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20130118428 | VALVE OPENING AND CLOSING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve opening and closing time control apparatus includes;
| 05-16-2013 |
20130312679 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A variable valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotating member, an driven-side rotating member, a cam shaft, a control valve switching supply and discharge of a working fluid relative to an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, an advanced angle-side oil passage, a retarded angle-side oil passage, a spider provided with a first oil passage and a second oil passage, a seal mechanism partitioning between at least one of the first oil passage and the second oil passage, and an outside space, and the seal mechanism allows air to come in the at least one of the first oil passage and the second oil passage in a case where pressure inside the at least the one of the first oil passage and the second oil passage is lower than air pressure of the outside space. | 11-28-2013 |
20130319357 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, a fluid chamber, an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a fluid control mechanism, a first intermediate lock mechanism configured to selectively lock a relative rotation phase of the driven-side rotation member relative to the driving-side rotation member at a first intermediate lock phase and release a locked state of the relative rotation phase at the first intermediate lock phase, a most retarded angle lock mechanism configured to selectively lock the relative rotation phase at a most retarded angle lock phase and release a locked state of the relative rotation phase at the most retarded angle lock phase, and a second intermediate lock mechanism configured to selectively lock the relative rotation phase at a second intermediate lock phase and release a locked state of the relative rotation phase at the second intermediate lock phase. | 12-05-2013 |
20140076250 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, a fluid chamber, an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a fluid control valve portion controlling supply and discharge of fluid relative to each of the advanced angle chamber and the retarded angle chamber, an accumulator accumulating a portion of fluid supplied to the fluid control valve portion from a pump at a fluid storage portion during an operation of an internal combustion engine and supplying fluid accumulated at the fluid storage portion to the fluid control valve portion at a start of the internal combustion engine, and a supply flow passage connecting the pump, the fluid control valve portion, and the accumulator in series. The accumulator includes a relief control valve portion configured to maintain a pressure of fluid accumulated at the fluid storage portion equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. | 03-20-2014 |
20140076254 | VALVE OPENING-CLOSING TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve opening-closing timing control apparatus includes a partition portion partitioning a fluid pressure chamber into an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a phase control portion controlling a rotational phase of a driven-side rotational member relative to a driving-side rotational member, a lock mechanism including a lock member and a lock recess for locking the rotational phase at a predetermined phase, a lock control portion switching the lock mechanism between a locked state and an unlocked state by supplying and discharging a pressurized fluid to and from the lock recess, a phase controlling supply passage supplying the pressurized fluid to the advanced angle chamber and the retarded angle chamber, a lock controlling supply passage supplying the pressurized fluid to the lock recess, and a one-way valve blocking the pressurized fluid supplied to the lock controlling supply passage from flowing into the phase controlling supply passage. | 03-20-2014 |
20140283769 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes a variable valve timing control apparatus including a driving-side rotating member rotating about a rotary axis by rotational force transmitted from a crankshaft, a driven-side rotating member including at least one fluid pressure chambers partitioned and formed with at least one advanced angle chambers and at least one retarded angle chambers and integrally rotating with a camshaft for opening and closing a valve, and a lock mechanism configured with a lock member provided at one of the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotary member to be engageable and disengageable with a recessed portion formed at the other of the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotary member, and an engine control unit for stopping the internal combustion engine to position a portion where the lock mechanism is formed below a virtual line passing through the rotary axis when the internal combustion engine is stopped. | 09-25-2014 |
