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20090255710 | Solar cell lead wire and production method therefor and solar cell using same - A solar cell lead wire includes a strip-shaped conductive material formed by rolling a wire, and upper and lower melt solder-plated layers formed to be flat on upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of the strip-shaped conductive material by supplying melt solder thereto. | 10-15-2009 |
20090260689 | Solar cell lead wire, method of making the same, and solar cell - A solar cell lead wire includes a conducting material, and a molten solder plated layer formed on the conducting material. The conducting material includes a concave-convex conducting material that includes a concavity on top and under surfaces thereof, respectively, and a convexity on a side surface thereof, and that is formed by die processing a strip-shaped conducting material, and the molten solder plated layer comprises a flat surface formed by supplying a molten solder to the concavity of the concave-convex conducting material. | 10-22-2009 |
20100218981 | Solar cell lead, method of manufacturing the same, and solar cell using the same - A solar cell lead includes a strip plate conductive material that a surface thereof is coated with solder plating. The coated solder plating includes a concavo-convex portion on a surface thereof and a 0.2% proof stress of not more than 90 MPa by a tensile test. The coated solder plating includes a hot-dip solder plating layer formed by supplying a molten solder on the surface of the strip plate conductive material. A plating temperature is set to be not higher than a liquidus-line temperature of the used solder plus 120° C., and an oxide film on a surface of the hot-dip solder plating layer is set to be not more than 7 nm in thickness. | 09-02-2010 |
20110220196 | LEAD WIRE FOR SOLAR CELL, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STORAGE METHOD THEREOF, AND SOLAR CELL - Disclosed is a lead wire for a solar cell having excellent bondability with a solar cell. The solar cell lead wire ( | 09-15-2011 |
20140141241 | HALOGEN-FREE HEAT AGING-RESISTANT FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOUND AND WIRE AND CABLE USING THE SAME - A halogen-free heat aging-resistant flame-retardant resin compound includes a mixture of 100 parts by mass of polyolefin-based resin, 100 to 250 parts by mass of metal hydroxide, and 2 to 5 parts by mass of an antioxidant including a first antioxidant having a melting point of not less than 200 degrees Celsius and a mean particle diameter of not greater than 10 μm solely or a combination with a second antioxidant, and the mixture is cross-linked. | 05-22-2014 |
20140290976 | HALOGEN-FREE EXTRA-HIGH-VOLTAGE CABLE FOR RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK - A halogen-free extra-high-voltage cable for railway rolling stock includes a stranded conductor, an inner semi-conducting layer covering the stranded conductor, an outer semi-conducting layer provided on an outer periphery of the inner semi-conducting layer via an insulation layer, and a sheath layer on an outer periphery of the outer semi-conducting layer, the sheath layer containing 80 to 200 parts by weight of metal hydroxide and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of cross-linking agent with respect to 100 parts by weight of olefin-based polymer containing ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer as a main component, the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of not less than 40 wt % and less than 50 wt % and a melt flow rate of not more than 2.5 g/10 min and a resin composition is cross-linked. | 10-02-2014 |
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20080236672 | Fuel shut-off valve - A fuel shut-off valve includes a casing, an ascendable and descendible float, and an upper valve element, which is actuated by the float to open and close connector passage that communicates the inside of fuel tank with the outside, and which includes a valve body and a ring-shaped seat member. The ring-shaped seat member makes a connector bore, which communicates with the connector passage, therein, and includes a base, a holding portion, a seating portion, a lip-shaped portion, and a thin-film-shaped portion. The seating portion opens and closes the connector passage, and defines an opening of the connector bore. The lip-shaped portion seats on and separates away from the float, and defines the other opening of the connector bore. The thin-film-shaped portion is disposed between the base and the lip-shaped portion, and is deformable elastically upon being pressed by the float when the float seats on the lip-shaped portion. | 10-02-2008 |
20090000669 | Fuel cutoff valve - A fuel cutoff valve | 01-01-2009 |
20090293849 | Venting device for fuel tank - The fuel tank venting device is furnished with a full fuel control valve and a rollover valve that are installed on a fuel tank, and a fuel tank valve unit having a pressure valve that is situated between a canister and the two valves. The pressure valve is furnished with a casing that has a valve chamber, a valve body housed within the valve chamber, and a spring. The valve body has a disk-shaped valve part and a side wall that projects with tubular contours from the outside perimeter of the valve part, and has a cup shape defining a spring chamber that is bounded by the valve part and the side wall. The valve part is perforated by an orifice of smaller planar dimensions than the valve aperture. | 12-03-2009 |
20100072203 | Fuel cutoff valve - In a fuel cutoff valve | 03-25-2010 |
20110017320 | Fuel Cutoff valve - A fuel cutoff valve includes a first float mechanism housed in a first valve chamber of a casing, and a second float mechanism housed in a second valve chamber. During fueling operations, when an intake opening becomes blocked by fuel, the second float mechanism closes second vent holes, and the first float mechanism closes a connecting passage. At times other than fueling operations, when the intake opening becomes blocked by fuel, because the fuel tank interior and the first and second valve chambers, communicate through the second vent holes in addition to the first vent holes, differential pressure between tank internal pressure and pressure of the valve chambers does not rise to the point of actuating the closing operation of the first float mechanism, and the fuel tank FT does not become sealed. | 01-27-2011 |
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20080305110 | Novel Ligand of G Protein Coupled Receptor Protein and Use Thereof - The present invention provides a method of screening an agonist or antagonist to a G protein-coupled receptor protein comprising the same or substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, or a salt thereof, which comprises using the receptor protein or a salt thereof and the ligand or a salt thereof; etc. The present invention is useful for screening agents for the prevention/treatment of, e.g., leukopenia, leukemia, lymphoma, malignant tumor, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, tonsil disorders, collagen disease, inflammatory disease, leukocytosis, heart failure, inherited muscle disorders, muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular degenerative disease, myocardial infarction, obesity, mellitus diabetes, hyperlipemia, arteriosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, thrombocytopenia, thrombocytosis, cancer, pulmonary edema, multiple organ failure, etc. | 12-11-2008 |
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20090295518 | Soft Magnetic Powders and Compacts - A water atomized Fe powder for a magnetic compact reduced in deformation resistance during molding and annealing temperature for removing strains is provided. A compact having improved magnetic properties is also provided. The water atomized powder containing at least one element selected from Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr and V in an amount of 0.001-0.03 atom % is soft magnetic and has a precipitation in the matrix, which is composed of at least one element selected from Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr and V and oxygen as a main component and has an average size of 0.02-0.5 μm. Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a soft magnetic powder includes adding at least one element selected from Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr and V, and annealing in a hydrogen-containing reduction atmosphere. This method decrease gaseous impurities, particularly oxygen, and defuse it, to improve the magnetic properties of the powder and compact. | 12-03-2009 |
