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20080208535 | DISC ARRAY DEVICE - The present invention aims to provide a disc array device capable of efficiently managing the replacement time of a battery backup unit of the disc array device. Installed environment information and operation state information of a battery backup unit of a disc array device are acquired in the disc array device. If the installed environment is determined as not appropriate from such information, the inappropriateness of the installed environment is notified to the user. If the operation state is not appropriate, the inappropriateness of the operation state is notified to the user. Furthermore, the lifetime of the battery backup unit is predicted and the replacement period is notified to the user. | 08-28-2008 |
20090210867 | DISK ARRAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR EXCHANGING FIRMWARE, PROGRAM FOR EXCHANGING FIRMWARE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - Disclosed is a disk array apparatus which includes disk apparatuses and which reads and writes data of the disk apparatus based on an I/O instruction issued by a host computer, includes: a CPU which carries out a first firmware; a memory which stores the first firmware in a first storage area of physical address space; and a TLB which belongs to the CPU and makes the first storage area of the physical address space of the memory associated with a first logical area of logical address space, wherein in case that the CPU receives a second firmware and an instruction to exchange firmware, the CPU stores the second firmware in a second storage area of the physical address space of the memory, and updates the TLB to make the second storage area associated with the first logical area. A method and program for exchanging firmware are also disclosed. | 08-20-2009 |
20100169688 | DISK ARRAY UNIT, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING POWER SOURCE IN DISK ARRAY UNIT - Intended is improvement in reliability of a disk array unit formed of a plurality of nodes at the time of start-up and stop. The disk array unit formed of a plurality of nodes, which includes a control unit which executes power source control of other node based on power source control information set at one of the nodes by inter-node communication executed through a common signal line which connects each node. | 07-01-2010 |
20110066884 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, A STORAGE SYSTEM, A CONTROL METHOD OF THE POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, A CONTROL METHOD OF A DISK ARRAY UNIT AND A COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A power supply control device including: a control unit which controls power supplied from a first device to a disk array unit accessible from host devices through a network device; and a second device which supplies power to the disk array unit and the power supply control device when the power supply from the first device is disconnected, the control unit including: a collecting unit which collects power supply fault information regarding at least one of the host devices and the network device; a starting unit which starts power supply from the second device when power supplied from the first device is disconnected; and a transmitting unit which transmits a notification to the disk array unit in response to collection of power supply fault information after starting the power supply from the second device, the notification indicating that the power supplied from the first device is disconnected. | 03-17-2011 |
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20110315016 | DRY EXHAUST-GAS TREATING APPARATUS - An exhaust-gas treating apparatus, which includes an adsorption tower for removing various harmful substances in an exhaust gas using an adsorbent, a regeneration tower for releasing adsorbed substances from the adsorbent, a first transfer passage for transferring the adsorbent from the adsorption tower to the regeneration tower, a second transfer passage for transferring the adsorbent from the regeneration tower to the adsorption tower, a lock hopper connected to one end of the regeneration tower on a higher differential pressure side of a first differential pressure between an inside of the regeneration tower and an inside of the first transfer passage and a second differential pressure between the inside of the regeneration tower and an inside of the second transfer passage to thereby secure gas-tightness, a sealing unit connected to the other end of the regeneration tower on a lower differential pressure side to thereby secure gas-tightness, and an adjusting unit for maintaining the differential pressure in the sealing unit within a fixed range. | 12-29-2011 |
20110315017 | REGENERATION TOWER AND DRY APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST-GAS TREATMENT - A regeneration tower including a regeneration tower main body having a long trunk, and desorbed gas discharge passages through which a desorbed gas is discharged. The regeneration tower main body is configured so that a heating unit that heats an adsorbent, a separation part that separates desorbable substances as a desorbed gas from the heated adsorbent, and a cooling unit that cools the adsorbent from which the desorbable substances have been desorbed by heating are communicatively disposed in one direction and the heating unit and the cooling unit have approximately the same sectional outer diameter. | 12-29-2011 |
