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20090208242 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt that is rotated, an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium which fed on the endless belt, a cleaning roller configured to be rotated and clean the endless belt, a pair of registration rollers configured to be rotated in a recording medium feeding direction and to feed a recording medium to the image forming device, and a motor configured to rotate in two directions. The image forming apparatus may further include first, second, and third gear mechanisms. The first and second gear mechanisms are configured to switch between transmission and non-transmission of a driving force to the cleaning roller according to rotational direction of the motor. The third gear mechanism is configured to switch between transmission and non-transmission of the driving force to the registration roller according to the rotational direction of the motor. | 08-20-2009 |
20100119256 | Developing Unit and Image Forming Device - A developing unit is to be attachable to and detachable from an image forming device main body. The developing unit is provided with a developer case, a developing roller coupled with the developer case, and a movement member coupled with the developer case. The movement member is capable of moving between a housing position where the movement member is substantially housed inside the developer case and a protruding position where the movement member protrudes beyond the developer case. The movement member is positioned at the protruding position and pushed by the image forming device main body in a predetermined direction while the developing unit is being attached to the image forming device main body. | 05-13-2010 |
20110200359 | Developing Unit and Image Forming Device - A developing unit is to be attachable to and detachable from an image forming device main body. The developing unit is provided with a developer case, a developing roller coupled with the developer case, and a movement member coupled with the developer case. The movement member is capable of moving between a housing position where the movement member is substantially housed inside the developer case and a protruding position where the movement member protrudes beyond the developer case. The movement member is positioned at the protruding position and pushed by the image forming device main body in a predetermined direction while the developing unit is being attached to the image forming device main body. | 08-18-2011 |
20120107014 | PRESSING MECHANISM FOR A DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes a main body; a process unit configured to be attached to and removed from the main body, the process unit being configured to integrally hold a plurality of image carriers arranged in a first direction; a plurality of developing cartridges provided in corresponding association with the image carriers, the developing cartridges configured to be attached to and removed from the process unit, each of the developing cartridges including a corresponding developer carrier, each of the developing cartridges being configured to supply developer to a corresponding image carrier; and a pressing mechanism provided in the main body, the pressing mechanism configured to press the developing cartridges, when attached to the process unit, in a direction that the developer carriers contact the image carriers. | 05-03-2012 |
20130188988 | Pressing Mechanism for a Developing Cartridge - An image forming apparatus includes a main body; a process unit configured to be attached to and removed from the main body, the process unit being configured to integrally hold a plurality of image carriers arranged in a first direction; a plurality of developing cartridges provided in corresponding association with the image carriers, the developing cartridges configured to be attached to and removed from the process unit, each of the developing cartridges including a corresponding developer carrier, each of the developing cartridges being configured to supply developer to a corresponding image carrier; and a pressing mechanism provided in the main body, the pressing mechanism configured to press the developing cartridges, when attached to the process unit, in a direction that the developer carriers contact the image carriers. | 07-25-2013 |
20130322919 | Image Forming Apparatus - There is provided an image forming apparatus including a main apparatus body, a photoconductor, an exposure mechanism, a frame, and a regulating mechanism. The regulating mechanism includes a fixing member, a movable member, and a biasing member. The frame includes a first contacting surface. The exposure mechanism includes second and third contacting surfaces, and the fixing member includes a fourth contacting surface, first and second facing surfaces. The movable member includes third and fourth facing surfaces. When the exposure mechanism is disposed at the approach position, the biasing member allows the second and third facing surfaces to make a contact with the second and third contacting surfaces, respectively. When the exposure mechanism is disposed at the separation position, the biasing member allows the first and fourth facing surfaces to make a contact with the first and fourth contacting surfaces, respectively. | 12-05-2013 |
20140093273 | Image Forming Apparatus Provided with Mechanism to Move Developing Roller Relative to Photosensitive Drum - An image forming apparatus includes a main casing and a cartridge detachably mountable therein. The cartridge includes a photosensitive drum and a developing roller disposed to oppose each other. The main casing includes: a metal frame for supporting the cartridge; a lock member supported to the metal frame and movable about a first axis to allow or restrict movement of the photosensitive drum relative to the metal frame; and a contact-separation member supported to the metal frame and movable about a second axis to allow contact and separation of the developing roller relative to the photosensitive drum. The lock member and the contact-separation member are aligned in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to an axis of the photosensitive drum such that the first axis is not overlapped with the contact-separation member or the second axis is not overlapped with the lock member in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum. | 04-03-2014 |
20140093279 | Image Forming Apparatus For Maintaining Positions of Photosensitive Drums Relative to Casing - An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge and a casing. The cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a developing frame, and a drum frame. The developing frame is movable between a contact position and a separated position. A separating member provided on the drum frame acts on the developing frame, so that a reaction force is exerted in a reaction force direction. The casing includes a positioning member, an urging member, and a separation pressing member. The positioning member has a first surface and a second surface. The urging member is configured to urge an end portion of the photosensitive drum toward the positioning member in an urging direction. The first surface is configured to support the end portion at a position downstream of the urging direction. The second surface is configured to support the end portion at a portion downstream of the reaction force direction. | 04-03-2014 |
20140212171 | Pressing Mechanism for a Developing Cartridge - An image forming apparatus includes a main body; a process unit configured to be attached to and removed from the main body, the process unit being configured to integrally hold a plurality of image carriers arranged in a first direction; a plurality of developing cartridges provided in corresponding association with the image carriers, the developing cartridges configured to be attached to and removed from the process unit, each of the developing cartridges including a corresponding developer carrier, each of the developing cartridges being configured to supply developer to a corresponding image carrier; and a pressing mechanism provided in the main body, the pressing mechanism configured to press the developing cartridges, when attached to the process unit, in a direction that the developer carriers contact the image carriers. | 07-31-2014 |
