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20080246309 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF IMPACT ABSORBING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MOUNTING SAME - An impact-absorbing member to be installed in a vehicle body component includes a main body positioned on an inner panel of the vehicle body component such that a portion of the main body is adjacent to an outboard surface of the inner panel, and a mount protruding from the main body to an opening in the inner panel such that the mount is adjacent to an inboard surface of the inner panel, wherein the impact-absorbing member is secured by gripping an edge portion of the inner panel surrounding the opening between the mount adjacent to the inboard surface and the portion of the main body adjacent to the outboard surface. | 10-09-2008 |
20090256366 | STRUCTURE FOR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE OF VEHICLES - An outside handle assembly of a vehicle door includes an escutcheon disposed in the outer panel of the vehicle door, a handle body disposed at a vehicular outer side of the escutcheon, a first protection bracket disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon, the first protection bracket comprising an engaging hole configured to receive a key cylinder, and a second protection bracket disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon to cover a periphery of the key cylinder, wherein the second protection bracket is coupled to the inner panel of the vehicle door and comprises at least one support contacting the first protection bracket, and wherein the second protection bracket is arranged to receive an impact load exerted upon the first protection bracket toward the vehicular inner side. | 10-15-2009 |
20100109379 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF IMPACT ABSORBING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MOUNTING SAME - An impact-absorbing member to be installed in a vehicle body component includes a main body positioned on an inner panel of the vehicle body component such that a portion of the main body is adjacent to an outboard surface of the inner panel, and a mount protruding from the main body to an opening in the inner panel such that the mount is adjacent to an inboard surface of the inner panel, wherein the impact-absorbing member is secured by gripping an edge portion of the inner panel surrounding the opening between the mount adjacent to the inboard surface and the portion of the main body adjacent to the outboard surface. | 05-06-2010 |
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20100086439 | CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING ELEMENT, CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING ELEMENT - A chemical substance sensing element | 04-08-2010 |
20100262034 | GAS COMPONENT DETECTION DEVICE - There is provided a gas component detection device including: a gas introduction unit for introducing a specimen gas; a gas separation unit connected to the gas introduction unit; a flow path switching unit connected to the gas separation unit and having a plurality of connection flow paths for switching a flow path that is connected to the gas separation unit to any one of the plurality of connection flow paths; and a gas detection unit provided in at least one of the plurality of connection flow paths. The gas separation unit is preferably formed of a chromatography column having therein a flow path having a width and depth of micro order. | 10-14-2010 |
20120190945 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING BLOOD VESSEL CONDITIONS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SAME - The present invention detects a fluorescent signal from AGEs at a blood vessel tissue of an individual to determine the condition of the tissue of the individual. This solves a problem that in measurement of AGEs used in diagnosis of diabetes, data indicative of fluorescent spectrum from AGEs at the skin of a forearm varies depending on where to measure on skin of even the same forearm, which results in variations in measurement values, leading to unreliable data and incorrect measurement result. | 07-26-2012 |
20130030306 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT METHOD, MEASUREMENT RESULT PROCESSING DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT RESULT PROCESSING METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A measurement device (1) includes a probe (7) which irradiates a specific part or a specific location of a living body with excitation light and which receives fluorescence generated by irradiating the specific part or the specific location with excitation light. | 01-31-2013 |
20130160520 | GAS ANALYZER - A gas analyzer having a compact and simple structure and having a high performance in separating components of a sample gas is provided. The gas analyzer according to the present invention includes a gas introduction unit including a gas introduction port for introducing a sample gas; a gas separation unit including a microcolumn for separating components of the sample gas supplied from the gas introduction unit; and a gas detection unit detecting a gas component separated by the gas separation unit. The microcolumn is provided with an internal channel having a wall surface modified by a stationary phase. This stationary phase is made of a polar material having a relative permittivity of not less than 10 at 30° C. | 06-27-2013 |
20130168573 | MEASURING DEVICE, MEASURING SYSTEM, MEASURING METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A measuring device ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130197372 | DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTING METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A detection device ( | 08-01-2013 |
20140058227 | MEASURING DEVICE, AND MEASURING METHOD - Provided are a transmissive suction mechanism ( | 02-27-2014 |
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20090111288 | Card Connector and Method of Assembling Same - A card connector is disclosed that includes a first housing configured to have a first card inserted thereinto to be attached thereto; a second housing configured to have a second card inserted thereinto to be attached thereto, the second housing being provided on the first housing; and multiple contact members for the second card combined with the first housing by insert molding, the contact members each having, at a first end, a contact arm part to come into contact with a terminal of the second card, and at a second end, a lead terminal part to be soldered to a pad on a board, wherein the contact arm parts are placed inside the second housing with the intermediate portions thereof fixed to part of the second housing. | 04-30-2009 |
