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20090126477 | Air Flow Measuring Instrument - An air flow measuring instrument, comprising: an auxiliary passage | 05-21-2009 |
20100077851 | Air Flow Meter - In a structure in which peripheral part of a diaphragm section of an electrical insulating film is covered with a protective film made of an organic material, the resistor wire on the diaphragm section crosses the peripheral part of the diaphragm section. At a place where a narrow wire of a resistance temperature detector and the like crosses the peripheral part of the diaphragm section, the protective film is thinner than the other part, and the dust impact resistance is reduced. At a place where a heating resistor wire connected to a heating resistor body or resistance temperature detector wires connected to resistance temperature detector bodies cross a periphery of the diaphragm section, a film component protruding from an electrical insulating film is arranged side by side with the heating resistor wire or the resistance temperature detector wires. | 04-01-2010 |
20100218614 | Measurement Element - An object of the present invention is to provide a structure unlikely to break in the dicing process while allowing easy execution of screening, for a measurement element in which a resistor constituting a heater is formed on a thin wall part thermally insulated from a semiconductor substrate by providing a cavity part formed in the semiconductor substrate. | 09-02-2010 |
20110072897 | Heating Resistance Type Air Flow Rate Measuring Device - A temperature of the heating resistor is set at a temperature equal to or higher than a temperature, at which liquid droplets contacting a surface of the heating resistor evaporate and disappear by film boiling. Alternatively, when a heating resistance type air flow rate measuring device starts to operate or stops operating, the temperature of the heating resistor may be set at a temperature equal to or higher than the temperature, at which liquid droplets contacting a surface of the heating resistor evaporate and disappear by film boiling. Moreover, a water-repellent and oil-repellent protective coating may be provided on the surface of the heating resistor. | 03-31-2011 |
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20090217659 | ELECTRIC BOOSTER - The present invention relates to an electric booster in which a rotation of an electric motor is converted into a linear motion and transmitted to an output member by a rotation-linear motion mechanism, and the output member pushes a piston of a master cylinder to generate a brake fluid pressure in a pressure chamber in the master cylinder. The present invention is characterized in that an ECU casing containing boards and the like such as a board for controlling the electric motor is coupled to the top of a motor casing constituting the electric motor. The ECU casing is offset in one direction in a plane perpendicular to a plane containing an axis of the master cylinder. A male connector is provided at a side surface of the ECU casing on the opposite side from the offset direction F side, and a space between the male connector and an interference area of the ECU casing with the other components and devices is utilized as a space for attachment/detachment of the male connector to/from the female connector. | 09-03-2009 |
20120067638 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - First and second terminals project from a circuit board and lie adjacent to each other with an interspace formed between the first and second terminals. An electronic apparatus further includes a projecting member projecting along a neighboring terminal which is one of the first and second terminals at such a position that the neighboring terminal is located between the projecting member and the interspace. The projecting member is located at an adjacent position adjacent to the neighboring terminal, to attract molten solder from the interspace toward the projecting member during soldering to join the first and second terminals to the circuit board. | 03-22-2012 |
20130010426 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device for controlling an electric actuator, including an air passage within a casing that is fixable to an actuator housing of the electric actuator. A circuit board is accommodated in the casing. A projecting portion is formed in the casing, on which a region of the circuit board in which the heat generating part is installed is seated. A vent hole extends through the casing to communicate to an outside of the casing. A communication hole extends through the casing to communicate to an inside of the actuator housing. The air passage allows air to flow between the vent hole and the communication hole when the electric actuator is driven in a state that the casing is fixed to the actuator housing. | 01-10-2013 |
20130058044 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device comprises a circuit board having a heat generating part mounted thereon; a case for installing therein the circuit board, the case having a heat receiving portion that is in contact with the heat generating part; at least two first fixing units that are constructed and arranged to fix a peripheral portion of the circuit board to the case; and at least one second fixing unit that is arranged to fix a given area of the circuit board to the case while pressing the given area against the heat receiving portion through the heat generating part, the given area being an area where the heat generating part is placed. | 03-07-2013 |
20130186082 | ELECTRIC BOOSTER - An electric booster in which a rotation of an electric motor is converted into linear motion and transmitted to an output member by a rotation-linear motion mechanism. The output member pushes a piston of a master cylinder to generate brake fluid pressure in a pressure chamber in the master cylinder. An ECU casing containing boards is coupled to the top of a motor casing constituting the electric motor. The ECU casing is offset in one direction in a plane perpendicular to a plane containing an axis of the master cylinder. A male connector is provided at a side surface of the ECU casing on the opposite side from the offset direction side, and a space between the male connector and an interference area of the ECU casing is utilized as a space for attachment/detachment of the male connector. | 07-25-2013 |
20130286606 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS - A supporting structure comprises a base member to support a printed circuit board, a holder standing upright from the base member and supporting the printed circuit board; and a support standing upright from the base member and supporting the printed circuit board sidewise. The support includes a column standing upright from the base member, and having a modulus of elasticity greater than that of the holder, and an abutment portion to abut on a side surface of the printed circuit board. | 10-31-2013 |
20140085839 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device has an enclosure accommodating therein a circuit board and having (a) a first enclosure member which is provided at a connecting part thereof with a seal groove and (b) a second enclosure member which is provided at a connecting part thereof with a convex line that is fitted into the seal groove of the first enclosure member; a protrusion formed on either one of an inner wall surface in the seal groove or an opposing surface, which faces the inner wall surface of the seal groove, of the convex line so as to protrude toward the other surface. The protrusion limits a movement, in a seal groove width direction, of the convex line fitted into the seal groove. The seal groove and the convex line are sealed with a sealant. | 03-27-2014 |
20140283513 | Brake Control Apparatus - A brake control apparatus includes a master cylinder configured to generate a brake pressure according to a depressing force of a brake pedal; an electric motor configured to operate the master cylinder; a control board configured to control the electric motor; and a board receiving portion arranged along an outer circumference of the master cylinder. The board receiving portion receives the control board such that a component-mounting surface of the control board faces in an axial direction of the master cylinder. | 09-25-2014 |
