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20100072821 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Operating speed as well as output accuracy of a D-A converter is enhanced. With a semiconductor device including unit current sources, and unit current source switches, plural current source elements constituting each of the unit current sources are disposed so as to be evenly dispersed, thereby reducing errors of the current source element, dependent on distance while the unit current source switches are concentratedly disposed in a small region, thereby mitigating delay in operation, attributable to parasitic capacitance. In addition, with the semiconductor device including R2R resistance ladders, the R2R resistance ladder is provided on the positive and the negative of each of the unit current source switches, and the respective R2R resistance ladders are shorted with each other at respective nodes on a unit current source switch-by-unit current source switch basis, are rendered identical in length, thereby cancelling out a nonlinearity error attributable to wiring parasitic resistance. | 03-25-2010 |
20120293353 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER - A temperature dependence adjustable operational amplifier circuit which suppresses a change in a gain caused by a change in an input voltage is provided. In an operational amplifier including a first input terminal and an output terminal, an operational amplifier having an inverting input terminal and a non-inverting input terminal, an input resistance circuit, and a feedback resistance circuit, each of the input and feedback resistor circuits has a resistor and a trimming resistor, which are different in temperature coefficient from each other, connected in series with each other, and a source-drain path of a MOS transistor included in the trimming resistor circuit is disposed between resistance and an inverting input terminal, and a substrate potential thereof is set to a potential of the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier. | 11-22-2012 |
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20100240241 | APPARATUS, MOUNTING STRUCTURE, INSERTING AND PULLING JIG, AND FIXING METHOD - An apparatus includes a first substrate, a first connector disposed on a top face of the first substrate, a to-be-fixed member disposed on a back face of the first substrate, a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate, a second connector disposed on the second substrate and connected to the first connector, and a fixing module disposed on the second substrate and pivoting a locking arm using a rotating shaft, wherein the to-be-fixed member is pushed by a pushing portion provided at a tip of the locking arm when the locking arm is at a first position. | 09-23-2010 |
20110286196 | FIXING MEMBER FOR FIXING BLINDFOLD PLATE AND METHOD OF FIXING BLINDFOLD PLATE - A fixing member for fixing a blindfold plate to a support post where a fixing hole is formed, the fixing member includes: a deformation portion that is attached to the blindfold plate, and is inserted in to the fixing hole while being deformed and stays in the fixing hole in a deformed condition when the blindfold plate is fixed to the support post. | 11-24-2011 |
20140319985 | MOVEMENT MECHANISM AND RACK HOUSING STRUCTURE - A movement mechanism includes: a guide member; an installation base that is movably provided on the guide member; and a removable cover base that is removably disposed, next to the installation base, on the guide member. | 10-30-2014 |
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20080209708 | Method and Device for Removing Chip of Connecting Rod - A method and a device for removing the chips of a connecting rod. The large end part of the connecting rod is placed on the step part of a pedestal, and the small end part thereof is placed on a pedestal formed of a vibration damping material. An air vibrator is energized to continuously supply compressed air to vibrate the large end part together with the pedestal until the vibrated large end part is brought into contact with a contact plate member. When chips fall from the rod body and the cap part of the connecting rod, the chips are collected to a transparent collection bag through a suction hose by a dust collector. The operations above are performed in a sound isolation box closed by a cover member. Then, the chips are separated from the broken-out sections of the rod body and the cap part by using, for example, a brush. | 09-04-2008 |
20080307872 | Device and Method for Inspecting Connecting Rod - A connecting rod inspecting device is provided with a work table for placing a connecting rod in a status where the connecting rod is positioned at a prescribed position; a slide unit for reciprocating the work table along the horizontal direction; and first to fourth distance sensors for measuring a step quantity (D) of a step part by irradiating measuring planes composed of curved surfaces with laser beams and measuring distances between the sensors and the planes irradiated with the beams. Conforming/nonconforming judgment is made by the measured step quantity (D) and a range of allowable quantities previously set. | 12-18-2008 |
20090250859 | Method and Device for Manufacture of Connecting Rod - A device for manufacturing a connecting rod comprises a fixed stage secured onto a base, a movable stage so installed as to be move close to and apart from the fixed stage, and a set of backup cylinders displacing the overall movable stage along the axial direction of the connecting rod. The set of backup cylinders are substantially simultaneously biased to displace a cap part together with the movable stage until the fractured surface of the cap part of the connecting rod abuts on the fractured surface of the rod part of the connecting rod held on the fixed stage. Consequently, the removal and release of chips produced on the mating fractured surfaces can be promoted. | 10-08-2009 |
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20090256305 | FEEDING DEVICE - In a feeding device, a first friction pad and a second friction pad are disposed on a circumferential surface of a pick roller so that a first contact area and a second contact area overlap each other. Thus, to a conveyance-target medium, which is either one of a conveyed medium and a separation-target medium, pressing forces are successively applied by the first friction pad or the second friction pad over the first contact area to the second contact area. Therefore, the conveyance-target medium, which is either one of the conveyed medium and the separation-target medium, successively receives a separation force in a total contact area wider than an area when receiving a separation force only in either one of the first contact area and the second contact area. With this, the capability of separating the conveyed medium and the separation-target medium can be increased. | 10-15-2009 |
20110133394 | FEEDING DEVICE - A feeding device includes a tray for stacking sheet-like conveyance-target media, a first pressing unit, and a second pressing unit. The first and second pressing units face and apply a first and second pressing force, respectively, on a circumferential surface of a pick roller so that a first contact area and a second contact area overlap each other. The first pressing unit includes a first pressing unit separation roller, and the first contact area is defined wherein the first pressing unit and the pick roller make contact with each other. The second contact area is defined wherein the second pressing unit and the pick roller make contact with each other such that the first contact area and the second contact appear to partly overlap each other when viewed from an axial direction of the pick roller. | 06-09-2011 |
