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20090155066 | Pump Driving Apparatus - A pump driving apparatus that can suppress backflow of a liquid in a pump chamber and improve pump efficiency is provided. | 06-18-2009 |
20100026231 | SINGLE-PHASE AC SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - An inexpensive, productivity-enhanced single-phase AC synchronous motor in which stabilized synchronous pull-in can be carried out by suppressing generation of counter torque during a starting operation. Starting operation is performed while the energizing range of motor current is suppressed such that the energizing direction of motor current waveform lagging in a phase behind the output waveform from a detection sensor ( | 02-04-2010 |
20120177524 | ROTARY CYLINDER DEVICE - In the rotary type cylinder device, a first crank shaft is revolved around a shaft and a composite piston assembly is revolved around the first crank shaft in a state where first rotational mass balance relating to first and second piston units around second virtual crank shafts, second rotational mass balance relating to the composite piston assembly around the first crank shaft and third rotational mass balance relating to the first crank shaft and the composite piston assembly around the shaft are uniformly produced by only first and second balance weights which are attached to end parts of the first crank shaft. Therefore, first and second piston units, which are attached to the second cylindrical sections, are linearly reciprocally moved in radial directions of a circular orbit of second virtual crank shafts, which has radius of 2 r, with relatively revolving around the shaft. | 07-12-2012 |
20120315176 | ROTARY CYLINDER DEVICE - Disclosed is a small rotary cylinder device wherein friction loss is reduced and energy is conserved by reducing effects of a reaction force applied from cylinders to pistons, which is incorporated in a piston composite body and which linearly reciprocates, the piston composite body being eccentrically connected to a first crank shaft rotating about a shaft. Guide bearings ( | 12-13-2012 |
20130133511 | FLUID ROTARY MACHINE - A fluid rotary machine with a decreased footprint and a reduction in the number of parts. The fluid rotary machine has four heads wherein double-headed pistons are disposed inside cylinders in a crisscross arrangement. The rotational balance between rotational parts including the double-headed pistons is achieved only by first and second balance weights which are inserted and incorporated into both ends of a crank shaft coupled eccentrically to a shaft. The shaft is rotated for the double-headed pistons to linearly reciprocate in the cylinders. The fluid rotary machine has rotary valves for switching between the suction and discharge operations of the fluid for each cylinder chamber. The rotary valves are incorporated into a case to be coaxial and integrally rotatable with the shaft. | 05-30-2013 |
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20130129378 | CARTRIDGE AND UNIT - A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes: a rotatable member; a blade member contacted to the rotatable member; a frame, formed of a resin material, for supporting the blade member; and a seal member provided on the frame to be contacted to a portion of the blade member, opposite from a portion where the blade member is contacted to the rotatable member, in each of one end side and anther end side of the blade member with respect to an axial direction of the rotatable member, wherein the seal member is formed on the frame by injection molding for sealing a gap between the blade member and the frame. | 05-23-2013 |
20130164029 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND DRUM UNIT - A developing device for use with an image forming apparatus, includes: a developer carrying member for carrying a developer; a developer regulating member for regulating an amount of the developer carried on the developer carrying member; a first frame for supporting the developer regulating member; a fixing member for fixing the developer regulating member to the first frame; a second frame mounted to the first frame; and a molded resin portion formed by injecting a melted resin material into a space defined by the first and second frames. The molded resin portion is engaged with a first limiting portion provided as a part of the fixing member and projected into the space and is engaged with a second limiting portion provided as a part of the second frame to connect the first and second frame. | 06-27-2013 |
20130177334 | CARTRIDGE - A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes: a frame; a member-to-be-energized; a fixing member, having electroconductivity, for fixing the member-to-be-energized to the frame, wherein the fixing member is electrically connected with the member-to-be-energized; a recessed portion, provided on the frame, where a part of the fixing member enters; and a molded resin portion formed by injecting a melted electroconductive resin material into the recessed portion, wherein when the cartridge is mounted in the main assembly, the molded resin portion electrically connects the fixing member with an energizing portion provided in the main assembly. | 07-11-2013 |
20140064776 | UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A unit for use with an image forming apparatus includes: a frame; a developer accommodating portion; a sheet member, contact to a rotatable member and provided on the frame along a longitudinal direction of the rotatable member; a first end portion seal member for preventing, at a longitudinal end portion, the developer from leaking out from between the frame and the rotatable member; and a second end portion seal member for preventing the developer from leaking out from among the first end portion seal member, the sheet member and the frame. The second end portion seal member is formed by injecting, on the frame, a resin material having an elastic modulus smaller than an elastic modulus of the frame so as to contact with the first end portion seal member and the sheet member. | 03-06-2014 |