20090317286 | High-temperature member for use in gas turbine - A high-temperature member for use in a gas turbine is formed from a cobalt-based alloy comprising 15-35 wt % of chromium; 0.02-1.5 wt % of silicon; 0.01-0.2 wt % of carbon; at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of niobium, tungsten, tantalum and rhenium, the total content of these four metals being controlled not to exceed 10% by atomic ratio of the entirety of the alloy excluding carbon; and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, manganese and iron, the total content of these metals being within a range of 1-9 wt %, the total content of nickel being controlled not to exceed 5 wt %, and the cobalt-based alloy having both of excellent resistance due to work hardening of the matrix and excellent ductility under room temperature. Then, in order to improve the high-temperature wear resistance, a pre-hardened layer is formed in the surface portion of the member by shot peening | 12-24-2009 |
20140205485 | Soft Magnetic Powders and Compacts - A water atomized Fe powder for a magnetic compact reduced in deformation resistance during molding and annealing temperature for removing strains is provided. A compact having improved magnetic properties is also provided. The water atomized powder containing at least one element selected from Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr and V in an amount of 0.001-0.03 atom % is soft magnetic and has a precipitation in the matrix, which is composed of at least one element selected from Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr and V and oxygen as a main component and has an average size of 0.02-0.5 μm. Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a soft magnetic powder includes adding at least one element selected from Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr and V, and annealing in a hydrogen-containing reduction atmosphere. This method decrease gaseous impurities, particularly oxygen, and defuse it, to improve the magnetic properties of the powder and compact. | 07-24-2014 |
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20080309649 | CURRENT DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A current drive circuit supplies a driving current to a pixel portion included in a current-driven display panel. A driving current generator includes an output terminal for supplying the driving current. A protective transistor has a drain connected to the pixel portion, a source connected to the output terminal, and a gate to which a first bias voltage is supplied. The first bias voltage has a voltage level lower than or equal to a voltage level obtained by adding the threshold voltage of the protective transistor to the breakdown voltage of the driving current generator. | 12-18-2008 |
20090289959 | Liquid Crystal Driver, Liquid Crystal Display Device, and Liquid Crystal Driving Method - A selector ( | 11-26-2009 |
20100085344 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An operational amplifier circuit according to an aspect of the present invention includes a differential amplifier unit. The differential amplifier circuit includes a first differential transistor and a second differential transistor, which form a first differential pair, and a current source transistor which supplies a current to the first differential pair. The operational amplifier circuit further includes a first variable resistive element connected between (i) at least one of sources of the first and the second differential transistors and (ii) a drain of the current source transistor. The first variable resistive element includes: a first terminal and a second terminal; first resistive elements connected in series; and a first correction voltage selecting circuit which modifies a resistance value between the first and the second terminals by changing the number of stages of the first resistive elements connected in series between the first and the second terminals. | 04-08-2010 |
20100220080 | DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display driving device is provided which drives a display panel having source lines provided for columns of pixels and which includes: first switches sw | 09-02-2010 |
20100253669 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVING DEVICE - A switching-controlling section turns ON one of a transfer gate for high voltages or a transfer gate for low voltages and subsequently turns ON the other one of the transfer gates according to the outputs from the data latches only when the outputs from data latches are different from each other. Source lines are sequentially connected to a capacitor element for high voltages or a capacitor element for low voltages. For those source lines in which applied voltages change in a previous period and a subsequent period, an electric charge is stored and supplied effectively and power consumption is reduced, whereas for those source lines in which the applied voltages do not change, retained voltages do not vary so power is not consumed when subsequent voltages are applied. Power consumption in a liquid crystal panel driving device is reduced, and the time required for storing and supplying an electric charge is shortened. The circuit scale is also reduced. | 10-07-2010 |
20110157146 | DISPLAY DRIVER CIRCUIT - In an output mode, an output switch (SW | 06-30-2011 |
20110235286 | DISPLAY PANEL MODULE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a display panel module which enhances, in a display panel module, heat dissipation characteristics of a driving circuit element without reducing the number of display panels to be taken, and allows reduction in the number of display circuit elements. The display panel module according to the present invention includes: a film package; a display panel; a plurality of first electrodes connected to the film package; a plurality of second electrodes provided at a larger pitch than the first electrodes connected to the display panel; and a flexible printed circuit board | 09-29-2011 |
20110261541 | DRIVING DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL MODULE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DRIVING DEVICE - The present invention provides a driving device, a display panel module, a display apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the driving device, which are capable of reducing the number of a driving circuit elements without reducing the number of display panels to be taken or increasing a wiring area of a film. The driving device according to an aspect of the present invention drives a display panel and includes: a film on which wires and a circuit element are mounted; and a first film portion and a second film portion separated by providing a first slit in the film. Each of the first film portion and the second film portion is folded at least once and connected to the display panel. | 10-27-2011 |
20110273425 | DRIVE VOLTAGE GENERATOR - N drivers convert n digital values into n voltages. N amplifiers amplify the n voltages, thereby generate n drive voltages. An amplifier voltage supply supplies an amplifier voltage for driving the n amplifiers. An amplifier voltage controller detects a maximum digital value among a plurality of digital values, and sets the amplifier voltage to a voltage value dependent on the maximum digital value. | 11-10-2011 |
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20090301887 | METAL PART AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL PART - A method of manufacturing a metal part in which a base material of an aluminum alloy as an anode is immersed in an electrolyte together with a cathode, and at least a portion of a surface of the base material is anodized and coated with an anodic oxide film, the method includes: increasing a current density provided to both the anode and the cathode from an initial current density of 0 A/dm | 12-10-2009 |
20130222094 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNET AND MAGNET - Material powders made of a R—Fe—N compound that contains a light rare earth element as R or material powders made of a Fe—N compound are formed into a compact having a predetermined shape through compression forming. Then, the compact formed of the material powders is heated in an oxidative atmosphere to bond the material powders to each other by oxide films formed on the material powders. | 08-29-2013 |
