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20140077377 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, the semiconductor device in the embodiment has an assembly substrate, a semiconductor chip, and a jointing layer. The semiconductor chip is joined to the assembly substrate via the jointing layer. An intervening diffusion barrier layer may be interposed between the chip and jointing layer. The jointing layer is an alloy layer mainly made of any metal selected from Sn, Zn and In or an alloy of Sn, Zn and In, and any metal selected from Cu, Ni, Ag, Cr, Zr, Ti and V or an alloy of any metal selected from Cu, Ni, Ag, Cr, Zr, Ti and V and any metal selected from Sn, Zn and In, where the alloy has a higher melting temperature than that of Sn, Zn and In or an alloy of Sn, Zn and/or In. | 03-20-2014 |
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20110002872 | FATTY ACID METAL SALT FOR FORMING ULTRAFINE METAL PARTICLES - A fatty acid metal salt used for forming ultrafine metal particles satisfying at least one of that: | 01-06-2011 |
20110003924 | MASTER BATCH, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MOLDING ARTICLES THEREOF - A master batch for use in forming ultrafine metal particles serving as an adsorptive material, a method of producing the same, and a method of molding an article containing ultrafine metal particles by using the master batch. The master batch comprises a thermoplastic resin and a metal organoate contained therein, the metal of the metal organoate being selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, Au, In, Pd, Pt, Fe, Ni, Co, Zn, Nb, Sn, Ru and Rh. Adsorption performance is not expressed by the master batch but is expressed by an article molded by blending the resin with the master batch. | 01-06-2011 |
20110028313 | ADSORPTIVE COMPOSITION AND ADSORPTIVE MOLDED ARTICLE - An adsorptive composition comprising a composition that contains at least one kind of fatty acid metal salt of any one of Ni, Cu or Co and ultrafine metal particles having a plasmon absorption over 300 to 700 nm. The adsorptive composition has an excellent effect of adsorbing both amine-type smelling components and sulfur-containing smelling components. | 02-03-2011 |
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20090178460 | GAS AMOUNT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A gas amount measuring device including a vacuum container, a first pipe, an air release valve being attached to the first pipe, a second pipe, a calibration gas generator being attached to the first pipe, a third pipe, a vacuum gauge, a first valve, a leak valve, a second valve, a turbomolecular pump, a third valve, and a roughing pump being attached to the third pipe in order from a vacuum container side, a first bypass pipe connecting the third pipe between the vacuum container and the first valve to the third pipe between the leak valve and the second valve, a fourth valve being attached to the first bypass pipe, and a second bypass pipe connecting the third pipe between the leak valve and the second valve to the third pipe between the third valve and the roughing pump, a fifth valve being attached to the second bypass pipe. | 07-16-2009 |
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20090117469 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a closest-packed cubic structure of oxygen, the lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a composition represented by the formula (1): | 05-07-2009 |
20090239150 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A Ni-containing positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is formed of secondary particles each constituted by aggregated primary particles. In cross sections of the secondary particles, a total cross-sectional area of part of the primary particles at least partially exposed at the surfaces of the secondary particles is at least 40% of a total cross-sectional area of the primary particles constituting the secondary particles. | 09-24-2009 |
20100068624 | NICKEL HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a lithium nickel composite oxide, is produced by baking a nickel hydroxide having a mean primary particle size of 1 to 5 μm and a DBP absorption amount of 10 to 30 mL/100 g and a lithium compound in an oxidizing atmosphere. This lithium nickel composite oxide is excellent in packing characteristics and power characteristics (particularly high-rate characteristics), and useful as a positive electrode active material of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. | 03-18-2010 |
20100112447 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material includes a composite oxide containing lithium and metal M other than lithium, and M contains Ni, Mn, and Co. The molar ratio of Ni to the total of Ni, Mn, and Co is from 0.45 to 0.65, and the molar ratio of Mn to the total of Ni, Mn, and Co is from 0.15 to 0.35. The positive electrode active material has a pressed density under a compression of 60 MPa of 3.3 g/cm | 05-06-2010 |
20110250499 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, including lithium composite oxide particles containing nickel, manganese and cobalt, the lithium composite oxide particles being a layered compound having a hexagonal crystal structure, and exhibiting a powder X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by using CuKα radiation at 25° C. in which a maximum peak within a range of 2θ=44° to 45° is present at 2θ=44.4° to 45°. Also disclosed is a lithium ion secondary battery including: a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material is the above positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery. | 10-13-2011 |
20120231327 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SAME, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY PRODUCED USING SAME - At the time of synthesis of lithium nickelate, by adding a firing aid to material to be fired, crystal growth is promoted at a temperature that is lower than a firing temperature necessary for obtaining desired crystal growth of lithium nickelate, and substitution of elements that contribute to structural stability in crystals is promoted. Furthermore, distortion of crystal or loss of oxygen at the time of synthesis is suppressed. Thus, a lithium ion secondary battery having excellent charge and discharge characteristics and cycling characteristics can be provided. | 09-13-2012 |
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20120161069 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND USE THEREOF - A positive electrode active material provided in the present invention is characterized in that it is substantially formed of a lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide and that a molar content ratio (Ni | 06-28-2012 |