20100097176 | INPUT DEVICE AND USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD - An input device having a given input screen includes a first unit that generates data indicating any one of a touch position, a touch area, and a touching time, the touch position being a position touched by an object, the touch area being an area touched by the object, and the touching time being a period touched by the object, a second unit that generates password codes based on any one of the touch position, the touch area, and the touching time, and a third unit that judges whether a user is an authorized user based on the password code. It is possible to generate password codes including data of any one of the touch position, the touch area, and the touching time. Accordingly, the password cannot be stolen by others, and the input device with which impersonation or spoofing is difficult and the password need not be input. | 04-22-2010 |
20100248551 | CARD CONNECTOR - A card connector includes a housing including an insertion part into which a card is to be inserted; and a switch mechanism including a movable terminal and multiple fixed terminals. The movable terminal is configured to deform elastically in response to being pressed by the card upon the insertion of the card into the insertion part. The fixed terminals are provided in a direction in which the movable terminal is displaced by the elastic deformation. The movable terminal is configured to be in contact with or out of contact with at least one of the fixed terminals based on the amount of displacement of the movable terminal according to the presence or absence of the card in the insertion part and the shape of the card. | 09-30-2010 |
20110267044 | Position detection device - A position detection device includes an electromagnetic conversion element and a magnetic field generator. The electromagnetic conversion element is arranged on a given plane. The magnetic field generator is arranged facing one side of the electromagnetic conversion element in a direction vertical to the given plane and generates a magnetic field covering the electromagnetic conversion element. A relative position between the electromagnetic conversion element and the magnetic field generator is detected when a relative displacement parallel to the given plane is made by the electromagnetic conversion element and the magnetic field generator based on an output signal of the electromagnetic conversion element. The magnetic field generator has an opposed face that tilts to the electromagnetic conversion element, and generates the magnetic field from the opposed face. | 11-03-2011 |
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20110013245 | Image display device, head-mounted display, and light beam expanding device - Disclosed herein is an image display device including a light source and a scanner. The scanner includes (a) a first mirror on which a light beam emitted from the light source is incident, (b) a first light deflector on which the light beam output from the first mirror is incident and that outputs collimated light forming a first output angle depending on a first incident angle of the light beam in association with the pivoting of the first mirror, (c) a second mirror on which the collimated light output from the first light deflector is incident, and (d) a second light deflector on which the collimated light output from the second mirror is incident and that outputs collimated light forming a second output angle depending on a second incident angle of the collimated light in association with the pivoting of the second mirror. | 01-20-2011 |
20120206444 | DISPLAY AND DISPLAYING METHOD - Favorable stereoscopic display is allowed to be performed with, for example, intended magnitude of depth perception irrespective of a viewing distance. A display includes: a display section displaying a stereoscopic image based on stereoscopic image data; a detection section detecting a viewing distance of a viewer; and an adjustment section modifying magnitude of parallax of the stereoscopic image data from first magnitude of parallax to second magnitude of parallax, in which the adjustment section modifies a correspondence relationship between the first magnitude of parallax and the second magnitude of parallax depending on the detected viewing distance. | 08-16-2012 |
20140036045 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including an arrangement determination unit configured to determine whether an arrangement of sub-pixels forming pixels of a display screen is a first arrangement in which a short dimension of the sub-pixels is arranged so as to be in a horizontal direction of the display screen, or a second arrangement in which a long dimension of the sub-pixels is arranged so as to be in the horizontal direction of the display screen, a disparity determination unit configured to determine a disparity of the determined sub-pixel arrangement, and an image generation unit configured to generate one or two or more images of other viewpoints that are different to a viewpoint of an image represented by the image signal. | 02-06-2014 |
20140348418 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus, including a virtual viewpoint interval determination section which determines virtual viewpoint intervals corresponding to an image to be processed based on a parallax corresponding to the image to be processed and an image feature amount for each pixel in the image to be processed. | 11-27-2014 |
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20110050025 | DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR - A motor is provided that includes magnetic poles, an armature core, armature coils, a commutator, and power supply brushes. The armature core includes teeth arranged in the circumferential direction to extend in a radial pattern. The armature coils include inner layer coils and outer layer coils. Each of the inner layer coils is wound around radially proximal end portions of two circumferentially adjacent teeth or a radially proximal end portion of one of the teeth. The inner layer coils are arranged in the circumferential direction without overlapping each other in the radial direction. Each of the outer layer coils is wound around radially distal end portions of two circumferentially adjacent teeth by distributed winding. The outer layer coils are arranged radially outward of the inner layer coils and are arranged in the circumferential direction without overlapping each other in the radial direction. The circumferential center of the inner layer coils and the circumferential center of the outer layer coils are displaced in the circumferential direction. | 03-03-2011 |