20130342298 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNET AND MAGNET - A method of manufacturing a magnet from material powders made of a R—Fe—N compound that contains a rare earth element as R or material powders made of a Fe—N compound, includes: an oxide film bonding step in which a compact is formed by bonding the material powders to each other by oxide films formed on surfaces of the material powders; and a coating step in which a surface of the compact is covered with a coating film. | 12-26-2013 |
20140056095 | KNEADING DEVICE AND KNEADING METHOD FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE MATERIAL - A kneading device includes an index setting portion that sets an index for kneading based on a motion energy of particles of an electricity storage material, a mean free path of the particles of the electricity storage material, and a kneading time for the electricity storage material, a condition setting portion that sets a condition for the kneading based on the set index for the kneading, and a kneading control portion that controls the kneading of the electricity storage material in accordance with the set condition for the kneading. | 02-27-2014 |
20140374643 | MAGNET MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MAGNET - There is provided a magnet manufacturing method with which a high residual magnetic flux density is obtained without using dysprosium (Dy) and without using a bonding agent. Magnetic powders made of a hard magnetic material formed of a R—Fe—N compound containing a rare earth element as R or formed of a Fe—N compound are used. In a pressurizing step, the magnetic powders are pressurized by molds multiple times to form a primary compact. In a baking step, a secondary compact is formed by heating the primary compact in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature lower than a decomposition temperature of the magnetic powders to bond together the outer surfaces of the adjacent magnetic powders with oxide films formed on the outer surfaces of the magnetic powders. | 12-25-2014 |
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20090003851 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image forming apparatus provided with a rotary type image developing apparatus, during monochrome print job processing, it is judged whether the amount of toner remaining in the developing chamber of the black developer unit is equal to or less than a predetermined amount M. If the judgement is affirmative, (i) the monochrome print job is suspended, (ii) the rotary rack is rotated to stop the black developer unit at the toner supply position temporarily, and is moved to the developing position again, and (iii) the monochrome print job is resumed. With the stated structure, the toner can be steadily supplied even when the amount of toner remaining in the developing chamber gets low during executing monochrome print jobs. | 01-01-2009 |
20090047042 | Developing Apparatus, Developer Unit and Image Forming Apparatus - In a rotary type image developing apparatus that has a rotary rack accommodating a plurality of developer units and drives the rotary rack to rotate in a predetermined rotational direction so as to bring a targeted one of the developer units to a developing position, each developer unit includes a toner storage in which a first slope is disposed. As the rotary rack rotates, toner that remains upstream of a toner supply opening in a toner flowing direction in the toner storage is guided by a slope surface of the first slope, which enables the toner to be smoothly supplied to a developing chamber. Thus, even when the toner gets low, the toner can be efficiently supplied from the toner storage to the developing chamber with the aid of the first slope. | 02-19-2009 |
20100092205 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A developing device used for forming a toner image by developing the electrostatic latent image on an electrostatic latent image carrier in an image forming device, comprises a developer carrier roller which is rotationally driven, and a toner thin layer forming member which is brought into contact with the developer carrier roller, wherein the developer carrier roller is formed in the shape of an inverted crown which is concave at the central portion in the direction of the rotation axis, and a starting point of the shape of the inverted crown is positioned further outside in the direction of the rotation axis than toner thin layer region formed by the toner thin layer forming member. | 04-15-2010 |
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20080237952 | Fluid-filled type vibration damping device and method of manufacturing the same - A fluid filled type vibration damping device wherein an outer tubular mounting member is externally fitted onto the collar sleeve at an externally fitted section formed by a tapered tube portion of the outer tubular mounting member, by means of a diameter reduction process. A mating projection projecting diametrically inward is formed on an inside peripheral face of the outer tubular mounting member, while a seal rubber layer having a thickness greater than a projecting height of the mating projection is formed covering the inside peripheral face of the outer tubular mounting member with the mating projection covered by the seal rubber layer. A location and projecting height of the mating projection are arranged so as to prevent an entry of another outer tubular mounting member into a large-diameter opening of the tapered tube portion during pre-treatment. | 10-02-2008 |
20090038896 | Fluid filled type vibration damping device - A fluid filled type vibration damping device having an orifice passage formed in a partition member to connect a pressure receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber, wherein a first end section of the orifice passage extends in along a plane of the partition member, and a communication hole is formed to bend at a right angle from the first end of the orifice passage and open towards the pressure receiving chamber to form a dead water region by orthogonal wall faces of a terminal end face and a bottom face of the orifice passage in a connecting corner section of the orifice passage with the communication hole. A shunt hole of smaller cross-sectional area than the orifice passage and the communication hole is formed in a bottom wall so that the pressure receiving chamber and the equilibrium chamber communicate through the shunt hole in the dead water region. | 02-12-2009 |
20110210230 | FLUID-FILLED TYPE VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE - A fluid-filled type vibration damping device including a resin bracket provided on an outside peripheral face of a second mounting member. The resin bracket includes a mating portion mated within a mating groove of the second mounting member opening in an outside peripheral face of the second mounting member, a mating tubular portion extending on the outside peripheral face of the second mounting member from the mating portion to one axial side, and a mounting portion which is formed at a distal end portion of the mating tubular portion on the one axial side and extends peripherally outward. A weight reducing space opens at a distal end face of the mating tubular portion on the one axial side while extending between an inside peripheral face of the mating tubular portion and the outside peripheral face of the second mounting member in a circumferential direction. | 09-01-2011 |
20130154171 | FLUID-FILLED TYPE VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE - A fluid-filled type vibration damping device including a partition member having a housing space, and a movable plate housed within the housing space so that displacement thereof is limited by abutment against inside wall faces of the housing space. Abutted sloping faces are defined by outside peripheral portions of the inside wall faces of the housing space situated in opposition in an axial direction while sloping axially outside going towards an inner peripheral side. An outside peripheral abutting portion formed of a rubber elastic body is provided to an outside peripheral portion of the movable plate, and abutting sloping faces are defined by opposite faces of the outside peripheral abutting portion that slope axially outside going towards the inner peripheral side. The abutted sloping faces and the abutting sloping faces have different slope angles so as to slope relative to each other. | 06-20-2013 |