20120248388 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND USE THEREOF - The present invention discloses a method for producing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery constituted by a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese complex oxide with a lamellar structure, the method including: (1) a step of preparing a starting source material for producing the complex oxide including a lithium supply source, a nickel supply source, a cobalt supply source, and a manganese supply source; (2) a step of pre-firing the starting source material by heating at a pre-firing temperature that has been set to a temperature lower than 800° C. and higher than a melting temperature of the lithium supply source; and (3) a step of firing the pre-fired material obtained in the pre-firing step by raising a temperature to a temperature range higher than the pre-firing temperature. | 10-04-2012 |
20130047721 | METHOD OF EVALUATING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A method of evaluating a positive electrode active material has a density ratio-determining step of determining a ratio of an apparent density Da of the positive electrode active material to a theoretical density Db of the positive electrode active material. For example, when the positive electrode active material contains no closed space in the positive electrode active material, such as closed pores of the positive electrode active material, the ratio (Da/Db) of the apparent density Da of the positive electrode active material to the theoretical density Db of the positive electrode active material will be a value close to 1; however, the more the closed space such as the closed pores exists in the positive electrode active material, the smaller the ratio (Da/Db). Thus, the ratio (Da/Db) can serve as an indicator for measuring the degree of density of the positive electrode active material. | 02-28-2013 |
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20100032301 | ALUMINUM ALLOY MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An aluminum alloy member includes a main body including an aluminum alloy serving as a base material, and an electrolytic oxidation ceramic coating coated at a portion of a surface of the main body and including a most outer layer and an inner layer which is arranged close to the main body relative to the most outer layer, the inner layer in which an aluminum oxide is richer than the most outer layer, the most outer layer in which a volume of a titanium oxide or a total volume of the titanium oxide and a zirconium oxide is richer than the inner surface. | 02-11-2010 |
20130015072 | ALUMINUM ALLOY MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An aluminum alloy member includes a main body including an aluminum alloy serving as a base material, and an electrolytic oxidation ceramic coating coated at a portion of a surface of the main body and including a most outer layer and an inner layer which is arranged close to the main body relative to the most outer layer, the inner layer in which an aluminum oxide is richer than the most outer layer, the most outer layer in which a volume of a titanium oxide or a total volume of the titanium oxide and a zirconium oxide is richer than the inner surface. | 01-17-2013 |
20130327289 | ENGINE AND PISTON - An engine includes a cylinder block having a bore, a piston fitted into the bore so as to form a combustion chamber and to be able to reciprocate, a cylinder head for closing the combustion chamber and having valve bores communicating with the combustion chamber, and valves for opening and closing the valve bores. A heat insulating coating is applied on a wall face of at least one of the piston, the cylinder head, and the valves and facing the combustion chamber. The heat insulating coating includes resin and a plurality of hollow nanoparticles embedded in the resin, smaller in diameter than a thickness of the heat insulating coating, and smaller than or equal to 500 nanometers in size. | 12-12-2013 |
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20130183780 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE - A method for producing a semiconductor optical device includes a first etching step of etching a stacked semiconductor layer with a first mask to form a stripe-shaped optical waveguide, the stripe-shaped optical waveguide including first and second stripe-shaped optical waveguides formed on first and second regions of a substrate, respectively; a step of forming a second mask on the stacked semiconductor layer with the first mask left; and a second etching step of etching the stacked semiconductor layer on the first region with the first and second masks. The second mask has a pattern for forming a mesa structure and includes an opening including first and second opening edges remote from side surfaces of the first stripe-shaped optical waveguide. The mesa structure is formed of the first stripe-shaped optical waveguide in the second etching step. The second stripe-shaped optical waveguide formed in the first etching step has a ridge structure. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183784 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICE - A method for producing an integrated optical device includes the steps of growing, on a substrate including first and second regions, a first stacked semiconductor layer, a first cladding layer, and a side-etching layer; etching the first stacked semiconductor layer through a first etching mask formed on the first region; selectively growing, on the second region, a second stacked semiconductor layer and a second cladding layer; growing a third cladding layer and a contact layer on the first and second stacked semiconductor layers; and forming a ridge structure. The step of etching the first stacked semiconductor layer includes a step of forming an overhang between the first cladding layer and the first etching mask. The step of forming a ridge structure includes first, second, and third wet-etching steps in which the third cladding layer, the side-etching layer and the first and second cladding layers are selectively etched, respectively. | 07-18-2013 |
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20130341648 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first layer of a first conductivity type made of silicon carbide is formed. A second layer of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type positioned on the first layer, and a third layer of the first conductivity type positioned on the second layer are formed. The step of forming second and third layers includes the steps of performing impurity ion implantation, and performing heat treatment for activating impurities implanted by the impurity ion implantation. After the step of performing heat treatment, a trench having a side wall penetrating the third layer and the second layer and having a bottom reaching the first layer is formed. A gate insulating film to cover the side wall of the trench is formed. As a result, a silicon carbide semiconductor device having a low ON resistance is provided. | 12-26-2013 |
20140057424 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A silicon carbide substrate is prepared which has a main surface covered with a silicon dioxide layer. In the silicon dioxide layer, an opening is formed by etching. In the opening, a residue resulting from the etching is on the silicon carbide substrate. The residue is removed by plasma etching in which only an inert gas is introduced. After removing the residue, under heating, a reactive gas is supplied to the silicon carbide substrate covered with the silicon dioxide layer having the opening formed therein. In this way, a trench is formed in the main surface of the silicon carbide substrate. | 02-27-2014 |