20120058017 | ADSORPTION TOWER OF DRY EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE - An exhaust gas dry treatment device comprises an adsorption tower having: a box-shaped tower body; a plurality of reaction chambers have moving beds therein; a plurality of vertical partition plates which sequentially close between the end parts of the plurality of reaction chambers and between the end parts of the reaction chambers and the inner wall of the tower; an exhaust gas supply port allowing the inside of an inlet side wind box space which is formed in the tower body between the front tower wall and the reaction chamber end part to communicate with the inside of an exhaust gas supply duct; and an exhaust gas discharge port allowing the inside of an outlet side wind box space which is formed in the tower body between the rear tower wall and the reaction chamber end part to communicate with the inside of an exhaust gas discharge duct. | 03-08-2012 |
20120061206 | EQUIPTMENT FOR DISCHARGING A FIXED AMOUNT OF A PARTICULATE BODY - Fixed amount discharging equipment for simultaneously discharging a particulate body from a plurality of containers containing the particulate body, comprising a casing to the interior of which is provided a belt conveyor and having a particulate body discharge hole below the carrying direction end of the belt conveyor, and a plurality of supply arranged in the carrying direction of the belt conveyor and passing through the casing, lower ends thereof penetrating into the casing and being arranged above the belt of the belt conveyor, the lower ends of the supply pipes being such that the downstream sides thereof in the belt carrying direction have notches of a predetermined length from the end faces upward. | 03-15-2012 |
20120084508 | DISK ARRAY APPARATUS AND FIRMWARE UPDATE METHOD THEREFOR - This invention proposes a disk array apparatus capable of improving its reliability. This disk array apparatus includes a first controller, and a second controller configured redundantly with the first controller, wherein the first controller and the second controller respectively include a storage area for storing firmware and are both in an operating state. When update processing of an update portion as a portion to be updated in the firmware of the first controller is unsuccessful, the first controller confirms whether update processing of an update portion of the firmware of the second controller is also unsuccessful, and, in a case where the update processing of the update portion of the firmware of the second controller has ended normally, rewrites firmware data of the update portion of the first controller with the firmware data of the update portion of the second controller. | 04-05-2012 |
20130281465 | PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE - A compound represented by formula (IA) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases such sleep disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, schizophrenia, drug dependence, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, pain, gastrointestinal diseases, epilepsy, inflammation, immune-related diseases, endocrine-related diseases, and hypertension, and of which the action relies on an orexin (OX) receptor antagonistic activity. | 10-24-2013 |
20140194353 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NERVOUS DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES - Compositions and methods for treating neural dysfunction. A exemplary method comprises administering to a subject having a neuropathy, e.g., a cognitive dysfunction or Alzheimer's, a therapeutically effective amount of an insulin or insulin analog, wherein the insulin or insulin analog crosses the BBB and/or a compound that increases SREBP-2 expression or activity in the CNS of the subject. | 07-10-2014 |
20140286715 | LOCK HOPPER - The present invention relates to | 09-25-2014 |
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20100117114 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A light-emitting apparatus has a light-emitting device and a supporting board. The light-emitting device has a pair of n-electrodes with a p-electrode therebetween, on the same plane. The supporting board includes an insulating substrate on which positive and negative electrodes are formed, opposing to the p- and n-electrodes of the light-emitting device, respectively. Bonding members bond the p- and n-electrodes with the positive and negative electrodes, respectively. The positive electrode on the supporting board is formed within the width region of the p-electrode and narrower in width than the width of the p-electrode, in a cross-section along a line extending through the pair of n-electrodes. The negative electrodes oppose to the n-electrodes, respectively, with the same widths, or with that side face of each of the negative electrodes which faces the positive electrode being retracted outwardly from that side face of each of the n-electrodes which faces the p-electrode. | 05-13-2010 |