20130161883 | VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE - A vibration damping device including a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting a second mounting member and a first mounting member being arranged on axially one side of the second mounting member and a cylindrical outer bracket fit onto the second mounting member. A stopper portion integrally formed with the outer bracket extends radially inwardly to provide a first pressure receiving portion. A bound stopper member that restricts mutually approaching displacement of the two mounting members in the axial direction is constituted by including the first pressure receiving portion. A cylindrical second pressure receiving portion in a dual structure is formed by having the first pressure receiving portion extend axially inwardly and then folded axially outwardly. An axis perpendicular stopper member that restricts relative displacement of the two mounting members in the axis perpendicular direction is constituted by including the second pressure receiving portion. | 06-27-2013 |
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20090250864 | RECORDING MEDIUM TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recording medium transport apparatus includes: plural storage units each storing a recording medium; a transport unit that transports the recording medium from one of the storage units to a recording position where an image is recorded on the recording medium; a memory that stores a reference position of a recording medium prescribed for each storage unit; a measuring unit that measures a position of the transported recording medium; and a movement unit that reads the reference position corresponding to the storage unit that stored the transported recording medium, from the memory, and moves the recording medium according to the difference between the reference position and the measured position such that the position of the recording medium approaches the reference position when the recording medium is located upstream of the recording position in the transport direction thereof. | 10-08-2009 |
20090256308 | RECORDING SHEET MOVING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND RECORDING SHEET MOVING METHOD - A recording sheet moving device includes: a moving unit that moves a recording sheet; a recording sheet specifying unit that specifies a length in the transport direction and a weight per unit area of the recording sheet; a first memory configured to record, for each of plural recording sheets, a threshold for a length in the transport direction in association with a weight per unit area; and a movement control unit that retrieves a threshold for a length on the basis of the specified weight per unit area from the first memory, and compares the retrieved threshold for a length and the specified length, to determine whether to cause the moving unit to move the recording sheet, and if it is determined that the recording sheet should be moved, causes the moving unit to move the recording sheet. | 10-15-2009 |
20090257074 | RECORDING MATERIAL MOVING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A recording material moving device comprises: a position adjuster that moves a recording material in a direction which is parallel to a recording surface of the recording material and orthogonal to a transporting direction, in an upstream side of a recording position along the transport direction of the recording material; a reference position specifying unit that specifies a reference position; a determination unit that determines whether a range of a predetermined width centered on the reference position exceeds a movable range of the recording material within which the recording material can be moved by the position adjuster; and a controller that causes, if the determination unit determines that the movable range is not exceeded, the position adjuster to sequentially move the recording material within the movable range of the predetermined width centered on the reference position each time a condition for moving the recording material is satisfied. | 10-15-2009 |
20090324305 | Image Forming Apparatus, Control Apparatus, Computer Readable Medium and Control Method - The image forming apparatus is provided with: a toner image carrying member that moves while carrying a toner image; a transferring member that transfers, on a recording medium, the toner image that the toner image carrying member carries; a transporting unit that transports the recording medium along a transport path that passes through a transfer region where the transferring member transfers the toner image onto the recording medium; and a controller that controls a movement speed of the toner image carrying member. The controller changes the movement speed of the toner image carrying member in accordance with a position, on the transport path, of the recording medium that the transporting unit transports. | 12-31-2009 |
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20080290499 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device is disclosed that includes a ceramic substrate having first and second surfaces, a semiconductor element, a radiator, and an interposed portion located between the second surface and the radiator. The interposed portion has coupling regions that couple the second surface to the radiator, and non-coupling regions that do not couple the second surface to the radiator. Each non-coupling region is formed as an elongated groove. In the group of the non-coupling regions, the width of the outermost non-coupling region in the interposed portion is greater than the width of the innermost non-coupling region in the interposed portion. Regarding an adjacent pair of the non-coupling regions in the width direction, the width of the outer non-coupling region is greater than or equal to the width of the inner non-coupling region. | 11-27-2008 |
20130228319 | COOLING DEVICE - A cooling device includes a main body, a pipe, and a resin portion. The main body includes a first shell plate and a second shell plate each having a peripheral portion. The first shell plate and the second shell plate are integrated together by brazing the peripheral portions, and the main body includes a coolant passage and a port. The pipe is coupled to the main body and allows for circulation of coolant in the coolant passage through the port. The resin portion is molded on an outer surface of the main body at where the pipe is coupled to the main body to fix the pipe to the main body. | 09-05-2013 |
20130228909 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a cooling device, an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element, an external connection terminal, and a resin portion. The insulating substrate is brazed to an outer surface of the cooling device. The semiconductor element is brazed to the insulating substrate. The external connection terminal includes a first end, which is electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and an opposite second end. The resin portion is molded to the insulating substrate, the semiconductor element, the first end of the external connection terminal, and at least part of the cooling device. | 09-05-2013 |
20130228910 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A power conversion device is provided with a plurality of semiconductor modules. Each semiconductor module includes a heat dissipation member, an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element, an external connection terminal, and a resin portion. The insulating substrate is fixed to the heat dissipation member. The semiconductor element is mounted on the insulating substrate. The external connection terminal includes a first end, which is electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and an opposite second end. The resin portion is molded to the insulating substrate, the semiconductor element, the first end, and at least part of the heat dissipation member. The semiconductor modules each form a unit. | 09-05-2013 |