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20100170867 | PACKAGING CONTAINER AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - There is provided a packaging container which reserves an acidic beverage having a relatively high acidity and allows spore to remain properly without corrupting and the acidic beverage can be aseptically filled and reserved at a normal temperature with low cost without utilizing a container having high heat-proof property and expensive manufacturing equipment. An interior of a container | 07-08-2010 |
20110094616 | BEVERAGE FILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Only a bottle properly preliminarily heated is sterilized by hydrogen peroxide. Temperature inspection to the bottle is performed while travelling the bottle. During the inspection, a bottle of which temperature does not reach a predetermined temperature is removed and a bottle of which temperature reaches the predetermined temperature is continuously travelled, hydrogen peroxide condensed mist α is blown toward a mouth portion | 04-28-2011 |
20140102588 | BEVERAGE FILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Only a bottle properly preliminarily heated is sterilized by hydrogen peroxide. Temperature inspection to the bottle is performed while travelling the bottle. During the inspection, a bottle of which temperature does not reach a predetermined temperature is removed and a bottle of which temperature reaches the predetermined temperature is continuously travelled, hydrogen peroxide condensed mist α is blown toward a mouth portion | 04-17-2014 |
20140109519 | BEVERAGE FILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Only a bottle properly preliminarily heated is sterilized by hydrogen peroxide. Temperature inspection to the bottle is performed while travelling the bottle. During the inspection, a bottle of which temperature does not reach a predetermined temperature is removed and a bottle of which temperature reaches the predetermined temperature is continuously travelled, hydrogen peroxide condensed mist α is blown toward a mouth portion | 04-24-2014 |
20140109520 | BEVERAGE FILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Only a bottle properly preliminarily heated is sterilized by hydrogen peroxide. Temperature inspection to the bottle is performed while travelling the bottle. During the inspection, a bottle of which temperature does not reach a predetermined temperature is removed and a bottle of which temperature reaches the predetermined temperature is continuously traveled, hydrogen peroxide condensed mist α is blown toward a mouth portion | 04-24-2014 |
20140109521 | BEVERAGE FILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Only a bottle properly preliminarily heated is sterilized by hydrogen peroxide. Temperature inspection to the bottle is performed while travelling the bottle. During the inspection, a bottle of which temperature does not reach a predetermined temperature is removed and a bottle of which temperature reaches the predetermined temperature is continuously traveled, hydrogen peroxide condensed mist α is blown toward a mouth portion | 04-24-2014 |
20140109529 | BEVERAGE FILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Only a bottle properly preliminarily heated is sterilized by hydrogen peroxide. Temperature inspection to the bottle is performed while travelling the bottle. During the inspection, a bottle of which temperature does not reach a predetermined temperature is removed and a bottle of which temperature reaches the predetermined temperature is continuously travelled, hydrogen peroxide condensed mist α is blown toward a mouth portion | 04-24-2014 |
20140144105 | DRINK FILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Bottles are appropriately sterilized in an inline system. While continuously travelling preheated preforms ( | 05-29-2014 |
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20080280228 | Photosensitive Planographic Printing Plate - A photosensitive planographic printing plate comprising a substrate and a photosensitive layer including a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photosensitive layer and the substrate are provided between them with an undercoat layer including a (co)polymer having structural units having ethylenically unsaturated groups bonded with silicon atoms and phosphonic acid groups. | 11-13-2008 |
20090208869 | LITHOGRAPHIC-PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - To provide an infrared-sensitive or heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor which has high printing durability and wide development latitude, and also has good developing properties capable of preventing the formation of deposits during the development. In an infrared-sensitive or heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor, comprising a substrate, a first image recording layer formed on the substrate, and a second image recording layer formed on the first image recording layer, the first image recording layer contains a resin which is soluble or dispersible in an aqueous alkali solution, and the second image recording layer contains a polyurethane which has a substituent having an acidic hydrogen atom. | 08-20-2009 |
20100236436 | POSITIVE LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a CTP positive working lithographic printing original plate capable of developing using a negative developing solution. | 09-23-2010 |
20110011291 | METHOD FOR MAKING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING ORIGINAL PLATE - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for plate-making of a lithographic printing original plate having excellent restart toning recovery properties, and particularly an infrared-sensitive positive working lithographic printing original plate. | 01-20-2011 |
20110053085 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSORS AND STACKS - Lithographic printing plate precursors have been designed so that they can be stored, shipped, and used in stacks without interleaf paper between individual precursors. This is achieved by incorporating polymeric particles having an average diameter of from about 3 to about 20 μm into the outermost precursor layer such as an imageable layer or topcoat. The polymeric particles comprise a core of a crosslinked polymer and have grafted hydrophilic polymeric surface groups that are grafted onto the particle surfaces by polymerizing hydrophilic monomers in the presence of the crosslinked polymeric particles. The lithographic printing plates can be either negative- or positive-working elements. | 03-03-2011 |
20120070779 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR - The present invention provides a lithographic printing plate precursor which exhibits satisfactory ink cleanup and restart toning characteristics during printing. | 03-22-2012 |
20140116277 | POSITIVE LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A CTP positive working lithographic printing original plate (precursor) is capable of being imaged and then developed using a negative developing solution. This positive working lithographic printing original plate has (1) a substrate thereon (2) a lower layer containing a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin and a photothermal conversion material, and (3) an uppermost layer containing a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin. In addition, the lower layer contains (a) a polymer having a perfluoroalkyl group and/or (b) a polymer having a siloxane group in a total amount of from 3 to 10% by mass. | 05-01-2014 |
20140255848 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND A METHOD FOR MAKING A PRINTING PLATE - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithographic printing plate precursor which exhibits satisfactory developability using a developing solution having the pH of 12 or lower and has long print run length and satisfactory scratch resistance, and also exhibits improved ink receptivity. | 09-11-2014 |
