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20120090163 | ROTATING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING THE SHOCK RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ROTATING APPARATUS - A disk drive device includes a hub, a base plate, and a bearing unit. The bearing unit includes a shaft housing member, joined to the hub, having a through-hole in the center, a shaft having a smaller diameter section and a larger diameter section, a radial dynamic pressure grooves, and a lubricant agent. The opening shape of bearing hole of the base plate is so formed as to be larger than the outer shape of the larger diameter section. In the bearing unit, the larger diameter section of the bearing unit is fixed by a hardening resin present between the bearing unit and the bearing hole. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093446 | ROTATING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING THE ROTATION RELIABILITY EVEN AFTER HAVING BEEN DOWNSIZED, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ROTATING APPARATUS - A disk drive device includes a base plate, a hub, and a bearing unit. The bearing unit includes an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve, a shaft, a radial dynamic pressure groove, and a lubricant agent. In the joined portion of the outer sleeve and the hub, there are formed a recessed portion, which is a binding region, where the outer sleeve and the hub are joined together with a hardening resin present between the outer sleeve and the hub and a tilt preventing portion, provided on both the sides of the recessed portion in the axial direction of the outer, which is a raised region that forms a portion narrower than a gap, between the outer sleeve and the hub, corresponding to the recessed portion. | 04-19-2012 |
20140063655 | ROTATING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING THE SHOCK RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ROTATING APPARATUS - A disk drive device includes a hub, a base plate, and a bearing unit. The bearing unit includes a shaft housing member, joined to the hub, having a through-hole in the center, a shaft having a smaller diameter section and a larger diameter section, a radial dynamic pressure grooves, and a lubricant agent. The opening shape of bearing hole of the base plate is so formed as to be larger than the outer shape of the larger diameter section. In the bearing unit, the larger diameter section of the bearing unit is fixed by a hardening resin present between the bearing unit and the bearing hole. | 03-06-2014 |
20150085399 | ROTATING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING THE SHOCK RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ROTATING APPARATUS - A rotating apparatus includes a hub, a shaft housing portion having a center through-hole, a base plate, and a shaft with a cylindrical section housed in the through-hole. At a joint between the shaft housing portion and the hub is formed a bonding region for bonding the shaft housing portion and the hub by a hardening resin, and a narrow-gap region more toward the base plate than the bonding region. A gap between the shaft housing portion and the hub in the narrow-gap region is narrower than a gap between the shaft housing portion and the hub in the bonding region. The hub includes a fourth circumferential recessed portion recessed in the axial direction and a lower circumferential raised portion projecting in the axial direction on a radially inner side of the fourth circumferential recessed portion. The narrow-gap region is located inside the lower circumferential raised portion. | 03-26-2015 |
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20110095160 | POWER SLIDE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT - In a power slide device for vehicle seat which moves an upper rail in the forward/rearward direction by rotationally driving a screw rod, by providing a screw rod supporting rail with a pair of load transmitting members that are spaced from each other in the forward/rearward direction and providing the screw rod with a load receiving member which is in contact with the pair of load transmitting members, bucking is supported at a plurality of points when the buckling occurs in the screw rod due to an axial force acting on the screw rod, and this limits the direction of the buckling to reduce the amount of the buckling. | 04-28-2011 |
20130033081 | CONNECTING ROD AND DOUBLE RECLINING MECHANISM - A connecting rod having satisfactory insertion performance for a mating member and generating neither vibrations nor noises in regard to a connecting rod cut in a predetermined length by searing work and provided with rotation transmitting portions having a non-circular cross section at least at both ends and a double reclining mechanism are provided. | 02-07-2013 |
20130168524 | SLIDE RAIL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - The present invention achieves a slide rail device for a vehicle in which it is possible to smoothly eject out objects that have fallen into the lower rail by using the upper rail, even if slide-restriction lugs, for restricting the slide position of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail, are formed by being cut and raised, and in which it is possible to reduce deterioration in rigidity of the lower rail. | 07-04-2013 |
20140290454 | CONNECTING ROD AND DOUBLE RECLINING MECHANISM - A method of manufacturing a connecting rod is provided. The method includes the steps of (1) forming, on a long rod material, a rotation transmitting portion having a non-circular cross section; (2) cutting the rod material to provide the rotation transmitting portion at each of both ends; and (3) forming, by cutting work, a small diameter column portion and a tapered portion at a first end of the cut rod material from a tip-end side. The small-diameter column portion has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the rotation transmitting portion. The tapered portion is provided continuously from the small-diameter column portion and gradually increases in diameter. The rotation transmitting portion is provided continuously from the tapered portion. | 10-02-2014 |
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20100005859 | KNOCKING SENSOR - A knocking sensor which includes: a piezoelectric element; a support member having a support body portion, the support body portion including a support surface directly or indirectly supporting the piezoelectric element; and a resin coating covering the piezoelectric element and at least a part of the support member, the resin coating having an outside portion covering an outer circumference of the piezoelectric element and an outer circumference of the support body portion. The support body portion of the support member has a first engagement portion on the base end side thereof. The resin coating has a curved portion which extends from the outside portion toward the interfacial direction inner side, and curves toward the base end side of the support body portion. Further, the curved portion includes a second engagement portion which engages the first engagement portion. | 01-14-2010 |