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20110155414 | Actuator Control Device, and Method of Manufacturing Circuit Device In Actuator Control Device - An actuator control device includes a circuit device that is resin-molded by a plurality of metal molds including at least one movable metal mold to include a first bus bar and a second bus bar. The first bus bar and the second bus bar each include a flat plate-like portion that includes two main flat-face portions having large surface areas, and two sub flat-face portions that are adjacent to the main flat-face portions and have smaller surface areas than the surface areas of the main flat-face portions. One of the main flat-face portions of the first bus bar faces one of the main flat-face portions of the second bus bar. The facing direction differs from the mold release direction of the movable metal mold. | 06-30-2011 |
20110235289 | ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLE - An electronic controller for a vehicle includes a box-shaped frame having only one opened side that has a notch portion into which an electric connector whose connection port protrudes toward an outside fits and a cover that closes an opening of the frame, in which while a groove filled with a sealant is provided at least on a bonded surface of an electric connector to which the cover is bonded, a first convex portion that fits into the groove is provided in a circumferential portion of the cover. Moreover, the electric connector has a flange portion opposite to an inner wall of the frame around the notch portion, and the flange portion is provided with a second convex portion protruding toward the inner wall to surround the notch portion. | 09-29-2011 |
20150075156 | Brake Control Apparatus - Disclosed is a brake control apparatus including a master cylinder that generates a hydraulic braking pressure in response to operation of a brake pedal, an electric motor that drives the master cylinder, a housing in which the master cylinder and the electric motor are assembled, and a control unit adapted to perform drive control of the electric motor. The control unit has a bottom formed at least partially integral with the housing and includes a circuit board mounting thereon drive elements to drive the electric motor. The brake control apparatus includes a heat radiating seat located on an inner surface of the bottom of the control unit at a position apart from the electric motor and closer to the master cylinder than the electric motor and brought into thermal contact with the circuit board so as to radiate heat of the drive elements toward the housing. | 03-19-2015 |
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20150151820 | BOAT PROPULSION DEVICE - A boat propulsion device includes an engine, a first bracket, and a first electric component. The engine includes a crankshaft extending in an up-and-down direction. The first bracket is fixed to the engine. The first electric component is attached to the first bracket. The first bracket includes a first support portion and a second support portion. The first support portion includes a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface. The first electric component is attached to the first lateral surface. The second lateral surface is arranged opposite to the first lateral surface. The second support portion is connected to the second lateral surface in a position spaced away from both ends of the second lateral surface in a top view. The second support portion includes a first coupling portion coupled to the engine. | 06-04-2015 |
20150151821 | BOAT PROPULSION DEVICE - A boat propulsion device includes an engine unit, an attachment portion, an electrical component, wiring, a holder, and an engine cover. The engine unit includes an engine, an exhaust pipe, and a coolant passage. The engine includes a crankshaft which extends vertically. The exhaust pipe is connected to the engine. The coolant passage is configured to cool the engine or the exhaust pipe. The attachment portion is provided integrally with the engine unit on the outside of the coolant passage. The electrical component is attached to the attachment portion. The wiring is connected to the electrical component. The holder is connected to the engine unit on the outside of the coolant passage and holds the wiring. The engine cover houses the engine unit, the attachment portion, the electrical component, the wiring, and the holder. | 06-04-2015 |
20150151822 | BOAT PROPULSION DEVICE - In a boat propulsion device, a head portion of an engine includes plug holes, first attachment portions, and a second attachment portion. The plug holes are aligned vertically and parallel or substantially parallel to a crankshaft. The first attachment portions are arranged on the periphery of the plurality of plug holes. The first attachment portions are configured to attach a plurality of ignition coils which are respectively integrated with spark plugs in a coil-on-plug configuration. A second attachment portion is provided separately from the first attachment portions. The second attachment portion is configured to attach an ignition coil connected to the spark plugs in a double ended ignition coil configuration via cables. | 06-04-2015 |
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20080230817 | SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTODETECTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor photodetector device includes a light receiving operation section converting incident light to an electric signal and a current amplifying operation section amplifying the electric signal. The light receiving operation section includes: a first conductivity type semiconductor layer a formed on a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate; a second conductivity type first semiconductor region formed on the semiconductor layer; and a first conductivity type second semiconductor region formed on the semiconductor layer and separated from the first semiconductor region. The current amplifying operation section includes: the second semiconductor region; a second conductivity type third semiconductor region formed in the semiconductor substrate; a second conductivity type fourth semiconductor region formed on the third semiconductor region and separated from the second semiconductor region. | 09-25-2008 |
20090032896 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes a phototransistor for receiving incident light. The phototransistor includes a collector layer of a first conductivity type formed on a semiconductor substrate, a base layer of a second conductivity type formed on the collector layer, and an emitter layer of a first conductivity type formed on the base layer. A thickness of the emitter layer is equal to or less than an absorption length of the incident light in the semiconductor substrate. | 02-05-2009 |
20090230498 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a light receiving element formed on the semiconductor substrate; a light absorbing element formed on the semiconductor substrate and located adjacent to the light receiving element; and a semiconductor element formed on the semiconductor substrate and used for signal processing. The light absorbing element includes a fifth semiconductor layer, and a light absorption region in the light receiving element has a different structure from a light absorption region in the light absorbing element. | 09-17-2009 |
20090261441 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes a light-receiving element on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, the light-receiving element including a light-receiving portion for converting incident light to an electrical current signal and performing a current amplification. The light-receiving portion includes: a semiconductor layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and having an impurity concentration substantially equal to or less than that of the semiconductor substrate; a first semiconductor region of a second conductivity type formed on the semiconductor layer and having an impurity concentration higher than that of the semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type selectively formed between the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer and having an impurity concentration higher than those of the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer. | 10-22-2009 |