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20080261736 | Chain tensioner - A stepped set groove having shallow and deep portions is formed in the inner periphery of a cylinder chamber formed in a housing of a chain tensioner near its open end. A radially and elastically deformable set ring having circumferentially separated ends is received in the set groove in a radially compressed state. The set ring has at the respective ends thereof a pair of grip portions which are received in a cutout formed in housing at its front end. By engaging the set ring in an engaging groove formed in the outer periphery of the plunger near its front end and the shallow portion, it is possible to keep the plunger pushed into the cylinder chamber. In this state, the chain tensioner is mounted in position. One of the grip portions is brought into abutment with one of the circumferentially opposed end walls of the cutout to prevent the plunger from rotating about its axis in such a direction that the axial gap between an internal thread of the plunger and an external thread of a screw rod inserted in the plunger disappears. Thus, it is possible to keep the axial gap larger than the axial distance by which the plunger has to be moved to move the set ring from the shallow portion into the deep portion. This makes it possible to disengage the set ring from the engaging groove by pushing the plunger into the cylinder chamber. | 10-23-2008 |
20100087285 | CHAIN TENSIONER - A chain tensioner includes a cylinder inserted in a tensioner mounting hole of an engine cover and having a flange fixed to the outer surface of the engine cover. A plunger is axially slidably mounted in the cylinder. The cylinder is formed with an oil supply passage through which hydraulic oil is introduced into a pressure chamber defined by the cylinder and the plunger. The oil supply passage includes a first hole portion extending inwardly from a mating surface of the flange facing the engine cover, and a second hole portion extending from the outer periphery of the flange to the pressure chamber and intersecting the first hole portion. An externally threaded portion of an externally threaded member is in threaded engagement with an internal thread formed on the second hole portion, thereby closing its outer open end. The externally threaded member is fixed in position with an adhesive applied to its externally threaded portion. | 04-08-2010 |
20100099529 | CHAIN TENSIONER - A chain tensioner includes a cylinder having a closed end, a plunger axially slidably inserted in the cylinder and having an internal thread on the inner periphery thereof, a return spring biasing the plunger in the protruding direction from the cylinder, and a screw rod having an external thread that is in threaded engagement with the internal thread of the plunger. The portion of the screw rod protruding from the plunger abuts a rod seat provided in the cylinder. The external thread of the screw rod is formed by rolling. The screw rod has an intermediate portion protruding from the plunger and having an outer diameter smaller than the diameter of the root of the external thread. A contact surface contact surface of the screw rod to be brought into contact with the rod seat is formed on the axial end face of the intermediate portion by forging. The internal thread may be formed by pressing, and a pressed recess may be formed on the outer circumference of the plunger, corresponding to the internal thread. | 04-22-2010 |
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20080280711 | Chain Tensioner - A chain tensioner is provided which can prevent separation of the plunger. | 11-13-2008 |
20130260931 | HYDRAULIC AUTO-TENSIONER - A hydraulic auto-tensioner includes a cylinder containing hydraulic oil, a sleeve received in the cylinder, and a rod having its bottom end slidably inserted in the sleeve, defining a pressure chamber in the sleeve. A return spring is mounted between a spring seat provided at the top of the rod and the inner bottom surface of the cylinder to bias the cylinder and the rod such that the rod protrudes from the cylinder. A check valve is provided which closes when the pressure in the pressure chamber exceeds the pressure in the reservoir chamber. The check valve includes a valve seat slidably mounted in a valve fitting hole formed in the sleeve at its bottom end and pressed against an annular seating surface at the top of the valve fitting hole by an elastic member. | 10-03-2013 |
20130269514 | HYDRAULIC AUTO-TENSIONER - A hydraulic auto-tensioner includes a cylinder containing hydraulic oil, a rod inserted in the cylinder, and two coupling pieces mounted to the bottom of the cylinder and the top end of the rod, respectively. A support ring is inserted in the mounting hole of each coupling piece, and a bush is inserted in the support ring. One of the radially inner surface of the mounting hole and the radially outer surface of the support ring is a curved surface such that the support ring is alignable. Radially outwardly extending flanges are formed at one end of the support ring and at the other end of the bush such that the flanges axially face the respective end surfaces of the coupling piece with gaps left therebetween. A coupling arrangement is provided between the support ring and the bush which is adapted to engage both the support ring and the bush when the bush is inserted into the support ring, thereby axially inseparably coupling them together. | 10-17-2013 |
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20100085322 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A capacitance detection device of a capacitance system includes: a capacitance sensor electrode for detecting a capacitance; a power source for supplying charges to be charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; an electric charge storage capacitor in which an amount of charges to be charged therein changes according to the electric charges charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; and a switch for changing a reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor. The reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor is changed in a period of measuring the capacitance. | 04-08-2010 |
20100259504 | TOUCH-PANEL DEVICE - Provided is a touch-panel device capable of detecting a touched position with high accuracy even when a touched area extends off an electrode area. According to the present invention, the touched area is assumed to be, for example, a circular in shape. A width in an X direction (overlap width (X | 10-14-2010 |
20100295810 | SENSORING APPARATUS OF PROXIMITY AND CONTACT, AND DISPLAY DEVICES - A sensor apparatus for detecting contact or proximity of an object includes a calculation section for separating a plurality of points of the contact or the proximity that are generated simultaneously, and calculating individual sets of positional coordinates, and the calculation section includes an analysis section for determining, based on a spatial distribution of signal intensity obtained through detection, a condition for separating the spatial distribution of the signal intensity into a plurality of regions. | 11-25-2010 |
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20100134440 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device is provided with X electrodes XP and Y electrodes YP which cross with a first insulating layer in between and a number of Z electrodes which are electrically floating from each other with a second insulating layer in between. The Z electrodes are arranged so that each Z electrode overlaps both an adjacent X electrode and Y electrode. The pad portion of a first X electrode has such a form that the area is maximum in the vicinity of the fine wire portion of the first X electrode and the area is minimum in the vicinity of the fine wire portion of an adjacent second X electrode, and the area of the pad portion is smaller towards the direction in which the distance increases away from the vicinity of the fine wire portion of the first X electrode. A pulse signal is sequentially applied to one set of X electrodes or Y electrodes. | 06-03-2010 |
