Tano, JP
Atsushi Tano, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20090003865 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD PERFORMED BY THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, in which an image forming method is performed, includes an image carrier, an optical writing unit, a developing unit developing a toner image including an output image and a forcible toner consumption image, a transfer unit including an endless moving member to transfer the toner image onto the endless moving member directly or a recording medium carried on the endless moving member, a first remover to remove residual toner from the image carrier after transfer, a toner recycling unit to convey the residual toner to the developing unit, a controller to form the forcible toner consumption image and transfer the forcible toner consumption image onto the surface of the endless moving member, and a second remover to remove the forcible toner consumption image from the endless moving member. | 01-01-2009 |
Atsushi Tano, Kanagawa JP
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20150177646 | DEVICE FOR CARRIER DETERIORATION ESTIMATION, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A device that estimates carrier deterioration indicating a degree of deterioration of carrier inside a developing device using a two-component developer includes a first carrier deterioration calculation unit, a second carrier deterioration calculation unit, and a carrier deterioration degree output unit. The first carrier deterioration calculation unit uses toner consumption and agitation time to calculate a first carrier deterioration degree indicating a degree of carrier deterioration caused by a spent phenomenon. The second carrier deterioration calculation unit uses the toner consumption and the agitation time to calculate a second carrier deterioration degree indicating a degree of carrier deterioration caused by a carrier abrasion phenomenon. The carrier deterioration degree output unit uses the toner consumption to select one of the first carrier deterioration degree and the second carrier deterioration degree, and outputs the selected carrier deterioration degree. | 06-25-2015 |
Atsushi Tano, Kariya-Shi JP
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20130001310 | INFORMATION CODE AND INFORMATION CODE READER - Disclosed herein are an information code and an information code reader. In information code, a plurality of light-colored modules exhibiting the reflective characteristics of light color when light of a second wavelength band different from light of a first wavelength band is radiated and a plurality of dark-colored modules exhibiting the reflective characteristics of dark color when the light of a second wavelength band is radiated are arranged in a code region. The information code includes a masked portion disposed in a predetermined region of the code region in which light is intercepted and prevents the corresponding information code from being read, and configured to, when the light of a second wavelength band is radiated, allow light reflected from the modules of the corresponding code region to pass therethrough and thereby interrupt the light of a first wavelength band. | 01-03-2013 |
Atsushi Tano, Sakurai-Shi JP
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20100077808 | Steering apparatus - A key ring according to embodiments is press-fitted onto a steering shaft (column shaft) at a position that is radially outer side of a fit portion at which multiple shaft members that constitute the steering shaft (column shaft) are fitted to each other, and that is substantially the same as the position of the key ring in the axial direction. When a lock bar is inserted into a lock bar insertion portion formed in an outer periphery of the key ring, the key ring restricts rotation of the steering shaft. | 04-01-2010 |
Daisuke Tano, Ushiku-Shi JP
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20090108234 | Liquid crystalline polyester composition and molded article using the same - The present invention provides a liquid crystalline polyester composition comprising (A) a liquid crystalline polyester having a solubility parameter σ | 04-30-2009 |
Daisuke Tano, Kanagawa JP
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20140086624 | CLEANING BLADE, CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a cleaning blade including a contacting corner portion which comes in contact with and cleans a surface of a member to be cleaned moving relative to the cleaning blade, a tip surface which configures one side with the contacting corner portion and faces an upstream side of the surface moving direction, a ventral surface which configures one side with the contacting corner portion and faces a downstream side, and a rear surface which shares one side with the tip surface and opposes the ventral surface. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086653 | CLEANING BLADE, CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a cleaning blade having at least a portion that comes in contact with a member to be cleaned is configured of a member that contains polyurethane rubber, and that has an endothermic peak top temperature obtained by differential scanning calorimetry in a range of from 180° C. to 220° C. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086655 | CLEANING BLADE, CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a cleaning blade in which at least a portion which comes in contact with a member to be cleaned is configured of a member having dynamic ultra micro hardness of from 0.25 to 0.65 and an index K acquired in the following Equation (1) of equal to or more than 15: | 03-27-2014 |
20140255070 | CLEANING BLADE, CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning blade includes a contact portion that contacts a member to be cleaned, and the contact portion at least contains polyurethane rubber and has at least two different endothermic peak temperatures by differential scanning calorimetry in a range of 100° C. or higher. | 09-11-2014 |
20150177674 | CLEANING BLADE, CLEANING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning blade includes a portion which comes in contact with a member to be cleaned, and the portion is configured of a member containing polyurethane rubber having a structure derived from polyester polyol in which a first diol component having 10 or more carbon atoms and a second diol component having 5 or less carbon atoms are condensed with dicarboxylic acid at a molar ratio (first diol component/second diol component) of 50/50 to 80/20, a structure derived from polyisocyanate, and a structure derived from a triol. | 06-25-2015 |
20150261170 | CLEANING BLADE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning blade includes a member in which, in thermal analysis with a differential scanning calorimeter, a heat of crystal fusion ΔH1 (mJ/mg) in a crystal fusion peak 1 in a range of about 70° C. or higher and lower than about 110° C., a heat of crystal fusion ΔH2 (mJ/mg) in a crystal fusion peak 2 in a range of about 110° C. or higher and lower than about 170° C., and a heat of crystal fusion ΔH3 (mJ/mg) in a crystal fusion peak 3 in a range of about 170° C. or higher and about 200° C. or lower satisfy formulae (1) to (4), the member constituting at least a contact portion that comes in contact with a member to be cleaned. | 09-17-2015 |