20140072326 | UNIT, CLEANING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning unit usable with an image forming apparatus includes a cleaning blade, supported by a frame and including a free end contactable to an image bearing drum, for removing a developer from the drum; a first seal provided between the frame and the blade by injection molding into the frame adjacent to a longitudinal end portion of the blade, the first seal being effective to prevent developer leakage; and a second seal provided between the drum and the frame in contact with the free end of the blade adjacent to the longitudinal end portion, wherein the first seal includes a seal portion contacting the blade, and a seat supporting the second seal, the seat being deformable to move the second seal to urge the second seal to the free end of the blade when the drum is mounted to the frame. | 03-13-2014 |
20140093270 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge for an image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum; a cleaning member having a blade contacted to end drum; a sheet contacted to end drum; an end seal provided at an end of a frame and contacted to the drum, end blade and end sheet; and a sealing mold, integrally molded at the end portion of end frame by injection molding, end sealing mold including a first seal provided between end cleaning member and end frame and extending in a direction crossing with the longitudinal direction, a second seal provided between the end seal and end frame and continuously molded with end first seal, and a third seal provided between end sheet and end frame and continuously molded with end second seal. | 04-03-2014 |
20140119770 | UNIT - A unit includes an injection path provided on a frame member and through which a molten resin flows when a seal portion is formed through injection molding, an injection port provided at one end side of the injection path in an injection direction in which the molten resin flows through the injection path and through which the molten resin is injected into the frame member, and a discharge port which is provided at another end side of the injection path in the injection direction and through which the molten resin having passed through the injection path is discharged to a seal forming portion. | 05-01-2014 |
20140334844 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND DRUM UNIT - A developing device for use with an image forming apparatus, includes: a developer carrying member for carrying a developer; a developer regulating member for regulating an amount of the developer carried on the developer carrying member; a first frame for supporting the developer regulating member; a fixing member for fixing the developer regulating member to the first frame; a second frame mounted to the first frame; and a molded resin portion formed by injecting a melted resin material into a space defined by the first and second frames. The molded resin portion is engaged with a first limiting portion provided as a part of the fixing member and projected into the space and is engaged with a second limiting portion provided as a part of the second frame to connect the first and second frame. | 11-13-2014 |
20150078779 | CARTRIDGE AND UNIT - A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes: a rotatable member; a blade member contacted to the rotatable member; a frame, formed of a resin material, for supporting the blade member; and a seal member provided on the frame to be contacted to a portion of the blade member, opposite from a portion where the blade member is contacted to the rotatable member, in each of one end side and anther end side of the blade member with respect to an axial direction of the rotatable member, wherein the seal member is formed on the frame by injection molding for sealing a gap between the blade member and the frame. | 03-19-2015 |
20150331364 | UNIT, CLEANING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning unit usable with an image forming apparatus includes a cleaning blade, supported by a frame and including a free end contactable to an image bearing drum, for removing a developer from the drum; a first seal provided between the frame and the blade by injection molding into the frame adjacent to a longitudinal end portion of the blade, the first seal being effective to prevent developer leakage; and a second seal provided between the drum and the frame in contact with the free end of the blade adjacent to the longitudinal end portion, wherein the first seal includes a seal portion contacting the blade, and a seat supporting the second seal, the seat being deformable to move the second seal to urge the second seal to the free end of the blade when the drum is mounted to the frame. | 11-19-2015 |
20150355576 | UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A unit for use with an image forming apparatus includes: a frame; a developer accommodating portion; a sheet member, contact to a rotatable member and provided on the frame along a longitudinal direction of the rotatable member; a first end portion seal member for preventing, at a longitudinal end portion, the developer from leaking out from between the frame and the rotatable member; and a second end portion seal member for preventing the developer from leaking out from among the first end portion seal member, the sheet member and the frame. The second end portion seal member is formed by injecting, on the frame, a resin material having an elastic modulus smaller than an elastic modulus of the frame so as to contact with the first end portion seal member and the sheet member. | 12-10-2015 |
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20140342860 | CONTINUOUSLY-VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTINUOUSLY-VARIABLE TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - A continuously-variable transmission, which has a first pulley, which has a first fixed pulley and a first mobile pulley, a second pulley, which has a second fixed pulley and a second mobile pulley, and a drive force transmitting member, which is stretched between the first pulley and the second pulley, is provided, and this continuously-variable transmission has an indicated pressure calculation section, which calculates the indicated pressure of the first pulley, a stroke speed calculation section, which calculates the stroke speed of the first mobile pulley, and an oil pressure calculation section, which, when oil is discharged from an oil chamber, calculates the amount of increase of oil pressure in a first pulley oil chamber that increases compared to the indicated pressure due to the channel resistance of the discharge path, based on the channel resistance and the stroke speed, and a correction section, which, when oil is discharged from the first pulley oil chamber, subtracts the amount of increase of oil pressure from the first pulley pressure based on a target speed ratio and input torque, and corrects the indicated pressure of the first pulley. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342876 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A transmission controller executes synchronization shift of shifting a variator in a direction opposite to a speed ratio change direction of a sub transmission mechanism when shifting a sub transmission mechanism. When a gear position of the sub transmission mechanism is at the second gear position and an output increase request of a power source is made, the transmission controller prohibits the synchronization shift and shifts only the sub transmission mechanism from a second gear position to a first gear position. | 11-20-2014 |