20100265212 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is an electrostatic capacity type touch panel, which responds to not only an input by a finger but also a touch by a nonconductive input member. Disposed are X electrodes XP and Y electrodes YP that cross each other via a first insulating layer | 10-21-2010 |
20100271328 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An electrostatic capacitive coupling-type touch panel is provided which interacts not only with a finger-based input but also with a touch using non-conductive input means. The touch panel includes coordinate detection electrodes for detecting XY position coordinates and transparent Z electrodes. The Z electrodes are arranged over the coordinate detection electrodes at certain intervals with spacers disposed therebetween. An elastic layer that is deformed along the shape of the spacers by compressive force resulting from touch pressing presses the Z electrodes. | 10-28-2010 |
20120092292 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL - The present invention provides a display device having a touch panel including: a display panel; a capacitance-type touch panel arranged on the display panel; and a front panel arranged on the capacitance-type touch panel, wherein the capacitance-type touch panel includes a plurality of X-electrodes and Y-electrodes, the capacitance-type touch panel and the front panel are attached to each other at peripheral portions of the capacitance-type touch panel using adhesives, a conductive film that is provided so as to surround an effective touch area of the capacitance-type touch panel is provided on the uppermost layer of the capacitance-type touch panel, predetermined electric potential is supplied to the conductive film, and the conductive film overlaps peripheral portions of the effective touch area of the capacitance-type touch panel in planar view. | 04-19-2012 |
20130293491 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device, a second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each of pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode divided into a plurality of blocks. The counter electrodes of the respective blocks are commonly provided for the respective pixels of plural continuous display lines, the counter electrodes of the respective blocks double scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a driver circuit that applies a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the respective blocks is provided. The driver circuit sequentially applies the touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the respective blocks in plural times, while a drive pulse for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display panel is not varied, and drive frequencies of the respective touch panel scanning voltages are different from each other. | 11-07-2013 |
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20110082027 | PHOTOCATALYST-COATED BODY AND PHOTOCATALYTIC COATING LIQUID THEREFOR - A photocatalyst-coated body comprises a substrate and a photocatalyst layer provided on the substrate, the photocatalyst layer comprising photocatalyst particles of 1 part or more by mass and less than 20 parts by mass, inorganic oxide particles of 70 parts or more by mass and less than 99 parts by mass, and the dried substance of a hydrolyzable silicone of zero parts or more by mass and less than 10 parts by mass, provided that a total amount of the photocatalyst particles, the dried substance of the inorganic oxide particles and the hydrolyzable silicone is 100 parts by mass in terms of silica, wherein the photocatalyst layer has a film thickness of 3.0 μm or less. | 04-07-2011 |
20110143914 | PHOTOCATALYST-COATED BODY, COATING COMPOSITION FOR THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOTOCATALYST-COATED BODY - A photocatalyst-coated body includes a substrate with an organic material as a surface thereof, a photocatalyst layer with interstices between the particles in the layer and an intermediate layer provided between the substrate and the photocatalyst layer. The photocatalyst layer includes photocatalyst particles in a range of 1 part≦x<20 parts by mass, inorganic oxide particles in a range of 70 parts≦y<99 parts by mass, and a dried substance of a hydrolyzable silicone in a range of zero parts≦z<10 parts by mass, provided that a total amount of the photocatalyst particles, the inorganic oxide particles, and the dried substance of the hydrolyzable silicone is 100 parts by mass in terms of silica. The intermediate layer comprising a silicone-modified resin, wherein the silicone-modified resin includes silicon atom in an amount of 0.2% by mass or more and less than 16.5% by mass. | 06-16-2011 |
20120142521 | PHOTOCATALYST-COATED BODY AND PHOTOCATALYTIC COATING LIQUID THEREFOR - A photocatalyst-coated body comprises a substrate and a photocatalyst layer provided on the substrate, the photocatalyst layer comprising photocatalyst particles of 1 part or more by mass and less than 20 parts by mass, inorganic oxide particles of 70 parts or more by mass and less than 99 parts by mass, and the dried substance of a hydrolyzable silicone of zero parts or more by mass and less than 10 parts by mass, provided that a total amount of the photocatalyst particles, the dried substance of the inorganic oxide particles and the hydrolyzable silicone is 100 parts by mass in terms of silica. The inorganic oxide particles have a number average particle diameter ranging from 10 nm or more to less than 40 nm calculated by measuring lengths of 100 particles randomly selected from particles located within a visible field magnified 200,000 times by a scanning electron microscope. | 06-07-2012 |
20130267410 | PHOTOCATALYST-COATED OBJECT AND PHOTOCATALYST COATING LIQUID FOR SAME - A photocatalyst-coated body includes: a base containing an organic component; and a transparent photocatalyst layer provided on the base, wherein the photocatalyst layer comprises, based on 100% by mass of the whole photocatalyst layer, photocatalyst particles being 1% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less, inorganic oxide particles being 50% by mass or more and less than 89% by mass, and a dried product of a silicone emulsion being more than 10% by mass and less than 50% by mass, and the silicone emulsion is formed of a silicone represented by an average composition formula: R | 10-10-2013 |
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20080254975 | Photocatalyst-coated body and photocatalytic coating liquid therefor - There is disclosed a photocatalyst-coated body which is superior in weather resistance, noxious gas decomposability, and various coating properties (such as ultraviolet absorptivity, transparency and film strength) while preventing corrosion of a substrate (in particular an organic substrate), and a photocatalyst coating liquid therefor. The photocatalyst-coated body comprises a substrate and a photocatalyst layer provided on the substrate. The photocatalyst layer comprises photocatalyst particles of 1 part or more by mass and less than 20 parts by mass; inorganic oxide particles of 70 parts or more by mass and less than 99 parts by mass; and a hydrolyzable silicone of zero parts or more by mass and less than 10 parts by mass, provided that a total amount of the photocatalyst particles, the inorganic oxide particles and the hydrolyzable silicone is 100 parts by mass. | 10-16-2008 |
20090286673 | Photocatalyst-coated body and photocatalytic coating liquid for the same - A photocatalyst-coated body and a photocatalytic coating liquid which exert an excellent weather resistance, harmful gas decomposability, and other desired characteristics (such as transparency and film strength), while preventing erosion of the substrate are provided. The photocatalyst-coated body comprises a substrate and a photocatalytic layer provided on the substrate. The photocatalytic layer comprises photocatalytic particles and inorganic oxide particles, and has interstices between the particles in the layer. | 11-19-2009 |
20110236284 | PHOTOCATALYST-COATED BODY AND PHOTOCATALYTIC COATING LIQUID - Disclosed are a photocatalyst-coated body that can realize a good weather resistance, a photocatalyst-coated body that, in removing NOx, particularly in removing NOx in air, can suppress the production of an intermediate product such as NO | 09-29-2011 |
