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20080309730 | INKJET PRINT HEAD, INKJET PRINT HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD AND INKJET PRINT HEAD MOUNTING TOOL - An inkjet print head for which an ink flow path formation member, arranged on a printing element board, is prevented from being peeled off or being damaged, and the printing element board in an appropriate state can be mounted on a support member. According to the present invention, an ink flow path formation member is arranged on one face of a printing element board, and a peripheral area extending outward from the ink flow path formation member is prepared. Since pressure is applied to the peripheral area using a mounting tool, to bond the first terminals of the printing element board to the electrode terminals of the support member, damage to the ink flow path formation member, caused by the mounting tool, can be prevented. | 12-18-2008 |
20100141722 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus has: a recording head having a liquid chamber and nozzles; a tank that stores the liquid which is supplied to the recording head; a liquid supply path that supplies the liquid from the tank to the liquid chamber; a supply pump provided on the liquid supply path; a liquid return path that returns the liquid from the liquid chamber to the tank; a return pump provided on the liquid return path; and a control unit that controls the supply pump and the return pump, wherein when the liquid is initially filled into the liquid chamber, the control unit drives the return pump so as to set the liquid chamber into a negative pressure state and subsequently drives the supply pump. The recording apparatus which can fill the liquid at a high speed without raising a pressure of a flow path can be provided. | 06-10-2010 |
20100321425 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - During a cleaning operation, the following steps are executed. The steps includes a first step of pressurizing ink in a supply path to overflow the ink from a nozzle, a second step of stopping the pressurization, a third step of executing wiping while the pressurization is stopped and a negative pressure is not applied, and a fourth step of applying a negative pressure to the ink at the nozzle to generate a meniscus. | 12-23-2010 |
20110063366 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus efficiently recovers defective discharge while reducing the amount of waste ink, acquires position information of a defective discharge nozzle and, based on the position information, determines whether the defective discharge has been caused by a bubble or a dust particle, and selects an ink circulation mode or a wiping mode. | 03-17-2011 |
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20090120392 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A valve timing adjusting apparatus includes a housing, a vane supporting portion, a vane member, a limiting member, a fitting hole, and an atmosphere communication hole. The housing is rotatable about a rotation axis. The housing includes a peripheral wall and side walls to define a receiving chamber. The vane member is received integrally with the vane supporting portion in the receiving chamber. The vane member defines an axial hole therein. The limiting member is reciprocably received in the axial hole. The fitting hole and the atmosphere communication hole are provided to one of the side walls. The fitting hole is communicated with atmosphere via the communication hole. The limiting member limits the vane member from rotating relative to the housing when one end of the limiting member is fitted with the fitting hole. | 05-14-2009 |
20090133652 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus for controlling valve timing includes a first rotor, a second rotor, and a controller. The second rotor and the first rotor defines therebetween an advance chamber and a retard chamber. The controller includes a supply passage, at least one drain passage, a spool valve, at least one connection passage, and at least one check valve. The at least one connection passage connects the supply passage to the at least one drain passage when a spool of the spool valve is moved to one of the advance and retard positions. The at least one check valve is respectively provided in the at least one connection passage. The check valve allows working fluid to flow in a direction from the at least one drain passage toward the supply passage and limits working fluid from flowing in an opposite direction. | 05-28-2009 |
20090250028 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A valve timing adjusting apparatus includes a housing, a vane rotor, a lock member, a resilient member, and a control unit. The housing includes a limitation groove, limitation stoppers, and a lock hole. When the lock member is received in the groove, the rotational phase is controlled within a predetermined range. When the lock member is fitted with the lock hole, the rotational phase is locked to a lock phase. The resilient member urges the lock member toward the limitation groove and the lock hole in the predetermined direction. The control unit controls a driving force that actuates the lock member in a direction opposite from the predetermined direction. The lock member has small and large diameter portions that are receivable in the lock hole. | 10-08-2009 |