20160004190 | CLEANING BLADE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a cleaning blade of which a contact portion brought into contact with at least a member to be cleaned is formed of a polyurethane member that includes a polyurethane material containing a hard segment and a soft segment and has a ratio of an area occupied by a hard segment aggregate having a diameter of 0.3 μm to 0.7 μm in a cross section being in a range of 2% to 10%. | 01-07-2016 |
Eiji Tano, Osaka JP
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20080274409 | Separator for Battery and Alkaline Battery - A separator for alkaline batteries which is obtained by bonding 5.0 to 45.0 g/m | 11-06-2008 |
20090169988 | AA and AAA Alkaline dry batteries - An AA alkaline dry battery includes a bottomed cylindrical casing of which internal volume is 6.25 ml or larger and which accommodates a positive electrode containing manganese dioxide of 9.30 g or more, a negative electrode containing zinc, and electrolyte containing an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide of which concentration is 33.5 wt % or lower; a sealing member sealing the casing; and a negative electrode current collector extending from the sealing member into the negative electrode. The dry battery has, as discharge characteristics in the middle rate current discharge (AA dry batter), discharge duration until the battery voltage becomes 0.9 V is 9.3 hours or longer where discharge at 250 mA is performed at 25° C. for one hour per day. | 07-02-2009 |
20090176157 | AA AND AAA ALKALINE DRY BATTERIES - In a battery casing, there are accommodated a positive electrode containing manganese dioxide, a negative electrode containing zinc, and an electrolyte containing an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide. The negative electrode contains bismuth of 100 ppm or less. In an AA dry battery, the amount of zinc in the negative electrode is 4.00 g or more, and the weight of the electrolyte is 4.00 g or more. In an AAA dry battery, the amount of zinc in the negative electrode is 1.71 g or more, and the weight of the electrolyte is 1.77 g or more. | 07-09-2009 |
20120107674 | SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING ANTI-SCATTERING MECHANISM - A housing for containing electrode assemblies and an electrolyte includes a cover | 05-03-2012 |
Fumihiko Tano, Tokyo JP
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20130272708 | SUBSCRIBER-SIDE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND POWER-SAVING CONTROL METHOD - An ONU includes a CDR that regenerates a clock based on a signal from an OLT, an oscillator that generates an internal clock, a time stamp counter that manages a time of the ONU based on the clock in a period in which the CDR regenerates the clock and manages the time of the ONU based on the internal clock in a period in which the CDR does not regenerate the clock, an MPCP control unit that decides, when a Cyclic Sleep mode is set, a receiver-time synchronization time that is a period in which the receiver is normally operated within a sleep time, based on a difference between a time stamp value included in the signal transmitted from the OLT and a time stamp managed by the time stamp counter, and a power-saving control unit that controls the receiver to be normally operated in the receiver-time synchronization time. | 10-17-2013 |
20140193150 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, STATION-SIDE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, USER-SIDE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND CONTROL DEVICE - An OLT includes an OLT control unit that generates a control signal for controlling a power saving operation of an ONU by specifying a different idle period with respect to a first power saving operation in which an optical receiver is operated while an optical transmitter of the ONU is controlled to a power saving state and a second power saving operation for controlling the optical transmitter and the optical receiver to the power saving state, and a station-side transmitter that transmits the control signal generated by the OLT control unit to the ONU. The ONU includes an ONU control unit that receives the control signal via the optical receiver to selectively perform the first power saving operation and the second power saving operation based on the idle period specified by the control signal. | 07-10-2014 |
20140213317 | STATION SIDE DEVICE, POWER-SAVING CONTROL SYSTEM, AND POWER-SAVING CONTROL METHOD - A station side device includes a first requesting unit that requests a counterpart communication device to perform a power saving operation of alternately performing execution and suspension of communication at preset time intervals; a phase specifying unit that specifies a first phase of the power saving operation performed by the counterpart communication device and a second phase corresponding to the first phase in the power saving operation of the station side device, based on communication performed with the counterpart communication device; a time-difference calculating unit that calculates a difference between the first phase and the second phase; and a second requesting unit that requests again the counterpart communication device to perform the power saving operation based on the calculated difference. | 07-31-2014 |
Hiroaki Tano, Tokyo JP
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20120066406 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A reproduction device includes a reception unit that receives content data through a network in a streaming manner; a discrimination unit that discriminates reproduction data to reproduce and non-reproduction data not to reproduce in the content data received in the streaming manner by the reception unit; a data managing unit that stores the reproduction data in a buffer and does not store the non-reproduction data in the buffer, with respect to the reproduction data and the non-reproduction data discriminated by the discrimination unit; and a decoding unit that decodes the reproduction data stored in the buffer by the data managing unit. | 03-15-2012 |
Hiroyuki Tano, Yokkaichi JP
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20120322348 | PAD FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING AND METHOD OF CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING USING SAME - A chemical mechanical polishing pad includes a polishing layer formed using a composition that includes a thermoplastic polyurethane, the polishing layer having a specific gravity of 1.15 to 1.30, and a durometer D hardness of 50 to 80. | 12-20-2012 |
Kensuke Tano, Tokyo JP
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20100187375 | TELESCOPIC SUPPORTING COLUMN AND FLOODLIGHT USING THE SAME - A telescopic supporting column and a floodlight using the same with enhanced maneuverability. The telescopic supporting column includes a mast that is made telescopic by inserting two or more tubular columns sequentially in a nested manner; and a braking mechanism for moderately retracting said mast. The braking mechanism includes a pressure-regulating portion provided in a proximal tubular column as a proximal end of said mast; a closing portion provided in a distal tubular column as a distal end thereof; and an air chamber formed inside said mast by partitioning off said portions. The pressure-regulating portion includes: first and second vent holes communicating said air chamber with an exterior; and a valving element closing said second vent hole in a manner capable of opening and closing said second vent hole only. | 07-29-2010 |