20140070830 | MEASURING DEVICE, MEASURING METHOD, AND ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD INCLUDING MEASURING METHOD - A measuring device includes: a probe applying a voltage to an electrode of an element; and a supplying member supplying an insulating liquid to a contact portion between the electrode and the probe via a surface of the probe. Accordingly, the insulating liquid can be securely supplied to the contact portion between the electrode and the probe via the surface of the probe positioned relative to the electrode. | 03-13-2014 |
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20120216382 | METHOD OF INSTALLING JET PUMP BEAM - A method of installing a jet pump beam includes, disposing an inlet mixer having one end portion inserted to a diffuser provided in a reactor pressure vessel and an other end portion communicated with a riser pipe disposed in the reactor pressure vessel between a pair of projecting portions of a transition piece provided to the riser pipe, separately inserting both end portions of a jet pump beam disposed above the inlet mixer into a groove formed in each of the pair of projecting portions, arching the jet pump beam by moving a center portion of the jet pump beam upward, pushing a screw member engaged with the arched jet pump beam against the inlet mixer, and measuring deflection amount of the arched jet pump beam when the screw member is being pushed against the inlet mixer. | 08-30-2012 |
20120281800 | Method of Checking Installed State of Jet Pump Beam - A jet pump beam (hereinafter, referred to as a beam) is fitted into a pair of projecting portions installed to a transition piece, and after the beam is arched, a beam bolt engaged with the beam is tightened. An end of the beam bolt comes in contact with a top surface of an insert member fitted into an elbow disposed between the pair of projecting portions. An ultrasonic sensor head is fixed to the beam bolt, and ultrasonic waves are sent to the beam bolt from the ultrasonic sensor in the ultrasonic sensor head. An ultrasonic measuring apparatus obtains echo intensity of each of reflected waves generated at the end of the beam bolt and a bottom surface of the insert member, and based on the echo intensities, an echo intensity ratio R is calculated. The installed state of the beam is checked using the echo intensity ratio R. | 11-08-2012 |
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20090191456 | BATTERY PACK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A battery pack has a battery obtained by packing a battery element with a packing member. The battery element is formed by winding or laminating an anode and a cathode through separators. The battery pack includes frame member surrounding the packing member packing the battery element and a coating layer constituted of a curable resin formed on surfaces of the packing member which are surrounded and demarcated by the frame member. | 07-30-2009 |
20090315520 | BATTERY PACK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A battery pack includes one or more cell blocks in which one or more secondary battery cells are connected in series and/or in parallel, and a control section for measuring a voltage of the one or more cell blocks to detect an abnormality of a cell block on the basis of a measurement result. The control section calculates a time differential of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks on the basis of the measured voltage, extracts a first time differential which is maximum and a second time differential which is minimum from the time differentials of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks, and determines that a cell block corresponding to the second time differential is abnormal in a case where a difference between the first time differential and the second time differential is less than a prescribed value. | 12-24-2009 |
20110269010 | SEPARATOR, BATTERY USING THE SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEPARATOR, MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE - A separator includes a porous body, and a particle membrane that is formed on at least one principal surface of the porous body. The particle membrane is made of inorganic particles, and has a void formed therein by the inorganic particles. The particle membrane has a porosity that is non-uniform in the thickness direction thereof. | 11-03-2011 |
20120146586 | BATTERY PACK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A battery pack includes one or more cell blocks in which one or more secondary battery cells are connected in series and/or in parallel, and a control section for measuring a voltage of the one or more cell blocks to detect an abnormality of a cell block on the basis of a measurement result. The control section calculates a time differential of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks on the basis of the measured voltage, extracts a first time differential which is maximum and a second time differential which is minimum from the time differentials of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks, and determines that a cell block corresponding to the second time differential is abnormal in a case where a difference between the first time differential and the second time differential is less than a prescribed value. | 06-14-2012 |
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20090213201 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method including: forming a liquid receiving particle layer on an intermediate transfer member using a liquid receiving particle that is capable of receiving a recording liquid including a recording material; forming an image of the recording material on a surface of the liquid receiving particle layer by applying a liquid droplet of the recording liquid to the liquid receiving particle layer on the basis of image data and holding the recording material on the surface of the liquid receiving particle layer on the intermediate transfer member; applying a transfer auxiliary liquid in at least a portion of a formation range of the image; and transferring the liquid receiving particle layer to which the recording liquid is applied to a transfer receiving member from the intermediate transfer member, such that the image is interposed between the transfer receiving member and the liquid receiving particle layer is provided. | 08-27-2009 |
20100066771 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a supply unit that supplies liquid recipient particles to receive liquid; a conveyance unit that conveys the liquid recipient particles supplied by the supply unit; a discharge unit that discharges liquid droplets to the liquid recipient particles conveyed by the conveyance unit; a humidity reducing unit that reduces relative humidity inside or around the supply unit; and a humidity increasing unit, on a downstream side of the supply unit, that increases relative humidity around at least one of the liquid recipient particles conveyed by the conveyance unit and the discharge unit. | 03-18-2010 |