20140343810 | CONTINUOUSLY-VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTINUOUSLY-VARIABLE TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - A first determining unit configured to determine whether the indicated pressure of a primary pulley pressure has become a line pressure during an up shift, an indicated pressure control unit configured to make the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure alone higher than the line pressure when the target shift rate is determined to be equal to or lower than a predetermined shift rate and the speed ratio is determined not to have become the target speed ratio, and an estimated time detecting unit configured to detect a predetermined time it takes until the primary pulley pressure can be regarded as being equal to the line pressure after the target shift rate is determined to be equal to or lower than the predetermined shift rate, and the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure is made higher than the line pressure, are provided, and the indicated pressure control unit is configured to calculate the deviation between the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure and indicated pressure of the line pressure after the estimated predetermined time is over, and control transmission of a continuously-variable transmission while maintaining the deviation after the predetermined time is over. | 11-20-2014 |
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20120073631 | ETHYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION, SEALING MATERIAL FOR SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE UTILIZING THE SEALING MATERIAL - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an ethylene resin composition which has excellent properties including adhesion properties, electrically insulating properties, transparency, moldability and process stability and can be produced without requiring any cross-linking procedure if necessary to improve productivity; and others. The ethylene resin composition contains a modified product produced by modifying an ethylene polymer (A) that meets all of the requirements a) to e) mentioned below with an ethylenically unsaturated silane compound (B). a) The density is 900 to 940 kg/m | 03-29-2012 |
20130167911 | ENCAPSULATING MATERIAL FOR SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - Disclosed is an encapsulating material for solar cell containing an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer satisfying the following requirements (a1) to (a4): (a1) the content ratio of structural units derived from ethylene is from 80 to 90 mol % and the content ratio of structural units derived from α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms is from 10 to 20 mol %; (a2) MFR is from 10 to 50 g/10 minutes as measured under the conditions of a temperature of 190 degrees centigrade and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D1238; (a3) the density is from 0.865 to 0.884 g/cm | 07-04-2013 |
20130213471 | ENCAPSULATING MATERIAL FOR SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - An encapsulating material for solar cell excellent in a balance among properties including transparency, flexibility, adhesiveness, heat resistance, appearance, crosslinking properties, electrical properties and calender moldability. The encapsulating material includes an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer satisfying the following requirements: (a1) the content ratio of structural units derived from ethylene is from 80 to 90 mol % and the content ratio of structural units derived from α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms is from 10 to 20 mol %; (a2) MFR is equal to or more than 2 g/10 minutes and less than 10 g/10 minutes as measured under the conditions of a temperature of 190 degrees centigrade and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D1238; (a3) the density is from 0.865 to 0.884 g/cm | 08-22-2013 |
20130233376 | SOLAR-CELL SEALANT AND SOLAR-CELL MODULE USING SAME - A solar-cell sealant that has excellent properties such as transparency, flexibility, adhesiveness, heat resistance, appearance, cross-linking characteristics, electrical characteristics, and calenderability. A solar-cell sealant that contains an ethylene/α-olefin/unconjugated-polyene copolymer satisfying requirements (a1) through (a3). Requirement (a1) is that constituent units derived from ethylene constitute 80-90 mol %, constituent units derived from C3-20 α-olefin constitute 9.99-19.99 mol %, and constituent units derived from an unconjugated polyene constitute 0.01-5.0 mol % of said copolymer. Requirement (a2) is that the MFR of said copolymer, as measured in accordance with ASTM D1238 at 190° C. under a 2.16 kg load, be at least 2 g/10 min. and less than 10 g/10 min. Requirement (a3) is that the Shore A hardness of said copolymer, as measured in accordance with ASTM D2240, be 60 to 85. | 09-12-2013 |
20140202536 | SOLAR CELL SEALING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL SEALING MATERIAL, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - An encapsulating material for solar cell containing an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer satisfying the following a1) and a2), and a specific peroxyketal having a 1-hour half-life temperature in a range of 100 to 135 degrees centigrade; the peroxyketal being contained in an amount of 0.1 to less than 0.8 weight parts relative to 100 weight parts of the ethylene/α-olefin copolymer.