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20100074658 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - This invention enables an image forming apparatus to perform highly precise misregistration detection without causing increased downtime or increased cost. For this, the image forming apparatus according to the invention comprises a detection unit for detecting a misregistration detection pattern formed on an endless belt. The employed misregistration detection pattern includes a first pattern array formed with a misregistration detection color or a reference position color, and a second pattern array formed with a misregistration detection color or a reference position color. The misregistration detection pattern is configured in a way that the first pattern and the second pattern have different shapes, and that the color order of the first patterns in the first pattern array and the color order of the second patterns in the second pattern array are different. | 03-25-2010 |
20110126036 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first control unit configured to control an operation of an image forming unit, and a second control unit configured to be capable of communicating with the first control unit and transmitting information associated with forming an image to the first control unit. The image forming apparatus has a normal operation mode in which an image forming operation is performed, a first power-saving operation mode in which an operation of the first control unit is stopped, and a second power-saving operation mode in which supplying of electric power to the second control unit is stopped. In the first power-saving operation mode, the second control unit determines whether to switch into the normal operation mode from the first power-saving operation mode. In the second power-saving operation mode, the first control unit determines whether to switch into the normal operation mode from the second power-saving operation mode. | 05-26-2011 |
20130272742 | DC/DC CONVERTER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A converter includes a switching unit configured to switch a voltage to be input, an inductor connected to the switching unit, a conversion unit configured to convert the voltage switched by the switching unit to be supplied to the inductor into a direct current voltage, a detection unit configured to detect the direct current voltage converted by the conversion unit, and a correction unit configured to correct the detected voltage detected by the detection unit, wherein an operation of the switching unit is controlled based on the voltage corrected by the correction unit. | 10-17-2013 |
20130328992 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a control unit configured to cause the light irradiation unit to irradiate the photosensitive member at an image forming portion to which toner particles adhere with light emitted from the light source by a first light emission amount, and cause the light irradiation unit to irradiate the photosensitive member at a non-image forming portion to which no toner particles adhere with light emitted from the light source by a second light emission amount that is smaller than the first light emission amount. The image forming apparatus further includes an adjusting unit configured to adjust the first light emission amount and the second light emission amount, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to a speed of surface of the photosensitive member. The adjusting unit is configured to change the second light emission amount according to information acquired by the acquisition unit. | 12-12-2013 |
20140072318 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an exposure unit configured to form a latent image by irradiating a charged photosensitive member with light, and a control unit configured to cause the exposure unit to expose an image portion to which toner of the photosensitive member is to be adhered by a first exposure amount, and expose a non-image portion to which the toner of the photosensitive member is not to be adhered by a second exposure amount which is smaller than the first exposure amount. The control unit corrects the preset second exposure amount based on information about a difference between the charging voltage output from the charging unit and a predetermined charging voltage and/or information about a difference between the developing voltage output from the developing unit and a predetermined developing voltage. | 03-13-2014 |
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20090185512 | HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING THE MODULE - A high-frequency module has a configuration in which a diplexer is capable of separating the frequency bands of first and second communication systems from the frequency band of a third communication system, a first high-frequency switch is capable of separating a transmission signal of the first or second communication system from a reception signal thereof, a second high-frequency switch is capable of separating a transmission signal of the third communication system from a reception signal thereof, and a third high-frequency switch is capable of separating the reception signal of the first communication system from the reception signal of the second communication system. A reception-signal output port for the second communication system of the high-frequency module is terminated with a chip capacitor to configure the double-band high-frequency module supporting the first and third communication systems. | 07-23-2009 |
20120257323 | CIRCUIT MODULE - A circuit module includes a multilayer substrate including built-in capacitors and external components mounted on the surface of the multilayer substrate. On the surface of a dielectric layer, an auxiliary electrode is provided. The auxiliary electrode is electrically connected to a capacitor electrode via a via electrode passing through the dielectric layer. On the surface of a dielectric layer, a capacitor electrode is arranged so as to face the capacitor electrode and the auxiliary electrode connected to the capacitor electrode. The auxiliary electrode is arranged in an area in which the capacitor electrodes overlap each other as viewed from a lamination direction. | 10-11-2012 |
20130083439 | HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE - A high-frequency module includes an inductor and an ESD protection element. The inductor is a circuit element defining a low pass filter, and includes parasitic capacitance between a signal line and a ground in a specific frequency band. The ESD protection element transfers a surge current flowing through a signal line to the ground, includes a capacitor in a specific frequency band, and has a configuration in which the capacitor and the parasitic capacitance of the inductor are connected in parallel. | 04-04-2013 |
20140206299 | HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE - A high-frequency module includes a first switch element and a second switch element that are mounted on a multilayer body. The first switch element includes a common terminal and individual terminals. The second switch element includes a common terminal and individual terminals. The individual terminals are connected to any of SAW filters mounted on the multilayer body or low loss filters provided inside the multilayer body. The individual terminals are grounded by being connected to an inner layer ground electrode inside the multilayer body by conductive via holes. | 07-24-2014 |
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20090015679 | Storage medium having image processing program stored thereon and image processing apparatus - The game apparatus generates an image of a virtual space viewed from a virtual camera as a reference image. The game apparatus then calculates a blurring value indicative of a blurring degree of the image. The blurring value is calculated so as to become greater than a reference value in the case where a movement amount of the virtual camera is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, and to become smaller than the reference value in the case where the movement amount of the virtual camera is smaller than the predetermine amount. The game apparatus blurs an image outside a predetermined area of the reference image such that the blurring degree increases in accordance with an increase of the blurring value. The predetermined area is determined, from among an image area of the reference image, so as to include a position of a focus point of the virtual camera. Accordingly, a blurred image is displayed on a display apparatus. | 01-15-2009 |