Kojiro Tano, Kobe-Shi JP
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20100222842 | SIGHT REGENERATION ASSISTING DEVICE - A sight regeneration assisting device for regenerating the sight of a patient comprises a plurality of needlelike electrodes each having a pointed distal end and being to be inserted in an optic papilla of a patient's eye in use; and a signal generator connected with the electrodes through a conductive wire to generate an electric stimulus pulse signal to be outputted from the electrodes, each of the electrodes, excepting a predetermined portion including the distal end, being coated with a coating layer made of resin exhibiting good biocompatibility and insulation, and the coating layer being formed with a turn-back retaining portion for retaining the electrode. | 09-02-2010 |
Makoto Tano, Obu-Shi JP
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20120028543 | GRINDING METHOD AND GRINDING MACHINE - A core grinding wheel that has a grinding layer on an outer periphery of a core is used. An ultrasonic wave is output from an ultrasonic sensor to the grinding layer via grinding fluid. An ultrasonic measuring device control unit calculates a thickness of the grinding layer on the basis of a sonic velocity in the grinding layer and an arrival time difference between a reflected wave from a surface of the grinding layer and a reflected wave from a surface of the outer periphery of the core. A grinding process and a truing process are controlled on the basis of an outside diameter of the grinding wheel, which is calculated on the basis of the measured thickness of the grinding layer and an outside diameter of the core. | 02-02-2012 |
20140242882 | GRINDING MACHINE AND GRINDING METHOD - There are provided a grinding machine and a grinding method that make it possible to achieve a high degree of accuracy of the roundness of a workpiece. As at least one of a coolant dynamic pressure and a grinding efficiency varies depending on a phase of the workpiece, a pressing force in the cut-in direction, which an eccentric cylindrical portion of the workpiece receives from a grinding wheel, varies and a degree of deflection of the eccentric cylindrical portion also varies. In the grinding machine, the degree of deflection during grinding is acquired based on the coolant dynamic pressure and the grinding efficiency, a first correction value for a command position of the grinding wheel relative to the eccentric cylindrical portion is computed, and the command position is corrected based on the first correction value. | 08-28-2014 |
Masatoshi Tano, Yokohama JP
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20100029318 | Radio Communication Method and Radio Base Station - The present invention is summarized as a radio communication method including the steps of: calculating a transmission power difference between transmission powers of a first carrier and a second carrier; determining whether or not the transmission power difference exceeds a threshold set on the basis of a maximum transmission, power difference allowable between the first carrier and the second carrier; and when the transmission power difference exceeds the threshold set on the basis of the maximum transmission power difference, assigning a first time frame used for transmitting reverse link data by using the first carrier and a second time frame used for transmitting reveres link data by using the second carrier in a manner that the two times frames do not overlap with each other on the time axis. | 02-04-2010 |
Michiyasu Tano, Tokyo JP
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20120224827 | OPERATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE TO BE MOUNTED TO A MOVING OBJECT, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, OPERATION MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is an operation management device that works in conjunction with a portable information terminal having an operation management function. A cradle ( | 09-06-2012 |
Minoru Tano, Osaka JP
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20100154928 | TABLET FILLING DEVICE - There is provided a tablet filling device, which can smoothly supply vials without any stop of the device even if the vials cause a jam within a stocker. The tablet filling device is related to removing a vial | 06-24-2010 |
20100251667 | VIAL LID FASTENING DEVICE AND MEDICINE ACCOMMODATING AND REMOVING DEVICE - There is provided an improved vial lid fastening device capable of reliably completing lid fastening in a short time. The vial lid fastening device | 10-07-2010 |
Nobuhisa Tano, Tokyo JP
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20090018494 | CHEMICAL LIQUID INJECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a chemical liquid injection system in which a chemical liquid injector can detect whether or not the injection of a liquid from a liquid syringe into a patient is inappropriate for a personal reason such as the development of a side effect although the liquid is of an appropriate type for the injection system, and the chemical liquid injector can issue an alarm to notify the inappropriate injection. Chemical liquid injector | 01-15-2009 |
20090043607 | MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM - A medical image system comprises a medical imaging apparatus, an injector, and a hospital management server having database. The injector has (a) communicating means for allowing communication with the hospital management server; and (b) a patient identifying portion which includes a detecting means for detecting patient-specific information and a means for transmitting the recognized information, further comprising (c) checking means being provided for at least one of the hospital management server and the injector or being provided as a separate apparatus, the means receives information transmitted from the patient identifying portion, and checks the received information to identify the patient. | 02-12-2009 |
20110284577 | CHEMICAL LIQUID INJECTION SYSTEM - RFID chip ( | 11-24-2011 |
20150224250 | CHEMICAL LIQUID INJECTION SYSTEM - An RFID chip including various types of data is mounted on a liquid syringe. A chemical liquid injector obtains various types of data from the RFID chip to perform a predetermined operation in accordance with at least some of the various types of data. For, example, a variable pattern for liquid can be recorded on the RFID chip of the liquid syringe to allow the chemical liquid injector to inject the liquid in accordance with the predetermined variable pattern. Thus, a large amount of data can be easily input into the chemical liquid injector to perform the various operations. | 08-13-2015 |
Nobuhisa Tano, Bunkyo-Tokyo JP