20100282948 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type formed on the first semiconductor region. The device further comprises a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type formed in a semiconductor layer, which is separated from the first and second semiconductor regions by an element separation region, and a fourth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type formed between a semiconductor substrate and third semiconductor region. The device further comprises a fifth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type formed across the semiconductor substrate and the first semiconductor region. An upper portion of the fifth semiconductor region penetrates into a specific depth of the first semiconductor region. Amplification of a current signal occurs when a reverse voltage is applied between the second semiconductor region and a surface portion of the third semiconductor region. | 11-11-2010 |
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20120117192 | Information Processing System and Method Providing a Remote Access - An information processing system for offering a remote access from a device to a virtual service provided in a local network is provided. The virtual service invokes native services provisioned by a service provider. The system comprising: a management unit managing service information specifying a shortcut component of the service: an obtaining unit obtaining a request for the virtual service from the device; a receiving unit receiving the service information from the management unit; a specification unit specifying a shortcut component for the requested virtual service based on the received service information; an invoking unit executing the specified shortcut component by invoking native services to the service provider, and transferring the other component of the requested virtual service to the local network; a combination unit combining results; and a response unit responding the combined result to the device. | 05-10-2012 |
20120221662 | Device Selection for Media Rendering - Delivery of media content ordered at a user terminal ( | 08-30-2012 |
20130065517 | CONTROLLING PAIRING OF ENTITIES RESPONSIVE TO MOTION CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES - Methods, electronic resources, and electronic pairing entities are disclosed that control pairing between electronic resources and pairing entities for communications there between. A motion challenge is generated that identifies a physical motion that is to be followed by the pairing entity to obtain pairing to the electronic resource. A motion response by the pairing entity is compared to the motion challenge. Pairing between the pairing entity and the electronic resource is controlled in response to the comparison. | 03-14-2013 |
20130077526 | Network Node for Detecting a Communication Device - There is provided a network node for detecting a communication device (stealth device) in a local network and identifying a type of the detected communication device. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the network node | 03-28-2013 |
20130187953 | Image Matching Apparatus and Image Matching Method - An image matching apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a storage unit, an obtaining unit, a specification unit, and an image matching unit. The storage unit is configured to store image data of one or more devices that are connected to a local network. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain image data of device image obtained by capturing a device. The specification unit is configured to specify one or more local networks to be used for image matching. The image matching unit is configured to perform image matching of the obtained image data against the stored image data of one or more devices that are connected to the specified local network. | 07-25-2013 |
20130227660 | REGISTRATION SERVER, GATEWAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SECRET VALUE TO DEVICES - The present invention relates to auto-provisioning of authentication data for client devices. A registration server includes a gateway determination unit, which is configured to determine a gateway apparatus transferring a request signal from a device, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to transmit a first signal including a token and first access information of the gateway apparatus to the device if an identifier of the gateway apparatus is stored on the server, and to transmit a second signal indicating a positive response to the gateway apparatus when it obtains the token and the identifier based on a third signal received in response to the first signal. The gateway apparatus sends the secret value to the device when it receives the second signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20140208393 | METHODS, SERVER AND PROXY AGENT FOR DYNAMICALLY SETTING UP A SESSION BETWEEN A TARGET RESOURCE IN A PRIVATE NETWORK AND AN APPLICATION ON A DEVICE - An object of embodiments of the present invention is to establish a secure connection from a device to a private network, to which the device belongs, when the device may be located remotely from the private network. This is achieved by locating a server in the private network while reusing existing authorization mechanisms in the network. A target resource is in this private network and a device located outside the private network can access the target resource by using the server and a proxy agent which intermediates a request from the device by using a one time session URL. | 07-24-2014 |
20150149651 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROTOCOL ADAPTATION - A method in a protocol adaptor system for enabling a newly connected device to communicate with a generic application in a communications network, where the generic application uses a generic protocol. The method includes detecting that the device is unsupported by a specific protocol and that the device uses a variant of the specific protocol in the system. The method further includes determining a new fragment required for communication adaptation of the specific protocol, and retrieving the new fragment needed for adaptation of the specific protocol to said variant. The method further includes installing the fragment in the specific protocol, to enable communication between the generic application and the newly connected device. | 05-28-2015 |
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20090009741 | DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, DEVICE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT/INSPECTION APPARATUS - In the case where measurement/inspection of a wafer is performed in a measurement/inspection instrument before and after exposure is performed in an exposure apparatus, various kinds of conditions of the exposure apparatus and the measurement/inspection instrument such as environment in the apparatus/instrument, a measurement condition of an alignment system a measurement condition of an AF measurement device, a wafer grid, and image distortion are made to be matched. In particular, in accordance with a processing state of the exposure apparatus and a coater developer, a measurement result of a film, and the like, exclusion of a mark for overlay error measurement, adjustment of the measurement condition and correction of the measurement result, adjustment of the environment, correction of the measurement result according to the environment, and adjustment of pattern defect inspection are performed. Further, in calibration processing, aberration of a projection optical system of an exposure apparatus that transfers a pattern on a wafer for calibration, and the like are also taken into consideration. Accordingly, the yield of device production can be improved. | 01-08-2009 |