20100079511 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid droplet ejecting device including a liquid droplet ejecting head; a liquid storage unit that stores a liquid; a first flow path and a second flow path that connect the liquid droplet ejecting head and the liquid storage unit, the second flow path connecting with the first flow path in the liquid droplet ejecting head; a bypass flow path connected with the first flow path and the second flow path; a liquid feed unit provided between the liquid storage unit and a connecting portion of the bypass flow path and the first flow path, and circulating the liquid in the liquid droplet ejecting head and the liquid storage unit, and a pressure control unit provided at the bypass flow path, and controlling pressure of the liquid flowing through the bypass flow path from the first flow path side to the second flow path side. | 04-01-2010 |
20100091076 | DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A droplet discharge apparatus includes a droplet discharge head which discharges droplets; a liquid retention unit which is configured such that a liquid surface of a liquid retained in the liquid retention unit is located below the droplet discharge head, the liquid retention unit including an atmosphere open port; a liquid channel which couples the droplet discharge head and the liquid retention unit; a liquid tank in which the liquid is retained, the liquid tank being sealed; a liquid inflow channel which couples the liquid retention unit and the liquid tank, an inflow port of the liquid inflow channel in the liquid retention unit being located below the atmosphere open port; a liquid sending channel which couples the liquid tank and the droplet discharge head; and a pump which sending the liquid in the liquid tank to the droplet discharge head. | 04-15-2010 |
20120007902 | LIQUID SUPPLY CONTROLLER, LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND LIQUID SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A liquid supply controller includes a liquid circulation controller that includes supply and recovery units of a liquid droplet discharge unit, and that circulates liquid according to a differential pressure between the supply unit and the recovery unit, a back pressure setting unit that sets a back pressure that is a discharge pressure based on supply and recovery pressures set by the liquid circulation controller, a circulation amount obtaining unit that obtains a flow rate of the liquid circulated; a judging unit that judges whether or not the obtained flow rate is a proper value, and a differential pressure adjusting unit that adjusts the differential pressure while maintaining the back pressure within an allowable range when it is judged that the flow rate is not the proper value. | 01-12-2012 |
20130002772 | LIQUID SUPPLY MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid supply mechanism includes: a supply pathway that supplies liquid to a plurality of ejection sections each ejecting the liquid from nozzles; a branching path that is branched off from the supply pathway and through which the liquid circulates; a buffer unit that is disposed in the branching path and that lessens pressure fluctuations occurred in the liquid in the branching path; and a changing unit that changes a pathway to the buffer unit so that the changing unit shuts the pathway to the buffer unit during maintenance for discharging the liquid from the nozzles of the ejection sections. The liquid discharged during the maintenance is greater in quantity than the liquid discharged during normal operation. | 01-03-2013 |
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20130089665 | SELF-LIMITING REACTION DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND SELF-LIMITING REACTION DEPOSITION METHOD - A self-limiting reaction deposition apparatus includes a first guide roller, a second guide roller, and at least one first head. The first guide roller changes, while supporting a first surface of a base material conveyed by a roll-to-roll process, a conveying direction of the base material from a first direction to a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction. The second guide roller changes, while supporting the first surface of the base material, the conveying direction of the base material from the second direction to a third direction that is not parallel to the second direction. The at least one first head is disposed between the first guide roller and the second guide roller, faces a second surface opposite to the first surface of the base material, and discharges, towards the second surface, a raw material gas for self-limiting reaction deposition. | 04-11-2013 |
20140342189 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a magnetic recording medium including a base; a seed layer; a foundation layer; and a recording layer, the seed layer being disposed between the base and the foundation layer, having an amorphous state, including an alloy containing Ti, Cr and O, a percentage of Ti being 30 atomic % to 100 atomic % based on a total amount of Ti and Cr contained in the seed layer, and a percentage of O being 15 atomic % or less based on a total amount of Ti, Cr and O contained in the seed layer. Also, a production method thereof is provided. | 11-20-2014 |
20150014158 | MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATION APPARATUS AND SPUTTERING APPARATUS - Provided is a magnetic field generation apparatus including: two or more main magnetic pole portions configured to generate a main magnetic field; one or more secondary magnetic pole portions including a plurality of first divisional magnets obtained by a division, that generate a secondary magnetic field for adjusting the generated main magnetic field; and a yoke portion including one or more first yokes opposing the plurality of first divisional magnets in correspondence with the one or more secondary magnetic pole portions. | 01-15-2015 |
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20100024629 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENSURING SECURE USE OF MUSIC PLAYING DATA FILES - A system, apparatus, or method extracts a music playing data file from a given musical work resource such as an electronic music score data file, a printed sheet of music and an audio signals of a musical performance, to be utilized for playing music automatically by means of a tone generator device. The extracted music playing data file is encrypted using an encryption key to be stored in a storage device or to be transmitted to an automatic music playing apparatus. The stored or the transmitted music playing data file is decrypted beforehand to be used for automatic music playing. After the decrypted music playing data file has been utilized, the decrypted music playing data file is deleted from the system so that no unencrypted data file remains in the system. | 02-04-2010 |