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20150018675 | MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM - A medical image system comprises a medical imaging apparatus, an injector, and a hospital management server having database. The injector has (a) communicating means for allowing communication with the hospital management server; and (b) a patient identifying portion which includes a detecting means for detecting patient-specific information and a means for transmitting the recognized information, further comprising (c) checking means being provided for at least one of the hospital management server and the injector or being provided as a separate apparatus, the means receives information transmitted from the patient identifying portion, and checks the received information to identify the patient. | 01-15-2015 |
Nobuo Tano, Tokyo JP
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20150353558 | Ionic Liquid, Lubricating Agent, and Magnetic Recording Medium - A lubricating agent including an ionic liquid formed from a Bronsted acid (HX) and a Bronsted base (B), wherein the Bronsted base has a linear hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms and the difference between the pKa value of the Bronsted acid in water and the pKa value of the Bronsted base in water is 12 or more. | 12-10-2015 |
Noritaka Tano, Yokosuka-Shi JP
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20120326614 | LUMINAIRE - According to one embodiment, a luminaire includes a dim lighting circuit, an emergency unit, a dimming-signal input section, and a dimming control circuit. The dim lighting circuit dimly lights a light source at a dimming ratio corresponding to a dimming signal. The emergency unit includes a charging circuit for charging a battery with an external power supply in a normal time and supplies a power supply of the battery to the dim lighting circuit in an emergency. The dimming-signal input section receives the input of the dimming signal from the outside. The dimming control circuit gives the dimming signal input from the dimming-signal input section to the dim lighting circuit in a normal time and gives a dimming signal having a dimming ratio for an emergency to the dim lighting circuit in an emergency. | 12-27-2012 |
Ryoko Tano, Osaka JP
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20100129355 | THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR OCULAR INFLAMMATORY DISEASE COMPRISING INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR INHIBITOR AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - The present invention relates to therapeutic and/or prophylactic agents for ocular inflammatory disease, which comprise an interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptor inhibitor as an active ingredient. | 05-27-2010 |
Ryoko Tano, Kobe-Shi JP
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20100222842 | SIGHT REGENERATION ASSISTING DEVICE - A sight regeneration assisting device for regenerating the sight of a patient comprises a plurality of needlelike electrodes each having a pointed distal end and being to be inserted in an optic papilla of a patient's eye in use; and a signal generator connected with the electrodes through a conductive wire to generate an electric stimulus pulse signal to be outputted from the electrodes, each of the electrodes, excepting a predetermined portion including the distal end, being coated with a coating layer made of resin exhibiting good biocompatibility and insulation, and the coating layer being formed with a turn-back retaining portion for retaining the electrode. | 09-02-2010 |
Ryotaro Tano, Kobe-Shi JP
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20100222842 | SIGHT REGENERATION ASSISTING DEVICE - A sight regeneration assisting device for regenerating the sight of a patient comprises a plurality of needlelike electrodes each having a pointed distal end and being to be inserted in an optic papilla of a patient's eye in use; and a signal generator connected with the electrodes through a conductive wire to generate an electric stimulus pulse signal to be outputted from the electrodes, each of the electrodes, excepting a predetermined portion including the distal end, being coated with a coating layer made of resin exhibiting good biocompatibility and insulation, and the coating layer being formed with a turn-back retaining portion for retaining the electrode. | 09-02-2010 |
Shintaro Tano, Tokyo JP
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20120020814 | CONTROL VALVE FOR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - There is provided a control valve for a variable displacement compressor capable of directly connecting a plunger to a valve rod in a relatively easy way, and realizing an improvement in assemblability, reduction in costs, and the like. A connecting cylinder for directly connecting the plunger to the valve rod is provided. The valve rod is provided with a mushroom-like or flange-like part. The connecting cylinder is provided with an elastic locking piece which, by pushing the mushroom-like or flange-like part into the elastic locking piece, is pushed and opened outward in a radial direction so as for the mushroom-like or flange-like part to pass through the elastic locking piece, and which, after the passing of the mushroom-like or flange-like part, is restored to an original shape due to elasticity which the elastic locking piece has, and locks the mushroom-like or flange-like part. | 01-26-2012 |
20120056113 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR CONTROL VALVE - A variable displacement compressor control valve is provided, which can reduce a time required until a discharge capacity becomes large at a time of actuation of a compressor without reducing an operation efficiency of the compressor. An in-valve release passage for releasing a crank chamber pressure Pc to a suction chamber of the compressor through a Ps inlet/outlet port is provided, a sub valve element which opens and closes the in-valve release passage is provided, and under a situation in which a valve port is closed by a main valve element, two forces that are a force corresponding to a suction pressure Ps (contraction force of a bellows device) and a force corresponding to a differential pressure of the crank chamber pressure Pc and the suction pressure Ps act on the sub valve element in a direction to open the in-valve release passage. | 03-08-2012 |
Toyoaki Tano, Numazu-Shi JP
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20100233613 | CARRIER - A carrier which is capable of avoiding excess blocking of the carrier particles at the time of forming a covering layer and is excellent in durability, a developer containing the carrier, and a developer container containing the developer, as well as an image forming method and a process cartridge which use the developer are provided. A carrier including at least a core material particle and a covering layer, a surface of the core material particle being covered with the covering layer, wherein the covering layer contains a condensate which is obtained by condensation of a silicone resin having at least one of a silanol group and a functional group which can be converted to the silanol group by hydrolysis, using a titanium diisopropoxy bis(ethylaceto-acetate) catalyst. | 09-16-2010 |
