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20100288010 | METHOD OF PRODUCING RING MEMBER - A method of producing a ring member includes a cutting process in which a rectangular sheet is formed by cutting a strip-shaped material pulled out from a coiled material; a joining process in which opposite edges of the sheet are butted, and a cylindrical member is formed by joining the edges to each other; and a ring formation process in which a ring member is formed by cutting the cylindrical member in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the cylindrical member. In the cutting process, the strip-shaped material is i) cut along one of a first section line parallel to an edge of the strip-shaped material facing a direction in which the strip-shaped material is pulled, or a second section line perpendicular to the edge, and then ii) cut along the other of the first or second section line, that is perpendicular to the line previously cut. | 11-18-2010 |
20110009037 | POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing apparatus for polishing an end edge of a work piece by bringing a bristle tip of a polishing brush into contact with the end edge of the work piece as the bristle tip passes the end edge of the work piece includes a support plate having a through hole into which the polishing brush is inserted and a suppression portion that is provided at the support plate and suppresses a deformation of the bristle tip of the polishing brush when the work piece is polished. | 01-13-2011 |
20120232822 | WELD DETECTING METHOD AND WELD DETECTING APPARATUS - A weld detecting method that detects a weld on a work includes: obtaining in advance at least one correlation, from among a correlation between a width of the neck and an amount of elongation of the work and a correlation between the width of the neck and an amount of change in at least one of a sheet thickness and a sheet width of the work before and after elongation of the work, and calculating the width of the neck based on the at least one correlation by obtaining at least one of the sheet thickness, the sheet width, or the amount of elongation of the work from the obtained at least one correlation; setting a conveying speed, according to the calculated width of the neck; and detecting the neck by measuring the sheet width of the work at predetermined intervals, while conveying the work the set conveying speed. | 09-13-2012 |
20120291923 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LAMINAR RING - Providing a method of manufacturing a laminar ring, which permits an improvement of efficiency of a nitriding treatment of a plurality of metallic band members which constitute the laminar ring. | 11-22-2012 |
20160074797 | AIR CLEANER - An air cleaner includes an upper casing, a lower casing, and a filter element, which is located inside the upper casing and the lower casing. The upper casing includes an inlet, a lower opening, and a peripheral wall, which defines the lower opening. The lower casing includes an outlet and covers the lower opening of the upper casing. A looped application surface is formed on the lower casing. The filter element is fixed to the lower casing with an adhesive applied to the application surface of the lower casing. A protrusion, which is formed on the peripheral wall of the upper casing, is inserted into the adhesive. | 03-17-2016 |
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20090152656 | SENSOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A compact sensor device having stable sensor characteristics and the production method are provided. The sensor device is formed with a sensor substrate and a pair of package substrates bonded to both surface of the sensor substrate. The sensor substrate has a frame with an opening, a movable portion held in the opening to be movable relative to the frame, and a detecting portion for outputting an electric signal according to a positional displacement of the movable portion. Surface-activated regions are formed on the frame of the sensor substrate and the package substrates by use of an atomic beam, an ion beam or a plasma of an inert gas. By forming a direct bonding between the surface-activated regions of the sensor substrate and each of the package substrates at room temperature, it is possible to avoid inconvenience resulting from residual stress at the bonding portion. | 06-18-2009 |
20090159997 | WAFER LEVEL PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A wafer level package structure, in which a plurality of compact sensor devices with small variations in sensor characteristics are formed, and a method of producing the same are provided. This package structure has a semiconductor wafer having plural sensor units, and a package wafer bonded to the semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer has a first metal layer formed with respect to each of the sensor units. The package wafer has a bonding metal layer at a position facing the first metal layer. Since a bonding portion between the semiconductor wafer and the package wafer is formed at room temperature by a direct bonding between activated surfaces of the first metal layer and the bonding metal layer, it is possible to prevent that variations in sensor characteristics occur due to residual stress at the bonding portion. | 06-25-2009 |
20090236678 | SENSOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A sensor device having small variations in sensor characteristics and improved resistance to electrical noise is provided. This sensor device has a sensor unit, which is provided with a frame having an opening, a movable portion held in the opening to be movable relative to the frame, and a detecting portion for outputting an electric signal according to a positional displacement of the movable portion, and a package substrate made of a semiconductor material, and bonded to a surface of the sensor unit. The package substrate has an electrical insulating film on a surface facing the sensor unit. The package substrate is bonded to the sensor unit by forming a direct bonding between an activated surface of the electrical insulating film and an activated surface of the sensor unit at room temperature. | 09-24-2009 |