20140283771 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes a lift amount adjusting apparatus, a valve opening-closing timing control apparatus, a first assist portion, a second assist portion, and an engine control portion. The engine control portion performs a lift amount adjustment control controlling the lift amount adjusting portion to reduce a push force that the valve applies on the camshaft when the camshaft rotates in a case where the engine control portion receives start information of the internal combustion engine, controls the phase changing portion thereafter to change the relative rotational phase toward the advanced angle direction or toward the retarded angle direction on a basis of a predetermined condition, controls the lift amount adjusting portion thereafter to make the lift amount reach a predetermined amount corresponding to the predetermined condition, and drives a starter motor of the internal combustion engine thereafter. | 09-25-2014 |
20150059671 | CONTROL VALVE - A control valve includes a valve case, a spool accommodated in the valve case, an electromagnetic solenoid operating the spool along a spool axis extending in a longitudinal direction, the valve case including a pump port, an advanced angle port, a retarded angle port, and an unlocking port, the spool being operated to at least five positions, and a lock control fluid passage formed inside the spool in an attitude along the spool axis, the lock control fluid passage allowing the fluid from the pump port to be supplied only to the unlocking port irrespective of the position of the spool when the spool is operated to any one of the positions at which the fluid is supplied from the pump port to the unlocking port. | 03-05-2015 |
20150059899 | CONTROL VALVE AND ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF CONTROL VALVE - A control valve includes a spool formed with a fluid passage allowing a circulation of an operation fluid for switching a supply of the operation fluid to plural operation fluid supply portions, a cylindrical sleeve including plural supply and exhaust ports supplying and exhausting the operation fluid to and from the plural operation fluid supply portions and plural drain ports allowing the operation fluid returning from the plural operation fluid supply portions to drain, the sleeve slidably accommodating the spool therein, a solenoid mechanism for changing a position of the spool relative to the sleeve, and a communication portion formed on an outer periphery surface of the sleeve, the communication portion connected to plural drain ports. | 03-05-2015 |
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20120229968 | CONNECTING COMPONENT FOR CONNECTING A DISPLAY PANEL TO A CABINET - The instant application describes a display device including a display panel; a cabinet configured to house the display panel; a spacer disposed inside of the cabinet between a back wall of the cabinet and a back portion of the display panel; and a fastening component configured to secure the back wall of the cabinet to the back portion of the display panel by penetrating through the back wall of the cabinet and the spacer and resting in an aperture provided in the back portion of the display panel. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229988 | DISPLAY PANEL - Disclosed is an image display device which is provided with an image display panel ( | 09-13-2012 |
20120307457 | REDUCING POSSIBILITY OF SHORT-CIRCUIT IN A DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device which is provided with an image display panel, and a housing which houses the image display panel. In the front wall of the housing, an image display window makes the screen of the image display panel viewable from the outside. In the rear wall of the housing are two housing sections, each being configured by connecting together a recessed section provided in the rear wall, and a cover which covers the opening of the recessed section. On the recessed section-side connecting surface from the surfaces on which the recessed section and the cover of each housing section are connected, screw members are screwed at a plurality of areas along the inner circumference of the connecting surface by penetrating the cover. The distances between the adjacent screw members in the two housing sections are different from each other. | 12-06-2012 |
20120314376 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The instant application describes a display device including a display panel; a first component forming the front portion of the cabinet; a second component forming the rear portion of the cabinet; a metal plate comprising a first flat portion parallel to the display surface of the display panel and a second flat portion perpendicular to the first flat portion; an engaging portion provided on the first flat portion, the engaging portion being engaged with the first component; a female screw portion to which a screw penetrating the second component is inserted, and a receiving portion provided on the first component to which the engaging portion is engaged. | 12-13-2012 |
20130026340 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING A BUTTON PAD - A display device has a cabinet; a button provided on the cabinet; a switch being pushed by the button; a circuit board including the switch, and a button pad which comprises: (a) a button portion; (b) a peripheral portion which is in the surroundings of the button portion, and (c) a plurality of annular ribs provided on the button pad in a position corresponding to the periphery of the button, wherein, each of the rib is arranged so as to contact the inner surface of the cabinet. | 01-31-2013 |