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20090051840 | Electro-optical Device and Electronic Apparatus - An electro-optical device includes a plurality of storage capacitors each in a corresponding pixel. Each storage capacitor includes a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode with a dielectric film therebetween. The first capacitor electrode is made of the same film as one of the semiconductor films in pixel transistors. The second capacitor electrode is provided at a layer over the gate electrode of the pixel transistors. The second capacitor electrode has a first main portion opposite to the first capacitor electrode and an extending portion that extends from the first main portion to at least partially cover the second junction region. An interlayer insulation film insulates the extending portion from the pixel transistor. | 02-26-2009 |
20090065780 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a contact hole with a channel-region adjacent portion next to the channel region of the semiconductor film and a first extending portion that extends from the channel-region adjacent portion along the first partial region of the semiconductor film when viewed in plan. | 03-12-2009 |
20090121233 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, and a first insulating film, and a second insulating under the semiconductor layer. The first insulating film overlaps a junction region, but not a channel region, of the semiconductor layer. The gate electrode includes a first extended portion that continuously covers an upper and side face and of the first insulating film at the junction region. The gate electrode includes a second extended portion that overlaps and fills a groove in the second insulating that extends along at least the junction region. | 05-14-2009 |
20110073868 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device comprises: a first data line extending in a first direction; a second data line extending in the first direction and arranged so as to be at least partially overlapped with the first data line; a first scanning line and a second scanning line extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a first transistor electrically connected to the first data line and electrically connected to the first scanning line; a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first transistor; a second transistor electrically connected to the second data line and electrically connected to the second scanning line; and a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second transistor. | 03-31-2011 |
20110170025 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE BOTH USING THE SAME - The present invention is a liquid crystal panel substrate that comprises: pixel units each having a pixel electrode, to be used as a reflective electrode and arranged in a matrix pattern on a substrate, and a switching element controlling a voltage applied to the pixel electrode; wherein between the pixel electrode and a conductive layer forming a terminal electrode of the switching element, a contact hole is provided for connecting the pixel electrode and the terminal electrode. A light-shielding layer, having an opening surrounding the portion in which the contact hole is formed, and having no opening in regions between a plurality of adjacent pixel electrodes, is formed between the pixel electrode and the conductive layer. Harmful effects due to light leaking through a space between the pixel electrodes can thereby be prevented. | 07-14-2011 |
20110222008 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a pixel electrode provided on a substrate, a transistor provided between the substrate and the pixel electrode, a first capacitor electrode provided between the pixel electrode and the transistor, and be electrically connected to the pixel electrode and the transistor, a second capacitor electrode provided between the pixel electrode and the first capacitor electrode, be located so as to be opposite the first capacitor electrode via a capacitor insulating film, and be supplied with a predetermined electric potential, and a light-shielding film provided between the pixel electrode and the second capacitor electrode, be located so as to be at least partially overlapped by the transistor, and be electrically connected to the second capacitor electrode via a contact hole formed in an insulating film disposed between the second capacitor electrode and the light-shielding film. | 09-15-2011 |
20120224112 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL SUBSTRATE WITH LIGHT-SHIELDING FILM IN A PERIPHERY REGION, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE BOTH USING THE SAME - A substrate is provided having a pixel region including a pixel electrode and a switching element. A periphery region in the periphery of the pixel region includes a first light-shielding film, the first light-shielding film being formed from the same layer as the pixel electrode. A passivation film that covers the pixel electrode and the first light-shielding film is provided. | 09-06-2012 |
20130258263 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes a pixel electrode provided on an interlayer insulation film of a pixel substrate, a seal material, a plurality of connection terminals provided outside the seal material, a first dummy electrode which is provided on the same layer as the pixel electrode in a first dummy region crossing a peripheral region of the pixel region and a region on which the seal material is disposed, a plurality of second dummy electrodes which are provided on the same layer as the pixel electrode in a second dummy region between the region on which the seal material is disposed and the plurality of connection terminals, a insulation film covering the pixel electrode, the first dummy electrode and the plurality of second dummy electrodes. | 10-03-2013 |
20140111720 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL SUBSTRATE WITH LIGHT-SHIELDING FILM IN A PIXEL REGION, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE BOTH USING THE SAME TO REDUCE LIGHT LEAKAGE - A substrate is provided having a pixel region including a pixel electrode and a switching element. A periphery region in the periphery of the pixel region includes a first light-shielding film, the first light-shielding film being formed from the same layer as the pixel electrode. A passivation film that covers the pixel electrode and the first light-shielding film is provided. | 04-24-2014 |
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20080203652 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - A sheet feeding device includes a setting roller, a motor, a flag, a setting guide, a setting-guide swinging device, and a locking mechanism. The motor generates a driving force to rotate the setting roller. The flap swings between a standby position and a feeding position, and, when at the standby position, does not allow transport of a sheet. The setting guide swings between a standby position and a feeding position, and, when at the standby position, separates a sheet from the setting roller. The setting-guide swinging device swings the setting guide using the driving force from the motor. The locking mechanism prevents the flap from swinging to the feeding position when the flap and the setting guide are in the respective standby positions. | 08-28-2008 |
20100096799 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM DETECTING METHOD - A sheet feeding apparatus includes a feeding unit capable of feeding a sheet-like medium, plural speed detecting units capable of respectively detecting a speed of the medium fed by the feeding unit, at plural positions along a width direction of the medium orthogonal to a feeding direction of the medium, and a bound-medium detecting unit capable of detecting the medium having a part thereof bound with another one of the medium, based on the speed detected respectively by the speed detecting units. | 04-22-2010 |
20100102499 | FEEDING APPARATUS - In a feeding apparatus, a control device determines whether a brake roller is rotating based on the result of detection by a rotating-state detection sensor while a medium is being transferred by a separator roller. When determining that the brake roller is not rotating, the control device sets a pickup roller to non-contact state where the pickup roller is not in contact with a medium on a feed tray while a medium is not being transferred by the separator roller. | 04-29-2010 |