20120324983 | NON-RESONANT KNOCKING SENSOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A non-resonant knocking sensor including a sensor body including: a metal shell having a shell-side cylindrical section, a piezoelectric element, a weight and a fixing portion having a fixing-side cylindrical section; and a resin molded body. The fixing-side cylindrical section includes crimped portions to be crimped and spaced-apart portions which are spaced apart from the shell-side cylindrical section, and a space between the outer circumferential surface of the shell-side cylindrical section and an inner circumferential surface of the spaced-apart portions are filled with the resin. Also disclosed is a method for producing the non-resonant knocking sensor. | 12-27-2012 |
20140076028 | KNOCKING SENSOR - A knocking sensor including: a sensor body including, a metal shell including a tubular portion and a flange portion, a piezoelectric element, a weight sandwiching the piezoelectric element with the flange portion, a flange portion-side electrode plate placed between the piezoelectric element and the flange portion, a weight-side electrode plate placed between the piezoelectric element and the weight, a flange portion-side insulating plate placed between the flange portion and the flange portion-side electrode plate, and a weight-side insulating plate placed between the weight and the weight-side electrode plate; and a resin molded body made of a resin and covering the sensor body, wherein the resin molded body is made of polyphenylene sulfide, and wherein the flange portion-side insulating plate and the weight-side insulating plate are made of a resin that does not contain ester bond. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081553 | KNOCKING SENSOR - In a knocking sensor, including: a metal shell having a cylindrical portion, and a flange portion that is located on the cylindrical portion, and projected toward an outside of the cylindrical portion in a circumferential direction, an annular weight that is fitted onto an outer circumference of the cylindrical portion, and has an upper surface, an annular piezoelectric element that is fitted onto an outer circumference of the cylindrical portion, and interposed between the flange portion and the weight, and an insulating body that is interposed between the flange portion and the piezoelectric element, a protruding portion that is protruded while being elastically deformed from an inner surface of the cylindrical portion outward in a circumferential direction, and locks the weight in contact with the upper surface of the weight directly or through a member is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion. | 03-20-2014 |
20150204750 | NON-RESONANT KNOCK SENSOR - A non-resonant knock sensor includes: a sensor body having a metal shell provided with a shell-side cylindrical portion and a shell-side flange portion, a piezoelectric element, a weight arranged to hold the piezoelectric element between the shell-side flange portion and the weight and a fixing member having a third through hole through which the shell-side cylindrical portion is inserted and being arranged to press the weight toward the shell-side flange portion and thereby fix the weight in position; and a resin molded part. The fixing member has formed therein flow paths for introducing a resin into an inner space between the shell-side cylindrical portion and the piezoelectric element. The flow paths are provided in the form of at least one of being connected to the third through hole and being separated from the third through hole and are formed intermittently in a circumferential direction of the fixing member. | 07-23-2015 |
20160041057 | KNOCKING SENSOR - Provided is a knocking sensor with a support member, a piezoelectric element, a pair of electrode parts, a resistor and a case. The resistor has a resistor body formed with a metal film and connected in parallel to the pair of electrode parts. The resistor also has an outer coating film applied to cover the metal film. The outer coating film is formed of a resin material having a higher thermal deformation temperature than that of a resin material of the case. | 02-11-2016 |
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20100089796 | Layered Composition and Processes for Preparing and Using the Composition - A layered composition which can be used in various processes has been developed. The composition comprises an inner core such as a cordierite core and an outer layer comprising a refractory inorganic oxide, a fibrous component and an inorganic binder. The refractory inorganic oxide layer can be alumina, zirconia, titania, etc. while the fibrous component can be titania fibers, silica fibers, carbon fibers, etc. The inorganic oxide binder can be alumina, silica, zirconia, etc. The layer can also contain catalytic metals such as gold and platinum plus other modifiers. The layered composition is prepared by coating the inner core with a slurry comprising the refractory inorganic oxide, fibrous component, an inorganic binder precursor and an organic binding agent such as polyvinyl alcohol. The composition can be used in various hydrocarbon conversion processes. | 04-15-2010 |
20100092681 | Layered Composition and Processes for Preparing and Using the Composition - A layered composition which can be used in various processes has been developed. The composition comprises an inner core such as a cordierite core and an outer layer comprising a refractory inorganic oxide, a fibrous component and an inorganic binder. The refractory inorganic oxide layer can be alumina, zirconia, titania, etc. while the fibrous component can be titania fibers, silica fibers, carbon fibers, etc. The inorganic oxide binder can be alumina, silica, zirconia, etc. The layer can also contain catalytic metals such as gold and platinum plus other modifiers. The layered composition is prepared by coating the inner core with a slurry comprising the refractory inorganic oxide, fibrous component, an inorganic binder precursor and an organic binding agent such as polyvinyl alcohol. The composition can be used in various hydrocarbon conversion processes. | 04-15-2010 |
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20080287703 | LAYERED COMPOSITION AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING AND USING THE COMPOSITION - A layered composition which can be used in various processes has been developed. The composition comprises an inner core such as a cordierite core and an outer layer comprising a refractory inorganic oxide, a fibrous component and an inorganic binder. The refractory inorganic oxide layer can be alumina, zirconia, titania, etc. while the fibrous component can be titania fibers, silica fibers, carbon fibers, etc. The inorganic oxide binder can be alumina, silica, zirconia, etc. The layer can also contain catalytic metals such as gold and platinum plus other modifiers. The layered composition is prepared by coating the inner core with a slurry comprising the refractory inorganic oxide, fibrous component, an inorganic binder precursor and an organic binding agent such as polyvinyl alcohol. The composition can be used in various hydrocarbon conversion processes including production of vinyl acetate. | 11-20-2008 |