20130264702 | SEMICONDUCTOR UNIT - A semiconductor unit includes a cooler having a fluid flow space, an insulating substrate bonded to the cooler through a metal, a semiconductor device soldered to the insulating substrate, an intermediate member interposed between the insulating substrate and the fluid flow space and having a first surface where the insulating substrate is mounted, and a mold resin having a lower coefficient of liner expansion than the intermediate member. The insulating substrate, the semiconductor device and the cooler are molded by the mold resin. The intermediate member has a second surface that extends upward or downward relative to the first surface. The first surface is covered by the mold resin. The second surface is covered by a resin cover. | 10-10-2013 |
20140091453 | COOLING DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A cooling device includes a base and a plurality of radiator fins. The base includes an exterior, an interior, an inlet, and an outlet. A heat generation element is connected to the exterior of the base. The radiator fins are located near the heat generation element in the interior of the base. The radiator fins are arranged from the inlet to the outlet. Each radiator fin has a sidewise cross-section with a dimension in a flow direction of the cooling medium and a dimension in a lateral direction orthogonal to the flow direction of the cooling medium. The dimension in the flow direction is longer than the dimension in the lateral direction. The radiator fins are separated from one another by a predetermined distance in the lateral direction. | 04-03-2014 |
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20090174372 | Analog Output Circuit, Data Signal Line Driving Circuit, Display, and Potential Writing Method - In one embodiment of the present invention, a voltage source is disclosed including a lower output impedance is connected to a capacitive load via a switch element and a voltage source including a higher output impedance is connected to the capacitive load via a switch element. Until a potential of an output terminal attains a reference potential, a comparator keeps the switch element in an ON state so that the voltage source writes a potential onto the capacitive load. When the potential of the output terminal exceeds the reference potential, the comparator causes the switch element to be in an ON state so that the voltage source writes a potential onto the capacitive load so as to have a predetermined potential. | 07-09-2009 |
20090289932 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In one embodiment of the present invention, a reset signal changes into a High level in sync with rising and falling edges of a common electric potential. This causes a comparator to be reset in sync with the rising and falling edges of the common electric potential, so that a comparator output signal is maintained in a ground level. Therefore, even if a voltage held by a capacitor is suddenly changed by the inversion of the common electric potential, a wrong comparator output signal cannot be outputted. In a charge pump type power supply circuit having, for the purpose of regulating an output voltage, the comparator that fulfills an offset cancel function by using the capacitor, it is possible to obtain a stable output with little fluctuation without being affected by a change in the common electric potential of a common electrode of pixels in a liquid crystal display apparatus. | 11-26-2009 |
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20100182209 | Helical antenna and in-vehicle antenna including the helical antenna - A helical antenna includes a ground plate, a first helical portion spirally wound perpendicular to the plate, a second helical portion spirally wound perpendicular to the plate and surrounding the first helical portion radially outward of the first helical portion, and a feeder circuit. The circuit includes an oscillator, a divider connected to the oscillator, a first phase shifter connected between a first output terminal of the divider and a feeding point of the first helical portion, and a second phase shifter connected between a second output terminal of the divider and a feeding point of the second helical portion. Length of one turn of the first helical portion is equal to a result of multiplication of a wavelength of oscillation of the oscillator by N. Length of one turn of the second helical portion is equal to a result of multiplication of the wavelength by M (M>N). | 07-22-2010 |
20110215983 | Antenna device including helical antenna - In an antenna device, a first helical part of a first antenna and a second helical part of a second antenna is disposed in a dielectric body on a ground plane. Each helical part is helically wound up in a direction perpendicular to the ground plane and includes a plurality of one-turn portions. Each one-turn portion of the first helical part has a peripheral length of M times a wavelength λ of use, where M is a positive natural number. One of the one-turn portions of the second helical part closest to the ground plane has a peripheral length Ks that is N times the wavelength λ of use, where N is a positive natural number greater than M. One of the one-turn portions of the second helical part farthest away from the ground plane has a peripheral length Ke, and (M·λ)09-08-2011 | |
20120242552 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - A multi-band antenna includes two conductive wirings and unit circuits cascaded along the conductive wirings. Each unit circuit includes a communication unit, a first capacitor and a second inductor. The communication unit connects between the conductive wirings through a first inductor and a second capacitor connected in series with the first inductor. The first capacitor and the second inductor are inserted in at least one of the conductive wirings. The second inductor is connected in parallel with the first capacitor. Alternatively, the unit circuit includes a communication unit connecting between the conductive wirings through a first inductor, and a first capacitor inserted in at least one of the conductive wirings. The first inductor, the first capacitor, a third capacitor disposed between the conductive wirings, and a third inductor disposed on at least one of the conductive wirings satisfy a relationship expressed by the expression 2. | 09-27-2012 |
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20090081146 | HAIR DYEING COMPOSITION - Provided is a hair dyeing composition, containing a first part containing (a) a nitrogen-containing compound expressed by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof and a second part containing a component (b) of an oxidizing agent, wherein a pH upon use is 7.5 to 12, | 03-26-2009 |
20090265864 | HAIR DYEING COMPOSITION - Provided is a hair dyeing composition, containing a first part containing (a) a nitrogen-containing compound expressed by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof and a second part containing a component (b) of an oxidizing agent, wherein a pH upon use is 7.5 to 12, | 10-29-2009 |
20110282103 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF POLYGLYCERYL ETHER DERIVATIVES - The present invention relates to a process for producing polyglyceryl ether derivatives in which the polyglyceryl ether derivatives are produced from an alcohol (except for glycidol and glycerol) and glycidol in the presence of an aluminosilicate which is ion-exchanged with at least one cation selected from the group consisting of ammonium ions, alkali metal ions and alkali earth metal ions. In the process of the present invention, a removal step of the catalyst can be simplified, and the polyglyceryl ether derivatives can be produced in an economical and efficient manner. | 11-17-2011 |
20120004470 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ETHER COMPOUND - The present invention relates to a process for producing an ether compound in a simplified, efficient manner, including the step of reacting a hydroxyl group-containing compound with an epoxy compound in the presence of an oxide of a metal of Group 4 of the Periodic Table on which a sulfate ion is supported, wherein a sum of a diffraction intensity of a (111) crystal lattice plane and a diffraction intensity of a (−111) crystal lattice place of the metal oxide is 2000 cps or larger as measured by subjecting the metal oxide to powder X-ray diffraction analysis. | 01-05-2012 |
