nitride having a composition of In | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110062144 | CERAMIC HEATER AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A resistive heating element | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110059839 | TRANSLUCENT POLYCRYSTALLINE SINTERED BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ARC TUBE FOR HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP - A translucent polycrystalline sintered body is mainly composed of an alumina, is suitable for the manufacture of an arc tube for a high-intensity discharge lamp, and has an average grain diameter of 35 to 70 μm, preferably 50 to 60 μm. In a case where the sintered body is in a 0.5-mm-thick flat plate shape, the in-line transmittance of the sintered body is 30% or more, preferably 50% or more. In this case, the ratio between maximum and minimum in-line transmittance values is 2:1 to 1:1 in the visible region of 360 to 830 nm. The bending strength of the sintered body is 250 MPa or more, preferably 300 MPa or more. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057667 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DETERIORATION OF LIGHTNING ARRESTER - An apparatus for detecting deterioration of a lightning arrester includes: a high-frequency power supply; a pair of detecting terminals | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056059 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE FILM TYPE DEVICE - Provided is a method of producing a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film type device, the method making it possible to increase the coating ratio of the lowermost electrode film and also, to prevent the deviation of the plane position of the lowermost electrode film from the plane position of the cavity. In the production of a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film provided with a substrate formed with a cavity and an vibrating laminate obtained by laminating a lower electrode film, a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film and an upper electrode film which are aligned with the plane position of the cavity, on the surface of the substrate, the lower electrode film is formed using, as a mask, the substrate in which a light-shielding agent is filled in the cavity by photolithography. The lower electrode film is formed by electroless plating after the catalyst layer is formed. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110053002 | CERAMIC MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a ceramic material capable of demonstrating compactness and Li ion conductivity to an extent that enables the use of the ceramic material as a solid-state electrolyte material for a lithium secondary battery, or the like. A ceramic material containing Li, La, Zr, Nb and/or Ta, as well as O and having a garnet-type or garnet-like crystal structure is used. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110053000 | CERAMIC MATERIAL AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a ceramic material allowing a pellet having higher density and satisfactory Li ion conduction to be obtained. The ceramic material contains Li, La, Zr, Al and O and has a garnet-type or garnet-like crystal structure, the ratio of the number of moles of Li with respect to La being 2.0 or greater to 2.5 or lower. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110052916 | BONDING AGENT - Powders of respective metal elements (Mn, Co) constituting a transition metal oxide (MnCo | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050049 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element having a double-layer structure in which a lower layer electrode film, a lower layer piezoelectric/electrostrictive film, an inner layer electrode film, an upper layer piezoelectric/electrostrictive film and an upper layer electrode film are laminated in this order on a thin portion of a substrate. In the piezoelectric/electrostrictive element, a driving signal is applied between an outer layer electrode film and the inner layer electrode film, whereby the thin portion and a laminate can be subjected to bending vibration. The piezoelectric/electrostrictive film has film thickness distribution in which a film thickness becomes larger in a continuous manner from a center portion of a bending vibration region which is an antinode of a bending first mode toward an edge portion of the bending vibration region which is a node of the bending first mode, along a short side direction of the bending vibration region. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049571 | EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is an epitaxial substrate capable of achieving a semiconductor device that has excellent schottky contact characteristics as well as satisfactory device characteristics. On a base substrate, a channel layer formed of a first group III nitride that contains at least Al and Ga and has a composition of In | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049570 | EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is an epitaxial substrate capable of achieving a semiconductor device that has excellent ohmic contact characteristics as well as satisfactory device characteristics. On a base substrate, a channel layer formed of a first group III nitride that contains at least Al and Ga and has a composition of In | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110048388 | HEAT ACCUMULATION ELEMENT - The main body of the heat accumulation element has a honeycomb structure, and fluid passages where a fluid circulates and heat accumulating medium portions where a medium for storing heat is enclosed are formed. Specifically, the heat accumulation element has partition walls, and one opening portion and the other opening portion of each of the predetermined cells of a honeycomb structure having a large number of cells partitioned and formed to function as fluid passages are plugged and fired to form plugged cells. A heat accumulating medium is provided in the plugged cells. Open cells neither plugged nor fired serve as fluid passages with the plugged cells plugged and fired serving as heat accumulating medium portions, and the fluid circulating through the open cells and the heat accumulating medium in the plugged cells exchange heat. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110047976 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS - An exhaust gas treatment apparatus | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110045695 | FILM-SHAPED ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A film-shaped electrically-connecting body | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110041987 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing a composite substrate according to the present invention includes a formation step of forming a structural element portion on a front surface of a first substrate, a grinding step of fixing the first substrate and grinding a back surface of the first substrate, and a bonding step of bonding a second substrate to the ground back surface with an adhesion layer composed of an adhesive. In such a manner, before forming the adhesion layer, the handling properties of which are affected by heating, and before grinding the first substrate, the strength of which is decreased by grinding, a process of forming the structural element portion, including a heating step, is performed. Furthermore, a piezoelectric substrate may be used as the first substrate, and a supporting substrate which supports the piezoelectric substrate may be used as the second substrate. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110039221 | KILN TOOL PLATE FOR FIRING CERAMIC MATERIAL - A kiln tool plate | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110036716 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor, that represses a manufacturing cost, obtains high responsiveness and can effectively reduce adhesion of water to a sensor element and intrusion of water into the sensor element, is provided. In the gas sensor that has the sensor element mainly containing a solid electrolyte with oxygen ion conductivity and a protective cover arranged to surround the sensor element and detects a predetermined gas component in a measurement gas, the protective cover includes an inner protective cover that is formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape, has a plurality of inner gas distributing holes formed in two rows on its side surface in a longitudinal direction of the sensor element and surrounds one front end of the sensor element, and an outer protective cover that is formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape, has a plurality of outer gas distributing holes on its side surface and surrounds the inner protective cover. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110036715 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor having a sensor element that includes an inner space for introducing a measurement gas therein from an external space and a pump cell which has a first electrode formed on a surface of the inner space and a second electrode formed in a space different from the inner space and is provided to pump oxygen out of the inner space by applying a predetermined voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. Assuming that the length of the inner space in a short-side direction of the sensor element as viewed from the front end portion side thereof is x | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110032601 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE OSCILLATING DEVICES - It is provided a device of oscillating an electromagnetic wave having a frequency of 0.1 THz to 3 THz from pump and idler waves by parametric effect. The device includes a supporting body | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032600 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE OSCILLATING DEVICES - An oscillating device includes an oscillating substrate | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032599 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE OSCILLATING DEVICES - It is provided a device of oscillating an electromagnetic wave having a frequency of 0.1 THz to 3 THz from pump and idler waves | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110025171 | METHOD FOR TESTING PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE DEVICE, TESTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE DEVICE - There is provided a method for testing a piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator, wherein the displacement of a piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator is estimated on the basis of the relations between one or more frequency characteristic values selected from the group consisting of the heights and areas of the peaks of the resonance waveforms and the difference of the maximum and minimum of the first order or first to higher orders of the resonance frequency characteristic values of the piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator and the k-th order (k=1 to 4) of the first or first to higher orders of resonance frequencies. According to this piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator testing method, a piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator can be tested with high precision without actually driving the same as a product and without being accompanied by any disassembly/breakage. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110024796 | EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is an epitaxial substrate having excellent two-dimensional electron gas characteristics and reduced internal stress due to strains. A channel layer is formed of a first group III nitride represented by In | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110024795 | EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is an epitaxial substrate capable of manufacturing a HEMT device that has excellent two-dimensional electron gas characteristics and is capable of performing normally-off operation. A channel layer is formed of a first group III nitride represented by In | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110014362 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLINE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY ORIENTED CERAMIC - A method for producing crystalline particles according to the present invention includes a mixing step of producing a mixed material containing a lead-containing material and an additional material containing lithium and boron and a first firing step of firing the mixed material at a predetermined firing temperature to form polyhedral crystalline particles. It is possible to produce a crystallographically oriented ceramic by preparing a template layer having uniform crystal orientation in a predetermined direction by fixing the crystalline particles on a substrate, forming a shaped body including a matrix layer arranged on the template layer, the matrix layer being composed of a mixed material that contains a lead-containing material and an additional material containing lithium and boron, and firing the shaped body. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012051 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE CERAMIC COMPOSITION - To provide an alkaline-niobate-based piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic composition that has excellent electric field induced strain during application of high electric field. A piezoelectric/electrostrictive film is a sintered body of a piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic composition. The piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic composition is a piezoelectric/electrostrictive composition, in which a compound of at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Dy, Ho and Yb and a Mn compound are contained in a perovskite-type oxide containing Li, Na and K as A-site elements and Nb and Sb as B-site elements, where a ratio of a total number of atoms of the A-site elements to a total number of atoms of the B-site elements is more than one and the number of atoms of Sb to the total number of atoms of the B-site elements is 1 mol % or more and 10 mol % or less. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012049 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY ORIENTED CERAMIC - A method for producing a crystallographically oriented ceramic according to the present invention includes a preparation step of preparing a template layer having uniform crystal orientation in a predetermined direction, a formation step of forming a shaped body including a matrix layer arranged on the template layer, the matrix layer being composed of a mixed material that contains a lead-containing material and an additional material containing lithium and boron, and a firing step of firing the shaped body formed in the formation step at a predetermined firing temperature. Furthermore, after the firing step, a post-annealing step of heating the shaped body to remove lithium and boron may be included. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110011333 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTALS - An apparatus for producing group III nitride crystals includes a pressure container, a reaction vessel positioned in the pressure container, a supplier for supplying an interior of the pressure container with nitrogen gas and nitrogen mixed gas at 1 to 20 MPa, a heater for heating the reaction vessel in the pressure container to at least 700° C., a power unit, a seed crystal arrangement for holding a plurality of seed crystal substrates, a dry box part disposed outside the pressure container, and raising/lowering and rotational axes disposed outside the pressure container. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110011152 | AMMONIA CONCENTRATION DETECTION SENSOR - An ammonia concentration detection sensor | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110006639 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL/ELECTROSTRICTIVE MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE CERAMICS COMPOSITION, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT, AND PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR - There is provided a piezoelectric element/electrostrictive element having little decease of Qm even in a high electric field in the case of a piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric body/electrostrictive body is characterized in that the rate of Qm in an electric field of 10 V/mm is 30% or more with respect to Qm in an electric field of 1 V/mm. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110006244 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE CERAMICS SINTERED BODY - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic sintered body has a microstructure in which a matrix phase and an additional material phase having different compositions coexist and the additional material phase is dispersed in the matrix phase. A residual strain ratio of the additional material phase alone is larger than a residual strain ratio of the matrix phase alone. The matrix phase and the additional material phase have a composition in which a Mn compound containing Mn atoms of 0 parts by mol or more and 3 parts by mol or less and a Sr compound containing Sr atoms of 0 parts by mol or more and 1 part by mol or less are contained in a composite of 100 parts by mol represented by a general formula {Li | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110003206 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE ELEMENT AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material having a specific surface area of 0.1 to 0.5 m | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110003205 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE ELEMENT AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - A positive electrode active material comprising a large number of crystal grains composed of lithium manganate of spinel structure, wherein the large number of crystal grains contain primary particles of 3 to 20 μm in particle diameter by 70 areal % or more relative to all the crystal grains, the primary particles contain a component having a rectangular plane, and the ratio of the total area of all the rectangular planes to the total surface area of the primary particles is 0.5 to 5%. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100330457 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - A stacked body for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a fuel electrode layer having a fuel channel formed therein, an electrolyte layer, and an air electrode layer. The fuel electrode layer contains zircon. With this, the degree of the contraction of the fuel electrode layer, which is produced when a reduction process is executed to the fuel electrode layer in order to allow the fuel electrode layer to function as an anode electrode, can be suppressed. When a reduction process is performed to the fuel channel in the assembled stack structure that includes plural stacked bodies and plural interconnectors, the present invention can prevent the occurrence of the situation in which the electrical connection is lost at a part of the electrically connected portion between the stacked body and the interconnector due to the contraction. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100330429 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material having an average from 1 μm or lager to smaller than 5 μm and containing a large number of crystal grains being composed of lithium manganate of spinel structure containing lithium and manganese as constituent elements, whose crystallite size is 500 to 1,500 nm in powder X-ray diffraction pattern, and whose value of a lattice strain (η) of 0.05×10 | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100329940 | PLASMA REACTOR - A plasma reactor includes a reaction container having an inlet | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100329923 | FORGED BERYLLIUM-COPPER BULK MATERIAL - The present invention provides a forged beryllium-copper bulk material, wherein the hardness of the central portion is 0 to 10% higher than that of the front surface, the Vickers hardness of the central portion is 240 or more, the tensile strength is 800 N/mm | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100329601 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE - An optical waveguide device includes a substrate of a ferroelectric material, at least a pair of electrodes | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100327703 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Disclosed is a piezoelectric/electrostrictive element equipped with a piezoelectric/electrostrictive drive unit having a piezoelectric/electrostrictive body, and a film external terminal electrode containing substantially no glass component and being disposed on at least one surface of the piezoelectric/electrostrictive body. The external terminal electrode is an electrode having a laminated structure equipped with a first electrode layer made of a first electrode material being disposed to contact the piezoelectric/electrostrictive body closely and containing a first metal component and a piezoelectric/electrostrictive material, and a second electrode layer made of a second electrode material containing a second metal component and substantially no piezoelectric/electrostrictive material, which the first and second metal components are in the same element system. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100327220 | METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SPINEL-TYPE LITHIUM MANGANESE AND CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A manufacturing method of the present invention includes (a) a material preparation step of preparing a material containing lithium, manganese, and bismuth, and (b) a firing step of firing the material prepared by the material preparation step at a temperature of 830° C. to 1,000° C. In the material preparation step, the material is prepared such that the residual amount of bismuth in spinel-type lithium manganate yielded by the firing step is 0.01 mol % or less with respect to manganese. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100326162 | CONTINUOUS REPETITIVE ROLLING METHOD FOR METAL STRIP - A flow of rolling with a combination of asymmetric rolling (S | 12-30-2010 |