20110152066 | LAYERED COMPOSITION AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING AND USING THE COMPOSITION - A layered composition which can be used in various processes has been developed. The composition comprises an inner core such as a cordierite core and an outer layer comprising a refractory inorganic oxide, a fibrous component and an inorganic binder. The refractory inorganic oxide layer can be alumina, zirconia, titania, etc. while the fibrous component can be titania fibers, silica fibers, carbon fibers, etc. The inorganic oxide binder can be alumina, silica, zirconia, etc. The layer can also contain catalytic metals such as gold and platinum plus other modifiers. The layered composition is prepared by coating the inner core with a slurry comprising the refractory inorganic oxide, fibrous component, an inorganic binder precursor and an organic binding agent such as polyvinyl alcohol. The composition can be used in various hydrocarbon conversion processes including production of vinyl acetate. | 06-23-2011 |
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20080250968 | Water base ink for ink-jet recording - A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains self-dispersible carbon black as a coloring agent. The total content of an organic acid having a number of carbon or carbons of 1 to 6 and a salt of the organic acid is not more than 400 ppm. The organic acid having a number of carbon or carbons of 1 to 6 includes monocarboxylic acid, dicarboxylic acid and oxy acid, and the salt of the organic acid includes salts of these acids. When the water base ink is used in an ink-jet recording apparatus, the discharge stability of the ink is improved. | 10-16-2008 |
20100166959 | POSTAL BLUE INK WITH HIGH RELIABILITY - A water-based ink for inkjet recording exhibits a blue color defined as L*<45, 2507-01-2010 | |
20100166960 | POSTAL BLUE INK WITH IMPROVED DURABILITY - A water-based ink for inkjet recording exhibits a blue color defined as L*<45, 2507-01-2010 | |
20110267408 | Ink Cartridge and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - Provided is an ink cartridge for containing a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including a pigment, water, and a nonionic surfactant, the ink cartridge including a remaining ink detecting portion detecting an amount of remaining ink on the basis of whether or not light is transmitted therethrough. The remaining ink detecting portion is formed of a hydrophobic resin containing a water-repellent material in the proportion of 0.14 wt % to 10 wt %. | 11-03-2011 |
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20120043581 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device, an IGBT cell includes a trench passing through a base layer of a semiconductor substrate to a drift layer of the semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film on an inner surface of the trench, a gate electrode on the gate insulating film, a first conductivity-type emitter region in a surface portion of the base layer, and a second conductivity-type first contact region in the surface portion of the base layer. The IGBT cell further includes a first conductivity-type floating layer disposed within the base layer to separate the base layer into a first portion including the emitter region and the first contact region and a second portion adjacent to the drift layer, and an interlayer insulating film disposed to cover an end of the gate electrode. A diode cell includes a second conductivity-type second contact region in the surface portion of the base layer. | 02-23-2012 |
20140175508 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODE - A semiconductor device includes a first conductivity-type drift region including an exposed portion, a plurality of second conductivity-type body regions, a first conductivity-type source region, a gate portion and a Schottky electrode. The drift region is defined in a semiconductor layer, and the exposed portion exposes on a surface of the semiconductor layer. The body regions are disposed on opposite sides of the exposed portion. The source region is separated from the drift region by the body region. The gate portion is disposed to oppose the body region. The exposed portion is formed with a groove, and the Schottky electrode is disposed in the groove. The Schottky electrode has a Schottky contact with the exposed portion. | 06-26-2014 |
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20100276729 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TRENCH GATE - IGBT 10 comprises an n | 11-04-2010 |
20120043582 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING BOTH IGBT AREA AND DIODE AREA - There is known a semiconductor device in which an IGBT structure is provided in an IGBT area and a diode structure is provided in a diode area, the IGBT area and the diode area are both located within a same substrate, and the IGBT area is adjacent to the diode area. In this type of semiconductor device, a phenomenon that carriers accumulated within the IGBT area flow into the diode area when the IGBT structure is turned off. In order to prevent this phenomenon, a region of shortening lifetime of carriers is provided at least in a sub-area that is within said IGBT area and adjacent to said diode area. In the sub-area, emitter of IGBT structure is omitted. | 02-23-2012 |
20120132955 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A diode region and an IGBT region are formed in a semiconductor layer of a semiconductor device. A lifetime controlled region is formed in the semiconductor layer. In a plan view, the lifetime controlled region has a first lifetime controlled region located in the diode region and a second lifetime controlled region located in a part of the IGBT region. The second lifetime controlled region extends from a boundary of the diode region and the IGBT region toward the IGBT region. In the plan view, a tip of the second lifetime controlled region is located in a forming area of the body region in the IGBT region. | 05-31-2012 |
20140231827 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an ohmic electrode in a first area on one of main surfaces of a silicon carbide layer, siliciding the ohmic electrode, and forming a Schottky electrode in a second area on the one of the main surfaces of the silicon carbide layer with self alignment. The second area is exposed where the ohmic electrode is not formed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140361333 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - When a semiconductor substrate of a semiconductor device is viewed from above, an isolation region, an IGBT region, and a diode region are all formed adjacent to each other. A deep region that is connected to a body region and an anode region is formed in the isolation region. A drift region is formed extending across the isolation region, the IGBT region, and the diode region, inside the semiconductor substrate. A collector region that extends across the isolation region, the IGBT region and the diode region, and a cathode region positioned in the diode region, are formed in a region exposed on a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate. A boundary between the collector region and the cathode region is in the diode region, in a cross-section that cuts across a boundary between the isolation region and the diode region, and divides the isolation region and the diode region. The collector region formed in the isolation region has a higher dopant impurity concentration than the collector region in the IGBT region. | 12-11-2014 |