20130077447 | DISPLAYING CONTENT IN RELATION TO MUSIC REPRODUCTION BY MEANS OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INDEPENDENT OF MUSIC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A music reproduction apparatus includes: a reproduction section for reproducing user-selected music piece data; a generation section for generating control information including music piece information identifying a music piece reproduced by the reproduction section and reproduced position information indicative of a currently-reproduced position; a modulation section for outputting, on the basis of the generated control information, an audio signal of a predetermined frequency band for carrying the control information; and an output section for transmitting to outside the audio signal generated by the modulation section. An information processing apparatus stores a plurality of sets of displaying content, receives the audio signal, demodulates the control information from the received audio signal to extract the music piece information and reproduced position information, identifies displaying content from the extracted music piece information, and displays a part of the identified displaying content in accordance with the extracted reproduced position information. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079910 | UPDATING MUSIC CONTENT OR PROGRAM TO USABLE STATE IN COOPERATION WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC AUDIO APPARATUS - A storage section stores therein one or more sets of music content and/or function executing programs, at least a part of the sets of music content and/or function executing programs being set in a non-usable state at least in an initial state. An audio signal containing additional information is received from an external electronic audio apparatus, and a determination is made as to whether the additional information satisfies a predetermined condition. If the additional information satisfies the predetermined condition, any of the sets of music content and/or function executing programs, stored in the storage section, that is currently set in the non-usable state is updated to a usable state. A model of the external electronic audio apparatus is identified, and any of the sets of music content and/or function executing programs that corresponds to the identified model is updated to the usable state. | 03-28-2013 |
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20110200343 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable belt; an image forming station for forming an image on a belt or on a recording material carried on a belt in a region opposing the belt; a first detector, provided in one of upstream and downstream sides of the region with respect to a rotational direction of the belt, for detecting a position of the belt with respect to a widthwise direction; a second detector, provided in the other of upstream and downstream sides of the region with respect to a rotational direction of the belt, for detecting a moving direction in the region; a steering roller, disposed in the one side with respect to the rotational direction, for correcting a position of the belt with respect to the widthwise direction by inclining; a first controller for controlling an inclination of the steering roller on the basis of an output of the first detector; an adjusting roller, provided in the other of the sides with respect to the rotational direction, for adjusting the moving direction in the region; and a second controller for controlling an operation of the adjusting roller on the basis of an output of the second detector. | 08-18-2011 |
20110206392 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable belt member; an image forming station for forming an image on the belt member or a recording material carried on the belt member in a region opposing the belt member; first detecting means for detecting a position of the belt member with respect to a widthwise direction of the belt member; a first steering roller for correcting the position of the belt member with respect to the widthwise direction by inclination; first controller for controlling an inclination of first steering roller on the basis of an output of the first detecting means; second detecting means for detecting the position of the belt member; a second steering roller for correcting the position of the belt member with respect to the widthwise direction by inclination; calculating means for calculating such an amount of inclination of the second steering roller that a movement distance of the belt member is not more than a predetermined value in a state that an inclination of first steering roller is set to a predetermined value; and second controller for controlling the inclination of the second steering roller in accordance with an output of the second detecting means with the amount of inclination calculated by the calculating means being a median value. | 08-25-2011 |
20110217090 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a rotatable belt member for carrying a toner image transferred from the image bearing member or for carrying a recording material carrying a toner image transferred from the image bearing member; a rotatable supporting roller for stretching the belt member; a steering roller for stretching the belt member and for moving the belt member in a widthwise direction by inclining operation; detecting means for detecting a position of the belt member with respect to the widthwise direction; first control means, responsive to an output of the detecting means, for controlling an amount inclining operation of the steering roller to control a force of moving the belt member in the widthwise direction; and second control means, responsive to an output of the detecting means, for controlling an amount inclining operation of the steering roller to displacing the belt member in the widthwise direction. | 09-08-2011 |
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20120148299 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a belt member; a first drum for bearing a toner image to be transferred onto the belt member; a second drum, provided downstream of the first drum with respect to a rotational direction of the belt member, for bearing a toner image to be transferred onto the belt member; a first steering portion, provided upstream of the first drum with respect to the rotational direction of the belt member, for controlling a widthwise position of the belt member; and a second steering portion, provided downstream of the second drum with respect to the rotational direction of the belt member, for controlling the widthwise position of the belt member with a delay of a movement time of the belt member from the first drum to the second drum. | 06-14-2012 |
20120328337 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum; an image forming device for forming a toner image on the drum; an endless belt; first and second rollers supporting the belt; a first sensor for detecting a widthwise position of the belt; a first displacing device for displacing the first roller in accordance with an output of the first sensor; a second sensor for detecting a widthwise position of the belt; a second displacing device for displacing the second in accordance with an output of the second sensor; an adjuster for adjusting first and second reference positions such that a tangent line direction of the drum at a position at which the drum contacts the belt is parallel with a moving direction the belt. | 12-27-2012 |