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20140097462 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A light-emitting apparatus has a light-emitting device and a supporting board. The light-emitting device has a pair of n-electrodes with a p-electrode therebetween, on the same plane. The supporting board includes an insulating substrate on which positive and negative electrodes are formed, opposing to the p- and n-electrodes of the light-emitting device, respectively. Bonding members bond the p- and n-electrodes with the positive and negative electrodes, respectively. The positive electrode on the supporting board is formed within the width region of the p-electrode and narrower in width than the width of the p-electrode, in a cross-section along a line extending through the pair of n-electrodes. The negative electrodes oppose to the n-electrodes, respectively, with the same widths, or with that side face of each of the negative electrodes which faces the positive electrode being retracted outwardly from that side face of each of the n-electrodes which faces the p-electrode. | 04-10-2014 |
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20090017280 | ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MOLDING AND OPTICAL COMPONENT - An organic-inorganic hybrid composition comprising inorganic fine particles having a refractive index of from 1.90 to 3.00, and a thermoplastic resin having a functional group capable of forming a chemical bond with the inorganic fine particles at one or more polymer chain terminals and having a number average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 500,000. The composition has high refraction properties and excellent transparency. | 01-15-2009 |
20090020726 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a piezoelectric ceramic composition which is produced by adding two or more metal elements and has excellent piezoelectric properties. The piezoelectric composition comprises the main ingredient represented by the general formula: [Li | 01-22-2009 |
20090035548 | ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MOLDING AND OPTICAL COMPONENT - An organic-inorganic hybrid composition comprising inorganic fine particles and a thermoplastic resin having a functional group capable of forming a chemical bond with the inorganic fine particles at a side chain thereof, the composition having a refractive index of 1.60 or more at a wavelength of 589 nm and a light transmittance of 70% or more at a wavelength of 589 nm in terms of the composition having a thickness of 1 mm. The composition has high refraction properties and excellent transparency. | 02-05-2009 |
20090040436 | Cyclic Olefin-Based Polymer, and Optical Material, Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Device Using the Same - A cyclic olefin-based polymer containing a repeating unit represented by formula (1), an optical material containing the cyclic olefin-based polymer, a polarizing plate containing the optical material, and a liquid crystal display device containing the polarizing plate: | 02-12-2009 |
20100104842 | ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID COMPOSITION - An organic-inorganic hybrid composition comprising a thermoplastic resin and inorganic fine particles, wherein the thermoplastic resin is a resin comprising a repeat unit in which a structure unit represented by the following formula (1) is contained in the main chain of the repeat unit: | 04-29-2010 |
20110135903 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN, ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL PARTS - An optical part comprising a thermoplastic resin having a recurring unit represented by the following formula (1): | 06-09-2011 |
20110151145 | CELLULOSE ESTER FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A cellulose ester film is provided and includes a non-phosphoric acid additive. The cellulose ester film has: a degree of alignment of 0.12 or higher in a thickness direction of the cellulose ester film as measured by wide angle X-ray diffractometry; and an average elastic modulus of 3.7 to 4.5 GPa. | 06-23-2011 |
20120018685 | Optical film, retardation film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device - An optical film contains a cellulose ester and more than 30% by mass, relative to the cellulose ester, of a condensation product of at least one polyhydric alcohol having an average of 2.01 or more carbon atoms and at least one polybasic acid having an average of 4.10 or more carbon atoms, and at least one of the at least one polyhydric alcohol contains at least three carbon atoms bonded together without being interrupted by any other atom. | 01-26-2012 |
20120264855 | CELLULOSE ESTER FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose ester film includes: a cellulose ester and at least one polyester, in which a number average molecular weight of the polyester is 2,500 or less and a ratio of components having a molecular weight of 500 or less in the polyester is less than 8%. | 10-18-2012 |
20120328067 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - An embodiment of a nuclear power plant has: a reactor vessel containing a core; a reactor containment vessel containing the reactor vessel; and a radiation heat reflecting member disposed at a portion below the reactor vessel inside the reactor containment vessel. The radiation heat reflecting member may block radiation heat, which is emitted toward a side wall surface of the reactor containment vessel from the core that has been put in a molten state by an accident and flowed downward from the reactor vessel to be accumulated at a lower portion of the reactor containment vessel. The radiation heat reflecting member may block radiation heat, which is emitted toward a supporting structure supporting devices disposed inside the reactor containment vessel. | 12-27-2012 |