20110212779 | VIDEO GAME USING DUAL MOTION SENSING CONTROLLERS - An inclination of a first unit is detected based on an output from a first acceleration sensor provided in a first unit of a controller, and an inclination of a second unit is detected based on an output from a second acceleration sensor provided in a second unit separate from the first unit. A difference between the inclinations of the first unit and the second unit is detected, and game control is performed using the detected difference. Thus, with a game apparatus using a plurality of acceleration sensors or a plurality of sensors capable of detecting a motion or a posture, a dynamic play is made possible with a high degree of freedom of motion and an intuitive motion input is realized. | 09-01-2011 |
20110212781 | VIDEO GAME USING DUAL MOTION SENSING CONTROLLERS - An inclination of a first unit is detected based on an output from a first acceleration sensor provided in a first unit of a controller, and an inclination of a second unit is detected based on an output from a second acceleration sensor provided in a second unit separate from the first unit. A difference between the inclinations of the first unit and the second unit is detected, and game control is performed using the detected difference. Thus, with a game apparatus using a plurality of acceleration sensors or a plurality of sensors capable of detecting a motion or a posture, a dynamic play is made possible with a high degree of freedom of motion and an intuitive motion input is realized. | 09-01-2011 |
20130165227 | VIDEO GAME USING DUAL MOTION SENSING CONTROLLERS - An inclination of a first unit is detected based on an output from a first acceleration sensor provided in a first unit of a controller, and an inclination of a second unit is detected based on an output from a second acceleration sensor provided in a second unit separate from the first unit. A difference between the inclinations of the first unit and the second unit is detected, and game control is performed using the detected difference. Thus, with a game apparatus using a plurality of acceleration sensors or a plurality of sensors capable of detecting a motion or a posture, a dynamic play is made possible with a high degree of freedom of motion and an intuitive motion input is realized. | 06-27-2013 |
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20090134570 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a plurality of skew feeding correction rollers, a detection portion and a control portion which controls each sheet conveying speed of the plurality of skew feeding correction rollers so as to perform skew feeding correction of the sheet depending on the output from the detection portion. The control portion controls the plurality of skew feeding correction rollers so as to perform skew feeding correction of the sheet while the sheet is conveyed in a state in which the sheet conveying speed of the plurality of skew feeding correction rollers is slower than that when the amount of skew feeding of the sheet is less than a predetermined amount of skew feeding when the amount of skew feeding exceeds the predetermined amount of skew feeding. | 05-28-2009 |
20100027039 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image forming system capable of shortening the time required to process configuration information on an image forming system and shortening communication time. When any of sheet processing apparatuses is activated before activation of an image forming apparatus, a controller of a sheet processing apparatus acting as a sub-manager configures a sub-system consisting of sheet processing apparatuses connected to a communication network and creates configuration data on the sub-system. When recognizing that the image forming apparatus is newly connected to the network, the sub-manager apparatus notifies the image forming apparatus of the already created configuration data based on which a controller of the image forming apparatus creates configuration data on the system and stores it into a RAM. | 02-04-2010 |
20100239296 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus connected to a conveying-speed-changeable sheet post processing device includes a discharging unit which discharges a sheet in a reverse discharge mode with front and back surfaces of the image-formed sheet reversed, and a non-reverse discharge mode without front and back surfaces of the image-formed sheet reversed, and discharges the sheet at a first speed or a second speed lower than the first speed; and a control unit which controls the discharging unit to discharge the sheet at the first speed in the reverse discharge mode and at the second speed in the non-reverse discharge mode. When the sheet is discharged at the second speed, the control unit controls the discharging unit to discharge a subsequent sheet at the second speed even if the subsequent sheet is to be discharged in the reverse discharge mode. | 09-23-2010 |
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20090017648 | Electrical junction box for motor vehicle - An electrical junction box for a motor vehicle, the electrical junction box including a casing assembly, a bracket section and a bracket. The bracket section is integrated with and projected from an exterior of the casing assembly. The bracket section includes a top wall provided with a clip-engaging hole and opposite side walls extending downward from the top wall and that have clamping-piece portions that are opposed to each other at a distal end of the opposite side walls. The bracket is fitted on and secured to an exterior of the bracket section. The bracket includes a top plate portion provided with a clip-engaging hole and an outer plate portion extending downward from the top plate portion and that has an engaging-piece portion. | 01-15-2009 |
20090023307 | Electrical junction box - An electrical junction box reduces the number of components to be contained in an electrical junction box and simplifies a structure of the box. The electrical junction box has a casing assembly including an upper casing and a lower casing. A laminated unit including bus bars and insulation plates is contained in the upper casing, while a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board and a spacer made of an insulation resin material are contained in the lower casing. The first printed circuit board is disposed on one side of the spacer, while the second printed circuit board is disposed on the other side of the spacer. Shorter size fixing bars and longer size fixing bars project from an inner surface on a top wall of the upper casing. The shorter size fixing bars penetrate the laminated unit, first printed circuit board and spacer. Screws are inserted upward into the shorter size fixing bars via through-holes in the spacer to secure the unit, first printed circuit board, and spacer to the shorter bars. Longer size fixing bars penetrate the laminated unit, first printed circuit board, spacer, second printed circuit board, and lower casing. Screws are inserted upward into the longer size fixing bars via through-holes in the lower casing to secure the unit, first and second printed circuit boards, spacer, and lower casing to the longer bars. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023313 | JUNCTION BOX TO BE MOUNTED ON MOTOR VEHICLE - A junction box has a casing assembly including an upper casing and a lower casing, a laminated unit including bus bars and insulation plates, and first and second printed circuit boards contained in the casing assembly. The first printed circuit board is used as a higher current circuit having thick-film conductors. The second printed circuit board is used as a middle or lower current circuit having thin-film conductors with thicknesses smaller than those of the thick-film conductors on the first printed circuit board. Board relays are mounted on a part of different peripheral portions on both sides of the first printed circuit board or a part of peripheral portion of either side of the first printed circuit board. The board relays are disposed in the casing assembly to be opposed to a first heat generating element containing space defined between a front side of the first printed circuit board and an inner surface of a top wall of the upper casing, and a second heat generating element containing space defined between a rear side of the first printed circuit board and an inner surface of a bottom wall of the lower casing. | 01-22-2009 |