20140099135 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT TRANSFERS TONER IMAGE ONTO SHEET - An image forming apparatus capable of accurately forming an image in a predetermined position on a sheet. An image forming unit forms a toner image on a drum. The toner image is transferred onto a belt. A motor drives the belt to convey the toner image to a transfer position where the toner image is transferred onto a sheet. An image position-detecting section detects that a patch image indicating the position of the toner image on the belt has reached a detection position upstream of the transfer position in an image conveying direction. A sheet position-detecting section detects that the leading edge of the sheet has reached a detection position upstream of the transfer position in a sheet conveying direction. An image speed-setting section controls the conveying speed of the belt based on timings of detection by the respective image position-detecting and sheet position-detecting sections. | 04-10-2014 |
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20090153781 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - In a transflective liquid crystal display device including a transmission display portion and a reflection display portion, a dichroic ratio of a polarizing layer contained in a reflection region is increased to enhance display performance. The liquid crystal display device includes: the transmission display portion and the reflection display portion which are formed for each pixel; a reflective layer formed in the reflection display portion; a first substrate having a principal surface opposed to a liquid crystal layer; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate via the liquid crystal layer; and a polarizing layer formed above the reflective layer via an underlying layer thereof on the principal surface of the first substrate. The polarizing layer is made of chromonic liquid crystalline molecules, and an interface between the polarizing layer and the underlying layer has one of a siloxane structure and a silazane structure. | 06-18-2009 |
20100002173 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Manufacturing Method for Same - An object of the present invention is to increase the dichroic ratio of the built-in polarizing layer in reflective regions so that the display performance improves in a semi-transmission type liquid crystal display device having a transmissive display portion and a reflective display portion. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates which face each other with a liquid crystal layer in between, where a transmissive region and a reflective region are formed in each pixel on the above described first substrate, as well as: a reflective layer formed in the above described reflective region on the above described first substrate; a polarizing layer formed on the above described first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side of the above described reflective layer from chromonic liquid crystal molecules; a pixel electrode formed on the above described first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side of the above described reflective layer and electrically connected to a source electrode of a thin film transistor; and a protective layer formed in the reflective region between the above described polarizing layer and the above described pixel electrode which makes contact with the above described polarizing layer. | 01-07-2010 |
20100259708 | POLARIZATION ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal cell ( | 10-14-2010 |
20110007243 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel including: a first substrate on which a plurality of drain lines and a plurality of gate lines are formed, the plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of drain lines; a second substrate which is arranged opposite to the first substrate via a liquid crystal; and an optical anisotropic film formed on a side of one of the first substrate and the second substrate, the side not being in contact with the liquid crystal; in which a region surrounded by the plurality of drain lines and the plurality of gate lines serves as a pixel region, in which the optical anisotropic film is formed of molecules which chemically bond to one of the first substrate and the second substrate in an aligned state. | 01-13-2011 |
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20110058128 | Liquid crystal display apparatus - An E-type polarizing layer is provided between a pair of orthogonally oriented O-type polarizing layers, and alternatively, an O-type polarizing layer and an E-type polarizing layer which are oriented orthogonal to each other are provided. When a liquid crystal layer has a slow axis, the E-type polarizing layer is disposed so that an absorption axis thereof is orthogonal to the slow axis. Therefore, a liquid crystal display device having a wide viewing angle is realized in which a contrast ratio is improved by suppressing a light leakage occurring when observed from an oblique direction. | 03-10-2011 |
20110194052 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND THIN FILM POLARIZER USED FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display device which includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a thin film polarizer which is directly formed on a surface of the second substrate on a side opposite to the first substrate, the thin film polarizer includes a polarization element film and a protection layer which is laminated to the polarization element film, the polarization element film is made of an aligned lyotropic liquid crystal material, and the protection layer has a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the polarization element film in a transmission axis direction. The protection layer may have a thickness smaller than a thickness of polarization element film. | 08-11-2011 |
20120021143 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device capable of improving the contrast ratio and having a polarizing layer formed by applying shear stress to a material containing a dye having a lyotropic liquid crystallinity to align the molecule of the dye, wherein the display device has an underlayer film forming a base for the polarizing layer, the molecule of the dye has a sulfo group, and the underlayer film comprises a material having a basic surface functional group. | 01-26-2012 |