20130193795 | DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR, COIL WINDING METHOD FOR DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR - A direct-current motor includes a yoke having six magnetic poles, an iron core having nine teeth, first and second coils wound about each tooth in directions different from each other, a commutator for being rotated integrally with the iron core and having eighteen commutator pieces, and three pairs of brushes. The brush having the positive pole electrically connected to the first coil is different from the brush having the positive pole electrically connected to the second coil, the brush having the negative pole electrically connected to the first coil is different from the brush having the negative pole electrically connected to the second coil, or the brush having the positive pole and the brush having the negative pole that are electrically connected to the first coil are respectively different from the brush having the positive pole and the brush having the negative pole that are electrically connected to the second coil. | 08-01-2013 |
20140009027 | ARMATURE, METHOD FOR WINDING COIL, AND DC MOTOR - A plurality of teeth of an armature core arranged in a circumferential direction each include an inner winding portion in its proximal region and first and second branch portions that extend radially and branch off in a bifurcated manner from a distal end of the inner winding portion in the circumferential direction. After winding the first to ninth coils around the inner winding portions of all of the teeth, the tenth to eighteenth coils are wound sequentially around outer winding portions of adjacent ones of the teeth each including the first branch portion of one of the two adjacent teeth and the second branch portion of the other one of the adjacent teeth. | 01-09-2014 |
20150078940 | ELECTRIC PUMP AND CLEANING DEVICE FOR ON-VEHICLE OPTICAL SENSOR - An electric pump includes a cylinder, a piston, a motor, and a discharge valve. The cylinder includes a valve port and a discharge port, which is in communication with the valve port. The discharge valve opens and closes the valve port. When the piston is moved forth to narrow a void in the cylinder, air is compressed in the cylinder. The discharge valve opens when operated by the piston that moves forth. The discharge valve opens and discharges compressed air from the valve port so that fluid including air is discharged from the discharge port. | 03-19-2015 |
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20080225138 | Camera - A camera includes: an image obtaining unit that obtains an object image obtained by capturing an image of an object and a dust reference image obtained by capturing an image of dust that adheres on an image sensor or a protecting member protecting the image sensor; a recording unit that records the object image and data concerning the dust reference image in correlation to each other; a dust removing unit that physically removes the dust adhering on the image sensor or the protecting member. The recording unit is configured such that when the dust is removed by the dust removing unit, the recording unit stops correlating the object image captured after the removal to the data concerning the dust reference image already captured. | 09-18-2008 |
20080285891 | Image processing device, method and program - A marker corresponding to an editing state at an arbitrary point in time of image data being edited is stored in memory. The image of an arbitrary editing state can be displayed by a user selecting the displayed marker. The original image data is not updated. When saving the image data file, the saved editing state at an arbitrary point of time can be saved as a single file together with the original image data. By selecting a plurality of markers, images corresponding to a plurality of processing states can be displayed simultaneously. A marker can be used to create a new image data file of a desired processing state, or a plurality of markers can be selected to create a plurality of new image data files. Image data can be displayed as thumbnail images, and thumbnail images and ordinary images can be concurrently displayed. | 11-20-2008 |
20090138533 | Electronic album providing system and file providing system - The electronic album providing system, with which publishing and viewing of an electronic album by a system user is possible, includes: a first decision unit that detects whether or not a designated reader who has been designated by a publisher has viewed the album, and that decides that a first condition has become valid when a number of persons who have completed viewing to a total number of the designated readers reaches a predetermined value; a second decision unit that decides that a second condition has become valid when a time limit for publishing the album that has been set in advance arrives; and a deletion unit that performs deletion control of the album when at least one of the first condition and the second condition becomes valid. | 05-28-2009 |
20110255804 | Image processing device, method and program - A marker corresponding to an editing state at an arbitrary point in time of image data being edited is stored in memory. The image of an arbitrary editing state can be displayed by a user selecting the displayed marker. The original image data is not updated. When saving the image data file, the saved editing state at an arbitrary point of time can be saved as a single file together with the original image data. By selecting a plurality of markers, images corresponding to a plurality of processing states can be displayed simultaneously. A marker can be used to create a new image data file of a desired processing state, or a plurality of markers can be selected to create a plurality of new image data files. Image data can be displayed as thumbnail images, and thumbnail images and ordinary images can be concurrently displayed. | 10-20-2011 |