20150084124 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having an element region and a termination region. The element region includes a first body region having a first conductivity type, a first drift region having a second conductivity type, and first floating regions having the first conductivity type. The termination region includes FLR regions, a second drift region and second floating regions. The FLR regions have the first conductivity type and surrounds the element region. The second drift region has the second conductivity type, makes contact with and surrounds the FLR regions. The second floating regions have the first conductivity type and is surrounded by the second drift region. The second floating regions surround the element region. At least one of the second floating regions is placed at an element region side relative to the closest one of the FLR regions to the element region. | 03-26-2015 |
20150263130 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a first trench in a first area of a drift layer that has a surface including the first area and a second area; growing a crystal of a p-type base layer on a surface of the drift layer after forming the first trench; and growing a crystal of an n-type source layer on a surface of the base layer. Material of the drift layer, the base layer, and the source layer are a wide-gap semiconductor. | 09-17-2015 |
20160005844 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device in which an IGBT region and a diode region are formed on one semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The IGBT region includes: a body layer of a first conductivity type that is formed on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; a body contact layer of the first conductivity type that is partially formed on a front surface of the body layer and has a higher impurity concentration of the first conductivity type than the body layer; an emitter layer of a second conductivity type that is partially formed on the front surface of the body layer; a drift layer; a collector layer; and a gate electrode. In the semiconductor device, a part of the body contact layer placed at a long distance from the diode region is made larger than a part of the body contact layer placed at a short distance from the diode region. | 01-07-2016 |
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20080247748 | POSITION CONTROLLER, DRIVING MECHANISM AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - In a position controller, a driving mechanism and an image pickup system according to the present invention, an operation of controlling a position of a movable member is performed by using, as a reference value, a first resistance value giving a first change point at which a resistance change rate per unit temperature change in a shape-memory-alloy member changes from a first rate to a second rate different from said first rate. Thus, the present invention makes it possible to control the position of the movable member based on a resistance of a shape-memory-alloy member, without a position sensor. | 10-09-2008 |
20080278030 | DRIVE UNIT AND DRIVE MODULE - A drive unit and drive module which use a shape memory alloy as a drive source to move a driven member, and which can drive at a high speed, independently of the ambient temperature and the position of the driven member. The timing of moving the driven member is controlled based on the position to which the driven member is moved, and based on the settling time for the driven member moved to that position to settle at that position, thus, the driven section can be moved in the minimum drive time, and this arrangement provides the drive unit and drive module that can drive at a high speed, independently of the ambient temperature and the position of the driven member. | 11-13-2008 |
20080278590 | DRIVE UNIT AND DRIVE MODULE - To provide a drive unit and a drive module which include a shape memory alloy as a drive source to move a driven member and are capable of the high-precision movement of the driven member to a reference position. A drive unit and a drive module can be provided by controlling, in the drive unit and the drive module which include the shape memory alloy as the drive source to move the driven member, the shape memory alloy so that the resistance of the shape memory alloy is equal to the resistance when the driven member is located at the reference position. | 11-13-2008 |
20120206615 | Drive Unit and Drive Module - To provide a drive unit and a drive module which include a shape memory alloy as a drive source to move a driven member and are capable of the high-precision movement of the driven member to a reference position. A drive unit and a drive module can be provided by controlling, in the drive unit and the drive module which include the shape memory alloy as the drive source to move the driven member, the shape memory alloy so that the resistance of the shape memory alloy is equal to the resistance when the driven member is located at the reference position. | 08-16-2012 |
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20120194168 | LIGHTNING CURRENT DETECTION SENSOR - The present invention has an object to provide a lightning current detection sensor that has a configuration resistant to high voltage and high current in a lightning strike and has high sensitivity and high resolution. In a lightning current detection sensor | 08-02-2012 |
20140079189 | X-RAY GENERATING DEVICE AND X-RAY-GENERATING-DEVICE CONTROL - An X-ray generating device ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140086387 | X-RAY GENERATING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR X-RAY GENERATING APPARATUS - An object is to emit x-rays having a plurality of different energies and to suppress variations in the energy of the created x-rays. In an x-ray generating apparatus ( | 03-27-2014 |
20150065870 | X-RAY THERAPY SYSTEM AND IRRADIATION FIELD DETERMINING METHOD - The X-ray therapy system includes a gantry ( | 03-05-2015 |