20100239975 | CARRIER FOR USE IN DEVELOPER DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE DEVELOPER - The carrier includes a particulate core material having magnetism; and a resin layer located on the surface of the particulate core material. The resin layer is prepared by forming a layer including a copolymer, which includes a unit (A) having a specific acrylic siloxane structure, a unit (B) having a specific acrylic silicone structure having a crosslinking ability, and a unit (C) having a specific acrylic structure in a specific ratio, on the particulate core material, and then subjecting the layer to a heat treatment to crosslink the layer. | 09-23-2010 |
20110086307 | CARRIER FOR TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - A carrier, including a magnetic particulate core material and a resin layer on the core material, wherein the resin layer includes a resin obtained by heat treatment of a copolymer including a site derived from a monomer component having the following formula (1) and a site derived from a monomer component having the following formula (2), and includes a cross-linked material obtained by hydrolysis of the copolymer to produce a silanol group and condensation using an organotitanium compound: | 04-14-2011 |
20110091802 | CARRIER, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE CARRIER, DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE DEVELOPER - The carrier is used for a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image, and includes a particulate magnetic core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the core material and including a crosslinked material and barium sulfate. The cover layer is formed by applying a coating medium including barium sulfate, a copolymer including a unit (A) having a specific acrylic siloxane structure including a tris(trialkylsiloxy)silanyl group and a unit (B) having a specific acrylic silicone structure having a crosslinking ability, and a condensation reaction catalyst, heating the applied medium to a temperature of from 100° C. to 230° C. so that the copolymer is hydrolyzed to produce a material having a silanol group, and the material and the catalyst are subjected to a condensation reaction to form the crosslinked material. | 04-21-2011 |
Toyoaki Tano, Shizuoka JP
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20110065037 | LATENT ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING CARRIER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A latent electrostatic image developing carrier including a carrier core material, and a coating layer containing a resin and provided on a surface of the carrier core material, wherein the coating layer includes a particulate material containing at least first fine conductive particles and second fine conductive particles, and wherein the first fine conductive particles and the second fine conductive particles satisfy the relationships expressed by Expressions 1 and 2, 3≦D1/D2≦15 . . . Expression 1, where D1 denotes a dispersed particle diameter of the first fine conductive particles and D2 denotes a dispersed particle diameter of the second fine conductive particles, and −7E≦R1×R2≦8E . . . Expression 2, where R1 denotes a powder specific resistance of the first fine conductive particles and R2 denotes a powder specific resistance of the second fine conductive particles. | 03-17-2011 |
20110229817 | CARRIER, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE CARRIER, DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE DEVELOPER - The carrier is used for a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image, and includes a particulate magnetic core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the particulate magnetic core material and including a crosslinked material. The crosslinked material is formed by hydrolyzing a copolymer including at least a unit (A) having a specific acrylic siloxane structure including a tris(trialkylsiloxy)silanyl group and a unit (B) having a specific acrylic silicone structure to form a material having a silanol group, and subjecting the material having a silanol group to a condensation reaction using an organic zirconium-containing catalyst. | 09-22-2011 |
20120028183 | DEVELOPING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The developing method includes developing an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member with a two-component developer including a toner and a carrier and born on at least one developer bearing member, whose surface moves at a linear speed of from 300 mm/sec to 2,000 mm/sec. The carrier includes a particulate core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the core material and including a crosslinked material obtained by crosslinking a resin including a first unit having a specific tris(trialkylsiloxy) silyl group and a second unit having a specific alkoxysilyl group having a crosslinking ability. Each of the first unit and the second unit is included in the resin in a molar ratio of from 0.1 to 0.9 based on all the units included in the resin. | 02-02-2012 |
20120057898 | CARRIER, DEVELOPER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARRIER, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPER - A carrier including a magnetic core particle and a resin layer covering a surface of the magnetic core particle. The magnetic core particle is a ferrite particle including strontium in an amount of 0.005 to 3% by mass, measured by fluorescent X-ray spectroscopy. The resin layer comprises a resin obtained by heating a copolymer comprising a silicon-containing unit A and another silicon-containing specific unit B. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058423 | CONTACT DEVELOPING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A contact developing method including supplying a two-component developer to an electrostatic latent image on a rotating image bearing member by rotating a developing sleeve and a rotatable magnet having multiple magnetic poles provided inside the developing sleeve, to develop the electrostatic latent image into a toner image. The developing sleeve and the image bearing member rotate in the same direction while facing each other. The two-component developer comprises a non-magnetic toner and a carrier. The carrier comprises a magnetic core particle and a resin layer covering the magnetic core particle. The resin layer comprises a conductive particle and a resin. The conductive particle comprises an alumina-based material and a conductive layer covering the alumina-based material. The resin is obtained by heating a copolymer comprising a monomer A unit and a monomer B unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20120064451 | CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE, AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE CARRIER - A carrier comprising a magnetic core particle having a shape factor SF-2 of 130 to 160 and a resin layer covering a surface of the magnetic core particle. The resin layer comprises a conductive particle and a resin obtained by heating a copolymer comprising a silicon-containing A unit and another silicon-containing B unit having. | 03-15-2012 |