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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20090123197 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second image bearing members on which a toner images are to be formed; a conveying member onto which the toner images are to be transferred; a conveying member position index detecting device for detecting a conveying member position index provided on the conveying member along the movement direction of the conveying member; an image bearing member position index detecting device for detecting the image bearing member position indices provided on the second image bearing member along a rotational direction of the second image bearing member; an adjusting device for adjusting a rotational speed of the second image bearing member; a controller for controlling the adjusting device so as to adjust a position of an image bearing member position index correspondingly to the conveying member position index, on the basis of detection results of the conveying member position index detecting device and the image bearing member position index detecting device; and an initializing portion for performing an initializing operation of the adjusting device when an amount of deviation between the conveying member position index and the corresponding image bearing member position index is out of a predetermined range. | 05-14-2009 |
20100142984 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a transfer portion that transfers a toner image; a conveying member that conveys a recording material; a conveying member position index sensing member that senses a conveying member position index fixed to the conveying member in the transfer portion; a toner image position index sensing member that senses a toner image position index fixed to the image bearing member in the transfer portion; a drive member that can control a position of the conveying member in a moving direction of the conveying member and a rotating speed of the conveying member; and a control portion that controls the drive member to position the conveying member position index with respect to the toner image position index reaching the transfer portion based on the sensing results of the conveying member position index and the toner image position index. | 06-10-2010 |
20100209124 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which is capable of detecting the direction and amount of an image shift in the main scanning direction without wasting toner, to thereby provide a higher-quality image with reduced running costs. A conductor is disposed such that the conductor partially overlaps an electrostatic latent image line formed on a photosensitive drum in a manner extending in a main scanning direction of the photosensitive drum, while moving relative to the electrostatic latent image line. The conductor generates induced current by the relative motion. An image shift in the main scanning direction is detected based on a result of measurement of the induced current generated by the conductor. | 08-19-2010 |
20120008995 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first drum; first code forming means for forming a first electrostatic image code outside a developing zone for a toner image; a second drum; second code forming means for forming a second electrostatic image code outside the developing zone for the toner image; a transfer belt provided with an electrostatic image recording track capable of holding the first electrostatic image code transferred from the first drum to the second drum; transferring means for applying a voltage to a side of the transfer belt which is opposite a side contactable to the first drum to transfer the first electrostatic image code onto the electrostatic image recording track; detecting means including an electroconductive member provided which is parallel with the electrostatic image code and which is spaced from a surface of the electrostatic image code of the electrostatic image recording track to be detected with a predetermined gap, and a detecting portion for detecting an induced current generated in the electroconductive member with relative movement relative to the lines of the electrostatic image code, the detecting means detecting the first electrostatic image code of the electrostatic image recording track and the second electrostatic image code of the second drum at a position of the second drum; and control means for controlling image formation on the first drum or the second drum on the basis of a detection result of the detecting means such that the toner image on the second drum is transferred onto a recording material on the transfer belt and overlaid on the toner image transferred onto the recording material from the first drum. | 01-12-2012 |
20120072025 | ROBOT APPARATUS - There is provided a robot apparatus that can rapidly obtain an ellipse indicating a stiffness characteristic, even if lengths of two links are different from each other. | 03-22-2012 |
20120107024 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes image bearing members; a belt member contacting the image bearing members; electrostatic image forming portions for forming electrostatic images on the image bearing members; developing portions for forming toner images on the basis of the electrostatic images formed on the image bearing members; a first transfer portion for transferring the toner image and an electrostatic image index; a second transfer portion for transferring the toner image onto the belt member; a first detecting portion for detecting the electrostatic image index; a second detecting portion for detecting an electrostatic image index formed on a second image bearing member; an adjusting portion for adjusting a forming operation on the belt member on the basis of outputs of the first and second detecting portions; and a belt member charging portion for electrically charging the belt member before transfer of the electrostatic image index. | 05-03-2012 |
20120269528 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A rotational speed of an image bearing member on a downstream side is controlled so as to reduce a detection time difference between a leading end section of first electrostatic latent image indexes of an image bearing member and a leading end section of second electrostatic latent image indexes of a transfer medium in an area of a leading end margin preceding an effective image area. | 10-25-2012 |
20140233989 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Electrostatic image graduations inclined by a first angle in a main scanning direction are formed on a photosensitive drum and transferred to an intermediate transfer belt, electrostatic image graduations inclined by a second angle in the main scanning direction are formed on the photosensitive drum and transferred to the intermediate transfer belt so as to overlap with the electrostatic image graduations inclined by the first angle. The electrostatic image graduations inclined by the first angle are detected by a Ch1 conducting wire having a linear conductive member inclined by the first angle in the main scanning direction of the intermediate transfer belt. The electrostatic image graduations inclined by the second angle are detected by a Ch2 conducting wire having a linear conductive member inclined by the second angle in the main scanning direction of the intermediate transfer belt. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233990 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first position information formed on an conveyance body is read by an information detecting portion, and a second position information formed on a second image carrier is read by the information detecting portion. A control is made such that a position of an image on the second image carrier matches with a position of an image on the conveyance body from information read by the information detecting portion in transferring the image from the second image carrier to the conveyance body. The information detecting portion is held by a hold member and are disposed at a transfer region. | 08-21-2014 |