20090260591 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A valve timing adjusting apparatus includes a housing, a vane rotor, and a fluid path arrangement. The fluid path arrangement is provided inside the housing. The fluid path arrangement opens to air outside the housing. The fluid path arrangement is communicated with a specific fluid chamber that is one of an advance fluid chamber and a retard fluid chamber defined within the housing. A rotational phase of the vane rotor relative to the housing is changed in one of advance and retard directions when hydraulic oil is introduced into the specific fluid chamber. The valve timing adjusting apparatus controls the fluid path arrangement to be opened and closed. | 10-22-2009 |
20100229841 | NITROGEN-ENRICHED GAS SUPPLYING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A nitrogen-enriched gas supplying device includes a bypass passage and a gas separating membrane, so as to supply nitrogen-enriched gas to an internal combustion engine. The bypass passage introduces a part of exhaust gas from an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine into an intake passage of the internal combustion engine. The gas separating membrane is arranged in the bypass passage. The gas separating membrane is configured to separate carbon dioxide from exhaust gas introduced into the bypass passage. | 09-16-2010 |
20120060494 | EXHAUST GAS CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - A flow rate control valve and a waste-gate valve are operatively linked to a common cam plate, which is driven by an actuator. The cam plate has a first driving portion for rotating the flow rate control valve in a synchronized manner with rotation of the cam plate. The cam plate has a second driving portion for rotating the waste-gate valve in accordance with the rotation of the cam plate, wherein an operational pattern for the waste-gate valve is different from that for the flow rate control valve. As above, two valves are operated by one actuator so as to move independently from each other. | 03-15-2012 |
20120255513 | AIR INTAKE DEVICE - An air intake device includes a cooler and a surge tank accommodating the cooler. The air intake device is to be connected to a cylinder head of an engine. The cylinder head includes an intake port that accommodates an intake valve. The cooler has a refrigerant passage through which refrigerant flows and an air passage through which intake air flows. The surge tank has a connector connected to the cylinder head. The cooler has a protrusion protruding from the connector toward the intake valve. | 10-11-2012 |
20130014502 | SUPERCHARGING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLEAANM Sato; OsamuAACI Takahama-cityAACO JPAAGP Sato; Osamu Takahama-city JP - A turbocharger of a supercharging apparatus includes a turbine impeller, which is rotatable by exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. An electric heater is placed in an exhaust passage, which extends from an exhaust outlet of the internal combustion engine to the turbine impeller. The electric heater generates a heat when the electric heater is energized. | 01-17-2013 |
20140187373 | ROTATION DRIVING DEVICE - A rotation driving device includes a motor provided in a housing, a planetary gear reducer connected to the motor coaxially with the motor, an output shaft connected to an end reduction member of the planetary gear reducer coaxially with the end reduction member, and a rotation detector located at the same position as the end reduction member in an axial direction of the planetary gear reducer and located at a different position from a center axis of the end reduction member in a radial direction of the planetary gear reducer, the rotation detector being capable of detecting a degree of rotation of the end reduction member. Accordingly, the rotation driving device can be made to be smaller and compact in the axial direction. | 07-03-2014 |
20140311464 | EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, an output member is configured to transmit power generated by a motor to a valving element via a valve stem. An output shaft is disposed on a rotation central axis of an output gear and coupled with the output gear to be rotatable integrally therewith. A follower is disposed eccentrically relative to a rotation central axis of the output shaft and connected to the output shaft to be rotatable integrally therewith. A first accommodating chamber accommodates at least the valve stem and the follower. A second accommodating chamber accommodates at least the motor and the output gear. A housing includes a housing wall that divides the first chamber from the second chamber. The housing wall includes a first bearing slidably supporting the output shaft in its rotation direction, and a cylindrical first bearing holder holding outer periphery of the first bearing. | 10-23-2014 |
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20090035750 | METHOD OF DETECTING HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS BY USING NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION METHOD AND NUCLEIC ACID CHAIN-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER - Provided is a nucleic acid primer for LAMP amplification for use in the detection of human papilloma virus and identification of its genotype. The present invention also provides a method of detecting human papilloma virus and identifying its genotype, includes a step of amplifying the nucleic acid chains in a sample in LAMP reaction by using multiple primers including at least one primer selected from the nucleic acid primers according to the present invention and a step of detecting presence of amplified products after the amplification reaction and identifying their genotypes. | 02-05-2009 |