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20150013755 | ENCAPSULATING MATERIAL FOR SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - An encapsulating material for solar cell of the invention contains an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer, an organic peroxide, at least one crosslinking aid selected from a group consisting of divinyl aromatic compounds, cyanurates, diallyl compounds, triallyl compounds, oximes and maleimides, and a (meth)acrylate-based monomer. The content of the (meth)acrylate-based monomer in the encapsulating material for solar cell is in a range of 0.1 parts by weight to 5.0 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ethylene/α-olefin copolymer, and the content of the crosslinking aid in the encapsulating material for solar cell is in a range of 0.1 parts by weight to 3 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ethylene/α-olefin copolymer. | 01-15-2015 |
20150075616 | ENCAPSULATING MATERIAL FOR SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - An encapsulating material for solar cell of the invention contains an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer, and a content of a fluorine element in the ethylene/α-olefin copolymer, which is determined using a combustion method and an ion chromatograph method, is equal to or less than 30 ppm. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100289459 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - Provided is a power supply device including: a magneto generator ( | 11-18-2010 |
20110101930 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device comprising: a magneto generator including a rotor including a magnet forming a magnetic field; a rectifying unit rectifying an alternating current of the generator to a direct current and supplying to an electrical load; a voltage detection unit detecting a voltage of the electrical load; an opening unit interrupting electrical conduction of an output of the generator; short-circuiting units electrically short-circuiting the output; a torque supplying device supplying torque to the rotor; a voltage control unit selectively performing one of opening-control of controlling on/off switching of the opening unit and short-circuit-control of controlling on/off switching of the short-circuiting units to control the voltage of the electrical load to a predetermined value in accordance with the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit; a switching control unit switching and controlling between the above two controls in accordance with an operating state regarding rotation of the rotor. | 05-05-2011 |
20110286251 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device includes: a magneto generator with a rotor having a magnet; a torque supplying device supplying torque to the rotor; a rectifier circuit supplying electric power to a electrical load device by rectifying an output of the magneto generator; a short circuit electrically shorting an output end of the magneto generator; a voltage detection circuit detecting a terminal voltage of the electrical load device; and a control circuit controlling a voltage of the electrical load device to be a first set value by controlling the short circuit to switch ON (short operating mode) and OFF (rectification operating mode) according to the voltage detected by the voltage detection circuit and allowing the short circuit to operate while making a switching between the two operating modes according to a operating state relating to a rotation of the rotor of the magneto generator. | 11-24-2011 |
20120106026 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE - A electrical storage device has: a cell module including a plurality of cells arranged juxtaposed and each having a pair of current collector terminals protruding from electrodes, the current collector terminals of adjacent ones of the cells being connected to each other; and an electronic circuit board disposed near the cell module and electrically connected to the current collector terminals of each of the cells via a plurality of connecting wires, for controlling charging and discharging of each of the cells. A cable having flexibility or a flexible wire is used as each of the connecting wires. One end of each of the connecting wires has a connecting terminal portion for clamping the current collector terminals of the adjacent ones of the cells to each other. | 05-03-2012 |
20120119574 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - The invention has an object of providing a power supply device for vehicle of high efficiency while keeping longer service life of a capacitor. By supplying an electric power of a capacitor to various electronic devices for a first predetermined time period after a vehicle engine has been stopped and discharging an electric power of the capacitor to a battery for a second predetermined time period after the first predetermined time period has ended, the voltage of the capacitor is reduced. By forcing the electric power of the capacitor to discharge at a forced discharge circuit until the voltage of the capacitor is substantially equal to a predetermined voltage after the second predetermined time period has ended, the time period during which the capacitor is held at a high voltage is made shorter. Longer service life of the capacitor and higher efficiency of the power supply device can be achieved. | 05-17-2012 |