20160041205 | LIGHTNING CURRENT MEASURING DEVICE AND LIGHTNING CURRENT MEASURING METHOD - A lightning current measuring device is provided with: a polarized light separation element which separates light output from a sensor fiber into horizontal and vertical components having orthogonal planes of polarization, a Faraday rotation angle calculation unit calculating a Faraday rotation angle through arc-sine processing of a digitized signal of the difference between the horizontal and vertical components converted to a signal through photoelectric conversion after separation by the polarized light separation element, amplifiers which amplify the horizontal and vertical components converted to a signal through photoelectric conversion after separation by the polarized light separation element, a Faraday rotation angle calculating unit which calculates a Faraday rotation angle based on a digitized signal of the difference between the amplified horizontal and vertical components, and current value conversion units converting current values based on the calculated Faraday rotation angles. | 02-11-2016 |
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20080197303 | Medical device - An object is to provide a medical device which can rotate a radiation emitter or the like with high positional precision over an extended period of time. Provided are a support frame installed such that a central axis thereof is positioned substantially horizontally; circular tracks respectively disposed on both side faces of the support frame; a moving gantry configured to revolve relative to the support frame via sliding portions configured to slide on the circular tracks; and revolving driving means for revolving the moving gantry, wherein the moving gantry is constructed of a rigid-framed structure formed of a first side portion and a second side portion disposed so as to flank the support frame from both side faces thereof, and coupling portions for coupling the first side portion and the second side portion. | 08-21-2008 |
20080267352 | Radiotherapy system for performing radiotherapy with presice irradiation - A radiotherapy system includes: a waveguide, an adjustable waveguide, and a non-reciprocal circuit element. The waveguide transmits a high-frequency wave from a high-frequency power source to an acceleration tube. The adjustable waveguide is included in said waveguide and transforms a part of said waveguide. The non-reciprocal circuit element is provided between said acceleration tube and said adjustable waveguide in said waveguide. Said acceleration tube accelerates charged particles for generating therapeutic radiation by using said high-frequency wave. | 10-30-2008 |
20100034352 | RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS AND RADIATION IRRADIATING METHOD - A radiotherapy apparatus includes an acceleration unit configured to generate a charged particle beam. A target is configured to generate a radiation when the charged particle beam is irradiated to the target. A sensor is configured to measure an electric current flowing through the target. A dosimeter is configured to measure a dose of the radiation. A control unit is configured to control the acceleration unit based on the measured electric current and the measured dose. | 02-11-2010 |
20100065749 | RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS USING TRANSMISSION TYPE DOSIMETER - A transmission type dosimeter includes electrodes configured to collect charged particles ionized with radiation, a body, in a cavity of which, the electrodes are arranged, and a lid configured to seal the cavity in the body. The lid includes a fixing frame section fixed on the body, and a transmission section formed with the fixing frame section as a unit body. The transmission section is thinner than the fixing frame section. | 03-18-2010 |
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20130258497 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens consists of positive first lens group, which is fixed during changing magnification, negative second lens group, which is moved during changing magnification, negative third lens group for correcting a fluctuation of an image plane caused by changing magnification, and positive fourth lens group, which is fixed during changing magnification, which are in this order from an object side. The first lens group consists of negative lens and positive lens group consisting of three or less positive lenses in this order from the object side. Each of the negative lens and at least one of the positive lens or lenses in the first lens group has at least an aspherical surface. A predetermined formula is satisfied. | 10-03-2013 |
20150092280 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - The zoom lens substantially consists of a positive first lens group fixed while changing magnification, a negative second lens group which moves from the object side to the image side while changing magnification, a positive third lens group which moves while changing magnification, and a positive fourth lens group which moves from the image side to the object side while changing magnification, and a positive fifth lens group fixed while changing magnification in this order from the object side. A floating system in which the third lens group and the fourth lens group move relative to each other while changing magnification is adopted. The image formation magnification rates of the combined lens group formed by the third lens group and the fourth lens group together and the second lens group simultaneously pass − | 04-02-2015 |
20150092281 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - The zoom lens substantially consists of a positive first lens group which is fixed while changing magnification, a negative second lens group which moves while changing magnification, a positive third lens group which moves while changing magnification, and a positive fourth lens group which is fixed while changing magnification in this order from the object side. The image formation magnification rates of the second lens group and the third lens group simultaneously pass a −1× point while changing magnification from the wide angle to the telephoto. The second lens group substantially consists of a negative second-a lens group and a positive second-b lens group which independently move while changing magnification in this order from the object side, and the third lens group substantially consists of a positive third-a lens group and a positive third-b lens group which independently move while changing magnification in this order from the object side. | 04-02-2015 |
20150241676 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens essentially consists of positive first lens group, negative second lens group, negative third lens group, negative fourth lens group, and positive fifth lens group in this order from an object side. First and fifth lens groups are fixed with respect to an image plane, and second through fourth lens groups move in such a manner that a distance from each other changes when magnification is changed from a wide angle end to a telephoto end. First lens group essentially consists of 11th lens group having negative refractive power, 12th lens group having positive refractive power, and 13th lens group having positive refractive power in this order from the object side. 11th and 13th lens groups are fixed with respect to the image plane and 12th lens group moves during focusing. Further, the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied: | 08-27-2015 |