20120230609 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A marker corresponding to an editing state at an arbitrary point in time of image data being edited is stored in memory. The image of an arbitrary editing state can be displayed by a user selecting the displayed marker. The original image data is not updated. When saving the image data file, the saved editing state at an arbitrary point of time can be saved as a single file together with the original image data. By selecting a plurality of markers, images corresponding to a plurality of processing states can be displayed simultaneously. A marker can be used to create a new image data file of a desired processing state, or a plurality of markers can be selected to create a plurality of new image data files. Image data can be displayed as thumbnail images, and thumbnail images and ordinary images can be concurrently displayed. | 09-13-2012 |
20130224030 | TURBINE-BLADE RETAINING STRUCTURE AND ROTARY MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - Deformation of end portions of locking pieces exposed through an insertion window portion in the axial direction is prevented, and the occurrence of a crack in a welded portion is prevented. At least one of the end portions of adjacent locking pieces exposed through the insertion window portion is provided with a thick-plate portion that expands in the disc-thickness direction so as to be inside the insertion window portion. | 08-29-2013 |
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20100221024 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image formation unit, a conveying unit and controller. The image formation unit includes a rotating photoreceptor, a latent image formation unit, a developing unit, a first transfer unit, and a second transfer unit. Regardless of forming or not forming on the photoreceptor a belt-shaped image which is not being transferred onto a recording medium, the controller controls the image forming unit such that formation of an image quality adjusting image that is not transferred to the recording medium starts from a predetermined position in a rotational direction of the photoreceptor, and such that the recorded image is formed further downstream in the rotational direction of the photoreceptor than an image quality adjusting image region. | 09-02-2010 |
20100328710 | CONTROLLER, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A controller includes: a sub-control substrate that includes a first memory storing first control information to be used for controlling at least one of a plurality of modules of a processing apparatus, and controls the at least one of the plurality of modules by using the stored first control information while the controller is connected to the processing apparatus; and a main control substrate that includes a second memory and controls an operation of the sub-control substrate; and wherein: if a first operation is performed, the main control substrate acquires second control information that is to be used for controlling at least one of the plurality of modules and is determined from the first control information, and stores the acquired second control information in the second memory, when the controller is connected to the processing apparatus, and a second operation is performed, the main control substrate supplies the second control information stored in the second memory to another controller included in the processing apparatus, and stores the second control information in the another controller. | 12-30-2010 |
20100329722 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - An image-forming apparatus includes: a forming unit that forms an image on an image holder that is a rotating body holding an image; a measuring unit that measures a rotation amount of the image holder with reference to a certain position on the image holder; a determining unit that: identifies a position on the image holder from which an image is to be formed by the forming unit, according to the rotation amount measured by the measuring unit; if, while a plurality of images are successively formed on the image holder, an image for density correction is to be formed, postpones forming of the image for density correction until a timing arrives at which one image of the plurality of images is to be formed from a predetermined position on the image holder, and when the timing arrives at which the one image of the plurality of images is to be formed from the predetermined position on the image holder, determines to start forming of the image for density correction from the predetermined position, instead of forming the one image of the plurality of images; and a correction unit that obtains a reading result of the image for density correction formed by the forming unit from the predetermined position, and corrects a density of at least one of the plurality of images on the basis of the obtained reading result. | 12-30-2010 |
20120182567 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. An apparatus body implements plural functions including an image reading function, an image forming function, and a display function in accordance with operations requested by a user. A controller controls first, second, and third power states. An obtaining unit obtains information concerning paper. A first control unit controls the plural functions so that, when the plural functions are returned from the third to the second power state, the display function is returned to the second power state without being synchronized with the other functions and an operation requested by the user is received before the other functions are returned to the second power state. A second control unit controls the other functions so that, if the image forming function is required for executing an operation requested by the user, the operation is executed after the obtaining unit obtains the information concerning paper. | 07-19-2012 |
20130164012 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing section, a mode switching section that selectively switches a fixing mode between a fast heating mode and a heat accumulation mode, a selecting section that selects the fast heating mode or heat accumulation mode based on the relationship between operation expressions F | 06-27-2013 |