20100156648 | Wireless communications device - A wireless communications device for performing wireless communications includes a notifying unit for notifying a user of a status of the corresponding wireless communications device when a dedicated user interface is manipulated, a display unit and a detector for detecting failure in the display unit. The notifying unit notifies the user of the status of the corresponding wireless communications device when a failure in the display unit is detected by the detector and prevents the status of the corresponding wireless communications device from being notified when the failure in the display unit is not detected by the detector. | 06-24-2010 |
20110181821 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND MEHTOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a liquid crystal display element exhibiting a continuous gradation memory property as well as different display properties substantially similar to those of a liquid crystal display element having nematic liquid crystals, while enabling continuous tone display, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 07-28-2011 |
20110222950 | PRINT APPARATUS - A print apparatus is supplied that feeds continuous paper with suppressing its swelling caused by perforations or crease. In the print apparatus, a platen is furnished opposite to a printing section; a medium support member is furnished capable of changing an interval from the platen and supports a record medium toward the platen; and a medium support auxiliary member is furnished on the opposite side to the platen in the medium support member, and when the medium support member is made to separate from the platen, the medium support auxiliary member is made to protrude from the medium support member. | 09-15-2011 |
20110292310 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device to display moving and still images with superior image quality, comparable to common LCDs and to display memory images by a voltage lower than conventional electronic paper, and a method for operating the same. The liquid crystal display device comprises: a pair of electrode substrates facing each other; an orientation film of a polymer material on the pair of electrode substrates; a liquid crystal material between the pair of electrode substrates, wherein the liquid crystal display device displays an image by varying orientation of the liquid crystal material and a surfacial region of the orientation film, depending on temperature and voltage. | 12-01-2011 |
20140117613 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second units including first and second feeding members respectively for feeding a medium, and a medium feeding path provided between the first and second units. The second unit is movable between a closing position where the medium feeding path is formed between the first unit and the second unit and an opening position where the second unit separates from the first unit to open the medium feeding path. The second feeding member has a second gear that meshes with a first gear of the first feeding member when the second unit is in the closing position. When the second unit moves to the closing position, a shift mechanism holds one of the first gear and the second gear at a retracted position where the first gear and the second gear do not mesh with each other. | 05-01-2014 |
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20080300104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN UPSHIFT IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An upshift control system for use in an automatic transmission including first and second friction elements, the upshift control system including a control unit that determines variation in an engagement capacity of the first friction element or an engagement capacity of the second friction element on the basis of combination of occurrence or non-occurrence of engine racing and compared lengths between a first time that elapses from output of a shift command to a start of an inertia phase and a second time that elapses from the out output of a shift command to a start of change in an actual gear ratio toward a target gear ratio to be achieved after the shifting, and performs a learning correction of a command pressure for the first friction element or a command pressure for the second friction element on the basis of the determination result. | 12-04-2008 |
20090306868 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - There is provided a hydraulic control device for controlling a hydraulic pressure supplied to a vehicle start-up engagement element in an automatic transmission when a shift lever is moved from a non-drive range position to a drive range position. The hydraulic control device has a target pressure setting section that sets, based on an input torque of the automatic transmission, a target value of hydraulic pressure supplied to the vehicle start-up engagement element at the completion of engagement of the vehicle start-up engagement element and corrects the target value periodically based on the transmission input torque until the completion of engagement of the vehicle start-up engagement element and a hydraulic pressure control section that controls the hydraulic pressure in such a manner that the hydraulic pressure supplied to the vehicle start-up engagement element reaches the corrected target value at the completion of engagement of the vehicle start-up engagement element. | 12-10-2009 |