20150247996 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens consists of a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group moved from the object side to the image plane side during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, a positive third lens group moved during zooming, and a positive fourth lens group, in order from the object side. The second and third lens groups each pass through a point where the imaging magnification of each corresponding lens group is −1× at the same time during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The fourth lens group includes, on the most object side, a vibration-proof lens group, composed of a negative lens, a positive meniscus lens with a convex surface on the object side, and a negative lens, in order from the object side, and either one of the negative lenses satisfies predetermined conditional expressions. | 09-03-2015 |
20150309292 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens consists of a positive first lens group fixed during zooming, a negative second lens group moved during zooming, a positive third lens group moved during zooming to correct an image plane variation due to the zooming, and a positive fourth lens group fixed during zooming and includes a stop on the most object side. The second lens group includes two or more positive lenses and one or more negative lenses. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions with respect to the second lens group. | 10-29-2015 |
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20100230133 | Multilayer Insulated Electric Wire - A multilayer insulated electric wire includes a conductor and three or more insulating layers covering the conductor. In the multilayer insulated electric wire, the outermost layer (A) of the insulating layers includes a coating layer formed of a resin composition of a polyamide resin containing copper iodide, and the innermost layer (B) of the insulating layers includes a coating layer formed of a resin composition of 100 parts by mass of a polyester-based resin (B1), all or a part of which is formed of an aliphatic alcohol component bonded with an acid component, and 5 to 40 parts by mass of an ethylene-based copolymer (B2) having side chains of a carboxylic acid or a metal salt of a carboxylic acid. | 09-16-2010 |
20110174520 | INSULATED ELECTRIC WIRE - Disclosed is an insulated electric wire having a conductor and one or more insulating layers covering the conductor, the insulated electric wire comprising a polyester-based resin composition which constitutes at least one layer of the insulating layers and comprises a polyester-based resin (A) containing a liquid crystal polymer in an amount of 5-25 parts by mass relative to 75-95 parts by mass of a polyester-based resin other than liquid crystal polymers. | 07-21-2011 |
20110226508 | INSULATED WIRE - An inverter surge-resistant insulated wire, having an enamel baked layer, an adhesive layer, and an extrusion-coated resin layer, around the outer periphery of a conductor, wherein the sum of the thickness of the enamel baked layer, the extrusion-coated resin layer, and the adhesive layer is 60 μm or more, wherein the thickness of the enamel baked layer is 50 μm or less, and wherein the extrusion-coated resin layer is formed from a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition, which contains a polyphenylene sulfide polymer having a melt viscosity at 300° C. of 100 Pa·s or more, 2 to 8 mass % of a thermoplastic elastomer, and an antioxidant, and which has a tensile modulus of elasticity at 25° C. of 2,500 MPa or more, and a tensile modulus of elasticity at 250° C. of 10 MPa or more. | 09-22-2011 |
20150027748 | INVERTER SURGE-RESISTANT INSULATED WIRE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An inverter surge-resistant insulated wire, having at least one baked enamel layer around the outer periphery of a conductor having a rectangular cross-section, at least one extrusion-coated resin layer around the outer side thereof, and an adhesive layer having a thickness of 2 to 20 μm between the baked enamel layer and the extrusion-coated resin layer, wherein each of the at least one extrusion-coated resin layer on the adhesive layer is formed by the same resin, a cross-sectional shape of the baked enamel layer and the extrusion-coated resin layer in the cross-section of the inverter surge-resistant insulated wire is rectangular, and in the cross-sectional shape formed by the baked enamel layer and the extrusion-coated resin layer surrounding the conductor in a cross-sectional view, at least a pair of two sides of two pairs of two sides opposing at the upper side and the downside or at the right side and the left side with respect to the conductor each meet the conditions that a total thickness of the baked enamel layer and the extrusion-coated resin layer is 80 μm or more, a thickness of the baked enamel layer is 60 μm or less, a thickness of the extrusion-coated resin layer is 200 μm or less, and the resin of the extrusion-coated resin layer has a melting point of 300° C. or more and 370° C. or less, and a method of producing the inverter surge-resistant insulated wire comprising forming adhesive layer on the outer periphery of the baked enamel layer, and then extruding a thermoplastic resin for forming the extrusion-coated resin layer on the adhesive layer thereby to contact with the adhesive layer, the thermoplastic resin becoming a molten state at a higher temperature than a glass transition temperature of the resin that is used for the adhesive layer. | 01-29-2015 |
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20130312637 | PLASTIC MOLDING COMPOSITION AND SINTERED PRODUCT - A plastic molding composition includes a powder, gelatin, a polar solvent, and an adhesion reducer. The powder contains at least one of a ceramic particle and a metal particle. The adhesion reducer reduces adhesion of the gelatin so that a molded product, which is molded from the composition with a molding die, is removed from the molding die without being broken. The adhesion reducer is a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound. The adhesion reducer has a HLB value, calculated by Griffin's method, ranging from 10 to 20. | 11-28-2013 |
20130313487 | PLASTIC MOLDING COMPOSITION AND SINTERED PRODUCT - A plastic molding composition includes a raw powder, gelatin, a polar solvent, and a plasticizer. The raw powder contains at least one of a ceramic particle and a metal particle. The plasticizer reduces the minimum amount of the solvent necessary to give flowability to the composition. The plasticizer is a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound. The plasticizer has a ratio of hydroxyl number to carbon number per molecule in a range from 8% to 100%. The plasticizer is in solid or liquid form. When the plasticizer is in liquid form, the plasticizer has volatility equal to or lower than volatility of water. | 11-28-2013 |