20140243592 | MECHANICAL STRUCTURE OF ARTICULATED SHEATH - A sheath apparatus includes, a plurality of node rings configured to be tilted with respect to each other, each node ring defining a substantially cylindrical wall and having at least one hole passing through said cylindrical wall, the plurality of node rings being arranged next to each other along a linear axis such that consecutive node rings contact each other at a contact plane; a manipulating wire going through the holes in said stacked node rings; and a position restoring component configured to restore said stacked node rings from a tilted position to an original position, wherein said position restoring component is located inside or outside of the stacked node rings. | 08-28-2014 |
20150088161 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND TENDON-DRIVEN DEVICE - An apparatus including a tendon-driven device such as an endoscope comprising a bendable body, a tendon attached to and extending a length of said body, and an actuator that will actuate said tendon based on a control signal from a controller. The controller is configured to send said control signal to said actuator and comprises a forward-kinematic-mapping unit that estimates an angular displacement, wherein the kinematic-mapping unit is configured for: providing a tension value of the tendon to obtain a desired angular displacement wherein the tension has a nonlinear relationship with the desired angular displacement based on information of friction where the tension is greater that would be calculated without including the effect of friction. The friction coefficient may be determined as it changes over time. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090026672 | Vibration damping device equipped with rubber heat-insulating cover - A vibration damping device having a rubber heat-insulating cover wherein the rubber heat-insulating cover is formed as a separate component from a stopper member and is disposed between the stopper member and a main rubber elastic body connecting a first and second mounting member. The rubber heat-insulating cover is fixed to the stopper member with a center section of the rubber heat-insulating cover juxtaposed from an inner face side against a strike plate portion of the stopper member to be supported by the strike plate portion. With a peripheral wall section of the rubber heat-insulating cover juxtaposed from the inner face side against leg portions of the stopper member to be supported by the leg portions. A cushioning rubber is integrally formed with the center section of the rubber heat-insulating cover supported on the strike plate portion, and projects towards the first mounting member. | 01-29-2009 |
20090026675 | Vibration damping device equipped with rubber heat-insulating cover - A vibration damping device having a rubber heat-insulating cover wherein a strike plate portion and a pair of leg portions of a stopper member have detaining slots opening towards an outside, and two side walls of the detaining slot of the strike plate portion has stepped portions of notched shape disposed in its heightwise distal edge section. Center hook portions are formed on an outside face of a center section of the rubber heat-insulating cover, while outside hook portions are formed on an outside face of a peripheral wall portion of the rubber heat-insulating cover. The center hook portions are engaged with the two side walls of the detaining slot, and the outside hook portions are engaged with the two side walls of the detaining slots in the leg portions. Two end faces of the center hook portions are held in abutment against stepped faces at either end of the stepped portions in both side walls of the detaining slot. | 01-29-2009 |
20090140476 | Fluid filled type vibration damping device - A fluid filled type vibration damping device including: a partition member having a communication passage connecting a pressure receiving and equilibrium chambers; an obstructing rubber elastic plate juxtaposed against the communication passage from a pressure receiving chamber side, adapted to obstruct the communication passage, and arranged to be exposed to pressure of the pressure receiving and the equilibrium chamber at both faces; and a constraining member provided for retaining an outer peripheral section of the obstructing rubber elastic plate in contact against the partition member at multiple locations. The constraining member provides an opening/closing control member operated to induce the obstructing rubber elastic plate to push against the partition member and close off the communication passage, and to induce elastic deformation of the obstructing rubber elastic plate to be separated from the partition member. | 06-04-2009 |
20100102495 | Fluid filled type vibration damping device - A fluid filled type vibration damping device including an elastic rubber body elastically connecting an inner shaft member and an outer tube member. The elastic rubber body has a solid rubber wall that includes inside face recesses and outside face recesses respectively formed to either side of the inner shaft member in an axis-perpendicular direction so that a pair of thin portions and a pair of thick portions respectively situated in opposition along mutually orthogonal axes lying in axis-perpendicular directions are formed in the solid rubber wall. A deepest part of the inside face recesses is situated towards an axial small diameter side of the solid rubber wall with respect to an deepest part of the outside face recesses, with the inside face recesses and the outside face recesses overlapping one another in the axis-perpendicular direction of the solid rubber wall. | 04-29-2010 |
20100201053 | FLUID FILLED TYPE VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE - A fluid filled type vibration damping device including: an obstructing rubber elastic plate disposed so as to obstruct a communication aperture that connects a pressure receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber; contact retaining portions arranged on an outer peripheral edge of the rubber plate and held in contact against a partition member; an elastic deformation zone arranged circumferentially between the contact retaining portions of the rubber plate so as to undergo elastic deformation on a basis of pressure differential between the pressure receiving chamber and the equilibrium chamber to be spaced away from the partition member to cause the aperture to open up; and a non-linearizing member provided such that the elastic characteristics of the elastic deformation zone become more rigid in a non-linear manner in association with increase in an amount of its deformation. | 08-12-2010 |
20150041617 | MOUNTING MEMBER FOR VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE AND VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A mounting member for use in a vibration damping device equipped with a main rubber elastic body and a bracket, including: a fixing member configured to be fixed to the bracket; an anchoring member made of resin and configured to be anchored to the main rubber elastic body. The anchoring member is anchored to the fixing member and protrudes from the fixing member. | 02-12-2015 |