20130216252 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL DRIVER, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a mode switching unit that selectively switches a mode between a rapid heating mode and a heat accumulating mode in a fixing unit, a receiving unit that receives an image formation request received from the outside, an extracting unit that extracts mode switching determination information at the earliest from the image formation request received by the receiving unit, a selecting unit that selects the mode based on the mode switching determination information extracted by the extracting unit, specifications of the fixing device, and a current temperature, and a switching control unit that controls the mode switching unit based on the mode selected by the selecting unit to switch the mode to the rapid heating mode or the heat accumulating mode. | 08-22-2013 |
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20100118319 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; a first recording member; a second recording member storage; and a control unit that, when the image forming apparatus firstly forms an image on a first recording member and secondly forms an image on a second recording member, executes a first control in which the discharge of the second recording member from the second recording member storage is carried out before the discharge of the first recording member from the first recording member storage, and a second control in which the discharge of the second recording member from the second recording member storage is carried out after the discharge of the first recording member from the first recording member storage, the control unit selecting any one of the first and second controls according to the number of the first recording members stored in the first recording member storage. | 05-13-2010 |
20100328709 | SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A supply control device includes: a deciding unit that decides an order of plural containers that supply recording media to an image-forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a specifying unit that specifies one of the plural containers; a determining unit that determines for each of the plural containers whether recording media stored in the container are available for forming an image, in the order decided by the deciding unit, in which the container specified by the specifying unit is set as a starting point; and a supply unit that retrieves a recording medium from a container whose recording media have been determined by the determining unit to be available for forming an image, and supplies the recording medium to the image-forming unit. | 12-30-2010 |
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20100278572 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus including: a sheet conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed; a sensor unit configured to output a signal according to a characteristic of the sheet which is conveyed through the sheet conveying path; a pressure unit configured to press the sheet against the sensor unit; and a moving member protruding into the sheet conveying path, the moving member being moved by being pushed by the sheet passing through the sheet conveying path, wherein the pressure unit is interlocked with the moving member so that the sheet is pressed by the pressure unit against the sensor unit when the moving member is not pushed by the sheet, and a pressure force on the sheet applied by the pressure unit is released or reduced when the moving member is pushed by the sheet. | 11-04-2010 |
20110299873 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus having LED unit capable of being in an exposing position or a retracted position, and a cartridge capable of being inserted into or pulled out along the LED unit in the retracted position. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299882 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: a first moving member pressed and moved by an openable/closable member when the openable/closable member is opened, and switching a cartridge from a state where the cartridge is positioned in an image forming position to a state where the positioning is released; and a second moving member pressed and moved by the openable/closable member when the openable/closable member is opened, and moving the exposure member from an exposure position to a retracted position, wherein when the positioning of the cartridge is released, a reaction force applied from the first moving member to the openable/closable member reaches a first peak, when the exposure member is moved to the retracted position, a reaction force applied from the second moving member to the openable/closable member reaches a second peak, and timing of the first peak is different from timing of the second peak. | 12-08-2011 |
20130142538 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material by exposing a photosensitive member with a light emitting member in a state where a cartridge including the photosensitive member is mounted in an apparatus main body includes a light emitting member, a support member, and a duct formed in the support member. The light emitting member includes a plurality of light emitting portions arranged in an array. The support member supports the light emitting member. The duct forms an air supply path extending in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge to cool the cartridge mounted in the apparatus main body. | 06-06-2013 |
20140241753 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an LED unit capable of being in an exposing position or a retracted position, and a cartridge capable of being inserted into or pulled out with the LED unit in the retracted position. | 08-28-2014 |
20140321871 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit, detection units, and a control unit. The control unit switches a sheet speed at the fixing unit to either a first or second sheet speed that is faster than the first sheet speed based on a first detection unit signal where the control unit detects that both a loop amount of a sheet loop at second and third detection unit positions are greater than or less than a predetermined amount. The control unit sets the fixing unit sheet speed as a predetermined sheet speed between the first and second sheet speed where the control unit detects that one of two loop amounts detected the second and third detection units is greater than the predetermined amount when the other one of the two loop amounts is less than the predetermined amount. | 10-30-2014 |