20120257156 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with first and second electrodes, and a second substrate disposed to be opposite to the first substrate via a liquid crystal layer. Regions of pixels each having the first and second electrodes are arranged in a matrix, and the liquid crystal layer is driven by an electric field in an in-plane direction of the first substrate, applied between the first and second electrodes. A step difference is formed at an opposite side of the first substrate for each of the pixel regions. The first or second electrode includes a wall-shaped electrode formed at a side wall surface of the step difference and a planar electrode formed from an edge of the wall-shaped electrode along the main surface of the first substrate. The wall-shaped electrode and the planar electrode are electrically connected to each other. | 10-11-2012 |
20130016314 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICEAANM ITOU; OsamuAACI HitachiAACO JPAAGP ITOU; Osamu Hitachi JPAANM Hiratsuka; TakatoAACI ChibaAACO JPAAGP Hiratsuka; Takato Chiba JP - A liquid crystal display device having a second substrate and a first substrate that is placed so as to face the above-described second substrate with pixel regions aligned in a matrix is provided with: protrusions that are formed on pixel boarders and protrude from the second substrate on the liquid crystal side; first electrodes made of sidewall electrodes formed on sidewalls of protrusions and a lower end side electrode extending from the sidewall electrodes on the bottom side; and second electrodes made of a first linear electrode formed within a pixel region and a second linear electrode that is formed on the second substrate and faces the first linear electrode. | 01-17-2013 |
20130033653 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a liquid crystal display device including a first capacitive electrode and a second capacitive electrode. Among the capacitive electrodes, a side edge portion of the first capacitive electrode formed in a level, which is closer to the liquid crystal layer, on the side of the pixel display portion is formed so as to be further retreated than a side edge portion of the second capacitive electrode formed in a level, which is further from the liquid crystal layer, on the side of the pixel display portion. A second convex formed in a region overlapping with a corner and a side edge portion of the retreating region or a region between a side edge portion of the retreating region and the other capacitive electrode and extending in a shorter-side direction of the pixel is further provided. | 02-07-2013 |
20130323997 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a method of manufacturing a display device that includes a structure formed so as to protrude at least in a normal direction of a first substrate, and an electrode formed in a side wall surface of the structure, the method including: forming a transparent conductive film for the electrode; forming a low-affinity material having a low affinity for a resist film on an upper surface of the transparent conductive film formed in a head surface of the structure; forming a resist film by applying a liquid resist material to an upper layer of the transparent conductive film and then fixing the resist material; forming an opening that exposes the transparent conductive film in the resist film by removing the low-affinity material; etching the transparent conductive film which is a lower layer using the resist film as a protective film; and removing the resist film. | 12-05-2013 |
20140036209 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device having wall structures, the generation of low-temperature shock bubbles is suppressed. Also, electrodes and the like within substrates are prevented from being damaged during manufacturing. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wall structures that are formed on the first substrate, pixel electrodes that are disposed on at least side wall of the wall structures, a common electrode that is formed on the first substrate, and a plurality of pixels including the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, in which higher portions are partially disposed on a surface of the second substrate, and the higher portions come into contact with the wall structures to bring the first substrate into contact with the second substrate. | 02-06-2014 |
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20120229356 | HORIZONTAL RADIATION ANTENNA - This disclosure provides a horizontal radiation antenna. The antenna includes a back-surface-side grounded conductor plate on a back surface of a substrate, a radiation element to which a coplanar line is connected on the front surface of the substrate, and a passive element closer to an end portion side of the substrate than the radiation element. A front-surface-side grounded conductor plate is provided at a substantially same height as the radiation element with respect to a thickness direction of the substrate, and a conductive wall surface capable of reflecting a high-frequency signal radiated from the radiation element is provided between the front-surface-side grounded conductor plate and the back-surface-side grounded conductor plate. | 09-13-2012 |
20120242547 | ANTENNA DEVICE - A chip antenna is mounted on a mother substrate including a feed line. In a representative embodiment, the chip antenna includes a laminated body including plural insulating layers, a radiating conductor element, a parasitic conductor element, a coupling adjusting conductor plate, and a LGA. The radiating conductor element is connected to the feed line via a first flat electrode pad of the LGA. On the other hand, the coupling adjusting conductor plate is provided between the radiating conductor element and the parasitic conductor element, and both end sides of the coupling adjusting conductor plate are connected to second and third flat electrode pads of the LGA. Another representative embodiment does not include a coupling adjusting conductor plate in the laminated body and includes an LGA that may or may not include second and third flat electrode pads. | 09-27-2012 |
20120287019 | WIDEBAND ANTENNA - This disclosure provides a wideband antenna including a feed line, a ground conductor plate and a radiating conductor element connected to the feed line and facing the ground conductor plate at a distance from the ground conductor plate. A parasitic conductor element is provided on a side opposite to the ground conductor plate as viewed from the radiating conductor plate and is insulated from these plates. A coupling adjusting conductor plate is positioned between the radiating conductor element and the parasitic conductor element, is configured to adjust an amount of coupling between them, overlaps an area where the radiating conductor element and the parasitic conductor element overlap, and straddles the radiating conductor element in a direction orthogonal to the direction of a current I that flows therein. Both end sides of the coupling adjusting conductor plate are electrically connected to the ground conductor plate via via-holes. | 11-15-2012 |