20120135619 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - An object of the present invention is to provide an electrical junction box having a new structure in which a lever of a lever type connector engages a connector hood and a deflection of a wall portion can be prevented without increasing an amount of a resin. Latch projections protrude from a wall portion of a connector hood toward the inside of the connector hood. The latch projections engage guide grooves in a lever of a connector. A plurality of lightening holes are formed in the wall portion. The latch projections are supported on a solid part of the wall portion that is not provided with the lightening holes. | 05-31-2012 |
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20100080988 | RESINOUS-SUBSTANCE-IMPREGNATED PLANAR PAPER AND ADHESIVE TAPE USING THE SAME - Provided is a planar paper for an adhesive tape, and an adhesive tape utilizing such planar paper as a backing, which has an elongation sufficient to allow the adhesive tape to be favorably adhered to an adherend surface without being accompanied by any lift and separation, but with consistently conforming to the curved surfaces and/or the rough surfaces; which is capable of providing a clear painting line left in a portion of a painted layer required in automobiles; which is capable of being easily cut by hand without requiring any tool as a blade; and which is also excellent in handleability. The planar paper comprises a polyvinyl alcohol-series fiber having a fiber breaking temperature in water of 92 to 125° C., a tenacity of 0.5 to 3.5 cN/dtex at 10% elongation, and a breaking elongation of 17 to 60%. | 04-01-2010 |
20100195270 | LAMINATE, SEPARATOR FOR CAPACITOR, AND CAPACITOR - Provided are a laminate excellent in heat resistance, and a separator for capacitors comprising the laminate. | 08-05-2010 |
20120164514 | SEPARATOR FOR NON-AQUEOUS BATTERIES, NON-AQUEOUS BATTERY USING SAME, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SEPARATOR FOR NON-AQUEOUS BATTERIES - Provided is a separator for non-aqueous batteries not only having shutdown property but also achieving both higher output and short-circuit resistance. The separator comprising a laminate comprising: a low melting-point polymer fiber layer (A) having a melting point of 100 to 200° C., the low melting-point polymer fiber layer (A) comprising nanofibers having a fiber diameter of 1000 nm or smaller and formed from the low melting-point polymer; and a heat-resistant polymer fiber layer (B) positioned on the low melting-point polymer fiber layer (A) and comprising a high melting-point polymer having a melting point over 200° C. or a heat infusible polymer, the heat-resistant polymer fiber layer (B) comprising a mixture of nanofibers having a fiber diameter of 1000 nm or smaller and non-nanofibers having a fiber diameter over 1000 nm and both formed from heat-resistant polymer. | 06-28-2012 |
20130183569 | ALKALINE BATTERY SEPARATOR AND ALKALINE BATTERY USING SEPARATOR - Provided are an alkaline battery separator and an alkaline battery including the separator. The separator includes at least a coarse layer and a dense layer denser than the coarse layer. The coarse layer contains an alkaline-resistant cellulose fiber having a freeness value of 350 to 650 ml as a whole in the proportion of 25 to 65% by weight. The alkaline-resistant cellulose fiber includes at least two kinds of alkaline-resistant cellulose fibers having different freeness with each other. The difference in freeness value between the alkaline-resistant cellulose fibers having the highest and lowest freeness values is 300 to 700 ml. The dense layer contains an alkaline-resistant cellulose fiber which as a whole has a freeness value of 0 to 400 ml. The separator has a maximum pore size of 65 μm or smaller, and a liquid absorption capacity of 5 g/g or higher. | 07-18-2013 |
20130224557 | SEPARATOR FOR NON-AQUEOUS BATTERIES AND NON-AQUEOUS BATTERY EQUIPPED WITH SAME, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SEPARATOR FOR NON-AQUEOUS BATTERIES - Provided is a separator for non-aqueous batteries, capable of being usefully used in non-aqueous batteries, and a non-aqueous battery equipped with this separator. The separator for non-aqueous batteries includes: a base layer comprising a fiber aggregate, and an electrolyte-swellable resin layer formed on at least one surface of the base layer, the resin layer comprising a urethane resin (C) obtained by reacting a polyol (A) including a vinyl polymer (a1) and a polyether polyol (a2) with a polyisocyanate (B). The vinyl polymer (a1) has as a main chain a vinyl polymer (a1′) having two hydroxyl groups at one of the termini of the main chain, and a polyoxyethylene chain having a number average molecular weight of 200 to 800 as a side chain, the percentage of the polyoxyethylene chain based on the vinyl polymer (a1) being within the range of 70 mass % to 98 mass %. | 08-29-2013 |
20140014573 | FILTERING MATERIAL FOR FILTER, AND WATER FILTERING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH FILTERING MATERIAL - The present invention provides a filtering material for filtering water having high collection efficiency and long filtering life, and a water filtering apparatus including the material. The present filtering material includes a laminated sheet in which a nanofiber layer formed from a nanofiber having a single fiber average diameter of 10 to 1000 nm and meeting all the following conditions and a base material including a nonwoven or woven fabric containing a hydrophilic fiber having a single fiber average diameter of not less than 1 μm. Further, the present water filtering apparatus is configured by including the filtering material for filtering water. (1) The nanofiber layer has a basis weight of 0.1 to 10 g/m | 01-16-2014 |
20140213135 | EXTRA-FINE FIBER SHEET - Provided is an extra-fine fiber sheet including an extra-fine fiber assembly including extra-fine fibers having an average fiber diameter of 500 nm or smaller. The extra-fine fiber sheet includes an extra-fine fiber assembly. The assembly includes a solvent-spinnable polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 100,000 as a main component and a polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight equal to or more than 10 times as large as that of the polymer (A) as an accessory component; and the assembly includes constituent fibers having an average fiber diameter of 10 to 500 nm. The polymer (A) may be a non-conductive polymer, and the polymer (B) may be a thickening polymer. | 07-31-2014 |
20150079479 | SEPARATOR FOR NONAQUEOUS CELL AND NONAQUEOUS CELL - Provided are a separator for a nonaqueous cell that has air permeability and is small in thickness while maintaining strength properties; and a nonaqueous cell having this separator. The separator includes a fiber sheet in which a polyvinyl alcohol fiber is incorporated in a proportion of 30% or more by mass (based on the fiber sheet). The fiber has a fiber breaking temperature in heated water of lower than 100° C. and higher than 85° C. | 03-19-2015 |