20150016856 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet storing portion is maintained in a state in which a sheet stacking portion on which sheets are stacked is electrically insulated, when the sheet storing portion is contained in a containing portion of an image forming apparatus body at the time of formation of an image. The sheet stacking portion is switched from the insulation state to a grounding state in which the sheet stacking portion is grounded through a ground portion by a switching portion through an operation of drawing the sheet storing portion. | 01-15-2015 |
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20090187322 | Motion Control Device for Vehicle - A motion control device for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed obtaining means for obtaining a speed of the vehicle, a curve shape obtaining means for obtaining a shape of a curve existing ahead of the vehicle on a road on which the vehicle is traveling, a position obtaining means for obtaining a relative position of the vehicle to the curve, a determining means for determining an appropriate vehicle speed for the vehicle to travel through the curve based on the shape of the curve obtained by the curve shape obtaining means, and a speed reduction controlling means for performing a speed reduction control on the vehicle based on the appropriate vehicle speed determined by the determining means. | 07-23-2009 |
20090198426 | MOTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motion control device for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed obtaining device, a curvature obtaining device for obtaining a bending grade of a curve existing ahead of the vehicle, a position obtaining device for obtaining a relative position between the vehicle and the curve, a determination device for determining an appropriate vehicle speed for the vehicle passing through the curve based on the bending grade, a speed reduction control device for executing a speed reduction control for reducing the vehicle speed based on the vehicle speed and the relative position so that the vehicle passes through the curve at the appropriate vehicle speed, and a gradient obtaining device for obtain a gradient of the road on the curve existing in a traveling direction of the vehicle, wherein the determination device determines the appropriate vehicle speed based on the gradient of the road in addition to the bending grade. | 08-06-2009 |
20090248269 | MOTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motion control device for a vehicle includes a controlling means for maintaining a traveling stability of the vehicle by controlling a braking force of a wheel of the vehicle, a friction coefficient obtaining means for obtaining a friction coefficient of a road surface on which the vehicle travels, a lateral force reference value calculating means for calculating a lateral force reference value acting on the wheel on the basis of the friction coefficient of the road surface and a lateral force actual value obtaining means for obtaining a lateral force actual value acting on the wheel, wherein the controlling means controls the braking force on the basis of a comparison result between the lateral force reference value and the lateral force actual value. | 10-01-2009 |
20140246897 | VEHICLE BRAKE DEVICE - A vehicle brake device includes a hydraulic pressure generating device, a valve device, a pump and an accumulation section forming an accumulation chamber connected to a fluid passage between the valve device and the hydraulic pressure generating device or to a master chamber. A dead band is set in which the change of force of the magnitude corresponding to the hydraulic pressure in the master chamber does not substantially act on a brake operating member. A characteristic representing the relation between the pressure and the brake fluid quantity in the accumulation chamber is set based on a characteristic representing the relation between the pressure and the brake fluid quantity in a wheel cylinder and the dead band so that, when brake fluid is flowing into and from the accumulation chamber, a force of the magnitude corresponding to the master chamber hydraulic pressure does not act on the brake operating member. | 09-04-2014 |
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20080252263 | Battery Pack and Electric Tool - A battery pack includes a plurality of lithium battery cells, an analog thermo sensing member, and an analog switch. The analog thermo sensing member detects, in an analog form, a battery temperature of at least one of the plurality of lithium battery cells, and outputs an output preventing signal if the battery temperature is over a first predetermined temperature. The analog switch element is the plurality of lithium battery cells in series, and is switched, based on the output preventing signal, to a state in which a current is prevented from flowing in the plurality of lithium battery cells. | 10-16-2008 |
20090051313 | Battery Charger - A battery charger capable of improving a visibility to a light emitting display portion for facilitating recognition of a charge state of a battery. The battery charger has a housing and a display unit including the light emitting portion protruding from an outer surface of the housing. | 02-26-2009 |
20110031975 | Battery-Driven Power Tool and Battery Pack Therefor - A battery pack includes a chargeable battery, a battery voltage detecting section, and a determining section. The battery voltage detecting section is configured to detect a battery voltage output from the rechargeable battery. The determining section is configured to determine a voltage level status of the rechargeable battery based on the battery voltage detected by the battery voltage detecting section. The determining section is free from determining the voltage level status when a rate of change in the battery voltage is equal to or greater than a predetermined criteria. Such a battery pack is used for a power tool. | 02-10-2011 |
20150075831 | BATTERY PACK AND POWER TOOL PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A battery pack includes a case having an upper case part and a lower case part. The battery pack further includes a battery cell accommodated inside the case, and a plurality of electrode terminals electrically connected to the battery cell. The upper case part has an opening which is arranged at a position corresponding to a position of the plurality of electrode terminals and exposes the plurality of electrode terminals. The batter pack additionally includes a suppressing member that suppresses foreign matter from entering inside the case via the opening. | 03-19-2015 |