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20080225477 | Electronic device and housing - The invention provides an electronic device that is environment-friendly and capable of achieving satisfactory noise prevention effect at low cost, and a housing implementing such electronic device. The housing has an electronic circuit disposed therein, and includes a component exposure section in which part of a conductive component disposed in the housing is exposed outward, a plate section made of a conductive material having a predetermined thickness, and spreading at a distance from the component exposure section, and a bridge section with the overall thickness thereof larger than the thickness of the plate section, extending along the component exposure section and electrically connecting the plate section and the conductive component. | 09-18-2008 |
20090033344 | Resistance measurement method and component inspection process - In a first step, two conductive plates such as two zinc galvanized (electroplated) steel plates with films formed on surfaces thereof, are prepared; a flexible conductive material is held between these two zinc galvanized (electroplated) steel plates. A spacer is also held between the two zinc galvanized (electroplated) steel plates to regulate the space therebetween and a measurement object such as a conductive cloth is held between the flexible conductive material and at least one of the zinc galvanized (electroplated) steel plates. In a second step, the electric resistance between the two zinc galvanized (electroplated) steel plates is measured while the flexible conductive material is held together with the measurement object between the two conductive plates. | 02-05-2009 |
20090061686 | Connector and information processing apparatus - The present invention provides a connector in which countermeasures against external noise and radiation noise are taken, and an information processing apparatus having such a connector, which suppresses both the external noise and radiation noise. The connector is disposed at an opening formed in an outer face of an information processing apparatus such that the connector does not project from the outer face, a shield cable being connected to the connector from the opening. An end face on the side of the opening is made of an insulative material. The connector includes a signal terminal which connects a signal line of the shield cable and a processing circuit of the information processing apparatus with each other and which is provided at a location other than the end face, and a shield conductor which connects a shield of the shield cable and a ground of the information processing apparatus with each other and which is provided at a location other than the end face. | 03-05-2009 |
20090147494 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SLOT - An electronic device includes a casing having an opening, a cover that covers the opening, a slot connector provided on a board arranged in the casing, and a conducting member that is provided at the slot and that electrically connects the printed circuit board to the cover. | 06-11-2009 |
20100079961 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A printed circuit board includes an insulation layer and a wiring layer with a wiring pattern, which are alternately laminated; and a noise reduction element on a wiring between a connector and a wiring pattern in any one of wiring layers, wherein, when viewed from a surface of the printed circuit board, the wiring pattern includes an area overlapping with the wiring between the connector and the noise reduction element and does not overlap with a wiring pattern that does not include the area. | 04-01-2010 |
20120079443 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD DESIGN ASSISTING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printed circuit board design assisting device includes a frame ground extraction section that extracts a ground pattern that is provided in a surface layer of a printed circuit board and that is to be connected to a metal component from design data on the printed circuit board stored in a design data storage section to store information for specifying the ground pattern in a data storage section, an electrostatic discharge determination section that performs a determination as to electrostatic discharge for the ground pattern specified from the information stored in the data storage section to store a determination result in a determination result storage section, and an output section that outputs the determination result stored in the determination result storage section. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084034 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING DESIGN CHECK PROGRAM, DESIGN CHECK APPARATUS, AND DESIGN CHECK METHOD - A design check method executed by a computer includes determining a countermeasure component provided in a certain range from a terminal of a reference component, determining whether a terminal of the determined countermeasure component is electrically connected to the terminal of the reference component, and determining that the countermeasure component is suitably mounted when the terminal of the determined countermeasure component that is electrically connected to the terminal of the reference component is at least within the certain range. | 04-05-2012 |
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20130241572 | SHIELD INSPECTION DEVICE AND SHIELD INSPECTION METHOD - A grouping unit groups closely arranged wirings to be protected from among a plurality of wirings to be protected by means of a shield and arranged on a circuit board. A division unit divides, for each of the grouped groups, a region around the group on the circuit board into a plurality of divided regions. A determination unit determines the existence of a shield for each of the divided regions. | 09-19-2013 |
20130326452 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING FOR NOISE SUPPRESSION DESIGN CHECK - A computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process for information processing comprising: performing, for a plurality of noise countermeasure design checks for a plurality of nets provided on a substrate, an initial noise countermeasure design check on each of the plurality of nets in an execution order determined, when one of the checks is passed, on the basis of other noise countermeasure design checks that may be skipped; and performing, if it is determined on the basis of at least a check result of a noise countermeasure design check which has been performed immediately before a corresponding check that there is a next noise countermeasure design check that may not be skipped in the execution order, the next noise countermeasure design check for each of the plurality of nets. | 12-05-2013 |
20140284093 | SUPPORT APPARATUS, VIA ADDING METHOD, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A design support apparatus includes: an area identifying unit configured to identify a target area where a via is to be added in a printed circuit board; a determining unit configured to determine a starting point for starting a search for a location of the via in the target area; and a searching unit configured to move a search point along a path in an intersecting direction that intersects a radial direction around the starting point while moving the search point in the radial direction and to determine whether the via is to be added at a moved search point. | 09-25-2014 |