20090312131 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes: a frictional engagement element arranged to be switched from an engagement state to a disengagement state at a switching from a running range to a neutral range, and including: frictional plates; a first piston arranged to push the frictional plates; a second piston arranged to push the frictional plates; a first hydraulic chamber arranged to receive a hydraulic fluid for pushing the first piston; and a second hydraulic chamber arranged to receive a hydraulic fluid for pushing the second piston; a first discharge speed switching section arranged to switch only a discharge speed of the hydraulic fluid of the first hydraulic chamber; and a control unit configured to increase the discharge speed of the hydraulic fluid of the first hydraulic chamber during a predetermined time period by the first discharge speed switching section at the switching from the running range to the neutral range. | 12-17-2009 |
20090312132 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A hydraulic control apparatus for an automatic transmission, including a sequential shift control means for performing sequential shift control in a case where it is necessary to execute the second shift during execution of the first shift. The sequential shift control includes starting reduction of hydraulic fluid pressure in the third friction element when a parameter that varies in accordance with a degree of progress of the first shift has reached a predetermined value, and performing piston stroke control that includes outputting a high hydraulic pressure command as a hydraulic fluid pressure to the second friction element when the selector valve is switched from the second position to the first position, and subsequent to completion of outputting of the high hydraulic pressure command, outputting a low hydraulic pressure command that is lower than the high hydraulic pressure command. | 12-17-2009 |
20090319140 | GEAR SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In gear shift control apparatus and method for an automatic transmission, a first frictional engagement element is, in turn, released, a second frictional engagement element is, in turn, engaged to perform the gear shift to another gear stage, a command hydraulic pressure to the second frictional engagement element is temporarily reduced when a parameter indicating a degree of progress of the gear shift detected during the gear shift to the other gear stage has reached to a predetermined value representing an inertia phase finish immediate prior region at a time of an inertia phase developed during a replacement gear shift, an reduction quantity of the command hydraulic pressure is set whenever a predetermined time has elapsed on a basis of the parameter detected whenever the predetermined time has elapsed in the inertia phase finish immediate prior region to progressively reduce the command hydraulic pressure. | 12-24-2009 |
20110256975 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND HYDRAULIC CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A manual valve disconnects a line pressure oil passage and an R position pressure oil passage when a selector is in a D position or an N position and causes the R position pressure oil passage and the line pressure oil passage to communicate when the selector is in an R position. A switching valve is switched to disconnect a low & reverse brake pressure oil passage and the R position pressure oil passage when the selector is in the D position or the N position and a vehicle is driving at a vehicle speed equal to or lower than a predetermined vehicle speed. | 10-20-2011 |
20110264343 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND HYDRAULIC CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A command hydraulic pressure learning control unit includes an output-side torque time rate of change calculation unit for calculating a time rate of change of a torque at an output side of an automatic transmission, and a correction unit for correcting a command hydraulic pressure when transmission of a drive force of a friction element to be engaged is started at the time of a next shift based on a difference between the calculated time rate of change of the output-side torque and a target value. | 10-27-2011 |
20150032349 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LOCK-UP CAPACITY OF TORQUE CONVERTER - A controller is provided with a lock-up capacity control means for controlling a lock-up capacity to a predetermined target capacity when a transition to a coast running state occurs, a timing means for measuring a time during which a slippage, which is a difference between a revolution speed (engine speed) of an input element and a revolution speed (turbine speed) of an output element, is within a predetermined range when the lock-up capacity is controlled to the predetermined target capacity, and a capacity learning means for making a learning-correction to the predetermined target capacity such that the time measured by the timing means is brought to a predetermined target time. By virtue of the learning-correction, it is possible to accurately control the lock-up capacity when the transition to the coast running state has occurred. | 01-29-2015 |