20090267165 | WAFER LEVEL PACKAGE STRUCTURE, AND SENSOR DEVICE OBTAINED FROM THE SAME PACKAGE STRUCTURE - A wafer level package structure with a plurality of compact sensors such as acceleration sensors and gyro sensors is provided. This package structure is composed of a semiconductor wafer with plural sensor units, and a pair of package wafers bonded to both surfaces of the semiconductor wafer. Each of the sensor units has a frame having an opening, a movable portion held in the opening to be movable relative to the frame, and a detecting portion for outputting an electric signal according to a positional displacement of the movable portion. Since the semiconductor wafer is bonded to each of the package wafers by a solid-phase direct bonding without diffusion between a surface-activated region formed on the frame and a surface-activated region formed on the package wafer, it is possible to prevent that variations in sensor characteristics occur due to residual stress at the bonding interface. | 10-29-2009 |
20100219760 | LED LUMINAIRE - An LED luminaire is provided with a light emitting module composed of plural kinds of LEDs emitting lights of different colors, a lens unit having a lens for diffusing the mixed-color light from the light emitting module, a light output controller for controlling electric current fed to each of the LEDs, and a light sensor for sensing the light from the light emitting module. The light output controller performs feedback control on the electric current fed to each of the LEDs based upon light levels of the sensed light, so that the light emitted from the light emitting module has desired chromaticity. The lens unit contains a light guide for guiding the light from the lens to the light sensor and can guide the light from the light emitting module to the light sensor with a high efficiency. | 09-02-2010 |
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20100220388 | NEAR-INFRARED SHIELDING MATERIAL, LAMINATE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL FILTER FOR DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - To provide a laminate which is excellent in heat-ray shielding properties, transparency, and weatherability and is suitable for use in laminated glass; and an optical filter for display which has excellent near-infrared shielding properties and is excellent in transparency, weatherability, and display performance. | 09-02-2010 |
20120092759 | SOLAR CONTROL GLASS AND SOLAR CONTROL DOUBLE GLASS - A heat-ray shielding glass products (e.g., solar control double glass) which have excellent heat-ray shielding property, especially thermal insulation property and enhanced durability under the condition of existence of moisture (under high humidity), and which can be prepared in low cost is provided. The solar control double glass | 04-19-2012 |
20120243832 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - The optical connector in accordance with an embodiment comprises a ferrule for holding a built-in fiber to be coupled to a coated optical fiber of an optical cord, a first housing for containing the ferrule, a second housing arranged behind the first housing, and a sheath pressing member and a securing member which are mounted to the second housing. The sheath pressing member presses a sheath of the optical cord against the second housing. The securing member secures a tension fiber of the optical cord to the second housing so as to contain the sheath pressing member. | 09-27-2012 |
20120317903 | SOLAR CONTROL DOUBLE GLASS - A solar control double glass which is capable of preventing occurrence of dew condensation is provided. The solar control double glass comprises two glass plates (A), (B) superposed through a spacer | 12-20-2012 |
20130280447 | SOLAR CONTROL GLASS AND SOLAR CONTROL DOUBLE GLASS HAVING THE SOLAR CONTROL GLASS - A solar control glass, which has excellent heat-ray shielding property, especially heat-ray reflection property (thermal insulation property), and suppresses occurrence of electromagnetic interference, and which can be produced in low cost, is provided. The solar control glass | 10-24-2013 |
20140017503 | HEAT RAY-SHIELDING LAMINATE AND FILM ROLL THEREOF - Provided is a heat ray-shielding laminate having an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer and a fluoro resin layer which can be adjacent to each other which can be stored for a long period of time. A heat ray-shielding laminate | 01-16-2014 |
20140078526 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing unit, includes: an overlap portion detection unit that detects an overlap portion between plural objects from image data configured by objects expressed by geometrical information and color values; a color value calculation unit that for the overlap portion between the plural objects, calculates a color value of the overlap portion from the plural objects according to an overlap processing method of the overlap portion; an object producing unit that produces a new object from the overlap portion between the plural objects detected by the overlap portion detection unit, and the color value calculated by the color value calculation unit; and a control unit that controls the object produced by the object producing unit to be superimposed on the overlap portion between the plural objects with a knock-out method. | 03-20-2014 |
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20080229337 | DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A disk drive apparatus includes: a disk table on which a disk recording medium inserted into a disk insertion port for loading is mounted; an eject lever rotatably supported by a chassis, and having a disk holding part that holds the inserted medium; and a support lever rotatably supported by the chassis and having a disk holding part, wherein these levers are rotated between a waiting position at which the disk holding part waits for the inserted medium and a drawing position at which the medium held by the disk holding part is drawn, wherein when the eject lever and the support lever are at the waiting positions, the disk holding parts are each positioned at a position which is located more on the disk insertion port side than a centering projecting part of the disk table and is not overlapped with the insertion direction of the medium. | 09-18-2008 |
20090302495 | SOLUTION CASTING METHOD AND SOLUTION CASTING APPARATUS FOR FILM MANUFACTURE | 12-10-2009 |