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20080218004 | MOVING-MAGNET TYPE LINEAR MOTOR - A moving-magnet type linear motor is provided with cooling blocks which are attached to each of stator bases alongside a coreless coil and which allow coolant to flow therethrough for cooling the coreless coil. Each of the cooling blocks has in a base end portion thereof a fluid passage for flowing coolant and at an extreme end portion thereof a plurality of sheet-like protrusions like fins which are arranged alongside a part of the circumferential surface of the coreless coil with a clearance between each protrusion and the next thereto. Each cooling block is thermally closely jointed with the coreless coil at the extreme ends of the sheet-like protrusions. | 09-11-2008 |
20080238002 | FLOATING CHUCK MECHANISM - A floating chuck mechanism provided at a workhead that is arranged at a processing apparatus for sandwiching a cylindrical-shaped workpiece by means of two center members along a rotational axis, the floating chuck mechanism causing the workpiece to rotate about the rotational axis and correcting an eccentricity between the rotational axis and a center of an outer diameter of the workpiece, includes a chuck body portion including plurality of clamp jaws for holding the workpiece from the outer peripheral side thereof, and a chuck base portion fixed to the workhead so as to rotate therewith, the chuck base portion including a fixed portion fixed to the workhead and a slide portion slidable along a slide surface perpendicular to the rotational axis. The chuck body portion is fixed to the slide portion and sliding along the slide surface so as to correct the eccentricity. | 10-02-2008 |
20080258567 | LINEAR MOTOR AND TOOL MOVING DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A tool moving device with a linear motor is provided with a movable body which is movable bodily with a tool on a support frame through a pair of fluid bearings. A plurality of magnet constructs are circumferentially arranged on the movable body to respectively face stationary coils secured to the support frame. Each of the magnet constructs comprises at least one pair of magnet members juxtaposed in the moving direction of the magnet yoke and arranged with their polarities of magnet pole being opposite to each other, wherein respective pairs of the magnet members attached to the circumferential surface form first and second rows spaced from each other in the moving direction of the magnet yoke. Each magnet member in each of the first and second rows is arranged to be opposite in polarity of magnet pole to each of the magnet members next thereto in the circumferential direction. | 10-23-2008 |
20130045827 | SWING INTERNAL CONTACT TYPE PLANETARY GEAR DEVICE AND ROTATION DRIVE DEVICE - An easily structured swing internal contact type planetary gear device is proposed which can achieve a higher meshing ratio when an involute tooth profile is adapted. Each of an internal tooth of an internally toothed gear wheel and an external tooth of an externally toothed gear wheel is formed with an involute tooth profile. Under a driving condition, one of an internal tooth body of the internally toothed gear wheel and an external tooth body of the externally toothed gear wheel is elastically deformed in an extending direction and the other thereof is elastically deformed in a contracting direction so that the number of meshing teeth becomes larger than the number of meshing teeth under a non-driving condition. | 02-21-2013 |
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20120294421 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD - An X-ray imaging apparatus acquiring a differential phase contrast image of a test object without using a light-shielding mask for X-ray. The apparatus includes an X-ray source, a splitting element configured to spatially divide an X-ray emitted from an X-ray source and a scintillator configured to emit light when a divided X-ray beam divided at the splitting element is incident on the scintillator. The apparatus also includes a light-transmission limiting unit configured to limit transmitting amount of the light emitted from the scintillator and a plurality of light detectors each configured to detect the amount of light that has transmitted through the light-transmission limiting unit. The light-transmission limiting unit is configured such that a light intensity detected at each of the light detectors changes in response to a change in an incident position of the X-ray beam. | 11-22-2012 |
20120319015 | GLASS COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL DEVICE - There is provided a glass composition containing an oxide containing Lu, Si, and Al, in which the composition of the glass composition lies within a compositional region of a ternary composition diagram of Lu, Si, and Al in terms of cation percent, the compositional region being defined by the following six points:
| 12-20-2012 |
20120321042 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD - Provided is an X-ray imaging apparatus and an X-ray imaging method that offer an alternative for a refraction contrast method. | 12-20-2012 |
20130039466 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - To provide an X-ray imaging apparatus capable of easily adjusting the sensitivity or capable of easily extracting the amount of refraction of X-rays. | 02-14-2013 |