20130050952 | ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CASING - An electrical equipment casing includes a circuit board on which many electrical parts are mounted and a heat sink to which the circuit board is fixed. The heat sink is provided with a reactor housing dent that opens in a surface on which the circuit board is placed and radiator fins that reach a bottom portion of the reactor housing dent on a surface opposite to the surface on which the circuit board is placed at a position surrounding an outer circumference of the reactor housing dent. The reactor is housed in the reactor housing dent and a terminal thereof is electrically connected to the circuit board. This structure of the electrical equipment casing can contribute to an achievement of both of a size reduction of the overall casing and enhanced heat dissipation of the reactor. | 02-28-2013 |
20130057057 | POWER SOURCE SYSTEM - In the case where the rotation speeds of respective magneto alternating current (AC) generators of a plurality of power source apparatuses ( | 03-07-2013 |
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20120093280 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - In order to improve the tiling workability in manufacturing an X-ray detector and provide a technology for acquiring high-quality reconstruction images, when aligning a plurality of detector blocks (or detector modules) in a slice direction, a distance between adjacent X-ray detection elements between detector blocks (inter-block distance) is not matched with a distance between adjacent detector elements within a detector block (intra-block distance). Instead, between reference positions when manufacturing each detector block, output values at the positions, the number of which is the same as the number of X-ray detection elements between the reference positions and which are spaced at equal intervals, are estimated from the acquired raw data. Projection data is generated from the position and the raw data. | 04-19-2012 |
20140321608 | X-RAY CT DEVICE, CALCURATION DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM FOR X-RAY CT DEVICE, AND MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR X-RAY CT DEVICE - In X-ray CT devices, degradation of quantitative determination ability for CT values resulting from the beam hardening (BH) effect of X-ray is prevented. X-ray absorption characteristic S obtained by simulation and a target value T thereof are saved beforehand, the simulation value S is revised by using projection data measured by maintenance measurement for obtaining basic data required for BH correction, and a BH correction coefficient is calculated by using the revised X-ray absorption characteristic S and the target value T. With a few actually measured values, BH correction accuracy can be improved, and reduction of incorrect diagnosis resulting from inhomogeneity of the CT values and improvement in the diagnostic ability based on improvement in quantitative determination ability for the CT values can be realized. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321610 | X-RAY CT DEVICE - In order to suppress reduction in sensitivity when acquiring high-resolution data, an X-ray CT device is provided with an X-ray source that irradiates a patient with X-rays, and an X-ray detector that detects the X-rays. The X-ray detector includes a plurality of detection elements (scintillators and photodiodes) arrayed in a first direction, and a plurality of separators that separate the detection elements arrayed in the first direction respectively from each other. The separators each have a first-direction width which is a width in the first direction, first-direction widths of some separators each arrayed every predetermined number of separators being different from first-direction widths of the other separators. | 10-30-2014 |
20140328452 | X-RAY CT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING SCATTERED X-RAYS - It is an object to prevent a poor X-ray CT image due to scattered X-rays. An X-ray CT scanner ( | 11-06-2014 |
20150325012 | X-RAY CT DEVICE, AND IMAGE RECONFIGURATION METHOD - Difference of resolution depending on imaging position in one reconstructed image generated in the FFS method is reduced to improve measurement accuracy. The X-ray CT device interpolates missing data of the projection data obtained by the FFS method with view direction interpolation processing using real data of the projection data lining up along the angular direction of the rotational movement, and channel direction interpolation processing using real data of the projection data lining up along the channel direction, and generates a reconstructed image, in which contribution ratios of the projection data having been subjected to the view direction interpolation processing and the projection data having been subjected to the channel direction interpolation processing differ according to position of pixel in the reconstructed image. | 11-12-2015 |