20150069686 | FLUID-FILLED VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE - A fluid-filled vibration damping device including: a pressure-receiving chamber; an equilibrium chamber; a partition member having a communication aperture through which the two chambers communicate; and an elastic rubber plate superposed to cover the communication aperture from a pressure-receiving chamber side. The elastic rubber plate includes one or more contact retaining portions that are provided on an outer peripheral edge thereof and retained in contact against the partition member, and a deformation-allowing region that is provided between circumferentially opposite ends of one or two of the contact retaining portions of the elastic rubber plate and that is elastically deformable based on pressure differential between the two chambers. A gap is formed between the deformation-allowing region and the partition member so that a communication passage is constituted by including the gap through which the two chambers communicate with each other. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090237189 | STOP LAMP SWITCH - A stop lamp switch including: an enclosure; a reed switch disposed in the enclosure; a magnet, disposed in the enclosure, a magnetic field of which opens and closes the contacts of the reed switch; an actuating shaft that is movable along an axial direction of the enclosure; a blocking member provided on the actuating shaft, that moves with the movement of the actuating shaft, between a first position, at which the magnetic field from the magnet directed toward the first reed switch is blocked, and a second position, at which the blocking of the magnetic field from the magnet directed toward the first reed switch is no longer blocked. | 09-24-2009 |
20090239116 | ASSEMBLY FOR FUEL CELL, FUEL CELL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FUEL CELL - Disclosed is a fuel cell wherein deterioration of fuel cell performance due to dry up phenomenon and flooding phenomenon is suppressed. Specifically disclosed is an assembly for fuel cells or a fuel cell wherein a catalyst layer contains a first composite catalyst particle containing a catalyst supporting particle and a solid polymer electrolyte and a second composite catalyst particle having a larger volume average particle diameter than the first composite catalyst particle and arrangement of the first composite catalyst particle and the second composite catalyst particle is controlled in the thickness direction of the catalyst layer. Consequently, deterioration of fuel cell performance due to dry up phenomenon or flooding phenomenon can be suppressed, thereby realizing a fuel cell with high efficiency. | 09-24-2009 |
20110215660 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A motor-generator which is a rotating electrical machine is provided with a coil end cover and a plurality of connecting wires. The coil end cover forms a cooling oil passage around a coil end portion and a cooling oil passage around a coil end portion, and a cooling oil communicating passage that communicates the cooling oil passage with the cooling oil passage on the inside of the stator core. The plurality of connecting wires are provided in the cooling oil passage. The direction in which the cooling oil flows in the cooling oil passage is the same as the direction in which the connecting wires extend at an angle from the radial outside to the radial inside of the stator core. The flowrate of cooling oil in the cooling oil passage is set larger than the flowrate of cooling oil in the cooling oil passage. | 09-08-2011 |
20110278974 | ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION MEMBER FOR STATOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electric power distribution member for stator is a member for connecting a plurality of coils to one another, each having coil opposing end portions located on an inner circumferential side and on an outer circumferential side in a radial direction of a stator, and it includes a plurality of conductor pieces and a plurality of insulating holding portions. The conductor piece has a first connection end portion in a flat plate shape connected to an inner circumferential side end portion of a coil and a second connection end portion in a flat plate shape connected to an outer circumferential side end portion of another coil. In addition, the insulating holding portion integrally holds adjacent conductor pieces at a distance from each other at a portion other than the opposing connection end portions of each conductor piece. The insulating holding portions are arranged in a manner discrete from one another. | 11-17-2011 |
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20100237554 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A movable component which can be moved between a protruding position in which the movable component protrudes from the outer chute into a curved path toward an inner chute so as to be able to contact the recording medium and a retracted position in which the degree of protrusion of the movable component from the outer chute into the curved path is smaller than the degree of protrusion in the protruding position, and the movable component is moved from the protruding position to the retracted position at a timing on or after a first timing and before a second timing. | 09-23-2010 |
20120081491 | Liquid Ejecting Device - A liquid ejecting device includes first and second housings. The first housing is movable between a proximity position and a separated position with respect to the second housing, and accommodates a liquid ejecting head. The first housing includes a cover attached to the first housing and movable with respect to the head between a protection position for the head and a retreat position, and a movement mechanism which causes the cover to move with the movement of the first housing. The movement mechanism includes a hole formed in the second housing, and an intermediate member including a protrusion movable along the hole with the movement of the cover. In the separated position, the protrusion abuts the hole in both directions in which force to move the cover between the retreat position and the protection position is applied so that the side walls restrict movement of the protrusion. | 04-05-2012 |
20120249709 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus, including: a support portion; a recording portion; a first casing; a second casing; a positioning mechanism: a restricting mechanism configured to be selectively placed in one of: a restricted state in which a pivotal movement of the second housing is restricted; and a non-restricted state in which the pivotal movement of the second housing is not restricted, and an interlocking mechanism configured to move one of a guide pin and a guide hole in conjunction with the restricting mechanism, such that the guide pin and the guide hole are selectively placed at one of: an engaged state in which the guide pin and the guide hole engage each other when the restricting mechanism is in the restricted state; and a non-engaged state in which the guide pin and the guide hole do not engage when the restricting mechanism is in the non-restricted state. | 10-04-2012 |
20130027465 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a conveyor mechanism conveying a recording medium in a conveying direction; a plurality of liquid ejection heads each having an ejection face from which a liquid is ejected and arranged in the conveying direction; a support member opposed to the ejection face and supporting the recording medium; a first suction mechanism which has a first suction opening located between two of the plurality of liquid ejection heads adjacent to each other in the conveying direction, and which sucks air via the first suction opening; and at least one first contact member located between the two liquid ejection heads in the conveying direction and contactable with a recording face of the recording medium at a position closer to the support member than the first suction opening in a direction perpendicular to the ejection face. | 01-31-2013 |