20130108020 | X-RAY APPARATUS AND X-RAY MEASURING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20150153290 | X-RAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING X-RAYS - An X-ray apparatus and an X-ray measuring method which are capable of obtaining object information including information about scattering of X-rays by an object are provided. The X-ray apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an intensity of an X-ray beam passed through an object. The detector includes a first pixel and a second pixel different from the first pixel. The apparatus is configured such that when the object is not disposed in an optical path of the X-ray beam, the center of an intensity distribution of the X-ray beam applied to the detector does not coincide with a boundary between the first and second pixels. | 06-04-2015 |
20150160141 | X-RAY APPARATUS AND X-RAY MEASUREMENT METHOD - The invention provides an X-ray apparatus and an X-ray measurement method that can increase sensitivity to a positional shift of an X-ray as compared with related art. | 06-11-2015 |
20150179293 | X-RAY DEVICE AND X-RAY MEASUREMENT METHOD - The present invention provides an X-ray device and an X-ray measurement method which can acquire a scattering contrast image of an object. | 06-25-2015 |
20150293041 | COMPUTING DEVICE, COMPUTING PROGRAM, X-RAY MEASURING SYSTEM AND X-RAY MEASURING METHOD - A computing device configured to obtain information about a subject using a detection result detected by an X-ray detector which detects an X-ray passing through the subject, which device includes: a unit configured to obtain a detection result of the X-ray detector; a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a complex refractive index of the X-ray after passing through the subject using the detection result; and a second obtaining unit configured to obtain information about the subject in accordance with a correlation between the complex refractive index and a mass absorption coefficient. | 10-15-2015 |
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20090213896 | FREEZING DETECTION METHOD FOR FUEL CELL - In a method for detecting the freezing of water within a fuel cell, precise detection can be performed using a phenomenon specific to the time when water starts to freeze to allow a reduction in erroneous activation. Detection at an early stage after the start of freezing is allowed, and hence measures can be taken against an output reduction before the water within the fuel cell completely freezes. | 08-27-2009 |
20100072406 | GLASS COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND OPTICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A glass composition for ultraviolet light is provided. The glass composition for ultraviolet light contains Lu, Si, and O in an amount of 99.99 weight % or more in total. The glass composition contains Lu in an amount of 26% or more and 39% or less in cation percent and Si in an amount of 61% or more and 74% or less in cation percent. | 03-25-2010 |
20100096565 | GLASS COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND OPTICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A glass composition for ultraviolet light is provided. The glass composition for ultraviolet light contains Lu, Al, and O in an amount of 99.99 weight % or more in total. The glass composition contains Lu in an amount of 24% or more and 33% or less in cation percent and Al in an amount of 67% or more and 76% or less in cation percent. | 04-22-2010 |
20100278304 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS, X-RAY IMAGING METHOD AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - A simplified X-ray imaging apparatus is capable of computationally determining effective atomic numbers with small error factors even for light elements. The X-ray imaging apparatus has an X-ray generation unit | 11-04-2010 |
20100318302 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS, X-RAY IMAGING METHOD AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - A simplified X-ray imaging apparatus is capable of computationally determining effective atomic numbers with small error factors even for light elements. The X-ray imaging apparatus has an X-ray generation unit | 12-16-2010 |
20110064196 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF X-RAY IMAGING - Provided is an X-ray imaging apparatus and a method of X-ray imaging, with which the apparatus can be reduced in size and a with which differential phase image or a phase image with consideration of an X-ray absorption effect of an object can be obtained. | 03-17-2011 |
20110103549 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF X-RAY IMAGING - Provided is an X-ray imaging apparatus and a method of X-ray imaging, with which the apparatus can be reduced in size and a differential phase image or a phase image with consideration of an X-ray absorption effect of an object can be obtained. | 05-05-2011 |
20110158389 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD - An X-ray imaging apparatus for obtaining information on a phase shift of an X-ray caused by an object comprises: an splitting element for splitting spatially an X-ray emitted from an X-ray generator unit into X-ray beams; an attenuator unit having an arrangement of attenuating elements for receiving the X-ray beams split by the splitting element; and an intensity detector unit for detecting intensities of X-ray beams attenuated by the attenuator unit; and the attenuating element changing continuously the transmission amount of the X-ray depending on the X-ray incident position on the element. | 06-30-2011 |