20130004209 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developing device including a developer container and a developer bearing member is provided. The developer container contains a two-component developer comprising toner particles and magnetic carrier particles having a ten-point average surface roughness Rz of 0.5 to 3.0 μm. The developer bearing member is a cylindrical member containing a magnetic field generator having multiple magnetic poles. The developer bearing member is adapted to bear the two-component developer on a surface thereof and to convey the two-component developer as the surface rotates. The developer bearing member has a ten-point average surface roughness Rz of 10 to 30 μm. The multiple magnetic poles include three developer bearing poles each adapted to generate a magnetic field having a strength enough for retaining the two-component developer on a surface of the developer bearing member. The three developer bearing poles consist of a developing pole, a pre-developing pole, and a post-developing pole. | 01-03-2013 |
20130016999 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSAANM Tohmatsu; HiroshiAACI ShizuokaAACO JPAAGP Tohmatsu; Hiroshi Shizuoka JPAANM Yaguchi; ShigenoriAACI ShizuokaAACO JPAAGP Yaguchi; Shigenori Shizuoka JPAANM Iwatsuki; HitoshiAACI ShizuokaAACO JPAAGP Iwatsuki; Hitoshi Shizuoka JPAANM Tano; ToyoakiAACI ShizuokaAACO JPAAGP Tano; Toyoaki Shizuoka JPAANM Sakata; KoichiAACI ShizuokaAACO JPAAGP Sakata; Koichi Shizuoka JPAANM Takii; MarikoAACI ShizuokaAACO JPAAGP Takii; Mariko Shizuoka JP - To provide an image forming method, containing: a charging step, a latent electrostatic image forming step, a developing step, a transferring step, and a fixing step, wherein the developing step is developing the latent electrostatic image formed on the latent electrostatic image bearing member with a two-component developer containing a toner and a carrier by a developing element to form a visible image, where the developing contains: stirring the toner and the carrier to prepare the two-component developer to have a flow energy amount of 30 mJ to 70 mJ; and periodically discharging and transporting the stirred two-component to the developer unit by air pressure to thereby supply the two-component developer for the developing. | 01-17-2013 |
20130065171 | LATENT ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING CARRIER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A latent electrostatic image developing carrier including: core particles each having magnetism; and a coating layer covering each of the core particles, wherein the latent electrostatic image developing carrier has a shape factor SF-2 of 115 to 150 and has a bulk density of 1.8 g/cm | 03-14-2013 |
20130101930 | CARRIER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER, ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER FORMED OF CARRIER AND TONER, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE DEVELOPER - A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image, including a particulate core material having a magnetism having developed spontaneous magnetization; and a covering layer comprising an electroconductive material, covering the surface of the particulate core material, wherein the carrier has an electrical resistivity Log R [Ωcm] of from 8.0 to 12.0 when measured by a method, including filling the carrier in a cell containing a pair of facing electrodes, each having a surface area of 2×4 [cm | 04-25-2013 |
20130252169 | CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE, TOW-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A carrier for developing electrostatic latent image, including a particulate magnetic core material; and a coated layer covering the surface of the particulate magnetic core material, wherein the coated layer includes a resin including a silicone resin and a methacrylic ester or an acrylic ester resin, and a filler including a substrate; and an electroconductive layer comprising tin dioxide (SnO | 09-26-2013 |
20140023966 | CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE, AND ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER - A carrier for developing electrostatic latent images includes a core material; and a covering layer formed of a resin comprising an electroconductive particulate material, overlying the core material, wherein the covering layer includes the electroconductive particulate material in an amount of from 58 to 73% by weight and has a resistivity of from 6.6 to 8.6 Ωcm, and wherein the carrier has a high-brightness contrast part at an areal ratio less than 1% and 40 to 90% based on total area thereof at an acceleration voltage of 0.8 KV and 2.0 KV, respectively in an FE-SEM reflection electron image of the surface thereof. | 01-23-2014 |
20140072910 | CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING AN ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE, DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image of the present invention includes a core material and a coating layer which coats the core material, wherein the coating layer includes a resin and fine particles, wherein the coating layer has an average layer thickness difference of 0.02 μm to 3.0 μm, and wherein the carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image has an arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra1 of 0.5 μm to 0.9 μm. | 03-13-2014 |
20140080052 | CARRIER FOR TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A carrier for developing electrostatic latent images produced in an image developer includes a magnetic particulate core material and a covering layer covering the surface of the core material. The image developer includes an image bearer, a developer bearer including comprising a magnetic field generator inside and a developer regulation member facing the surface of the image developer with a predetermined gap. The carrier has a bulk density of from 1.6 to 2.25 g/cm | 03-20-2014 |
20140248557 | CARRIER FOR TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - A carrier is provided. The carrier includes a particulate magnetic core, and a cover layer located on the surface of the particulate magnetic core and including a resin and a filler. When determined from observation of cross-section of the carrier, the shape factor SF2 of the carrier is from 120 to 160, the ratio of the average domain diameter of the particulate magnetic core to the number average particle diameter of the filler is from 1:1 to 1:0.003, and the area ratio of the filler in the cover layer is from 30 to 85%. | 09-04-2014 |
20140348552 | REPLENISHING DEVELOPER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A replenishing developer housing container according to the present invention includes: a container body housing a replenishing developer; a conveying portion; a pipe receiving port; and an uplifting portion, wherein the replenishing developer contains a toner and a carrier, wherein the container body includes a protruding portion protruding from a container body interior side of the container opening portion toward one end of the container body and a curving portion curving so as to conform to the protruding portion, wherein the uplifting portion includes an uplifting wall surface extending from an internal wall surface of the container body toward the protruding portion, wherein the protruding portion is provided such that when the replenishing developer housing container is mounted on the replenishing developer conveying device, the protruding portion is present between the curving portion and the replenishing developer receiving port of a conveying pipe being inserted. | 11-27-2014 |