20130027490 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a recording portion; a medium-supply portion; a support member for supporting a recording medium while facing the recording portion; a conveyor mechanism including a conveyance guide and a conveyor roller; a first housing accommodating the recording portion; and a second housing accommodating the medium-supply portion, the support member, and the conveyor mechanism. The first housing is pivotable about a pivot shaft with respect to the second housing. The conveyance guide includes a guide portion disposed downstream of the conveyor roller and upstream of the recording portion and having an inclined guide face. The guide portion is opposed to the recording portion in the second direction with a clearance therebetween. The recording portion is configured to pass through a space corresponding to the clearance when the first housing is pivoted between the ejection position and the distant position. | 01-31-2013 |
20140091517 | TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A transport apparatus includes: a guide surface which extends in a transport direction for transporting a medium and which is configured to guide the medium to be transported; a first roller which is a driving roller for transporting the medium; a second roller which is a driven roller arranged to face the first roller; and a roller support member which rotatably supports the second roller and which is configured to be pivotable about a support shaft perpendicular to an axis of a rotational shaft of the second roller between a first position and a second position. | 04-03-2014 |
20140240429 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording section and a transport mechanism, which has a guide surface, a driving roller, and a driven spur. A length X (mm) of a front end surface of the driven spur and an angle Y of the driven spur are configured to be within a first area surrounded by a mathematical expression 1 which is X>0, a mathematical expression 2 which is Y>0, a mathematical expression 3 which is Y=40.1X+1.6, a mathematical expression 4 which is Y=−9.0X+5.6, a mathematical expression 5 which is Y=−12.1X+6.0, and a mathematical expression 6 which is Y=−14.7X+7.1. | 08-28-2014 |
20140354747 | Liquid Ejecting Device - A liquid ejecting device includes a first housing movable between a proximity position and a separated position and which accommodates a liquid ejecting head. The first housing includes a cover attached to the first housing and movable with respect to the head between a protection position for the head and a retreat position, and a movement mechanism which causes the cover to move in accordance with the movement of the first housing. The movement mechanism includes a hole formed in a second housing, and an intermediate member including a protrusion movable along the hole in accordance with the movement of the cover. In the separated position, the protrusion abuts on the hole with respect to both directions in which force to move the cover between the retreat position and the protection position is applied so that the movement of the protrusion is restricted by the side walls. | 12-04-2014 |
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20080302184 | ACCELERATION SENSOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - First and second semiconductor layers are attached to each other with an insulation layer sandwiched therebetween. An acceleration sensor device is formed in the first semiconductor layer. A control device for controlling the acceleration sensor device is formed on the second semiconductor layer. Through holes are formed in the second semiconductor layer, and an insulation layer is formed to cover the wall surfaces of the through holes. Through interconnections are formed within the through holes for electrically connecting the acceleration sensor device and the control device to each other. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain an acceleration sensor having excellent detection accuracy while having a reduced size, and a fabrication method thereof. | 12-11-2008 |
20090166623 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first interconnection is formed along a groove of a substrate and on a bottom surface of the groove, and has a first thickness. A second interconnection is electrically connected to the first interconnection and has a second thickness larger than the first thickness. An acceleration sensing unit is electrically connected to the second interconnection. A sealing unit has a portion opposed to the substrate with the first interconnection therebetween, and surrounds the second interconnection and the acceleration sensing unit on the substrate. A cap is arranged on the sealing unit to form a cavity on a region of the substrate surrounded by the sealing unit. Thereby, airtightness of the cavity can be ensured and also an electric resistance of the interconnection connected to the acceleration sensing unit can be reduced. | 07-02-2009 |
20110042811 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, electrodes separated from each other and extending from a first main surface in the direction of depth of the semiconductor substrate, and an interconnect portion coupling the electrodes to each other and extending from the first main surface in the direction of depth of the semiconductor substrate without passing through the semiconductor substrate. One of the electrodes is a through electrode passing through the semiconductor substrate to reach a second main surface. For semiconductor devices having through electrodes and vertically stacked on each other, the interconnect portion serves to enhance the degree of design freedom. | 02-24-2011 |
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20080198307 | Liquid crystal display and electronic appliance - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can provide a display with high contrast in both the transmissive mode display and the reflective mode display as a transflective liquid crystal display, and an electronic appliance provided therewith. The liquid crystal display can include a liquid crystal layer of a nematic liquid crystal with positive anisotropy of dielectric constant held between a pair of substrates in accordance with the present invention is characterized in that areas used for the display in the liquid crystal layer includes individual areas having at least two kinds of different liquid crystal layer thickness, the individual areas of different liquid crystal layer thickness are either a reflective display unit or a transmissive display unit, a reflective means is disposed on the reflective display unit, and a transparent resin layer is formed in a portion except a portion corresponding to the transmissive display unit. | 08-21-2008 |