20150209979 | PLASTIC MOLDING COMPOSITION AND SINTERED PRODUCT - A plastic molding composition includes a raw powder, gelatin, a polar solvent, and a plasticizer. The raw powder contains at least one of a ceramic particle and a metal particle. The plasticizer reduces the minimum amount of the solvent necessary to give flowability to the composition. The plasticizer is a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound. The plasticizer has a ratio of hydroxyl number to carbon number per molecule in a range from 8% to 100%. The plasticizer is in solid or liquid form. When the plasticizer is in liquid form, the plasticizer has volatility equal to or lower than volatility of water. | 07-30-2015 |
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20100021218 | RECORDING MEDIUM CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - There is provided a recoding medium carrying device, comprising: a carrying unit configured to carry a recording medium in a carrying direction which is substantially perpendicular to a width direction of the recording medium; a guide member that is provided on an upstream side of the carrying unit in the carrying direction and has a guide surface located to face a surface of the recording medium to guide the recording medium along the guide surface; and a resistance member that is located on the guide member and applies stronger resistance to a center portion of the recording medium in the width direction in comparison with both ends of the recording medium in the width direction. | 01-28-2010 |
20110268484 | Image Formation Device - An image formation device is configured such that a feed roller and a discharge roller are rotated in a first direction so that the sheet is fed from the fixing unit to the discharge opening at a first speed V | 11-03-2011 |
20110318078 | Image Forming Apparatus and Control Method for the Same - An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes a fixing unit, a cooling roller disposed downstream relative to the fixing unit in a sheet feeding direction, an ejection roller disposed downstream relative to the cooling roller in the sheet feeding direction, a driving unit rotating the cooling roller and the ejection roller normally or reversely, and a controller including a determining unit determining whether a detected temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature, the controller switching between a first mode to, after a sheet passes through the cooling roller, control the driving unit to reversely rotate the cooling roller and the ejection roller being rotating normally and a second mode to, in a state where the cooling roller is nipping the sheet, control the driving unit to reversely rotate the cooling roller and the ejection roller being rotating normally, based on the determination of the determining unit. | 12-29-2011 |
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20090189340 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a conveyor belt, an image forming unit, and a guide unit. The conveyor belt has a conveying surface that mounts and conveys a recording medium. The image forming unit forms an image on the recording medium placed on the conveying surface. The guide unit supports and conveys the recording medium to the conveying surface in a conveying direction. The guide unit includes a first guide plate and a second guide plate The first guide plate is flexible. The first guide plate has a first distal end portion at a downstream side thereof in the conveying direction and is disposed near the conveyor belt. The second guide plate is flexible. The second guide plate has a second distal end portion disposed in direct confrontation with the first distal end portion to nip the recording medium in cooperation with the first distal end portion. | 07-30-2009 |
20110188913 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus that can form images on both surfaces of a recording medium is provided. The apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, a switchback roller that switches back the recording medium fed from the image forming unit, and first and second feed portions. The first feeding portion may include a feed roller assembly that feeds the recording medium in a switchback direction while moving the recording medium to a first side in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the switchback direction. The second feeding portion may feed the recording medium fed by the first feeding portion toward the image forming unit. | 08-04-2011 |
20130164027 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a main apparatus body; an opening/closing member; a drum unit including a photosensitive drum and can be pulled out of an accommodating space along an axial direction of the photosensitive drum; an exposing member provided in the main apparatus body and movable between an exposure position and an evacuation position; and a movable mechanism including: a first movable member movable in accordance with an opening/closing operation of the opening/closing member; and a second movable member for moving the exposing member between the exposure position and the evacuation position in accordance with movement of the first movable member. The second movable member supports both end portions of the exposing member. The second movable member moves the exposing member to the exposure position or the evacuation position by the movement of the first movable member in accordance with the movement of the opening/closing member. | 06-27-2013 |
20140092197 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes a displacement member disposed at a cartridge and configured to move from a position where the displacement member receives a driving force from an apparatus main body to a position where the displacement member does not receive the driving force, a movable member disposed at the apparatus main body, the movable member moving in response to movement of the displacement member, so as to move a first electrode between a position where the first electrode contacts a second electrode and a position where the first electrode is spaced apart from the second electrode, and a detector detecting information about the cartridge attached to the apparatus main body based on a conduction state between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 04-03-2014 |
20140348562 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus that can form images on both surfaces of a recording medium is provided. The apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, a switchback roller that switches back the recording medium fed from the image forming unit, and first and second feed portions. The first feeding portion may include a feed roller assembly that feeds the recording medium in a switchback direction while moving the recording medium to a first side in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the switchback direction. The second feeding portion may feed the recording medium fed by the first feeding portion toward the image forming unit. | 11-27-2014 |