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20090085514 | BATTERY CHARGER - The problem of the present invention is to configure a battery charger such that water intruded into a gap between a plugging portion of a battery connection part in the battery charger and a battery pack does not contact the circuit substrate, with a simple and low-cost configuration, and improving recyclability of the circuit substrate. The battery charger is configured such that water intruded from the gap between the plugging portion of the battery connection portion and the battery pack, is guided through a through-hole of a protruded portion provided at the bottom of the plugging portion to the lower side of the circuit substrate provided on the bottom case. | 04-02-2009 |
20100092850 | Battery Pack and Battery-Driven Power Tool Using the Same - A battery pack for use with a battery-driven power tool includes three battery cells in which two out of three are arranged horizontally in parallel to and in alignment with each other in a lower case and the remaining one battery cell is vertically arranged in an upper case. The upper case of the battery pack is inserted, in use, into a battery pack receiving space formed in the grip portion of a power tool. Therefore, the grip portion can be made thin and usability of the power tool is enhanced. | 04-15-2010 |
20100112435 | Battery Pack and Motor-Driven Tool Using the Same - A battery pack ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100248016 | BATTERY PACK AND POWER TOOL PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack to be inserted and attached to a power tool, including: a case; a battery cell accommodated inside the case; and an electrode terminal connected to the battery cell and provided on the case so as to be connectable to a tool-side electrode terminal, wherein the case includes: a case main portion; and a case sub portion which is protruded from the case main portion to be inserted into the power tool, and wherein the electrode terminal is provided on an upper surface of the case main portion at a side of the case sub portion. | 09-30-2010 |
20110005793 | BATTERY PACK AND MOTOR-DRIVEN TOOL USING THE SAME - A battery pack | 01-13-2011 |
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20090273766 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXPOSURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system that projects light from an original to a substrate, and a supply device that supplies liquid containing a hydrocarbon compound to a gap between the final surface of the projection optical system and the substrate. The exposure apparatus exposes the substrate to light via the liquid filling the gap. The exposure apparatus further includes an adding device that adds water to the liquid to be supplied by the supply device. | 11-05-2009 |
20120170007 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DEVICE - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus including a projection optical system, and configured to expose a substrate to light via the projection optical system and a liquid, the apparatus including a plurality of recovery ports configured to recover the liquid supplied between the projection optical system and the substrate, a chamber connected to the plurality of recovery ports, and a pump configured to attract the liquid via the plurality of recovery ports and the chamber, wherein the plurality of recovery ports are discretely arranged between vertices on each side of a polygon and at each of vertices of the polygon, and a pressure difference between the pump and each of the recovery ports positioned at the vertices among the plurality of recovery ports is less than a pressure difference between the pump and each of the recovery ports positioned between the vertices among the plurality of recovery ports. | 07-05-2012 |
20140327183 | IMPRINT METHOD AND IMPRINT APPARATUS - An object is to provide an imprint method or an imprint apparatus that not only reduces the time for filling with resin or reduces pattern defects, but also reduces the surface roughness of resin. An imprint method brings a resin on a substrate and a mold having a pattern into contact with each other to transfer the pattern onto the substrate. The imprint method includes a step of bringing the resin on the substrate and the mold into contact with each other while a space between the substrate and the mold is filled with a predetermined gas, a step of curing the resin while the resin and the mold are in contact with each other, and a step of separating the resin and the mold. The predetermined gas contains a first gas having a solubility of 0.36 mol/liter or more in the resin and a second gas having a solubility of less than 0.36 mol/liter in the resin, at 20° C. and a pressure of 1 atmosphere. | 11-06-2014 |
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20090047169 | ROLLED MATERIAL FOR FRACTURE SPLIT CONNECTING ROD EXCELLING IN FRACTURE SPLITTABILITY, HOT FORGED PART FOR FRACTURE SPLIT CONNECTING ROD EXCELLING IN FRACTURE SPLITTABILITY, AND FRACTURE SPLIT CONNECTING ROD - The present invention provides a rolled material having excellent fracture splitting characteristics and suitable for the manufacture of a connecting rod in which a through-hole section for assembly in a crankshaft is fracture split in substantially semicircles. Prescribed components are contained, an average aspect ratio of a sulfide-based inclusion as observed in a D/4 portion (D is the diameter of the rolled material) in a cross-section parallel to a longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped rolled material is not more than 10.0, a Pc indicated in Equation (1) below is between 0.41 and 0.75, and a Veq indicated in Equation (2) below is not less than 0.18 mass % | 02-19-2009 |
20100266439 | STEEL FOR FRACTURE SPLITTING TYPE CONNECTING ROD - The present invention provides a steel for a fracture splitting type connecting rod, in which: the steel contains C: 0.25-0.5% (in mass %, the same is applied hereunder), Si: 0.01-2.0%, Mn: 0.50-2.0%, P: 0.015-0.080%, S: 0.01-0.2%, V: 0.02-0.20%, Cr: 0.05-1.0%, Ti: 0.01-0.10%, and N: 0.01% or less; an f-value represented by the expression shown below is in the range of 0.003 to 0.04; and the average aspect ratio of sulfide system inclusions is 15 or less, | 10-21-2010 |