20080273155 | Liquid crystal device, projection type display and electronic equipment - The invention provides a reflection type liquid crystal device, and a projection type display and electronic equipment in which display defects caused by disclination are reduced, minimized or prevented from being produced for a highly fine liquid crystal display with a space between pixels made to be narrow to make it possible to provide a high-contrast and bright display. A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate, and a first electrode and a second electrode formed on a face of the above-described second substrate on a side of the above-described liquid crystal layer. The above-described first electrode and the above-described second electrode are formed so that an electric field substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate with respect to the above-described liquid crystal layer can be applied thereto. The above-described first electrode is formed in a linear shape having a specified line width on the above-described second electrode with a second insulation film interposed therebetween. The above-described second electrode is formed in a rectangular shape, and at least one of the above-described first electrode and the above-described second electrode is a reflecting electrode that causes incident light coming from a direction of the above-described first substrate. | 11-06-2008 |
20090051631 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optic device of a field sequential mode includes an electro-optic panel including a plurality of pixels and forming an image by controlling ON and OFF of the plurality of pixels; and a light source unit radiating a first color light and a second color light to the pixels of the electro-optic panel, wherein one frame time for forming one screen image in the electro-optic panel is divided into a plurality of fields including a first field and a second field, the light source unit radiating the first color light during the first field and radiating the second color light during the second field, wherein in the electro-optic panel, a first image which is related to the first color light is formed in the first field, and a second image which is related to the second color light is formed in the second field, and wherein the plurality of pixels of the electro-optic panel is not turned ON during two or more fields of one arbitrary frame time. | 02-26-2009 |
20090219456 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates that sandwiches a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules exhibiting a parallel alignment in an initial alignment state, and a polarizing plate disposed on either side of the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal molecules are inclined at a pretilt angle and aligned in a predetermined direction in planes of the substrates. The liquid crystal panel emits light entering through one of the polarizing plates toward the other. The liquid crystal panel emits light having the maximum intensity in a direction different from a direction normal to the substrates. The azimuth of the maximum-light-intensity direction projected onto the planes of the substrates is substantially parallel to the predetermined direction. The maximum-light-intensity direction is a direction inclined from the direction normal to the substrates toward a direction in which the maximum-light-intensity direction form a right angle with a longitudinal direction of the liquid crystal molecules inclined at the pretilt angle. | 09-03-2009 |
20100066952 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes: a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between a pair of substrates; a color filter layer has a first coloration layer for transmitting a first light and a second coloration layer for transmitting a second light; first electrodes has a first pixel electrode disposed on a first sub-pixel region corresponding to a planar region of the first coloration layer and a second pixel electrode disposed on a second sub-pixel region corresponding to a planar region of the second coloration layer; and second electrodes each of which faces each first electrode. Any one electrode of each first electrode and each second electrode has a plurality of band-like portions which are arranged at predetermined intervals. A layer thickness of the liquid crystal layer, a width of each band-like portion, and the predetermined intervals within the first sub-pixel region are smaller than they within the second sub-pixel region. | 03-18-2010 |
20110051029 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION IMAGING APPARATUS - A display device includes a display panel, and a prism that is installed on a display face of the display panel and has an inclination face inclined from the display face. An inclination angle of the inclination face of the prism with respect to the display face is set such that an output angle of display light output from the display face and transmitted through the prism is equal to or more than a small angle of an incident angle and a reflection angle of sunlight with respect to the inclination face based on a normal line of the display face. | 03-03-2011 |
20110181801 | REFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR - A reflective liquid crystal projector according to the aspect of the invention includes a light source, a reflective liquid crystal panel, and a wire grid polarization beam splitter element. The wire grid polarization beam splitter element is provided with a polarization beam split surface that reflects a first polarized light component and transmits a second polarized light component. The reflective liquid crystal projector also includes a projection optical system that projects the first polarized light component, and an aperture stop that is disposed on an optical path of the light beam emitted from the light source. The aperture stop limits the amount of first light more than that of second light. The first light is divergent from the reflective liquid crystal panel to the polarization beam split surface. The second light is divergent from the reflective liquid crystal panel to the polarization beam split surface. | 07-28-2011 |
20110194057 | REFLECTION TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A reflection type liquid crystal device has: a liquid crystal cell held between a pair of substrates and an optical compensation plate disposed outside the pair of substrates. The optical compensation plate has a first optical axis along the thickness direction thereof. The liquid crystal cell has a pretilt at which a second optical axis of a liquid crystal molecule of the liquid crystal cell is inclined with respect to a plate surface of the liquid crystal cell. The optical compensation plate is tiltable in a first direction in which a standard angle becomes larger, wherein the standard angle is defined as an acute angle between the first optical axis and the second optical axis when the optical compensation plate is located parallel to the plate surface of the liquid crystal cell. | 08-11-2011 |
20120229715 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes an illumination optical system capable of emitting first light and second light of a wavelength longer than that of the first light; a first liquid crystal panel constituted so as to include a first liquid crystal layer and capable of modulating the first light emitted from the illumination optical system; a second liquid crystal panel constituted so as to include a second liquid crystal layer having a transition temperature from a liquid crystal phase to an isotropic phase higher than that of the first liquid crystal layer and capable of modulating the second light emitted from the illumination optical system; a projection optical system projecting the first light modulated by the first liquid crystal panel and the second light modulated by the second liquid crystal panel; and a cooling mechanism for cooling the first liquid crystal layer. | 09-13-2012 |