20140099452 | PEELABLE LAMINATED FILM, PEELABLE LAMINATED FILM ROLL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, FILM, OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a method for manufacturing a peelable laminated film including a layer A including cellulose ester and a layer B including a resin capable of a solution film-formation different from the cellulose ester, the layer A and the layer B having an adhesion of 5 N/cm or less, the method including: simultaneously or sequentially casting and laminating a dope A for forming the layer A, which includes cellulose ester and a solvent, and a dope B for forming the layer B, which includes a resin capable of a solution film-formation different from the cellulose ester and a solvent, on a casting support, peeling off a laminate of the dope A and the dope B from the casting support, and drying the laminate. | 04-10-2014 |
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20110129267 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes a belt including a heat generating layer for generating heat by energization and including a power receiving portion which has electroconductivity and is electrically connected to the heat generating layer; a stationary back-up member, provided inside the belt, for sliding on an inner peripheral surface of the belt; a pressing member for pressing the belt against the back-up member to form a nip in which a recording material is to be nip-conveyed between the belt and itself; and an electroconductive portion, provided on the back-up member, for supplying electric power to the power receiving portion by being electrically connected to the power receiving portion. | 06-02-2011 |
20130299480 | HEATER AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE HEATER - A heater includes: a substrate; a resistor, provided obliquely on the substrate with respect to a sheet passing direction, for generating heat by electric energy supply; a pair of first electrodes which are disposed opposed to each other via the resistor and which are electrically connected with respective ends of the resistor with respect to the sheet passing direction; and a pair of second electrodes which are disposed opposed to each other via the resistor and which are electrically connected with respective ends of the resistor with respect to the sheet passing direction. One of the first electrodes and one of the second electrodes overlap with each other as seen from the sheet passing direction. | 11-14-2013 |
20130322897 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes: (i) an endless belt; (ii) a driving member; (iii) a heater including: (iii-i) a substrate; (iii-ii) a resistor; (iii-iii) a first electroconductive portion electrically connected to the resistor in a widthwise end side; and (iii-iv) a second electroconductive portion electrically connected to the resistor in another widthwise end side; and (iv) a selector for selecting one of first and second electric energy supply paths. The first electric energy supply path is electrically connected to a region of the first electroconductive portion at a longitudinal central portion of the resistor and to a region of the second electroconductive portion in at the longitudinal central portion. The second electric energy supply path is electrically connected to a region of the first electroconductive portion at a longitudinal end portion of the resistor and to a region of the second electroconductive portion at another longitudinal end portion. | 12-05-2013 |
20140286656 | IMAGE HEATING DEVICE - An image heating device includes a belt, a light emitting portion, a light receiving portion, and a control portion. The belt heats an image on a sheet in an image heating operation. The light emitting portion emits light from one widthwise end of the belt to the other widthwise end of the belt such that the light passes near a peripheral surface of the belt. The light receiving portion receives the light from the light emitting portion. The control portion controls, according to an output of the light receiving portion, whether or not to prohibit the image heating operation. | 09-25-2014 |
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20130196820 | VEHICLE ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle engine control device stopping fuel injection if a predetermined fuel cut condition is satisfied, is provided, during running with the fuel injection stopped, when inertia of a power transmission system rotating with the engine has a smaller rate of inertia of the power transmission system acting on rotation of an output shaft of the engine, the fuel injection being started at a lower engine rotation speed as compared to the case of a larger rate of inertia of the power transmission system acting on rotation of the output shaft of the engine, a clutch capable of connecting and interrupting power transmission between the engine and the power transmission system being interposed between the engine and the power transmission system, a rate of inertia of the power transmission system acting on rotation of the output shaft of the engine being configured to decrease as a clutch stroke of the clutch that is an operation amount of a clutch pedal increases, and an engine rotation speed for starting the fuel injection being set to a lower value as the clutch stroke increases. | 08-01-2013 |