20150153665 | CARRIER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a carrier including magnetic core particles; and a coating layer on a surface of each of the magnetic core particles, wherein the coating layer contains electroconductive particles; wherein the electroconductive particles are electroconductive particles in which white inorganic pigments are coated with phosphorus-doped tin or tungsten-doped tin; and wherein a dope ratio of phosphorus or tungsten to tin in the phosphorus-doped tin or tungsten-doped tin is 0.010 to 0.100. | 06-04-2015 |
Toyoaki Tano, Shizuoka-Ken JP
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20110171573 | CARRIER, DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER, AND DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE DEVELOPER - A carrier for use in a two component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image is provided. The carrier includes a particulate core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the core material and including a silicone resin and barium sulfate. The cover layer includes Ba and Si at an atomic ratio of from 0.01 to 0.08 as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. | 07-14-2011 |
Yasuo Tano, Hyogo JP
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20120149598 | FEEDER CELLS FOR TARGET CELL INDUCTION - The present invention provides a feeder cell for target cell induction, wherein the feeder cell is transduced with an immortalizing gene and a suicide gene; and a production process for a target cell sheet using the feeder cell for target cell induction. | 06-14-2012 |
Yasuo Tano, Osaka JP
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20100129355 | THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR OCULAR INFLAMMATORY DISEASE COMPRISING INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR INHIBITOR AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - The present invention relates to therapeutic and/or prophylactic agents for ocular inflammatory disease, which comprise an interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptor inhibitor as an active ingredient. | 05-27-2010 |
Yasuo Tano, Kobe-Shi JP
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20100222842 | SIGHT REGENERATION ASSISTING DEVICE - A sight regeneration assisting device for regenerating the sight of a patient comprises a plurality of needlelike electrodes each having a pointed distal end and being to be inserted in an optic papilla of a patient's eye in use; and a signal generator connected with the electrodes through a conductive wire to generate an electric stimulus pulse signal to be outputted from the electrodes, each of the electrodes, excepting a predetermined portion including the distal end, being coated with a coating layer made of resin exhibiting good biocompatibility and insulation, and the coating layer being formed with a turn-back retaining portion for retaining the electrode. | 09-02-2010 |
20110130388 | PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR AXIAL MYOPIA - Since high myopia increases the risks of retinal detachment, myopic chorioretinal atrophy, myopic choroidal neovascularization, glaucoma, and cataract, establishment of prophylaxis against the progress of myopia is desired. However, at present, there is no effective prophylaxis or therapy for axial myopia, which is considered to cause high myopia. The present invention, which was completed based on the finding that Rho kinase inhibitors have an inhibitory action on axial length extension, provides a prominently effective prophylactic or therapeutic agent comprising a Rho kinase inhibitor as an active ingredient for axial myopia. | 06-02-2011 |
Yoshihiro Tano, Okegawa-Shi JP
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20160090015 | SEAT BELT ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLE - A seat belt attachment structure for an off-road vehicle comprising a seat including a seat frame and at least two occupant sitting positions. A seat belt is provided for each sitting position that includes a shoulder belt, a waist belt, and a tongue plate. When fastened, the seat belt is fixed at three points including a retractor housing the shoulder belt, an anchor fixing the waist belt on the same side of the sitting position as the retractor, and a buckle positioned on the other side of the sitting position that detachably engages the tongue plate. At least a first appendage is positioned along the frame between the first and second sitting positions, and the waist belts of the first and second sitting positions are fixed to the first appendage when the seat belts of the first and second sitting positions are fastened. | 03-31-2016 |
Yoshihiro Tano, Tokyo JP
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20150274215 | FLOOR SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A floor support structure of a vehicle comprises a floor extending in the vehicle width direction so as to allow occupants sitting side by side in the vehicle width direction to put their feet thereon. The floor includes a plane surface part and separating a vehicle interior from a vehicle exterior, a body for supporting each of front and rear end portions of the floor in the forward and rearward direction of the vehicle and each of left and right end portions of the floor in the vehicle width direction, and a floor stay making contact with a lower surface in or around the middle in the vehicle width direction of the floor so as to support the floor. The floor stay comprises a plurality of main stays and a sub-stay. | 10-01-2015 |
Yutaka Tano, Fujinomiya-City JP
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20140336594 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes an elongated wire body having flexibility; a distal member that covers a distal portion of the wire body and is configured to have a resin material; and a hydrophilic lubricant layer that is formed so as to cover a proximal end of the distal member and is configured to have a hydrophilic material. In addition, the hydrophilic lubricant layer has a tapered shape whose outer diameter gradually decreases toward a proximal side. In addition, the maximum outer diameter of the hydrophilic lubricant layer is smaller than the maximum outer diameter of the distal member. In addition, a proximal portion of the distal member has a tapered shape whose outer diameter gradually decreases toward the proximal side, and a distal end of the hydrophilic lubricant layer is positioned at the tapered portion of the distal member. | 11-13-2014 |
Yutaka Tano, Toyota-Shi JP