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20090015270 | Electrostatic capacity-type sensor - An object of the present invention is to provide an electrostatic capacity-type sensor which is excellent in durability and can detect bending-deformation. An electrostatic capacity-type sensor comprises a dielectric film made of an elastomer and a pair of electrodes arranged via the dielectric film, and detects the deformation based on a change in the electrostatic capacity between the pair of electrodes. The pair of electrodes have an elastomer and a conductive filler blended in said elastomer, and are expansible/contractible depending on the deformation of the dielectric film, and exhibit a small change in the conductivity even when expanded and contracted. | 01-15-2009 |
20090120696 | DEFORMABLE SENSOR SYSTEM - To provide a deformable sensor system, which makes it possible to obtain a pressure distribution with a much higher accuracy, while reducing the number of electrodes. | 05-14-2009 |
20100033196 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR - A capacitive sensor includes a dielectric layer made of an elastomer and a pair of electrodes arranged via the dielectric layer, and detects deformation on the basis of electrostatic capacity variation between the pair of electrodes. The pair of electrodes contain an elastomer and conductive fillers filled into the elastomer, are expandable and contractible in accordance with deformation of the dielectric layer, and exhibit little conductivity variation even when the pair of electrodes expand and contract. At least one of the dielectric layer and the electrodes is formed by a printing method using a dielectric layer coating containing a formation component of the dielectric layer or an electrode coating containing a formation component of the electrode. | 02-11-2010 |
20120144935 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND SENSOR MODULE - A purpose is to provide a sensor assembly and a sensor module having a flexible sensor element that uses polymer material and having a component such as the sensor element and the like that hardly deteriorates and is superior in durability. A sensor assembly includes a sensor element and an exterior packaging bag enclosing the sensor element. The sensor element includes a sensor thin film made of resin or elastomer, and at least one pair of electrodes connected to the sensor thin film. The exterior packaging bag is made from laminate films having a metal foil and two resin layers arranged sandwiching the metal foil. | 06-14-2012 |
20120218029 | TOUCH SWITCH - A touch switch including: a conductive member for which voltage is applied from a plurality of locations for detecting presence or absence of a touch and a touch position on the conductive member of a conductor to be detected based on an electrical conduction status of the conductive member; and a detection-level changing mechanism for changing a detection level of the electrical conduction status of the conductive member due to the touch of the conductor on the conductive member. The presence or absence of the touch and the touch position on the conductive member of the conductor is detected if the detection level meets a predetermined condition. | 08-30-2012 |
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20090206388 | SEPERATION METHODS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR CHARGE ACCUMULATION LAYERS AND STRUCTURES THEREOF - Devices and methods for isolating adjacent charge accumulation layers in a semiconductor device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a bit line formed in a semiconductor substrate, a charge accumulation layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, a word line formed on the charge accumulation layer across the bit line, and a channel region formed in the semiconductor substrate below the word line and between the bit line and its adjacent bit line. For the semiconductor device, the charge accumulation layer is formed above the channel region in a widthwise direction of the word line, and a width of the word line is set to be narrower than a distance between an end of the channel region and a central part of the channel region in a lengthwise direction of the word line. | 08-20-2009 |
20110116323 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a system comprising a semiconductor device, a method of controlling the semiconductor device in the system, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device in the system. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor region located in a semiconductor layer formed on an isolating layer; an ONO film on the semiconductor region; bit lines on either side of the semiconductor region, which are located in the semiconductor layer, and are in contact with the isolating layer; a device isolating region on two different sides of the semiconductor region from the sides on which the bit lines are located, the device isolating region being in contact with the isolating layer; and a first voltage applying unit that is coupled to the semiconductor region. In this semiconductor device, the semiconductor region is surrounded by the bit lines and the device isolating region, and is electrically isolated from other semiconductor regions. | 05-19-2011 |
20110141807 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A semiconductor device includes an insulation layer ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110233651 | METHOD TO SEPERATE STORAGE REGIONS IN THE MIRROR BIT DEVICE - Devices and methods for isolating adjacent charge accumulation layers in a semiconductor device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a bit line formed in a semiconductor substrate, a charge accumulation layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, a word line formed on the charge accumulation layer across the bit line, and a channel region formed in the semiconductor substrate below the word line and between the bit line and its adjacent bit line. For the semiconductor device, the charge accumulation layer is formed above the channel region in a widthwise direction of the word line, and a width of the word line is set to be narrower than a distance between an end of the channel region and a central part of the channel region in a lengthwise direction of the word line. | 09-29-2011 |
20120309138 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has a shorter distance between the bit lines and easily achieves higher storage capacity and density, and a method of manufacturing such a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: first bit lines formed on a substrate; an insulating layer that is provided between the first bit lines on the substrate, and has a higher upper face than the first bit lines; channel layers that are provided on both side faces of the insulating layer, and are coupled to the respective first bit lines; and charge storage layers that are provided on the opposite side faces of the channel layers from the side faces on which the insulating layers are formed. | 12-06-2012 |
20140167211 | METHOD FOR AMNUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a silicon nitride film having an opening portion on a semiconductor substrate, forming a silicon oxide film on the silicon nitride film and on a side face of the opening portion, performing an etching treatment to the silicon oxide film so that a sidewall is formed on the side face of the opening portion, forming a trench on the semiconductor substrate with use of the sidewall and the silicon nitride film as a mask, and forming an insulating layer in the trench. The step of forming the silicon oxide film includes oxidizing the silicon nitride film with a plasma oxidation method or a radical oxidation method. | 06-19-2014 |
20140209991 | CONVEX SHAPED THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has a shorter distance between the bit lines and easily achieves higher storage capacity and density. The semiconductor device includes: first bit lines formed on a substrate; an insulating layer that is provided between the first bit lines and in a groove in the substrate, and has a higher upper face than the first bit lines; channel layers that are provided on both side faces of the insulating layer, and are coupled to the respective first bit lines; and charge storage layers that are provided on the opposite side faces of the channel layers from the side faces on which the insulating layers are formed. | 07-31-2014 |