20130241144 | MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE - A medium feeding device | 09-19-2013 |
20130241145 | MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE - A medium feeding device | 09-19-2013 |
20140175732 | DOCUMENT FEEDER - A document feeder includes a feed roller provided in a feed path for a document, a conveying roller provided on a downstream side of the feed roller in the feed path, and a protruding portion provided between the feed roller and the conveying roller in the feed path and protruding from a lower side of the feed path. | 06-26-2014 |
20140203495 | MEDIUM SUPPLY DEVICE - A medium supply device includes a feeding unit that feeds a medium among one or more media placed on a placing table, a separating unit that is arranged to come into pressure-contact with the feeding unit, and a blocking portion that is movable and blocks a space formed between the feeding unit and the separating unit in an upstream side of a nip region in a conveying direction of the medium. When one of the media placed on the placing table is fed by the feeding unit and the one or more media are placed on the placing table, the space is formed by the medium fed by the feeding unit, the separating unit, and the one or more media placed on the placing table. | 07-24-2014 |
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20080279574 | Sheet feeder and jam detecting method - A transporter is adapted to transport a sheet in a transport direction in a transport path that includes a detecting range. A measurer is disposed at an upstream end of the detecting range in the transport direction, and is operable to measure a moving distance of the sheet. A detector is disposed at a downstream end of the detecting range in the transport direction, and is operable to detect a leading end edge of the sheet. A processor is operable to detect a jam in case that the moving distance is longer than a distance of the detecting range in the transport direction while the leading end edge of the sheet is not detected by the detector. | 11-13-2008 |
20140054849 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, MULTIFEED DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, a multifeed detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium which can suppress erroneous detection of the occurrence of a multifeed. The paper conveying apparatus includes an ultrasonic detector for outputting an ultrasonic signal, a multifeed detector for determining whether a multifeed of papers has occurred based on the ultrasonic signal, a sound signal generator for generating a sound signal, and a control module for performing an abnormal processing when the multifeed detector determines that a multifeed has occurred and the sound signal generator does not output a predetermined sound signal, and determining that a multifeed has not occurred and not performing the abnormal processing when the multifeed detector determines that a multifeed has occurred and the sound signal generator outputs the predetermined sound signal. | 02-27-2014 |
20140054851 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, JAM DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, a jam detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium which can determine whether a jam has occurred based on the sound which is generated by a paper during conveyance at a low cost. The paper conveying apparatus includes an ultrasonic detector, provided near a conveyance path of a paper, for detecting an ultrasonic wave which passes through paper and outputting an ultrasonic signal, a multifeed detector for determining whether multifeed of papers has occurred based on a component of a first frequency band in the ultrasonic signal, and a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on a component of a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band in the ultrasonic signal. | 02-27-2014 |
20140077445 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, an abnormality detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium which can precisely determine whether an abnormality has occurred when paper is conveyed. The paper conveying apparatus includes a sound generator for generating a paper sound by contacting a paper, a first sound signal generator for generating a first sound signal corresponding to the paper sound, and an abnormal conveyance detector for determining whether an abnormal conveyance has occurred when the paper is being conveyed according to a detection method, wherein the abnormal conveyance detector is configured to change the detection method based on the first sound signal. | 03-20-2014 |
20140203494 | MEDIUM SUPPLY DEVICE - A medium supply device includes a feeding unit that feeds a medium among one or more media placed on a placing table, a separating unit that is arranged to come into pressure-contact with the feeding unit, a blocking portion that is movable and blocks a space formed between the feeding unit and the separating unit in an upstream side of a nip region in a conveying direction of the medium, and a curve-forming portion that presses the medium against the feeding unit side to form a curve in a width direction of the medium. | 07-24-2014 |
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20090015562 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A touch-panel-integrated liquid crystal display device (display system) includes a liquid crystal display device, and a touch panel input device, provided on a liquid crystal panel of the liquid crystal display device, which has upper and lower electrodes (conductive thin plates) for detecting a position via which information is inputted from the outside. The display system includes a liquid crystal display device driving section for driving the liquid crystal display device and a noise canceling signal generator (signal application section) for applying, to the touch panel input device, a noise canceling signal having an amplitude and a phase that are equal to an amplitude and a phase of a driving signal applied from the liquid crystal display device driving section to the liquid crystal panel. | 01-15-2009 |
20100103153 | Image display apparatus - A plurality of scanning signal lines GLn divided into groups, and each group is made up of three scanning signal lines GLnR, GLnG and GLnB, and a plurality of pixels are divided into pixel blocks, and each pixel block is made up of three pixels PR (n, m), PG (n, m) and PB (n, m) respectively connected to the scanning signal lines GLnR, GLnG and GLnB. These pixels PR (n, m), PG (n, m) and PB (n, m) are connected to a common data signal line SLm. To the scanning signal lines GLnR, GLnG, GLnB, scanning pulses are sequentially outputted to the scanning signal lines GLnR, GLnG and GLnB from shift registers SRnR, SRnG and SRnB, and video signals for R, G and B are outputted to the data signal line SLm from a driver IC by time division. | 04-29-2010 |
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20080246786 | Display Device - A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of video lines, and a drain driver receiving n-bit display data, and connected to the plurality of video lines. The drain driver includes a gray-scale voltage generating circuit which generates M (M<2 | 10-09-2008 |
20090102826 | Display device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 04-23-2009 |