20140253820 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates that sandwiches a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules exhibiting a parallel alignment in an initial alignment state, and a polarizing plate disposed on either side of the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal molecules are inclined at a pretilt angle and aligned in a predetermined direction in planes of the substrates. The liquid crystal panel emits light entering through one of the polarizing plates toward the other. The liquid crystal panel emits light having the maximum intensity in a direction different from a direction normal to the substrates. The azimuth of the maximum-light-intensity direction projected onto the planes of the substrates is substantially parallel to the predetermined direction. The maximum-light-intensity direction is a direction inclined from the direction normal to the substrates toward a direction in which the maximum-light-intensity direction form a right angle with a longitudinal direction of the liquid crystal molecules inclined at the pretilt angle. | 09-11-2014 |
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20090068209 | Cytotoxic Lymphocyte - The present invention relates to a T lymphocyte having an activity to induce a T lymphocyte recognizing an antigen and a technique to use the T lymphocyte. | 03-12-2009 |
20110256114 | T-CELL RECEPTOR AND NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING THE RECEPTOR - A polypeptide comprising a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 of Sequence Listing or a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence having deletion, addition, insertion or substitution of one to several amino acid residues in the sequence, the polypeptide being capable of constituting an HLA-A24-restricted, MAGE-A4 | 10-20-2011 |
20120238012 | CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE - The present invention relates to a T lymphocyte having an activity to induce a T lymphocyte recognizing an antigen and a technique to use the T lymphocyte. | 09-20-2012 |
20130115199 | T-CELL RECEPTOR AND NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING THE RECEPTOR - A polypeptide comprising a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 of Sequence Listing or a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence having deletion, addition, insertion or substitution of one to several amino acid residues in the sequence, the polypeptide being capable of constituting an HLA-A24-restricted, MAGE-A4 | 05-09-2013 |
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20100061821 | Insert for Drill, Drill and Method of Cutting Work Material - An insert for a drill, a drill using the insert for a drill, and a method of cutting a work material are provided. The insert has an insert main body provided with a top surface and a side surface, a first cutting edge being formed on one side of an intersection part between the top surface and the side surface, a second cutting edge being formed on the other side of the intersection part between the top surface and the side surface, and being intersected with a virtual extension of the first cutting edge or the first cutting edge so as to have an outward convexity when viewed from above, a first breaking groove being formed in a concave shape along the first cutting edge in the top surface and having a maximum groove width at an end portion of the first cutting edge adjacent to the second cutting edge, and a second breaking groove being formed in a concave shape along the second cutting edge in the top surface and having a maximum groove width at an end portion of the second cutting edge adjacent to the first cutting edge. | 03-11-2010 |
20100166514 | Throwaway Drill, Insert of Throwaway Drill and Cutting Method Using the Same - A throwaway drill, an insert provided on the throwaway drill, and a cutting method using the same. The throwaway drill has a throwaway drill holder including an inner edge insert pocket having a seat, formed on a central axis side of a tip end of a drill main body, and an outer edge insert pocket having a seat, formed on the outer peripheral side of the tip end; an inner edge insert fixed to the seat of the inner edge insert pocket; and an outer edge insert fixed to the seat of the outer edge insert pocket. When viewed from the tip end side of the drill main body, the inner cutting edge of the inner edge insert includes: a first inner cutting edge provided on the central axis side of the drill main body, being parallel to at least part of the outer cutting edge of the outer edge insert; and a second inner cutting edge provided on the outer peripheral side of the drill main body, being inclined to the seat of the inner edge insert pocket in a direction toward the outer peripheral side, with respect to the first inner cutting edge. | 07-01-2010 |
20100296884 | DRILL - A holder of the present invention has a first insert pocket and a second insert pocket at the tip end thereof. The first insert pocket is located closer to the central axis thereof than the second insert pocket. The axial rake of the first insert pocket is larger than the axial rake of the second insert pocket. | 11-25-2010 |
20100329804 | Cutting Insert for Drill, Drill, and Method of Cutting Using the Same - A cutting insert for a drill of the present invention comprises an upper face having a first side and a second side respectively disposed on both sides of a first corner portion, a bottom face corresponding to the upper face, and a side face located between the upper face and the bottom face. The insert has a first cutting edge formed along the first side, and a second cutting edge formed along the second side. The side face has a first region corresponding to the first cutting edge, a second region corresponding to the second cutting edge, and a third region corresponding to the first corner portion. The third region has an upper region which is adjacent to the first corner portion and disposed toward the upper face, and a lower region located below the upper region. An inclination angle θ3 of the lower region to the bottom face is larger than each of an inclination angle θ1 of the first region to the bottom face and an inclination angle θ2 of the second region to the bottom face. A drill comprising the insert, and a method of cutting using the same are provided. | 12-30-2010 |
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20110047958 | TURBINE GENERATOR SYSTEM - Provided is a turbine generator system capable of sufficiently lubricating a bearing without impeding heat transmissibility of an evaporator and a condenser. The turbine generator system comprises a turbine power generation unit including a generator and a turbine for driving the generator, an evaporator which receives heat from a heat source and supplies the working medium in a vapor phase containing a lubricant to the turbine power generation unit, a condenser which condenses the working medium which has flowed through the turbine a medium feeding pump which raises a pressure of the condensed working medium and feeds the working medium to the evaporator, and a feeding passage through which the working medium extracted from the evaporator is supplied to bearings in the turbine power generation unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110162367 | WASTE HEAT RECOVERY TURBINE SYSTEM - Provided is a waste heat recovery turbine system capable of lowering the temperature of hot water returned to a heat source and of suppressing a steaming phenomenon in a preheater without changing the flow rate of a heating medium flowing through an evaporator. The waste heat recovery turbine system comprises a turbine | 07-07-2011 |