20150019110 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL DEVICE AND FUEL INJECTION CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An electronic control unit detects a manner of fluctuation of a fuel pressure with injection of fuel by a fuel injection valve with the use of a fuel pressure sensor, and calculates a tendency of deviation of an actual fuel injection characteristic of the fuel injection valve with respect to a basic fuel injection characteristic on the basis of a result of comparison between a detected temporal waveform and a basic temporal waveform. The tendency of deviation is reflected at a predetermined reflection rate (R) at the time of updating a learned value (Gij) for compensating for an individual difference of the fuel injection valve. The predetermined reflection rate (R) is increased when an accumulated value (D) of a vehicle travel distance is shorter than a predetermined value (Dth) as compared with when the accumulated value (D) is longer than or equal to the predetermined value (Dth). | 01-15-2015 |
20150046066 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An electronic control unit, in an idle operating state, detects a crankshaft rotation fluctuation in each cylinder using a crank angle sensor, and updates an individual correction value for a control value for each fuel injection valve as a first learned value such that a degree of deviation in the crankshaft rotation fluctuation among the cylinders reduces. The electronic control unit uses a fuel pressure sensor to detect a manner of a fuel pressure fluctuation with fuel injection by each fuel injection valve, and updates an individual correction value for a control value for each fuel injection valve as a second learned value based on a result of comparison between a detected temporal waveform and a basic temporal waveform. In an idle operating state, a learning rate of the second learned value is reduced until the first learned value converges for the first time as compared with after its convergence. | 02-12-2015 |
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20130146646 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A light-emitting apparatus has a light-emitting device and a supporting board. The light-emitting device has a pair of n-electrodes with a p-electrode therebetween, on the same plane. The supporting board includes an insulating substrate on which positive and negative electrodes are formed, opposing to the p- and n-electrodes of the light-emitting device, respectively. Bonding members bond the p- and n-electrodes with the positive and negative electrodes, respectively. The positive electrode on the supporting board is formed within the width region of the p-electrode and narrower in width than the width of the p-electrode, in a cross-section along a line extending through the pair of n-electrodes. The negative electrodes oppose to the n-electrodes, respectively, with the same widths, or with that side face of each of the negative electrodes which faces the positive electrode being retracted outwardly from that side face of each of the n-electrodes which faces the p-electrode. | 06-13-2013 |
20130163244 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: disposing a group of electrically conductive members on a support substrate, the group of the electrically conductive members forming a plurality of mounting portions arranged in two or more columns and two or more rows with the mounting portions respectively corresponding to a plurality of light emitting elements; placing the light emitting elements on the group of the electrically conductive members with a bonding member being disposed between the light emitting elements and the electrically conductive members, each of the light emitting elements being shifted from a corresponding one of the mounting portions; and melting the bonding member to mount the light emitting elements respectively on the mounting portions by self-alignment effect generated by the melting of the bonding member. | 06-27-2013 |
20140061704 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a light emitting device comprises (a) preparing a structure including a substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, and a p-side electrode and an n-side electrode formed on the semiconductor layer; (b) preparing a support member including a p-side wiring and an n-side wiring on the same surface thereof; (c) electrically connecting the p-side electrode and the n-side electrode of the structure to the p-side wiring and the n-side wiring of the support member, respectively, using an anisotropic conductive material containing conductive particles and a first resin; and after step (c), (d) removing the substrate from the structure. | 03-06-2014 |
20150021641 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a substrate member, a light emitting element, a resin member, an insulating layer and a fluorescent material layer. The light emitting element is arranged on the substrate member. The resin member surrounds sides of the light emitting element, and has a top portion located higher than a light emission surface of the light emitting element. The insulating layer covers the light emission surface of the light emitting element and an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface of the top portion of the resin member. The fluorescent material layer covers a surface of the insulating layer. | 01-22-2015 |