20090237588 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a technology which makes it possible for the heat from parts having high heat emission mounted on a printed circuit board provided between an upper frame member and a side of the liquid crystal display panel or the backlight to be released efficiently in liquid crystal display devices where the above described parts are mounted. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device, having: a liquid crystal display panel; a number of flexible wiring boards connected to the above described liquid crystal display panel; a first drive circuit and a second drive circuit provided on the above described flexible wiring boards or the above described liquid crystal display panel; a printed circuit board having wires for transmitting an external signal to the above described first drive circuit and second drive circuit and connected to the above described flexible wiring boards; a semiconductor device mounted on the above described printed circuit board; and an upper frame member made of a metal which covers an outer periphery portion of the above described liquid crystal display panel and the above described printed circuit board, wherein a heat conducting member having heat conductance is provided on the surface of the above described printed circuit board which faces the above described upper frame member, and the above described heat conducting member makes contact with the above described upper frame member. | 09-24-2009 |
20110074747 | Liquid Crystal display device - The present invention realizes proper driving circuits in a driving-circuit integral type liquid crystal display device which has an increased screen size. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a driving circuit which supplies video signals to video signal lines formed on the liquid crystal display panel. The driving circuit is comprised of a first driving circuit which is formed in a step similar to a step for forming pixels provided to the liquid crystal display panel and a second driving circuit which is connected to the liquid crystal display panel after formation of the liquid crystal display panel. The first driving circuit is constituted of a switching circuit which is capable of distributing an output of the second driving circuit to a plurality of video signal lines. | 03-31-2011 |
20120113072 | Display Device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 05-10-2012 |
20130187842 | Display Device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 07-25-2013 |
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20080298194 | Optical disc apparatus and data recording method thereof - In order to ensure recording quality while suppressing the adverse effects due to performance variations among apparatuses and disc radial positions on an optical disc, an optical disc apparatus according to the present invention performs, at the time of data recording, the steps of: acquiring a jitter value and β value from a reproduced signal based on laser light reflected from the optical disc in relation to a disc radial position; learning a β value when the acquired jitter value is a minimum as a target β value; and, if a jitter value acquired thereafter is larger than the minimum jitter value by a preset reference value or above, correcting recording power based on the magnitude relation and the difference between the β value associated with the acquired jitter value and the target β value or performing trial record processing. | 12-04-2008 |
20090080301 | Method of Recording Information On and Reproducing Information From Optical Disk and Apparatus for the Same - There is provided an information recording and reproducing method and an apparatus for the same capable of optimizing the shift adjustment of a recording pulse recorded in an optical disk even at the time of recording information on the optical disk at a high speed. The shift adjustment value of the recording pulse optimized at a low speed recording on an optical disk is multiplied by a constant value to be taken as the optimum shift conditions of the recording pulse at the high speed recording. | 03-26-2009 |
20100309764 | MULTILAYERED OPTICAL DISK AND ITS RECORDING METHOD - To provide a recording method of a multilayered optical disk having three or more recording layers, for performing recording while securing sufficient test areas without reducing user data areas, and while suitably controlling the power of laser beam irradiated onto each of the layers. The method uses an optical disk which has at least a first recording layer and a second recording layer located on the side nearer to the light incident surface than the first recording layer, and which respectively has a first test area configured by a plurality of segments in the first recording layer and a second test area configured by a plurality of segments in the second recording layer. Further, the method is configured such that there is defined beforehand a predetermined radial distance L corresponding to relative precision of radial positions between the plurality of layers and the optical spot diameter, and that when an arbitrary segment in the second test area is test-recorded, a segment in the first test area, the radial distance of which from the recorded test area in the second test area is within the range of the predetermined radial distance L, is set as a segment in which the test recording is not performed. Thereby, even in the case where the radial positions of the test areas of the plurality of layers are substantially overlapped with each other, it is possible to precisely perform the learning of optical power. For this reason, it is possible to use and arrange the test areas of the plurality of layers without waste. Further, the learning of recording power can be performed without receiving the influence of the recorded state of the other layers, so that the accuracy of the learning of recording power can be improved. Thereby, it is possible to improve the quality of recording and the reliability of recorded data. | 12-09-2010 |
20110032806 | OPTICAL DISC AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - An optical disc recording method for recording disc information to be used in recording/reproducing control on an optical disc, comprises the following steps of: providing a first disc information unit and a second disc information unit, each having a predetermined data size, in a predetermined management information area of the optical disc; the disc information includes write strategy information; separating the write strategy information into first write strategy information and second write strategy information; recording the first disc information into the first disc information unit; and recording the second disc information into the second disc information unit. | 02-10-2011 |
20110051589 | Optical Disc, Optical Disc Reproducing Apparatus, Optical Disc Apparatus, Reproducing Method and Recording Method - Where a hybrid disc has different types of media, the light spot moves among recording layers of the different media, after loading the disc into an optical disc apparatus, there is a problem that information on a media type of each recording layer should be recorded in DI etc. of the optical disc. Detailed information on the hybrid disc is stored in DI, by changing a disc layer type identifier or a disc structure in DI such as BCA or PIC on the optical disc. | 03-03-2011 |
20110317535 | Multilayered Optical Disk And Its Recording Method - A multilayered optical disk an information recording method and information reproducing method utilizing the disk includes three or more recordable or rewritable information recording layers, which has, among the plurality of information recording layers, at least a first recording layer and a second recording layer located on a side nearer to a light incident surface than the first recording layer, and which respectively has a first test area configured by a plurality of segments in the first recording layer, a second test area configured by a plurality of segments in the second recording layer, and comprising a specific area in which there is recorded information used to determine whether or not the respective segments in the first test area can be used. | 12-29-2011 |
20120033535 | OPTICAL DISC AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - The present invention provides a multilayer optical disc and an optical disc drive which can identify recording layers without performing tracking servo control or changing the structure of the disc. In a multilayer optical disc | 02-09-2012 |
20120075975 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, AND OPTICAL DISC - The invention prevents mark distortion during high-speed recording on an optical disc, thereby improving recording performance. A write pulse signal includes mark periods during which marks | 03-29-2012 |