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20100129120 | Developing Device - A developing device comprises: a development roller configured to rotate while carrying liquid toner which comprises a carrier liquid and toner particles contained in the carrier liquid; a cleaning blade configured to contact with the development roller to scrape off the liquid toner carried on the development roller by the rotation of the development roller; and a cleaning roller provided adjacent to the development roller and upstream from the cleaning blade with respect to a rotating direction of the development roller. In the developing device, the development roller and the cleaning roller are configured to rotate in such a direction that outer peripheral surfaces thereof move in opposite directions to each other at a contact surface where the cleaning roller contacts with the development roller. | 05-27-2010 |
20140294403 | Cartridge Having Photosensitive Body Cartridge and Developer Cartridge - A developer cartridge includes: a first rotary body having at least one detected part; and a second rotary body. The first rotary body is configured to rotate between a first position, in which a transmission part is disposed opposite the second rotary body, and a second position, in which a non-transmission part is disposed opposite the second rotary body. The first rotary body includes a contacted part. A photosensitive body cartridge includes a moving member. When the moving member is in a third position, the moving member contacts the contacted part of the first rotary body disposed in the second position, causing the first rotary body to rotate to the first position. Thereafter, in association with rotation of the first rotary body, the moving member moves to a fourth position, in which the moving member is unable to contact the contacted part. | 10-02-2014 |
20150023688 | Cartridge - A cartridge may include a conveyor roller extending along a rotational axis and a bearing member for rotatably supporting the conveyor roller. The conveyor roller may include a larger-diameter portion for conveying a sheet, and a smaller-diameter portion. The bearing member may rotatably support the smaller-diameter portion of the conveyor roller, and engage the housing. In one or more arrangements, the entire smaller-diameter portion of the conveyor roller may be located at a more outward position, relative to a midpoint of the larger-diameter portion, than a portion of the bearing member supporting the smaller-diameter portion of the conveyor roller. | 01-22-2015 |
20150086222 | Image Forming Device - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body and a cartridge configured to be mounted to and detached from the apparatus main body. The cartridge includes a rotating member which is configured to rotate and comprises a detected portion and a first engaging portion. The apparatus main body includes a detecting portion configured to detect the detected portion and a second engaging portion configured to engage with the first engaging portion. At least when the detecting portion detects the detected portion, the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other by rotation of the rotating member. | 03-26-2015 |
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20100086856 | COMPOSITE GRAPHITE PARTICLES FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE MATERIAL CONTAINING THE SAME, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY - A subject is to provide a nonaqueous secondary battery which is sufficiently low in charge/discharge irreversible capacity in initial cycling even when an active-material layer comprising a negative-electrode material and formed on a current collector is densified for capacity increase where the subject is accomplished with composite graphite particles for a nonaqueous secondary battery which comprise a composite of spherical graphite particles and a binder graphite and which satisfy at least one of (a) to (g) conditions as presently claimed and a negative electrode produced using the carbonaceous negative-electrode material according to the invention is excellent in electrolytic-solution infiltration and provides a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge/discharge high-load characteristics. | 04-08-2010 |
20110059371 | MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURED CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY ADOPTING THE SAME - It is aimed at providing: a negative electrode material for a nonaqueous secondary battery, which has a higher capacity, is low in irreversible capacity upon initial charge and discharge, and has excellent cycle characteristics; and a nonaqueous secondary battery adopting the negative electrode material. The object is achieved by: a multi-layer structured carbonaceous material obtained by mixing graphitic carbon particles with an organic compound and by thermally treating the mixture, wherein loop structures are present at an edge portion of each of the graphitic carbon particles, and wherein the graphitic carbon particles have carbonized products of the organic compound affixed to surfaces of the particles, respectively, while maintaining the loop structures; and a nonaqueous secondary battery adopting the multi-layer structured carbonaceous material. | 03-10-2011 |
20110171532 | COMPOSITE GRAPHITE PARTICLE FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL CONTAINING THE SAME, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a nonaqueous secondary battery exhibiting a sufficiently small charge/discharge irreversible capacity in the initial cycle, exhibiting an excellent charge acceptance and excellent cycle characteristics, even when the negative electrode material-containing active material layer on a current collector is highly densified so as to obtain a high capacity. A composite graphite particle for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which is a composite graphite particle (B) obtained by forming a spherical graphite particle (A) and a graphitized product of graphitizable binder, wherein the spherical graphite particle (A) is a specific graphite particle or the composite graphite particle satisfies (a) and/or (b):
| 07-14-2011 |
20120070733 | CARBON MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a negative electrode material capable of giving a lithium ion secondary battery that is sufficiently small in the charge/discharge irreversible capacity observed at the initial cycle stage, has excellent high-temperature storage characteristics, and reduced in the gas generation at the initial cycle stage as well as during high-temperature storage. | 03-22-2012 |