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20090290500 | MEASUREMENT MANAGING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A test packet transmitting apparatus transmits respective test packets including different pieces of identification information to a repeating installation. The repeating installation makes a predetermined number of copies of each test packet received from the test packet transmitting apparatus to be transmitted to a test packet receiving apparatus, and determines the predetermined number of copies as a population to measure a communication quality. The test packet receiving device counts the received test packets according to each type of identification information. | 11-26-2009 |
20090296588 | NETWORK VERIFICATION SYSTEM - A network verification system verifies a network to which a relay apparatus relays a packet. A test management apparatus includes a condition acquiring unit to acquire verification conditions which contain an unused network address as a test target and a registering unit to register, in an address resolution table of the relay apparatus, an entry in which the unused network address contained in the acquired verification conditions is associated with a physical address of the testing apparatus. A testing apparatus includes a test packet transmitting unit to transmit, when instructed by the test management apparatus, the plurality of test packets to form a plurality of connections based on the verification conditions, a test packet receiving unit to receive the plurality of test packets and a measuring unit to measure communication qualities with respect to the respective connections of the plurality of test packets. | 12-03-2009 |
20100124177 | METHOD FOR SPECIFYING INPUT EDGE ROUTER - A method of specifying an input edge router has: obtaining a first value of an input packet counter from each of input candidate edge routers having possibility to receive a specified packet passing through a specified area; transmitting a test packet having a destination address of an output edge router supplying the specified packet or a test packet having a destination address of the specified packet, to a source router connected to a network indicated by a source address of the specified packet; obtaining a second value of the input packet counter from each of the input candidate edge routers; calculating a difference between the first and second values in each input candidate edge router; and specifying an input edge router through which the specified packet passes according to the difference. | 05-20-2010 |
20100246415 | NETWORK TESTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - In order to preliminarily perform a load test or the like of an IP network, a test apparatus instructs a test packet transmitting device to transmit a test packet having a specified multicast address and instructs a test packet receiving device to receive the test packet of the multicast address. The test apparatus further instructs a first relay device to relay the test packet of the multicast address and instructs a second relay device to perform a route optimization excluding processing. The test packet receiving device requests the second relay device to transfer the test packet of the multicast address when the test packet receiving device has received the instruction to receive the test packet. | 09-30-2010 |
20100254397 | COMMUNICATION ROUTE PRESUMPTION TECHNIQUE - A method includes: identifying a test source address (SA) in a second network and a test destination address (DA) in a third network, wherein a packet is presumed to be transmitted from the second network to the third network through plural communication routes in a first network; causing an output edge router connected to the third network to change settings of an ARP table in the output edge router so as not to transfer the packet addressed to the test DA to the third network; obtaining the first number of input packets from each counting router on each route; transmitting a test packet including the test SA and DA, plural times; obtaining the second number of input packets from each counting router; calculating a difference between the first and second numbers for each route; and identifying a route through which the test packets passed, based on the differences. | 10-07-2010 |
20100322081 | ABNORMALITY LOCATING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An abnormality locating apparatus locates an abnormal location in a network. An abnormal location judging part judges a normality or abnormality of a link based on a normality or abnormality of an observation flow, by acquiring information of links through which each observation flow passes, from a network route information storage that stores passing route information of observation flows passing through the links. A diagnosis accuracy judging part judges that an accuracy of judging the normality or abnormality of a connecting link connected to a first node deteriorates, by acquiring links connected to each relay node as connecting links from a relay node connecting link information storage that stores connecting link information of each relay node, and judging that a relay node having all connecting links thereof that are abnormal is the first node having all observation flows passing therethrough that are abnormal. | 12-23-2010 |
20110235521 | COMMUNICATION PATH ESTIMATION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MONITORING APPARATUS - A communication path estimation method for estimating a communication path in a network in which communication is performed by forwarding packets from a plurality of transmission source nodes to a plurality of transmission destination nodes through a plurality of nodes, the method has obtaining, by a computer, path information of a plurality of paths, extracting a path in which a number of lost packets out of packets flowing in the extracted path is a predetermined value or more on the basis of the path information, choosing a pair of adjacent nodes included in the extracted path, and outputting a hypothesis that a static path is set from a first downstream node to a second downstream node when the first downstream node being included in a plurality of paths connected to a plurality of destination nodes and a first upstream node is the same with a second upstream node. | 09-29-2011 |
20110235525 | MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING METHOD, AND MONITORING PROGRAM - A monitoring apparatus that identifies a failure path in a network including a relay device includes a packet receiving unit configured to receive packets that are transmitted in the network and an identification unit configured to, when deterioration of quality is detected between a transmission source subnetwork and a destination subnetwork of the received packet based on information included in the received packet received by the packet receiving unit, perform a quality measurement on a plurality of packets that are estimated to be routed through different paths among a plurality of transmission paths between the transmission source subnetwork and the destination subnetwork based on a transmission source address or a destination address so as to identify which packet is a packet that is routed through the failure path. | 09-29-2011 |
20120093004 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND MONITORING METHOD - The monitoring method includes: detecting a cut link among a plurality of links forming a link aggregation; counting lost packets related to remaining links in the plurality of links excluding the cut link to obtain a first lost packet count for each first address included in packets passed through the remaining links; sorting the first lost packet counts into first segments corresponding to the remaining links; determining degradation in quality for each first segment on the basis of the first lost packet counts sorted into the first segments; determining whether the cut link is in failure on the basis of the determined degradation in quality for each first segment; and outputting a determination result of whether the cut link is in failure. | 04-19-2012 |
20130054828 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing device includes a processor to execute a process including: blocking, owing to remote control through a network, at least one of communication of a request transmitted by a first device and addressed to a second device, the communication being performed from a network device, disposed on a communication path between the first device and the second device, to the second device, and communication of a response transmitted by the second device and addressed to the first device; acquiring, from the network device, the request transmitted by the first device and addressed to the second device; and transmitting to the first device, an instruction for switching a transmission destination of the request to a third device. | 02-28-2013 |