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20100276024 | SAFETY VALVE DEVICE, VALVE APPARATUS, HIGH-PRESSURE GAS TANK, AND VEHICLE - A safety valve device has a safety valve body configured to include a valve mechanism opened at a temperature of or over a preset reference temperature. The safety valve device also includes a gas flow path arranged to make a flow of hydrogen flowing out of a hydrogen tank via the safety valve body in a valve open position of the valve mechanism, and a discharge pipe configured to have a hydrogen discharge opening and arranged to discharge the hydrogen flowing through the gas flow path to the outside. The hydrogen discharge opening of the discharge pipe is formed to discharge the hydrogen in an oblique direction relative to a direction of an axial center of the gas flow path. The discharge pipe also has a groove formed to apply an input rotational force to the discharge pipe and thereby rotate the discharge pipe around the axial center of the gas flow path. In a typical application of a high-pressure gas tank with such a safety valve device mounted on a vehicle, this arrangement of the safety valve device enables the discharge direction of the high-pressure gas that is discharged from the safety valve device to be readily adjusted. | 11-04-2010 |
20120183873 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system acquires an operation state of a fuel cell and estimates an IV characteristic that indicates a relationship between a current and a voltage in the fuel cell. At least one of a resistance overvoltage, an activation overvoltage, a current-voltage hysteresis and a concentration overvoltage of the fuel cell is determined from the operation state of the fuel cell, and the IV characteristic is estimated based on the determined result. | 07-19-2012 |
20150017485 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell and a secondary cell as power supply sources to a load, in which, during normal operation, a first control part allows a first converter (boost converter at the fuel cell side) to control an output voltage of the fuel cell and a second control part allows a second converter (boost converter at the secondary cell side) to control an output voltage to a first load side, whereas during an occurrence of an abnormality of the secondary cell, the first control part allows the first converter to control an output voltage thereof and the second control part allows the second converter to control an output voltage to a second load side. | 01-15-2015 |
20150217660 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system according to the present invention comprises: a fuel cell and a secondary battery, each acting as a power supply source; a first converter a second converter provided between the fuel cell and the secondary battery and first and second loads; a first inverter provided between the first and second converters and the first load and a second inverter provided between the first and second converters and the second load; a first controller that controls an output of the fuel cell by controlling the first converter; and a second controller configured separately from the first controller, the second controller controlling the second converter, the first inverter and the second inverter to thereby control outputs supplied to the first inverter and the second inverter, including an output from the secondary battery. The first and second controllers are connected so as to be able to communication with each other regarding failure information on respective control targets. If one of the first controller and the second controller receives the failure information sent from the other, the first controller or the second controller that has received the failure information stops operation of the control target thereof. | 08-06-2015 |
Yutaka Tano, Fujinomiya-Shi JP
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20120029478 | GUIDE WIRE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT - A guide wire for medical treatment includes a straight-line shaped proximal section and a distal section which is continuous with the distal side of the proximal section and whose most distal portion faces toward the proximal direction. The distal section includes a curved portion continuous with the proximal section and a distal portion continuous with the distal side of the curved portion, the proximal section and at least a portion on the proximal side of the curved portion continuous with the proximal section are positioned on an identical plane, and the distal portion is extended toward a direction backing away from the plane and includes the most distal portion in a section of a direction to which the curved portion is curved with respect to an plane n an axis core of the proximal section orthogonal to the plane. | 02-02-2012 |
20130018280 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes a core wire which forms a line shape formed from a flexible metal material. A distal portion of the core wire is arranged in an axial line direction of the core wire and includes a plurality of deformable portions, which are easily-deformable in a specific direction on a plane (x-y plane) with the axial line of the core wire being a normal line, and easily-deformable directions of the adjacent easily-deformable portions among the respective easily-deformable portions are different from each other. | 01-17-2013 |
20140336622 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes an elongated wire body exhibiting flexibility, a distal side coating layer that covers a distal portion of the wire body and is made of a resin material, and a tubular member through which the wire body passes and possessing a distal portion positioned in the vicinity of a proximal portion of the distal side coating layer. A plurality of melted portions which are concavely deformed toward the wire body side by melting are formed in the tubular member. The tubular member is fixed to the wire body by bringing the melted portions into press-contact with the wire body The plurality of melted portions is irregularly formed along an axis direction of the tubular member | 11-13-2014 |
Yutaka Tano, Shizuoka JP
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20130006222 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes: a flexible elongate wire body; and a coating layer that covers a distal portion of the wire body and is formed of a resin material. The wire body of the guide wire is provided with a projection that protrudes along the entire circumference of an outer circumferential portion of the wire body. A distal portion of the projection is in contact with a proximal portion of the coating layer, and the maximum outside diameter of the projection is larger than the outside diameter of the coating layer that is in contact with the projection. In addition, a proximal portion of the projection has an outside diameter tapering portion where the outside diameter is gradually reduced toward a proximal end. | 01-03-2013 |
20140288533 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire has a wire body; and a distal side coating layer that covers a distal portion of the wire body. The guide wire has a cylindrical member that has an outer diameter substantially the same as an outer diameter of a proximal portion of the distal side coating layer, that encircles a portion of the wire body and that has a distal portion positioned proximate the proximal portion of the distal side coating layer; and a joint member that is disposed at a proximal side of the cylindrical member and joins the cylindrical member and the wire body. The joint member has a gradually decreasing outer diameter portion whose outer diameter gradually decreases toward a proximal side of the wire body, and an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member has a surface continuous with the gradually decreasing outer diameter portion. | 09-25-2014 |