20120230172 | OPTICAL INFORMATION MEDIUM, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - In the related art, writing of BCA data has been performed by a BCA cutter or the like after a user data area was formed. However, according to such a method, individual steps cannot help being provided for a disc manufacturing step in order to form the BCA. A burden on the disc manufacturer is large from a viewpoint of the number of disc producing steps and, further, manufacturing costs. By using a bit forming method similar to a user data area, the BCA manufacturing steps can be reduced. Specifically speaking, by devising a pit depth, a pit width, and a pit pattern, a modulation degree of a BCA portion can be further increased. A detecting method similar to that for the BCA in the related art can be applied. | 09-13-2012 |
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20100017415 | DATA ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND DATA ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS - A data access control apparatus and method acquires a user identification (ID) of a user who uses a client device based on a login request received from the client device, and a tenant ID for the user ID from a tenant ID management storage unit that associates user IDs with tenant IDs and records the association. An application software is activated depending on a processing request received from the client device and an access unit which receives an access request for a database from the application software and transmits the access request for a data area for the tenant ID among a plurality of data areas in the database to a database management unit based on the tenant ID recorded in the identification storage unit. | 01-21-2010 |
20110083083 | SCREEN GENERATION METHOD, AND SCREEN GENERATION APPRATUS - An apparatus, method and screen recording medium are provided. The apparatus includes a determining unit which determines, in response to a request to perform processing including a screen transition and the request is transmitted from a client device via a network, whether a screen definition data, as a transition destination, associated with a client identifier relating to the client device is stored in a screen definition data storage unit, and a generating unit which generates, when the screen definition data is stored, a data of the screen functioning as the transition destination by using the screen definition data and generates, when the screen definition data is not stored, a data of the screen functioning as the transition destination by using a common screen definition data. | 04-07-2011 |
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20090129802 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PRINTING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling a printing system adapted to perform an adjustment operation with an adjusting unit includes storing information indicating a timing for performing the adjustment operation in a storage unit, causing the adjusting unit to perform the adjustment operation based on the information indicating the timing for performing the adjustment operation stored in the storage unit, causing the adjusting unit to perform the adjustment operation at a timing different from the timing indicated by the information in response to a print interruption occurring in the printing system if a previous adjustment operation has not been performed within a predetermined period of time, and updating the information indicating the timing for performing the adjustment operation stored in the storage unit in response to the adjusting unit performing the adjustment operation to delay a timing for performing a next adjustment operation with the adjusting unit. | 05-21-2009 |
20110078515 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT RECORDS LOGS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus capable of overwrite-recording time-series logs indicating an operation history and efficiently holding log information on operations relating to an occurring error. When an error is detected, a filtering object area is set that contains log information for a predetermined time period immediately before the error detection. Then, a type of the occurring error is identified, and log types to be protected are decided based on the identified error type. Among the filtering object area, log recording areas for the decided log types are decided as a to-be-protected log recording area. Subsequently, further log information is recorded so as to avoid the to-be-protected log recording area. | 03-31-2011 |
20120086392 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus capable of suppressing a secondary battery from being charged with an amount of charge current that can apply excessive load on the secondary battery, without a backup power source function of the secondary battery being impaired. When determining that a predetermined type of data is stored in a DRAM to be backed up by the secondary battery, the information processing apparatus selects a first constant current circuit and quickly charges the secondary battery with a large charge current output from the first constant current circuit. When determining that the predetermined type of data is not stored in the DRAM, the information processing apparatus selects a second constant current circuit and normally charges the secondary battery with a small charge current output from the second constant current circuit. | 04-12-2012 |
20130215461 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING STORAGE UNIT THAT STORES SETTING VALUES, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus having improved user-friendliness in setting the setting values that represent contents of operation to be performed by the image processing apparatus. In a case that a login user has changed at least one setting value during the login, a CPU of the image processing apparatus causes a SRAM to store a setting value before change corresponding to the changed setting value. When the user logs out, the setting value changed by the user during the login is returned to the setting value before change that is stored in the SRAM. | 08-22-2013 |
20140369731 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention aims to shift a printing apparatus to a job processable state by releasing a manual stapling mode in response to an execution instruction of a predetermined job requested by a user. To achieve this, a control method of the printing apparatus comprises: printing an image on a sheet by executing a job; transporting the sheet on which the image was printed, to a post-processing apparatus; causing the post-processing apparatus to perform a post-process; shifting the printing apparatus to a mode of permitting to perform the post-process to the sheet inserted by a user; and controlling, in a case where an execution request of the job is newly accepted, to release the mode according to a kind of the job. | 12-18-2014 |
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20090023952 | PALLADIUM-CONTAINING CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALPHA, BETA-UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACID - Disclosed is a palladium-containing catalyst which enables to produce an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid in high selectivity from an olefin or an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde. Also disclosed are a method for producing such a catalyst and a method for producing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid using such a catalyst. Specifically disclosed is a palladium-containing catalyst containing 0.001 to 0.25 mole of antimony element to 1 mole of palladium element or a palladium-containing catalyst containing palladium element which composes a metal, tellurium element, and bismuth element. | 01-22-2009 |