20130198570 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND GENERATING APPARATUS - A communication system includes a switch that switches output ports according to an address of transmission data; a storing unit that stores a first set of addresses associated with the switch; a determining unit that determines, when a second set of addresses including in the transmission data a response to which is not received matches the first set of addresses in the storing unit, that there is a failure in the switch associated with the first set of addresses. | 08-01-2013 |
20140289560 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPECIFYING A FAILURE PART IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A monitoring device specifies a failure part in a first device group including a plurality of information processing devices and a relay device relaying access of the plurality of information processing devices. The monitoring device includes a determination unit and a test controller. The determination unit determines whether one or more destination addresses of information transmitted from the relay device to outside of the first device group, include an address of a storage device included in a second device group connected to the first device group through the relay device, where the storage device is a destination of access of at least one of the plurality of information processing devices. The test controller causes one of the plurality of information processing devices to execute a communication test with respect to the address of the storage device. | 09-25-2014 |
20140337512 | OBSTRUCTION DETERMINATION DEVICE - A obstruction determination process by a program stored in a recording medium comprises (i) in cases in which a connection data has been received from a plurality of transfer devices connected to a non-transmitting transfer device which is not transmitting the connection data, identifying a non-transmitting transfer device transfer path on which the non-transmitting transfer device is positioned; and (ii) determining for each of the identified transfer paths whether or not an obstruction has occurred on the identified transfer path, and in cases in which the identified transfer path is the non-transmitting transfer device transfer path identified, employing the transfer volume data that has been received from another transfer device positioned on the non-transmitting transfer device transfer path as the transfer volume data of the non-transmitting transfer device to determine whether or not an obstruction has occurred on the identified transfer path. | 11-13-2014 |
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20100079082 | Light-Emitting Element Driving Control Circuit - A light-emitting-element-driving-control circuit comprising: a control circuit to turn on or off a transistor based on an input-control signal, the transistor being connected in series with a light-emitting element and an inductor connected in series and controlling increase and decrease of a driving current of the light-emitting element; a maximum-value-detection circuit to detect a maximum value of the driving current; and a control-signal-generation circuit to generate the control signal for turning on the transistor to increase the driving current at a speed corresponding to a level of a power-supply voltage when the driving current is smaller than the maximum value and turning off the transistor to be kept for a predetermined period to decrease the driving current at a speed corresponding to a level of a forward voltage of the light-emitting element when the driving current reaches the maximum value, based on a detection result of the maximum-value-detection circuit. | 04-01-2010 |
20100079198 | Constant Current Circuit - A constant-current circuit comprising: a temperature-compensation circuit to output a temperature-compensated first current; and a current-supply circuit to supply a second current to the temperature-compensation circuit, the temperature-compensation circuit including a voltage-multiplication circuit including a first transistor to generate a base-collector voltage obtained by multiplying a base-emitter voltage by a predetermined ratio, a second transistor identical in conductivity type and substantially equal in base-emitter voltage to the first transistor, a first resistor having two ends connected to a first-transistor collector and second-transistor base, respectively, and a second resistor having two ends connected to first and second-transistor emitters, respectively, the first current being output according to a second-transistor collector current, the second current being supplied to a connection point between a second-transistor base and the first resistor, to generate between both ends of the first resistor a voltage varying substantially in proportion to temperature. | 04-01-2010 |
20100182054 | Triangle Wave Generating Circuit - A triangle wave generating circuit comprising: a pulse generating circuit configured to generate a plurality of pulse signals with the same period and with phases different from one another; and a plurality of charge/discharge circuits configured to be supplied with the plurality of pulse signals, respectively, the plurality of charge/discharge circuits each including: a current supply circuit configured to supply to a capacitor a first current for charging at a predetermined current value or a second current for discharging at a predetermined current value; and a charge/discharge control circuit configured to switch between the first current and the second current when the pulse signals are supplied thereto and when a voltage across the capacitor reaches a predetermined reference voltage, the first current and the second current supplied from the current supply circuit to the capacitor. | 07-22-2010 |
20100182066 | Clock Generating Circuit - A main (sub) clock circuit comprising a first (second) capacitor, a first (second) current-supply circuit to supply to the first (second) capacitor a first (third) current for charging at a predetermined-current value or a second (fourth) current for discharging at a predetermined-current value, a first (second) charge/discharge-control circuit to output a first (second) control signal for switching between the first (third) current and second (fourth) current which are supplied to the first (second) capacitor from the first (second) current-supply circuit when a voltage across the first (second) capacitor has reached a first (third) reference voltage or second (fourth) reference voltage higher than the first (third) reference voltage, and a first (second) output circuit to output a main (sub) clock according to the first (second) control signal, the first capacitor having one end connected to a first potential, the second capacitor having one end to which the main clock is input. | 07-22-2010 |
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20100253924 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes: a light emitting tube; a reflecting mirror; and a tubular member disposed on a forward side of light emission of the reflecting mirror, and surrounding the light emitting tube, the tubular member has a pair of air circulating units communicating inside and outside of the tubular member and adapted to allow introduction of external air from the forward side toward a backward side of the light emission in a vertically symmetrical manner on a center axis of the light emitting tube, inside the air circulating unit there is disposed a air flow guide member, and the air flow guide member is pivoted rotatably around a predetermined rotational axis with respect to the air circulating unit under own weight of the air flow guide member, and rotates to thereby open and block at least a part of a flow passage inside the air circulating unit. | 10-07-2010 |
20110234987 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes: an arc tube having a light emission portion containing a pair of electrodes and configured to emit light by discharges induced between the pair of the electrodes; and a container body that accommodates the arc tube, the container body has a space in which the arc tube is accommodated, and a plurality of openings through that cooling fluids introduced from the outside of the container body are supplied into the space, the plural openings are formed at positions that allow the cooling fluids passing through the openings to collide with each other at a collision position above the light emission portion. | 09-29-2011 |