20100002305 | ANTIREFLECTION FILM FOR DISPLAY AND DISPLAY USING THE FILM - An antireflection film for display comprising a transparent film | 01-07-2010 |
20100073764 | OPTICAL FILTER FOR DISPLAY, AND DISPLAY AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL PROVIDED WITH THE OPTICAL FILTER - [Problem to be Solved] To provide an optical filter for display which can be easily prepared, which is thin and light, which has excellent electromagnetic wave shielding property and antireflection property, and which scarcely suffers from occurrence of interference fringe. | 03-25-2010 |
20110265521 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector assembling method capable of preventing workability from worsening is provided. First, when assembling the optical connector, an optical cord ( | 11-03-2011 |
20140171283 | SHEET FOLDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet folding apparatus includes: a folded part forming unit that forms a folded part on the sheet by nipping a curved portion formed on a part of the sheet between an upstream first sheet conveying unit and a downstream second sheet conveying unit by holding a part of the sheet by the first sheet conveying unit and applying conveying force to the sheet to reverse the sheet upstream by the second sheet conveying unit; and a sheet leading end detection unit disposed downstream of or at almost same position as the second sheet conveying unit. The sheet is conveyed based on a detection timing of the sheet leading end detection unit such that the leading end of the sheet protrudes by a predetermined protrusion amount from the second sheet conveying unit immediately before applying conveying force to the sheet to reverse the sheet. | 06-19-2014 |
20140179504 | SHEET FOLDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet folding apparatus includes: a first sheet conveying unit; a second sheet conveying unit that is disposed downstream of the first sheet conveying unit; a folded part forming unit that forms a folded part on a sheet by nipping a turned-back portion formed on a part of the sheet between the first sheet conveying unit and the second sheet conveying unit; a second conveying path that bifurcates from the first conveying path and in which a sheet with the folded part is conveyed; and a pushing member that is movable between a pushing position at which the pushing member pushes the turned-back portion toward the folded part forming unit and a retracted position. The pushing member also serves as a changing unit that changes a direction of a leading end of the sheet that is conveyed in the first conveying path into a direction toward a second conveying path. | 06-26-2014 |
20140336031 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes: a first conveying member pair that folds a sheet; a second conveying member pair that conveys downstream the sheet folded by the first conveying member pair; and a third conveying member pair that further folds the sheet folded by the first conveying member pair. The second conveying member pair is rotatable forward and reversely when driven to convey, and is locked in one rotational direction but is rotatable in the other rotational direction when not driven. | 11-13-2014 |
20140364295 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET CONVEYING METHOD - A sheet processing apparatus includes: first to third pairs of conveying members; and a bifurcating claw that moves to a first guiding position for guiding the sheet to the second pair of conveying members, a second guiding position for guiding a deflected portion of the sheet to the third pair of conveying members, and a third guiding position for guiding a leading end of the sheet to the third pair of conveying members. The second pair of conveying members is rotated backward in a state in which the sheet is held by the first pair of conveying members and the second pair of conveying members, to guide the deflected portion to the third pair of conveying members and cause the deflected portion to be folded by the third pair of conveying members. | 12-11-2014 |
20150225201 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - A sheet processing device includes: a folder that forms a plurality of folds on a sheet such that a fold part and a part with no fold of the sheet overlap with each other; a conveyance unit that conveys the sheen on which the folds are formed by the folder; and a pressing part that presses the fold part of the conveyed sheet in which the fold part and the part with no fold overlap with each other, from a side on which the fold part is located. | 08-13-2015 |
20160060072 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes: a second conveying roller pair that receives and conveys a sheet conveyed by a first conveying roller pair; a first folding roller pair that forms a first fold on the sheet; and a first rotation unit capable of rotating the second conveying roller pair and the first folding roller pair. One roller of the second conveying roller pair and one roller of the first folding roller pair are a common roller shared therebetween. The second conveying roller pair causes the sheet to be deflected and guided to the first folding roller pair, and the first folding roller pair forms the first fold on the deflected sheet by rotating the first rotation unit in a certain direction in a state in which the sheet is held by the first conveying roller pair and the second conveying roller pair. | 03-03-2016 |
20160068359 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing device includes a conveying unit, a presser, an end detector, and a setting unit. The conveying unit conveys a sheet having a crease formed therein. The presser presses the crease in the sheet. The end detector detects an end in a conveying direction of the sheet at a position upstream of the presser in the conveying direction. The setting unit sets a crease position where the crease is to be formed. Upon detection of the end in the conveying direction, the conveying unit conveys the sheet to a position where the crease faces the presser, on the basis of the crease position set by the setting unit. The presser presses the crease in the conveyed sheet. | 03-10-2016 |