20100234639 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PALLADIUM-CONTAINING CATALYST - Disclosed is a palladium-containing catalyst for producing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid from an olefin or an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde in high productivity. Also disclosed are a method for producing such a catalyst, and a method for producing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid in high productivity. Specifically, a palladium-containing catalyst is produced by a method containing a step in which palladium in an oxidation state is reduced by a compound (A) which is represented by the following formula (1). | 09-16-2010 |
20110082315 | PALLADIUM-CONTAINING CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALPHA, BETA-UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACID - Disclosed is a palladium-containing catalyst which enables to produce an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid in high selectivity from an olefin or an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde. Also disclosed are a method for producing such a catalyst and a method for producing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid using such a catalyst. Specifically disclosed is a palladium-containing catalyst containing 0.001 to 0.25 mole of antimony element to 1 mole of palladium element or a palladium-containing catalyst containing palladium element which composes a metal, tellurium element, and bismuth element. | 04-07-2011 |
20140357890 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING t-BUTANOL FROM ISOBUTANOL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING METHACROLEIN AND METHACRYLIC ACID FROM ISOBUTANOL, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THEM - A method for efficiently producing t-butanol as a raw material of a methacrylic resin from isobutanol is described, including a step (1) of dehydrating isobutanol to obtain butenes, and a step (2) of hydrating the butenes to obtain t-butanol. A method for producing methacrolein and methacrylic acid is also described, which further includes a step (3) of dehydrating and oxidizing the obtained t-butanol to obtain methacrolein and methacrylic acid. An apparatus for performing the steps (1) to (3) is also described. | 12-04-2014 |
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20120193454 | Fuel Injection Valve - There is provided a fuel injection valve, in which uniformity in swirl intensity in a peripheral direction of a swirl fuel is heightened. | 08-02-2012 |
20120193566 | Fuel Injector - A fuel injection valve includes: a swirl chamber having an inner peripheral wall formed to be gradually increased in curvature toward a downstream side from an upstream side; a swirl passage, through which a fuel is introduced into the swirl chamber; and a fuel injection port opened to the swirl chamber, wherein the swirl chamber and the swirl passage are formed so that a side wall of the swirl passage connected to a downstream end side of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof is made not to intersect a downstream side portion of the inner peripheral wall of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof. | 08-02-2012 |
20120318883 | Fuel Injection Device - A method of controlling a fuel injection device that can control a small amount of injection is provided. A fuel injection device for use in an internal combustion engine, includes: a valve body that can open and close a fuel passage, a needle that transfers a force with the valve body, and executes valve opening/closing operation, and an electromagnet that includes a coil and a magnetic core provided as a driver for driving the needle, and a cylindrical nozzle holder disposed on an outer periphery of the magnetic core and the needle, in which a current is supplied to the coil to exert a magnetic attractive force between the magnetic core and the needle to open the valve body. | 12-20-2012 |
20130026256 | Fuel Injector - A fuel injector has a swirl generator located downstream from a valve seat. A fuel injection hole is connected to a downstream side of the swirl generator. The swirl generator includes a swirl chamber having an involute or a spiral shape and the fuel injection hole bored at a bottom or the swirl chamber and a swirl generation use passage connected to the upstream side of the swirl chamber for introducing fuel into the swirl chamber. The bottom of the swirl chamber is provided with a step height so as to make a level difference in which the bottom of the swirl chamber is lower than a bottom of the swirl generation use passage, and the step height is formed at a position where fuel flowing into the swirl chamber from the swirl generation use passage meets fuel turning in the swirl chamber. | 01-31-2013 |
20130175367 | Fuel Injection Valve - One passage for swirling is formed in an orifice plate fixed on a nozzle body. Two swirl chambers in which fuel is caused to swirl so that the fuel has swirling force are provided at an end of the one passage for swirling on the downstream side of the flow direction of fuel. Therefore, the collision between the swirling flow in the swirl chamber and the fuel flowing in the passage for swirling is mitigated, and the swirling flow can be smoothly produced to promote pulverization of sprays injected from fuel injection ports. | 07-11-2013 |
20130255640 | Fuel Injection Valve and Fuel Injection System - A fuel injection valve which has: swirl chambers each having an inner wall whose curvature is gradually increased from upstream to downstream along fuel flow; passages for swirling motion, the passages permitting introduction of fuel into the swirl chambers; fuel injection holes opening into the swirl chambers and including at least two narrow-angle injection holes and a wide-angle injection hole from which at least two narrow-angle sprays and a wide-angle spray are respectively ejected; and an orifice plate provided with the injection holes. The narrow-angle injection holes are spaced a given distance from the center of the orifice plate. The wide-angle injection hole is formed on a line perpendicularly intersecting a line segment that interconnects the centers of the narrow-angle injection holes. | 10-03-2013 |
20130256428 | Fuel Injection Valve - An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve that is made superior in atomization performance by preventing an influence of minute deformation occurring when an orifice plate is assembled to a nozzle body, thereby reducing fuel leakage from a swirling passage to increase the strength of a swirl flow. The valve includes a valve body openable and closable to jet fuel; a nozzle body having a valve seat surface capable of coming into contact with the valve body to block the jet of fuel; and an orifice plate disposed downstream of the valve seat surface and having a plurality of fuel injection holes adapted to jet swirl fuel. The nozzle body has an end face portion with a downwardly convex inclined surface. | 10-03-2013 |
20150021414 | Fuel Injector - A fuel injection valve includes: a swirl chamber having an inner peripheral wall formed to be gradually increased in curvature toward a downstream side from an upstream side; a swirl passage, through which a fuel is introduced into the swirl chamber; and a fuel injection port opened to the swirl chamber, wherein the swirl chamber and the swirl passage are formed so that a side wall of the swirl passage connected to a downstream end side of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof is made not to intersect a downstream side portion of the inner peripheral wall of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof, | 01-22-2015 |
20150047611 | SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve includes, at least, a seat member provided with a fuel injection hole and a valve seat and a valve body which controls fuel injection from the injection hole by contacting and separating from the valve seat. In the spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve: the injection hole has an injection hole inlet which is open inwardly of the seat member and an injection hole outlet which is open outwardly of the seat member; an opening edge of the injection hole inlet has a first round-chamfered portion formed on an upstream side with respect to a fuel flow toward the injection hole inlet; and an extending length (L) of the injection hole does not exceed three times a hole diameter (D) of the injection hole. | 02-19-2015 |