20130220578 | SPRAYING TUBE DEVICE AND HEAT EXCHANGER USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a spraying tube device capable of, even in a case where a spray solution having low latent heat is used in a falling film type evaporator, uniformly spraying the spray solution to a heat-transfer tube, and a heat exchanger using the spraying tube device. The spraying tube device includes: a spraying tube configured to eject a spray solution M upward through ejection holes arranged along a tube axis C; a cover arranged above the spraying tube and configured to receive the ejected spray solution M and cause the spray solution M to flow through a space S between the cover and the spraying tube to flow downward on an outer surface of the spraying tube, and fins configured to uniformize in a tube axis C direction a distribution of the spray solution M having flowed downward from the cover. | 08-29-2013 |
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20110080654 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a zoom lens system including: in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; an aperture stop; and a second lens unit, in which the first lens unit includes a first-a lens unit having a positive refractive power and a first-b lens unit having a negative refractive power which moves along an optical axis in focusing, the first-b lens unit includes at least one negative lens and at least one positive lens, and the following conditional expression is satisfied: 0.020<θgF | 04-07-2011 |
20110164324 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit, a stop, and a second lens unit. The first lens unit includes a first negative lens having a meniscus shape and a negative refractive power at a position closest to the object side and a negative lens Gn having a negative refractive power at a position closer to the image side than the first negative lens. The second lens unit includes a positive lens Gp having a positive refractive power. A material of each of the negative lens Gn and the positive lens Gp satisfies the following condition: | 07-07-2011 |
20120013996 | OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING FISHEYE ZOOM LENS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. The optical system satisfies: 1.70≦Yt/Yw≦2.5, Y=2×f×sin(θ/2))(85°≦θ≦90°), and 3.45≦bfw/|f1|≦7, where fw is the shortest focal length, ft is the longest focal length, f is an arbitrary focal length that satisfies fw≦f≦ft, θ is an angle between the optical axis and a principal ray of an off-axis light flux incident upon a lens surface closest to the object, Y is a formed image height of a ray incident at the angle θ, Yw is the largest image height at the shortest focal length, Yt is the largest image height at the longest focal length, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, and bfw is a back focus at the shortest focal length. | 01-19-2012 |
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20110065267 | Plasma Doping Method and Plasma Doping Apparatus - In order to realize a plasma doping method capable of carrying out a stable low-density doping, exhaustion is carried out with a pump while introducing a predetermined gas into a vacuum chamber from a gas supplying apparatus, the pressure of the vacuum chamber is held at a predetermined pressure and a high frequency power is supplied to a coil from a high frequency power source. After the generation of plasma in the vacuum chamber, the pressure of the vacuum chamber is lowered, and the low-density plasma doping is performed to a substrate placed on a substrate electrode. Moreover, the pressure of the vacuum chamber is gradually lowered, and the high frequency power is gradually increased, thereby the low-density plasma doping is carried out to the substrate placed on the substrate electrode. Furthermore, a forward power Pf and a reflected power Pr of the high frequency power supplied to the substrate electrode are sampled at a high speed, and when a value of which the power difference Pf-Pr is integrated with respect to time reaches a predetermined value, the supply of the high frequency power is suspended. | 03-17-2011 |
20110081787 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - With evacuation of interior of a vacuum chamber halted and with gas supply into the vacuum chamber halted, in a state that a mixed gas of helium gas and diborane gas is sealed in the vacuum chamber, a plasma is generated in a vacuum vessel and simultaneously a high-frequency power is supplied to a sample electrode. By the high-frequency power supplied to the sample electrode, boron is introduced to a proximity to the substrate surface. | 04-07-2011 |
20130022759 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - With the evacuation of an interior of a vacuum chamber halted and with gas supply into the vacuum chamber halted, in a state that a mixed gas of helium gas and diborane gas is sealed in the vacuum chamber, a plasma is generated in a vacuum vessel and simultaneously a high-frequency power is supplied to a sample electrode. By the high-frequency power supplied to the sample electrode, boron is introduced to a proximity to a substrate surface. | 01-24-2013 |
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20080245088 | Air conditioner - In an air conditioner for a vehicle, a blower of a blower unit includes a double-axial motor having a rotation axis positioned approximately in a vehicle top-bottom direction, a pair of centrifugal fans located at two sides of the double-axial motor in an axial direction, and a pair of scroll casings in which the centrifugal fans are accommodated, respectively. The two air outlet portions are arranged in the vehicle top-bottom direction, and are adjacent to be joined to an air inlet portion of the air conditioning unit, substantially as a single air outlet. Furthermore, the two air outlet portions are located approximately at the same height position as that of the air passing portion of the cooling heat exchanger, and have a height dimension (H | 10-09-2008 |
20090117841 | Air conditioner for vehicle - In a vehicle air conditioner, first and second downstream side passages are provided in an air conditioning case to guide air to a defroster opening and a foot opening, respectively. A switching door is capable of switching between a partition position for partitioning the first downstream side passage and the second downstream side passage from each other, and a communication position for establishing communication between the first downstream side passage and the second downstream side passage. An air outlet mode switching device is capable of switching between a foot mode and a foot/defroster mode. In the foot mode, the air outlet mode switching device causes both the foot door and defroster door to be opened and causes the first switching door to be set at the partition position. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a problem due to an air outlet mode door with a small opening degree. | 05-07-2009 |
20090250194 | Air conditioner for vehicle use - Both an air mixing door ( | 10-08-2009 |
20110162409 | Air conditioning system for vehicle - A driving apparatus for an air conditioning system has a first and a second electrical actuators for driving air control doors, wherein the first and second actuators are accommodated in a common housing so that they are modularized to each other. The driving apparatus further has a third electrical actuator for driving another air control door, wherein the third actuator is provided at a position separated from the housing. Driving circuits for the first to third actuators are formed on a single IC chip or on a single electrical circuit board. The driving circuits formed on the IC chip or the electrical circuit board is accommodated in the housing for the first and second actuators. | 07-07-2011 |