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20110138914 | ACCELERATION SENSOR - An acceleration sensor includes: a rectangular moving electrode; a pair of beams which connect to centers of two opposite sides of the moving electrode, and support the moving electrode freely swingably; and first and second fixed electrodes which are provided on one side and other side of a boundary line, respectively, and are arranged to be opposed to a front surface of the moving electrode at a predetermined interval. A straight line that connects the pair of beams to each other is taken as the boundary line. Then, on a back surface of the moving electrode, first and second recessed portions are formed on one side of the boundary line and the other side thereof, respectively. | 06-16-2011 |
20110284070 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a solar cell module and a manufacturing method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention, the solar cell module has a configuration in which in a solar cell element ( | 11-24-2011 |
20110287568 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THIN FILM SOLAR CELL - A method of manufacturing a thin film solar cell includes a bonding step of bonding a bus bar on a back face electrode layer of a solar cell string including a transparent conductive film, a photoelectric conversion layer and the back face electrode layer formed on a light-transmitting insulating substrate. The bonding step includes a first step of bonding conductive tape on the bonding surface of the bus bar that is to be bonded to the back face electrode layer, and a second step of bonding the bus bar to which the conductive tape has been bonded to the back face electrode layer of the solar cell string. | 11-24-2011 |
20120227494 | ACCELERATION SENSOR - An acceleration sensor includes a weight portion having a recess section and a solid section, beam portions, a movable electrode provided on the opposite surface of the weight portion from an open surface of the recess section to extend over the recess section and the solid section, a first fixed electrode arranged at the opposite side of the movable electrode from the recess section, and a second fixed electrode arranged at the opposite side of the movable electrode from the solid section. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration using a change in capacitance between the movable electrode and the fixed electrodes caused by rotation of the weight portion. The beam portions are shifted toward the recess section such that an angle between a perpendicular line extending from a gravity center position of the weight portion to the rotation axis and a surface of the movable electrode becomes equal to 45 degrees. | 09-13-2012 |
20120280334 | ACCELERATION SENSOR - In an acceleration sensor, a sensor unit includes a weight portion having a recess section with one open surface and a solid section one-piece formed with the recess section, beam portions for rotatably supporting the weight portion such that the recess section and the solid section are arranged along a rotation direction, a movable electrode, fixed electrodes, detection electrodes electrically connected to the fixed electrodes to detect a capacitance between the movable electrode and the fixed electrodes. A fixed plate is arranged in a spaced-apart relationship with a surface of the weight portion on which the movable electrode is provided, and embedment electrodes are embedded in the fixed plate to extend along a thickness direction of the fixed plate, the embedment electrodes having one end portions facing the movable electrode to serve as the fixed electrodes and the other end portions configured to serve as the detection electrodes. | 11-08-2012 |
20150121384 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A communication terminal has communication circuit, a processor and a storing module operable to store a plurality of application programs. The terminal includes comprising: a table that a plurality of timer times are registered, a notifying module operable to notify expiration when reaching at a timer time that is registered in the table, an executing module operable to execute at least two or more application programs when the expiration is notified by the notifying module, and an enabling module operable to enable the communication circuit when executing the application program by the executing module. Communication is performed by the at least two or more application programs while the communication circuit is being enabled. | 04-30-2015 |
20150253350 | Acceleration Sensor - An acceleration sensor includes a weight portion having a recess section and a solid section, beam portions, a movable electrode provided on the opposite surface of the weight portion from an open surface of the recess section to extend over the recess section and the solid section, a first fixed electrode arranged at the opposite side of the movable electrode from the recess section, and a second fixed electrode arranged at the opposite side of the movable electrode from the solid section. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration using a change in capacitance between the movable electrode and the fixed electrodes caused by rotation of the weight portion. The beam portions are shifted toward the recess section such that an angle between a perpendicular line extending from a gravity center position of the weight portion to the rotation axis and a surface of the movable electrode becomes equal to 45 degrees. | 09-10-2015 |
20160025768 | Acceleration Sensor - An acceleration sensor includes a weight portion having a recess section and a solid section, beam portions, a movable electrode provided on the opposite surface of the weight portion from an open surface of the recess section to extend over the recess section and the solid section, a first fixed electrode arranged at the opposite side of the movable electrode from the recess section, and a second fixed electrode arranged at the opposite side of the movable electrode from the solid section. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration using a change in capacitance between the movable electrode and the fixed electrodes caused by rotation of the weight portion. The beam portions are shifted toward the recess section such that an angle between a perpendicular line extending from a gravity center position of the weight portion to the rotation axis and a surface of the movable electrode becomes equal to 45 degrees. | 01-28-2016 |