20120075864 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes a light emitting tube having a light emitting section configured to emit light, a first reflecting member configured to reflect the light emitted from the light emitting section, and a rectifying member disposed between the light emitting section and the first reflecting member, and configured to rectify a cooling fluid configured to cool the light emitting tube, and the rectifying member includes a rectifying surface configured to guide the cooling fluid flowing toward the rectifying member to the light emitting section, and a pair of standing surfaces standing from both ends of the rectifying surface. | 03-29-2012 |
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20110001530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BURST DATA WITHOUT USING EXTERNAL DETECTION SIGNAL - Apparatus and method for receiving burst data signal without using external detection signal are disclosed. The apparatus can include a clock data recovery (CDR) circuit to generate a clock signal, and a detection circuit to detect an initial portion in the data recovered from the input signal. The CDR circuit can have a first mode that attempts to synchronize the clock signal with a reference data signal, and a second mode that attempts to synchronize the clock signal with the burst data signal and to recover data based on the clock signal. The apparatus can include a controller to conduct a process including, in sequence, setting the CDR circuit in the first mode, setting the CDR circuit in the second mode, and keeping the CDR circuit in the second mode when the detection circuit detects the initial portion in the recovered data. | 01-06-2011 |
20110001531 | Method and apparatus for receiving burst data without using external detection signal - Apparatus and method for receiving burst data signal without using external detection signal are disclosed. The apparatus can include a clock data recovery (CDR) circuit to generate a clock signal, and a detection circuit to detect an initial portion in the data recovered from the input signal. The CDR circuit can have a first mode that attempts to synchronize the clock signal with a reference data signal, and a second mode that attempts to synchronize the clock signal with the burst data signal and to recover data based on the clock signal. The apparatus can include a controller to conduct a process including, in sequence, setting the CDR circuit in the first mode, setting the CDR circuit in the second mode, and keeping the CDR circuit in the second mode when the detection circuit detects the initial portion in the recovered data. | 01-06-2011 |
20140105614 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BURST DATA WITHOUT USING EXTERNAL DETECTION SIGNAL - Apparatus and method for receiving burst data signal without using external detection signal are disclosed. The apparatus can include a clock data recovery (CDR) circuit to generate a clock signal, and a detection circuit to detect an initial portion in the data recovered from the input signal. The CDR circuit can have a first mode that attempts to synchronize the clock signal with a reference data signal, and a second mode that attempts to synchronize the clock signal with the burst data signal and to recover data based on the clock signal. The apparatus can include a controller to conduct a process including, in sequence, setting the CDR circuit in the first mode, setting the CDR circuit in the second mode, and keeping the CDR circuit in the second mode when the detection circuit detects the initial portion in the recovered data. | 04-17-2014 |
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20080209146 | Backup control method for acquiring plurality of backups in one or more secondary storage systems - A controller sets a specified time which is a time that specifies a time in the future relative to the current time for all of one or more secondary storage systems. The respective secondary storage systems have a logical volume for backup (BVOL), and set a backup preparation end state when a journal up to a specified time has been established, and report information showing a preparation end state to the controller. The controller issues a backup command to all of the one or more secondary storage systems when information showing a preparation end state is reported from all of the one or more secondary storage systems. | 08-28-2008 |
20100146232 | STORAGE SYSTEM, REMOTE COPY AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - A copy source storage controller received write data added with a time and issued from a host computer transfers the write data with the time to a copy destination storage controller. If there are a plurality of copy destination storage controllers, a representative copy destination storage controller compares times of write data copied to the plurality of copy destination storage controllers, and writes the write data in copy destination logical volumes in the sequential order of time. The representative copy destination storage controller judges that integrity of the write data is established, if a communication procedure is established with the copy destination storage controller and if the statuses of the copy source/destination logical volumes are coincident. In remote copy which guarantees integrity of write data and traverses a plurality of storage controllers, it is possible to judge at an optional time point whether integrity of write data can be guaranteed. | 06-10-2010 |
20110078396 | REMOTE COPY CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM IN STORAGE CLUSTER ENVIRONMENT - The present invention causes an asynchronous remote copy to work together with storage clustering technology. A host computer program for controlling the asynchronous remote copy carries out an asynchronous remote copy pair operation by asynchronously working together with a switchover instruction of a storage clustering control program that performs a host write-destination volume switchover in a storage clustering environment. | 03-31-2011 |
20110161609 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - Proposed is an information processing apparatus and its control method capable of acquiring the operation results of the same point in time in a plurality of storage apparatuses in a highly reliable manner. With this information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of storage apparatuses and its control method, a time difference between an internal time of the storage apparatus and an internal time of the information processing apparatus is detected regarding each of the plurality of storage apparatuses, a time added with the time difference between the internal time of the storage apparatus and the internal time of the information processing apparatus as an execution time of a predetermined operation is set to the plurality of storage apparatuses at an arbitrary future time, and an execution result of the predetermined operation is collected from each of the plurality of storage apparatuses after the lapse of the future time. | 06-30-2011 |
20110302382 | STORAGE SYSTEM, REMOTE COPY AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - A copy source storage controller received write data added with a time and issued from a host computer transfers the write data with the time to a copy destination storage controller. If there are a plurality of copy destination storage controllers, a representative copy destination storage controller compares times of write data copied to the plurality of copy destination storage controllers, and writes the write data in copy destination logical volumes in the sequential order of time. The representative copy destination storage controller judges that integrity of the write data is established, if a communication procedure is established with the copy destination storage controller and if the statuses of the copy source/destination logical volumes are coincident. In remote copy which guarantees integrity of write data and traverses a plurality of storage controllers, it is possible to judge at an optional time point whether integrity of write data can be guaranteed. | 12-08-2011 |