20150050043 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a main apparatus body; an opening/closing member; a drum unit including a photosensitive drum and can be pulled out of an accommodating space along an axial direction of the photosensitive drum; an exposing member provided in the main apparatus body and movable between an exposure position and an evacuation position; and a movable mechanism including: a first movable member movable in accordance with an opening/closing operation of the opening/closing member; and a second movable member for moving the exposing member between the exposure position and the evacuation position in accordance with movement of the first movable member. The second movable member supports both end portions of the exposing member. The second movable member moves the exposing member to the exposure position or the evacuation position by the movement of the first movable member in accordance with the movement of the opening/closing member. | 02-19-2015 |
20150248105 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a casing having a first opening and a second opening. The first and second openings each extend between an interior of the casing and an exterior of the casing. A cover has a close position in which the cover covers the first opening and the second opening, and an open position in which cover does not cover the first opening and the second opening. A shutter has a shielding position in which the shutter covers the second opening, and a retracted position. The shutter is operably connected to the cover so as to move between the shielding position and the retracted position in response to movement of the cover. A protrusion extends from the cover, and the protrusion extends through the second opening when the cover is in the close position and the shutter is in the retracted position. | 09-03-2015 |
20150346677 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING COVER MEMBER WITH LOCKING MEMBER - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a casing, a cover member having an opening and supported by the casing, a first lock member configured to move between a first lock position in which the cover member is locked in an closed position and a first release position in which a locked state of the cover member is released, a tray configured to pivot between a first position covering the opening and a second position uncovering the opening, and a second lock member configured to move between a second lock position in which the tray is locked in the first position and a second release position in which a locked state of the tray is released, the second lock member being configured to move to the second lock position in response to movement of the first lock member to the first release position. | 12-03-2015 |
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20100110562 | LENS UNIT AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A lens unit includes a first lens having positive power, a second lens having positive power, an aperture stop, a third lens having negative power, and a fourth lens. The first lens, the second lens, the aperture stop, the third lens, and the fourth lens are arranged in order from an object side toward an image side. | 05-06-2010 |
20110205424 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE MOUNTING LENS DRIVING DEVICE - A lens driving device includes a holder which holds a lens and is movable in the direction of an optical axis of the lens and a plurality of magnets which is fixed to the holder so as to be separated from each other in a circumferential direction. Cut-out portions are provided on the holder and the magnets which are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction are communicated with each other through the cut-out portions. When an adhesive is filled into the cut-out portions, the adhesive bonds the magnets which are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. | 08-25-2011 |
20120154671 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE, AND CAMERA MODULE AND CELLULAR PHONE EQUIPPED WITH LENS DRIVE DEVICE - A lens driving device accurately and smoothly moves a holder in an optical axis direction even when the distance between lower shaft end supporting portions differ from the distance between upper shaft end supporting holes. The cross-section, in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, of at least one upper shaft end supporting hole | 06-21-2012 |
20120154938 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE, AND CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE TELEPHONE WHICH HAVE THE LENS DRIVE DEVICE MOUNTED THEREIN - A lens driving device suppresses inward deformation of posts when the winding of a conductive wire generates a winding pressure. A lens driving device | 06-21-2012 |
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20080239512 | IMAGING LENS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPOUND LENS - In an imaging lens, one compound lens and two single lenses are arranged in a lens barrel. On the light output side of the lens barrel, a filter is arranged with a distance from lens barrel. With a further distance from the filter, an imaging element is arranged. In the compound lens, a resin lens is bonded to a base member lens, having an output surface center of the resin lens displaced by a prescribed amount relative to an output surface center of the base member lens, so that a transmission decentration amount attributed to the base member lens, not including the resin lens, and the single lenses is cancelled by a transmission decentration amount by the resin lens when taken as a whole lens system. Thus, the imaging lens capable of suppressing reduction in resolving power due to transmission decentration of the lenses is obtained. | 10-02-2008 |
20090029117 | COMPOSITE LENS - A composite lens that prevents insufficient hardening of an ultraviolet curable resin near the periphery of an optically effective portion. The composite lens includes a plastic lens and a resin layer. The plastic lens includes the optically effective portion and a flange surrounding the optically effective portion. The resin layer is formed from an ultraviolet curable resin and arranged in contact with the optically effective portion. The flange includes a diffusion portion which diffuses ultraviolet light irradiating the plastic lens toward the resin layer through the plastic lens. | 01-29-2009 |
20090034098 | IMAGING LENS UNIT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - An imaging lens unit which achieves a lower profile without adversely affecting the optical performance. The imaging lens unit includes a first lens, an aperture stop, a second lens, and a third lens arranged sequentially along the optical axis from the object side to the image side. The first lens includes a first surface located on the object side and being convex toward the object side and a second surface located on the image side and being concave toward the image side near the optical axis and convex toward the image side as the rim of the first lens becomes closer. | 02-05-2009 |