20110168905 | X-RAY DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An X-ray detector includes an X-ray photoelectric conversion layer configured to produce electric charges in proportion to X-ray irradiation incident on the layer, a collecting electrode configured to collect the electric charges produced by the X-ray photoelectric conversion layer, a common electrode disposed on a surface of the X-ray photoelectric conversion layer opposite to the collecting electrode, a storage capacitor configured to store the electric charges collected by the collecting electrode, and a readout unit configured to read out the electric charges stored in the storage capacitor. A voltage is to be applied between the collecting electrode and the common electrode. The X-ray photoelectric conversion layer is formed of a polycrystalline oxide. | 07-14-2011 |
20110176662 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD - An X-ray imaging apparatus and an X-ray imaging method for use in the X-ray imaging apparatus are provided. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes a separating element configured to spatially separate an X-ray generated by an X-ray generator unit and a scintillator array including a plurality of first scintillators arranged therein, where the separated X-rays are made incident on the first scintillators. Each of the first scintillators is configured to vary an intensity of fluorescence induced by the X-ray in accordance with an incident position of the X-ray. The X-ray imaging apparatus further includes a detector configured to detect the intensity of fluorescence emitted from the scintillator array. | 07-21-2011 |
20110194674 | X-Ray Imaging Apparatus and X-Ray Imaging Method - An X-ray imaging apparatus and an X-ray imaging method can alleviate the influence of scattered X-rays relative to the obtained image. A differential phase contrast image or a phase contrast image of a detection object is computed by using a splitting element and an exposure control unit that synchronizes the X-ray scanning speed and the image acquisition speed of a detecting unit. | 08-11-2011 |
20110206184 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD - The invention is aimed to provide an X-ray imaging apparatus and the like ensuring a sufficient range of detecting the amount of X-ray movement with respect to the pixel size of a detector in comparison with the method disclosed in International Publication No. WO2008/029107. The X-ray imaging apparatus of the present invention has a splitting element which spatially linearly splits an X-ray; and a shielding unit which shields a part of the X-ray which is split by the splitting element and whose position is changed by a test object. The shielding unit has a region transmitting an X-ray and a region having a shielding element shielding an X-ray. A dividing line between the X-ray transmitting region and the region having the shielding element is configured to be arranged obliquely so as to cross the linearly split X-ray. | 08-25-2011 |
20120148023 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An X-ray imaging apparatus and an imaging method capable of acquiring an image of a test object associated with a phase shift in consideration of X-ray absorption is provided. A splitting element configured to spatially split an X-ray into multiple X-ray beams is provided. A shielding unit including a plurality of shielding elements configured to block part of an X-ray acquired by the splitting element is provided. Part of X-ray beams detected at the first detection pixels is blocked by the shielding elements. The X-ray beams detected by the second detection pixels adjoining the first detection pixels are not blocked by the shielding elements. | 06-14-2012 |
20120152730 | GLASS COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND OPTICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A glass composition for ultraviolet light is provided. The glass composition for ultraviolet light contains Lu, Al, and O in an amount of 99.99 weight % or more in total. The glass composition contains Lu in an amount of 24% or more and 33% or less in cation percent and Al in an amount of 67% or more and 76% or less in cation percent. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155505 | FREEZING DETECTION METHOD FOR FUEL CELL - In a method for detecting the freezing of water within a fuel cell, precise detection can be performed using a phenomenon specific to the time when water starts to freeze to allow a reduction in erroneous activation. Detection at an early stage after the start of freezing is allowed, and hence measures can be taken against an output reduction before the water within the fuel cell completely freezes. | 06-21-2012 |
20130294581 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD - The invention is aimed to provide an X-ray imaging apparatus and the like ensuring a sufficient range of detecting the amount of X-ray movement with respect to the pixel size of a detector in comparison with the method disclosed in International Publication No. WO2008/029107. The X-ray imaging apparatus of the present invention has a splitting element which spatially linearly splits an X-ray beam; and a shielding unit which shields a part of the X-ray beam which is split by the splitting element and whose position is changed by a test object. The shielding unit has a region transmitting X-rays and a region having a shielding element shielding (blocking) X-rays. A dividing line between the X-ray transmitting region and the region having the shielding element is configured to be arranged obliquely so as to cross the linearly split X-ray beam. | 11-07-2013 |